Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 137, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1951 Page: 3 of 4
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III CLASSIFIED AM HI
MFW three mom
hoiia*. 725-W.
unfurnished I NEWSroom hou >. T25-W.
ONF large bedroom with twin
ned>. Atr conditioned. Cloae in. Jimi
KJm. Telephone 1144.
< R<*>M furnished apartment
M •:« paid. Couple preferred. ]«•«
*orth Camden.
\ Nl«'E *ix room unfuni-h^d
lou^e WhII located near
••fi «*•. I'hufi.- ftfiJJ or fi*4,
\U"F fuur room furnished modern
iportim-nt with gar:ik> . C. F. Of-
Jr., W< «t Fimt. Phone
FIV'F ROOM modern home recent -
ly refinish *d in«id* and out. Lucat-
>d at IIUli W.-st Hulluir. Contort
C. U. AtrhituMi or Phone 4tl>J.
FIVE room hounr un povetl «*tre -t.
•ill South Flint Strv«t. Call C. K.
Uro«ning. Ct-J. Munday. Texas
| or writ* General Delivery.
: 194« MODEL !♦ ft. N'orge refrig-
re'.or — 1HS0 cubic f-w i air <ondi-
tn ner b: b> buggy—lawn mower.
30R South Hurding.
1**41 GL1DFR Rous.- Trailer. 2*
ft. Ru':in«- tank. (>o<d condition.
See Frank H<«dife*. Crystal Fall*.
N
ews
LYS\
Junior Hioh Picks
Its Good Citizens
WEDNESDAY. MAY M. 1 1-- BR EC KENRIDC,F. AMERICAN
A Junior American
ha* been formed in
Citizens club!
Junior High'
M Fortes Take
School under the aponeonihip of I MmmLss aC
*""* """■ecoro RiunDer oi
Red Prisoiers
Redah Pearl Cox Feted
At Recent Cpffee Here
P. E. Costume For
Junior High Girls
To Be Changed
I' VELY. new decorated 1 room
.rrtthed apartment. Private bath.
b>>*. <'l"« ' in. l*hon 1402-W.
MAl.l. hou«e. Call R. V. Carey,
*4.
i ROOM fumislwd duplex. <iar: (r>
.t.<l storage room, ('all :i5o.
HAfrt ROOM furnished apartment.
< !i.«e in. CuRra Apartment*.
-MA I J. partially furnished apart-
•r -nt. Couple only. Phone :iH2.
1 i'RNISHED apartm nt with bill*
pmd See Doris Flippin, Miller Ho-
HELP WANTED
! \I IF.S b -t*e >ri age* IM to .'t.r to
jj. rut - sewing machines. Steady
• an Mork. The Boss Manufacture
r.i? Co. 124 Went Williams St.
REGISTERED C«>ck« r*. Rob Cun-
ningham at Rlodgett Buick.
TROM0ONE Sprayers. W.-t|re war
<>n hugs. R.-d hot sp -cial at #2.49.
Western Auto Associate Store.
FRESH EGGS—At Groves Hatch,
ery—Phone 199-J-2.
FOR SALE: Baby chicks, staitstf
j chicks from 100%
Prealey Feed A Hatchery
~ " is tit
flocks __
3*4 N. Breckenridge. Phons
FRYERS for sale. SH)5
wood. I "hone 1 !". •>*. W.
N. Oak-
ii'iV, over 12 years old with motor
:< ii/ter. Good opportunity for right
L">. R.quires only 1 or 2 hour*
\w,rk per day. Apply Breckenridge
American.
CUSTOM Bl'JI.T Venetian blinds
in popular colors. Guaranteed t«
fit your windows. We also have a
limited quantity of aluminum awn-
ing material. < 'all 7.1 for free esti-
mate-. You will b. satisfied. Brec-
kenridge Venetian Blind Company.
a'MTRESS. Six day week. Apply
n person after 4 p. m. Casa La
iiuya. 1400 East Walker.
D<" Lite Ital
Mis* Redah IVar1 Cox. hrid --
-le«-t «>f Julian G. Ttgner. Jr.. was
honored with a coffee in th. h^n-e
of Mrs. J:ick Cox Saturday om
ins.
Hostesses for the shower were
Mmes. Cox. Karl Tntmtnell. W M.
Hunger and E E. McNalleri.
(Ju^'sts were r-oivwi hv the hon
Junior High girls
.education classes next year will
Oive. her moth. r. Mrs. R. M. C..x, h ve a n. w costume. Mrs. Paul
Miss Annabel). Tramnieil and Mrs ' hristensou has announced.
C,)t Regulation itarb for class will
i b«? girls' levi«. with a name in
white: white short-sleeved shirts.
. .. . , name in green above the pocket;
stnig "t pearls, shown on the cof-1 j|)W ,.uwrtet shi es, unless ankle
ter of DAR
One outstsnding citizen from:
!each homeroom was picked by his!
; classmates as their JAC. and
i these good cititens were awarded
the Thatcher Award Pin in reeog-
nitioit of this honor.
Chosen wer - Billy Lynn Bird,
Linda Bungei, Robert Ray Phil-
lip* Shirley Boggs. Shirley
Screws. Calvin Chaney, B ?verly
i, Gilbert. Frunces Houghton. Alicia
IGreiner, Sherrj Funderburg, Jan-
jet Cravey, Mary I,ee Sharp.',
Spenter Thompson and Linda
Wright.
'uH strvngth- for a new yffenaivo.
Ridgway n.;«le his ruport at i
press conference on hi* return t
Tokyo fp-in the K re«n froni,
. wheiv he sn.id he had talked wit:
Lt. Uvn James A. Van Fleet, con
tuander of the xth Army, and hi •
_ principal commanders.
He said the nearly 10.IHMI Chin-
ese prisoners had been round,
up since April J'J. when the Red
launch, d the first phase of thei
ill tatfd spring offensive.
Before that, he said, the alii.-1
ria'i captured only about
An arrangement of two mag
nolia blossoms intertwined with .i I
Personals
Parties Are Given
For Brack Grads
As School Closes
Adding
fee tabln furnished the conversa-
tion p •■ •••. The dining table vas
jcvnUretl with yellow ruses a/id a|>
! pointed with stiver strvic> .
Misses Rogene and Rol *rta
Faulkner and Emily Paxdue served
whit.* tea cakes d<c>.rated in yel-
! low roses, minute cheese apples,
' nuts and coffee.
The bride's book was presided
, over by Miss Jackie Fizer, and
Misses Patsy Butler and Winnie
■ Buchanan displayed the gifts in
I the slftinir ro«>m decorated with :i
'bouquet of yellow daisies. Mis*
, Barbara Bung.-r assisted in wei-
REDl'CED prices on all merchan-
dise. Carey's Storage Co. rtln West
Williams.
BABY chicks and fryers at Sligur
Hatcherv.
YOUNG MAS
i h. 1.1.-phone Company needs men
(■■r construction work. This is an
' M'-IU nt opportunity tor men who
• talify to start on a career in the
■•!• phone business. So previous
. .p-nence necessary.
IF YOl! ARE
I n.1er to years of age.
In good health.
M*«ve a high school .ducat ion, or
ir.e .nuivalSBU you may oualify.
• l'R EMFI.OYEES HAVE
<i....d working conditions.
k> K'il! r employment.
h.tru'at pay incn-as.-s.
opport'initier for advance-
rt t r.t.
1 v.ellent sickness and other em-
pi'.yj e hi ■sTitr
APPI.Y IN PERSON T :
W. K. Wilkinson or
K. Ff. Cunningham
s?4 Walnut Street
Abilene. Texae
i • *e. n May 2R thru June k. IH5I.
SOUTHWESTERN HELI.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
FIVE ROOM modern home. Com-
pletely remodeled. Double garage
and servants <|uarters. One block
i north of South Ward School. Can
1 give possession within thirty days.
R.-ason for selling: leaving town.
Can be seen at !Mil West Wheeler..
COOK STOVE and Kelvinator Re-
I frigerator. Phone fi'W-W. 1902 Fast
i Walker.
! FOR SALE OR TRADE
FOR SALE or Trade—shares
of First Nation.J Bank stock. P.
W Pitzer.
■ ROCK gr.h-.-r>- store. Building and
I fixture* with modern living quar-
11. r*. good l.s-ation for neighbor-
. hood business. Would sell sepa-
rate! v Hl'J N-irth Smith. Phone
IIM-W.
NOTICE
to th * last-week-of
school whir! were several pre com-
mencement praties honoring grad-
uatinii high school ,«'nior*.
Mines. Thompson, D. T. Bowles
and Jack Robert enfeitained in the coming and serving the guests.
Robert home Tuesday afternoon in . Miss Cox and her mother wore
honor of Rogene and Roberta ! corsages of daisie*. and each mem-
Faulkner, Barbara Bunger and bei of the house party wore a
Emily I'ardue, [wristlet «.f yellow diii*ie*.
Colvs and sandwich's were Hosttm* gift to the hom re« was
served to 12 girls. Shasta daisies , a sterling tablespoon in her chosen
provided the decorations. 1 pattern.
Mrs. It. H Trammel! invited at! 1 - .
the girls of the graduating cUis
to her home Monday afternoon for
a coke party honoring the Faulk-
ner twins. Mi*s Pandue and Jackie I
Fizer.
Dresden dolls dressed ;is grad- •
uates and a miniature mortar
board and diploma on the table
carried out the graduation theme.!
The honoree received cnr<ages j
and irift« front Mrs. Trammel!.
A dance for Sue and David
Buchanan at the Woman's Hub
was given last Thursday night hv
Mrs. A. J. Buchanan. [ Mmes. Atkins, (ieorge Wright. W.
Cookie* and lime sherhert were ; W. M'nchew. E. L. Minchew, Horn-
served by Mrs. Buchanan from a ''r R4*"* E. E. Coulee, and T. F.
table centeod with a bucking I Lam*.
quarter
is weak, with name up the back
seam; white socks, name in green.
"Reason for this change in cos-
tume is that the girl* will be play-
ing field ball, soccer and baseball
on a gravel field, where they need
protection on their legs."' Mrs.
Christenson said. "Also, it is too
cold in that gym for shorts during
the winter months. Actually, th> r>>
is only one month in the school
year wh.-n we ran comfortably
\vcur shorts."
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation t<> our many friend*
and neighbors who were so kind
to us during the illness and death
of our mother. We would like to
especially thank hi.Mid donar* and
Dr. Payne,
Children of Mrs. J. P. Brown.
Mrs. Willie Mae ,\L'G!othlin
Cletous and Vera Newnham
Mrs. Louie Clark of Pampa, for- wa«. also
rrcr Breckenridge resident. - 1
guest in th* home of Mrs.
Green.
is a
Earl
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO. May HO <U* ~ United
Nation* forces have taken nearly
lo.tHHi Chinese prisoners in a lit-; Chinese in all previoua eneountei
tie more thiwi five weeks. Gen. together.
Matthew B. Ridgwa> disclosed to- The terrific Communist losses i
day. the abortive offensive, he said. ha«
The supreme L'N commander re- resulted in desertions b *coming
ported that Chine*.- troops are de- "serious and significant probleti
serting in increasing number* fol- deal back into rear areas" as wor>
lowing the failure of their double-of UN fire p .w.-r and the priva-
jbarreled spring offensive. jtions suffered at the frnbt filter*.'
In a Memorial Day report on the back through the ranks
1 progress of the Korean war. Ridt;
way also:
havr>
Mr and Mr*. Ralph Hilgenberg
have returned from two days in
Ft. Worth.
Miss Fay Faulkner spent yester-
day in Ft. Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Tharp of
Lamarmte are guests in the home
; of the r. K. Wests. They came for
the graduation of their daughter.
Carol, from Breckenridge High
School.
I. fUid Communist losses
reached a new high rate.
t. Suggested that steadily
mounting enemy casualties may
lead the Chinese to lose faith in |
their leaders.
,'l. Reported that since the star,
of the abortive Red offensive, the
8th Army has captur.il enemv
•trms and munitions in quantities
"exceeding many times" the a-
mount ever taken before.
4. Warned that the Communist* j
nevertheless stili have available |
"somewhere in the neighborhood"
of 15 divisions— IRii.imni men at
FRICIDAIRE
T< 'J AWADE
OoeS.^^wt
JS**t ca'&Z&c
r0JL°&S '
LlAVt^_
|V
Atkins Home Scene Of
Shower For Miss Giles
A kitchen shower for Miss Bet-j.nl nuts on the porch. Small tables
tve Giles was held in the home of were iaid with kitchen cloths, car
Dust and diri that collect on Mint
mer clothe* ■* easily removed b}
the IIARVEY CLEANERS. Eve.
in your wa->h drcs«e . you buy the
litest material* you can hecatis*
ibvv last loiiKcr. Why not obserM
I he same rule when havinc then,
cleaned'.' We ha*e the most mod-
em equipment in town . . . jtuar
•tntee the be t.
; Mrs. Floy Atkins Tuesday ev
| from *'< to 8.
| Hostesses for the party
bronco. A
attended.
large proup of graduate
iXPFRIFNCED waitress wanted.
T .Ik' .>pp!y in p rs«.n. Miller Ho-
♦ i .'offer Shop.
ANYONE making round trip to
Fort Worth by truck oi pickup
please call IW7-W if y u can bring
1 b:uk dinette furniture.
WANTED
\NTFD to buy. Four, five or six
r*'.rn home to h> moved. Busv Bee
Caf.
Charles Favored
Over Joey Maxim
' HICAGO, May :«•. TP— Heavy
•■C'eht champion Exzard '"harles
• td his "wear-'em-dowti" tactics
■'ere favored at ll-?> tod.iv to bent
1 r ht heavyweight champion J.wv
Maxim. th«- Cleveland "Cutie," in
their battle for the heawweight
crown at Chicago Stadium to-
il ght.
However, steadily increased
twwking for Maxim promised to
horten the price to |.'** than 2-1
h> ring time, R p. m. CST.
Should Maxim achieve an up-
't in the scheduled I.'.-rounder, he
would he the first mnn in ring
h tory to have won th - he«vv-
v • rght championship while still
"■•nnng the tT'.-pound crown.
A disappointina crowd of about
:".'i<Ml was expected in the world's
.argest indoor arena, which can
.•i'-comoda e more than .Hl.llfWl for
a fight. That would indicate a
te of |Mi,)H)ll or less. The *ta-
iium hud been scaled for a $24< ,-
;il You ARE INTERESTED IN
HOSPITALIZATION OR HEALTH
i AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
WITH AN OLD LINE LEGAL
RESERVE COMPANY I HAVE
OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS
FOR YOU. THERE ARE NO
SHORTAGES IN PACT I HAVE
A FRESH SHIPMENT COMING
IN EVERY DAY. BOB Musi.FY.
HIM. WEST HILLUM. PHONE
I •; .%.
Landowners am i.Miking f..r
i n.H^d .-pot to drill for oi'. Si 7
Dibble. Bun-h Hotel.
REAL ESTATE
NEW HOUSE: Never lued in: As-
bestos clad: Hardwood floors: Rix-k
foundation. 4 rooms and bath: I n-
believable low price. S0:i West 5th.
Call r se«- us quickly. This one
will be -napped up. SWEENEY
INSURANCE AGENCY. Phone
IIM Chevrolet Fleet line P er-
glide.
WW Lincoln V-fi. Overdrive
l 4* lord ?-door
I94it • hevroJet lleetline 4 doer.
1*4* Mercery Club Coupe
1*47 Ford ? door
Faulkner motor co.
Lincoln— Mercury
Phone lOt 11)9 V Baylor
Mrs. Atkins, Mrs. C. M. Giles.
mother of the honoree, and Miss
Giles received the guests. Mrs.
Lane showed them int.. the bed-
room, where Mines. E. L. Minchew
and C'onlr* were displaying the
gift*.
Mmes. Wrisrht, W. W. Minchew.
Bel! and Conlee, assisted by Miss
Delorv* til. nn, served cold drinks. I tain in
cheeM- sandwiches, mints and salt 'duck*.
iiingjrying out the th. me. and plete fa-
vors were miniature wooden roll-
were ing pins.
All decorations were spring flow-
era arranged in kitchen utensils
and carrying out the bride-to-be's
chosen colors, blue and yellow.
Miss Marita Waldrop registered
the guests.
Hostess gift to the honoree was
a Penguin hot and cold server.
Miss ttiles is to he married Fri-
day night to Charlo* Sander*.
On a clear day, more than liHi
bod.e* of water can be seen from
the .summit of Whitefnce Moun- i *u P P ' y aervice
Now York State's Adiron- , free. Call C7t -W
RUBBER
STAMPS
MADE-TO-ORDER
B i < SEVEN-UP
(Ml gate.
The fifht will b«' televises! .tnd
broadcast over Columbia Broad-
casting system outlets.
J
THREE DAY
. SERVICE
PHONE 414
!• !
The safeguarding of al! kinds of
lost piopertv is well-organixed in
liondon, with offices conveniently
locat.-d for returning articles lost
in the streets, in buses, cabs, sub-
ways and the trains and stations
of Rritinh railway*.
iim
BY THE LARTON
SUPPLY oa
M" Waffle Pique. Mid
Colore. Yd. 5dr :
THt Oponfai9 Of Tlio Fidolity Union
Life Insurance Co.
•I IIS ft 11* MHor BMa.
M" Ftarnl WsffW Ptqse Yd. Uc
1341
CHARLES MATHKS
Anent
M" M Sq. Percales .... Yd. 4#c
1ST t COURT P10NB Ml
L0W1ST COST FINANCING
ON NIW CARS
BORROW iifB PITRCHA8E M0NBY IN ADVANCE
LOWEST COST QUICKEST SWYICR
LOCAL CMMT COMPLETE INSURANCE
BLAKI JOHNSON
MSURANCK AOMCY
PHONE 777
NOTICE
JAKES CAFE ia now
new Management. I will
date the palrenage of
sM ft
WEEK DATA
A. M. tn 8tM P. M.
SATURDAY
3t4S A. M. In l#:Wt P. M.
SUNDAY
A. M. tn •*« P. M.
BOB CLARKE
NOTICE
Approved Forms Of
Office Of Price Stobiisation
Pricing Charts
are available in handy pads at our
office
PADS OF SO $1.00
These Forms Are Required To Be
Filed With the O. P. S.
FRED E. Hl'SE. Owner
Phone 414 114-1 IK East Elm St.
Mcfiqnitc—Weed
sect Spraying.
ft Approve*
WHTHE HOWE
Jreckenridge Flying Service
Phone 127
Whatever j our
trouble, whoever
you are I'll Help
REFRIGERATORS
Any Hour Da
Night. Rose Ave.
Baptist Church
iVsires To Re
Your Friend.
Your tick room
<ev. R. E. Wright
CASTING
ELECTRIC RANGE
AUTOMATIC WASHE
ftsl«
for-^a
fishing}
Have You Got A
PAIL BIX VAN?
f You Haven't You're
lissing Half The Fishing.
SIZE
TTENTION
ISHERMEN
Jrinsr In That Big Crappie,
lasK Or Catfish To Weigh
In At The Ewing-Christian
lardware And Enter The
tilt S5.A0U Cash Prize
Contest
Ewing-Christkm
Hardware Co.
|3.1I W. Walker Ph. 1.W
Canto In nhI
nhoet nil the new
IHgidnire Appfioneaa
Dougkn Anderson
Co.
110 N. Court Ph. 60
TROLLING SIZE f
— n
FLY SIZE §
MERRILL'S
Is I
Official J
Registery ?
Station !
CONTEST
FOB GRAND PRIZE'S
$.->.600 FISHING
Come In For Kree Fish-
^nu (iaide & Information
Used Cars
3 1( hevrolet Deluxe 2-doora.
I9M Chevrolet Deluxe Cluk Coupe. ^ "
1*49 Chevrolet Deluxe 4-door. * f '
1949 Ford Deluxe 4-dnnr
1948 Chevrnlet Fleet master 4-door
IMh Ford Super Deluxe 8 ■
19S# Chevrolet */, ten pickup.
1919 laternatinnal I'i tan Track. Flat Red.
SEE CJ* FOR BCDGET PI.AN ON PARTS AND LAROR
BcliweH Chevrolet Ge.> lie.*
soi w.
o. McDowell,
Strait
S05
Merrill
krire & Supply
211 W. Walker
THAT GRASS IS
GROWING FAST!
GET A NEW
S A V A G E
La wi Mower
£a« Powered
4 Hand operated.^
Models
Priced From
$19.95 Up
ni'Dorr terms;
p'pf
Tire & Supply
211 W. Walker
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