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Buy It Here
WEATHER
Continued warm. Widely scattered
thuadershowers. Low tonight 72.
Low this morning 4, high yester*
day 102.
UNITED PRESS Win Strrtet
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VOL. 33 NO. Ill
BBBCEENMPGE. TEXAS—THURSDAY, JUKE 11. 1953
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPT
Houston Enters
Growiag List Of
Needy For Water
(By UNITED PRESS)
Houston Thursday joined the
growing list of Texas cities faced
with critical municipal water defi-
ciencies as Protestant and Catholic
citizens of Laredo joined in unus-
ual session to pray for rain.
Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz
and the city council asked residents
of the state's largest city to go on
a voluntary water rationing pro-
gram for at least seven days until
the municipal legal department
could prepare a rationing ordinan-
ce.
Water pressure was low in many
Houston areas.
_ Laredo prayed for rain as its re-
sidents looked over the dry bed of
the Rio Grande into Mexico. The
international river hasn't flowed
there for 10 days.
New Development
The dwindling Rio Grande, which
just gave up and stopped flowing
from Laredo to the Gulf of Mexi-
co, figured in still another develop-
ment in the Texas water situation.
Hudspeth county asked the Te-
xas Board of Water Engineers at
Austin for appropriation of 100,-
070 acre-feet of Rio Grande water
yearlsy for irrigation of 18.318
acris of land enclosed by its Re-
clamation District No. t.
There was a wholesale response
of opposition to the request from
other areas of the state, particul-
arly in the stricken Lower Rio
Grande -Valley, and from the U. S.
Bureau of Reclamation .the Natio-
nal Park Service, the City of El
Paso and the EI Paso county wat-
er control and improvement ser-
vice.
Long«i«w Lower* Rates
In a touch of irony, meanwhile
Longview in northeast Texas, with
three full municipal water reser-
voirs. proudly announced summer
water rates uhirh included h 20
per cent discount to large residen-
tial users.
Houston public utility directoi
Frank Baldwin tol dthe city coun-
cil Wednesday that the water sit-
uation in about half the state's
largest city is "eritical."
All the city south of Buffalo
Bayou is suffering from low pree
sure. Baldwin said, adding that
this was becoming a "health prob-
lem."
"And if we don't do something
right now." he said, "there's n"
telling what shape we'll be in by
the middle of September."
Reds Defeat «Kes!" *-h.
In Record Drive OfkiMM
Past Nine Months
WfH^Fohw
EWeMoft In Italy
ROME. June 11 'U.(S—A sup
porter of Premier Alcide de Gas
peri was killed Thursday and two
were seriously wounded in a post
election battle with Communists
near Bari.
The first major violence in thf
parliamentary elections that pro-
vided a set buck to the de Gasperi
coalition broke out in the main
square of Minervino Murge. The
two factions fought a pitched bat-
tle with knives and pistols aftei
hearing a report on the-election;
from, their local leaders. x >'
SEEN or HEARD
By C. M. H.
V. F. W. meets tonight at
o'clock ... No meeting of Jayceet
because of rodeo .... Charlie
Brown, former resident, has secur-
ed a patent on an implement tool
bar clamp .... Howard Kelly, here
from Arkansas, says he is pleased
with country and experiences neat
Fajretteville.
AMBASSADOR—Arnold D. P.
Heeney, former Montreal law-
yer,, named new Canadian Am-
bassador to the United States
in a shake-up of top External
Affairs Department officials.
Heeney has been serving as
Canadian Representative on the
North Atlantic Council.
(NEA TelephotoV
Miss Mary' Frances McNair dem-
onstrating home freesers in office
of Texas Eleetric Service Co. i.«
serving frozen refreshments t<
callers ... Bill Pitier says he
does not want a straw cap foi
fear his ears will get sunburned
.... Jess G. Wilson and C. E
Shocker took off IS catfish weigh
ing about 34 pounds at Lake Dan-
iel last night and 6 this morning.
Bilt Brown recalling that daring
the boom days Crystal Falls finish-
ed a jail one day and that nighf
it was Mown to smithereens ....
Prank Deaver says his commercial
garden, first we have seen here
Mys tomato crop no good but in
eight or nine daya wilt need bean
pickers and much okra coming on.
W. S. Gullahorn has been attend
ing the Southern States Account-
ants Conference in Hot Spring*
.... Mrs. B. H. Stephens back
from trip to New Orleans and
Arkansas, said people in New Or-
leans seemed mean .... Monro*
Veale recovering from an infected
eye—had black patch on it at rodeo
last night.
Rev. W. E. Ptapp says Presby
terian Vocation Bible school cms*
tojdong fine .. . Rube Blaln
says Highway 180 Association
needing memberships to pay '*•"
sign rentals and repairs ....
said he is not leaving immediate-
ly. And, didnt know Httlo toys
conhi move around wo wuch antil
Mt by one at radio last night.
Thought For The Moment; Maj
yott live all the days of your life.—
Swill. ....
Mercury Mounts
As Showers Nit
Only Far West
The mercury rose to 102 degrees
here yesterday as the, predicted
•videly scattered showers hit only
extreme Weat Texas, and the
veatherman offered no hope for
ain in this section today.
A pre-summer heat spell still
held its grin over Texas Thursday
itthough Wednesday's tempera-
tures were down some. in places
ind strong southerly winds' that
had whipped the state thfe past
few- days abated somewhat. United
Press reports show.
High temperatures in the state
Wednesday shifted to from " West
Texas to north Central Texas,
where Childress and Wichita FaQs
registered 102 degrees for top ho-
nors. Presidio, usually the hot sp4£
of the nation, dropped to a rneie
too degrees Wednesday compared
'.o til the day before. "
-Koflreyer.- rhe* wmherrnan -iaitt-
•at jd tfie brief respite ' wouyl end
Thursday. Temperatures i>er&'e'$-
oected to be slightly higher over
West Texas and-north' Central' Te-
xas through Friday ' • ••w
"Other condition*, were^,expected
•it-KMtmfh :ij utithe *ime>vei' Hie
state tHrtttgh' FtWi#,^ wittlie
generally fair and hot over the
■itate with the exception of ex-
treme West Texas, where some
•lotids and a few scattered show-
«rs are predicted for late Thurs-
day. •,
Other high temperatures Wed-
nesday included tOl at Abileiv? and
Mineral Wells and 100 at Laredo.
Others ranged mostly in the upper
90s. Thursday's low reading was
'>8 degrees at Amarillo.
Rainfall in extreme Weat Texas
included .13 of an inch at El Paso.
.U2 at Guadalupe. Pasa and ill. at
Amarillo. A few scattered showers
hIso fell over an area from the Pe-
ns Valley northward to the South
Plains.
GditcsvMe To
Get Supply Plant
PITTSBURGH. June 11 <U.Rw
National Supply Co. has arranged
'o acquire an 80 acre plant site
n Gainesville, Tax., and plans to
build a plant for making oil and
field machinery and equipment
'here, it was announced Thursday.
The 100,000 square foot plant
vill cost $3.5 million and will em-
ploy 300 people when fully operat
in*, A. E. Walker, president, stat-
ed. He estimated that production
•vill begin in June next yeai.
By ROBERT UDICK
SOEl'L. June 11 <U.R)~The
Communists, mounting their heavi-
est attack in nine months, overran
key outposts and knifed through
the main Allied defense line on the
■•ist central front at three points
Thursday.
More than 700 Chinese Reds
were still behind the UN line hours
ifter the first attack. Others sat
itop newly won frontline positions
as South Korean troops slowly
pressed the Reds back.
A fourth gap was closed by
\mericans of the U. S. Third Di-
vision after 12 hours of bitter
fighting.
Bring Points Under Control
By afternoon, Allied fighting
units were reported bringing under
control all points attacked Wednes-
day night by an estimated 8,001
Reds.
At the major point of attack,
where the crack ROK Fifth Divi-
sion was hit in a two-regiment Reo
oush, the Chinese still held twe
frontline hills they took in the as-
sault.
But at the third point of pene-
tration. near Outpost Texas, a Chi
lese battalion drove through the
ROK line and curved long behiru
South Korean positions.
Mount Counterattacks
The ROKs mounted tw o counter-
attacks in the afternoon and were
reported to have started driving
the Chinese back.
Another counterattack by the
ROK iSth Division was making
progress at Christmas Hill, where
i Red company had gotten a foot'
oold. Late reports said the posi-
tion had been nearly destroyed.
An Eighth Army briefing offi-
•er, Maj. Walton McMullen of
Gainesville, Tex., estimated the
number of Reds involved in the
attacks which touched off the most
iavage fighting since last October.
Elements of a Chinese division
started the drive Wednesday night
and pushed into the main area
during the early morning hours.
Eighth Army headquarters des-
cribed the assanlt as "very-heavy."
Swarm Over Outposts
The Red forces swarmed over
ROK outposts tike a steamroller
behind a defeaning artillery bar-
rage. During one hour of the fight-
ing Chinese- Cannoneers fired about
.13,000 rounds.
Communist troops original}}
knocked four holes in the main
Allied line near "Outpost Harry'"
but Americans of the U. S. Third
Division closed one of the gapt
after 12 hours of bitter fighting.
Shortly after daybreak, the
South Koreans, whose government
has threatened to throw them into
combat alone if the forthcoming
-ease-fire is ignored by President
Syngman Rhee. counterattacked
two of the Communist-held strong-
holds and' battled 'to contain an-
other penetration.
Assault ROK Positions
■ Two regiments — about 4.000
men—took part in the> biggest
Communist attack, an assault on
ROK positions southeast of Out-
post Texas east of the Pukhan
(Continued On Page Two)
Modoc Held For
Threat To Ike
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., June
11 . IU.R:—A vagrant laborer de-
scribed as a "dangerous maniac"
a-ill be taken to Philadelphia tc
face charges of threatening tc
assassinate President Eisenhower.
Albert J. Drevney, 40, was ar-
rested by police here late Wednes-
day as he applied for a job. Hit
arrest climaxed an investigation
by the U. S. Secret Service that
began three months ago when th
President received an anonymous
letter threatening his life.
Secret Service Chief U. E
Baughman disclosed in Washington
that Drevney sent the President a
threatening leitter last March from
Lancaster, Pa., and also threaten-
ed the life of the Harrisburg, Pa-
postmaster. In past year Drev-
ney also mailed threats to the late
President Roosevelt and to former
President Truman, Baughman said.
Drevney apparently has a "pres-
idential complex" and has spent
time in six mental institution^
Baughman said.
Buy year soot severs dt the
Whit* Antn Stnr .
If Interested bPamg Sip Here
it you are interested in a city paving program, particu-
larly on your own residential property, at a cost less than $4
per running foot sign the form below and mail it to E. R.
Maxwell.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Ctiy Hall
City of Breckenridge, Texas
I, the undersigned, respectfully petition the City of Brecken-
ridge for street paving.
Owner
By LEROY HANSEN
PANMUNJOM, Korea. June 11
'KB*—Staff officers split into two
sections Thursday to speed up their
work on a Korean truce while, at
Seoul, President Syngman Rhee
told his people the armistice would
mean "death to us."
Army Col. Don O. Darrow took
over one of the teams smoothing
out final details of an armistice
and Marine Col. James C. Murray
headed the other.
As the two sections rushed to
complete the document to stop the
bloodshed on the fighting front, the
78-vear-old South Korean president
spoke to his people.
Objections Misunderstood
Referring to President Eisenhow-
er's personal appeal for co-opera-
tion. Rhee said South Korea's ob-
jections to the truce were misun-
derstood.
"We regret it very much that
"■■p take >• different view to his
friendly advice, and this is unav-
oidable because a truce on present
►erms simply means death to us."
"We have been explaining this
position to our Allies and intend
to do so continuously.
"Atthough the difference between
our views and that of the United
States are wide we always remem-
ber the fact that the United States
has no less concern in our future
than we have.
"We wish our Allies would come
•■o understand our true intentions."
Rhee sidestepped a clear state-
ment of whether he would order
Sis ROK army, now manning two-
►hi>*ds of the hattlefront. to ignore
and wreck a UN-Communist truce
now in its final stages.
An Appeal to People
The President annealed to the
oeople to. avo'd "radical conduct"
tnd "violent exoressions of com-
olaints to our Alli«js."
As be uttered his warning, his
cabinet met in a building next?-to
♦he bombed-out capitol, .his chief
of staff called 10 top generals
fn a "council of war." and 50,000
Koreans demonstrated for the third
straight day in Seoul.
A clear indication that the final
irmistice document was near com-
pletion was given when three high-
ranking members of the United
Nations truce delegation left their
base camp at Munsan.
Three Skeletons
Found lay deer
Texas Mystery
HOUSTON, June 11 <U.Rv-A 60-
vear-old railroad telegrapher said
Thursday he believed three skele-
tons found on a tiny island near
Galveston this week may be those
of his daughter, her fiance and
some other person missing since
August, 1933.
If so, their discovery will close
one of the strangest cases, on re-
cord in this part of the country.
Homer H. Jones, the Megri'ih-
sr, told the story Thursday after
reading the three skeletons had
been discovered by a fishing party.
Doctors at the University of Tex-
as medical school determined they
•vere of a middte-aged man, a 'teen
ager and another middle aged per-
son, sexes of the last two unknown.
• Description Fits
That would fit the description of
his daughter, Erma Helen Jones,
and her boy friend, Gus Jaehne,
vho were 19 and 3t respectively at
the time of their disappearance, Jo-
nes said.
He said he had dental records of
work dono on Jaehne's teeth and
hopes they will match the dentistry
of one of the skeletons.
In 1933. Jones said, his daugh-
ter, a sophomore at Rice Institute
eloped with Jaehne, a bank cashier
it Giddings. Tex. The Jones then
lived at Giddings and the young
couple couple drove sepamtelv to
Houston, Jaehne with a "Giddings
restaurant man who was a gamb-
ler," Jones said.
That was Saturday, Aug. 19, he
said. On Monday the bank where
Jaahne worked, found they were
$10,000 short. The FBI and Texas
Rangers entered the case.
Little Information
Jones said the restaurant man of-
tiered little information to officers
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison vi- nut later told him that "Gus was
sited an American combat unit and gone—that they had disposed of
Air Force Brig. Gen. Edgar E. k!~"
Gtenn and Rear Adm. John C. Dan-
iel went to Tokyo for undisclosed
"personal reasons."
CROWD AT RODEO ESTMATED
LARGEST IN ITS TEN YEARS
Calf Roping Is
Feature: Baugh
Led By Wright
him.'
"He said my daughter was safe
and he could take me to Galveston
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Letter New Treasured
FATHER ■ KOREA (H.LE1 SIX
DORRS AFTER itmiK TO SM
Street and Number
PHENIX CITY. Ala., June 11
:U.R>—Sgt. Terrell Anderson had
->rders to move up with his unit to
the front in Korea, but for a few
brief moments his. .thoughts turned
iway from the impending battle
and fled- across the miles to a little
home in Alabama.
He. found a quiet place and took
out.pencil and paper.
"Dear Mike," he started the let-
ter to his three-year-old son.
Perry Michael Anderson.
"As I am sitting here in thii
place with my mind back there
with you and Patrica (Mike's lit-
tle sister) and your mother, I
thought I would drop you a few
lines to let you know my thoughts.''
He told Mike "it is hard for a
nag to have to leave his family
indr the ones dear to his heart tc
go into some distant land and figh;
± war."
But the sergeant said "that is
what is happening to a lot of
guys."
He talked to Mike about patriot-
ism-and duty.
"I want you to feel when yot
?row up that if and when youi
-ountry needs vou to fight, I want
you to go willingly to serve your
country," the sergeant wrote.
And he talked to Mike about his
hopes for the future—Mike's fu-
ture.
"I hope by the time you are old
enough, the world will be at
peace."
The sergeant told Mike about
the coming engagement, some-
where in Korea.
"Mike, we are moving up on the
front lines tonight sometime aftei
12 midnight. A lot of things maj
happen to your Daddy by the time
you get this letter."
The sergeant neatly folded tht
letter and placed it in an envelope
•>n the envelope he wrote. "Go.
JUntfKtfii Airmen
Rescued From Sea
SEOUL, June 11 (UB>—Four
American airmen were rescued
from enemy waters Wednesday af-
ter their helicopter crashed in the
Yellow Sea and the wreckage
dragged them 15 feet below the
surface of the water.
Rescued wer Capt. James V.
Belyea of Waterville, Mo.; Capt.
lames M. Martin, of New Or-
eans, Airman First Class L. Hon-
■s of Pineland, Tejfc, and Airman
First Class Arthur G. Gillespie of
Draper, N. C.
Always BEAUTIFUL SHIRTS
IRI
letter, go. I can'tt"
The letter arrived in Phenix City
this week, but it didn't go fast
enough.
Several days before, the Defense
Department notified Mike's moth-
er that the sergeant was killed in
action in Korea two weeks ago.
ibout six houfs after he had fin-
ished his letter.
Storm Aid Asked
For Houston Co.
AUSTIN, June 11 <U.R~Gov.
Allan Shivers asked President Ei-
senhowere to declare tornado-torn
Houston county, Tex., a disaster
area because replacement of four
school buildings is "so important
and meaningful to the children and
to the community involved."
Shivers pointed out to the Presi-
dent that a "vicious tornado"
struck in an area 12 miles long and
a quarter mile wide near Crockett
in Houston county May 16.
The twister demolished four
buildings on the William high
school campus. The governor said
it would cost $78,045 to replace the
buildings and equipment for 234
students.
The schol district has raised its
tax rate from $1 to $1.50 per $100
property valuation for an addi-
tional $19,000 in revenue and the
ttnte is offering all assistance
possible, Shivers said, but there
remains a deficit of $59,045.
Bremen Extinguish
Blaze In Cor
A run by the local fire depart-
ment was made Wednesday at 8:10
p, m. to the vicinity of the Amer-
ican Legion building, where the car
of Mrs. Jesse Corbett was on fire
Firemen reported a gas leak had
become ignited on the motor, caus-
ing an estimated damage of $10 to
the fuel pump.
o
Three To Hospital
Calls to the local hospitals reveal-
ed the following three patients ad-
mitted during the past 24 hours:
Stephens Memorial—Mrs. C. E.
Tones, and three-year-otd Lucy
Mae Stoker, medical patients. Ja-
mes Jones, surgical. Mrs. Edith
Kilpatrick, dismissed.
lui —Babe Didrickson Zaharias smiles from her motor
scooter as she tours the Colonial Country Club golf course in Ft.
Worth Tuesday. This was the Babe's first visit to the links since un-
dergoing surgery two months ago for a rectal maligancy. She ac-
companied a foursome of friends around the course oil her scooter
but did uo swinging herself. (NEA Telephoto)
S25 Million Is
Asked For Aid
To Storm Area
WORCESTER, Mass., June 11
(U.R;—Relief officials' revised death
and damage figures upward Thurs-
day as President Eisenhower con-
sidered a weekend visit to the de-
vastated scene of Tuesday's New
England tornado.
The deuth toll hand climbed to 81'
earlv today and official estimates
of damage in the Worcester area
totaled $75 million.
At Minot, N. D., meanwhile, Mr.
Eisenhower designated Massachu-
setts as a major disaster area,
qualifying it for federal financiar
DEBRIS BLOWN 70 MILES
BELLEVUE, Ohio, June It <U.R>
—Farmer Lynn Harris Thurs-
day found his cornfield littered
with debris from the tornado
Monday night in Deshler, Ohio,
which is 70 miles away. In the
nibble was a page from "Gone
With the Wind." he said.
aid. No specific funds were allo-
cated. but requests from Massa-
chusetts officials had ranged from
$10 million to $25 million.
Sources at the temporary White
House in North Dakota said Mr.
Eisenhower was considering a visit
to the tornado area when he makes
a New England swing before re-
turning to Washington late Sun-
lay. Saturday appeared to be the
most logical day for a trip to Wor-
cester.
Including casualties from twist-
ers that struck in the Midwest ear-
Mer this week, the naional tourna-
do death toll stood Thursday at
243.
The Red Cros ,et the Worces-
ter area death toll and said many
of the 300 injured who remained
hospitalized might soon be added
to the list despite an emergency
blood-giving program. An Initial
800 pints of blood was rushed to
the disaster scene Wednesday.
Thp National Red Cross allocated
$100,00 in disaster funds and Gov.
Chrir.tian A. Herters' request for
$10 million from the federal gox'-
ernment was upp-'d to $25 million
in a late bid Wednesday by U. S.
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall R-Mass.
Jesse R. Smith Is
Feted By Masons
At the regular Masonic Lodge
meeting, Tuesday evening, Jesse
R. Smith was presented with the
50 year Masonic Service Award
D.D.G.M.. T L. Amis from East-
tand made the presentation.
Others in Breckenridge who have
had this honor are Judge W. C.
Veale, Dr. D. J. R. Youngblood and
Judge Frank S. Roberts.
On June 16 at 7:30 p. m. there
will be a called meeting for the
purpose of conferring the Entered
Apprentice Degree. All members
are urged to be present and Mas-
ter Masons are welcome.
Jayeees Plan
Charter Night
tinner June 24
Members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce on June 24 will meet
at the Woman's Club for a "Char-
ter Night" program, announced
was made today..
For this occasion Tommy Cook,
Grand Prairie, president of the
state organization has been secur-
ed as speaker, and the recently el-
ected officers will be installed.
Cook has been given a year's
leave of absence by the Humble
Oil Company-at Baytown for his
work as- president, and at present
is living in Grand PVairie. Local
members are looking forward' to
hearing Kim. '
Officers to be installed are Bob
Bowen, president, succeeding Ber-
nard Clegig; Jack Cox, first vice
president; Frank Homme, second
vice persident; Howard Swanson,
secretary; and Bill Maner trasurer.
Dinner will be served at 7.:30
o'clock, and the invitation reads
that dress will be informal.
The members of this organiza-
tion are mapping out a plan of
continued work, announcement con-
cerning it's activities to be made
next Tuesday in the Breckenridge
American.
Latest project of the organiza-
tion has been the sale of "Scotch-
lite," proceeds to go toward re-
painting the street signs placed in
the city by the Jayeees some years
ago.
This tape can be had at the
Chamber of Commerce for $1. It
is placed on the rear bumper.
Stephens county's tenth annual
rodeo opened Wednesday night be-
fore packed stands and with many
•standing, to present a performance
in which good calf roping wa^ n
.op t'eutuie. The crowd was esti-
mated between 4.000 and 5,000.
Grady Slaughter, rodeo manager,
said he believes it the largest
■rowd ever to attend a performan-
ce during the ten year's histoiy
of the organization.
Add to this the enormqus num-
ber of riders that took part in the
grand entry and the parade Wed-
nesday afternoon, and it might saf-
ely be said there were also mora
horses and riders than ever seen
here before. The grand entry pack-
ed the arena so there scarcely was
stepping room sparkled by riding
clubs attending from several sur-
rounding cities. The riding uni-
forms and the many flags and ban-
ners presented a gay milling scene.
The performances opened with in-
cidents that caused gasps, and for
'i while concern, to the crowd. The
first two bareback riders were
thrown hard, and it was feared
both were seriously hurt. C. W.
Finchoi- Jr. of Albany did suffer
a broken right arm, above the
wrist, but he had it set at Stephens
Memorial hospital and was back
at the rodeo grounds before the
show was over. Dale Jones, the oth-
er rider was not injured.
Wright Leads Baugh
There were spills aplenty but al-
so some good roping and calf rop-
ing got down in the twelve se-
conds class.
The feature calf rooing event,
the contest between Nig Wright,
Breckenridge, and Sammy Baugh
of football fame, ended the first
evenirftf with Wright, in the lead
with 51.7 seconds total to Baugh's
58.5.
Baugh was penalized ten seconds
for breaking the barrier on his
third Calf. Otherwise, his time was
16.8, 15.7 and 16 in the order
mentioned. Wright's time was 14.7,
14.8 and 22.2.
The two are to rope a total of
twelve calves, the average time for
the twelve to determine the win-
ner.
The contestants part of the show
is broken by the presentation of
the Lucas Troupe, acrobats of
Wichita Falls who received a big
hand.
Many Riding Clubs
One hot number in the contes-
tants was that of Monroe Lawren-
ce of Albany roping a calf in 15.3
in a junior calf roping contest.
Best time made by the seniors 13.-3
(Continued On Page Two)
Polio Coses In
Texas Mounting
WASHINGTON, June 11 <U.P—
The Public Health service said
Thursday 248 new cases of polio-
myelitis were reported in the week
ending June 6. more than twice
as many as the 119 in the pre-
ceding week.
The new cases raised to 2.817
the number of cases thus far re-
ported in 1953, compared with
2.166 for the same period a year
ago.
Since April 1, when the incidence
rate begins going up sharply, the
total is 1,235 as compared with
846 for the same period in 1952.
Texas had the most new cases
in the latest report—56 as com-
nnred with 47 in t.he prior week.
Oklahoma had eight new cases.
School Board Adopts Resolutions On
Resignation Of Supt. John F. Bailey
The following resolutions were
adopted Tuesday evening by the lo-
-al Board of Education on the re-
signation of Supt. John F. Bailey:
WHEREAS, Mr. Jno. F. Bailey.
Superintendent of the Brecken-
•idge E ublic Schools for the past
fifteen years and who has devoted
thirty-two years of his life toward
fche improvement of elementary
education in the Breckenridge
Schools and who because of poor
health at this time has submitted
to the Board of Education his re-
<ignation as Superintendent of the
Breckenridge Public School Sy-
stem; and
WHEREAS, because of the con*
lition of Mr. Bailey's health at
this time, the Board of Education
has after due consideration, but
with reluctance, decided to accept
-uch resignation, but feels that it
should extend to Mr. Bailey Its ap-
preciation for the long and faithful
service which he has rendered to
Public School System of Brecken-
ridge and Stephens County, Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED by the Board of Educa-
tion that the resignation of Mr.
John F. Bailey as Superintendent
of the Breckenridge Public Schools
he accepted and that the Secre-
tary be instructed to extend to Mr.
Bailey on behalf of the Board of
Education the appreciation of the
Board for the thirty-two years of
-ontinuous, faithful service ren-
dered by him to the Public School
System in Breckenridge and Steph-
ens County, Texas, an dthat Mr.
Bailey be informed on behalf of
the Board that when his health im-
proves to such an extent that he
can further serve the School Sy-
stem in some capacity, the Board
of Education will endeavor to again
take advantage of his services, if
offered.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Secretary furnish Mr.
Jno. F. Bailey a copy of this reso-
lution.
(Signed)
C. K. West, Chairman
R. I. McArron
P. W. Pitzer, Jr.
Joe E. Hanna
Robert Mehaffey
Graden Dye
F. M. Harrell
Guyton's Jewelry, your aothorix.
ed Keepsake Diamond, Hamilton,
Onega and Angina Vitck f
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