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Red Burton Was About Only Officer
Hearing Visitors
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Two Cars Renlal
To Airport
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City Buys Four
Fire Wagons, Leis
Paving Contracts
Stag Party Planned
Aug. 28 for Shriners
"Twilight
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These
located
Baylor converted 294 de
grees Thursday in the Seventh
and James Baptist Church . .
Dr. W. R White president,
was honored by being named
on the Texas Advisory Com-
mittee on Civil Rights.
the most
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school supplies at Stadium Pharmacy, in the
Beverly Hills Shopping Center. Owner Eddie
Havemann shows Donna one of the lipper note
books he will have on special just before school
opens. Photo by Bill Foster.
November 1st is the date
set for a city charter election.
The commission headed by
Attorney W. W. Naman made
its final report Wednesday.
This will be on Saturday, just
three days before the General
election. Constitutional amend-
ments will be decided at the
polls on November 4th also
Judge D. Y. McDaniel con-
ducted a hearing on ectradi-
tion Wednesday'of E. J. Oliver
and Roy Doyal to Texarkana.
Arkansas, the defendants be-
ing released to the Arkansas
authorities which will bn A*-
LaVega Independent School
District has a budget hearing
set for Monday at 7:3® p.m. in
the high school auditorium.
The Waco school board set
its annual budget at $5,360,
779, which goes into effect
September 1st. Very little in-
terest was shown at the pub
lie hearing on the budget
Wednesday.
HOT WEATHER HERE—BUT SCHOOLS 'COM-
ING—Even though the 100 degree weather is
• still wth us Donna Engel, of 4600 Beverly Drve,
knows that school will be startine soon, and is
getting an advance look at the big stack of
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Your Neighborhood Newspaper • Published Every Friday
Judge Nash Oliver and the
assistant district attorneys are
getting ready to dear up the
county court at law docket as
speedily as possible.
CITY GIVES WATER
MONEY ADVANCE BACK
The City of Waco Tuesday re-
funded the Industrial Districts
SIR.000. this being the 4th refund
for water extension mains on a
5 year period.
Two new water main contracts
were approved by the city
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The State of Texas is all
set for probably the dullest
runoff Democratic primary the
state has ever held this com-
ing Saturday. With only one
state race to be decided and
a few precinct jobs on the
short ballota, interest could
not be very high. Under the
election laws all beer and
liquor joints are to be closed
that day until 8 p.m.
Special School
Bus to Lake Air
The Brazos River Authority's
Conference on Water Quality,
which will seek to chart a major
breakthrough in elimination of
mineral and other pollution from
the river's waters, will be held
in Austin On Friday, November
7th
the youngsters about four blocks
of walking, Manager R T Casey
explained to the city commission
ers Tuesday.
The school childrens fare.will
be stepped up to 10 cents each
ten for a dollar Regular adult
I fare is 15 cents
Police have a friendly visit
with the owner of wrecked
cars blocking Mann and Myrtle
near Elm streets in East Waco
when answering the call of
complainants. A*. a result of
Waco Transit Company will
I run a special bus two times a day
I to I_ake Air Junior High during
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Howard
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Fadal. Dr Stanley Jayroe. Harry
Reed. Kenneth Jones, and Chair-
man Charles A. Call.
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The killer was known
apprehended
“That was one of
difficult assignments
Mayor Joe Ward explained to
those at the city commission
meeting Tuesday that the commis
siotuTs had arrived at the de
cision that the International Car
Rental contract at the airport
runs for a year from date of re-
newal, which is about six more
months Ward said that this was
the interpretation of the con-
tract, as intent of the city at that
tune
International has fairly well
complied with the contract, it was
stated but would be closer super-
vised hereafter Attorney Lance
Corsbie. for the l,ee Rental ser-
vice was disappointed. He ques
tinned the city if their compete
tor would still be allowed to
advertise in magazines and the
Waco city telephone directory.
Ward said they would.
Whistling At Girl Leads
To Exposure Perverts
Whistling at another woman at a drive-in theatre
led to the arrest .of the two women and a 14-year-old
girl charged last week with committing unnatural
sexual acts. t
The older woman, Lucille Lewis, 23, was in the back
seat with the juvenile girl making love to each other
when Elizabeth' Szpak made the
whistling overture to a girl in an
adjoining car, who reported it to
officers.
By the time police got to the
drive-in Szpak was not in the car,
having gone to the rest room.
The other two were still in the
back seat of the car.
The two women were members
of the Air Force together. Lewis
had just been discharged for
other reasons Investigator from
the Air Force questioned the trio
Wednesday getting the complete
and true story about what hap-
pened. Also the Air Force want-
ed to know about other acts of
the service girls. It appears that
Szpak is also to be discharged
from the service.
John Vsnston, assistant probs
tion officer, is handling the juve-
nile girl's case She has admitted-
ly been committing such sexusl
acts for some time, the confea
sions explained She doesn't want
to give up her older companion
Officers are dubious about the
effects of sending her to the girls
training school, since it is known
that most of the inmates see al-
ready pretty well versed in such
capers.
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part.
The late Madison Cooper, mil
Bonaire author of Waco, was
winking on the Red Burton st<>
rles at the time he passed away
He had read several <»f these ex
cerpte to Burton but his will pro
sided that all of Cooper's manti
scripts be destroyed without dels
Ing into any of his belongings
Thus most of Burton's effects in
Madison Cooper’s possession may
have been lost tq posterity.
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j the school term This will save
All secondary students who are
are changing schools are asked
to report anytime after August
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the late Bob Buchanan who was
mortally wounded during the Ku
Klux Klan parade in Lorena,
about his holding off a mob of
perhaps 3,000 who wanted to
lynch Sank Johnson, the Negro
with the gold tooth, mistaken for
Roy Mitchell; the one man stand
in Mart; his cleanup of Borger
during the wild oil field days; his
intuition solution to several bank
robberies in Texas; dealings with
William Turner and Hollis Hale
both of Waco; and the Clyde
Barrow Bonnie Parker Raymond
Hamilton. Frank Hardy and other
outlaw gangs who habitated these
parts.
Other events were witnessing
the burning of two Negroes at
the old Waco city hall the Cross
lin murder in the 54th District
Court trial: cleaning out of oil
field ruffians and countless other
events too much for his 72 years
of busy life.
Burton could talk on forever
with interest in listening It s
too much and too thrilling for
one setting Wiley Stem Sr .
Detectives Tilley Buchanan. W E
Westmoreland, Ex-Rangers Tom
Hickman. the late Frank Hamer
and Ixme-Wolf Gonzales, and so
many other law enforcement of
fleers can substantiate most of
these hair raising, trigger pulling
episodes which actually occurred
right here, mostly in and around
Waco and Central Texas in which
Red Burton’ had a controUmg
Church fur some years Eight
years on one assignment is all
the church discipline allows, so
Burton will be going out in the
pastures allowing for younger
blood to take ovur
Burton has recovered from a
recent sunstroke, becoming over
heated while working on his
Central Texas farm near Waco
So he took it easy at the Retreat
this year, mostly sitting around
and visiting with old friends. “1
So the evidence was de don't have an enemy that I know
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"Wild Heritage"
Starring
Will Rogers, AMurwn O'Sullivan
The demand for last Tues-
day’s Citizen far exceeded the
supply. News racks were
emptied so often and fast
that the extra number of
copies was soon depleted
Only sure way not to miss
some interesting news, is to be
a regular subscriber to both
of the Citizens on Tuesdays
and Fridays.
Bav lor
Baylor University starts their
fall classes September 18th R»
gistration will be September 16
and 17 New students will regis-
ter Sept. 13 15
New Grading System
Grading in the last three grades
of elementary school will be
changed to the ' ABC" form of
grading. Formerly they have been
grading in the first three grade*
using “Satisfactory. Needs to 1m
prove.’ and Improving'' systems
SIN.''
First thing that pops into
their minds is to gat a Peace
Bond but when they get to the
courthouse they find that they
don’t issue Peace Bonds in
McLanxan County. This is
Judge Richburg's remedy in
Dallas. Such a bond if issued
wouldn't prevent a person from
molesting you or carrying out
his threats anyway.
So even though a person may
be under bond of some sort or
even a restraining order, still you
have to have officers to arrest
him. You can do this if he both-
ers you or violates your rights,
bond or no bond. Yet you don't
have a legitimate complaint until
he does carry out his threatened
act* of violence. Then it may be
too late.
inability to get police protec
tion Mn.' Croea ia having to
move her store, rather than
to be engaged :n an argurne.it,
it was reported.
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of Burton's hair • raising feat-
we naturally were interested ir
going around Glen Rose with
this reired Texas Ranger to see
the surroundings where in those
days the moonshiners had t>cen
gunning for his hide
Needed For Service
The veteran officer say* hr
guessed he lucked through so
many close calls because the
Ixird had a service for him to
perform This was his eighth
Laymen's Retreat at Glen Lake
he having participated from the
aUtt. He thinks It may be his
last. Burton has been on the
board of lay activities of the
district and lay leader from
the Herring Avenue Methodist
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Young Brothers Tuesday was
awarded contract to pave Colcord
Avenue. North 18th to North
42nd, at a cost of $112 081 80 up-
on recommendation of Engineer
George Dieter, approved by the
city commission
Bonds were in the amount of
$109000 for this work Some
1 items were added which made the
I low bid $3.418 20 above the con-
, templated cost.
The city also awarded contract
to Seagraves Corporation to pur-
chase three pumpers and one fire
truck at a total cost of $104,275.
There were five bid* received
with Fire Chief Leslie Summey
recommending the contract to
Seagraves after careful study of
the bids.
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enforcement officer," Red Burton fire
O. B. Iui.sk and others from
Bellmead and Waco joined us to
hear about some of Burton s close
calls which proved more interest
Ing than the talks going on in
the laymen's program. Burton
has been called on to give some
of his experiences to various
Methodist Men’s clubs in Central
Texas. He never would do this
until he found from many re
quests that they wanted him tn
talk about his experiences He
had felt that he would be accused
of bragging, that's why he had
refrained from giving these kind
of talks.
Held Back Mob*
We kept prodding the ex-chief
of police of Waco as he told about
having the mob against him and
/\rea Schools
be open at
Vega Schools from now until Au
gust 27 for students who have
moved into the area since spring |
They are expecting an enroll nent |
of over 1900 this fall.
Bosqueville registers Sept
Robinson Sept 5. Speegleville
Sept 3. China Spring Sept 1, Con
nally Sept 2.
• OBSERVATIOHS
§ Sy W. I. Fo.I.r
Every week we advise with and
see persons who can’t get any
protection from the law They
have been threatened and have
reaaons to believe the threat on
their lives or property will be
carried out.
Two visitors appeared Tuesday
at the city commission meeting to
get an explanation of the assess
ing of costs against property
owners for curbs and gutters pre
liminary to paving the streets
They had read the advertising
notices in the paper and won
dered what it was all about
The visitors were told that if
the property on the streets to be
oaved did not have curbs and
gutters that this cost would be
assessed against the property
The commissioners then voted
to assess the costs on Colcord
and North 25th against those who
do not have curbs and gutters
If these are moved then the city
will pay that cost.
Other ordinances, passed was
making the alley.in 1400 block
between Washington and Colum
bus one way; final reading giving
Claud Kincannon a 5 year fran
chisc to put advertising benches
on the street corners for con ven
ience of bus patrons or those
waiting for a ride
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Leading technical experts of
State and Federal agencies will
join the &R A.’s engiRfcn in a
day-long technical meeting Rep
reaanativea of municipalities, ir-
rigators, inctost^es,, sportsmen,.
power companies aM other or |
ganizations have been invited as
observers. J. H Kultgen. presi-
dent of the B R A., will be mod-
erator. •
“Reducing pollution in the
Brazos." Kultgen said, “can do
as much as ntw dams in increas- |
ing our available supply of good
water. We want this conference
to lay out a program to that
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Spot News in Brief Needed To Quell Terrifying Mob
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Avery Downing has been
named acting superintendent
of the Waco Public Schools,
filling in the interum pending
a successor to E. N. Dennard,
who has been lauded for his
good work in Waco.
CITY NEGLIGENT
Mrs. Tom Curton, 2413 Bay-
lor, has had several card board
boxes in front of her house for
two weeks She says she has
called the city officials, and
the reply she received
always the same. They told
her some one would be by to
pick them up, but the boxer
still remain there at last re
port.
By W. $. FOSTER
Marvin (Red) Burton and I sat on the banks of Glen
Lake at the Methodist encampment Sunday and watch-
ed a column of smoke go up out of the wooded hills
across the way. It reminded Burton of how easy it was
to locate a moonshiner's still, when as a Texas Ranger,
he had been sent to Glen Rose back in 1921 to clean
up this illegal brew operation,
Everyone of the 86 indictmenl*
tr.ed were convicted, including
the sheriff Some cases went by
default.
These trials were transferred
to Meridian and Cleburne on
change of venue The county at
tomey’s hearing resulted in a
hung jury. The informer was
killed when he and Burton wen
fixing to meet each oth&r to r<
tire for the night at Glen Jtos<
while the jury was still out in th
case I
stroyed by assassin’s bullets. Bur
ton and I drove to the house
which had been approached that
night by driving down the river
but never
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All first graders and elemcn
tary pupils new to a particular
school .district are asked come
in and register in their respec-
tive schools, September 3
Vaccination Shots
Students entering the
Schools for the first time must
be vaccinated for small pox
and dipthcria Parents who can
not afford to have their family
doctor do this then they should
take them the City-County Health
Clinic at 6th and Columbus any
Thursday between 3 and
p.nr.
Other
Offices will
The Waco Area Schools will open their doors for the Fall 1958
school term on Thursday, Setember 4th on a full day schedule basis
Tin- enrol'ment this year is expected to reach an all-time high
Tot : enrollment will be over 17.500 Teachers now number
over including 80 new teachers hired this fall
The school year will also start this Fail with two brand new
j mor h: 'll s • These are I
L..i,tisity Junior, located at XflAriall \fnAm
Bagby Ave and Irving Lee in
Beverly Hills and the other is
Lake Air Junior, located in Nort
west Waco on Cobbs Drive
New Students Report Early '
All secondary students who
will go to the same schools as
last year report o-n Sept 4
of. but very few people like me."
the fearless officer remarked.
“You can't say I haven't been
scared, because I certainly have
many, many times, but I knew 1
had a duty to perform and did it
•regardless," ’
ing reply that is often made
•11 my years as a peace or law | about his cold, steel nerve under
As • result in such cases
persem have ne protection
under the lew. The only advice
that can be given Is to take the
tew la your own hand*. If the
person comes on your property,
then shoot him. You have a
legal right to protect your own
property er life. This Is the
law of self defense. That’s why
there Is such an increasing de- i
mand for guns.
Chief of Police Jesse Gunter
fnan told his police Tuesday aft
ernoon to crack down on traffic
give out more ticketa . . . What's
the matter Jesse did the big boys
at the city hall say that more
money is needed for the increas
lag tremendous output?
Imagine they want to put on
seme -mere engineers with
fancy salaries and can’t tee
" where to get it except by bleed
log the public a little deeper
Maybe fhe dog money intake at
thirty dollars n whack plus li-
cense, registration. Inoculation,
etc„ fooe 4o ilsdting up.
* Perhaps the city needs a bigger
supply of ordinances. We aat
there at the press table listening
to the foolish extensive verbige
of ordinances being read by the
city attorney. We mutter a little
loud about its foolishness when
the city manager nodded agree
ment with us.
White it may be the tew. It
certainly leeks foolish to have
to pass a several page typo-
written legal size paper to enter
Into an agreement er contract
for a minor thing. Thon to have
to pom It on four readings with
two-thlrds veto oech time by
the commissioner* makes It an
We’d like to figure out some I
day just what this poor busi-
ness legal system is costing the
taxpayers each year. If the partici-
pants time is worth a dime a
day, it would run up into big
money. 'Why not a simple con-
tract with Claud Kincannon for
benches on street comers? Why
the big row over misinterpreted
dealings with the two rental car
agencies brought on by compli-
cated ordinances or resolutions’’
Yea opor*ting fho city o»
Wace is a big business. It fakes
Mg money to operate It. The
money can only come from the
city’s Customer*, the tax and
penalty payers. How long do
you think a private business
would, stay open operated at
is the city of Waee, on a gig
the public attitude?
We have more complaints on
the city garbage operation than
on any other one thing. Mrs Ray
on South 8th street says they
won't take off her trash after she
has cleaned up her yard. She
has reported it to no. avail.
Similar reports each week. May-
be a couple or more trash engi-
neers gre needed foY the city.
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Urban Renewal
Could Be Affected
By Housing Bill
Waco’s Urban Renewal i
gram could be affected by the
killing of the Housing Bill in
Congress, Jack Jeffrey stated
However some money already has
been allocated which will come
out of the Fort Worth office.
Since Waco's comtemplated Civic
Center proposed to be located on
Urban Renewal property, is the
first suggested on such a plan,
the Fort Worth office is looking
with much favor so the loca
tion at 4th and Jefferson beinc
approved. In which event the of
fice could make that money avail-
able anyway. ,
Of course Congress may recon-
sider and pass a bill before ad-
journment, Jeffrey explained,
though this is not likely.
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"Bigger an better than ever,"
declared Joe H Craven, Potent-
ate of Karem Temple as tie
announced the Annual Shrine
Barbecue “I hope every Shriner
and Novice Prospect in Central
Texas can attend our colorful
Stag Party next Thursday, Au-
gust 28 "
The Annual Shrine Stag Party
gets underway at 6 P M Fun and
fellowship will be enjoyed by
600 Shrine Nobles and Candi-
dates for the Shrine at Jhe Syrian
Club off the New McGregor High-
way
Selected beef will be pit-cooked
with special sauces by Shriners
who belong to -the Syrian Asso
nation This gourmet quality beef
and flavorful barbecued sausage
will tie complemented by barbe-
cued whole potatoes and luscious
salad and beans.
"Well have plenty of trimm-
ings and the coldest beverages
promised Shriners Gabe. George,
and Harvey Fadal. who supervise
cooking and serving
Karem Band led by Noble
Lyle Skinner will provide its
special lively knid of music. This
is an outstanding and popular
feature, anticipated by all.
Planning and arrangements are
the efforts of the Entertainment
Arthur Williams.
Warren. Bob Woold
Bill Baggett. Howard
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