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OLUME 68—NO. 24
Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas. December 2, 1952
ONE SECTION—8 PAGES
Howdy!
By Dick Beavit
* -Maybe It's because he hasn't been
tor you and me for a long time, but
each year we are reminded that
Santa Claus is probably the most
real person in the world.
Eyes that can watch even
Hopalong In the most desperate
circumstances without moving
a lash still grow round and
wondering in a talk with Santa.
The old boy with the whiskers
hat got It, more than ever, In
an era where space ships far ,
out-strip his antlered teams.
He came to town Saturday in a
shiny airplane, a few pounds lighter,
perhaps, than, in years before, but
his audience didn't notice. Experts
who can spot a flaw in a cavalry
trooper’s cap insigna In a grade B
movie instantly, accepted him with
a faith we all find awesome. That’s
Santa Claus.
~T; ^ * * *
The look down Commercial
Avenue from the south, or up
Commercial if you want to be
geographic. Is something to see.
The first look each year is a
convinccr that it Is better than
ever. Cheery lights cropping out
all over town. That lighted tree
in the first block of Roselawn,
In South Coleman, Is a decora-
tion orojrct of the city’s, and a
nice feature.
# * *
Bis cow tcwn today. Some power-
ful Herefords out at the livestock
barn for tomorrow's operation.
Western wear, places downtown get
In the act too. Jhat Texas b«t
crush is recognized, and oddly priz-
ed, wherever there are cattle and
the non-Texans who come In for
the show generally wear away some
of the evidence. The Texas crush,
In passing, is that treatment of a
good hat that makes It curl up like
it was poisoned. Don't ask me how
they do it
The only similar treatment we
recall Is the old “Sfl-mlssions"
roughing up the Air Force* gave
a cap In World War II. Caps
wen: supposed to drodp S' each
side, like the ears of an expen-
sive dor, the slope presumably
indicating the hours a fly-hoy
had hooked ear phones serosa
his battered head piece. Grad-
uating cadets used to duplicate
the result by sleeping on a new
job for a couple of weeks, at
intervals gently covering it
with floor sweep.
• • *
Jus(t for the record, the coldest it
got the past week wasn't as cold is
you thought it was. The week-long
chart at the Coleman Oas Com-
pany shows that that the bottom
here was 27 degrees and that was
7:30 Thanksgiving morning. But
there was lots of weather In the
thirties. Warmer today. ’ '<
• * *
Today’s Story:
The old Negro was com/letlng his
payment on his farm to the land
agent, who told him "Well, Uncle
Joe, I'll make you a deed to the
farm now that It’s teen paid for.”
"Boss, If It’s all the same I wish
you'd give me a mortgage to the
place.”
"A mortgage? Don’t you know the
difference in a deed and mort-
gage?” ' -
“Well, mebbe not, but I owned a
farm once before and I had the
deed and the bank had a mortgage
and the bank got the farm."
Council To 6ef
Proposal For
New Gas Company
A proposal for setting up a new
gas company to serve the city of
Coleman is to be presented to the
Coleman city council at their reg-
ular meeting Thursday afternoon
at S o'clock.
The proposal was outlined at the
last council meeting by Elgean
Shield of Santa Anna, who had ear-
lier asked the council for a fran-
chise to operate a company in Cole-
man. At the last meeting he was
Instructed to submit a detailed pro-
posal with engineering and finan-
cial Information, at the next coun-
ng.
tiursday meeting will be the
new schedule for the
Meetings have been chang-
the first and third Mon-
each month, to Die tint
and third Thursdays.
SANTA WAS HERE Saturday and
hundreds of Coleman County young-
sters welcomed him and waited in
line for talks about Christmas. The
children's favorite; who arrived by
plane, waited until everyone was
through before leaving again for
the North. Here two thrill-filled
youngsters get in their requests
while others wait their , turn.
I Jaycees To Name
1953 Officers At
Thursday Meet
Officers for 1953 for the Coieman
Junior Chamber of Commerce will
te named in the regular club meet-
ing Thursday at noon, says Ed Bur-
nam, ^president.
A nominating committee will pre-
sent a slate of officers at the meet-
ing, and nominations may be made
from the floor. New officers will
take office on January 1.
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Jaycees Christmas
Cheer Drive Opens
The first appeal for a goal of $800
to bring Christmas to Coleman area
needy families was made today by
Coleman Jaycees as they opened
.their annual Christmas Cheer drive.
“The people of the Coleman area
know what this fund does,” stressed
Cheer Chairman' Marcu^ Cheaney,
"and we know that we can count
on their support in the same way
that they have helped generously
in years past."
“Through your donations we will
bring a merry Christmas to numb-
ers of area homes" that would have
but little Christmas otherwise. As
always, we will make a special ef-
fort to bring Santa Claus to every
needy child, with a cheerful basket
of Christmas gifts and food,” he
added.
“Today, we Just want to let' the
VISIT IN BROWN WOOD
Mr, and Mrs. Pete Sneed of Novice
and Mrs Rube Cate visited in
Brownwpod Sunday with Dr and
Mrs E. F. Cadenhead and family.
Buijding Permits
Total $37,170
For November
Building permits totaled $37,170
for the month of November, accord-
ing to a report from the city man-
ager’s office today. >
Permits issued during the month
are as' follows:----------------- -----
And! ‘Forbes, Anderson addition,
alteration, $500.
P. J. Reeves, west Walnut, new,
$6,500.
D. L. Halespeska, Roselawn, new
$10,370.
Marcus Durham, Commercial ave-
nue, new $300.
A. Forbess, Fifth Avenue, new,
$7,000.
W. Dan Smith, Nueces, new, $1,-
000.
Mrs. Belle and Jleba Joe love-
less, Commercial, new, $8,000.
Joe iK. Taylor, 600 Martin, new
$3,500.
people know that our program is
open. After that, we know you will
respond, and we will do the rest."
Gifts of money can be mailed to
"Christmas Cheer, Coleman” or left
at the office of the Board of Com-
munity Development, and toy gifts
can be left there or will be picked
up by calling toy chairman, Harold
King. . J
A special Jaycee toy feature and
children’s season treat will be a
free movie, at the Howell Theatre
on Saturday, Dec. 13. Children are
asked to bring a good used toy to
the show for admission, but it is
not a requirement.
"The show is for the youngsters
to enjoy; if they have a toy the
Jaycees can put into shape for de-
livery in Christmas Cheer baskets,
we are asking them to bring it. But
we want every youngster in Cole-
man County to come and enjoy the
show, and it will be one especially
for them,” pointed out Macon Free-
man, Jaycee show chairman.
The show will include a feature
picture and several cartoons, with
candy to be given to the youngsters.
The Coleman County State Bank is
co-sponsor for the kids show, with
the Jaycees.
Persons knowing of needy fam-
ilies who should be on the Christ-
mas Cheer list are asked to leave
their names at the BCD office or
with Cheaney. Baskets will be dis-
tributed on Christmas Eve by the
Jaycees.
High School Band
In Sweetwater
Contest Saturday
The Coleman high school ,band
will go to Sweetwater Saturday to
compete in Region two band march-
ing contests, a feature competition
of the year for them.
They will compete in tlhe Class
AA part of the meet, and will per-
form for seven minutes on a march-
ing field for judging. Earlier, they
will stand an inspection by judges.
20 New Cars Are
Registered Here
In Past Week
Twehty new cars were registered
in the office of the county tax as-
sessor-collector according to their
files. They are as follows:
H. A. Birdwell, Coleman, 1952
Ford Sedan.
C. M. Barrington, Coleman, 1952
Ford Sedan.
Clitis H. Sinclair, Coleman, 1952
Ford Pickup.
A. B. Hunter, Burkett, 1952 Olds-
mobile Sedan.
Tyrus R. Cox, Goleman, 1953 Ply-
mouth Sedan.
C. A. Dawson, Abilene, 1952 Olds-
mobile Sedan.
Lester P. Domhoff Jr,, Coleman,
1852 Chevrolet Coupe.
Ray L. Sparks, Coleman, 1952
Mercury Sedan.
Curtis M. Carroll, Talpa, 1953
Plymouth Sedan.
Sammie Joe Powers, Bangs, 1952
Oldsmobile Sedan,
W. B. Rose, Dallas, 1952 Mercury
Coupe.
M. W. Hollingsworth, Coleman,
1952 Ford Sedan.
Harold Clifton, Santa Anna, 1952
Chevrolet Sedan.
Floyd C. Chandler, Coleman, 1952
Chevrolet Pickup. ,
C. L. Carroll, Talpa, 1952 Stude-
baker Sedan.
A. Q. Lucas, Coleman, 1952 Chev-
rolet Sedan.
T. J. Hudson, Novice, 1953'
Express. ...... —
W. A. Powell, Coleman, 1952 Chry-
sler Sedan.
Mrs. Lucy Leavell, Coleman, 1953
Plymouth Coupe.
Mozelle School District, Fisk, 1952
Chevrolet School Bus.
Hereford Sale
Buyers, Cattle
Arrive Today
Top Hereford calves from over
iSDodee anim!
' ^ge The
o elude
Possession Trial In
County Court Today
Two pleas of guilty, one for DWI
and another for liquor possession,
were entered in county court this
week and a third case is being tried
today in a Jury hearing.
Albert McCab pleaded guilty to
DWI and was fined $50 and costs
by county judge Walter Boyd. Wel-
don Ewing pleaded guilty to a char-
ge of possession of liquor and was
fined $250 and costs.
Being ijeard today is a charge of
possession of liquor against ElmertE. Klngsbery and Son, Santa Anna;
Coleman County and West Texas
are moving Into the livestock barns
south of town today, and buyers
from over the country are arriving
for tomorrow's second annual Cole-
man County Calf Show and Sale,
one of the area's top Hereford
events.
Seventy - three Hereford calves,
horned and polled, will be in the
barns by tonight, ready for the
show judging that starts at 9 a. m.
Wednesday morning, with C. L. Mc-
Hatton of Baldwin, Illinois as the
judge, McHatton was the largest
buyer of calves at the 1951 show
here.
Walter Britten of College Station
will be auctioneer for the sale, that
starts at 1 p. m. All of the 73 ani-
mals will be in both the show and
sale.
Show officials today were antic-
ipating a, ."highly successful show
and sale" with an eye on two other
top area shows that are preceding
the county event. The West Texas
Hereford Association sale at Abilene
Monday averaged $980 a head for
28 females and 44 bulls sold singly
averaged $745 a head.
A sale is being held at Sweet-
water today, and a number of buy-
ers who are making the two earlier
shows are expiected here for the
county sale.
■Hie 1951 calf sale here, the first
held, averaged $764 a head for 67
animals entered.
The 73 head in the show-sale in-
21 horned Hereford bulls and
24 heifers, and 12 Polled Hereford
bulls and 16 heifers.
Most of the cattle in the Cole-
man sale are from county breeders,
but the consignors list includes a
number of other area breeders. Con-
signors are:
Bowen Hereford Farms, Coleman:
Joe and Joe Dan Weed on, Gros-
venor; A. V. Bullard, Burkett; Dale
Burleson, Coleman; Cox and Mc-
Innis, Byrd; J. C. Dibrell, Coleman;
Ozro Eubank and Sons, Santa An-
na.
A. E, Fogle, Tuscola; W. J. Ful-
wiler, Abilene; Royce W. Oay, Cole-
man; Gill Ranch, Whon; Jim and
Fay Gill. Coleman; Dorothea C.
Griffin, Lawn; Hilburn Henderson,
Santa Anna; Holly Stock Farm,
Coleman; Jare Horne, Coleman.
Mrs. Jack Home, Coleman; C.
Billy Graham Film
To Be Shown Here
Thursday Night
The evangelistic film, “Mr. Tex-
as," a story of the work of Baptist
Evangelist Billy Graham, will be
shown at the First Baptist Church
here Thursday night at 7:30.
The picture was filmed in Fort
Worth in 1951 during a revival Rev.
Graham held there, and was spon-
sored by the churches of' the Tar-
rant County Baptist Association. It
tells a story of the experiences of
two .persons in the Fort Worth re-
vival, and includes part of two of
Rev. Graham’s sermons.
The public is invited to attend
the showing.
C. L. NEWTON
polio fund chairman
Hardy of Santa Anna. Case is being
prosecuted by county attorney W.
E. Allen and R. E. Murphy is de-
fense attorney.
New Subscribers
Tax Discount At
1 Percent Today
A one percent discount will be
made for county and state taxes
paid In December, tax collector Ber
nice Johnson said today)
A two percent discount period for
taxes, in effect during November,
ended today.
Recent subscribers to the Cole-
man County Chronicle and Cole-
man Democrat-Voice are as follows:
F. A. May, Hereford
Mrs. W. M. Simmons, Coleman
John Nebeling, Soquel, Calif.
Luther Mauldin, Voss
C. L, Taylor, O'Donnell
J. D. Gorman, Novice
Mrs. W. H. Rush, Valera
Tom Landrum, Valera
Mrs. J. M. McQueen, Fisk
Buffalo School, Santa Anna
Will Farmer, Noviee
Arch Champion, Novice
O. L. Stevens, Coleman
John Balkum, Leaday
Marvin Ray, City
W. -E. McClellan, Gouldbusk
E. L. Harris, Burkett
E. W. Gill Jr., Whon
Mrs. Sherman Payne, Salt Lake
City, Utah
Ira Oallaway, Houston
Mrs. Rosa Walker, George West
Mrs. Frank Bryan, Rockwood
W. H. Kemp, Coleman
Mrs. A. E. Folkner, Coleman
A. L. McGahey, Santa Anna
H. W. Robertson, Talpa
Earl Ztrkle, Coleman
L, Zweig, San Antonio
Mrs. Lena Martin, Talpa
W. A. Humes. Talpa
Mrs. L. P. Collins, Corpus Christ!
Frank P. Spencer, Cross Plains
Carroll Phoenix, Los Angeles, Cal.
C. J. Dibrell, City '
Blue Hardware, Santa Anna
Mrs. W. M. Gilliam, Coleman
Mrs. W. B, Lee, Coleman
James McClure, Talpa
G. E. Younglove, Coleman
Bob Livingston, Coleman
Doris Elaine Saunders, Temple
Mrs. Matt. Martin. Coleman
'Mike Burroughs, Burkett.
Geo. Coleman, Lake Hurst, N. J.
D. P. Burroughs, Novice
Arch Sharp, Novice
Earl Hardy, Santa Anna
Sanford Tune, Coleman
Billie B. Beach, Coleman
Charles T. Cooper, Coleman
Charles Rupe Drilling Co., City
Harry Crews, Santa Anna
Ford Barnes, Santa Anna
Mrs. Etta Gould, San Angelo
J. E. Johnigan, Colorado Springs,
Colorado . *t’
J. W. Jeffrey, Valera
Joe Phariss, Coleman
H. L. Pinkerton, City
C. W. Fleming, Santa Anna
Mrs. F. M. McKinney, City
Mrs. David Parker, City
Mrs. Gertrude Home, City
Mrs. J. ft. Gipson, Santa Anna
J. C. Smith, Talpa
Mrs. A. V. Livingston, Talpa
Howard Parker, Talpa
W. L. Allccm, Talpa
Mrs. O. S. Sikes, Talpa
Will H. Taylor, Fisk
Sam Smith, Gouldbu.sk
Mrs. Winnie Parker, City
Ralph G. Parker, Abilene
Mrs. E. V. wader. Colorado City
Mrs. John West, Coleman
Mrs. C. S. Parsons, Burkett
R. J. Kolb, Coleman
Mrs. S. A. Smyth, Coieman
Rev. Vem Cook, Qouidbusk
C. D. Baker, Cross Plains
W. R. Hickman, City
James C. Dodd, City
L. W. Thompson, Coleman
L. E, Audas, Burkett
Rex Steele, City
Mrs. Virgil Morgan, Odessa
Jep Morrison, Talpa
A. H McQueen, Fisk. ,
D. H. Orounds Valera.
Harold Lewallen, San Angelo
Arnold Allcarn, Talpa
Wald Jackson, Coleman
Clinton Lowe, Santa Anna
Lila Tomlinson, Brownwood
Mrs, T.E.D. Shepherd, Coleman
E. H. Richey, Talpa
Coleman High School, City
Gordon H. Winslett, Midland
Mrs. Jesse Hedgcoxe, McKinney
Mrs. J. L. McGregor, City
Emmett Freeman, Goldsboro
Morris Miller, City
Mrs. Annie Berryman, Talpa
A. P. Howard, Gouldbusk
Ray Culling, Gouldbusk
Mrs. M. B. Nichols, Baird
J. E. Hickman, Santa Anna
Pvt. Donald C. Hurst,
New York, N. Y.
Sue Smith, City
Mrs. Raymond Smith, Kermit
M. C. Rich, Cross Plains
L. G. Norris, Coleman
W. H. Smith, Odessa
Othie Lloyd, Hobbs, N. M.
Mrs. Earl Authur, Talpa ?>■
Mrs. R. P. Haun, City <
Lee Miller, Rockwood.
Frank Alexander, Talpa.
Charlie and Opal Bauldin, Talpa.
F. L. Barnes, Coleman.
Oas Havens, Lubbock.
C. J. Domes, Abilene.
Neal Smith, Coleman.
Miss Ada Brown, Talpa.
Paul Bivins, Santa Anna.
B. J. peal, Odessa.
Florence Futrell, Glen Cove.
Neda Beth King, Abilene.
T. T, Sikes, Fisk.
J. C. Bowden, Cross Plains.
I. V. Sewell, TWpa.
Robert JB. Taylor. Coleman.
Cteo
O. H. McAlister, Big Spring: Hes-
ton S. McBride, Blanket; C. T. Mc-
Clatchey and Son, . Bangs: Claude
Mclnnis, Byrds; John and Margaret
Mclnnis, Byrds; Mr. and Mrs. O.
J. Martin, Bangs; Carl Sheffield,
Brookesmtth; Harold B. Stovall,
Coleman; Vance Golden Hoof Farms,
Coleman; Fairway Farm, San Aug-
ustine, and W. B. Barrett, Coman-
che.
Newton Heads
'53 Polio Drive
10-Day Christinas
Holiday Planned
By City Schools
Coleman school students will get
a 10-day vacation for the Christ-
mas holidays, it was announced to-
day.
School will be dismissed on Thur-
sday afternopm December 18, and
will be resumed on Monday morn-
ing, December 29. A high school
Christmas feature will be a choral
Christmas program to be presented
at the school on December 18, by
the high school chorus directed by
Mrs. Marcus Durham.
JONES TO MINNESOTA
POULTRY MEETINGS
W. T. Jones Jr., of the Lone Star
Turkey Hatchery here is in Min-
neapolis, Minn!, this week at the
Minneapolis State Hatchery Con-
vention and will go from there to
the Northern States Turkey Show
at Alexandria, Minn., later this
week. His company has a turkey
egg booth at tH» two shows. -
Two Vehicles Damaged
In Airport Road Crash
Two vehicles were damaged heav-
ily but no one was injured in a
car-pickup near head-on crash on
the airport road north of town on
Monday.
The crash occured on the west
side of Hord’s Creek bridge on the
road. The car was driven by Jack
Davis of Coleman and was going
west, deputy sheriff Roland Jame-
son said, and it met almost head-
on with a pickup truck driven by
Gerald Jones of Coleman.
Two other passengers were with
Davis. Jameson said. The wreck
occured near the center of the road,
C. L. Newton, president of the
Coleman County Electric Coopera-
tive, has been named chairman of
the 1953 March of Dimes fund drive
for Coleman County, announces
Mrs. J. A. B. Miller, county chair-
man.
Newton was active in the 1952
drive for polio funds.
The 1953 campaign will open on
January 15. Mrs. Miller said. No
goal has been set yet “but we Will
need all we can get,” she- added. A
part of the campaign will be a
“Mothers March" on the final night,
as was done in the 1952 solicitation,
and the Coleman Parent-Teacher
Associations are being asked to take
part, she added.
The March of Dimes program,
that finances treatment of polio
victims, has spent more than its
county collections for the past sev-
eral years here.
he added.
“V
TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. Hattie O’Hair left Monday-
night for Abilene where she will be
a patient in the Hendricks Memor-
-ial Hospital.
Truck Permits
Section Added To
Highway Office
'Pruckers needing special permits
for loads in excess of legal lengths,
weight and height can now get them
at the Coleman office of the State
Highway Department, announces
Resident Engineer Erie Mayo.
Mrs. Joe Webb, Coleman, has been
employed as permit clerk for the
office to handle the hew service.
Previously, truckers were required
to get permits from the Brownwood
Highway Department office. The
Highway Department office 4s in
the Agricultural Buildingon East
Pec5irstfeet,;.T ~
2 Make $5,000 Bonds
In Pipe Theft Case Here
Bonds of $5,000 have been made
by two of four men charged in an
October $25,000 pipe theft in the
county, and one of the four is still
at large, sheriff H. F. Fenton, Jr.,
said today.
W. E. Fletcher, independent oil
operator of Dallas, was one of four
men indicted lor theft in excess of
$50 by a 35th district grand’ jury
here last week. He and G. T. Morg-
an, Dallas, had completed their
bonds this week, while a third man
Indicted, Alvin Choate of Brown-
wood, is being held in Jail here, j
Trial for the trio has been set for
December 29 in the 35 th
court of Judge A. O. Newman.
Fletcher also made a $5,000 bond
in Runnels County this week on a
similiar charge, Fenton said.
An independent oil operator, Flet-
cher has been active in oil oper-
ations in Ooleman and Runnels
counties area for several months
The theft charges came from the
removal of 22,000 feet of two-inch
oil well
Choate, who is sentenced to two Silver Valley cm October »' The
prison terms of fwo to five years,
from two other West Texas coun-
t.«s, was not eligible for bond. He
is being held on a
here for his trial.
The fourth man
Both Fletcher and Morgan were
served with arrest warrants Mon-
day at Dallas by Fenton, but both
had completed bonds earlier. Flet-
cher had not been arrested in pre-
jury pickups of suspects, but his
attorney, Ross Scott of Dallas, was
here last week when the grand jury
met. Fletcher's bond was mailed in
a few days later,
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