The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 149, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 4, 1953 Page: 3 of 62
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3.A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
* C Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, Jan. 4, 1953
WEST TEXAS BANK DEPOSITS
ALL OVER THE FIRST DAY
Students Wind Up Drive
For Polio Funds Quickly
2 Dec. 31, 1952
Citizens National, Abilene ...33,150 364
F&M National Abilene .......27,215,706
First State, Abilene ..........5,795,509
First National Albany .......5.288.228
First National Anson ........3,666,347
First National Aspermont .... 3,627,820
First National Baird .......4,038,736
First National Ballinger .....5,578,650
F&M State, Ballinger ........2,760,194
Bangs First State ..........603,622
First National Big Spring ....16,989,939
State National. Big Spring ....10,154,403
Brady National........3,880,032
First National Breckenridge
First National, Bronte .......2,474,937
Brownwood First Natl ......7,214,588
First National Cisco .........3.032.445
First National Coleman ......4,377,906
Coleman Co. State, Coleman 4,623.026
City National Colorado City .. 6,856,678
Citizens State, Cross Plains .. 1,807,292
Bastland National ...........4,053,790
F&M National Hamlin ......4,425,113
Kermit State ..........5,504,304 .
Citizens State, Knox City .....1437.035
Haskell National ............4,036,984
Lamesa First Natl ..........6,982,689
Lamesa National ............7,894,788
First state, Loraine ..........1,113,688
Midland National ...........23,639,753
First National Midland ......45,834,001
F&M National, Merkel ........3,333,534
Miles Citizens State .........766,757
Monahans First Natl.........3.500,171
Monahans First State .......3,756,153
Moran National ..............599,364
- First National Munday ......4.276,214
Odessa First Natl............19,157,793
Odessa First State ..........11,045,852
Pecos First National ........5.624,123
Pecos Security State ........7,175,344
Commercial State, Ranger .... 2,671,716
First State, Rising Star ......1.894,746
Robert Lee State .............1,187,804
Citizens State, Roby ..........1,360,993
Home State. Rochester .......1,184,656
Roscoe State ......... 3,182,277
First National Rotan ..../... 3,333,373
Rowena First National ......1144.025
Farmers National Rule ......1.827,267
San Angelo Natl .............22,804,315
Ban Angelo First ...........16,473,210
Ban Angelo Cenl Natl ........17,115,761
Spur Security ................4,739.847
Snyder National .............12,399,209
West Texas State, Snyder .... 8,300,596
First National Stamford .....6.314,537
National Bank of Sweetwater 4,538,937
Texas Bank & Trust.
Sweetwater ...... 6,556,812
First National Throckmorton 1,882,908
Home State, Trent ............711,134.
First State, Tuscola ..........1,219,121
Wingate Security .............518,966
Winters State ...... 4,021,291
June 30, 1952
30.374 885
26.199,941
5.564.467
4.561.877
3,675.313
3,278,033
3,990,576
5,755,442
2,375, M5
659,560
15,621,734
10,221,952
3,490,687
8.341,513
2.521,084
7,206,494
4.205,792
4,056,315
4,378,615
7,252,024
1,849,736
3,2 4,014
4,399,115
4,418,384
4,470,796
4,418,817
18,676.537
10,562,229
4.495,892
5.643,193
1,982,817
1,907,626
1420,438
1.387,783
1,142.397
3.267,228
3.383,438
1,101.976
1.882,000
22,152,281
15,999,781
16,370,375
5,139,583
11.886,735
8,040,227
6.995,416
4,089,927
6,455,170
1,851.344
707,483
1,071.383
3,611,516
Dec. 31, 1951
32,158,969
27,425,899
5.656,755
5,263,030
4,679,815
3,749,817
3254280
6.074,856
2,756,442
670,527
17,480,989
11,619,023
3,696,289
. 8.748,052
2.548,165
7,481,143
4,101.327
4,327.387
4,716,486
8,440,698
1.931.534
3,317,539
5,334.404
5,125,684
2.966,286
^
9.526,989
* 1,476,020
22,717,804
41,377,302
3,498,868
971,369
2,782,895
3.408224
748,604
5.053.000
18.393,756
10,543.211
5,110,673
6,434,900
2,073,368
1,941,183
1.213,212
1,498,098
1,451,598
4.338.314
4133,140
1,356. 434
2467,000
24,257.648
17,291,085
17,266,036
6,277,217
13,484,921
8.844,182
7.737,960
5,020,675
ROTAN, Jan. 3. (RNS) — Stu-
dents in Rotan Junior High School
jumped the gun on the rest of the
county to the matter of a drive
for polio funds
They finished theirs on the open-
ing day Friday, Jan. 2, at 10 a. m.
They had a lot of fun doing it
and asked only a dime donation
from each person contacted. They
brought their own dimes too, as
many as they could rake and
scrape.
There was a room contest, and
those things can get pretty compe-
titive to junior high school Each
room named a candidate for the
title of “Miss March of Dimes -
1953." Each dime donated to a
specific candidate counted as one
vote.
Room 7B. where Mrs. James B.
Day is the teacher, brought to the
most dimes - $23 worth - and thus
had the most votes.
Their candidate. Judith Morrow,
daughter of Mr. -and Mrs. Preston
Morrow, was announced as “Miss
March of Dimes,” to a special pro-
gram held in the school gymnasium.
A white and gold banner, the
school’s colors, bearing the coveted
title was pinned on the winner by
2,540,000
2,145,444
888,942
1,233,414
538,801 •
4,037,698
WEST TEXAS BANK LOANS
Dec. 31, 1952
Citizens National, Abilene ....11,417587
FAM National, Abilene ......7.355,499
First State, Abilene ..........2.199,152
First National, Albany ......AAA AA
First National, Anson ......
First National, Aspermont ...
First National. Baird .......
First National, Ballinger ...
F&M state, Ballinger .......
Bangs First State ..........
First National, Big Spring ,...5,262,484
State National, Big Spring ... 2.873.623
Brady National. ...........1,067,476
First National, Breckenridge ..
First National. Bronte .......560,975
Brownwood First Nati. ......“816,
First National, Cisco ........ 1,282,
First National, Coleman ...... 1169.
Colaman Co. State ..... 1265,
City National, Colorado City .. 1,985,
Citizens State, Cross Plains .. 452,
Eastland National ....... 763.
F&M National. Hamlin ......1,260.
Kermit State ................1664.
Citizens State, Knox City.....637,
Haskell Nations! .............700,
Lamesa First Natl. ..........2.173,—
Lamesa National ..........1,514,867 •
First State, Loraine ........ 374.233
Midland National ............8.128,311
First National, Midland .....9.530,496
F&M National Merkel .......599,073
Miles Citizens State .........223,884
Monahans First Natl ........1.273,146
Monahans First State .......1,544.593
Moran National .............194.376
First National Munday ......834.854
Ddessa First Natl ...........9.291,073
Odessa First Natl. ............9,291,073
Pecos First Natl ............2.300027
Pecos Security State ........2,891.726
Commercial State, Ranger .. 586,146
First State, Rising Star 474 444
Robert Lee State
Citizens State, Roby __.
Home State, Rochester ...... 222.855
Roscoe State ..........
First National Rotan
Rowena First Natl.
Farmers National Rule
San Angelo Natl .....
San Angelo First Natl.
San Angelo Cenl Nati.
Spur Security ................155233
Snyder National .............2.524.864
West Texas State, Snyder 2..3,460.150
First National, Stamford .....1447.358
National Bank of Sweetwater 1,462,364
Texas Bank & Trust, ,
Sweetwater ..............1,875,411
First National, Throckmorton 718,509
Home State, Trent ............169.875
First State, Tuscola ...........250.753
Wingate Security ............293,090
winters state ..............559,110
969,988
927313
544,949
736,275
705,096
234,5
June 30, 1952
8,572,148
6.601,149
2,927,404
998.677
1,005,608
969,845
612.345
999,750
704,132
283 081
5.605,108
tea
- 1,616 3431
Dec. 31, 1951
10,304.512
7,141,074
2,435,432
829,470
. 756,225
754,037
466,935
882,585
771,529
350,298
4,771,955
®
1,747,654
247
474,444
314,800
379,645
626,568
928.459
261,125
. 343.505
6,271.853
. 3,464,775
.3.207,566
. 1223,741
POPULATION
(Continued from Page 1-Al
year exceeded those of 1951 by 173
In 1952 there were 1428 permits,
totaling $7,603,986, whereas during
the preceding year the volume was
1,153 permits and $6,956,571.
Peak of Abilene bulldtog thus far
waa reached to 1950, when 2,113
permits were issued, totaling $14,-
843280.
Record of the community’s pro-
gress by years follows:
BANK CLEANINGS
..........4......
wee wenessn emus
■ »
so:
YEAR
1952..
INI ...
IMS ...
1MS !
Mrs. Ervin Carter, junior
P-TA president, who also recog-
high
nized the two runners-up and the
other candidates. All stood in
front of the audience, and school-
mates cheered as each name was
announced.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
1MB ................... 432,801.72
numorre gars
YEAR V PEAMTrs INVESTMENTS
■a .....1.328 .......$ 1,003,006
let O.W
1623,848
1,446,142
2.018,816:
501.417 1
803,171 ■
1.344 165
1,581.391
965,002
. 3,060,000
51
1.311.875
, 1,601,559
888201
10,520,560
10.520,560
1566.017
716,180
576 003
312,633
413,536
239,355
360,455--
6,955,275
2,950,607
3,312,144
1202235
2,620,873
3.372,262
1,766,920
1,710,974
2,045 119
768,529
290.133
288212 -
627,880
- 9.386.863
.1.498,981
2,473.896
739,651
3,125.935
813,908
2.204,134
2,700,493
1.427,630
1,613,668
' 1,899.000
709 709
207,542
199,371
289,171
559,199
she: Aid setts icsume
.......1.313 ..........$421,470
.......MN .........5.228.798
ABILENE TELEPHONES
NET GAIN
......(estimate) ..........1.800
< CITY WATER CUSTOMERS
m *coU#l:
1953.................................
..................................
1956A......................... 1,489
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GAS CONNECTIONS___
YEAR NET INCREASE
1949 ................... 790
1948 .................................no
ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS
MA **Ec4N
AREAS ANNEXED TO CITY
m*...................ACT F
INSURANCE-MORTGAGE LOANS
Carroll-Howerton Agency
hose 4-7012
Beads
Bryan Building
Nemo Leons
Ti
Miers Still Hopes
To Escape Chair
HUNTSVILLE, Jan. 3. (n—Rob-
ert Ernest Miers still has hopes
that his date Jan. 7 with death in
the electric chair will be changed
to life imprisonment.
He corresponds regularly with
friends working to his behalf and
sent Christmas cards to newsmen
who covered his trial when he was
sentenced to die for the slaying of
A. J. Sendemer la a service sta-
tion holdup.
Runner-up for top honors was
Room 8A. of which Mrs. J. R. Stray-
horn is home room teacher. The
candidate was Wanda Cleveland, __...
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Bruce1 March 8, 1951, at a service station
Cleveland here. Four men were attempting a
holdup of the place when Sendem-
er, a Bexar County road employe,
drove up and attempted to stop
the holdup. He and Miers scuffled
and Sendemer waa shot to death.
Third place went to Room 6B,
with Dianne Coggins, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Coggins, as the
candidate.'
Total collected to the one day
contest was $90.86.
Sendemer wM shot to death on
80-Year-Old
Resident Dies
Mrs E w. Rogers, 80. a resi-
dent of Abilene since 1007, died
Mother of Fatally
Burned Children Dies
AUSTIN, Jan. 3 — Mrs Chester
Owens, Elgin, whose two small
children burned to death yester-
day. died in an Austin hospital to-
day from burns received when she
tried to light a wood stove. •
The children were trapped by
the blase. Their father was un.
able to re-enter the house after
rushing his wife outside to extin
guish the fire which resulted when
she accidentally splashed kero-
sene.
st Hendrick Memorial Hospital at
2:35 p.m. Saturday. She had been
ill for the last six weeks and en-
tered the hospital a week ago Sat-
urday.
Her home here was a 1133 Mar-
shall St. She was born Sept. 3,1
1871, to Anahauc. and was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church.
The funeral will be held at 10
a.m. Monday at Elliott’s Chapri
of Memories with the Rev. W. C.
Ashford, retired Baptist minister,
officiating. Burial will be to Elm-
wood Memorial Park.
WE’VE MOVED!
TO
. 1231 S. 1st.
22s EASCO YORK E
** R:U
Phone
2-3284
Pallbearers will be R A. Bra-
toon. Ross Block. E. J. Kay, R. C.
Fry. Nute Rogers, and Virgil Mor-
-—- — ------:---—
asking commutation to life for . n
- : Survivors are her husband; a
daughter, Mrs. Cliffie Priest of
Abilene: two stepdaughters, Mrs.
Ann Morrow of Borger and Mrs.
Oma Cryer of Fort Worth: three
step-sons. N. E. Rogers of Abilene.
O. D. Rogers of Fort Worth, and
Curtis Rogers of Cleburne: two sis-
ters. Mrs. Gazzie Morris of Cle-
burne and Mrs. E. R. Reynolds of
More than 3,000 residents of San
Antonio have signed petitions to
the board of pardon and paroles
Miss Delila Baird, school princi-
pal. made movies of all activities
relating to the contest and the pro-
gram in the gym. The film will be
shown at the next P-TA meeting. At a hearing before the
The Junior High P-TA waa spon-
sor of the school polio drive and
Mrs. Carter waa assisted by the
vice president, Mrs. Hilmer
Holmes; the treasurer, Mrs. L. B.
Berry; the hospitality chairman.
Mrs. Red Thornton and Mrs. Alfred
White.
Miers.
__________--- - - board
to Austin on Dec. 11 two ministers
testified that Miers had turned to
God and should be permitted to
live for the good he can do in the
Huntsville prison.
The board said it would make
no recommendation on the case
until after the holidays.
Hawley.
PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCES
ON OUR SECOND FLOOR OF FASHION
Here is on opportunity to Save Substantially on finest quality Women and Children’s wear that can
be worn now and for months to come---Shop these buys and come prepared for great bargains.
ONE GROUP BETTER DRESSES
Crepes and Wools, were to 69.50
ONE GROUP FORMAL DRESSES
Limited Number, were to 49.50
ONE GROUP WOMEN'S LONG COATS
. EWere to 79.50
ENTIRE STOCK GIRLS HATS . ;
ENTIRE STOCK MUK-LUCK SLIPPERS
ONE GROUP UNTRIMMED COATS to 195.00
' ONE GROUP SHORT COATS, were to 98.50
ONE RACK BETTER DRESSES, were to 59.50
ONE GROUP WOMEN'S SWEATERS
ONE LOT WOMEN'S BLOUSES, (wool or rayon)
ONE GROUP CHILDREN'S COATS
ONE RACK GIRLS DRESSES, famous makes
ALL WOMEN'S FUR TRIMMED COATS
From our finest makers: Rothmoor,
George Carmel, and others, were
regularly 98.50 to 225.00.
ONE GROUP BETTER SUITS
From Rothmoor and famed makers, were
originally 59.50 to 150.00.
Shop every department for
super values in fine
quality merchandise
PRICE
OFF
OFF
A Sale always
means more at
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