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watl' BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
WEATHER
Occasional light rain Saturday
night, clearing Sunday. Low Sun-
day morning 40, low Saturday
morning 39, high Friday 52.
UNITED PRESS Wire Service
Devoted To Honie Town News and Building Breckenridge and Stephens County
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BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS —SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 1953
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APPEARING IN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Left to right are the w-cond year Prep division members
of Brvrkem itin* Boy.n Chftjr win.* will appear Sunday afternoon in the seeoud Annual t hI'istrvsas Festi-
val at the First * "hrist^an Church. Tep row—Jtdin Thomas, Billy Ciresham, Harry Ledbetter, Trey Pitzer,
Karl Frank Navratil, and !'i. k ■ Carey. Bottom row—Pete Kiker, Tommy Jackson, Kenny Pun ish,
Smokey Robbius, Robbie IMzer and Tommy Smith.
Pubiic Offered
Result Of Work
On Boys Choir
When seventy-one bojs tak<
their plari-s for presentation of the
Breckenridge Boy* Choir Christ-
mas Festival, the public can ser
the results
■veral months
effort by the choir, its «t;; ct'ji>
atid assistants, and well-org anizeti
parent committees.
The program, (rum 5:30 t<< 6:.'if
Sunday afternoon at !)..• Fir.4
Christian Oiurch is a three-part
fantasy which ofK-ria ir .S.: at.
workshop. First and ■ «rs«l->".u
prep youngster.> *iii l«< in coaturoe
for their parts.
Hlue-robtd principal t-hoir hoys
will upfte.tr in the Mi-orsd Bart
the program which prop-ftl* to t.
climax with assistant-.' from ..
eral adult cast members. They wii!
also be in costume.
Standing Committees of esm.'h
who aid with various apppaiui >-.>•
by the choir include transportation,
both in and out-of-town. v« ..tsrig
sewing, laundry, ewstume, proper-
ties, staging, and publicity. *' ,«
parent is even designated to aid tin
boys with their four-in-hand ties.
Also behind the group is a panel
of adults to act as chairman, secre-
tary, arid treasurer for the organi-
zations. Civic clubs lend their ef-
forts financially, as do individuals
Everyone is invited to this com-
munity Christmas program. A
special section has bean designated
for colored friends of the Hoys
Choir.
SEEN or HEARD i
By C. M. H.
^WWW *
Lt. Col. Edwin Sayre, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Sayre, is home
from 23 months in Japan and IS
months in Korea—will be assigned
to Ft. Bragg, N. C Congratu-
lations to Judge and Mrs. W. C.
Veale on their fiOth wedding anni-
versary.
Coach Joe Kerbel said he has not
been making any of the football
games "my interest in the Buck a
rcsis, and feels like we will have u
good team next year . . Back of
car seen Saturday had on it. "Mer-
ry Christmas from the Hughes"-—
think the occupants were from
Woodson.
Frank Na>ratil say* there will he
20 or 30 more families to furnish
baskets for this year, and it costs
$10 to $12 per basket and cost ma)
run a little over the estimated
$1,500 . . . Shorty Thompson said
the Christmas rush ,is on at the
Burch hotel—everybody rushing
out for home .... Rev. II. H. Mc-
Bride remarked that the budget
of the Baptist church is $."r3.0tt0
this year and "then we are not
doing all we could do."
Jack Tivadway said the take
front the parking meters last week
was $488 when it usually runs a
round $350 per week Ear!
Trammell batching these days
Mrs. Trammell gone to Chicago to
visit their daughter R. R.
Rowan caught a 4-pound and a
6-pound catfish at Luke Daniel
Friday and the road graded alt the
way to the lake.
Mrs. Edna Camp said she has
two magnolia bud* and two purple
Irfei n bloom—never saw such a
year And, childhood taste is
not all imaginary—ate some cook-
ies made by an elderly lady kin to
us, and they tasted just like the
ones we used to steal when we
were a boy.
Thought For The Moment: Keep
your face to the sunshine and you
* see the shadow.—Helen
Children Flock To
Greet Santa Claus
cannot
Keller.
Santa Claus came I" town Fri-
day afternoon. And so did the
children. Flocks of them.
Fat aid Santa, riding on a fire-
!:urk with a group of N.nall boy*
iiiojid, v aved his way down Wal-
ker street, and when he got to
the Juycees Christmas tree pro-
ceeded to hand out 1,300 bags of
candv. little fellows went by first
shaking rands with Santa and re-
ceiving their candy. Larger child-
r n, held at bey, were served by
High school majorettes, while
{Je<>i i.:e Jordan on loud speaker
system guided the kiddoes.
The parade w as headed- bj? Chief
(liie .1 aekson, the band playing,
Breck Students
Making Showing
At Tarleton
Miss Doris. Watts, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Watts, of
lircckeriiidge, has been nominated
for freshman favorite at Tarleton
State College in Stephenville.
The results of the election will
not be disclosed until the TSC year-
book comes out in May.
Six local students have become
members of social clubs at Tarleton
state College ir. Stephenville. They
are Carol Tudor, Doris Watts, Mi-
•!'aei Hairier, Mike Kelley, Ned
Baker, and Loot A mason.
Carol, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Home Tudor of Breckenridge, has
pledged the D. S. T. Club. She is
a freshman majoring in geology.
Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Watts, of Breckenridge, has
pledged the Coronas Club. She is
t freshman majoring in home
economics.
Mich ael, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Hagier, of Breckenridge, has
pledged the Barons Club. He is a
freshman majoring in engineering.
Mik. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Kelley, of Breckenridge. has pledg-
ed the Barons Club. He is a fresh-
man majoring in pre-medical.
Ned. son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Sloan Bilker, of Breckenridge, has
tiledgcd the Barons Club. He is a
freshman majoring in engineering.
Loin son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Ama-i'ii. of Breckenridge, has
pledged the Lords and Commoners.
He is a freshman majoring in
speech.
There a re five social clubs foi
girls and five for boys at Tarleton.
o
French Veterans
Charge Commies
PARIS, Dec. 19 (t'.E)—Angry
veterans of the war in Indo-China
broke through a police line Friday
night and tried to break up a
Communist "peace" meeting with
lead pipes and brickbats.
A band of 20 former French sol-
diers swarmed into the meeting
place and began swinging lead
pipes while an estimated 180 com-
bat veterans who failed to get
through a window of the building.
Reinforcements of gendarmes
broke up the free-for-all. Many
Communists and their adversaries
were injured but officers reported
no immediate arrests.
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Watkins are
the parents of a 9 pound 13 ounce
baby girl, born at 11:20 p. m.
Thursday at the Breckenridge Cli-
nical Hospital.. The baby has been
named Camilla.
while twirlers did their stuff.
Prior to a concert by the band
under the tree. Miss Billie Little
and Johnny Satterwhite, drum
major, played the Hammond or-
gan.
The band was then heard in
concert, and following this the
East Ward choir, under direction
of Mrs. B .W. Wallace gave sev-
eral numbers.
The program Saturday night was
to feature the Harpersvitle and
Gunsight Community singers.
They were to be led by Irvin
Lewis in presenting quartets, tri-
os. duets, and community singing
•>f carols and good ole' time songs,
Mr. Lewis was joined by the Bag-
getts, the Richardsons, the Perrys
and many others of the two com-
munities.
Monday night the program will
present the Sykes Gospel singers
in two numbers; Junior and Sen-
ior High School Glee Clubs, under
Miss Janice Rogers; and the Span-
ish class in Christmas carols in
Spanish, under direction of Miss
Mabel Groves. Mrs. Haskell Key
will be at the organ from 8 to
8:30 o'clock, the last the starting
time of the program.
Stephens Youth In
Air Force School
Jack R. Jenkins, 19, son of D. L.
Jenkins, is completing his AF ba-
sic airmen indoctrination course
at Lackland Air Force Base, the
"Gateway to the Air Force."
His basic training is preparing
him for entrance into Air Force
technical training and for assign-
ment in specialized work. The
course includes a scientific evalu-
ation of his aptitude and inclina-
tion for following a particular vo-
cation and career.
Swiss Parliament
To Elect Chief
BERNE. Switzerland, Dec. 19
(U.R) — Switzerland's parliament
meets Tuesday to elect Rodolphe
Rubattel president of this demo-
cracy for 1954.
The election will be conducted
without campaigning, or a nomi-
nating convention or political
horse trading.
Rubattel, minister of economics
and vice president of the Federal
council, will get the $ll,800-a-year
job because the law. says it is his
turn.
The president-to-be is one of se-
ven members of the federal coun-
cil which governs the country and
whose members alternate in one-
year terms.
tuose
SHOPPING DAY
TO CHRISTMAS
See The New 1954
Crosley T-V Sets At
THURMON'S
Child Painfully
Injured When Toy
Pistol Explodes
Jan Derrick, ti, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Derrick, suffered
a painful accident to her right eye
Friday afternoon about 12:30 o'-
clock when a toy pistol with which
she was playing exploded, but hope
was entertained Saturday that her
sight will be partially restored.
An account of the accident was
given Saturday morning by Larry
Boyle, a neighbor. Jan, Boyle said
was playing with a toy plastic pis-
tol, and apparently was trying to
oad the cartridge into the toy.
The cartridge exploded and split
the pupil of her eye in half, cut
open two fingers of her right hand
and powder-burned her right fore
arm. Just what exploded the cart-
ridge was not known. Jan had left
her mother only a minute or two
before to go into a bed room in
their home, 1203 North Wheeler St.
Boy It- said that an X-ray was
taken of the eye and no foreign
particle was found in it. It was ex-
plained by attending physician that
it will take three or four days foi
a cataract to form over the wound
and when that is removed the ex-
tent of the injury will be known.
Jan was flown to St. Joseph's
hospital in a Chemical Process
Company plane. Jack Stephenson
pilot. She was accompanied by hei
mother and Mrs. Boyle. Her father,
who was out of town, was flown to
the hospital in another plane.
Boyle said both the pistol and
the casing of the cartridge explod-
ed, but it was thought that the
force of the blast and maybe a
powder burn caused the injury to
the eye.
Jan is in room 2219 at St. Jo-
seph's. The mother and father who,
at first, were distracted had some-
what recovered from the shock
Saturday morning.
Children Killed
.SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 13
—Two electric commuter trains
jammed with Christmas shoppers
and their children collided Satur-
day at the rush hour, killing three
persons and injuring 139.
Two women and one man died
in the collision and hospital auth-
orities said 29 of the injured were
in critical condition. The other 100
received hospital treatment and
later were released.
Authorities believed it was the
worst Christmas-time rail crash in
Australia's history.
IKE WINDS IIP MEETMGS FOR
1954 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Clark Rites To
Be Said Sunday
At Satterwhites
Funeral services for Clifford
Arthur Clark, 40, of Houston, will
be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the
Satterwhite Funeral Home Chap-
el. Rev. Joe Self of Albany will
officiate and burial will be in Al-
banv Cemetery.
Clark, a heavy equipment oper-
ator, died late Thursday in a
Houston hospital after being shot
four times earlier in the day. In-
formation from Hank Satterwhite
concerning the inquest held was
that Clark had gone downtown to
meet Anna Lee Jackson and later
they d'ove to her home, where he
formerly roomed, in a taxi. The
fax; driver stated they seemed
friendly while en mute to her
home. Mrs. Jack'on is being held
in connection with the shooting,
pending further investigation.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs.
Pearl Smith Clark, who resides
near Albany: his father, John
Clark, Wenatched. Wash.: two sis-
ters, Mrs. Don Smith. Eunice, New
Mexico; Mrs. Mutt Dyson. Odessa
and one brother. Rill Clark of
Wenatched, Washington.
Oil Fire Rages
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19 (U.R —
A raging, $500,000 oil well fire in-
creased in intensity Saturday and
officials appeared willing to let it
burn itself out if they can salvage
valuable equipment from the area.
A Gulf Refining Co., spokes-
man said Saturday it would be
very difficult to halt the fire,
which increased in intensity, and
that it probably would he left to
burn itself out or cap itself.
The fire started Thursday when
an oil veil bit plunged through
sand 4,80ft feet down and hit a
gas pocket on a drilling operation
r>0 miles south of New Orleans in
the Gulf mud flats.
AN EAR Kill *—'"Now you look nere!" Ruth Huusman, six, says as she
gives Santa Claus an earful for scaring her little sister Lori, two, at
a Christmas party iu San Diego, Calif. (NEA Telephoto)
Gifts For Children
GMKELLOWS MHHER TO BE
HELD OR TOESIAY EVEMROl
The Goodfellow's Christmas par-
ty for underprivileged children
will be held Tuesday evening, be-
ginning at 6:30 at the American
Legion Hall. A Christmas dinner
and Santa Claus will hold the
spotlight for the evening.
About 180 children and others
are expected for the annual feast,
according to Charlie Williams,
chairman of the Goodfellow drive.
This will complete the first part
of the Goodfellow program for
needy families of Breckenridge,
said Williams, as approximately
150 baskets are to be delivered
Christmas Eve.
The party Tuesday night will
Galveston Boats
Destroyed By Fire
GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 19 (U.R)
—Fire, which broke out shortly
before midnight, destroyed the
Four Brothers boat yard and at
'east four vessels and a spokesman
for the company said damages
would reach "several hundred
thousand dollars."
At least four other boats, two of
them oil exploration seismograph
ships with some explosives aboard,
were threatened momentarily but
were towed to safety by Coast
Guard cutters. They had been
docked nearby.
Destroyed were a $40,000 shrimp
boat virtually completed for John
Parks of Port Isabel, another
shrimper under construction for
Anthony Bowdoin of Port Aran-
sas, two smatl yachts, a new ship-
ment of mahogany lumber, expen-
sive equipment used in boat build-
ing and the construction sheds
themselves.
Qualified Crew On
lll-Fated Airplane
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 <r.m_
The Air Force reports that a
"highly-experienced, well-qualifi-
ed'* crew was operating the radar
at Biggs Air Force Base, El Piaso,
Tex., when a B-36 global bomber
crashed last week while attempt-
ing a ground controlled landing.
An Air Force spokesman replied
Friday, on the basis of informa-
tion from Biggs, to questions aris-
ing from a report in the El Paso
Herald-Post that "teen age enlis-
ted men" running the ground con-
trol apporach GCA radar gave the
plane crew "wrong headings."
The spokesman said there was a
4,000-foot cloud ceiling and two
miles of forward visibility over
the Biggs field Dec. 11 when the
atomic bomber struck 7,200-foot
Mount Franklin during a snow-
storm. Nine men were killed.
feature a "turkey dinner with all
the trimmings," said Williams and
Santa Claus will appear to hand
out gifts to all the children. These
gifts have been carefully selected
to suit the individual child.
Master of Ceremonies will be
Sifl Foster and chairman of the
entertainment committee is Allen
Thornton. A program of Christ
mas songs and current songs that
well-liked by the children, will be
presented.
The V. F. W. are sponsors of
the Goodfellow program this sea
son. Estimates are that $1,500
will be needed to see that all
needy families will receive a bas-
ket with all that will be needed
for a good Christmas dinner. To
date $1002.42 has been received
and $497.58 will be needed to fin-
ish out the program, Williams
said. He urges all who will to
send in their contributions as
quickly as possible.
Long Illness Is
Fatal To Youth
Larry James Hobson, seven-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hob-
son, Breckenridge died Saturday
morning at 8:15 o'clock in a local
hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was bom September 24, 1946
in Breckenridge.
Funeral services will be conduc-
ted at 4 p. m. Sunday in the Ki-
ker Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Breckenridge
Cemetery.
Survivors are the parents, a bro-
ther, Roger Hobson, Breckenridge,
one sister, Mrs. Loretta McMillan,
Kermit: paternal grandfather.
Jess Hobson, Breckenridge; mat-
ernal grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Booth of Casterville; and mater-
nal grandfather, Homer Estes,
Marl in.
GIVE TODAY
be a
GOOD FELLOW
GOAL $1,500.00
Raised to date 1,002.42
STILL
NEEDED $497.58
Lions Club Told
About Grasses In
Stephens County
Tom Seely and four members of
the Breckenridge FFA grass
judging team entertained members
of the Lions Club Friday with a
demonstration of grasses grown in
Stephens county.
Seely explained the grasses and
their importance and the boys,
Norman Lawler, Charles Wulfjen
Jr., Johnny Barefield and Edwin
Robertson, later answered ques-
tions about grasses they had placed
on display.
Seely stated that switch, little
blue stem, big blue stem and Indian
grass are the "big four" of this
county, but that the grass used
the most is buffalo.
He declared the need in this
county is for grass growers instead
of livestock grazers. Besides the
native grasses mentioned above
Seely said some grasses have been
introduced into the county which
are still in experimental stage. Of
these King Ranch blue stem and
panic grass appear to be doing
well.
All grasses have something dif-
ferent, Seely said, and are grown
to replace minerals taken out of
the soil as well as for pasture pur-
poses. He classified grasses as the
greatest and most neglected re-
source in the county.
He displayed varieties of grass
that grow tall as the. kind that
brushed the stirrups of the pion-
eers in Stephens county, but added
that cattle can be belly deep in
grass and still be poor, because
wasted soil has failed to provide
nutritious properties.
He characterized Johnson grass
as a nutritious grass, adding that
the best way to make it grow is to
try to kill it.
U. S. Pair Headed
To Save Truce
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 <U.R>—
Assistant Secretary of State Wal-
ter S. Robertson and Adm. Arthur
W. Radford headed for the Far
East at 10 a. m. (est. Saturday to
try to put a .amper on South Ko-
rean threats to wreck the truce
next month.
Authorities conceded they still
are concerned about the situation
even though South Korean Pre-
sident Syngman Rhee now is said
to have promised not to resume
hostilities until after the proposed
peace conference—which may nev-
er be held.
Robertson, an expert on the Far
East, and Radford, chairman of
the joint chiefs of staff, will visit
the South Korean capital at Seoul
next Thursday and Friday.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Kenneth T. Young, deputy U. S.
negotiator at the suspended pre-
liminary Korean conference talks,
will leave Panmunjom if the Reds
don't move to renew the meetings
in a day or two.
Eight True Bills
Returned by Jury;
One Man Is Fined
The Stephens county grand jury
in session Friday returned eight
bills of indictment, burglary with
intent to commit theft the leading
charges.
Bills of driving while intoxicat-
ed, second offense, were returned
against L. L. Guhl and Robert M.
Wilson of Breckenridge. Saturday
morning a plea of guilty was en-
tered bv Guhl and he was fined
$250 and costs, Deputy Sheriff A1
Ramsey reported.
Wilson was placed under $1,000
bond returnable January 1L
Joseph Edward Locke, 19, who
came here from the Industrial
School in Arakansas, was charged
with burglary with intent to com-
mit theft in connection with the
burglary of the Joe Taylor home
near Ivan. His bond was set at
$1,000 returnable January 11.
Locke was arrested at the re-
quest of Taylor who trailed him
into a pasture. The arresting offi-
cers recovered a number of miss-
ing articles.
Indictments against three per-
sons were not made public by the
sheriff's department pending ap-
prehension.
George Clifford Adams and John
A. Luna, who live near Hawley,
were charged with burglary to
commit theft in connection with
the burglary of Jimmie Ferrel's
place. Their bonds were set at
$1,000 returnable January II.
Luna was arrested here by city
officers ftmd Adam* was returned
from Abilene. Peace officers here
who weie at work on this case to-
day said that Ranger Jim Riddles
was a great help to them in work-
ing out the case.
The three other indictments
brought were for thefts and for-
geries.
Bonus Is Given By
McDowell Chev.
Christmas bonuses, from one
days pay to two weeks pay have
been distributed to employes of
McDowell Chevrolet Company, E.
D. McDowell announces. Approxi-
mately .twenty employes received
the bonuses.
Defense Funds
Cut 5 Billions
In "New Look"
By DAYTON MOORE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 W-El-^-
President Eisenhower Saturday
wound up his three-day campaign
to sell congressional leaders his
1954 legislative program, including
new weapons agair.st suspected
crooks and Communists.
The President and Attorney
General Herbert Brownell Jr. sou-
ght support of two leading con-
gressional investigators for bills
which would allow use of wiretap
evidence in federal courts and find
a way around the fifth amendment
shield which has sheltered many
witnesses from congressional ques-
tions.
The proposals were presented to
Son. Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis.
chairman of the Senate Perman-
and Rep. Harold H. Velde R-Ill.,
ent Investigating subcommittee,
who heads the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities committee.
Ike Present at Talks
Mr. Eisenhower, was present at
the discussion. It was the first
face-to-face meeting of the Presi-
dent and McCarthy since the sen-
ator criticized the administration's
foreign policy recently.
A third investigator. Chairman
William E. Jenner R-Ind. of the
Senate Internal Security subcom-
mittee, was invited but was ill in
Indiana.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
the Chief Executive has approved
a "new look" defense program
costing about five billion dollars
less 'than this year's military
spending.
The President also endorsed
long range plans to trim some
600,000 men from the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps, and to raise the
Air Force's expansion goal from
120 wings up to 137 by mid-1957,
informed sources said.
Some Details Unfinished
Though some details were still
to be hammered out, it was un-
derstood that, in general, Mr. Eis-
enhower approved a defense bud-
get of between $38 billion and $39
billion for the 1955 fiscal year,
which begins next July 1. Defense
year is estimated at $43 billion,
spending for the current fiscal
The defense cutback was consid-
ered a sure signal for a congres-
sional battle between the economy
block and those who oppose cut-
ting defenses while Soviet Russia
is still a massive threat to world
peace.
Brownell's proposals for better
means to root out suspected sub-
versives were by no means new.
He advocated them last month in
testifying about the case of the
late Harry Dexter White, whom
he called a Communist spy in. gov-
ernment. Various forms of the 1
two proposals are already before
Congress.
Request in Brief
In brief, Brownell's requested
'egislation would:
1. Make evidence gained by
wiretapping admissible in federal
courts in cases involving national
security or certain serious crimes.
Brownell indicated that the Jus-
tice Department thinks it has cas-
es against a number of persons
if it could only use evidence it has
gathered by electronic evesdrop-
ping.
2. Allow Brownell to grant a
witness immunity from prosecut-
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Three Patients To
Local Hospitals
Attendants from the two local
hospitals Saturday morning repor-
ted the following three patients
had been admitted:
Breckenridge Clinical— Troy
Loudder and Mrs. Earl Green,
both medical.
Stephens Memorial—C h a r I e s
Stanley Kilborn, surgical, and
Walter Brown, dismissed.
Rain Clouds Expected To Pass By
Sunday* Warmer Weather Behind
Winnie Burns Hand
LONDON, Dec. 19 Prime
Minister Winston Churchill's left
hand was injured Friday when a
box of matches exploded into fla-
mes, it was announced Saturday.
The announcement of the mis-
hap to the 79-year-old Prime Min-
ister was made at No. 10 Downing
Street, his official residence.
Church!It's hand was injured at
a private luncheon for the elder
brothers of Trinity House.
Rains fell in parts of the state
Saturday, but low clouds brought
none here, and warmer tempera-
tures were predicted for Sunday.
Rain fell over South Central and
East Texas Saturday, but only in
small amounts, and cloudy skies
hung over the remainder of the
state as temperatures began warm-
ing up.
- Forecasters said the light rain
was caused by moisture rising off
the Gulf of Mexico, and predicted
that it would stop by Sunday.
Skies were clear in the Upper
Panhandle and west of the Pecos
Valley, but were expected to cloud
up during the afternoon. Sunday's
forecast calls for partly cloudy
skies and warmer temperatures
over all of the state.
Light rain or drizzle fell over
most of South Texas and as far
north as the San Angelo area of
West Texas during the 24-hour pe-
riod ending at 6:30 a. m. Satur-
day.
Laredo recorded .31 inch, Corpus
Christi and Galveston .23, Houston
.13, Victoria .11, Del Rio .06, San
Antonio .03, Austin .02, Junction
.01, and traces at Brownsville, San
Angelo, Midland, Waco, College
Station and Lufkin.
Early morning temperature*
reached the freezing mark only'at
Dalhart which had a low of 23
degrees, and at Texarkana with 31.
The highest was 53 at Brownsville.
Other lows included El Paso 33,
Amarillo 34, Tyler 38, Beaumont,
Port Arthur, Dallas and Fort
Worth 39, Abilene, Houston and
Wichita Falls 40, Lubbock 42, San
Antonio and Waco 43, Presidio and
Midland 44, San Angelo and Del
Rio 45, and Corpus Christi 52.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 269, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 20, 1953, newspaper, December 20, 1953; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth134709/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.