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* Going Great In '58
Scout Exposition
Scheduled bF
Coleman Democrat-Voice
76 YEARS IN COLEMAN
PUBLISHER EACH TUESDAY
VOLUME 77—NO.41
Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texai, March 25, 1$958
ONE SECTION-4 PAGES
With all troops in the south-1 penrent of proceeds will go
ern district participating, all* ibe local troops, with the
Scout Exposition will be hel/°‘h"joing tP pay ex-
_ , ,, . T position expenses. Any money
in Coleman Saturday, ApMlieft over from the expense
12th, from 5 to 8 p.m at the'fund will go to the Camp
Morris Chevrolet showroom, Tonkawa improvement fund,
announces Foster Miller, who Troops from Coleman, Win-
is chairman of the ticket com-iters, Baif87"Santa Anna, Bur-
mittee. Jkett and Buffalo Gap will par-
Tickets are being sold now ticipate in the exposition,
by Boy Scouts here in Cole-.There will be exhibits and
ma i and will be on sale right demonstrations of all phases
up to the exposition. Forty'of Scouting.
Your Opinion, Please
Your Ha1 e-AT; iri sub-corn-1 Coleman.
mittee for the study of the
school program in Coleman
County would appreciate hav-
ing your opinion on all or a
part of the following ques-|
tions.
1. In your opinion, what
subjects are not being taught
adequately in your elementary
schools’
2. What courses not now be-
ing required should be re
„ ; , j. Iquired of all high school stu-
Send your reply'to a mem-ljents,
her of the committee> repre- 3 Is the content of hi(?h
senting your school district: I schoo, C0ursps as taught ,;l
Mis. L D. Biuce, Santa An- your high school adequate,
na, loppy Beaver, Talpa, anfj aro standards hieh
George Pauley and D. H.|
Grounds, Centennial; Marshall
Altom, Novice; L. B. Ken-
nedy, Box 85, Gouldbusk, Mo-
zelle School District; J. E.
Stroop and Terrell Graves,
high
425 Entries In For
Annual Science Fair
Farm Bureau
Members Meet
Thursday Night
The quarterly membership
meeting of the Coleman Coun-
ty Farm Bureau will be held
Thursday night, March 27, at
7:30 p.m. at the rodeo grounds
announces Gussie Wise, sec-
A covered dish supper will instruction in our schools? I the Coleman County United
be served and a program is 11. Is your school lunch Fund organization the past
planned All members are urg-| program satisfactory'’ Thursday night, following the
ed to attend. Cecil Horne, or-' 12 What changes would youiannual membership meeting
ganization president, will pre-i recommend be made to im-lat the courthouse,
side at the meeting. Iprove school transportation9 ! Casey, who has been active
7 FIRST PLACES
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY of the Coleman County United Fund for 1958
are shown above. Left is M, B. Casey, president, and right is Mrs. Ogden Brown,
secretary. They were elected to those positions at the membership meeting on
Thursday night. (Staff Photo).
FINANCIAL REPORT COMMENDED
M. B. Casey Will Head
United Fund This Year
M. B. Casey, manager of I in the organization the past oversubscribed by $1,615.85.
enough?
4. Are you pleased with the
type of report card being
used in your school district9
(Your comment would be ap-j
preciated).
5. Do you feel that all who
need vocational courses in
high school have suitable ones;
available?
6. Should driver education
be provided in our schools?
7. Should drivei education J
be the responsibility of the!
state or the local district?
8. Do you feel that in your,
school district you have a
teaching staff that is adequate
In number?
9 Are pupils provided text-
books that are adequate inj
number and quality? ! _ _
10. How can radio and tele-1 Coleman Coca-Cola Bottling two years, will head the 1958
vision be used effectively for|Co., was elected president of j fund drive. He succeeds Hal
- ..... woodward, wj10 Was president
for 'the 1957 drive and who
presided at the membership
meeting.
Other officers for 1958 in-
clude E. W. Scott, 1st vice-
president; Ralph Edens, 2nd
vice-president; Steve Brown,
treasurer; and Mrs: Ogden
Brown, secretary.
O. H. Rohde made a report
on the 1957 drive, which re-
vealed that a total of $19,-
357.67 was contributed. Of!
that amount $14,471.77 has
been deposited, while another
$4,885.90 is in pledges and
will be paid. It was stressed
that the pledges for 1957 were
delinquent only by $53, which
Track Team Romps To
Title at Tarleton Relays
Coleman’s fleet-footed Blue-|and tied for another. Itory in the mile in the eom-
cat cindermen easily defend- Dale Byerly and John Dale paratively slow time of 4:45,
ed their title in the Tarleton.Lewis paced the Bluecats.land teammate Peppy Dyer
Relays, held in Stephenville
Saturday, ringing up 40 7/8
points to 22 3/4 for runner-up
Brady Competing against 18
teams in the 1-A division. Cole-
man swept to six first places,
Across the
Editor’s Desk
By MILTON AUTRY
The City Pound is showing
an increase in business these
days, and a good many dogs
are being picked up. City per-
sonnel are v. dering if some
Coleman citizens might like
to have some of these dogs
for pots. A report as of yester-
day stated that there are tw
real nice male dogs
came in second. Byerly also
tied for first with a Gatesville
boy in the high jump with a
leap of 5-8. Burl Farmer tied
for third in the jump with
two other boys at 5-6. Farmer
..™ i„.,v lUv also tied for second in the
mile relay. A dropped baton,pole vault with three other
cost Coleman a very possible boys, topping the bar at 10-6.
first place in the 440-yard re-1 Steady Larry Jennings won
lay. It was the second week|0ut in liis specialty, the 880
in a row that the sprint relayirun jn the time of 2:08.1, and
team had a disastrous blow was a member of the winning
costing them a probable vie- mile relay team, along with
picking up 10 1/4 and 10 points
respectively. First places for
Coleman came in the indivi-
dual running events, as they
made a clean sweep of the
100, 220 and 440 yard dashes,
the 880 and mile runs, and the
tory.
The Bluecats failed to es-
tablish any new records, as
the track was very slow due
to rain and wind which hamp-
ered the event.
Two particularly bright
spots for Coach Harold Wood-
ard was the fine showing of
the Quartermiler Pat DeBusk, and
pound*now. One 'isT big dog s?rint®r Lewis DaBusk- r,L!n‘
and the other small The 9!°® tbe °Pen quarter for the
pound is located at the city
light plant area, and persons
interested should act quickly.
* • *
Monday issue of tha Dal-
las Morning News carried
a very interesting feature
story about Mrs. Lucille
Ayers Payne, interior de-
signer, who is the daughter
of Nannie Ayers of Cole-
man. Mrs. Payne won first
place in the residential
division of the Illuminating
Engineering Society con-
test, and got $25 for her top
place entry. She has been
in business in Dallas the
past three years, operating
under the firm name cf
Payne Associates. Lucille is
well known here and her
many friends will be pleased
to know of her success.
• * *
The Altar Society of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, an-
nounces a rummage sale Fri-
day and Saturday, March 28-
first time, came in first with
a sparkling 52.2. Teammate
Jesse Griffin, who was a fav-
orite in the event, was right
on his heels with a Hamlin
boy and finished third in the
time of 52.3. Lewis was never
headed in either the 100 or
220 yard dashes, winning'Bluebonnet Relays,
jevery heat and taking the Coleman will be
DeBusk, Griffin and Byerly
Their time was 3:38.5.
Other good showings by the
Bluecats were turned in by
Gerald Wisener and Charles
Graves. Wisener turned in a
10.7 in the 100 yard dash, a
time that would have been
, good enough to win three
‘ other heats, but he was in with
the pace-setting group and
failed to qualify. Wisener also
had a creditable 23.9 in the
220. Graves, also running in
the fastest mile heat, came in
with a 5:14.3 Which was good
enough for 6th place.
This coming Saturday the
Bluecats will be in Brown- quently.
wood to take part in the huge
-----*. — jn wj,ich
matched
Jake LeMay made the trea
Surer’s report, which revealed
that the fund is in good finan-
cial condition, with ample re-
serves.
New directors include: 1).
E. Loveless, Dr. J. D. Duke
Louis Pittard, Elsworth Bran
don. O. E. Shelton, M. B.
Casey, John Summers and
John Skelton. Steve Brown
and Sam Sprinkles were elect-
ed to fill vacancies created by
resignations.
Opens Friday At
I High School Gym
With- 425 entries, the third; 'a Stovall and Mrs. L. L
annual Science Fair will be .Wilder.
held here Friday and Satur- Grades: 4-6 Hugh Capps,
jday, March 28-29, announces! Mrs. Kenneth Croom and Mrs.
I.Wrs. ,C. F Blanton, fair Clyde Larance.
| director, and indications are Grades 7;9: Mrs. Audrey
that this will be the “biggest; Baker, Cloyce Huckabee and
and best" yet. Barney Popnoe.
The fair will be held at the Grades 10-12: Dr Fren In-
high school gym, from 9 a.m. man, physics teacher of Ho--
ito 10 p.m. Friday and from 9! ward Payne College. Brown-
[a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Every-Wood. Howard E. Rothrock
jone in this area is invited to and Clinton Schulze of Mason:
attend Special invitations High School,
have been extended to all [ Committees have been nam-!
students and faculties of all'ed to help plan and arrange
other schools in Coleman.tifr®Science Fair, as follows:'
County | Grades 1-3: Mrs. Clarence'
Mrs. Blanton lists the foi l Burkett and Mrs. Charlotte!
lowing judges, who will serve! Strong.
for the grades indicated: j Grades 4-6: Mrs. Ed Le-j
Grades 1-3: Mrs. Clyde May, Mary Ola Milligan and
BroW-n of Burkett. Mrs. Wino-lMrs. Bennie Parsons.
--:——--—- Grades: 7-9: James Glenn
1 and Mrs. Marcus Durham,
j Grades 10-12: Phil McMinnj
and Mrs. C. F Blanton.
Mrs. A. M. Fischer is chair-j
I man of the 'registration com !
NEIL B. MATHENA
Junior High
Chorus Gets
High Rating
The Junior High Chprus,
under the direction of Billy
Bartley, received a high rat-
ing at the Intefseholastic
League meet in Abilene the
past Friday.
One judge gave the chorus
an excellent rating and two
others rated the Coleman unit
as good.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR HERE
Jobe Displays
Small Car
stressed the point that con- Lewis Jobe of Jobe Buick
tributors are paying pledges. Company announces that he
Broken down, advanced | is now showing the Opel,
Lions To Have
Mop, Broom
WoflUiOtnaV T^ose lookir,g after prepara-j Will meet in Coleman tonight
JCilv If vUllvJIIUf tionofthe show room includejfor the annual region meeting
Regional Lions
Session Tonight
mittee, and Mrs. James Diet- Lions Club representatives ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
erich is chairman of hostesses, j from all clubs in Region 13 G. J. Slayton of Colemam_
Gas Rate
... , , W. T. Graves, Jake Joyce and and Ladies Night event.
Wednesday morning, start-:Stanley Blackwell. The affair will be held at
ing at 7:30, the Coleman Lions.
Club will start their annual!
mop and broom sale, cover-
ing the entire city. They will
have about 30 items for sale,
including all kinds of brooms,
mops, door mats, and many
other related items.
All merchandise sold is _, . — .
made by Texas Blind Shops,! \-jjnr
and profits from the sale so; I IvILwl JQIC)
to the Lions child welfare T.... , „,u„
fund, so those making pur- ar^“ ilin¥tfcketsP ?o7 the an-
nual Lions Pancake Fiesta,
are urged to make a report
Little Leaguers
Asked To Report
chases will contribute to the
blind workers making these
products, as well as to the __.... , ____, __
child welfare activities of the I
Lions Club.
tickets, is the word today from
The big supply truck will|Ri,chard Lee.' chairman of the
gifts amount to $10,676; gen-'small. economy car built in be parked all day Wednesday-ticket committee for tbe event
eral business, $3,056; em-! Europe.' Jobe will be the Cole- on College Avenue, between
ployees, $3,702.95; oil operat- man area dealer for the small
ors and non-residents, $301;
and rural communities, $1,-
621.72. These figures include
both pledges and cash. The
goal for the 1957 drive was
PUBLIC WARNED
line of cars.
The small cars, built in
Europe, have been on sale in
larger cities over .the country
for some time.
It is Lee’s opinion that
the Owl Drue and Sear's large number of tickets have
5“ been sold but have not been
More, ana tnose not contact-. , .. . . ..
ed at home or place of busi- reported by the and
ness are urged to stop by the
truck and purchase needs
there.
Rabid Dogs Reported
Two rabid dogs have been:tacks everything in sight,
reported in Coleman, and the: The city ordinance specifies
citizens of this area are urged that all dogs in the city limits I and
to be on the alert and have
their dogs immunized for
rabies. The critical season for
this disease is just getting
underway.
is necessary for the boys to
report so that a tab may be
kept on the contest.
__i A glove is to be given to
... the boy who sells the most
X«N tickets, and the top 20 sellers
HAMILTON HOME will be guests of the Lions
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hamil- at a luncheon preceding the
ton had all their daughters t pancake Fiesta
and their families together in Leading at this time is John
their home last weekend Wallace, son of Mr and Mrs
They are Mrs. Lloyd Hender- paul Wallace, who has sold
son, Gary and Hal, of San 40 tickets. Other top sellers,
Tome, Venezuela; Mrs. Edna including the tickets they have
Westbrook of Kerrnit; Mr. sold; are: Luke Cobb, 24
Mrs. Pete Mitchell and,Rjchy Lee, 23; Mark Gordon,
must have a tag, and to get I Janet of Odessa; Mrs. John;20: Hal Woodward, 18; Jim
this tag the owner must pro-lKane, her daughter and fam Johnston, 15; Roger Baird, 13:
duce a slip showing that the ily, Mr. and Mrs. James King,
dog has been immunized for Alma Jean and Kennon of
rabies. ** Falfurrias. This was the first
„__...__v,., , ,___ It is understood that a house
ieD °f r?B‘d d°ga ^ to b°use canvass will be made
d|fd and th® r.&oon, checking on dog owner-
observation. It is believed tbat 1 ship and date of issue on dog
they may have been in contact L *: 1 s
with rabid skunks which ven- B
ture into the city limits fre !
Parker Lancaster," 12; Eddie
Diaz, 10; and Jimmy Stell, 10.
April 5th has been declar-
time the daughters have all'ed deadline for the tickets to
been here in about five years, be turned in by the Little
Mrs. Henderson and children Leaguers. Tickets sold after
remained for a longer visit'that date will not count in
with her parents. the contest, Lee stresses.
the Junior High School luneh-:
room, starting at 7:30 p.m
Neil B. Mathena, district
governor, w ill be the principal
speaker at this meeting Other
features have been planned
for the program
Lions Club members will be
Appeal Hearing
k Slated
The City of Coleman has
accompanied by their ladies; received notice from the Tex-
and special guests. At this;as Railroad Commission in
meeting a deputy district gov-' Austin of the hearing on am
ernor and two zone chairmen appeal by Coleman Gas Corn-
will be elected. pany concerning a rate raise
-:- rejection here some time
ROY MONTGOMERY back.
HOSPITALIZED IN The Railroad Commission
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. ; asked if the City could be
Word has been received ready lor the hearing by Ap-
here that,. Roy Montgomery, ril 28th, states Mayor W'm. O.
who was in an airplane crash Leach, who adds that “I be-
in January, has been transfer-' lieve we can.”
red to St. Joseph's Hospital at The appeal by Coleman Gas
Albuquerque. New Mexico. Company followed the City
There he will have surgery j Council’s rejection of a plan
on his heel. Mrs. Montgomery! to increase gas rates in the
is the former Frances Slay- City of Coleman.
Byerly. Gale Helton and Jirri-
my Norris, were named to the
group, along with Charles
finals of the 100 in 10.3 and
the 220 in 23.1. Lewis had a
22.6 in the 220 prelims. The
speedster has been improving
with leaps and bounds and
these were his first victories
of the year.
Byerly scored an
It is explained that renewal
periods for rabies vaccination
is every 12 months, and the
against schools of all classes, — - — -----------
including the most powerful city has a May 15th deadline
big-city schools. There are two types of rabies, 1
_;_ I the spinal or drunk type, in j
which the animal froths at
HARD TO PLEASE j the mouth, and staggers about.
People who do as they please I ar*d the roaming or vicious
easy vic- seldom please themselves. type in which the animal at
Funds Due Release In
Cotton Acreage Reserve
___ ______________■____H . The chairman of the local the county committees will
29, in the building next door county ASC committee, Ver- get the go ahead for complet
■ “ - ”----- non Bullard, reports that most ing the sign-up. 'Preliminary
farmers Who wanted to take steps have been taken by the
part in the 1958 acreage re-jstate ASC committee to pre-
serve of the soil bank, but pare the way for Immediate
could not file signed agree action when the supplemental
ments because of fund limi- funds are authorized,
tations, will apparently be; In addition to farmers who
able to sign up at the county have already filed signed
office in the near future agreements, which were in
Both the Senate and the general covered by the initial
House of Representatives hfivei appropriation for the acreage
to Alex Mayers.
• * «
Plant are being made now
for the Career Day, to be
held at Coleman High School
April 2nd. Adult speakers
will.ba scheduled at all hours
of tha day, and students
may attend the lectures
they ere most interested in.
Definite plans for this event
WH be announced later [approved a supplemental ap-j reserve, other eligible farmers
this week. propriation of 250 million dol will be in position to take part
’• • .• Jars to provide for additional in the enlarged program
The Santa Anna High School acreage reserve participation | These will include those
band will play a concert here, This will bring the total to'whose names are on the wait-
Wednesdav March 26, at the;750 million dollars for the ing list registers at the county
Coleman High School auditor-11958 program. Because agree- office, and possibly others
lum starting at 11:20 a m and ment on some detailed pro- —(‘ j IJ
the general public is invited gram provisions must still be
to attend The concert will reached in House-Senate eon
last about 40 minutes. The ference. Congressional action
Coleman High School band on the supplemental appropria-
played a concert at Santa An- tion la not yet complete As
na some time back.
where there is evidence that
they made an attempt to par-
ticipate during the sign-up
period.
While it is expected that in
_______________general funds will be avail-
actiun is taken,! able to lake care of all farm-
ers, who indicated that they
would take part in the pro-
gram if it was enlarged, there
s a legislative annual limi-
atiom of 300 million dollars
for the corn acreage reserve
Because the total of signed
igreements and other applies ;
ions on waiting lists would!
’all for more than 300 million
dollars, if all the corn appli
'■ations were completed, some'
adjustment will be necessary
for this crop.
Public notice will be given j
promptly when the county'
ASC office is ready to sign
additional acreage reserve
agreements. The chairman,
Vernon Bullard, says that in
the meantime the county of > ,
fice will be prepared to fur- sponsored neTe
nish general information but
that farmers should not at-
tempt to sign up agreements
until official announcements
are made.
Bluecats, Ramblettes
Place 3 On All-District
In a meeting of district I Currey of Winters and Jerry
coaches held in Ballinger Iasi j Nettik of Cisco. Receiving
Friday night, the 7-AA All j honorable mention were W es-
District basketball selection.- ey Stokes and Kenneth Wig-
were announced, with the bi j nton of Ballinger and Fred
district champion Coleman; Austin of Winters.
Bluecats and Ramblettes hog- ,
ging the honors. ! °n the S11"1®’ sextet, the
Three Bluecat seniors, Dale Ramblettes placed two for-
wards and a guard. They were
Sondra Dority and Bonita
Strickland. forwards, and
Ruth Ann Hemphill, guard.
Strickland is a senior, while
Dority and Hemphill are jun-
! 'ors. Winters also placed three
girls, Dorothea King, Char-
jlotte Belew and Joyce Heath-
cott.
Girls receiving honorable f
j mention were Shirley Cle '
ents, Sue Moore and Lor
Lipsey of Cisco, Marilyn
tier and Resa Burris of Bal-
linger, Dianne Sims of Win-
ters, and Carolyn Powell of
Coleman Miss Powell is a
senior.
J
Court Defers
Action On
County Finances
, County Com
ourt, in session
deferred —
The Colemi
missioners C
yesterday,
| concerning the county's
I nances, reports County Ju
L Emet Walker.
I The commission*
ed the problem at
i then deferred any 1
later meeting It is 1
£'rt,!r
THE EASTER PARADE,
lay night by the Delta Iota
Chapter of EpsiloriVsigroli Alpha, are shown above.
center, wearing crovSdT They are Rene Templeton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Templeton, and David
fSlack, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Slack. Second place
couple, at right, are Jana Sue Howard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Howard, and Mike Marrs, son of Mr.
Mrs. Mayo Marrs. Third place couple at left
Home, son of Mr. am
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