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ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1961
VOL LVIII—NUMilR 112
44 Poges
10 Cents
SCRIPTS
to the
NEWS
By BOB AXELSON
One of Orange County's most
pressing problems is drainage
which is a monumental task at
best in the Gull Coast tidewater—
vóu know—oo hills.
There are oth-
ers but a well-
co-ordinated ap-
proach to drain-
age problems,
creation of anj
By MARY ALICE LAKEY
Barring unforseen difficulties,
County Commissioners Court Wed-
nesday will authorize advertise-
ment for bid on major bridge
work in the county's $6,445.000
program, ~
Also, the county plans to adver-
tise for bids on 12 more projects
in-the program either in July or
A^ie first acceptance of bids on
road work occurred Friday wheh.
Farnsworth It Chambers, a Hous
«éenr v* tn"focu'i' ton firm, was approved for its low
malo/ ImoS bid of ***>.*21. Its base bid had
major emphasis ^ tmm on 15 projects.
on correction
and of course
funds to do' the
work are needed.
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AXELSON work expected to
attrt in the Immediate future on
Orange County's multi-million dol-
lar road and bridge
program. Adequate
merely protection
construction
drainage is
for the invest-
ment being made.
This fact has been emphasized,
underlined and overlined bv
Connty Judge Sid J. Caillavét
dating back as far as Jan. 31,
first meeting of the Orange
County Drainage Committee.
disappointed' tliat^there wasn't to^
tal agreement on the route followed
entailing special enabling legisla-
tion. Today is May 14 and the
current legislative session will end
May 29, only 15 days away..
Special Interest legislation af-
fecting only, a single county or
city must be uncontested to have
even a ghost of passage. How
uncontested the proposed legis-
dralnage district legislation is
remains to be .seen. If protests
are lodged, you can Just figure
that the county, is two years
away from an effecttre drainage
program—via this route.
Another alternative of course Is
bringing the existing conservation
and reclamation distrjet into full
bloom with passage of a tax bond
Issue so that work can be perform-
ed. That will be the most logical
(See P.S, Page 11)
Bridges will be over Adams
Bayou and Cow Bayou. Permits
for construction were received last
month.
The 12 projects which probably
will appear in the letting late this
summer are Archie, Wilson. Court-
land, Bolivar, Camp and Sargent
streets, and .Railroad Avenue, all
in the Vidor area; 13th and Divi-
sion streets in Orange, and South
and Henrietta streets in West Or'
ange.
Administrator
BRIDGE CITY (Spl) - The ap-
pointment of -DfT Wallace C. Hill,
former Houston school cfflcial, as
superintendent of the Bridge City
School District was announced yes-
terday.
An announcement on behalf of
the school board was made by
Secretary Casey Bryant. He not-
ed that the board efter screening
some 40 applications., on file f(>r
the past two months, member*
were unanimous in selecting Dr.
Hill. ...
He will serve as superintendent
of th? Bridge City district for the
1961-62 term at a salary of $11.51 '
His contract will be subject to/fe
newal at the first regular jSoard
meeting in January 19®.
Brysnt commented, >W. Hill
(See BRIDGE CÍTJffTage II)
rveying and platting were
completed oy consulting engineers,
C. P. and Gary Smith, about the
middle of last month.
County Engr. J. G. (Gus) Foyle
said yesterday that FltC's bid rep-
resents about 12.7.8 per cent of the
over-all program. Adjusted hid
prices will make the cost .of the
combined 15 projects about $820,-
421.
That figure represents the fol-
lowing breakdown: iLakíView Road
cost, $39,507; Lakeview Cutoff,1
$33,730; Vidor-Dotv Road, $88,024;
Doty Road, $83,793; Round Bunch
Road (only a portion of the plan-
ned improvements), $66,127.
Also. Old Highway 87, $175,912;
West Bluff Road, $55,246; Bancroft,
$27,769; 41st Street, $5,813; 40th,
$20,211; Cordrey Avenue, $62,669;
South Street, $11.014; Broad Street,
$11,975; Dayton Street, $63,548, and
Ferry Drive, $74,992.
FOyle said the county will bene-
fit from salvage, primarily of con-
nn|
work.
crete pipe,.during some of thé road
Right of wav acquisition Is
ressing satisfactorily,
•bout
he added,
instruments
and about <3 more
must be processed before
phase of the road program
be concluded.
Those instruments will Yt\er to
the Lakeview and Lakeview Cutoff
■Roads, the Vidor - Jfetv Road.
Round -Bunch Road/Old Highway
87 aim the WesUiluff Road.
Commented JrH. Bruce, county
highway agepf: "So far, the boun-
ty has noUieen forced to condemn
any property. That, of course, is
nmiprfible under law."
ie added that. "Condemna-
tierf suits are expensive for both
nd land owners. The coun-
ty is doibg everything in its power
to skirt such action."
Bhice is Dfcing assisted In right-
of-way procurement * y Martin
doin. who is assiStant right of'wi
agent,
ores
To Shoyfclown of
LEOPOLDVILILE, Thtf" Congo
(AP)—President- Joseph Kasavu-
bu of the Congo, Saturday chal-
lenged Soviet -supported rebel
leader AntoineJSizenga to a show-
down of strength in a new «es-
don of Parliament.'
The/Congolese president an-
nouiyred the move at a cc
in Coquilhatville.
iical leaders sre tryin^to ham--
mer out a new capsfltution for
the Congo. He saiqne would ask
the United Nations to guarantee
ifl Host Visitors
•the security of all mjwfSÍ?ers of
¡Parliament. The session probably
will be held
, Pariiament/Kas not met since
last Sipti>rfu>er, when the late
Premier Patrice Lumumba shot
through legislation giving tym al-
dictatorial powers. That ses-
sion, held without a quorum, was
generally regarded as. illegal.
It was. in any event, one of the
most bizarre parliamentary ses-
sions in history. Lumumba's
troops, carrying submachine g-ms,
COOPER A} MARSHAL
In ¿M¡gli'~'Noon' Film
Famed Actor
loper
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Gary
Coopecr died ; Saturday of chancer
uftcp'a deathbed fight that rivaled
Bill Tuesday
The proposed text of a special
bill abolishing the existing Orange
ty Conservation and Reclama-
tion District
County
Conservation and
and creating a new
Orange County Drainage District
was completed yesterday durinj
.bcommittee meeting In Bri
subcc
City.
be
calle
figh
en to
Orange
dur-
>y Chairman
Tuesday. in
School audi-
proposed
with instruc-
photographers wait-
5 modern, one-story
A birthday party in true Texas-
style will be held this week wnen
Du Pont's Sabine River Works will
open its gates and be host to pub-
lic visitors as well as the families
of employes, •-/•/
Ibis special "Family and
friends Week" li being held in
observance of the 15th year of con-
tinuous operations for this Du Pont
plant in Orange. Construction of
foe Sabine River Works began in
1945 and initial operations started
in 1946.-
The special anniversary obsefv-
tfrf begins Wednesday ahd con-
cloud:
tinues through Saturday. The first
three days — Wednesday. Thurs-
day and Friday — have been set
aside for visits by employes and
their families. Hours for these vis-
its are 4:30 until 8:30 p.m.
"fr Saturday has been designated as
friend* and public visitation d<r
from noon until 7 p.m. Through
public news media, as well as oy
personal invitation from employes,
public friends are invited to visit
the Du Pont .plant and join In the
observance of its 15 years of op-
erations.
Blue identification passes will be
issued to each . visitor and they
may be obtained through employe
friends, or at the plant gate Sat-
urday.
Children, 10 years of age and
U. S. Weather Bureau
older," may also attend thev open
house. Public visitors need nrit be
accompanied hy«mplnfo« during
"USIr" visit.
Public visitors who attend the.
open house Saturday should drive
to the DERA clubhouse on Irvine
Street, between the plant and West
Orange proper. Police officers will
be on hand to direct traffic —A
lounged about in the two cham-
bers throughout. Apd on several
occasions a machineeun was in
position just inside the entrance
of the building., aimed waist higfi
at, every entering member.
That earlier session ted to Lu-
mumba's ouster from office by
Kasavubu and his subsequent ar
rest and murder while in the
hands of the authorities of Ka-
tanga Province.
The new session of Parliament
called by Kasavubu could lead to
gradual resumption 6f orderly
government. Or it could open old
wounds, throw the Congo into a
new round of political and-tribal
gouging "and complete the pros-
tration of this unhappy old colony
.of the Belgians.
There was no assurance at all
that Gizenga would accept the
challenge, although he has re-
peatedly called for a meeting of
Parliament tq legalize the gov-
ernment.
If tbe United Nations agrees to
guarantee security at the session
—and this is almo$t<a certainty—
Gizenga will be in a\yery tight
spot Indeed. Many of nis follow-
ers favor a new session of Parlia-
ment as the only way out of the
rift which has divided the country.
Kasavubu said Parliament
would be deliberating "the future
of the state" and that every
elected member must face his re?
sponsibilities for "collaboration in
the work of reconstruction."
Kasavubu said the Congolese
had suffered 10 months of "con-
fusion misery and nil kinds of pri-
vations." He did not exaggerate,
The Inept politicians of the Congo,
in less than a. year, have trans-
formed a potentially wealthy ter-
ritory into a nation ckws to bank-
ruptcy and bordering on .anarchy.
courage tne narotc roief ftF
ayed in 35 yeara in'motion pic-
tures.
The tall, taciturn screen hero
was 60 a few day* ago.
He had lingered at death's door
for days and was heavily drugged
"to ease the pain that .wracked nij
ónce-powerful, 6-foOt-3-lnch body.
He died at 12:27 p.m. (PDT)
Services have been set for
day. '
Strangely, the actor's three dogs
—two French poodlej-"4nd a mon-
grel—started barking and howlim
moments after Cooper die'
Newsmen
ing ... ..... . .
home^heard the animals but did
of Cooper'ji death until,
hour later.
At Cooper's side when he died
were his wife, Rocky, whom he
married in 1932; his, : daughter,
Maria; and his physician. The Rt.
Rev. Daniel Sullivan, a longtime
friend of Cooper, was nearby
The Rt. Rev. Sullivan said Coop-
er had been unconscious all-day
and died while sleeping peacefully
under sedation. <
„ He said the wife arid daughter
took the death calmly. He said
Mrs. Coqoer had known her hus-
band's illness was terminal since
last December.
Both doctor and priest praised
Cooper's courage.
The. physician—who asked his
name not be Used—said that
Coopef was near death several
times in the la$t few days, but
each time rallied? ^ ^
Said the doctor:
"Any other m?n would, have
died 48 hours ago."
Said the Rt. Rev. Sull'van —
<Sej COOPER, Page 11)
. The measure will
the membership of
County Drainage Committee
ing a meeting
Ray Pace for 7
the Orangefield
torium.
Drafting At the
was in ¿¿cordance
the general committee at
the conclusion of last Thursday
s session in Orangefield.
involves the creation of i
brand new agency with a govern
ir.fi board elected by the voters.
Tliis approach to organization of
a new countywide drainage pro-
g-am was chosen from six possible
routes carried to the general com-
mittee by its screening and eval-
uation subcommittee
In announcing' Tuesday night's
meeting of the countywide group
Pace noted that it may not be pos
sible to send official word of the
session to all memberi. He askj>
that members reading the ptijilish-
ed announcement get word^of the
meeting to other members.
"This Is very shorj^iotlce," Pace
commented, "but/iigreemcnt on a
bill no later than Tuesday night Is
nccessary jir order to hav« a
• . ,-V
r>'<
pSS'-v 'iri:
i
I
Vinton Voters
rfat th* measure passed
iirrent session of the legis
Clyde Haynes Jr. has
agreed to introduce sucli a meas-
ure provided It has full support by
all individuals and interests tin the
county concerned with the drain-
age problem.
Haynes pointed out, however,
that the session ■ ends on May 29,
therefore there is some chance
that insufficient time remains' to
get the rbill through the UfglAla.
ture. However, he «aid he would
go to work In an effort to secure
passage immediately if the pro
(See DRAINAGE,. Pag* 11)
SÁCC Gets
Millwrights'
Proposition
SHOW BEAUTY ENTRY - Janet Lea
daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. Bob Roach,
Dahlia St. will bé In the "Miss W. ter Sports" .
contest to be held at the Jack Tar Orange House
next Saturday. The conteiftjs open to all un-
married women of Orange Coühty. Registration
MÑkk
—I fdf Pheto Hv "nib
will be at Ihe hotel. The deadline Is Saturday
noon. Preliminaries- are sot for 1:30 p.m. The
winner will be chpsen from three finalists at the
Shipwreck dance at the Orange House at 8:30
p.m. The dnnce is open to the publio.
583K
m i'
k&kW j
lr rV
VINTON (Spl) - Vinton voters
elected a town marshal and four
cltv councilmen here yesterday in
a local Democratic runoff election.
Henry CourVilte won the mar-
shal's post with a total of 672
votes. City councilixen elec.ed
were Ernest Trahan, 632; Woodrow
Bonsall, 591; Curry, Caswell, 523;
and Howard English, 482.
Other candidates in the races re-
ceived votes as follows: Marshal
— T. O. Duggan. 385. City council-
man — Gerald Cormier, 427; Er-
n*st Ratliff, 469; I. B. Courrege
Jr.. 393; and Jewel Merchant, 335.
Incumbent Milton Berry, who
polled 572 votes In the primary.-,
v.as elected by a clear majority.
Mayor W." A. Venissat ran for his
f-urt'h term unopposed.
Art unofficial tally placed the
lumber of votes cast at 1;057.
Voting by prectnr.t went as !ol-
Jtws: Henn:' Coiin,-i|ie — Precinct
(See VINTOTi. Page II)
Consideralioi^of'a counter-pro-
posal made by Orange Millwright
Local 2484 tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
in Beaumont may be a key factor
In averting a possible Sabine Area
construction strike.\
In negotiations which ended Fr|
day afternoqn, a counter proposal
was submitted by the millwrights
to^the.. Sabine Area Construction
Committee^ (SACC). Whether this
proposition is rejected and a new
proposition put on the table re-
mains to be seen.
There was no st,ttlem',.nf reach -
ed in negotiations held Friday aft-
ernoon between the millwrights
and officials of the SACC. There
are some 114 triembers rtf the local' n/ "r «
the sabííe ¿¿¿sdiction'throuRhoul Set Next WeekémL^
■
COMMITTEEMEN DECIDE ON TROPHIES-
The type of trophies and how- to award were
among the; final plans to be worked out for the
Orange' BoatlngGlub's Eighth Annual Water Festl-
v'trk. Discussing the program and presentation of
. -T. — LMd*r Phofo by Bobblt Oroimnri
awards ate (left to right) Dick Dldrikson, special
events chairman; Hubert Spradling general
festlval chalrman, and Hershel Hodge, boat race
chairman. '' .
rsy
The issue In bargaining with this
union has resolved strictly around
that of hourly rate' increases. The
normal craft pattern to date has
been a three-year contract with
over-all hourly hike of 32i/, cents. B BOBBIE BROUSSARD^ chccking marshes and wooillanar|t<Qúb!e; and several expensive nets
In bargaining over former con- . 0ranBe nZ't|na to capture wildlife for the exhibits.-havgH9e$n torn up. Club members
tracts of. past years.- the mil - ¡ ' J"®' • * , An,.n Burkart,, chairman of the ccntendthejLwjll have some
wrlghts have cited what they ca ;CI"b ¡Wildlife .exhibits,'.came up with aithe wildlife ííf^U^n
discrimination between their cra',¡Waler pcsJjva| PXp<^fed to draw f-ve-fcot allijtator but found it nec-¡ Members of th^AíJttft^Demona
for
and other construction trades on
the hourly rate:
The present journeyman mill-
wright rate is $3.65. They have
cited the journeyman scale of $4.05 bevillé,
far pipefitters and boilermakers Houston
and $4,07 Htor elertricians.
Ralph L. Hamilton of,Orange,
chairman of the millwright nego-
tiating committee, and Business
Agent R. M. Thomas had littli
comment to make Friday after
gmiations With the SACC.
fux
huge crowds here itfxt weekend.
Boat club representatives are an-
ticipated frwa/Lake Charles, Ab-
BHÍumont, Gálveston,
la other near-by cities.
Boatydcalers are sprucing up
their/crafts for entry In the boat
show. Other boat owners are dec
■siting their crafts and cars with
stiearners and other ornaments for
the t'Progres* of Beats" parade to
jly? held Saturday.
Thomas noted that the (tfux of Some members have been
the dispute was "monetat^" Hamr ¡ searching - the, 'b?y<m for barra-
ilton polnted out that local had1 cled boats to enter as noveity- ex-
(See LABOR, j^age II) 'hibits In the parade. Others are
essiary to kill it or be ktlled. Jn- and Debs are readying cbtetfel
stead, he npw has three small g« costumes for their performance oil
tors — maybe not as impressive, (f,,, water, .The sk( group, which
but plenty viciiws. .has been among the principal at-
Capfu ring iwi[rlaj^ausing some tri,ctjong 0( jj,e s|jOW f0r mahy
years, has added a new novelty
en
Low ton i ¡
High tomorrow
Sunset today
72
Near 83
7:02 p.m.
5:23 a.m.
toguTdegttests.
By J. CULLEN BROWNING
A unique plan for putting the
Orange County government's road
tions on « rath
fore setting up the plan.
The program was approved
ItthmT
Commissi
¿jal
"MIL
uei-i Court dtirint
Sunrise tomorrow
WI'NOS—SouWHOtf. nvph-o^viKt-
€ffv rascMng 38 fíl.p b. Itwoufld
SMIIIM H IMS m-M- I "
T(OES-SatXn«: Wflh. ,
low. (:M pjn-
MÍüi, 4:41 €-m.. 1 ^.m.; lO .p.m,
J: O
Tours , will start In the DERA financing li
cjubhouie where a short motion the legislative hopper
aftermiñy year* of deficit)this way:
I debt^neis authorized by the spe-
by cUl bill. "n.
a spe-y The budget fof 1962 which Is tó
bt« d September would
10:45
Mg i. 4:77 a.m.. 7:14
1:4 p.m., a.m.. B«Ny:
S;JS sn-. J:14 p.m.; taw, : m..
- 9/L .*•
picture about thevplant and plant
people will be shown inai number
of displays will be located.
Following the tour of the club-
is scheduled to go into
lit Austin
this week.
If it can be rushed through the
House andJSenate prior to adjourn-
, msnt of the regular session on May
house, visitor will be transported 29 the cash-basis program can be
via shuttle buses Jo -the Sabine put into effect during this year.
VVÍPHPPkwRHVP
As early m this year as eriough i revenues three ways:
new tax money becomes available! 1. The amount needed to meet
— probably about November —all \ next year's payments on road and
the debts of the read and brídate '
precincts excqot Jttnie warrants
— River Worfai, ior ^eclal plant
would be paid ofi
That would 1/ive somewhat less
than enough revenue from tax col
ptMjjMMpilP .... ftfk.., , .
_ ■ If. because of the short time!lections and 1962 auto license tag
I . Both walking aodbus routes,left (■ on road and bridge
be designated to provide plant ¡Haynes Jr. cannot get the measure operations during that Vear. The
guests an In end - ;-na-;p. ^ before ndjournipent it may,additional money needed would be
(Sm DU PONT, Paga U) lb« necemry to wait two years be- raised by issuing cerüíicatca of iA-
bridge time warrants already out-
standing.
2. The amount needed to meet
the first year's payments on the
new certificates of indebtedness.
3. The remainder, would be add
ed to the sum raised by issufrt:
the certificates" of indebtedness
and used for current operattans in
th« road «nd bridge preciacu.
A total of around $600,000 will
be available for these purposes.
Between $35.000 and $40.000 wo jd
be needed for payments on time
The sum heeded In 1962 for the
first year's payment on the cer-
tificates of indebtedness cannot
be estimated at this time. It would
depend on the amount-of this ob-
ligation and the rate at which Com-
missioners Court believes It should
be paid off. *~
Once the certificates have been
to be incur-,
red by the commisslonéns unless
there will be monev availaK1e for
(Sm CASH BASIS, P«s« U)
Sober Mule,
Drunk Man
Are Found
County officers put two and two
together last nigot and came up
with the belief that they itail a
man who was guilty of riding,a.
mule while drunk • . . the man,
that is. v '
This astounding deduction
came ábout this way:
Constable O. A. (Slim) Folsom
of Precinct 1 found the limp re-
mains of a man near Highway 87 .
north of Orange last night. He |
obviously Irad b'.i'n I'lvbibingr-r: trV
A short time later When the *
act this year. It will be executed -
by children from 5 to 11 years old.
The Miss Water Sport contest
pitliminaries will be held Satur-
day and the shipwreck party will 1
be staged that night in the Jack
Tar Orange House ballroom. Miss
Water Sport will be chosen that
night*, and all entrants will be
guests of the Orange Boating Cltlb
at the dance. -
John Carü .oí Beaumont, mem-
tr jA. the Golden Triangle Para-,
lúte Club has been practicing
high jumps in preparation for his
free fall f?6m 10.000 to 2,200 feet
before opening the chute. .Card
(See FESTIVAL, Page 7)
sheriff's office dispatcher an-
swered"" tits phone, the caller
said: "There's a mule all sad-
dled up running loose up nero."
It was in the same vicinity as
where the man had been found.
After the roundup—$md the
mule was corraled—officers no-
ticed a bulgii
of the saddle.
what did they find
£opty beer can*. ^
LIVING IT UP — To her nam#
is Mrs. Edward Penny of 226 Dry-
sen Courts, elected for the third
time to the office of treasurer
of the Tilley-Colburn PTA.
TRUE — A courthouse employ*
who recently returned from a long
vacation trip and telling a friend
saclcon the side._ hew «he ran out of money, said:
ey peeked in and "One of the most comforting plao
ihdf es to spend a vacation i> just in*
■ids you iacom ." ^
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