The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 309, Ed. 2 Wednesday, April 21, 1954 Page: 17 of 40
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17-A AbHe-c4,Wee AT ETCH E, 4MM121, 10s4 Nolan County Bank
New Mexico, Ralls Jerseys
Win West Texas Titles Here
A two -year -old Jersey bull.
Halo's Windsor Jester, and an
eight-year-old Jersey cow. Mas-
terman's Standard Ann, were
named grand champions of the
West Texas Spring Jersey Show
here Tuesday.
The bull belongs to Harding
Burria, Elida, N. M., president of
the New Mexico Jersey Cattle
Club. The cow belongs to Sellers
Brothers of Ralls.
Both Burria and Sellers entries
were heavy winnera in the adult
division of the ahow which ended
Tuesday. Burria had seven other
first place winnera and Frank Sel-
lers showed five of the brothers’
animals to first places.
Jimmy Rose, Abilene, Taylor
County 4-H Club boy who is just
beginning with dairy projects,
broke into the Burris-Sellers vic-
tories with a nine-months-old-heif-
Jimmy’s Willow's Aristocrat
Inez, bred by Ray Crowell, Abi-
lene jeweler and dairyman, nosed
out Burris’ seven-months-old heif-
er in the junior heifer class. Bur-
ris’ heifer had won her class in
the Panhandle-Plains Dairy Show
at Plainview last week.
Abilene Christian College
showed the first place junior
yearling bull, ACC Beauty's Bea-
con. described by R. E. Burleson,
judge, as a young animal showing
outstanding promise.
In a new production claaa of the
ahow, ACC’s H1 View Standard De-
sign Mabel, walked off with the
butterfat title. In three milkings
during the show, Mabel produced
52.6 pounds of milk with a 6.4 per
cent butterfat average.
Second piece in the production
conteat went to the grand champ-
ion female of Frank Sellers, Mas-
terman’s Standard Ann.
Ann produced 35.7 pounds of
milk with a 2.7 per cent butterfat
content in the 24-hour testing per-
iod.
Entries in the West Texas
spring show were somewhat re-
duced by drought conditions which
have prevailed in the area from
some mouths, according to show
officials.
A number of entries failed to ar-
rive when the owners went to
work in their fields following test
week's good rains.
Both Burleson. Extension Ser-
vice dairy husbandman, judge of
the show, and Jimmy Davis, Den-
ton, field representative of the
American Jersey Cattle Club, said
that the quality of the animato
shown bars waa excellent Both
men expressed the hope that the
event would be continued and ef-
forts redoubled to make it one of
the big dairy shows of the state.
Project Begun
TEXAS CITY (—A two-million-
dollar housing project of JOO homes
was started officially here yester-
day with issuance of $472,000 in
building permits to Gilbert and
Evane Construction Co., Texas
City.
Deposits Decrease
SWEETWATER, April 21. (RNS)
— Total deposits in Nolan County
banka show a decrease as of April
15 as compared to the same date
a year ago.
Total deposits for the county as
of April 15 were $13,268,210,
against a 1953 deposit total ef
$13,522,465.
Only one bank, the Texas Bank
and Trust Company at Sweetwat-
er, showed a gain with $6,436,195,
as compared to $6,400,214 in April
of 1953.
National Bank of Sweetwater re-
ported deposits of $4,097,387, as
compared to the 1953 total of $4,-
209,805.
Roscoe State Bank's total aa ef
April IS was $2,734,663, compared
to $2,912,446 in 1953.______________
Laymen’s Revival Set
At University Church
A toymen's revival will be held
May 2-8 at the University Baptist
Church.
Final plans for the revival were
formulated Monday night at the
regular monthly meeting of the
executive committee of the
church's brotherhood.
Clifford Leddy. 1758 North 10th
St. is chairman of the brother-
hood. He said approximately 40
men will be on the program during
the meeting.
Dr. L. H. Tapscott Dallas, state
secretary of the Baptist brother-
hood, will be the main speaker.
A layman will preside at each
service while another will read
the scripture and lead the prayer.
A personal testimony will be giv-
en by a layman at each service,
he said.
Sweetwater Man
injured in Crash
la a ear driven by Leslie E. Py-
burn, 11, Sweetwater, which over-
turned.
Pyburn escaped injury.
SWEETWATER, April 21—Glenn ne .
McDaniels, 28, of Sweetwater was Daniel Sworn In
injured Monday night in an auto
accident near here
He suffered a broken collar bone
and other injuries.
Attending physicians raid hla
condition is “fairly serious.”
McDaniels was admitted to
Sweetwater Hospital.
The accident happened on a road
two miles south of Lake Sweet-
water. McDaniels was a passenger
ook
As Lawyer Here
J. Neil Daniel, Taylor County
District Clerk, became a full-
fledged practicing attorney Tues-
Daniel took the oath to uphold
the American Constitution and
conduct himself aa befits a good
lawyer, before Judge J. R. Black
in 42nd District Court.
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