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COLEMAN, COLEMAN COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY JANUARY 9. 1947
NUMBER TAG
Stock Show Arrangements Complete
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Kansas City Firm To Build Hords Creek Reservoir
m-DAY EXHIBIT WILL BE BEST
EVER STAGED WITH %500 PRIZE
LIST; ENTRIES CLOSES JAN. BTH.
WINTER’S WONDERLAND
Arrangements are nearing completion for staging the 16th
Annual Coleman County Livestock Show January 20-21. which
will send the local show striqtly into the "Big Time" circuit
using its permanent exhibit buildings at the Coleman airport
for tha first time. Frank Gillespie, arrangements chairman,
indicated that progress was on schedule despite the inclement
weather, and that the county's In-
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itial two-day livestock show would
exceed expectations. Entries In all
the various classes have been pour-
ing into headquarters, and a rush
is anticipated following the several
FFA project shows this and next I
week throughout the county. Dcad-
ltae for1 posting entries has. been
Bet for Monday. January 13. These
may be made at the chamber of
commerce offices In Coleman,
Other members of Gillespie's ar-
rangements group Include Carter
Dibrell, Jr., Hardy Stewardson,
Oljrde Thate and Jack Horne.
The two large former airport’
buildings which have been pur-
chased "tor the permanent stock
show site have been transformed in-
to one Of the most usable exhibi-
tion barns in, this section. The two
have been joined giving the ex-
hibitors Space 300 feet by 40. Down
the center and sides arc hitching
rails maktng it possible for four
tows of animals to be shown simul-
taneously. A shed, 18-fcct wide has
been built along the south side of
tke structure offering shelter for
two rows of animals.
Ample space for washing and
grooming the livestock has been
provided, and other facilities will
tn readiness to care for animals
persons' throughout the two-
show. Concessions will also be
available at the show barns, it vas
stated
, Robert If Bowen, general chair-
man, has announced that a prize
list amounting to $1,500 is rested
for FFA and Club boys in the 16th
annual show, and $200 to be given
by the Coleman County
Feeder association to dry lot class-
es.
.-.Supplementing the heavy cash
prises will be the list of special
awards: lDlrarles R. Wilson award,
a loving cup to the grand champion
fat-steer in the 4-H and FFA div-
ision: 2, Powell-Cavanagh award, a
lovtfig cUp to the reserve champion
fat steer in the 4-H and FFA div-
ision; 3, Boweri Showmanship a-
ward. for best showman in the 4-H
and FFA calf division; 4. T. Knox
Campbell aid Son award, one reg-
istered QIC gilt to be given to the
grand champion gilt to the 4-H and
FFA division. The gilt must be de-
- velooe±.undatrtthe^dtrection of tire
county agent or vocational agricul-
ture teacher* must.be bred the first
yew by a boar selected by Campbell
and the top gilt of the litter will
be selected {or next year’s award.
It wAs reminded that all live-
stock must be on the grounds not
later ttUUi Sunday night, January
13, and exhibitors are permitted to
bring their entries on Saturday,
Jilt, 18, If convenient.
Only Two Days
To Renew D~V
At Old Rate
Friday and Saturday are thf
final days to subscribe or to re-
new subscriptions to the Coleman
Democrat-Voice at the old low
rates. After Saturday, Jan. It, the
subscription price will be advance
50 cents, in keeping with the steep
rise in newsprint and production
costs.
The D-V management is grate-
ful for the unprecedented re-
sponse of Coleman and Coleman
ccunty citizens and enters the
new yebr with the largest list of
readers in its history.
Mozelle Stock
Show Postponed
Til Next Week
H1WAY 6V CUTOFF BIDS CALLED
*« ! i 11 ' i >nel TrtrtttnUl* OO - — ,— —. -— - •—— J-‘-- — — .- — - ' -
I Bids will be opened January 23
lor .construct! n on the Highway
67 cut-cff which will join U. S.
Highways 84 and 67 a mile south of
Coleman .The sealed proposals will |
include 3.339 miles of grading,
Structured, flexible base and double
asphalt surface treatment.
The bids wilF be opened at- -the
State Highway Department office j
at 9 o'clock next Thursday morning 1
Right-of-way has been secured by
"tfie Commissioners Court, and Resi-
] dent Highway Engineer, L. B. Wells
| expects the work to be pushed to
I early completion.
! Plans and specifications are avail-
able at Mr, Wells office here and
“from the Highway Department at
Austin.
CROSS CUT NIMROD BAGS BUCKS
Engineers Say
Work To Begin
Immediately
When Coleman County does something it’s Always about the best.
Such was the winter wonderland in which local folk lived last week.
Above is a sample of natures beatuy ,and shows the beautiful evergreen
tree which graces the front yard of B. A. PESSEI.S, under a heavy
mantel of snow. . -... '
Twasn’t Cold;
Back In ’99 It
Was 14 Below
B. D. Murff, instructor of voca-
tional agriculture at Mozelle High
School, telephoned the Democrat-
Voice this morning that the weather
and road conditions have forced
postponement of the Mozelle FFA
project show. The show was sche-
duled for this Saturday.
Mr Murff stated that the show
Breeder- i would be held sometime next week,
’ weather permitting, He stated that
the turkey shoot would be held
Saturday, as planned, ■ however.
Coleman High School F. F. A.
Project Show Scheduled For
Saturday, January 11th.
The List & dark Construction
Co of Kaunas City Monday' was
awarded the contract for construc-
tion of the loop-awaited H,oni’s
Creek Dam and Reservoir. The bid
was accepted at a letting held at
the U. S Corps of Army Engineers
headquarters in Galestoil,' and Col.
D. V Griffith was visibly, elated
with the outcome and promised his
office's assistance .in setting the
work in motion immediately,----
High
stale
Mass Initiation
Planned For Jan.
25 For Legion
cities to be held at the airport
hangar sponsored by the Coleman
Ray Post Nor SMiL-American- -Legion
and Voiture 1055 of the "40 & 8"
Saturday evening, January 25, at
7:30 o’clock. Arrangements com-
mittee for the affair includes Jim
Tire general public is being in-
vited to a mass initation for-new
Legionnaires from ten West Texasj^"^;;;- Coun’ty
On Saturday, January 11, the one
hundred members of the Coleman
School F. F. A. Chapter trill
their first annual project
show at the Coleman County Live-
stock Barns located at the Coleman
Flying Field, Judging will get under
way at 10:00 Saturday morning.
Approximately 25 calves. 75 sheep,-
5 Jerseys, arid 4 hogs wilf be enter-
ed in the show, which is sponsored
by th
Commerce. Jgycees stock show com-
mittee members who will be on
hand to ran the show are. Joe Tin-
ney, Cecil Horne, Weldon Davis,
E. W. Scott, and Jake Joyce".
Glen Caudle, ’ teacher of Voca-
tional Agriculture at Cisco . will
judge the fat calves, Jerseys, and
swine. Chester Collingsworth, teach-
er of Vocational Agriculture at
Merkel, will judge the sheep.
This is the first of several stock
shows that the local F. F. A. boys
will enter. All cf the local Future
Farmers .will enter their stock? In
City Building
Permits Rise
Top6,775
cember skyrocketed to the $76,775
mark, according to figures released
by City Superintendent Hubert
Shore.
.Coleman folk who shivered and
hugged the stove during the recent
cold spell which- sent the mercury
tumbling to, the zero mark Friday
and Saturday below a thick cover-
ing of snow and ice, can take it
fr-em their grandparents that ‘ it
wasn’t nothing .... in fact last j
week was rather balmy. Back in
1899—February 12 to be exact—
Coleman countians experienced
temperatures to as low as 14 degrees
below zero.
But
siege was a granddaddy
twice during the entire
lied did the tempera -
head above the freez-
And snow still remains
mnd despite the drizzling
ednesday which brought
the fields and ranges
Mrs. Lowell Newton of Cross Cut displays the fine bucks she brought
down on a recent hunt in the Junction section of the Hill Country, In
the party were her husband and Merrell Burkett.
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City Launches Survey To Find .
Method Of Rest Enlarging Its
Outgrown Municipal Power Plant *
The City ( omission this week
employed the Bartlett' Engineer-
ing firm of San Antonio to pro-
a*.,,,, , vide a survey ' with statistical
a modern standpoint (uU fr#m wWch * „.comnjenda-
of this section.
lion will be considered for the en-
larging the present municipal
power plant. During the past
several years Coleman has grown
with such rapid strides that today
the power load is far heavier than
the current plant facilities can
safely, provide.
The city officials and employees
County Stoqk Show
To Attract “Who’s
Who” Among Writers
The genial Armj Engineer told Dr.
i j. F. Gaines, Mayor of Coleman,
that the Coleman project.....would
receive full support of his organiza-
tpn. and that it had been ear-
marked for swift' completion in
view of the acute water supply of
the city. *
List &, Clark's bid amounted to
,{U,591.6&4i21.,and one,bidder in Cali-
fornia tendered a figure of better
than $3,000,000 for the project. Col.
Griffith was of the opinion that
the successful firm would realize
a tldv sum from their bid, however.
| The City of Coleman Tuesday de-
; posited its part of the financial
j agreement -- $100.000.00--to the
i United State.- ^Treasury which will
be diverted back into the payment
cf expense on the project. •
It is understood that the construc-
tion 'company will build permanent
offices at the reservoir site im-
mediately. and later will construct
barracks for workmen as the pro-
ject 'progresses.
Rating well among -the nation's
outstanding shews .(lie Coleman
County Livestock Show to be staged
January 20-21 -will attract an array
o! writers which vyill resemble a
gathering of "Who’s Who" in th:
cattlemen'! journalistic world.
March Of Dimes
Headed B\ Mrs.
1A B. Miller
The Annual "March of Dimes"
Considerable damage was report-'are to be c0lnmended for their her-
uar^ 20-21. Many of the boys will
have entries in the Brownwood. San
The-majot; factor in the huge to-
tal in the permit calling for the ,
remodeiing of the business, building
owned -by—W.-J. Coulson and for-
merly occupied by Mayes Drug
Store, The project calls for the
expenditure of $50,000 on the two-
storv rock building, which will be
occupied by the hew J. C. Penney
Co. store. Construction has already1
been launched.
Permits include the following:
C. W., Bledsoe, alteration, 614 W.
ungm; -$1,250.
Worth shows. A E- f'1
I
MRS. CARL ELDER HURT
Dibrell, Carl Fleming
Scott. '
and A. R.
It was announced that an initia-
tion team from San Antonio will
be on Hand to confer the dergee
on the new members, and also to
Mrs. Carl Elder, local
housewife slipped anaT-fell last
Saturday about noon, tn" front of
the Marrs-Wllson Furniture Store.
An ambulance was called at once
when it. was realized she was hurt.
Carter Dibrell, Jr. is superintend- j conduct a memorial program. , I A Stevens 'ambulance carried her to
amt of the Adult Division, and • is1 American Legion Department the Overall Memorial Hospital,
assisted by Ted Stewardson in 11 Commander Bertram E. Giesecke of
Austin wilt he guest speaker, as will
Ed Riedel .Grand Chef de Gare,
also of Austin.
in
She£p and Goats; Carrol Kings-
' bery in tW Registered Beef Cattle;
Ray Jameson in Grade Beef Cattle;
ijtoorCsmpMl to Swine, and F. C.
Williams tn Dairy cattle.
Raymond McEtrath is superin-
tendent In the 4-H Club and FFA
Division. Weldon Davis Is chair-
man bf Beef Calves; Knox Camp-
bell. Fat Swine, and Theo Griffis,
F$t Lambs.
“In charge of the Breeding Animal
classes Will he Elmer Blackwell,
where she is resting nicely now,
although it will be quiet some time
before she can go home, Mrs. Elder
has a broken hip.
Dairy Cattle; Carter Dibrell, Jr„
Jkef Cattle; Everett Evans, Sheep,
ang Knox Campbell, Swine.
Treasury Department Reminds Of
Income Tax Returns Due Jan. 15
Final Returns Due March 15
A. E. 'Clevenger, old house re-
worked, $2,500.
Bob Miller, repair, $500.
Rlchlrd DeAnda, new frame re
Coleman1 idence, $1,000.
David Briones, n6w tile construc-
tion, $500.
Ralph L. Elkins, addition to ser-
vice station. $1,000.
W. A. Hughes, new' Construction,
$600.
Ray McClellan, alteration to res-
idehfce. $2500.
Geo. W. Ray, new brick con-
struction, $6,000.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., altera-
tions, $1,000.
R. W. Walker, alterations, $25.
T. ^ Cross, new brick tile, $3,2
ed In shrubbery and other plants
and trees, with the extent running
well into the thousands of dollars,
according to Sam Dowty, local
nurseryman. Losses were also noted
by many of the Ranchmen who re-
ported many young lambs killed by
the frigid weather.
Henderson Rites
Held Tuesday
At Burkett
ssssEiEsaJKBBA’atssats
one-story
Richard Bass Is
Deputy Sheriff
At Sente Anna
Com mis -
Th* Coleman/ County
1 Court this week appointed
as Deputy to live at
Of Bass com
to the Sheriff's
Hiram Fenton pre-
appointed Raymond
Chief deputy and jailer.
The Collector ot, Literal Revenue
reminded federal income taxpayers
today that January 15 Is the dead-
line for filing, amending and pay-
ing 1946 Declarations of Estimated
Tax. .
Tn issuing this reminder, the Col-
lector cautioned taxpayers not to
confuse the January 15 tax date
with the usual March lS^aeadline
for filing final 1946 income tax
returns . However, he pointed out
that if a taxpayer files and pays
his final 1948 tax return (on Form
1040) by January 15, It wilt serve
both as his return and as any de-
500.
George D. Rhone, new construc-
tion. $1,000. ‘ •
Henry C. Goodwin,
frame, ”$750.
W. J. Coulson, two-story stone
and brick reconstruction, $50,000.
T. O Mathis, throe room frame
construction, $2500.
W. W. Fields, one story frame,
Funeral services for W. C. (Uncle
Billy) , Henderson^ 65. pioneer
ranchman of Coleman county, who
died Monday morning in the Over-
all Hospital front burns sustained
when his clothing
his home in Burkett
Saturday- rtiorning
the Burkett Churc
day afternoon at 3 o’clock. T. P.
Salyer, minister of the Church* of
Christ, officiated at the rites, with
culean efforts which have provided
Coleman patrons with adequate amt
uninterrupted power service, but
the strain is beginning to tell oh
the generating plant, and a power
failure is not to be considered light-
ly under the tremendous load.
Engineer Terrell Bartlett has al-
so looked into the various possi-
bilities of a' temporary water sup-
Among the many foremost authors j campaign sponsored -by the Nation
and writers who have indicated j Foundation lor Infantile Paralysis,
they'would be oh hand for the Cple-j will be held in Coleman county
man County show are Frank Reeves. | beginning January 15 and clorinjg
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Claud ; January 30 .according to an an-
Wiilets,.The Cattleman's Magazine; | ncunccmeat by Mr^ J A. B. Miller,
Bell Castellaw. . Texas Livestock coun; ■ chairman: Steve Brawn is
Journal: Rpy Richardson. American' treasurer,^ „
Hereford Journal. Pete Paterson. As in the past the proceeds will ”
National Auction Co. Don Biigg-- be devoted to tip- care- ol.infantile •
.•Wfetera Livestock, Denver, Ccfp, j paralysis patients and to scientific
Show Chairman Bob Bowen also I research The funds collected will
ply for Coleman until Hords Creek announced that space'had been as-1 be divided, equally between the Cole-
dam is completed and its impounded
water 'usable. His report s ready
for presentation to the commission
and the citizenship, and likely will
be made public at a meeting of the
commission * next Monday night,,
January 13.
signed the Ceda; Ledge Farm of
Abilenjijtend Cox and Mclnnis 'of
BrownwoSjLamong the "foreign"
exhibitors, wufr others expected
Vance Appoints
Committees For
Kiwanis Club
Uncle Of Coleman
.......
Men Dies At Age
91 In Mississippi
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V
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arrangements in charge of the
The Coleman Kiwtoiis club, led
by President John Will Vance,
plunged into the new year’s work
Tuesday at its regular luncheon at
wagas. In other words .the average
wageearner, who gets his entire in-
come from wages subject to with-
holding, is not required to file a ,
declaration and need only file his,*1-250-
final return before inarch 15. ....! Charles R. Wilson, addition to
The principal groups concerned home, $400.
with January 15 filing arc: \ w- Fields, new frame, $500.
1. Farmers—Farmers
EMPLOYEE
| NEW ASSISTANT MANAGER,
were .
cused by law from estimating their' ABILENE SAFEWAY
1946 tax-early in that year, and,'
therefore, must file their declara-
tions gi final returns and pay the j Claud Davis, Safeway employee,
tax now. ! Abilene for the past two years as-
‘2, Business and Professional Peo- sumed bis duties Tuesday as as-
---------------- ... pie Generally—This group was sup- sistent manager of the Coleman, ..............
amended declaration | pcml to have filed declarations of store, replacing Ervin MCMilton, 1 Robert V. Woods,
claration or
which troiild otherwise be dtte from' Yhcir 1946 tax, last March 15, and
hint on that -date: „ j generally wpt have only to oay the
The Collector estimated that on- ; fiml installment on such declara-
E. Stevens Cc. Interment was In the
Burkett cemetery.
iitr, Henderson had arisen to
begin his days work and was war-m-
thg .to front of the fir,e" when his
robe’ became ignited. The flames
were extinguished but not before
'fe had suffered severe burns about
Lis legs. An ambulance wbs im-
medlitely dispatched to the Hen-
derson home from Coleman, and
thence and snow covered roads were
negotiated with the assistance of
a wrecker ,and the injured man was
brought to the local hospital where
every effort was made to save hts
life.
He was born August 11, 1861, to
Waco, and moved to $ Colemjut
county in 1876. He was among the,
first settlers of this section and was
a factor in building the ranching
Industry if this area to its present
high rank. He was -a member oi
the Church of Christ and Woodmen
of the Wprld.
Pallbearers were C. R. Jeanes,
R. I, Bowen, C.
. tut
“the
Coleman Hotel. The newly in-
ly about one out of every five,tax-
payers in his district are required
to Hie anything January 15 since
tlcns»,^Wowev#r, those who failed
to file should do so now, and those
who fish to change their estimates
to avoid the'penalty for underes-
timating by more that* 29 per cent
- ». (Cciifintied to Page 6)
stalled President named his stand-
ing committees for the coming term,
and urged that all members work
for the betterment of the club and
the building of a finer community.
The committee appointment are
found below :
KIWANIS COMMITTEES .. ...
YOUTH SERVICE: W. T. Jones,
chrm.; Dale Hewglev, E. W Scott,
Hayden Hargett and Raymond
Shipman,
AGRICULTURE: C , .R. Jeanes;
chairman, Joe C. Tinney, Jim Dib-
rell, Jim Gill, Joe Green, -B J,
Joyce. .
PUBLIC AFFA'lRS: N. T Uuder-
iCcntinued on Page 3)
Coleman friends will learn with
deep regret the death cf Dr. G. Y.
Gillespie. Sr.. 91. at Greenwood,
Miss, Dec. 24th. The noted physi- I
clan and civic leader was the j
brother of the late T. H. Gillespie,
former Coleman citizen, and t two’
nephews. Frank Gillespie and -Wylie
Gillespie, are prominent Coleman
countians.
He was a. member of {he Presby-
terian Church. .
Dr, Gillespie went to live with
his son In Greenwood two months
ago, when, his home in Duck Hill
was partially burned. He was ..ap-
parently in excellent health until
a few” hours before his death.
CoUnty Chapter and the
national organization.
Mrs:- Miller pointed out that the
na ion suffered the most deadly
polio ■ epidemic ever known, with
j 24.000 persons being stricken by the
dre.i(4 disease Coleman county it-
-hw-'T.tnr’-mt's' recoin, f
j and the idea; chapter was called
’ upon for assistance In three needy
cases.
Contribution.' may he made to.
Ms's, Miller or Mr. Brown.
M. G. Cheney In
Address Before
Geological Group
MOZEELLE SINGING
CONVENTION-
Th? MozeHe -singing
Monroe G. Cheney of Coleman,
president of the Auzac Oil Company
and immediate past president at
the American Association of Petror
leuni Geologist, was guest speaker
before the Abilene Geological socitey
Tuesday night .in the Wooten Hotel,
,,Mr. Cheney discussed the classi-
fication and correlation of the Pen-
nsylvania section of Nor
Texas
convention
irtj|^Centa^
will meet at Mozelle at 2i(»~S«nSy
evening. January 12, 1947,
Cavanaugh, Secretary.
who left the latter part of last week W, Hemphill. Jr.. J. C Dibrell. Sam
for-hts lnw station in the Midland Gray, J. P. Miller, Dec Smith, H,
Store. . ■ | M. Loveless and Willie Young.
Mrs. Davis and two snail sons,1 Flower bearers Included Mes-
Oharlee, age three and Don, five dames, E. L. Knox. John Warren.
will join Mr. Davis in making tlieir' Robert Bowen, Jack. Gordon, Hugh
heme in Coleman as soon as living Bush. Earl Brown, Herman Thatc.
.ms have been estab-1 Jim tHbrell, Don Sawyer, Pat War-
| itn, Raymojpd McElrath. J. C, Bow-
den. Raymond Shipman and Everett
McKinney. ^
Survivors include the widow, a
sen, Willie H. Henderson of Burk-
ett; seven- daughters; Mrs. Earl
Gray, Mrs. Luther Knight, Mrs.
C. C Gray and Mrs Beit Evans,
all of Eurkett, Mrs. R, H. Devanay.
cf Goose Creek. Mrs. Clyde Collins
of Coleman and Mrs, Lowell Allen
cl Corpus Christ!; awbrother Ed
Henderson of Cross Plains and a
sister, Mrs. Ora Wagoner of Burk-
fer“”
■ Thirty grandchildren and 38
- tt-giandchildren also mourn his
SwiH
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Movies Of Coleman People And
Places Will Be Shown Four
Days Next Week On Howell Screen
The motion picture everybody has j people of cReman. their i
been talkltig about and eagerly churches, schools .civic
waiting for ever since It was filmed j l^c’ns
here several weeks ago "My Home mlmlU"s cl nevet-b
Town” will start a 4-day arrange- thrills.
ment at ,the Howell Theatre next
Wednesday,,, Jan. 15 continuing
daily through the following Satur-
day. Ed Durham, Howell Manager,
announced today.
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