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UNITED PRESS
"NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY DAILY NEWSPAPER"
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VOL. 35 NO. I]
BRECKKX RIDGE. TEXAS —TI'KSDAY. MAY 10, 1953
Choir Boys Show
Development h
Final Showing
The "itirr complement of thf
Breckcnridge Boys ( hoir wus pre
sentedin a variety ptogram at the
final appearance Monday
t^ening at the South Ward audi
torium.
The performance. in the nature ;
of a re. ital for parent*, friends of
the choir, and members of thf
choir U>vw-iati«n, dcmonutrated the
^-inutility of tin- xioup in singing
ail type* of music.
i p nirijc the piofram the Princi-
tal Choir, under the duectioa of
Mis lit h J [Kin Jr., fang "Stabat
Mater Iio|oio*a** from "Stabat
Matei," t>> Pergolesi; "The Lord
I M> Shepherd!" by Duws. "Al !
letuia Christ Is Risen," by Rorke-
fellet, and "Km My Mother," by
Maltotte. sung by Ronnie Bills,
kit".
The Sub prep choir., a group of
year <>ld boys who began
their training early this year, made
their fust public appearan<> mg-
I'lJf hymn, "God Whose Name Ta
Love,' and "Fiddle de de." a hu-
morous sorig ab<>iit a fly and a
tumbiebee.
MlO. H. Reaugh presented
"The Glee Men." the middle choir
of the oiganiiation, in six numbers
which included one number with
two oait ^ harruony, and "Davy
t rockett." in which each boy wore
• count-kin cap.
Ear Training >h*«a
The Special boys sang the
"PledRe ,,f Allegiance" to demon
ftratr the work done in the ear-
training class where special train
ing is gi*en t" boy* wh<> need aid
in tone control.
Two ensemble* from the Prinri
pal choii weie he aid in comedy
numbris "Hhen I Wa A Lad."
from "H M S I'inafoie." by Gil-
bert n-l Sulln an, was sung by the
Thursday ensemble with the boys
wealing mortar boards, or grad
uation caps.
"Alexander" by Brewer, with pan
toinih."- and <"stun.cs, l-aluied
Kand> Hi.uk as Alexander. the
stoie keeper, Ronnie Bills, his girl
11 lend, and l>an Hallmark and
Lairy I'ar Boyle, i ustoiners.
"Grandfather's Ourk." and "Lit '
tie David I'lay tin Your Harp."
were sung by the Principal Choir,
Ith the thiee Itotids. Du\ id • lark.
David >attei white, and Du\id Har
ria. tinging the solo pa it in the
latter number
ViiKr < kange* <ikwi
The Cambiutas, lour "graduates
of the choir, demonstrated the fine
tone ijuality of th«. changing tone
eten though the rang. is limited
for a time Ike Fietlenburg. Ella*
< rui. James Farrtor and Valtofi
1 "* •* '«'•* "Arkansas Tiaveller"
in appropriate attire.
Mi la stei I lata, president of
the Hie. kenridgs Boys Choir As
r-> iuti"n welcomed tho*e present
and thank..I all ah" had a part in
■i akiiikr this another successful
season for the choir, with paiticu
l t thanks g.ong to the patron con-
tributois, who. through their gen-
n.sity it:.ike it possible for all boys
of Hreckenndge to b, a part ..f the
choir Mr*. Clark asked all offi-
cem and committees to fum tion in
then present t ap.u lUes w hen the
Tail season opens in September un
til new officers aie e let ted and
n*\% «ntrtl.
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SEEN or HEARD
By C. M. H.
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hriwkm Mkkif as# a# Miller
Park, five generations a# people
from sseels aler Is Dallas there
>unda . M or M from Ranger
Iridat. and firemen ka«t sold
many tickets far their barbecue
Friday . Ma—as aieet lanigkt
at ?:M Hoard of Education
meet* tonight at ?:M a'clark.
R B. Minga, who broke his hip
recently, taken to Abilene in Mel
t<>n ambulance .... Mrs. Do.i 1
Melton left today for Dallas and
McKinney to decide about third
major operation for Mr. Melton
Best fishing at Possum King
dm still at * and I ft.
i
ROSE Qi'EEX Mr. and Mi
mother of l'la.'i Aikan-ias Rose
congratulate Her Maj* sty i
Thursday. Clarice w stl travt I to
the Tournament of Ros«
Jack Wimberly, step-father and
Festival (Ju.'.-n Clarice Anderson,
sh.- was chosen in Little Kock
Pasadena, Calif., Jan. I, Itf.Sft for
<XEA TeU-photo)
School Districting
Still Months Away
Car Crashes In
Area Down; Cost
Here Is $2*250
I Highway Patrol records show 1
that Stephens county had four ac-
■ cidents m April with five injured j
hut no deaths. Damages to ve
j hides totalled f2,2^>U.
Seven motorists died in the H4 j
accidents on rural highways in the j
i; county Highway Patrol district '
3, w hich h.is its headijuaiters at .
; Abilene.
Actually, the scxen fatalities
were in six accidents. The doable
| fatality wreck was ill Nolan Colin I
■ ty. The single fatality at cidents I
were in Callahan, Kastland -.
Mitchell and Scurry counties.
The April rate of one death for
, each 1'J accidents was higher than
the 1V64 average of a fatality for
each 14.ft w recks. I-ist year 74 per-
1 sons died in I.OKJ accidents. In
l!K ">, a total >>1' 1H motorist* have
; been killed in 31H accidents, an av
erage of lT.ft per death.
10 Le« Than *54
The 18 who have died on urea
highways the first four months of
this year is li less than during
the first four months of 1W54
PRICE DAILY S CENTS. SPNDAY II CENTS
BRECK DOCTORS INSTRUCTED
TO POSTPONE GIVING SALK
Barbers met last night a ad
of the* to charge IIJM far flat
top ruts i no rrdactiaa far bald
heads) (lark, farmer
American rcparler ia aaklir rela-
tion* "man** far RalJk Edward*
on "This is > aar Life —a as *eea
hv scquaintaaces here aa TY atit
«Kbits Falls recently .... Aaraa
Kupermsn said >3ZS raised ky
bait Saturday far play park.
Mrs. Kalph Wsrford called t
lav our miotation Sunday was by
Lrlward Young, and another re
port said there are some chigger*
.... Storms knocked <mr C. P. t
wires out sis hours of the past 21
but there is much national inside
new* inside this paper .... HollU
W.iid"n. liMsl graduate of Brerk
High, to ha graduated from Mi-
Muriy May "J'l Bucksrno Rid- 1
ing Club to meet tonight to prac- ,
tice for Haskell rodeo .... And.
they d say ther« still ia a chance
for ruin.
Thought Far The Man*Ml: All
Paltlral partita dW al list af
•■iO «ia( their aw a lies.—Jafea
It will be the latt r part of
suiumei before schoolboy teams of
Texa* will know what teams th> ir
districts will lie comp<.setl of, Supt
John Culwell of Hi k> in id^. iuiiiI
M"inlay "ii his return from Austin
where Saturday the division <>l *l< x-
Bucks Hake Fine
Showing In 440
State Relays
The Bret kem i.lg.' Huckaroo* did
a fine job at Austin last week in
the 44i> relays, although del. at'tl
by Lamar ot ll< uston h> one t> nth
ot a set end. Coach Kinory It. Ilaxl
«aul tinlay. "That Ki""1'!* of boys
ale fine athletes '*
T ruett Holland is the t rack
coach and hi> tean consisting of
Dick Carpenter, Jak> Sendefer,
John Cotteri and Clyilt Harris lau
the 44n in 42 7 to i - defeated by
Lamar with a time oi 42.ft. Hay
town, favorite for th.s event, was
iouith. with Kay lugh "l Corpus
Chnsti thud.
In defeating the Buckaroos
Lamar came within <>nt tenth of a
second of equalling the all time
record of 42 a which Abilene holds.
The showing of the Huckaroo
team Is considered especially i;ood
in that they had to practice much
at (tluham where there is a cintlei
path, as th.-v wt re to run on cin-
dei at Austin.
The Buckaroos ran th• -ir b st
lat e of the year, although defeated.
They had won with 4X4 at Ste
pheritille and in the pi. Im inai n-s
at Austin l"w>*ietl this to 4 • 2. and
in the finals lowering that to I^.T
In the literary events Jo Claire
Welch w..n fifth place. Silt one
big consolatum in this is that at
Stephenville sh. delrat.-.i the irnj
who won fi'T«t plac. at state. This
was Masine Thoma-on "I San An
ge|o. MaXine was secontl to Miss
Welch at Stephenville.
DtbrisStarelied
For Missing Mem
NEW Y'iKK '11'' Kmergency
crews searched through a giant
mas* of twisted st"el, smashed tim-
ber* and fresh cement Tuesday for
a construction w.ok.-r l. a'ed buii.sl
uli\e wh.-n a h'ige xction of th.*
uncompleted New V>rk i-"li*«um's
main floor collapsed with a roar.
Worker* poured a half tori ..f
granulated ugar on mountuins of
fresh rement in the wreckage to
keep the cement ft" • hallklvriu
until the\ find *<>n.e trace of the
mising man, Joseph Lomburtli. ■">■'>.
of Br<M>klvn.
All t.th.-r w. rkers on the project
escaped with their lives police
*aid. although n.-«il> |ini wen-
caught .«n the main floor when the
center section sudd -n!;. gave way
and diopped with a thundeimis
mar 2" feet to the flot.r h. low.
Police said 4* perx.n* wert
treated f«>r injuiie*. 27 at the scene
and the rest in hospitals None was
in serious condition.
Eastern NATO Set
By Communists
JOHCOW H P' Officials of the
Last European Communist nations
led by Soviet Piemter Nikolai Rul
ganin converged on Warsaw Tiles
day to set up their own "eastern
NATO" to counter th.. rearmanenl
of West (ii-rnmny
Disclosure that Bulcaniti as well
us Foreign Minister Vya.hesluv
Molotov were attendinr the War-
saw tixiferences was a clear sign of
the major importance the Soviet
govmrnent has attached to the
as into sixteen districts met up
|in rval.
Main remaining action of the re
districting will await reports from
th. superintendents of the schools
of Texas. The figure* of average
attendance received in these re
poits will he used as a basis by
l{ay Williams of the TIL to work
• <ut the districts.
It is considered that in this re-
>ri ant;eiuent the Breckeiiridge
Hut-karoos will automatically b - in
1 \ Culwell explained that 4A
districts will fiist lie formed irn
the h«isi< of atterulance. It is
thought this will carry the attend-
nice down to where requirements
for .!A will he about 4iai. Vri in that
{wrint the forming of the ,'IA dia-
tricts will begin.
It is estimated that the average
attendance that will be reported
by Breckeni idge w ill be about 425
to t-'tlt.
Following this the tentative as-
signment* will be sent nut. Culwell
explained the use of the word
"tentative" h> aiMing that the a*
signments will be permanent unless
some school dm-s not participate.
In that case that particular district
will he shy one team for conference
plav.
The iedistricting is being done
n order to eliminate features
about which complaints haxe be. n
received, one of these to eliminate
distance* which teams have been
forced to travel under the present
an angement.
Th.- breakfast at Austin last Sat-
lrilawas the ariiiiial breakfast
<tf cache*, superintendents, prin-
■ipals, members of the advisory
boanl and other TIL executives,
any action tak.-n at the hieakfast
le :ng referred to the advisory com-
mittee for official action.
Member Of Texas
Old Family Dies
ARLINGTON. Tex. <I Pi—Funer-
al services for T«m Ditto, mem-
ber of a Texas pioneer family,
w.-re to he held at 4 p. in. Tuesday
i in the Moore funeral home at
Arlington.
Ditto, 75, lifelong resident of Ar
lington, dud Monday in a Fort
Worth hospital. He was active for
'I,any years in the real estate and
insurance husimss.
Relatives recalled Tuesday that
Ditto's father, the late John Ditto,
gave Arlington it* name asked at
one time by hi* son why he chose
it. h. repleid: "I just thought it
i was a pretty name."
Sinvi\ing are his wife; a daugh-
I t.-i Mrs Ralph l'i(>er; one sister,
tw.i half hi"ther*. F.rnest and Hai-
rv Ditto, Arlington, and one grand-
child.
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<H>INH WT rOnHNvS
Offw Iwiwnd Girls
i During Visit
Chance For Rain |
Here Rises; Some
Sections Flooded j
Breckeiiridge during the past 24
hours had only a trace of rain and
a drop in the mercury reading to ft5
by midtnoming Tuesday'but weath- '
-r predict ions were for more rain
in West Texas, which may bring
some here.
Weather forecasters expect the
million dollar rains West Texas
have enjoyed to spread over the
whole state later Tuesday and
W ednesday.
__ , - | Some sections of West Texas I
The number "I accidents in the | have gotten more water than they
first four months ot last year was .oul.l handle easily, like parts of
*rea^' —compared with Odessa, flooded Monday night by a
L Je?r' - . . 'downpour. Water poured three feet |
The number ot persons injured deep over C. S. 84. three miles east !
thus far in I95i> is 218, whereas j of
only 162 had been hurt at the -Quite a bit of rain is expected
same time last year in the greater during the next few days," a fore-
i number of wrecks. caster at Anion Carter Field, which
. "ate Dawn forecasts for all of North Texas, |
I roperty damage to date has >al,i Tuesday
been 187,<M9. well bel*WLthe $ 4,- "The five-dav forecast sh. ws 1
loL January through-April of to :i degrees below normal tem-
v "i ,. , , . j pern til res for West Texas with pre-
.. ounty had more than cipitation generally heavy from
twice the amount of property dam scatteretl thunderstorms through
age last month- -$15 .Il>4 than any Wednesday and in the southeast
of the other 12 counties along with Thursday.
I Heavy Precipitation
Total property damage in all ac "For Central and Fast Texas—!
cidents last month was ?«l.0ftu. In all of the rest of the state—we ex- i
April of l o4 damage totalled $4ft.-
655.
WORK I'NDKR MAI
Little anil Pony la-ague
Brock, nridge. Here is
unidentified group of
- It has taken h
I'a I li- f"i" lro\s I
shown "tie type
workers at th
pect
with
Last month 3!# persons were in-
jured in th. 84 accidents. A year
ago 41 were hurt.
Taylor County led in the number
of accidents with 18, followed by-
Nolan County with 13 and Scurry ; ported a total
Cot/nty with 1L
leagues are asking $5.inni to
little more than half has been
Hunter Co. Nell
In Riekels Field
Dual Producer
fContinued on Page I)
Soil Conservation Weok Being Observed
nsmer son cmsemmin
essay mmeb mmwk9
near normal temperatures
heavy precipitation, except |
near 'he coast,"
Jubilant farmers in the western The Hunter Co. Inc." of Shreve
part of the state measured as ( port. La., No.ft B A. Rickles E
much as 5.8 inches of moisture in tate. Section 8. Block 2. SP Sur
the last two days, i^hildit-ss re- I vey, was dually completed. Loca
>f 2.74 inches in 48 • tion is two miles northeast of
This is soil conservation week
and in connection with this the
Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos
Soil Conservation District, N. M
George. Baiid. chairman, has an
nounced the winners in the essay
contest for school students on
"Why We Must Conserve Oui
Soil And Watei."
Albany, M'iran and Bairtl stud- |
of Sml (Conservation Districts will
.•nd on May 15, which has been
designated as "Soil Stewardship
Sunday". Services are planned in
many churches throughout the
State whereby people will be re-
minded of their dependanre on the
ents won all the places in the essay land and of their responsibility
contest forw h:ch $2ihi in cash was for proper stewardship of this tiod
di\id.tl $50 first. #25 second, #15 given resource, it was stated.
third, five prizes of #lu fourth o
and twelve prizes of #5 fifth.
The winners were as follows:
Ralph _ Holing, Albany, first
Les Nichols, Baird. second.
j Dannie formally. Moran, thiid. j
I fourth prize* were won by Dale
| (iarret. Jerry Price, Travis Sears'
Albany, and Edn:i Mae McCoy and]
! Fiank Prindle Moran.
Fifth prizes were won by Larry and
Bill Cauble., Albany and Hilly I
Bow ne. Garland Sargent, Oitia Dale |
Shelton. Bonnie Ruth Wagley.1 r uneral services were held at 4
Jeanne .Scott, Jerrell Barrow,: P Monday in the Rose Avenue
1- — " Eunice
Carolyn Sue e.in-<n,*r r.ivora Keviiie, 62, resi-
Murphv. all of Moran. ' ' *,''nt "f Breckenridffe since 1927,
Other officers of the soil con J1?? at, '- ;f° P Sun,1*.v
servation district are Earl Pickard length illness,
sec-treas.. Floyd Poole. Moran Ed Officiating for the final rites
— were Rev. R. E. Wright, pastor,
V— '"id Rev. Cletus Watson, a nephew
MQIIIII IVU IO of Mrs. Reville's, w ho is pastor of
the Missionary Baptist Church in
1 Dallas. Burial followed in the
{ Breckenridge Cemetery under the
Local hospitals report eight ad- I direction "if Melton Funeral Home,
missions and five dismissals sine.- Mrs. Reville was born March 1 ,
noon Saturday. 18:i:{, in Rome, Ga., and came to
Ivan. Stephens County, in the
Rickles Field.
From the first Conglomerate it
had a daily potential ot lft!f!*X bat
rels of 45 gravity oil. Flow was
through a ! 64-iia-h choke with '.mii
pounds casing and 55l (Miur.ds tub
. ing pressures from :ift perforation.^
{ at a.975-81 feet. Gas t>il ratio was
1.8 N -1.
| From the sectintl Congl.oru-rate
Ford. Graham, and Clark McNabb, .:i J2"h««r potential was 145 58 b ir
f;.in}r,,P rels of 4a gravity oil. r low was
"This 'week Of special observance I'throu*h a M im h ' hoke « ith 58U
Parents ToU j
No Fears Left
For Salk Given
Dr. G rover C. Wood, county
| health officer, is in receipt of u
• telegram from Dr. L P. Walter,
acting state health officer, stating
that "for the present all vaccina-
lams against polio should continue
to be |M>stpolled."
Both Dr. Wood and Dr. W. B.
Guinn. city health officer, sail
there is no reason for concern hero
, by parents because of shots already
given. The lirst dose of Salk «ai
'gixen here on April 18. This var
three weeks ago. and no ill effects
from the serum have been report-
ed. nor has there devedoped a css4
of polio. Dr. Wts>d added that thu
na. cine is considered effectiv j
against polio in Ml or 90 per cent
oi cases.
The message from Dr. Walter
add, "A detailed reappraisal of
each lot of \accine already prepar-
ed or in the final stages of produc-
ti"ii is being undertaken immedi-
ately by the laboratory of biolo-
gists control with suitable consult-
ants a ltd asi this reappraisal pro-
ceeds vaccine will he cleared for
use on lot by lo* basis."
Congre** In Acli*n
Meanwhile, two congressional
committees started the wheels roll-
ing Tuesday for a full scale in-
vestigation of the government'j
j "muddled" polio vaccine policies.
Bob Pitzer. Breckeiiridge. w ho: The House Banking committee
since u'ting to Moah, I'tah, in |called Dr. I^onard A. Scheele,
*e:iirh I'm uiaiiiuni and is vice1 C. S. surgetm general, to testify
piesident ..I th.- Moah Cranium 1 Wetln.-stlay on why he has recom-
t. .k patt last week in one ' mended at least a week's delay in
of the largest uranium property ; the nation's Salk vaccination pro-
deals consumated this spring in gram.
the "uiiraiiiiiiii capital of the world" I I lie Seiuite Commerce commit -
according to information ieceived lee otderetl u separate inquiry be-
k " "inning Monday. Chairman War-
complete
laised.
•iV\ iiiaciiitit'iy t piv{Kirik
s bail pla> thin .<umn «*r in
of ni:u*hin *ry with ait
right. Official* « f the two
far
tli«* piograrn hut
Breck Man Takes
Part In Uranium
Property Deal
The
Lengthy Illness
Proves Fatal To
Brook Resilient
Funeral services were held
.<-0....^ werren narrow P- Monday in the Rose Av
Jumes Banksto'n. Nita Gay McKel- ^P1'"1 fhuri-h for Mrs. El
vain. Don Louder and Carolyn Sue V * F.lvora Reville. 62,
ptunds casing and 5511 (rounds tub
ing pressures, (tits oil latio was
1,500-1.
Casing is set on bott« m at 4,105
feet.
Chester lines. Abilene. No. I B
Robert Jackson was spotted eitrht
miles south of C.-uhlo in the Jack-
son Struwn Field. Site is 2ihi
feet from the north and 150 feet
from the east lines of the south
half of the southwest quarter in
Section 77, Blin k 4, TAP Survey.
Permit depth calls for l.'.MMl feet
with rotary.
DrfcriMMIlii
Much Of Midwest
•ping
vaccine sup-
fBv
A wide
I'NITKD PRESS)
p<*:ket of drizles and
chilly rain covered much of the
1 Midwest Tuesday as unseastrnable
cimiI weather stretched into New
York state and New England.
But fair skies and dry w eat lie:
were the rule in most of the rest
of the country and temper: tines
were due to rise in the northwest.
Moab Cranium Co.,, with which ; 'en G Magnuson 1 D Wash.) stud
Pitzer - asstrciatid. j>>in. <l w ith i "eongrcssional action in the inud-
Xe v England Ciaiiium d l!H il Co. I dletl situation is marulatory."
.ii purchase of seteii mining prop-: Congress swung into the situa-
erties. Total coii.^iilt'iation involv- tion as a committee lepresentint;
was more than $1541,000. the 4K state governors expresse<|
properties four producing j general satisfaction with the wa,-
i mines, two others being brought i ^edoral plans are developing fo'-
nt" production this week, and .">!• fair distribution of
highly promising claims in the I plies.
lugged Henry Mountains of south ; Clement 'Optimistic'
• in I'tah will be operated joint ! Gov. Frank (J. Clement of Ten-
ly by Moub Cranium and New nessee. committee chairman, ulso
England Cranium. The joint pur- | said he is "very optimistic that
chase ami operating agieenu-nt the Salk vaccine will stand us an
gave substance to local belief that effective weapon in the polio
Moab Cranium, on. of the cxtre ! iight.- He and others on the com-
iii. ly active companies in southeast 1 mittee refused to expiess any crit-
ern I tah. is cnisitiei ing a three I jcisni of Scheele'* action in" hair
way meiger with Xew England[ >nr vaccinations.
and Mohawk tiil & Mining Asso Scheele announced the decision
l'u't'.'s- Sunday. He said the time is need
William Clark of Oklahoma City so f *H«tral pxpprts can
| Okia.. tit asuirr of Nrvv Kn^laini. | "o'w sal' *ty rh *« k «>n all
took a U adni« part in this week's | vnrrine stm ks.
I la'jfotiations Clark w ith oth -r « f
I !«♦• > ami «iircrtois of NVw Knjf
■ land, is a member of th«* Mohaw k
| Oil syn«iit*at** whirh has pMNhu ing
'oil properties in Oklahoma.
run u
turrm
Suspect in Waco
Murders Quizzed
W AO K
l/lfSteil i;
Local Hospitals
Brwk#*nridge Clinical Hospital! '^Hntown, Texas, in She
NEW YORK <rr —Scores of
families already ha\e offered
homes to 25 Japanese girls who
were burned in the Hiroshima
atom bomb blast, it was revealed
Tu. -ttlav.
The girls will take turns en-
tering the hospital for plastic
surgery during the yeur.
Most of the homes are in
prosperous suburban areas near
Xew York city. The young wom-
en from Hiroshima, scarred from
bums they received in the stom
b'ast 10 years ago. speak no
English and the volunteeriitK
families apeak no Japanese.
In spite of the difficulties,
the New York Friends Center
Assn. a Quaker organization in
charge of hospitality for the
girls, have a waiting list of tem-
porary homes for the bomb vic-
tims. ' -
Each family was asked to take
two girls so they would not be
lonely.
reports admitting R. B. Minga and
Mrs. C. C. Cantrell while Matt
Williams was disrhargtd and Mr.
Minga was transferred to an Abi-
, lene hospital.
Entri.-s to th,- Stphens Memorial
Hospital w.-n- J. M. Thurmon.
i Homer F. Howk. Mrs. Wood*
Beaty, M rs. H. C. Thompson. Xan-
cv Mead'.r, all medical, and Mrs.
H. L. Coleman, surgical. Dismiss-
als were Mrs. W.tody Beaty, Mrs.
I A. A. Woodward and baby.
Froo Viof Nam To
Unld BIaaAUM*
nOlO ElVCTKmS
SAKION. Indo-Ctiina Tpt—Pre-
mier Xgo Dinh Diem clean d the
i last rebel troop* from Saigon Tues-
day and promptly formed a new
government to draft the first free
elections in South Viet Nam.
The Aineriran-backed premier
named a new cabinet which in-
j eluded members of the revolution-1
! ary junta which supported him in
a struggle for power with absen- I
tee Emperor Bao Dai.
The new cabinet included no <
members of the various rebel war-
lord and religious sects that touch-
ed off free Viet Nam's civil war ir ■
a bloody but vain effort to oust the
unti-Cuniu'.uius; piemier with a I
roup. I
moved to Brecken ridge in l! 27. She
was a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, E. J.
Reville of California: tine brother,
Frank Watson of Dallas; and six
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. P. Wright.
<>. C. Heairren, Bill Harris, Roy
Harris. I. D. Harris and Jack
Famhro.
wongraruNmons
Mr and Mrs. A. A. WtMtdw"ard of
W oodson are parents of a baby
daughter horn at 6:2-'! p. m. Satur-
day in the Stephens Memorial Hos-
pital. At birth the baby, who has
Seen named Rhonda June, weighed
six pounds.
Griffin
INSURANCE AGENCY
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PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Cloudy, scattered thunders hew.
em. Wednesday partly cloudy,
not muck change in tempera-
tures. Low tonight 59, low at
midnight (new time for taking
temperatures) 72, kigk yester-
day S3.
Showers and drizzles were com- t„ the Lov
mon in most of the Great Lakes' man |C 11
region, while a belt of showers and tanhuig
thundershowers extended through'
parts of Missouri and Iowa into
the Southern Plains.
Dust bow l areas in Colorado got
welcome rain and mole than an
inch of rain so ' ed most of Iow a
Near tornadic winds whipped
across parts of the nation's mid
section Monday night. A tornado
which did not touch the ground
was reported at near Gn at Bend.
Kan., and heavy winds lashed th.
F.Ikius. Okla.. area.
Rm Favorable To
Big Four Mooting
PARIS if.Pt — President Eisen
hower was disclosed as agreeable
to a "feasible and useful" Big
Four meeting with the piemiers of
Rritain, France and Russia Tues
dav.
Within a few hours, the western
Big Three delivered, identical
notes to Moscow calling for a gen
eral four power conference of the
heads of state.
Diplomatic informants here and
in London said the identical notes
called for a meeting "at the sum
init."
London sources said the time
and place of the Big Four meet
ing will be worked out when the
Big Three foreign ministers meet
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov in Vienna to sign an Aus-
trian state treaty over the week
end.
The western embassies in Mos-
cow revealed neither the text nor
FeX. ll.pl — W ac" police
i "h 'l suspect" Tuesday
ei 's Lane murder of Air-
Henry Poole, 2o, of Sj„l.
S. C., ami turned him
over to Sheriff C. C. MaXey.
i .-a "hot" one. but declined to go
is a "hot' 'out . but declined to g"
into details. He said he will take
h.in to Austin later Tuesday for a
lie detector test.
Poole was murdered while try-
ing to protect his fiancee from a
v mild he rapist. The murderer is
believed to have lieon the same
Negro who accosttd t"Ur other
parked couples.
In two cases, he raped the girls,
and in the other two cases, robbed
the couples.
Teachers Annual
Dinner On May 10
The annual Faculty-Board of Eci-
uci tion will be May LJ. at the
Woman's Club at ti:3ll p. ni.
'"ommittees for the dinner have
1 ten named as follows:
Barbecue- Jim Wilkerson, Mi.
Bushing; Food Preparation—Mu.
Beatrice Moore, Mrs. Guthrie, Mr:-.
Estelle Smith, Mrs. Thomas; Set'
ing Mrs. Jodie Buker, Miss Pat
Owens, Miss Janice Rogers, Mr#.
Tuck. Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Mury An
derson. Mrs. Bragg, Miss Myitis
• iircn. Miss Ola Frasier, Miss Ann
Yoiitigblood.
Ariangements - Mr. Smithson
Mr. Otlom, Mrs. Christenson, Mi-
Roan. Mrs. McElwee. Decoration<
Mis. Hazle, Miss Ratliff, Miss
Watson.
Reception—Officers of Brecker.
lidge Teachers' Assm-iation.
Reservations for the barbed"
must be made not later than M'i
10.
Hershey Praises Selective Service
Board Members For "Unsung Work
Saturday. May 21. has been pro j done well a job that needed to bf
claimed b> President Eisenhower1 done. For your pust accomplish
as "Armed Fore s Day." and Selec Vents and your continuing dedi
tvie S. I vice director, i.«-w is B. Her j nation to the job, I thank you.
shey. has writen selective service Major emphasis this yeur will b'
boards calling their attention to | placed upon the Reserve comjjon
this fact and expressing apprecia "
tion for their work.
Member of the local board from
Breckeiiridge is Sid Boweis, and
Mi*. Cli'o Sattei white is registrar.
Hershey in his letter said in part:
ents and upon those cmlk
agencies dedicated to national d'
fens*-. I can think of no rroup of
civilians who are more dedicate;,
to national defense than you, th-
incompensated mebers of the Sele<
, , ,. . tive Service System. The empha#:-
Many ot you him- sei v.d the 0)- this year's program provides ar
selective >erv,ce System for many appropriate opportunity to call t-
years, unpaid, unsung, aid in some fhe attention of the public the in
communities unappreciated. Y- n dispensable contributions whorh
have made very significant contn the uncompensated member, of th >
butions toward maintaining the; Selective Service System ha-
sttength of this nation. Your only > made in supplying out am.r
any inkling ot the details ot the i reward has been the personal satis j forces wito hthe necessarj" gu.- a:
note* . I faction of knowing that you have | to maintain peaca.
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