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BRECK EN RIDGE, TEXAS—SI NDAY, JANl'ARY 1958—
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY 19 CENTS
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New City Manufacturing Co.
Enjoying Growing Business
> bit im.mtion —
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college
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Ureck Student
Outstanding In
College Work
VSa i«' (itMf n junior pf -1.1 v
■ ii at Texas Tech in LubN <,
♦ItcW t" appear ri
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u<>. Hi f«t ju>n of Mr and!
•I < i: td «;,botrui of S. M -!
•\ 'rlitf.
-i.u tent.-. i ■< ■ ,r. this pub-f
.cati in i -i. h year ai- nominated!
in . 'irxtti-'v 7oO c dletf. s|
and unHer«.tie* Hiiu for seln-1
■ ' t '' w . Who" includes thi I
• .<i • - • M h.* piirttiipi !
•in „nd .fi-li in actadewic I
aim i Mm i-j.-ni-uU.' activities. nisi
ritii-nshr® and service to the|
wh' i! and Km |jrnmiM of future
.. ader.hip.
At a i'fi-nt "Founder's Day
'inter' of th. Kappa Fraternity,
Vv.i .ik- k'tl presented two awards:
■ f ><> tdliltKlH) juaid fer hav-
;mic highest |l OIS in hi chapter
' a Surma, art 1 a $50 tor
•it -taiidinc leadership while mair>-
•.i>;fiif a high scholastic average.
Wayne presently a-tving a*
*>iand Master of the Epsilon I'hi
hapter nf Kappa Sigma „t Trtui
i fth.
Herpeche Rites
To Be Said Sunday
I"' x Tugs Inc.. manufacture! s of
Ichidr-n's wearing apparel, opened
hi-it- by its parent company of El
I'aw. three or four months ago,
i.i ^ growing business, "and we
nop. to b- here a hundred > ears."
I This is the gist of statements
i; ad- to members of the Brecken-
: Lions Club F relay nmn uy
, B. i> ili.cki Arnold, manager of
; th - local\actory, who highly pmu-
ni th<- assistance Wing giv en lo-
yally in getting the Bret Henrid^e
! op- ration u 11 d— r way. "Never has
any factory had as tull cooperation
.i- vm have had here," Aj-rioid lv-
i elared.
I The liK-al plant now has eighty
•••omen at work with a payroll ul
| f l.ooti w,-ekJy anil i.-> turning oat
i.o dozen garments daily and is
I shooting at a goal of 24" dozen.
; 1 ne con.pary, in business for ten
>e aiy. no a is at a cross roads in
expansion, Arnold said. It has a
contract with Scars Rot-buck & Co.
thai requires ari output of ♦>• < to
Too dozen garments p<j- day. Tile
plant a'. Li i'aso could not keep
up with this expansion, so "it
cai to Breckenridge."
Manager Arnold stated that in
its operation the company empha-
size* personnel philosophy. In tins
it attemplri to instill confidence
and huiii.il. dignity by shownin-
fid -lii'f iri tne workers. By ofierin^
a friendly relationship, counselling
.nil listening to worker.- problem^.
"Th«« is ro attitude _<A when tf.e
1>'SS steps in let thexe b - no eye-
riitii.-i shining, but keep your eyes
on your work."
One problem in the local pl.u.t
is that of absenteeism uhich rui s
..lx>ut If p< r cent. But ilespiti- that
the work is gaining and there ap-
pear* to be a tremnidous ippor-
t unity
The business has the keenest
kiiiil of competition. It can make or
lose a contract on one half a cent
difference, Arnold said.
A numbf-r of the u.irkers h -re
come from surrouml ng towns and
cities, these being hired in groups.
The speaker was introduo d by
Jimmy Ferrel. Claude i'ei.ler, pjt«-
ident, presiding.
Ferrel calltd attention of mem-
bers present to the fact that now
is the time to be lising children
heie for attendance at the Lions
frippb-d Children's Camp at Ren-
ville.
Farmers Union
Plans Pie Supper
The Farmers L'nion will have a
pie supper at Harpersville. Jan. T
at 7 p. in. Everyone is invited to
come and join the Vun. There will
also be musical entertainment. Bill
Jordan will b«- present to answer
questions on insurance.
All members are urged to be |
present and to bi ing a pie.
FLORIDA SUFFERS MOST
VIOLENT WINTER STORM
IN (iRI!) LIMELIGHT—Kennet i
Ford of Breckenndge in th.;
recent Gray-Blu*- Game at Mont-
gomery, Alabama. pe.rformed in
a manner to attract the eyes of
th - nation. His record with coach
Sammy Baugh at H-SL' has noc
only made a name for himself
but for his coach.
★ ★ ★
Former Buckaroo Hurls
Way To National Fame
Hardin . Simmons 11-ad Coach
Sam BiiUgh. former Ail-American.
Ail-I'ro, ami a man that has more
than a casual interest in the fu-
ture of foitball says that if col-
legiate football is to remain a heal-
thy sport it must g -t away from
i*s present trend of hail control
and defensive emphasis.
I'rofessionaJ foot bail depends
up in and is played for only one
reaiv> spectators interest (or
paid admissionsL Because of that,
pro football is a wide open game
d«-s.gned to !uie more patrons by |
the hoxoffice int > the stadiums.
Baugh belie i'< that unless colleges
t retUiii to razzle-dazzle offensive
eioa, that please nptrctators, col-
legiate football frices a dim futui
while the professional ranks be-
come increasingly popular with th-
paying public.
And being a r llegiate football
bos.«. Baugh installed that w nit, ,■
open type of play at Hardin S1..1-I*
this I cii
end was our own Ren Ford, ex-
Funeii
Hup.
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•> a , .u m
Sunday i.
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i Abilene,
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who wa
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a! ten
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ear v'ol-
any, will
n at 21
arten Funeiall
Burial wilt i* -
Seen Or Heard
by C. M. H._
i H«*cr ration*
rom.rig ^aturda; —
thai Itniw < f) the h« ii-
1.1, i aderfttiind I tind right
ii: iioal of *.7.l>«W —that'* i e btg
accompiiKiiment and rongraix
to I.. W. Iirimli> Jr. ami the other
ktirkns ( i r - * National Bank
Hei>o-it- in r.cei • rail ho Je-
pwi: romparrd lo *!♦,-
at «mi- pernal la t year.
V\ R. II illmark and Sid Bowers
.'i i. ard ilis«'i-sing plans to erei t
i it> w>*i< >tne sign tor t irrt Bap-
i huich, t/ut tney could not
• on i* nirh would dig the hon >
Haskell Key has a cat key
wn .r iouni near barber sho^,
in Bi'.ngett key hnirf«'r ....
!<■ Tin (lava nport of I'a vhuj-i4a,
h mm, s. • n rnoviag into Bun-hi
I in order to he with n.-r j
r, Mrs. Floyd Holder,
■eArron Service
Donday At 2 P.K.
Inviitl services will b - held at
- P- m Moruiav at Melton Fun«-r-
al Horre t'hapel f >r Ivor Hubert
McArron. -Vi. a former ntorie pro-
jector operator here, who died
Thursday in Springfield. Mo. Th-
Re- Alan C Lynch, pastor of the
Flr<t (hristian Chutih. will offi-
ciate.
Burial w ill t . ,n Breck-nridge
'"emet.-fy I'allbeareis wiil b - llu-
b Tt Alexander, Hask-II Key, J. B.
link!.--. Hemer Maitin, I>uki- Rin-
''hen, lat 1 'ace and < . W. Wulfjen
Jr.
Mr. MrArron l.'id in Brecken
ridge b -fore m iving to Spring-
field in Survivors aie his
parents .Mr. and Mis. J. H Mi-
A.-ron of .-ipiingfield; a brother,
B I. McArron of Brecl'-n ridge,
ar.il a sister, Mrs. R. W. Cum-
mins ff Od'wa.
Mission Work At
Eolian b Planned
Nc*< officers of the fisro Com
triandi-ry will b - installed in pub-
he ceremonies at the Masonic Hall
:.r Cisco Monday at 7: p. m. Litt; the
I'eri v of Abilene, state Grarel! ^"'-"e letered" all four years
Sword b.-i.rer. v ill b.- m charge of hl" l«>" ,«f te years as a towboy,
| in the procei. 4.
He crashed into the nati in a I
limelight as a freshman and so-
phomore. but in his junior y ar he
fell off i Ford hit of lllft pi.sses
for 4!*i yardsl. then bounod bacg
this year as a sen or to become
the number me passer in the na-
tion with his Ii completions in
mofis-. He!pins him areomplish
Ford.
Buck all-stat-r.
As a Buekaroo. Ford pierced the
hearts of Texas sports write!s and
Bock opp m<-nts with his throw-
ing arm, but his faking ability
from hi.- T quarterback slot is still
a topic of conversation in Bucka-
ri o City.
Ford's fine faking once beat him
out of a touchdown while he was
stili wearing Green and White. Kea
had faked t> or.e of his backs who
lunged into the line, and as th- ref-
eree blew th- play dead. Ford's
long pass was settling into the
arms of a Buck receiver standing
o-er the no::l. It Mas an embaras
sed official th; l nullified the scor-
and brought the ball back. Fortu-
nately Bter ken ridge didn't need th-'
touchdown ti vv in since Ford and
h - mates hiid already done such
a through job in defeating their)
opponent-.
Letter* Four Years
K-n entered Hardin - Simmons)
in I!>.%4 and lettered as a varsity,
quarterback in his freshman year. |
(Freshmen iire eligible for varsity
Ftorder C infer
f
2"."j attempts for I ,-->4 yards and
14 tout hiiow ns. He wound up his
four years of collegiate football
with 2'Hi co;ii pi—11 iris in 5!>! at-
tempts for ••;."i4h yards and -J
touchdown p;isses.
For such a sterling performance
thi- Cow bo Co f'aptain gained th"
starting quarterback position, on
th- B irder all-conforence team and
a berth on th- Gray team that met
the Blues in Mongomery Alabama
in a college All-sar game.
(•real In Bowl
To say that Ford performed ad-
mirably for th. S-■ .Lh in that ga.ee
could he classified as th- year's
greatest understatement. He was
elected captain < f th- Grays then
i f>r K-e-d" d to sho • th- nation via
| TV that his r.unib r on.- pass hwr -
| intr t;tle a as no f uke by com
I ph'ting 12 of t s.--s for 1S.S
I yards and one tiuchdiwn ti li^J1
th- -South to a 21 to 21 > win over
Noith varigu.vrd if A IT-A hieiT-
cans.
Foid was am id—1 the title of th-
Three Okinawans
To Visit Breck
To Study Taxes
Through the efforts of the G >v-
-rr,mental Affairs Institute of
Washington, D. C. and the co-op-
eration of the Brecken ridge t ham-
ber of Commerce. Breckem idge w ill
again play host to visit irs from a
foreign land.
An iving on January H by Con-
tinental Airlines will be three or-
ientals Shochi Ota. Kiyoshi Azuma.
and Eiho Shiroma from the Ryu-
kyus Islands. They are tax admin-
istrators, who are visiting in tl .;
United States und 'r the auspices >f
the IK-paitment of the Army.
I Since these men do not speak
i English, they wiil be accompanied
by a Japanese language speaking
escort-interpreter, Fr-d Kamikawa.
Irvan Lewis, E. R. Maxwell, and
Charles Hagler, plus members of
the inter-city relations committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, will
play host t the v isitors, as the
primary reason for their cominig
here is to study the tax structuie
from a local level.
As it is now planned, they will
also attend weekly luncheons of
the Lions and R itary Clubs and the
ladies-night direi tors meeting of
the Chamber of Conimeice and Ms-
it both the high school and the
junior college.
C-C president Arthur Miller was
quoted as saying that the directois
of the Chamber of Commerce fr-el
it ail honor that Breckenridge
should be selected for the thinl
time to entertain foreign visitors
who wish to study the American
way of life.
o ————-
Kimble Company
Completes Well
Kimble Oil Co. of Breckenridge
completed No. 'J Merrick Davis as
a regular field producer 17 miles
southwest of Albany. It is in Sec-
tion 20, Block l.'i, T&I' Survey.
Daily potential was 52 bi-rrels
of oil pumping from open hole at
1 .Hit-1 ,«:{8 feet. Bay was topped
at 1 ,H2!> ieet.
1 games most outst mding player,
! quite an accomplishment when you
[ consider that thi quarte back lor
the opposing N'erth team was none
I other than Minn ta's much
' h-arldi d B ib'. y Co ., -'. eryone's
! pre-season choice for this year's
I All-American quartr-rback slot.
Ki n is scheduled to play in his
; second bow I game of the current
' season by piaying In the Optimist
J Bowl in Tuscon Arizona against
| th- Tuscon C.'ow boys, chain pirns of s in Kingston and Mrs. John
II imtinurd In* I'aiii • * | kin.
5 Leave Clinic
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports no admissions. There were
five dismissals: A. J Everett, Hen-
ry Batie., Mrs. E. D. Wood. Ben-
Bot-
Also Makes Figures From Yarns
1mm FORMER STUDENT
OF BREC^ MAKES A GRADES
ti.-
r. j
\JrH
i :vi,
i lot
I h imfn-r i mn iifrcr director*
to i^rvr a wi-tlit j
^ of k'i i
in in- at i :
the installati in.
N- • o.'fic-rs of the Cummandcry
here are- Frank M Hirklin, Ran
ger, comnandet: E. L I-iird. Cis-
co. generali.-.-imo; Marshall I'-nn.
Cisco, captain general; Aubrey C.
Var, Hoy. senior warden: John W.
Moore, Brecken ridge, junior war-
d-ii: George P. Boy yd, Cisc i. pre-
late; Hay wood I abahess, Cisco,
treasurer; and R. E. Gnintham.
Ci* o, reroiib r and instructor K. T.
of Texas
New app iintive office is are A.
J Buckanan, Breck -nridge, stan-
dard hearer; Joe Britain. Cisco,
moiril be;:rer; Edward A. Hatten.
Eastland wr.'der; and. John S.
Stockard. Cisco, sentinel.
Sally Shepherd. !■", daughter of
M.S. W. T. Sh-pherd, former resi-
d« nts of Breckr-nridge, w ho moved
to Abdene two or three months
a'fo, so that Sally might receive
treatment for a spinal ailment,
not only is making a good patient,
but make* better grades in b-d
than many students make in the
class i oom.
Th- ex-Breckeni idge Buckar io
fan has been a straight A student
this year while in bed recuperat-
ing from two operations last sum-
mer for curvature f'i the spine.
The plucky Bi-year-oid has risen
i from a I! to an A stud-nt as th-
1 result of h r confinement.
Due to her spirit and coopeta-
■ ) tion, doctors feel she's going to
r a | do in one year what normally' re-
quires two years to do.
| She hopes to shed the brae.*
[she's worn following he,r first op-
j-ration last July sometime m
I March. She's looking forward to
1 being ab'e to walk in February.
Sally is visited twice weekly by
| Mrs. Maggie Sloan, teacher in the
i A bib to m hijuls' home-bound stu-
| d-nt program.
Sa'ly liv.-s in Abilene with h.-r
I mother, Mrs. Kathleen Shephe.tl.
! Her father, a Bt-rkenndge insur-
, „ , .... . . , I a nee agent, died b-firre it was
(H> A>MH IATM> ruEN>> j summer Russias sputniks w,ih | !,.;irri- d that Sally was havi.i^-
D.imorratic leader Lyn- their implication of breakthroughs j trouble with her
Meeting Slated
The Br-ckenridge Ministc
Alliance will hold its January
meeting Monday at 10 a. m. at the
Bethany Baptist Church. Rev. .1.
D. Hatch, president, urges all
members to be present for this
session.
Missiles And Foreign Policy To Be
Major Subjects as Congress Convenes
evi ii alt. bcgl..-
Ihil) Ihree ap-
f« r
•na
■bin Johnson
plications h >i- beeii irceoed
j<4 of cil) *i*retar>. lame* !*waun
..aid samrda> T a«'Md Irwu-
bie be remind 'he dock MiasoN will (
vad .Miliary 14 ami ih • quail net- I^ij, ..vorld was placed by him at
pi eilu-ts that
j the l>emoeratic contra!led Congress
will convene next week in a mood
to tolerate no delays in missile de-
velopment. The missile program
and what Johnson called a foreign
pot.cy that wall bring pew- t
son January IS.
spine.
Fish fere bitiog g'«>d on thisi
.sal- of I K. lake prior to that!
-ast wind >aturday, a-nd reported
not so hot on the other *id * . ■■■
No fne run* repoited and sheriff
i ha--*- Booth said "no business'
Letter from Father Van
W inkle said he has seen his family
in Belgium and would like to come
back to Hr-ckenridge—Rev. Jutes
Spriet a!s* * a Belgian, now priest
Sacred lb-art And, plant
a tree!
Thought Far The Momenti TW
mrsII court e*ie* sweeten litej I he
greater ennobte it.—#•'*
pu
the top of problems facing the
forthcoming session.
Johnson said that Congress is
r-turning to Washington ir. what
h- termed a "can do" m >od. He
added: "We know that we are fac
ed with one grave problems be-
cause of the Russian sputniks and
their missiie advances."
Johnson said he regards the in-
quiry into the missile and satellite
progi ami by hi* Senate prepared-
ness subcommittee as "nn investi-
gation before —and not after—
Pearl Harbor "
The returning C ingress will be-
gin giapplirig on Tuesday with
problems which have loomed men-
cinfly tisoce it adjourned laft
in the science of rocket and mis-
sile warfare, are certain to influ-
ence greatly the course of the HCiH
ses.-i in. The number on- topic on
capitol h II i* what the I.'. S, must
do, and how much it can afford to
pay. to match the Soviet scientific I classroom next fall.
advances. j An avid newspaper reader and
Next Thursday. President Eisen- televis <-n fan. ^'ally's f.rst love
hower will deliver a 30-minute state is working w *h her hands. She
A *id Reader
S;illy laughingly rdmits that lie
ing confin-d to bed has be *n a
boon to her graib-s in school. But
sh<- expects to maintain her b-tt.-r
i average K she returns to the
School. But she undoubtedly works
up her assignment from a different
angle than most of her classmates.
Sally—who hasn't been able to
sit up since July—lies on h.-r
stomach crossv. ays on the bed with
her schoolbooi-is on th— floor.
"She's been awfully patient,"
members of her family said.
She's just a little hit perturbed
at Santa. She likes the watch she
got but would have prefei r-d a
saxophone.
Her greatest ambition is to piay
the saxophone in the Eagle band.
After that it's Oklahoma Univer-
sity.
Two Men Killed*
Boat Search On
Following Blow
County Resident
For Many Years
Dies Of Attack
ANDY ANDERSON
★
'.lo
Johnson Winner
Of Ruby Emblem
John D. Johnson, Lone Star Gas
Company employee at. the Brooks
Gasoline Plant, was awarded the
company's Ruby Emblem this
month for 25 years with Lone
Star, according to J. L. Fixer,
plant superintendent. He joined the
company December 2, l'J-.2.
A native of Durant, Oklahoma,
he is a graduate of Bennington,
Oklahoma, High Sch'iol ami is a
memb-r of the Assembly of God i
Church, where he has served as'
Sunday School superintendent for
15 years. He is married to the for- '
m<t Pauline Dixon of Newcastle. |
and they have one daughter, Mi*. ;
Jerry Lou Evans.
John I 'a id I I >u\ | Si
died at 8 a. m. Saturday
r-sulf of a heat t attack suffeted
a few hours earlier at his home.
4'W. Wheeler.
Hi >ug born June I'I, 1&78 in
Lee County, moving to Stephens
County ."7 year* ago. He was a
stock farmer in larks Community
until he retired 12 yeais ago and
moved to his present address. He
was never married. Mr. Sikes j lin-
ed the Baptist Church at an early-
age.
Funeral services will be conduct-
ed Sunday at 2 p. m. in the First
Baptist Church with the Rev. By-
ron Bryant officiating, assisted by
the Rev. Francis Dubose. pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church, and
the Rev. Max Lassister, pastor of
th- Sh-lton Ave. Mission. Burial
will be in the Hart Cemetery un-
der the direction of Melton F'uneral
Home. Nephew* will serve as pall-
bearers.
Survivors include fi' e sisters:
Mrs. Triy Hart, Mrs Mona Thom-
as. Mrs. H C. Thomas, Miss Lina
Slices, all of Breckeni ige, and Mrs.
r. I . Landers of Coleman; two
brothers. F. N. and H. O. Sikes
of Breckcnridge; and a host of nice
est and nephews.
Russians Having
Sputnik Troubles
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
TV ehi-f of America's Vanguard
project believes 'he Russian* ma/
h ive ru:* into difficulties in trying
to shoot a third sputnik into orhit.
Dr. John Hagen says it is likely
the Soviet scientists are exper-
iencing difficulties, since it has
been two months sitae Sputnik II
was launched and th- Russians
were expected to send up a satellite
every four < r five weeks.
He also cites unconfirmed re-
ports attributed to a Soviet sour.e
at the I N that the Russians had a
great many unsuccessful attempts
before the first baby moon was
launched successfully.
Couple / id Child
Are StiH Missing
BEND. Ore. i,f>—No trace has
hern found of a Bend, Oregon,
couple and their 2-year-old daugh-j
ter missing since New Year's Day.)
Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson and |
their daughter, Juanita, railed to
show up for a dinner engagement
on New Year's Day. A sea.'h
group, aided by two Civil Air
Patrol planes, lias covered a 30-
mile area but has found no trace
of the missing persons.
if the l'nion message. It will deal
primarily with the Cond'tion of the
nation's defenses and the improve-
ments needed. On January l.'.th.
Eisenh iwer will present his budget
proposals, reportedly near 74 bil-
lion dollars.
Two prime topics last year, civil
rights and presidential disability,
aren't expected to muster the im-
portance they achieved in 19 5 7.
However, the annual controversies
over fir-ign aid and farm legisla-
tion are articipated with new argu-
ments for and against the Soil
Bank program.
makes dolls and octoupuses from
towei* and dog* from yarn.
Time is no problem, she says.
"I don't wake up until noon."
Along that line sne tried to get
her teacher to change h-r visits
to the afternoon to let her sle. p
uninerrupted.
Sally receives assignment* iden-
tical to the ones given students at
tile same level in Junior High
m
Equipped
9-4421 far Oxygea
BILL BLACK
1NSUBANCS
1M N. Caurt Phone HI MU4
PRESENT*
THE W1ATHZB
Mostly cloudy with occasional
rain Sunday. A little warmer
except in West Texas where
there was snow Saturday. High
Sunday around 60. Low Friday
night JO, high Friday .ii. East-
erly wind* to 13 aulas an hoar.
Pennsylvania
Cost Life Of Man
BERWICK, fa. iff—A general
alarm fire swept through a block
of buildings in downtown Berwick
Satuiclay. One man died in a leap
from a third story v. indow- and
another man was listed as missing.
r The blaze raged out of control
j for neat ly three hours before flie-
' men. struggling against sub-freei-
ing temperatures, got the upper
hand. The damage was estimated
unofficially at more than a mil-
lion dollars.
For peace of MM . . M
TKAMMELL - S*ANSON
rwsiTWANn? AOFWCT
MIAMI, Fla. >.P> — lw i men aru
dead and several boats are missing
following a nor - eastern which
goes down in the records as South
Florida's most violent winter storm
in iio years.
There is fear that crop damage
will iuii into the millions unlecd
the sun comes out soon to dry sod-
di n farm lands.
Migrant farm workers are in
desperate condition, deprived oE
jobs weather conditions and with-
out money to buy food. Many have
been given meals at an emeigency
toud station at H nnestead, south
of Miami.
Property damage is heavy along
the Florida east coast. Winds
which reached a peak velocity of
7:J miles an hour in gusts broke
plate glass store windows, ripped
awnings, toppled trees and tore
down signs.
The dead are Henry Gehrke, a
Miami pedestrian struck by a car
during a rain squali, and a Sicilian
sailor who suffered fatal head in-
juries when mountainous seas raid-
ed the giain treighter Giove off
the Florida east coast.
The Gio'.e, sailing from fort Ar-
thur f >r Rotterdam, put in at Fort
Everglades, Florida, after the sail-
or died and another crewmen was
injuied.
Hunt Missing Men
Coast Guard boats and plans are
hunting for George Tuce Jr. of
Clearwater, Florida, aim AiDin Fri-
land and George Sellers of Fort
Fierce.
luce was due back Wednesday
from a fishing trip. Friland and
Sellers left on thir commercial fish-
ing boat Weunesday and ha. :
been unr-ported since.
Also sought are 21) shrimp boats
missing in rionda Keys. There has
been no word on the fate of their
crews.
There have b-en many rescues.
Among those brought back to
shore are former Congressman Wil-
liam Lantaff of Miami and a party
of six. The group spent Thursday
n'ght in a Biscay re Bay fishing
shack after tn-ir boat was
swamped.
The storm has left a sunken
shrimp trawler, another shrin.|ier
presumed lost, a trawler ground- I
in the Campeche Gulf and another
drifting. Two other trawlers have
been towed to Brownsville.
The boat presumed lost is the
Captain Kex. It has ben missing
: since Wednesday night when u
! faint distress message was heard,
it was then in the Gulf of Cam-
peche.
Rescue Work I nder Way
Two crewmen from the Rose and
Joe were picked up by the Florida
Shrimp boat Sunbeam off the Yu
catan I'-nisuia Thursday after their
boat sunk. They were identified as
Captain John Singiet in and his son.
John Jr. Th- boat was owned by-
Joe Sequiie of St. Augustine. Flori-
da.
Airman spotted crewmen aboa.d
th< grounded Blue Chip Friday off
the Vucaian I'erisula. Natives were
seen wading to the boat and ap-
parently were carrying equipment
ashore.
The cutter Boutwell tawed the
Harvester and < aptain Bee to port
Friday. Both were damaged.
Th- Cutter Cahoone from Gal-
veston sailed to a point 50 miles
soutneast of Freepoi,t Friday night
to take in tow the disabled trawler
Captain H iurst. The engine failed
ami the ancnor was not holding
A Coast Guard Air detachment
I plane and a Navy Helicopter j'e-
There w ill be an organizational | moved a crewman Friday from the
meeting at Eolian Sunday, January | trawler Scotch and Soda 40 miles
5 at 4 p. m. The pastor and a j south of I'ort Aransas. James Wil
group from the hirst Baptist liams of Florida suffered a mang-
ciiurcn wiil be pi -sent to iead in j led hand when it became entangled
the oiganization. I in a winch.
Fifty Hcmemakers Attend First Of
Four Classes On Making Draperies
Homem ikers in Stephens County J order to detetiriine the amount
owed their interest in making j fabric required and including su
30 Years Work
With Phone Co.
Observed Today
Andy Anderson, wire chief for
Southwi stern Bell T-lephon- Com-
pany heie, will observe his thirtieth
anniversary with tne company to-
day.
■ Anderson, who lives at 118 S.
Parks, came to Brecken ridge in
1!>44. He was promoted to wire
chief in charge of ail plant acli-.-
ities in Breckenridge in 1!>48.
Fle has been active in civic ac-
tivities since coming to Breckeii-
ridge. He is a member of the
Breckenridge ( hamb-r of Com-
merce and the Rotary Club.
Anderson s-.i v«i as presalent «f
the Rotary Club, he is a past chair-
man of the Goodfellows. a former
Scout master and Boy Scout coia-
mitteeman. He is an elder in the
Church of Christ ar.d has been a
Bibte School teacher for 28 years.
Anderson began his telephone
career in 1!*28 as a student ut
Cleburne. He transferred to Ora-
ham in 1!>28. after that he worked
in Eastland, h ort Stockton and
Dublin. He transferred to Breck-
enridge in Ii>44.
0
Masons To Install
Officers At Cisco
The F'irst Baptist Church of
Breckenridge has voted to sponsor
mission work in the Eolian com-
munity. Tne church has authorized
that an arm of the membership be
extended to the Baptist of that
community who desire to he af-
filiated. the community has Jar
some time carried on a union Sun-
day sch-iol meeting in the Method-
ist church building. This Sunday
school will continue as it has in
the past with th - Methodist sup-
plying a minister half time and
the tsaptist supplying a minister
the other half as a part of toe
mission project. Ail services wilt
be in the Methodist building. A
Baptist training union will be or-
ganized to meet on Sunday even-
ings.
if
showed their interest in making j fabric required and including su< h
their homys more attractive points as measuring for length
through their own efforts by at- from top of facing to bottom of
tendi ng the Virst in a series of four j thi window facing, sill, or to floor.
workshops on making draperies
i**iday afternoon in tne home of
the t.ounty Home Demonstration
Agent, Mrs. Tom Joyce Cunning-
ham. The need for the workshop
was expressed by the Home Eco-
nomics committee of the Stephens
County Program Building Connnii.-
depending on length desired, allow-
ing one inch extia so tnat drapery
can extend one inch above windo.v
facing w hen finished
Allowing 'J incnes for heading
and hem is a good rule to follow
and that makes the total allowance
of lo inches beyond the actual
tee in making plans for 195S and measurement from top facing to
the attendance of 5*1 women at tl..s '
first meeting confirmed their bei.ef
that such work was wanted and
needed by the homemakers.
Most of the irtformation given
by Mis. Cunningham on Friday
concerned types of window covers
suitable for different windows, se-
lection of drapery fabrics, linings,
rods, hooks, headings, and other
essentials in making draperies and
cafe curtains. Instructions were
given for measuring window* in
desired completed length. One and
or.e half to two and two and one
iiaif inches are allowed for side
hems, ror draw draperies a min-
imum of two and a half times tne
width of the finished spread ii
allowed for width, but a rule of
three times the width makes a
more attractive drapery. For ex-
ample if a window is one yard
wide, then three yards in width
will allow for sufficient hems and
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