The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 318, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 5, 1946 Page: 2 of 46
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Sunday Morning, May 5, 1946
Sunday Mornh
Four West Texas
Vets Reach NYC
Two Abilene veterans and two
other West Texas servicemen were
among passengers arriving in New
York harbor Friday from Europe,
the Associated Press reported
Second Lt. Burnel C. Selden Jr..
Abilene, was among thoae aboard
the Westbrook Victory, which
also bore Pfc. Willard G. Phillips,
Breckenridge, back to the home-
land.
S-Sgt. Carmen D Jackson, Abi-
lene arrived aboard the Mahoney-
City, while Pvt. Jack M. O’Connor.
Big Spring, was a passenger on the
Stephens Victory.
Coleman Lions Hear
District Governor
C-C Calf Ropers to
Breakfast Thursday
COLEMAN. May 4-(Spl)-J Calf ropers of the Abilene cham-
ber of commerce Roundup club
will hold a meeting at a breakfast
E. Wilkins of Mission, Lions dis-
| trict governor of 2-A. was a special
| guest of the Coleman Lions club
Friday at luncheon. He spoke on
Lion activities throughout the dis-
trict. emphasizing the work being
done to aid the blind and those
with poor vision. -
Thursday at 8 a m , at the Windsor
hotel.
It has been called by Bob Wylie,
foreman of the group.
On Saturday, George Foster,
president of the chamber of com-
-------------------*----------merce, and Nib Shaw, chairman of
Soviet Russia claims to have I the membership committee, will
boosted its literacy rate 30 percent name the following additional
—to 81 percent in 1938—in a dozen members to serve on Wylie’s
years.
group:
W. R. Daniel. Cecil Chenoweth.
J. M Moody, R. J Archer, Harley
Arnett, T. B. Blain. Lloyd Bridges,
Bert Chapman, Hubert Freeman,
Clyde Grant, H. J Hanks, Jim
Jennings. Howard Kemper, C. D.
Stark, D. C. Musick, James R
Neely, Early Parmelee, Claud
Wright, Don Waddington, E. D. |
Woodlock. Ralph Coats, Lee Gow-
an, F. L. Strange, L. P. Walter.
New Airline Record
From Honolulu Set
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4-1*1
—A Constellation clipper of Pan-
American Airlines reached San
Francisco today from Honolulu in
7 hours, 57 minutes, a new record
for the 2,400 miles.
Charter Presented
New Jaycee Club
COLORADO CITY, Mvy 4—(Spl)
—State Vice-president of the Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce A. C.
Sides of Abilene made the formal ,
presentation address here Thurs- 6
day evening when the newly or- *
ganized Colorado City Jaycees
were given their charter and
scroll. The presentation was made
at a banquet for members and
their wives at the Hotel Craw-
ford. _,
Ernest Griffith. Colorado City
president, presided and introduced
Sides. Other guests at the dinner
were J. W. Hooker of Abilene,
State Senator Pat Bullock, and L.
A. Chapman. ,
Coal
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LADY ELEANOR GETS TRIMMED—E. E. Reynolds, above right, is about to give one of his
prize English Angora rabbits. Lady Eleanor, by name, a haircut in the backyard of his home
at 426 Poplar Mrs. Reynolds, left, lends assistance and grades the wool as it is trimmed and
prepared for shipment to the market Reynolds has approximately 110 prize rabbits in his
hutch began raising them out of curiosity aroused by reading magazine articles two years
ago.
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antics were read in two national magazines- unfortunate fellow is culled from
mairera othth the deiovea Uncle Life and Readers Digest-some the herd, and usually, finds his
Remusi stores place sonA business osity He didn’t believe what he species is highly edible.
has found his place in the Business read and set about to prove the Even in the days of meat scarci-
He can look any banker or busi- journals were fibbers. t . ties. who. asks Reynolds, could .f.
ness man squarely in the eye and The experiment worked vice-
To rft t t: for literally he s versa for be now has approximately
Worth more than has Weight in 140 English Angora rabbits in his
wool. The more elite rabbit is back yard hutch He started with
bringing in to his keeper at least ten females, or does
$1 per month in cold, hard cash Reynolds baby» bunnies get
However it all depends on his their first haircut when hey are
being the right kind of bunny, from six to eight weeks old After
The English Angora bunny with that, it s a haircut and more wool
the long, silken white hair is the for the market every 70 days The
hero herin. and the facts speak bunny is considered adult at four
months of age when his wool crop
reaches full-length production At
six months, the rabbit becomes in
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The race-horse breeder has
nothing on the rabbit raiser in
choosing flashy names for his
prize stock. In Reynolds’ hutch
are such valuable male residents
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Conservative estimates are
that Abilene and Taylor county-
breeders of the English An-
gora rabbit are currently reap-
ing a harvest of something like
$12,000 annually from the sale
of rabbit wool:
as General Ike, General MacAr-
thur. General Patton. General
Patch and Bing, to mention a few.
while among the female of the
species are Lady Churchill, Lady
Eleanor, Jean, Juanita. Lady Alice
and Lady Beatrice
Definitely, the rabbit has found
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addition to a wool producer a
breeder for promulgating the other than in a stew-pot.
herd. ---------------------------
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The English Angora will pro- Al •
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some 50 members in the Taylor stock, but prolongs life of the ness district—on both north and
county group of wtich Nelson De- mother as a wool producer The south sides of the railroad- will be
Wolf is president E. E Reynolds astute breeder imports or pur- done exclusively at night, begin- :
vice-president. Miss Gwendolyn chases one or more new males an- ning Tuesday. Health and Sanita- ‘
Wilson secretary and Lyman J nually, according to the size of his non Commissioner R B Leach an- :
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herd, to prevent degeneration. nounced Saturday,
* * Change from day to night service F
..--.- -.. - .... ------------ Prices of a thoroughbred range was made in order to effect a sav- *
call it and not "fur." is claimed from $25 per female to $50 or ing in time and the amount of W
to be from 10 to 14 times warmer more for bucks Some females equipment required, he explained,
than any other known wool in are sold for as low as S10, however. Early morning traffic of deliv- *
existence .nd will not chaff the but not frequently one Colorado ery trucks in (he alleys presents
skin. It is widely used in the breeder was paid $250 for a prize such a congested situation, that the
manufacture of baby clothes, blan- buck which he accepted reluctant- city garbage cars have been forced
keu mufflers and other female ly In another instance a buck u to lose two hours or more dair
fineries. known to have brought $600 - Daaeinohours or more daily, l
■ During the was it was rabbit which ain’t hay for something no uidcothe budinece rtioh
wool i n the lining of jackets and bigger than a rabore iNapaurs of the-business section
other heavy clothing that kept our Sickness among herds i. ex RC Xout .• 5 n —
pilots, bombardiers, gunners and tremely low says Breeder Rev. addred s Til staruLAS P. me
nolds though -he little animals are and all persons in the business dis-
subject to three diseases They trict are requested to place their
.re diarrhea snuffles .blocking of garbage in proper containers and
the nasal passages and wool in the alley, by that hour
block, which is a clogging of the EI - L 1
intestines by small knots of wool Elementary School
the rabbit inadvertently swallows Graduation Fixed
while licking himself clean as doe uroauaron Fixed
a cat. Common remedies are used COLEMAN. May 4—<Sp!)—
such as baking soda solution for County Supt D E Loveless will
the diarrhea, sulfa nose drops for deliver the address at west ward
A typical rabbit breeder is E E the snuffles and a light laxative for school graduation exercises to be
Reynolds 426 Poplar whose search the wool block held in the school auditorium
for a hobby led him into the in- As in cattle and sheep herds an Wednesday evening. May 15.
Rabbit wool, as the tradesmen
others warm who braved the sub-
stratosphere zero
The payoff at current prices
for good Angora rabbit wool
is a top price of $14.80 per
pound, ranging down to $3.50
per pound, according to the
grade Wool from all herds,
properly cared for, will fall
usually
into the
grades, it is said.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 318, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 5, 1946, newspaper, May 5, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1644720/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.