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I Think Taylor
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Volume 48, Number 121
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Full Leased Wire Report of The Associated Press—World’s Greatest News Service
Fair - Cooler
Clearing Monday afternoon. Fair and somewhat cooler
Monday night. Tuesday sunny and mild.
Today’s Range: 65-85. Tomorrow’s Range: 58-84.
Yesterday’s High: 90. Rainfall: .25.
Sunrise: 5:41 a.m. Sunset: 7:14 p.m.
Moonrise Tues.: 2:32 a.m. Moonset Tues.: 2:22 p.m.
Lake Levels: Travis 671.76’. Buchanan 1014.21’. '
U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast
for Taylor and Williamson County
Six Pages
TAYLOR, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1961
OP) — Associated Press
Price Five Cents
Twisters and Floods
Hit Mid-Continent,
Damage is Heavy
Destructive Tornado
Hits Plano in Texas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tornadoes and sudden flood's
brewed from violent thunder-
storms hit a broad mid-continent
area with death, injury and prop-
erty damage during the weekend.
The twister menace persisted,
with Plano, Tex., hit today by a
small tornado which added to mil-
lions of dollars in the destruction
toll, but caused no injuries. Sev-
eral buildings in the town of 3,-
700 about 15 miles north of Dal-
las, were damaged.
Hundreds of persons were left
homeless in eight states by the
twin-pronged weather scourge.
The flash floods and severe
weather, including tornadoes,
gusty winds, heavy rain and hail,
were blamed for at least 29
deaths. Nearly 100 persons were
injured.
The American Red Cross in St.
Louis said arrangements were
made to provide food, clothing,
medical care and emergency shel-
ter for an estimated 1,000 families
in north central Arkansas, south-
east Missouri, northeast Oklaho-
ma, southern Illinois and Kansas.
Severe thunderstorms continued
during the morning in many areas
from Oklahoma and Kansas north-
eastward through the middle and
upper Mississippi Valley into the
Great Lakes region.
Tornadoes struck six communi-
ties in Arkansas Sunday, killing
four persons. Three others were
drowned in swollen streams in the
state. Included were two persons
who lost their lives in a flash
flood in Harrison, one of the
hardest hit towns in the storm
belt.
The twisters in Arkansas hit
Midway, Whiteville, Clarkridge,
Pindall, Summitt and Oil Trough.
Three persons were killed at Sum-
mitt, near Yellville, and one per-
son in Midway. About 40 homes
were destroyed in a 20-mile area
between ' Pindall and Yellville.
Nineteen persons were hurt.
National Guardsmen were sent
into Harrison, a community of 6,-
500, after Gov. Orval E. Faubus
declared martial law. Crooked
Creek overflowed and sent a wall
of water 14 feet high through the
streets of the northwest Arkansas
town. Two men drowned and an
elderly couple was missing in
Harrison. Damage was estimated
by Mayor Dene O. Hester at $5
to $10 million. A youth drowned
in flooded Sugar Creek near
Springdale, the seventh storm-re-
lated death in Arkansas.
Tornadoes also pounded Sohth
Fork, Mo., about 60 miles north-
east of the severe storm area
'Arkansas, injuring eight persons.
A dozen persons were hurt in a
tornado which hit an area of Kan-
sas and Missouri adjoining Kan-
sas City. Tornadic winds lashed
areas near Stamford, in west-
central Texas, northern Okla-
home and in Madisonville, Ky.
Many rivers and streams, fed
by heavy spring rains, overflowed
across sections of Kansas, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Okla-
homa and Missouri. The Missouri
River was near flood stage at
several points in Missouri.
YOGI BEAR
Popular resident of Jelly-
stone National Park, Yogi
makes his debut in the
comic section of The Taylor
Press starting Sunday, May
14.
Watch for YOGI BEAR
next Sunday and enjoy a
good laugh.
Beauty, Fewer Hazards
Rewards for Clean-Up
Fire Chief Johnnie Hafernik to-
day cited beauty and reduced fire
hazards as rewards for participat-
ing in the annual city-wide clean-
up campaign May 15-18.
Hafernik reminded citizens that
the campaign is just around the
corner. Pile up day is next Mon-
day. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday will be pick-up days,
when city crews will haul away
just about anything you’re big
enough to get to the curb.
“Spring clean-up yields two end
results of value,” Hafernik said.
“It can beautify your home and
your community. And at the
same time it can reduce fire
hazards.”
Hafernik said it’s a well known
fact that good housekeeping pre-
vents fires. Here are a list of
things you can do to make your
home spic and span and at the
same time improve its fire safely,
according to Hafernik:
Start in the attic. Throw out
unneeded piles of old newspapers,
magazines, broken furniture, old
rags and other combustible mat-
erial upon which fires feed.
Make the same check for ac-
cumulations of combustibles in the
garage and store room. In addi-
tion to discarding stacks of mag-
azines and papers which may have
gathered there, also throw out old
rags, empty paint pails, or any
other trash that has accumulated
during the winter.
If you have paint supplies,
ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT
BORGER, Tex. (® — The Phil-
lips Petroleum Co. and the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers In
ternational Union have announced
agreement on a new contract pro-
posal that would end a 4-month
in strike at Phillips’ plant here.
Cotton Must Compete.
Lint Official Declares
LUBBOCK ffl — The keynote
speaker of the American Cotton
Congress declared today that “All
the gold that has ever been pro-
duced in this country wouldn’t
equal the value of the cotton crop
for the last 10 years.”
The speaker was Burris Jack-
son of Hillsboro, general chair-
man of the congress.
Jackson said the cotton industry
represents an investment of $22
billion and the cotton crop each
year creates new wealth to the
extent of $2V2 billion at the farm
level alone.
Jackson was the first of major
cotton leaders who will appear be-
fore the delegates and discuss
prime cotton industry problems.
He said the industry provides
work for millions as well as being
“a vitally important export com-
modity and source of economic
strength.”
14.2 Mi l I ion Bales
Reported in 1960
WASHINGTON UP) — The Agri-
culture Department’s final report
today put the 1960 cotton crop at
14,272,000 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight and the combined
value of cotton and cottonseed at
$2,395,000,000.
The Texas crop was 4,346,000
bales, harvested on 6,325,000 acres
which yielded an average of 329
pounds.
The production figure was based
largely on ginnings for the season.
It compares with 14,558,000 bales
for the 1959 crop and 13,710,000
for the ten-year (1949-58) average.
The value of the 1959 crop ot
cotton and cottonseed, by compar-
ison, was put at $2,536,000,000.
“These are some of the big
reasons,” he emphasized, “Why
it’s absolutely essential to keep
this industry alive and expanding.
This is another way of saying that
cotton must be competitive—a
theme we’ve stressed throughout
21 congresses and one we’re going
to continue to stress.”
Jackson said the customer at
the retail counter determines cot-
ton’s destiny and buys the pro-
duct that offers him the best value
in price and quality. Effective pro-
motion is- necessary, he added.
He said there was only “one
real way” for the industry to offer
the consumer high value and
strengthen and expand the cotton
market.
“It’s through intelligent and ef-
fective research and promotion,”
he said, “research that unlocks
the door to lower costs and a
competitive price . . . research
that’s concentrated on improving
the quality of cotton and its pro-
ducts . . . and promotion that
utilizes to the fullest all the tools
and techniques that influence peo-
ple to buy in this competitive
age.”
Jackson told the Congress that
3 million persons are involved in
producing the cotton crop which
provides jobs for 43,000 workers
in 5,400 gins; 12,000 in warehouses
and compresses; 11,000 in cotton
oil mills; and 9,000 in cotton mer-
chandising firms.
Cotton textile mills, he es-
timated, provide employment for
850,000 workers with annual pay
rolls of $2,800,000.
Despite inroads of synthetics,
the speaker continued, cotton ac-
counts for about two-thirds of the
fiber consumed in textiles, more
than all oilier, fibers combined.
make sure the paint is kept in
closed containers. Turpentine,
paint thinner and other painting
materials should be kept in tight-
ly-sealed metal containers.
Bottles are likely to break. Make
sure flamable liquids are not
stored near the hot water heater.
W'hen cleaning the yard, put all
the rubbish out for the pick-up
truck. Do not attempt to burn it.
Leaves, branches and other de-
bris should be piled near the curb
for collection.
Rolls-Royce
May be on
Its Way Out
LONDON m — The Rolls-
Royce, limousine of the truly
opulent, may be on the way out.
The company that has built
plush autos for kings, oil rich
shiekhs, millionaires and film
stars faced a financial crisis.
The trouble is caused by the
recent British government law
limiting to 2,000 pounds—$5,600—
the income tax deduction for au-
tomobiles for company execu-
tives.
Lord Kindersley, chairman of
Rolls-Royce, has warned the gov-
ernment that his company has
been so hard hit by the tax law
the firm’s car division may have
to cease production.
In less than three weeks since
Chancellor of the Exchequer- Sel-
wyn Lloyd’s budget proposal, the
Rolls order book has shrunk by
75 per cent.
Rolls price tags range upward
from 6,000 pounds—$16,800. The
Crewe plant produces only 2,400
a year and about half of them go
in export. In January the wait
for a new Rolls was 12 months.
Since the budget the wait has
dropped to four to five. months
and within eight weeks delivery is
expected to be “immediate.”
Lord Kindersley, who staunchly
refuses to lower the standards of
Rolls-Royce products to cut costs,
has written to every member of
Parliament appealing for a revi-
sion of the tax proposal whcih he
claims is directed specifically at
his company’s luxury automobile.
Closing the groups car division
would not affect the rest of the
company’s activities. The division
last year accounted for 15 per
cent of the firm’s $280 million an-
nual turnover.
Its closure, however, would
mean no jobs for many of the
firms 5,600 highly skilled techni-
cians and not even Queen Eliza-
beth would be able to buy a Rolls.
69 Guardsmen
Attend Mission
Sixty-nine members of Taylor’s
National. Guard attended the an-
nual weekend firing mission at
North Fort Hood Saturday and
Sunday. W/O Virgil Plowman
said only three Guardsman failed
to make it.
“Everything went fine,” Plow-
man said, “and we weren’t rain-
ed out, although we had a driz-
zle Saturday morning when we
moved in. Nobody got hurt and
everyone got back safe and
sound.”
Plowman wen on to say that
all 69 Guardsmen qualified with
sub-calibre weapons. There are
the .45 calibre machine gun, the
.45 calibre pistol and the M-l
rifle.
A minimum score of 70 is requir-
ed to qualify as an armored
crewman.
One Seriously
Hurt in Rash
Of Accidents
Police Report
Theft Coses
One person was seriously in-
jured in a rash of wrecks over
tiie weekend in Taylor and the
Taylor area.
Francisco Vasquez of Beltcn re-
ceived a fractured skull and var-
ious abrasions and lacerations
when the 1952 Buick he was driv-
ing overturned on a curve one-
tenth of a mile west of Bartlett
on FR 487 at 8 p. m. Saturday
night.
According to Texas highway
patrolmen of Taylor, Vasquez was
taken to Scott & White Hospital
in Temple. Two passengers in
the car were treated and released
with minor injuries. They were
Israel Martinez of Belton and
Alphonso Pasquez of Jarrell.
The car is a total loss.
A calf was killed in Bartlett
at 9:30 p.m. Saturday when hit
by the 1956 Ford driven by Wal-
lace Eugene Lorenz of Bartlett,
who was going north on State
Highway 95. Damage to the car
was estimated at $200 by highway
patrolmen.
There was also about $200 dam-
ages in a wreck at 6:35 a.m. to-
day.
Involved was the 1956 Chevrolet
driven by Ronald Jack Cummings
of Rockdale. Going west on U.S.
Highway 79 Cummings’ car skid-
ded on a curve on wet pavement,
hit a highway sign and came to
a stop at the edge of a field.
Major damage occurred in a
wreck at 7:32 p.m. Sunday in-
vestigated by Taylor city police.
The wreck occurred in the 900
block of West Second Street and
involved the 1953 Chevrolet driven
by Roy Holman of TaylGr and
the 1960 GMC truck-tractor driven
by Robert Posey of Palestine.
According to police, Holman was
attempting to make a right turn
at the same time Posey was at-
tempting to pass to the right.
A wreck at the intersection of
Fourth and Main at 2:34 p.m
Sunday sent one of the passengers
to Johns Hospital in Taylor suf-
fering from shock.
The shock victim was Mrs. W,
A. Neely, 75, a passenger in the
1959 Chevrolet driven by Mrs.
Nina Guinn of Austin. The other
car involved in the wreck was a
1953 Ford driven by Joe Menley
of Georgetown.
City police said Mrs. Guinn was
going west on Fourth and Menley
north on Main when they collided
in the intersection.
Damage is major to both cars.
City police also received reports
of several theft cases.
Paul Estrada reported two fend-
er skirts removed from his 1950
(See ACCIDENTS, Page 6)
Five Arrested
In Raid on
Cock Fights
GEORGETOWN—County Sheriff
Henry Matysek Sunday afternoon
led a raid by local and state law
enforcement officers on a giant
cock fight being staged in a pas-
ture near Florence.
Five persons—all from out of
the county—were arrested and
charged with the actual operation
of the cock fights on the Tony
Chambers ranch located one mile
north of Florence in Williamson
County. Admission to the fights
was $1 per person.
According to Sheriff Matysek,
charged with matching the cock
fights were Carl Nalls of Austin,
Jack Eurhart of Austin, Billy
Gene Anderson of Waco, Billy
Satterwhite of Killeen, and A. M.
Fox of Rio Vasta.
Each paid fines and court costs
of $104.50 — a total of $522.50 —
in Judge Wallace Suttles justice
court in Florence, said Sheriff
Matysek.
Sheriff Matysek said that when
he and other members of the raid-
ing party, including deputy Au-
gust Bosshart, deputy Bud Jordan,
Texas Ranger Horton of Killeen,
Texas Ranger Riddle of Austin,
Constable Bob Champion of
Georgetown, and Constable Webb
Boggs of Florence, made the raid
there were between 250 and 300
spectators on the scene.
“Cock fights were in actual pro-
gress when we walked upon the
scene,” said Matysek. Many of
the spectators ran when they be-
came aware of the raid.
The fights were held in a cock
pit dug out in the ground and
buit up above ground with a can-
vass, forming a regular ring.
“There were 12 roosters already
killed when we got there and
(See FIGHTS, Page fi)
Tax Question Again Put
Before Williamson Voters
SHEPARD MEETS FELLOW ASTRONAUTS—Alan Shepard meets fellow
Project Mercury trainees Donald Slayton, left, and Virgil Grissom, right,
following his arrival on the carrier Lake Champlain. —nea Telephoto
Shepard Says Flight is Encouraging
Astronauts to Press Exploration
WASHINGTON UP) — Cmdr.
Alan B. Shepard said today the
flight which made him America’s
first spaceman will encourage
him and his associates to press
on with the program of explora-
tion.
“All in all, we Were very much
pleased with the flight, very much
encouraged, and we intend to
press ahead with the program,”
he told his first news conference.
Shepard began his talk to the
assembed newsmen by introdue-
WASHINGTON (ffl — President
Kennedy today pinned a hero’s
medal on the nation’s first space-
man, Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr.
The President told Shepard the
nation is proud of him and his
fellow spacemen.
The 5,100-mile an hour flight
through space last Friday, Ken-
nedy said, was a common effort
to which many contributed.
“I want to express on behalf
of us all the great pleasure we
have in welcoming Cmdr. Shep-
ard and Mrs. Shepard here to-
day,” Kennedy said in greeting
the couple on the White House
lawn.
He added that everyone ap-
preciates “the great service he
has rendered our country.”
“And we are also proud of Mrs.
Shepard,” Kennedy went on. He
praised Ihe other six astronauts
and emphasized that “this was a
common effort in which may
men were involved.”
“So I think we’ll give them all
a hand,” the President said.
The bystanders did.
“I also want to pay a particular
tribute to some who worked on
this flight,” Kennedy said, nam-
ing a number of National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration
officials who worked on the flight
that carried Shepard 115 miles
into space Friday.
As he ticked off the roll of
ing his wife and parents, who
were in the audience. He also in-
troduced “my sister Polly,” Mrs.
Gorman Sherman, who responded
with a fighter’s over-the-head
handshake. Shepard also present-
ed his wife’s parents.
He said he considers there are
several significant things about
the flight last Friday from Cape
Canaveral.
‘We feel very strongly that this
particular flight was one that was
certainly accomplished in the
NASA officials Kennedy observed
that the names are not too
familiar.
“If the flight had not been a
success, the names would have
been very familiar,” he said with
a smile.
He noted also that the flight
was made under conditions of
full publicity, in a free society-
willing to “risk much and gain
much.”
Shepard, his wife and the six
men he beat cut for the honor
of the first American space trip
had just flown to the White House
by helicopter from Andrews Air
Force Base in suburban Mary-
land. The astronauts flew in from
Grand Bahama Island where
Shepard had been under observa-
tion after his history-making feat.
Mrs. Shepard was flown in just
ahead of them from Virginia
Beach, Va.
A hazy overcast broke up just
before • the helicopters arrived.
The helicopters landed in front
of the White House south entrance
where Kennedy, his wife and
others were waiting.
Reading' the citation to Shepard
from NASA, Kennedy called it a
“civilian award for a great civil-
ian accomplishment.”
“I want again to express our
appreciation to Alan Shepard,” he
said. “We are very proud of
him.”
open,” he said. “We had very few
secrets about our plans. Launch
date was classified, but very few
other things were. This was a lit-
tle annoying at times, but I think
we rationalized it by considering
that the free society that made
possible his flight and Project
Mercury, certainly had a right to
be informed.”
“He said the possibility of
“speeding this up because of oth-
er events”—possibly a reference
to the Soviet man in space ac-
complishment — was considered
but not all the speed-up was
adopted.
Shepard said he was surprised
that tiie lift-off for the flight was
as smooth as it w&s.
“I had expected more noise and
more vibration. It was a very
pleasant lift-off.”
He noted that he actually con-
trolled the vehicle at times. He
said that he had controlled the
reentry into the earth’s atmo-
sphere.
“We are very much pleased
with the flight,” he said, and
added that all the astronauts look
forward to the future of Project
Mercury and its competion.
Shepard said he made the re-
mark, “Oh what a beautiful
view”, after he first took hold of
the controls and was able to look
through the periscope.
He said he had been pretty well
briefed about what to expect. But
when he actually looked through
the periscope, “I have to admit
it took my breath away. It was
a beautiful sight.”
“What was ihe worst part of
your flight?” a questioner asked.
“I don’t think we had any bad
moments at all, Shepard replied.
He was asked next about “un-
expected sensations” he said he
had felt, incuding some turbul-
ence that had not been foreseen.
“What I was referring to,” he
said, “were two specific points in
the flight plan which we had
judged to be of special stress, one
the trans-sonic period at Mach 1.”
Another, he said, involved pres-
sure.
“We didn’t know how we would
(See SHEPARD, Page 6)
shoot first?” I did not answer.
My child cried out and was shot.
He aimed at me, holding onto my
hair and pulling my head around
I heard a shot. Then he ordered
me to watch and there was an-
other shot. Then I fell into the
pit but I felt nothing.”
Mrs. Yosilevska halted for a
moment as though to get her
breath.
“I felt a sort of heaviness and
thought I was dead. Then I was
choking. There were people fall-
ing on me. I must be alive, I
thought. I could rise. I prayed
for another bullet. Then I man-
aged to climb toward the top but
I felt bodies pulling at me, pull-
ing me down, down—
“I crawled out of the pit.
There were bodies everywhere.
(See WOMAN, Page 6)
County Court
Sets Election
For May 27
GEORGETOWN—The Ad Valor-
em tax proposition will again be
brought before the property-own-
ing citizens of the county in the
election to be held May 27.
County commissioners Monday
morning unanimously agreed to
call for another election on the
proposal to levy the tax in an
effort to make ends meet in the
county’s general fund that now
is expected to be depleted before
the end of October.
Commissioners are asking prop-
erty owners to allow them to
assess a tax of not more than
30 cents on the $100 valuation on
property to provide the county
enough revenue to continue op-
erations on a cash basis.
The tax is being termed the
most economical by commission-
ers since it exempts the first
$3,000 on homesteads and pro-
vides only revenue to the gen-
eral fund where it is needed.
On the other hand, an increase
in valuations would also increase
the tax going to the state, to the
schools, and to any other item
on which taxes are now paid—all
of which are based on valua-
tions, the commissioners pointed
out.
The tax proposal was voted on
and defeated by 88 votes in the
April 4 election. Commissioners,
however, felt the tax wasn’t
clearly understood by the voters,
which spelled its defeat.
Commissioners have said' that
if this proposed tax is defeated,
they would have only two other
alternatives—to cut all added
county services or to increase
valuations.
These added county services
include the Health Unit, rural
fire protection, probation officer,
veteran’s service officer, county
home demonstration agent, coun-
ty agricultural agent.
Commissioners Monday in their
regular monthly meeting at which
the tax election was recalled
again stated that these were their
only alternatives—to levy the ad
valorem tax, to cut added' county
services, or to raise valuations..
Wesley T. Johnson, precinct one
commissioners, made the motion
to adopt the resolution' to call for
the ad valorem tax election. Com-
(See TAX, Page 6)
Soions Give
Alan Shepard
Proud Salute
WASHINGTON (ZP> - Congress
proudly saluted America’s first
space traveler today with the na-
tion’s thanks and high honors.
The capital’s thousands joined in
the tribute.
It was at the congressional re-
ception that Mrs. Shepard made
her first little speech of the oc-
casion: "1 just want to say thank
you very much for all your good
wishes and prayers. It was a
wonderful occasion—l know you
all join with me in being glad.”
Vice Piesident Johnson war-
mest concise: “We’re glad he
went, and we’re glad he came
hack ’
Shepard was by far the most
composed person in the noisy,
jostling crowd at the Capitol. He
spoke seldom, smiled often, and
watched with seeming wonder the
disorderly scene.
Shepard, introduced by Johnson
said “We feel it is most signifi-
cant that this event and the ones
to follow, in Project Mercury, are
to be made available openly to
everyone who wishes to have ac-
cess to them.”
He said his news conference
would be only the beginning of
the gw ng of information on the
space fi’ghl to the country and the
whole flee world.
This was a line stressed by
President Kennedy—that America
was willing to let the world know
of its sr ace successes and short-
er-mings. The Soviet Union, which
kept secret its feat of orbiting a
man around the world until it
was an accomplished fact, was
not rm nuoned by name.
There was no military emphasis
at loday’s parade and other cere-
monies-just the coiV’cH/, Nor
was there any great indication of
organized display.
Works Way Up Thru Bodies
Woman Escapes From Mass Grave
JERUSALEM UP) — A matronly
Jewish woman told the Eichmann
trial court today of being shot by
men of the Nazi SS elite guard,
falling into a mass grave, fight-
ing her way up through bodies for
air and surviving.
Mrs. Rifka Yosilevska, a native
of Russia who was unable to tes-
tify last week because of a mild
heart attack, was restrained on
the witness stand. But her voice
broke when she told of seeing
her little daughter shot.
In the Pinsk area in 1942, she
said, Jews were rounded up by
the hundreds and taken to a bur-
ial pit.
Her account of what happened
then held the 700 spectators spell-
bound at the 30th session of the
trial of Adolph Eichmann, who is
charged with being a chief
complice in the Nazi extermina-
tion of six million Jews.
“We were taken, some in a
truck and others forced to run
behind it,” Mrs. Yosilevska said.
Those in the truck, arriving
first, were stripped and shot by
the time they got to the freshly
dug pit. Her father refused to un-
dress, she said, and his clothing
was torn from him.
“There were four devils, SS
men, they shot us.
“The children wanted to run.
It was hard to hold on to them.
We hurried, we were sort of
anxious to get it all over. My
mother, my grandmother, she
was 80 years old and had a baby
in her arms, my father, my sis-
ter.
“Then it came my turn. The
ac- German asked me “Who shall I
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The Taylor Daily Press (Taylor, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 121, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1961, newspaper, May 8, 1961; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth799787/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taylor Public Library.