Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 116, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 17, 1953 Page: 3 of 24
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Hang-Oyer From
'The Big Fight'
By UNITED PRESS
For the second time within three
weeks, the living room tranquility
of millions of homes throughout the
nation was disrupted by a televised
fight.
The confused first-round finish of
the world heavyweight title fight,
in which Rocky Marciano knocked
out Jersey Joe Walcott, produced
a deluge of bewildered and indig-
nant telephone calls to/ newspaper
offices and radio stations across
the country.
It%as similar to the spontaneous
coast-to-coast uproar which follow-
ed the lightweight title match in
Boston, April 26, in which a ref-
eree allowed challenger Tommy
Collins to be knocked down by
champion Jimmy Carter 10 times
before stopping the fight in the
fourth round.
“The public got cheated again,”
bitterly complained one fan who
phoned the United Press office. "I
anirufad 1 wasn't one of those suek-
ersvwho paid $50 for a ringside
seat.
The New York Mirror reported a
call from a bemused fan, his voice
obviously heavy with sleep, asking
if the fight had started yet or was
it called off because of rain.
In Memphis, Tenn., the Commer-
cial-Appeal related: "One guy
phoned, really mad, and said, “I’ve
been a southern boy all my life and
I think that Negro got rooked’.”
Ttos NBC television switchboard
in Washington, D. C.
flood of telephone
them extremely unfavorable,
within minutes after the end of the
fight. An NBC official said some
callers wanted to know the address
of the "International Boxing Com-
mission” so they could complain
about the ending of the fight.
"Some said they were through
watching fights,” he said.
Wants Investigation
Iiy-Omaha, Neb., a man told the
Wortti-Ilerald: “I am sending you
$50 to begin an investigation of box-
ing.”
“It was a stinking fight” and
"the worst thing that ever happen-
ed in boxing history,” a Des
Moines, Iowa, newspaper desk-man
was told.
In Washington, New York, Phil-
adelphia and several other cities,
there were the inevitable “dock-
ers,” who claimed they timed the
length of Walcott’s knockdown, and
all protested that Jersey Joe was
on the canvas only from 7 to 9'l-
seconds.
The San Francisco Chronicle re-
ported some of its callers sounded
semi-hysterical and all outraged.
One man maintained the fight
“proved that boxing was dead”
and that “Congress should investi-
gate.” Another said it "proved that
Walcott was over 50 years old."
Glad It was Chicago
,, reported a
calls, “all of
this didn’t happen in Pennsylvania.
I'd have been run out of the coun-
try.”
Fans complained:
“I paid $30 for a seat and I would
not give a dime to see another
fight again.”
“The lousiest farce and the worst
thing I've ever seen. And to think
I paid $50 to see it.”
Nobody, it seems was happy, ex-
cept Marciano.
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BULLETIN
FORT WORTH, May 16—UP
— The Southwest Conference
declined Saturday to approve
a motion to invite Texas Tech
and the University of Oklaho-
ma to become members. The
motion received a second, but
f ailed to get the necessary two-
thirds majority vote.
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Immediate Action
On Gas Tax Asked
AUSTIN, May 16—UP-Two rep-
resentatives leading opposition to
an administration-backed teacher
pay raise bill Saturday urged im-
mediate action on a natural gas
tax "so that this legislature can
become a 'do-something legisla-
ture’ instead of a ’do-nothing leg-
islature.’ ”
Reps. George T. Ilinson of
Mineola j*rul Dolph Briscoe Jr. of
Uvalde said the administration
proposal “guarantees nothing” for
school teachers of Texas.
The House quit Friday for the
weekend after a militant opposition
rejected an administration-sponsor-
ed plan cutting teacher wage de-
mands from $600-a-year to $306 and
making payment of the raise con-
un
The ringsiders at Chicago Stadi- tingent on the state winning a suit
lSdvere just as disgruntled: being waged against Texas’ natur-
al gas gathering tax.
Gov. Allan Shivers proposed re-
Jolin D. Holahan, a member of
the Pennsylvania Stale Boxing
Commission, said: “Thank heaven
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vising the formula of local district
contributions to the overall cost of
education. His plan calls for the
local share to be pegged at 19 per
cent of the total, instead of the flat
j $45 million a year in effect at
i present.
: “A desperate effort lias been
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“throughout this session to protect
the natural gas pipelines from
taxation and pass the burden back
to the local school districts which
have only one source of revenue
—property taxes paid by the citi-
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"This legislature is asked in the
administration compromise plan,
House Bill 3, to levy this tax on
the farms, homes and stores of
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tax to be paid by Texas property
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the tax to bo paid by Gas Users
Outside of Texas,” they said.
Blackwel! Grade
School Program
BLACKWELL. — Grade school
graduation exercises will be held
in the Blackwelt High School audi-
torium Tuesday, May 19, at 8 p. in.
The invocation will bo by the
Rev. Kay Corley. Special music
will include numbers by the first,
second, third and fourth grade
Rhythm Band. Harold Armstrong
will give the eighth grade saluta-
tory and Bonnie Saunders, the vale-
dictory.
A violin ensemble from Black-
well, Highland and Divide will give
a ftroup of selections and the grade
school chorus will sing a group of
numbers. Presentation of certifi-
cates will be by Elgin Dietz. Music
will be under direction of Mrs.
James E. Wells.
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Armed Forces Mas
Shortage Of Girls
In Uniform Ranks
NEW YORK, May 16 — UP—
Snappy umtorms and calory-con-
scious mess sergeants have failed
to solve the shortage of girls in the
Armed Forces.
Since the Korean war began
there has been an almost constant
drive to get enough girls to fill
quotas in the Waves, WAC, WAF
and women Marines.
Besides the military minds who
haYe worked oil the problem, civi-
lian women advisers have puzzled
over a solution. Some of these
women, members of the Defense
Advisory Committee on Women in
the Service, got together this week
at a tea honoring women in uni-
form.
Open to Suggestions
“We’re certainly open to sugges-
tions," said Mary Gibbons, one of
Hie committee annointed by former
Defense Seen : , Gen. George C.
Marshall. "We meet four times a
year for three days. We don’t do
any actual recruiting, but we do
make suggestions for making life
in uniform more attracive to
girls.”
The
Armed Forces bases. They felt reg-
ular service menus were too
starchy for slim figures.
Now they’re working with the
cosmetic industry to see if a movie
on proper makeup and grooming
could be made and distributed to
women's training centers.
“This is my special project,”
said committee member Mrs. John
Hay Whitney. "We haven’t worked
out all the details. But it seems
that something like this would be
a booster, to morale as well as ap-
pearance.”
Display Uniforms
The tea the committee members
attended marked the official open-
ing of a display of women's uni-
forms in windows of the East Riv-
er Savings Bank in Rockefeller
Center. Top designers have worked
on these uniforms in the last few
years to make them as flattering
as possible.
IRVINGTON, N. J., May 16—UP
-A 15-year-old "bookie” told police
Saturday he nearly went broke tak-
ing horse race bets from his school-
mates.
The youth, whose name was not
disclosed, said he learned the sec-
rets of bookmaking from a maga-
zine article and set up shop recent-
ly with earnings from his part-time
job in a department store.
He juggled his odds desperately
committee members siifj-1 but couldn’t come out ahead, he
gested salad bars after one of their | said. Last week he lost his whole
first inspection trips of various $16 salary.
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Some days must be rainy
... in Sweetwater they
have not been too many.
But speaking from the
standpoint of money,
there must be some rainy
days. The important thing
is to be ready for any kind
of financial weather. A
deposit account at Texas
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help.
Just remember the Texas Bank and Trust Com-
pany, with its large staff of experienced bankers,
stands ready to assist you with any problem per-
taining to financial matters. Whether you want to
open a deposit account, borrow money for worth-
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New Evangelical
Methodist Church
Holds Anniversary
First Evangelical Methodist
Church here is closing a three-day
homecoming revival today with
special services throughout the
day, dinner on the grounds at noon
and a “singspiration" program at
2 p. m. Friday night a large crowd
was swelled by 35 visitors from
Abile.ie and Saturday's services
also were well attend'*'!.
In 1946. six Methodist ministers
and laymen met in Memphis. Ten-
nessee, and organized the Evan-
gelical Methodist Church with
the aim "to return to fundamental
Bible religion.” Dr. J. H. Hamb-
len of Abilene, was one of the or-
ganizers.
A year or two after this denomi-
nation came into existence, sev-
eral Methodist laymen of Sweet-
water became interested in organ-
izing an Evangelical Methodist
Church here. Although these lay-
men remained interested and
never lost sight of their goal, no
definite steps were taken to organ-
ize until 1951, when a revival was
conducted by Dr. Hamlen during
August and September. This re-
REV. RAY SEAY
vival was successful with a num-
ber of conversions and a stimula-
tion of interest in the Evangelical
; Methodist movement.
On September 2. 1951, the First
Evangelical Methodist Church of
Sweetwater was organized by Dr.
Hamblen with 12 members. This
steadily increasing group immed-
iately set out to build a place of
worship at 700 Lamar Street where
property was purchased. While
the church was being built, the
members met for services in a
home located on the property—
which is now the parsonage.
The first meeting in the new
building was held on March 30,
1952, with Dr. Hamblen conducting
the service.
On April 25, 1952, the Rev. and
Mrs. Ray Seay from Chattanooga,
Tennessee, arrived. They are both
graduates of Bob Jones University,
Greenville, S. C. Prior to the pres-
ent pastor's arrival here, he did
pastorate work in South Carolina
and held evangelistic meetings in
nine other states and Canada.
A weekly radio broadcast was
begun on May 17, 1952. This is a
30 minute program, held in the
church auditorium each Saturday
at 8:30 p. rn. over Station KXOX
At the formal opening of the
church on May 18. 1952, 31 were
on teh roll. During the past year
the enrollment has steadily in-
creased until at the present time
there are 90 members
The church has held three re-
: vivals. One member. Mrs. N L.
j Hall has passed away since the
church was organized. Mrs. \V. R
' Weatherford who is 91 is the old-
est member of the church.
An extended ministration of the
local pastor is the ''crusade for
Souls” broadcast each Saturday at
10 a. m. over Snyder Radio Station
KSNY.
"The phenomenal growth and
far-reaching influence of thla
church should be credited to con-
secrated efforts and prayers of
faithful members who are untir-
ing in their labor for the Lord,"
the pastor said.
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 116, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 17, 1953, newspaper, May 17, 1953; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714512/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.