Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, March 31, 1952 Page: 5 of 8
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Colored School
Ploces High In
Literary, Track
Booker T. Washington Shoo! won
.^several first and escond places in
the literary contests and won the
track and field meet, in district 21
of the Texas Interscholastic league
of Colored Schools .held at Brown-
wood. Saturday, March 29, 1952.
Billy Bob Smith. Junior at the
local school won first place in Sen-
ior Declamation. She spoke from
the subject "Homeless America".
Vartlell Staten, also a Junior, won
first place in Vocal Solo. Aubrey
Todd and Tom Foster, Seniors, won
: j/irst place in Seinor Spelling. Wal-
ter Scott and James Edward Wes-
ley won first place in Arithmetic.
Sara Jane Powell won second place
in Essay Writing.
A girl's Quartette compoesd of
Helen Amos, Gladys Fay Robinson,
Versie Lee Williams, and Emagine
Fizer won second place in that con-
test. Janet Heflin won 3rd place
in Junior Declamation.
In the tract and field meet held
at Lions Stadium in Brownwood
f^/Bobby Scott, a Junior, won first
place in the mile run. His time was
4:30:1. Bobby broke the district rec-
ord, was previously set at 5:2:1.
Charlie Thornton, a 7th grade stu-
dent, won the 880 yard run. Alfred
Wesley, senior, won first place in
the 440 yard run. In the Siv-tn*
Medley Relay, a team, composed of
Bobby Scott, Freddie Joe Fizer,
Alfred Wesley and Sharlie Thorn-
ton won first place. The same four-
some own first place in the 880 yard
relay. They won second place in
the mile relay. Eugene Benton won
second place in the 220 yard dash.
Alfred Wesley won second place in
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the broad jump, and Bobby Meeks
won second place in the discus
throw.
Bobby Scott won 2nd place in
low hurdles. Freddie Joe Fizer won
second place in the high jump.
In the girls division, the team
composed of Cora Mae llarkey,
Shirley Ann Jones, Emagine Fizer
Jones won 1st place in the 200-yard
relay. Cota llarkey won first place
in the baseball throw.
The Sweetwater Colored School
amassed 75 points to win the track
meet. Hamlin was second with 47;
Brownwood third with 39; Colorado
City fourth with 15: Stamford fifth
with 3.
For their outstanding perform-
ance, the boys and girls at the
Washington School received a beau-
tiful literary trophy and also a
track trophy.
Scout News
Pack Plans Outing
Cub Scout Pact 3 made plans for
an r 11 night outing at the lake on
April 18 at its meeting here Fri-
day afternoon. The group will
leave at 3 p. m. and stay until 9 a,
m. the following day, Cubmaster
i Roy DeBusk said.
"The evening dinner meal and
the breakfast will be served by the
boys. The boys will have flag rais-
ing ceremony and full program at
the Scout Cabin. "Dads will be
welcome. From the north side of
town, Don Roy and Milton Harp
will be gdests. We hoep to have all
of our 54 Cubs of Page 3 at this
outing.”
J. P. Cowan
Cub Scout Pack 1. J. P. Cowan
school, will meet Tuesday, at 7:30
p. m. at the school. Theme of the
program will be jungle dances.
After presentation of awards, Jesse
Womack and the Sweetwater play-
boys will give a program.
“The public is invited to attend,”
Cubmaster Ralph Weaver announc-
ed. Den Mothers are Mrs. A. J.
Grubbs, Mrs. G. W. Hendrix, Mrs.
Fred Hawkins, Mrs. F. C. Conway,
Mrs. A. D. Copeland, Mrs. R. M.
Weaver.
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"As Good
As Bre
Can Be”
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Monday, March 31, 1952
Mrs. Dickson Will
Make Race For
Assessor-Collector
SUDDEN DEATH OVERHEAD—The nightmare figures tugging
this balloon are U S Army engineers, moving an old-type warning
marker away from the Panmunjom truce site in Korea. The suits
are designed to protect the men in case the hydrogen-filled bag
should explode. New, sausage-shaped balloons, filled with non-ex-
plosive helium, will replace the inflammable spheres that formerly
warned planes away from the area.; ,
Mrs. It. Temple Dickson lias au-
thorized tin- Reporter to announce
her candidacy for the office of
Tax Assessor and Collector of
Nolan County. Mrs. Dickson is the
widow of the late R. Temple Dick-
son. prominent and well known at-
torney of Sweetwater, and has liv-
ed in Nolan County since 1933.
Their son, R. Temple Dickson ill,
is a junior in Newman High School.
Mrs. Dickson has been active in
civic and business affairs for a
number of years, having been sec-
retary and bookkeeper in her hus-
bands law office, and for the past
year has been employed in the
same capacity by a local clinic.
in announcing her candidacy,
Mrs. Dickson makes this state-
ment:
“In seeking this office, 1 fully
realize the responsibilities of the
office and i pledge myself to make
every effort to efficiently discharge
tlie duties entailed therein. I feel
that my training and experience
are such that 1 am well qualified
to handle affairs of Tax Assessor
and Collector. 1 shall try to con-
tact personally as many of you
as possible before the election, and
will appreciate your support. '
(Pol. Announcement)
FEED CROPS
+ 433,577,000
> Bushels
+ 40,735,000
Bushels
1952 GOAL
+ 35,332,000
Bushels
- 9271
bushels
- 2,788,000
tons
u
F&m
CORN
2,941,423,000
Bushels
SORGHUM
FOR GRAIN
159,265,000 bu.
1951
liHs
BARLEY
254,668,000
bushels
OATS
1,316,396
Bushels
PRODUCTION
[NEA NewscKortj
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cain of 105
West Texas are parents of a son
born in Sweetwater Hospital at 8:20
p. m. on Wednesday. Mr. Cain is
superintendent at U. S. Gypsum.
Social Security Field
Man Here April 1, 2
! Glen McNatt, field representa-
tive of tne .Social .Security Admin
istration, will be in Sweetwater at
tlie Texas Employment Commis-
■ sion Office at 10:30 a m. on Tues-
day, April 1 and 25. Persons wish-
ing information or assistance in
connection with old-age and sur-
vivors insurance matters are in-
vited to call to see him at that
time, he said. McNatt suggested
that any self-employed person who
plans to retire at age 65 or over
during this year should check with
the social security office before
making his decision.
"Anyone who has been in work
covered by social security contin-
uously since 1950, and who reach-
es age 65 after April of this year
will be eligible for old-age benefit
payments if he retires after that
date" says McNatt. He points out,
however, that it will not be possi-
ble lor him to get the highest bene-
fit payments provided for those in-
sured on the basis of earnings af- |
ter 1950. This is because seif-em-
plovment income for the year a
claim is filed cannot be used in
figuring a benefit payment, and
two full years of such work are re-
quired to get the largest payments j
provided for in the new benefit for- j
mula. In most cases, it will be to !
I the advantage of the self-empioy-
! ed person to defer retirement un-
til after 1952 or at least wait un-
til January 1953 to file his claim,
j McNatt said that the self-em-
ployed person contemplating re-
tirement in 1952 come to the Abi-
| lene social security office and dis-
j cuss the matter before making a
decision or call to sec the repre-
| sentative in Sweetwater.
NEW OFFICERS-New officers of the Texas and Southwestern
Cattle Raisers Association are. seated, left to right, Jack Roach,
Amarillo. Texas rancher, president and J. M. Crews, banker and
rancher from Childress. Texas, first vice president. Standing, left
to right Henry Bell, secretary-general manager: Judge Joe Monta-
gue, attorney, both of Fort Worth, and R. J. Kieberg Jr., of the
King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas, 2nd vice-president.
LITTLE LIZ
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hamilton of
Maryneal are parents of son born
at 6:18 a. m. Saturday in Sweetwa-
ter Hospital. Mr. Hamilton is sta-
tion agent for the Santa Fe at Mary-
neal.
TWO DEDENDANTS FINED
In Sweetwater police court Mon-
day morning, two defendants were
fined $14 each on charges of drunk-
enness.
Polce investigated a m'jinor traf-
fic accident on East Third Sunday
afternoon.
P-20
No one is entirely useless. Even
the worst of us con serve as horri-
ble examples. ipse*
Liquor Elect On
In Snyder Nears
SNYDER—Scurry County’s elec-
tion set for Saturday, April 5, on
legalizing alcoholic beverages is
generating much interest and dis-
cussion here.
“Drys” are claiming that legal-
ization of liquor would not elimi-
nate the bootlegging situation. The
"wets” are claiming that "liquor
is being sold and it would be bet-
ter to legalize it and stop the driv-
ing to larger wet cities to buy it.”
Better Cough Relief
When new drugs or old fail to stop
your cough or chest cold don’t delay.
Crcomuision contains only safe, help-
ful, proven ingredients and no nar-
cotics to disturb nature's process. It
goes right to the seat of the trouble to
aid nature soothe and heal raw, ten-
der, inflamed bronchial membranes.
Guaranteed to please you or druggist
refunds money. Creornulsion has stood
the test of many millions of users.
CREOMULSION
relieves Cough), Chest Colds, Acute Bronchitis
FIND OUT ABOUT FARMERS AUTO INSURANCE
Our continuing policy with premiums payable every six months
may reduce your cash outlay.
Our goal is prompt, friendly service rendered by your local
agent. Complies with requirements o! the new Motor Vehicle
Safety Responsibility Law.
FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE
LOUIE C. HARTGRAVES
220 West Bdwy. Phone 4521
FARMERS INSURANCE
EXCHANGE
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The West’s Leading Writer of Automobile Insurance
RECORD FEED PRODUCTION URGED-Corn production tops
the Department of Agriculture’s 1952 feed grain goals. Newschart
above shows that a 15 per cent increase over last year’s corn harvest
will be sought at the expense of oats and hay. Record production
is also sought for barley and hay in an effort to meet the nation’s
fast-growing demand for meat and meat products.
Attention Voters!
Will You Take 5 Minutes To Think Of The Job Of
CITY COMMISSIONER
Do you know the business of the city of Sweetwater is one of the BIG-
GEST INDUSTRIES of our city;—employing large numbers of people,
rendering public service on police, sanitation, fire protection, streets,
water, sewage, parks and playgrounds, airports, hospital, public health
and safety matters—and—the safeguarding of our tax funds in the pay-
ment of these services—and meeting our bonded indebtedness?????
Do you realize the administration of this industry is a responsible assign-
ment, requiring experience, know-how, and proved business ability?????
That your City Commissioners arc the Board of Directors, charged with
the successful operation of this industry?????
That these civic-minded citizens are paid the big salary of 815.00 per
month for the hundreds of hours they spend in fullfilling this civic assign-
ment?????
Look At The Qu afifications Of
M. C. "iecT Alston
For Commissioner, Place 1
1. PROVED RECORD OF CIVIC SERVICE—Member City Planning
Commission for 10 Years. Former Trustee, Sweetwater School Board.
Former Director Board of City Development. Now Completing First
Term as City Commissioner and Mayor.
2. RESIDENT FOR 2!) YEARS—A Man Who Is Vitally Interested in
the Growth and Development of Sweetwater.
:i. AN EXPERIENCED BUILDER-CONTRACTOR Whose knowledge
of Construction Has Been of Tremendous Value to the City Adminis-
tration (But Who Sacrifices All Right To Do Contracting Work on
City Projects. Because His Official Position With The City Bars Him
_By Law—From Taking Such Jobs.)
1. SINCERE IN SERVING THE CITIZENS As An Obligation of Citi-
zenship—At A Sacrifice Unappreciated By Some. Familiar With
Projects Not Yet Completed—And Willing To Serve A Second Term
Solely Because He Can Be of Further Service To The City Commis-
sion And His Community.
5. A PROVED RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT In His First Term-
Open For Your Consideration.
M. C. "Red1 Alston Is Qualified, Capable, Sincere, And Willing
To Serve You For Another Term
Support Him For Commissioner Place No. 4
"A Vote For 'Red' Is A Step Ahead"
(Paid Pol. Adv.)
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, March 31, 1952, newspaper, March 31, 1952; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth750446/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.