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.A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS, r
2-A Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Evening, April 7, 1954
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9,000 VOTE IN AREA
Mayor Can’t Quit;
Independence of Voters Shown
As Texas Citizens Go to Polls
Truett Smith defeated Thomas T.
Kirby and Melvin Gillam defeated
A. B. Watson in the city council
Name Written In
An estimated 9,000 citizens turn-lderson, with 601: and Brooks Mid-
ed out for Central West Texas dleton. with 473.
* ruesony. ==: ut sal Losers in the aldermen’s contest
elections were for city government were E. C. Hunter, incumbent, 449
seats. votes: B. B. Gilmore, 354; and W.
One of the most unusual elec- P. Trice, 286.
tons took place at Hermleigh HAMLIN — Willard Jones, who
were residents refused to allow polled 384 votes, defeated 0. D.
Mayor A. D. Higginbotham to re-Roland, who received 132, in the
He was re-elected by write- mayor race. Councilmen elected
to votes over two opponents. An’were B. O. Bell, 385 votes: Wil-
alderman at Hermleigh also was liam Seals, 395; and Gene Pruett,
elected on write-in votes. 410. Joe Culbertson was defeated
voters flocked to the polls at in the councilmen a race when he
Rleesd masker so fast thatl potted 155. Total vote was 516.
Election officiate ran out of ballots HERMLEIGH — Voters refused
and had to obtain additional ones + -----
an an emergency basis.
BrU SPRING — Curtis Driver,
Roy Bruce and Alfred Goodson
were elected city commissioners.
Driver and Bruce each had 688
votes. Goodson had 530. Other can-
didates and voter received . were
Jack Y. Smith, incumbent, 513:
M. w. Horne, 489; S. P. Jones, 428:
w. D. Berry, 217; and Roger Mill-
“WRORre - E. E. Ivey, with
131 votes, defeated Mayor H. O.
Whitt, who had 52, and A. F. Ball,
who received 23. Councilmen elect
ed are Ben Oglesby, 163; J. G.
Wilkins, incumbent, 106, and Char-
ley Boecking, 123. ,
Defeated council candidates
were J. A. Perciful 39 votes B. G.
Thomas, 72; and W. W. Millikin,
$1. Total vote was 207. .
CISCO — Two incumbent council-
men, Joe Britain and J. W. Sitton,
were re - elected with 374 and 360
votes respectively, and D. N. Mor-
was elected with 407. Eliza-
been McCracken was defeated with
252. Total vote was 459.
CLYDE — Two incumbents,
George P. Foster and Harold Hol-
den, were re-elected with 39 and
38 votes, respectively, and Charles
Reeves was elected with 82 in the
aldermen's race. w
Other candidates were G. W.
15 votes: Louis Hollis, 26;
and A. G. Howe, 25. Total vote
COLEMAN — Mayor William 0.
Leach was re-elected with 855 votes
in an unopposed race. Ralph El-
kin was elected north ward coun-
cilman with 127 votes, defeating
R R Boseman, who potted 75.
- pelma Johnson, south ward coun.
oilman seeking a second two-year
term, was re-elected with 256 votes
by defeating two opponents, W M.
MeHorse, who polled 215, and C.
E McQuary, who received 25. To-
tal vote was about 1,050.
In a special election issue, vot-
ers defeated by 542 to 494 a pro-
posal to remove the center curb-
ing from four blocks of Commer-
cial Ave., the towns main thor-
"COLORADO CITY — Elected to
the city council were Walter B.
Grubbs, incumbent and mayor pro
tern, with 384 votes; Jeff Taylor,
incumbent, 381; and Trevor Craw-
ford. 315. Alton Moore, Incumbent
counenman, was defeated with 302
votes. Total vote was 505.
CROSS PLAINS - Mayor 8 F.
Band polled 234 votes for re-elec-
tion, beating Doyle Burchfield, who
got 129. Aldermen candidates elect-
ed were I F. Foster, incumbent.
210; and Dave Lee, 182. Defeated
were S. C. Newton, 155; and Will
Fortune, 171.___
HASKELL - Mayor Courtney
Hunt was re-elected with 551
votes, defeating W. L. (Bill) Rich-
cy, who polled 489. Winners in the
aldermen’s race were J. A. (Jim) -
Byrd, with 794 votes, Carl J. An- vote was 975.
ed out for Central West. , .
elections Tuesday. Most of the
seats.
to accept Mayor A. D. Higgin-
botham’s plea for resignation by
electing him with U write-in votes.
Defeated were L. M. Reeves, 35
votes; and J. F. Groves, with two.
Elected aldermen were C. v.
Clift, incumbent, 72: Boyce Jones,
incumbent, 77; A. L. Barfoot, 88;
and T. E. Shelburne, 64 on write-
in voice. Defeated aldermen can-
didates were Joe Roemsich, 23;
C. H. Mason, 23; and M. J. Haynes,
24.
MERKEL - Aldermen elected
were Fred Starbuck and Grif Bar-
nett. both incumbents who receiv-
ed 89 and 82 votes, respectively,
end Norman T. Hodge, who re-
ceived 82. Charite W. Seago was
defeated by 44. Total vote waa 104.
RISING STAR —- Aldermen Sec PRJVRE31—,nc*u --- - —
lected were C. R. Martin, by 149 when flour sacks were an impor-
votes, and R. L. Carter, by 115. tant part of wearing apparel in
Defeated were J. F. Cook- 107 the hinterlands. Now wave pro-
votes: and M. S. Sellers, 104..... gressed to this—a bathing suit
ROBY - Elected to the Fisher made from three fertiliser bags.
County Water Authority were M. The model is Sarah Ann Howel.
T. Wilson, 19 votes, and Neil Tert. 19. The raincoat is made of a
otter, with 14. Jack McCain and new type of plastic which in-
Bill Ashley, detested candidates, eludes waste animal fats. The
each polled nine. Total vote was suit and raincoat were develop-
31. No election for city officials ed by the National Farm Che-
was held. _ . murgie Council. The council,
ROSCOE — Three incumbents meeting in Memphis, Tenn.,
were re-elected. They are Mayor where this picture was made,
Russell Haney. 319 votes; and tol strives to develop new uses for
aldermen, R. H. Whorton. Jr 309; farm surpluses. The hat‘% It’s
and Fred Clayton, 313. In the city just plain straw.
marshal race, Pat Mayes, incum- ----_ —
bent, was re-elected with 194 votes. ., .. . ....
Mayes beat Felton Graham, 113, Bob Horton Wins
KOTAN — fwo- Incumbent Sweetwater Vote
couneilmen. O. B. Cave and C. E.
were re-elected with 283 and SWEETWATER - Bob Horton,
263" votes, respectively. They de-with 549 votes, defeated A. A.
feated Clifton Thomas, 283 votes, Wade, incumbent who received 224,
and M F Garland, 257 votes, In a city commission race, Mayor
RULE - Mayor W. R. Mason H. H. Hawley, Jr., with 780 votes,
was unopposed for mayor. Alder- was unopposed in seeking s com-
men elected were F. L. Chambers, mission seat
7 votes and W. V. Almond, in- WINTERS — Aldermen elected
cumbent, 94. Unsuccessful candi- were O. B. Raper, incumbent 121
dates were R. R. McCaul, 31, and votes; Ellis Zane Moore, 107; and
0. M. Opry, 26. Harvey Dale Jones, 122. John Wad-
SEYMOUR — Mayor W. R. Whit- dell, incumbent was defeated with
ley was unopposed in a special 60 votes.
election for mayor. Councilmen —---v
elected were Elmer Scruggs, in- Parr Gets 4 Votes
cumbent, 301 votes; Billy Golden, —
225; and John A. Young, Jr., 215.
, Defeated candidates were M R.
, Holman, 158; Haskett Francis, 83}
Claude Morris, 163; Henry Gleg-
born. 203; and W. R. Griffin, 39.
SNYDER — Mayor Malven K.
Stevenson waa re-elected by poll-
ing 554 votes to beat Frank W.
Bernaon, who received 50, and J.
V. Robinson, who polled 309.
Successful incumbent city coun-
eil candidates ware J. L. Brown
ing, incumbent 938; Robert H.
Hargrove, Jr., 948; and James W.
Phillips, 945. Walter Hales polled
375 in the council race to win
over his opponents, Frank D. Ste:
phenson, 89; 8. S. Steinberg, 253;
and Mrs. Clara Jones, Who Te
ceived 221 write-in votes. Total
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PROORESSI—There was a time
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dennis, a sporting goods store own
citizens or Texas towns and clt-ler, and C. R. Elater, a refinery
too spoke their minds Tuesday on official, both supported by the
who should be mayor, whether People’s Committee for Good Gov-
dogs should be leashed, whether ernment, polled 6,286 and 6,013,
they liked parking meters, and respectively, in winning city com-
many other questions, mission seats. W. T. Walker,
The annual city elections, which father of two CIO oilworkers union
are for many citizens their most members, and B. N. Kutcher, a
intimate association with Democ- member of the union, won seats
racy, showed the independence of with 5,845 and 5,763 votes, respect
the voter. 1 lively. Walker and Kutcher were
Tyler decisively voted out fluori- supported by the opposing labor-
dation of water, and the city backed Democrat faction.
ceased at 9.27 p.m. Tuesday night, in fifth place, and out of the
putting the chemical into city money in the race for four seats,
Wichita Falls citizens, by was R. B. McCollum, only incum-
their votes in an alderman race, bent sacking re-election. The new
have clearly endorsed fluorides, commissioners apparently will
which backers claim help prevent serve only one year because of a
tooth decay city charter change, adopted si-
Mayors were re-elected at Lin-multaneously Tuesday under
Henderson, Gladewater, Tex-which seven new commissioners
as City, Gumer, Del Rio, Lubbock will be chosen under a ward sys-
and Haskell. Item * year from now. Port Arthur
But incumbent mayors were un-citizens also approved a $75,000
seated at Plainview, Lockhart, bond issue for improving a pleas- .„„„, u muse cuuuve muu ------
Matador and other cities. The ure pier boat basin on Lake Sabine. Lee A. Robinson was elected to
Matador mayor, editor and pub. Wichita Falls: Lloyd Thomas,-------------1
lisher Douglas Meador of the business agent for an electric
Matador Tribune, won national workers union and an Incumbent
publicity when first elected on a alderman, was elected mayor, poll-
campaign promise to return his ing 2,323 to 2,099 for K. C. Spell,
salary to the a barber. By their top-heavy vote
Lubbock voted for a city ordi-for Dr. E. Aubry Cox in an alder-
nance requiring that dogs be man’s race, voters also indirectly
oenned or leashed. Texas City endorsed continued fluoridation of
passed a whopping $1,117,000 mu- water. Cox' opponents opposed
nicipal improvement bond issue, fluorides. __
Waco turned down three city Sherman: None of 21 city council
charter changes, one of which candidates won a majority, neces-
would have done away with its sitating a runoff among the 14top
city manager in favor of a paid vote-getters. W. Grover, Cantrell
mayor, was high mail with 850 of the 1,736
Sherman and Denton will have votes cast. ..
to have runoff elections because Waco: Voters turned down three
candidates failed to poll majorities proposed city charter amend-
in some races. ments. The vote: Changing from
Here's how it went, town by city manager to mayor-council.
town’: 3,047 for. 3,907 against; changing
Port Arthur Tense over lengthy ward boundaries, 3,120 for, 3.858
labor troubles, the city split be- lagainst: changing, appointive jobs
tween opposing slates. Tom L. to elective, 3,191 for, 3,797 against
races with opposition. ...
Tyler: Fluoridation of city water
ceased at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday night
after an unofficial tally of 3,068 to
1,057 against it.
Lubbock: Ordinance requiring
that dogs be leashed or penned
carried 3,744 to 1,169. Mayor Mur.
rell R. Tripp re-elected 3,390 to
1,433 over attorney L. Brann.
Matador: Douglas Meador, edi-
tor and publisher of the Matador
Tribune, who had filed for his
fourth term as mayor but did not
campaign actively, was defeated
210 to 109 by W. L. McWilliams,
a retired farmer who made an
active campaign.
Texas City : A $1,117,000 bond is-
sue passed overwhelmingly. It will
provide funds for a community
building, municipal stadium, drain-
age facilities, street improve-
ments, traffic controls and sewers.
1,399 votes and Ceell E. Burdick
with 1.144 wore re-elected to the
city commission ia • four-man
race which drew 1,904 votes.
Greenville: The new charter as-
sociation slate of five candidates
was elected to the five places on
the city council, which will head
the council-manager form of f”'
ernment under the new city char-
ter adopted last December.
Couneilmen elected were F. E.
Shirey, manufacturer: G. L.Bur
nett, businessman: T. C. Glass
man, businessman; Emmitt B.
Sorrells, funeral director, and
Mike Rickard, railroadman. The
new council's first duty will be to
select Greenville's first city man-
his fourth term as mayor, 2,655
to 1,924 over Carl A. Rust.
Denton: Former Mayor J. L.
Yarbrough and Jack Bryson led
a field of four in the race for may-
or but neither polled a majority.
Yarbrough and Bryson will have
a runoff election.
Faria: James R. Gill. Clark Es-
tes. Jack McCubbin and W. A.
Kawthon. the slate backed by the
Good Government League, elected
aldermen, thus maintaining the
league's power in city affairs.
Longview: D. A. Benton with
DR. B T. PAINE
Neuropathic Physician
Hours: 8:30-12 o. m.; 1 to 6 p. m.
Ph. 2-1971 3026 S. 7th
COFFEE
In Crockett Election
CROCKETT U — Mayor Jack
Beasley Jr. didn't have an oppo-
nent and was re-elected with ease
yesterday. He got 47 votes. But it
wasn't unanimous. George B. Parr
got four write-in votes. He’s the
South Texas political boss you ve
probably read all about.
1 Drowns But Three
Others Are Saved
TEXARKANA (—Fred Parsons
of Texarkana drowned, but three
others swam to safety when their
small fishing boat was upset in
the turbulent waters below the
floodgates of the Texarkana dam
I yesterday.
THE PRINCESS
DRESS
in o whisper fabric
spun rayon
artfully designed waist and for
flung skirt that cuts a pretty pic-
ture for spring : . . and thru
summer. Skirt stands away
and breaks wide to mini-
mise the waist . . • collar
with a white touch to
dramatize the face.
sizes 7-15
14.95
Corsicana: Horace Hayes and
Oscar Burns elected city com-
missioners after hotly contested
campaign. Hayes polled 915 votes.
Burns 754. Mose Blumrosen, long-
time officeholder seeking re-elec-
lion, ran third with 645 votes.
Big Spring: Curtis Driver, Roy
Bruce and Alfred Goodson were
elected to city commission from a
field of eight candidates.
Plainview: C. L. Abernethy elec-
ted mayor over incumbent Homer
Looper. 1,029 to 919. .
Lindales C. G.’ Boyd reelected
mayor over Robert Yarbrough. 157
to 101. The 258 vote total was a
record. . .
Canton: Loyd Taylor. B. R.
Mahaffey and Foy Riley re-elected
aldermen. ,
Henderson: John Wright and
Crete Wright Rde:4 “eetea
mayor without opposition.
Mineola: J. C. MeCloughlin, a
former mayor, was elected mayor
over four opponents. MeCloughlin
polled 500, Cari Bruner 353, R. A.
Martindale 206, Marcus Grammer
M and 0. F. Blackstock 10.
, Jacksonville: R. A. Huttash won
his fifth term on city council, poll-
ing 496 votes to 365 for Luman
Holman.
Gladewater Homer Reeves re-
elected mayor with 1,208 votes to
908 for Carl Bruce. Commissioners
elected were T. Hunnicutt, C. O.
Weiser, E. B. Dillard and Robert
Keith
Rusk: Frank Summers, John
Butler and Lloyd Hendrick elected
aldermen in five-man race. Hen-
drick and Butter, who are incum-
bents, had voted for parking me-
ters in March and an anti-parking
meter group had sought to defeat
them. Summers was a new candi-
date backed by the parking meter
faction. The election left the coun-
eil divided as before on the meter
question: three for meters, two
against.
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