The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 30, 1958 Page: 4 of 24
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A A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, July 30, 1958
Lumber Yard Chain
Sold to Houstonian
Robert E Hornberger of Hous- eral sales manager. Hornberger
ton and Dallas announced today
that he has purchased the South
Texas Lumber Company of Hous-
ton and its entire properties in
16 cities from the James W. West
estate and Wesley W. West.
Hornberger was assisted in the
said that present personnel will be
retained
Long prominent on the Houston
busine.s scene. Hornberger is pres-
ident of Hornberger Brothers Prop-
erties, Inc., owners of the 1,100-
acre tract at the intersection of
negotiations by Leslie L. Appelt of U.S. Highway 90 (to Beaumont)
Leslie L. Appelt Associates, Inc . and the new east leg of the Outer
-Houston industrial realty firm Belt Freeway on which San Ja-
which will handle all the real es- cinto Industrial District is being
tale properties of the lumber com- created. He also has interests in
pany. both commercial and residential
Hornberger has been named real estate, manufacturing, insur-
president of the company. Other ance and banking.
officers are Glenn Seydel, execu- South Texas Lumber Company
tive vice president; Ray R. Smith,
DAVID CAROTHERS
... one of 120 honored
vice president and general manag
er: Ralph U. Heninger, vice pres-
Aient: Don Seydel, secretary-
"treasurer: Rodman S. Peddie, as-
sistant secretary and credit man-
ices through Saturday night
Bob Cannon, Merkel minister, I#
preaching for the meeting. Serv-
ices are held nightly at 8.
Manley Denton of Merkel is di-
recting the singing.
Noodle Church
Holds Meeting
NOODLE — The Noodle Church
of Christ opened its Gospel meet-
ing Sunday and will continue serv-
Bureau Gives
Final Results
Of Election
DALLAS UP - Final returns
from the Texas Election Bureau
on Saturday's Democratic pri-
marry, with an estimated 11,000
vote# still unreported, and returns
from 254 counties out of 254, with
204 complete:
Senator: Ralph Yarborough 742,-
082, William Blakley 522,551.
Governor: Price Daniel 786,807,
Henry Gonzalez 241.994, W. Lee
O'Daniel 239,638, Joe Irwin 34,649.
Lieut Gov.: Ben Ramsey 734,
679, George Nokes 409.831. €
Agriculture Commissioner: John
Whit 551,567, Tom Griffin 299,770,
Glenn Kothmann 186,514.
Land Commissioner: Bill All-
corn 691.791. L. J. Dimmitt 391,247.
Supreme Court, Place 1: Robert
THE ROAD RUNNER
By HAMILTON WRIGHT
Artesian Wells Dwindled Around
Asherton; Railroad Faded as Result
CARRIZO SPRINGS (HW) —
The 32-mile streak of rust known
in other days as the Asherton &
Gulf Railroad is no more. Rails
have been taken up, rotting ties
made into firewood, and three
is pining away its days. It is a
length of the old Sausage Rail
road (the San Antonio, Uvalde &
Gulf) between Fowlerton and Gar-
dendale, a distance of 26 miles.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion has given the "dark” green
signal to go ahead with removal
of track, burning of ties, and dis-
coots
DEHUMIDIFIES
HLTERS
290
PRESS
town# — Catarina, Light and Ash-
erton — left to the invading trucks.
This line spurred off the old Inter-
national and Great Northern (now continuance of service.
Missouri Pacific) at Artesia Wells. Trams of asphalt, winter truck,
4 ADJUSTABLE
AIR DIRECTION
GRILLES
In the "good old days” — 1920-cattle and other commodities
1930 - it handled winter vege-from Uvalde, La Pryor, Carrizo
tables, cattle and other commodi-
ties. ’ Artesian water transformed
the terrain about Asherton into a
miniature Garden of Eden. Asher-
Springs will move to Gardendale
and be transported from there to
San Antonio over the old I&GN,
now the MoPac. Several decades
PUSHBUTTONS
FOR EASY
OPERATION
Eastland Boy
Picked to Attend
Texas A&M Camp
Yoakum. One of the major real' EASTLAND (RNS) — An East-
estate holdings is the West MIU land High School graduate. David
is headquartered in Houston. It is
one of the oldest and largest re-
tailing operations in its area. Line
yards are operated in San Angelo,
Abilene, Harlingen, Texas City,
sea
ton became a considerable town . ... .
With a modern hotel set behind ago when the SAU&G was an in
Bronte. Coleman, Donna. Hemp-
ager. and Albert W. Wolford, gen- stead, Katy, LaFeria, Ozona, Pas-
--adena. San Benito, Teague, and
2,000 Delegates
MAINZ. Germany (AP)—More Work facility at the intersection Carothers, has been chosen to at-
than 2 000 delegates from 40 na-of Greenbrier and the new South- tend a special YMCA camp, spon-
tions are expected at the 43rd Es- west Freeway in Houston. sored by the Texas A&M College
peranto World Congress opening South Texas Lumber Company "Y" for outstanding high school
here Saturday. A nephew of Dr. had been owned by the West fam- ers. . ,
Ludwig Zamenhof, who devised ily since 1914. when the late James
the artificial language in 1883. is M. West acquired it from the late
expected along with two other
Poles.
MINTER'S
always give the Best Deal
on a HOOVER Vacuum
Cleaner.
Authorized Sales and Service
Odell Miller, Repr.
Phone OR 4-5232
Jesse Jones, Houston capitalist,
and merged it with other proper-
ties.
Although the purchase figure
was not revealed, Mr Hornberger
said that the South Texas Lumber
Company transaction was one of
the largest property transfers in
the retail lumber business in Tex-
as in recent years.
MOTZ & CURTIS
SPECIALIST IN
FIRE & CASUALTY
INSURANCE & BONDS
Agency Established 1882
306 Alexander Bldg
Phone OR 4-5244
Hamilton 465.226, J. Edwin Smith
301,786, Wilmer Hunt 293,626.
Supreme Court. Place 4: Joe
Greenhill 565.994, Mrs. Sarah
Hughes 552,946.
U. S. House Dist. 3: Lindley
Beckworth 35,551, Fred Hudson
23,426.
U. S. House, Dist. 5: Barefoot
Sanders 46.422. Joe Pool 35,668,
James Shepard 4,298.
U.S House, Dist. 7: John Dowdy
... , 20,457, E. A. Stanfield, 12.138.
boys to attend the camp from Sep- U. s House, Dist. 22: Bob Casey
temper S to will be at Bastrop 39,313, George W Edd> 13,074,
One camp will be, at Bastrop Roy Oakes 6,994, Rolland Bradley
State Park and another at Fort 3,043
Appeals court, Dist. 1: Ewing
Werlein 78,328, Warren Cunning
Carothers is the son of Mr and
Mrs. Jack Carothers of 1206 S.
Seaman St. He will be one of 120
Parker State Park Each is limit-
ed to 60 freshman boys. The boys
were selected from their accom-
plishments and leadership in high
school.
ham. 56.656
Appeals Court, Dist. 8: W. G.
Abbott 25.441. Holvey William#
21,177.
The camps are to acquaint the
boys with campus life and help
them adjust to college. ,
Carothers served as Hi-Y chap- Throckmorton
lain during his junior year and Station Sold
as vice-president as a senior He"
was also a tennis player at East- THROCKMORTON
land High.
(RNS)
The Devine boys of Philadelphia
Sam Laningham from Van Horn
has purchased the Premier serv-
ice station on Highway 24 here.
were basketball leaders. Bobby Laningham will operate the sta-
Devine co-captained Notre Dame lion, plus a plumbing, heating and
last season His other brother, air-conditioning business (to be lo-
Jack, captained Villanova’s quin-cated at the back of the service
tet three years ago.
I station building).
forSelection-Quality- and Complete Satisfaction..
• CONVENIENT
/I LOCATIONS
T TO SERVE YOU
STORE
No. 3—1609 Lilius
No. 4-1042 Pine
No. 5—1709 Butternut
OPEN
SUNDAY
8 A.M. 'Til 7 P.M.
OPEN Evenings Until 9
Now you can shop at your
convenience - and still re-
ceive valuable S&H Green
Stamps.
STORE
No. 2-234 Chestnut
DIAMOND
TOMATOES
2
303
CANS
25
CHUCK WAGON
BEANS
2
300 25
CANS Amt
PRIORITY
TUNA
CAN 23
luxuriant palm trees and dollars
flowed in.
But the artesian wells dwindled
and irrigation ditches became
bone dry. The hotel dwindled in
patronage. The Asherton depot
agent sat before his silent tele-
graph sounder waiting the "30"
of many railroaders.
Now all there is to remind one
of the railroad is a low grade
extending across abandoned vege-
table fields.
dependent line it handled immense
tonnage through Gardendale and
Pleasanton to San Antonio.
And now another shortline stretch
Crash Victim's
Condition Fair
SWEETWATER — R. C. Black
well, 45, Sweetwater auto mechan-
ic injured In an auto crash Mon
day, was reported improved and
in "fair" condition at Simmons
Memorial Hospital Tuesday.
Mrs. Blackwell said her husband
had ’ come out of shock" and is
"resting better.” X-rays were
being made Tuesday to determine
extent of injuries.
Blackwell, mechanic at Carmi-
chael Motor Co., was injured short-
ly before noon Monday when his
car overturned five miles north of
Sweetwater on State Highway 70.
He was thrown from the vehicle
as the car overturned.
SAVE ON THESE
FOOD
VALUES
THROUGH
SATURDAY AUG. 2
5-YEAR
GUARANTEE ON
SEALED UN
A FREE DELIVERY
1 SATISFACTION
J GUARANTEED
Announcing . . . •
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M.D.
General Practice
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 30, 1958, newspaper, July 30, 1958; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1659248/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.