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PAGE ONE
ABILENE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 6, 1954
POSTER PRIZES OFFERED
Firemen Give Safety Talks,
Demonstrations al Schools
SECTION B
Abilenian Guilty
Of 5 Loan Frauds
VOICE OF LIBERTY—The Telegraph and Texas Regis-
ter, edited by Gail Borden Jr., served as the organ of the
Texas revolutionary government. It became the only press
to operate in Texas during the struggle for liberty, and
finally, a week before victory at San Jacinto, was seized
by Santa Anna’s advance guard and its press dumped into
Buffalo Bayou.
LONE STAR NEWSPAPERS
Schools are playing a key part
in the current observance here of
Fire Prevention Week. Fire Mar-
shal L. A Blackwood said Wed-
nesday.
Firemen are visiting all the
schools during the week, giving
demonstrations, lectures and liter-
ature on fire safety.
A book, "Firefighting for the
Householder,” has been distributed
recently by the Fire Department
to every classroom in the public
schools, St. Joseph’s Academy and
ACC Demonstration School. Teach-
ers are using the book for instruct-
ing pupils in fire prevention.
Cash prizes totaling $75 have
Texas Press Silenced Just
Before San Jacinto Battle
, (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the last of s series of historical
articles on the Texas press, sp-
pearing in connection with Na-
tional Newspaper Week.)
By MILLARD COPE
Publisher,
Marshall News-Messenger
Best known among Texas news-
papers of revolutionary days was
The Telegraph and Texas Regis-
ter. It became the organ of the
provisional government, was s vic-
tim of the war when Santa Anna's
advance forces dumped the press
into Buffalo Bayou, and its peripa-
tetic existence saw operations in
four towns.
Originally projected as The Tele-
graph and Texas 'Planter, at San
Felipe de Austin, the. newspaper
was established Oct. 10, 1835. Its
founders included Joseph Baker,
Thomas H. Borden, and Gail Bor-
den. Jr.
The three announced in The Tex-
expiration of six months, and $7 if
paid at the end of the year.
Preparations for publication ap-
parently continued from the orig-
inal announcement in March until
LUBBOCK, Oct. • - Weldon L.
Russell, Jr., seventh Abilenian to
be tried in U. S. Court here on
charges of fraud in connection
with VA housing loans, was found
guilty Tuesday on five counts of
an indictment against him.
Judge Joseph . B. Dooley set
Russell's sentencing for 1 p.m.
Thursday.
Russell bad been charged in 10
counts in the indictment, but be-
fore submitting the case to the
jury Judge Dooley dismissed five
of them. The jury found him guilty
on the other five, returning its
verdict after deliberating X min-
utes.
The counts on which Russell was
found guilty wer basd on loan
applications mad by five veter-
ans. John E. Salmon, Oran W.
Huff, Edgar Ray Myers, and Lew-
is Dexter Huey, all of Abilene,
and Monroe Freman, formerly of
Abilene and now of Austin.
The counts that Judge Dooley
dismissed were based on credit re-
ports submitted to the Vetersns
Administration on these same Vet-
erans in connection with their loan
applications.
Russell did not take the stand as
a witness and the only defense
witness to testify in his defense
was his wife.
Taylor W. Long, Jr., of Abilene
had been named with Russell in
the five counts that Judge Dooley
dismissed. Long pleaded guilty to
the charges against him in June
and paid a $250 fine.
Haskell Man To Trial
Great Plains Life Insurance Co.,
with home officesin Lubbock, and
Glen Huls of Haskell, were to go
on trial Wednesday morning on an
indictment similar to those against
Russell. Long and other Abilen-
ians were were tried here last
May and June.
In a four-count indictment the
insurance company and Huls, vice
president and agent of the com-
pany at Haskell, are charged with
making false statements in appli-
cations for four GI housing loans.
Vetersns on whose applications the
charges are based are Buri J.
Macon, Arthur Paul Dollar, James
0. Henshaw and Roy Lee Cain.
been announced in a fire preven-
ation theme and poster conest
among the school pupils. Abilene
Junior Chamber of Commerce
sponsors the contest.
First prize in theme competition
among white high school pupils
will be $7; second, $5, and third,
$3.
Prizes for themes in junior high
schools will be: First, $3; second,
$2 and third, $1,
Posters in white elementary
schools (second through sixth
grades) will compete for the fol-
lowing prizes in each grade: First,
$3; second, $2, and third, 51.
Carter G. Woodson High School
(Negro) pupils will complete for
a $3 top prize'on themes, a $3
award for a special entry (poem,
play, etc.) and a $3 prize for a
poster.
Woodson Elementary School will
hold a contest on posters. Prizes
will be $3, $2 and $1.
Special entries in white high
schools and the junior high schools
will seek three prices of $3 each.
These "specials" may be poems,
posters, plays, etc.
Awarding of the prizes will take
place Monday, Oct. 25, during the
regular noon luncheon of Abilene
Junior C-C.
The contest for white high school
pupils include Abilene High School,
St. Joseph's Academy and ACC
Demonstration School, Blackwood
said.
Mr. Clyde Douglas
stylist
Globe Tailoring Co.
will be in our store
WALTER 8. POPE, SR.
. .. class of 1900
Pope to Speak
At Santa Anna
SANTA ANNA, Oct. 6. (RNS)-
Walter S. Pope, Sny, Abilene attor-
ney, will be the main speaker here
Saturday at the second annual
homecoming of Santa Anna
Schools. Pope was a member of
the class of 1900.
The homecoming will begin Fri-
day night with the Santa Anna -
Bangs football game, first confer-
ence clash of the season for both
teams.
Registration will be held at the
high school from * a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday. A coffee will be given at
le a.m. in the grade school audi-
torium honoring J. E. Hickman,
who organized. Santa Anna High
School in 1895.
Hickman, new retired, lives bear
Santa Anna.
Many class reunions will be held
at various places during luncheon.
Pope will speak at the general as-
sembly in the high school auditori-
um at 2 p.m.
A barbecue dinner will begin on
the school lawn at 5 p.m. An esti-
mated 700 to 800 persons are ex-
pected to attend.
Show Ticket
Thursday
Sale Opens
Ticket sales for the Youth Clubs
Variety show to be held at * p.m.,
Oct. X, opened Wednesday.
Max Polen, 'chairman of the
ticket sales committee, said at a
board of directors meeting Tues-
day night the tickets would be dis-
tributed to the ticket chairman of
each civic organization Wednes-
day or Thursday.
The Variety Show is to raise
funds to keep at least two Youth
Clubs active the year around, Po-
len said, pointing out that the or-
ganization seeks to furnish super-
vised recreation for youths in
those areas of Abilene in need of
recreation activities.
"This variety show is really a
variety show.” said Polen. "The
program will feature Slim Willet,
championship caliber boxing and
a physique contest to select Mr.
West Texas.”
Coeds from Abilene High School,
McMurry College. Hardin - Sim-
mons University and Abilene
Christian College will be honor-
ary judges in selecting Mr. West
Texas.
Men who wish to enter the con-
test may get entry blanks at the
Abilene YMCA
and
Friday,
County Teachers
To Meet Thursday
Taylor County school teachers
are to hold their initial meeting
Thursday at the Elmdale School
gymnasium st 7:10 p.m.
About 200 teachers are expected
to attend according to Dorthea
James, chairman of the entertain-
ment committee.
All teachers in Taylor County
are invited.
Oclober7and8
with new fall samples -
and •■ advance exhibition
of newest fabrics for
business suits, sports
apparel, slacks, topcoats
and formal* for men.
the first issue came off the press
in October. The newspaper ap-
as Republican of March 14. 1835, peared as The Telegraph and Tex-
the beginning of a newspaper to as Register, the name Register be-
ing used instead of the originally
designated Planter.
Texans were on the march, de-
termined to achieve long - sought
liberty from Mexico. Should t
proprietors answer the call to
arms?
On the day of its first edition
Gail Borden, Jr., pondering the
question, advised Austin of his de-
cision that Texas best could 1
served by the newspaper. “If I
should go, the business could not
go on," Borden wrote. "We are
the last and only medium of pub-
lication."
Belief was expressed that so long
as s newspaper was printed west
of the Brazos those to the east of
the river would not take alarm.
The newspaper continued publi-
cation at San Felipe de Austin
through March of 1836, with 21
eight - page issues coming from
the press, before Borden and his
press were forced to flee before
the on-coming army of the Mexi-
can general. Santa Anna.
Press Evacuated
The Texas army reached San
Felipe on March 27, retreating be-
fore the Mexican forces; and, un-
der cover of darkness, aided by
Captain Baker's company. Borden
See PRESS. Pg. 11-B, Cols. JJ
be "printed every week on a sheet
larger than any hitherto published
in Texas."
The founders promised their
newspaper would be "a tool to no
party, but would fearlessly expose
crime and critical error wherever
met with." — -
$5 Yearly to Advance
Subscription rates were $5 a
year, in advance: $6 if paid at the
WTCC Schedules Industrial
Meetings in 3 Area Cities,
B29s Coming Home
TOKYO (—The 107th Medium
Bomb Wing, the last remaining
B29 group in the Strategic Air
Command in the Far East, will
return late this month from Okin-
awa to the United States to be re-
equipped with B47 jet bombers, the
Air Force said today.
ABILENE’S 1954
TRAFFIC SCORE
Consecutive deathless days
Tailored to Measure
Fatalities in 1954 ..
Accidents in 1954 .
Accdients Tuesday .
Injured Tuesday ...
Injured in 1954 ...
2
ERNE
..996
.. 7
.. 0
..133
MEN’S DEPT.
In addition to the annual re-
gional meeting of the West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce. Indus-
trial Development Committee con-
ferences will be held in San An-
gelo. Brownwood and Big Spring
on Oct. 13, 14, and 15.
The conferences, sponsored by
the WTCC, are open to managers
of chambers of commerce and in-
dustrial committee chairmen of
the chambers.
Hangar Apron
Paving Bids
To Be Opened
A panel discussion will be held
rollowing addresses by represen-
tatives of railroads and utility
companies operating in West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce.
First conference win be held
in Big Spring at 1:15 p.m. Oct. 11
in the conference room of the
Chamber of Commerce office.
This will be followed by the San
Angelo meeting Oct. 14 at 1:15
p.m. in the Indian Room of the
Cactus Hotel.
The Brownwood meeting will be
' at 1:15 p m. Oct. 15 in the Blue
Room of Hotel Brownwood.
Invited to the San Angelo meet-
ing are Ballinger, Bronte, Christo-
val, Eden. Eldorado. Junction,
Kerrville, Menard Mertzon, Miles,
Robert Lee Rocksprings, Rowens,
Sonora. Sterling City, Sonora and
Bids for paring a hangar apron
at Abilene Municipal Airport will
be opened by the City Commis-
sion Friday.
The action ia part of the agenda
for the weekly * a.m. Friday meet-
ing.
Other matters of business are:
<11 Adoption of a resolution in
connection with planned assess-
menu against property owners for
paving North 17th St. from Hick-
ory to Pine Su . and paring Or-
ange St from North 21st St. to | "9
Ambler Ave.
(2) Approval of six subdivision
plats.
Public bearing on the paving as-
sessments from North 17th and Or-
ange Sts. projects will be held Oct.
to Bontke Bros. have ths con-
tract.
STORK NEWS
Six births were reported Tues-
day at Abilene hospitals:
At Hendrick:
A girl to Mr. and Mrs William
G. Aaron. 2242 South third St.
at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday.
A girl to Mr and Mrs. J. P
Crenshaw, 2065 Burger St., at 8:02
a.m. Tuesday.
A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
D. Turner Jr., 918 San Jose Dr.,
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
At St Ann:
A girl to Mr. and Mrs Scott
Connelly, 1049 Sycamore St., at
2:13 p.m. Tuesday.
A bey to Mr. and Mrs. D. *
Warren, 2110 Burger St., at 6:05
a.m Tuesday.
A boy to Mr. and Mrs Vance
Armstrong, 2130 North Third St.,
st 3:02 a.m. Tuesday.
Hamlin Bank Women
Attend Meeting
RAMLIN, Oct • (RNS) - Two
employees of the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank of Ham-
lin attended the annual conven-
tion of the American Bank Wo-
men's Association in Houston.
They are, Lennie Greenway, cash-
ler and Mrs. Faye Atkinson, see-
retary.
The program of business sad
entertainment lasted three days.
on el the
GREATER AB/LENE WrEx
Winters.
Towns invited to the Brownwood
meeting are Blanco, Brady, Bur-
bet, Coleman, Comanche, DeLeon,
Doublin, Fredericksburg Gates-
Mrs. E. F. Chambers,
Rising Star, Dies
RISING STAR, Oct. s (RNS)-
Funeral services were held at the
Higginbotham Funeral Chapel
here Tuesday afternoon for Mrs.
Elisa Frances Chambers, 87, who
ville, Goldthwaite, Hamilton. Hico,
Lampasas, Llany. Mason McGreg-
or, Meridian. San Saba, Santa
Anna, Stephenville, Waco and
Whitney.
Invited to the Big Spring confer- May 20, 1867, and had made her
died in Rising Star Hospital Mon-
day night after four months ill-
ness.
She was born in Alabama on
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ence are Andrews, Coahoma. Gar-
den City, Kermit, Lamesa. Mid-
land. Odessa, Seagraves, Semi-
nole, Stanton and Wink.
home in the northern part of
Brown County tor SO years. Her
husband, the late Paul Chambers,
Insurance Theme
01 Lions Program
Lite insurance will be the theme
of Abilene Lions Club’s program
at its regular weekly luncheon
Thursday noon in the Windsor Ho-
tel.
Principal speaker is to be R. L.
McMillon.
He is president of the West Cen-
tral Texas Life Underwriters Asso-
ciation and secretary - treasurer
of the Texas Association of Life
Underwriters.
McMillon is agent for Business
Men’s Assurance Co.
This is Lits Insurance Week in
Abilene.
died several years ago. The family
made its home in the Wolf Valley
community about six miles south
of Rising Star for many years.
She was a member of the Metho-
dist Church.
The Rev. Wm. Gunkel, pastor
of the Methodist church at May,
assisted by H. McDonald, minister
of the Church of Christ ia Rising
Star, conducted the service. Bur-
ial was in Wolf Valley Cemetery.
. Survivors include five sons: W.
E., S. A and Monroe Chambers,
of May. Roy Chambers. Electra
and P. J. Chambers, Olney; six
daughters. Mrs. W. H. Wheeler,
May; Mrs Otto Leatherwood,
Mrs. E A Allen and Mrs. Curt
Butler all of Rising Star; Mrs.
Van Turner, Breckenridge: and
Mrs Lewie Dunn, Cuthbert, end
one sister, Mrs. Allice Johnson of
Adamsville, Ala.
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laymen alike.
There'll be stories, pictures, maps showing how
and why West Central Texas has become one of the
nation’s major oil producing regions. There’ll be sum-
maries of all 1964 oil discoveries in every West Cen-
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Callahan Counties, the section’s two “hot spots."
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