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VOL. 8
Home-Operated "THE FAMILY PAI'ER IN BRECKENRIDGE AJVD S
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stephens county times TEPHENS COUNTY"
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958
NUMBER 15
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NEEDS OF INDEPENDENT OIL
PRODUCERS TOLD LIONS CLUB
L.ester Clark. Breckenridge Oil
man, and a leader in the national
movement to inject a shot in the
arm of the United States ailing
oil situation, addressed members of
the Breckenridge Lions Club Fri-
day with a picture ot the dropping
oil economy thai caused a num-
ber to remain alter the meeting to
question him lor further details.
Clark; dealt inaint> with the im-
ports oi foreign oil and need for
pipeline companies to take what oil
that is ben:., produced, lie dismiss-
ed the pipeline situation by saving
ti: > ' " K. OVH p-on i- a I inc.
,iMe : : ,-fs h'.i! sootier or later the
j Clark qualified his statements
with "we want imports but want
them ijo stop where it begins to
hurt." lie added that Brecken-
ridge is receiving national recog-
nition for kicking off the action now
being taken.
Picturing the ills of the oil pro-
1 ducers, Clark said among other ills,
! that one third of the rigs of the
nation are shut down, with three-
fourths of the offshore rigs not
; working', and 88.Olio oil workers out
of jobs in one section of the oil iu-
:dustr\ alone, lie declared that the
[ oil industry needs'to get back on a
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FIRST METHODIST ENTRY The family: of Mr and Mrs. Ross Ello
First Methodist Church in the program fcr "Me hociist Family of
they are Lind i, Rois. Janice. Mrs. Elliott and M jry Frances.
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is the fatfiily of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Brannan, which
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Barbara and, Judy, standing, and Mrs. Brannan and
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[,oca 1 Methodist. Churches,, in
operation with the \If>tho'.iist ma
zinc? •'Together, have made no
nations from with in their jiu
bership, lor the title "Methot
Family ot \mcrit a 19a?) ' Kntt
trotn all Mrthndi>t v hurciie:*, tn
Cilttcd States will i>< jiidyt <1 on
basis id leader di-.t> u; tin- cii(i
and loyalty and 'devotion to
church The tanni/- chosen i
most typical of ail will be accon
the aforcuruoitioneit !;iie and -•
ik- featured in a publican m ol
u rn, the Vv'u
npose 1 ot live
fttl! lie Kiroy Haiti;
tit a total deri
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lOei ( | Hi
end the MVF
,-t lay iead(
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I'aul Methodist Cmrrch w.t - the
.N ISratnsaii n> v l,t> lesii
on ;!■•<.' Ka : ln<Ji.vay
Menii"'. oi -j.e Eliiutt fain
ol Kti t \h ; lu< i: Chui t h ,\
Elliott Is presently .li ving ,':s rh
man ol tin; board of trustees and
on the building committee (if the
new educational building • a com-
mittee which, although the building
is now completed, t.s still function-
ing to obtain air conditioning, etc
lie also teaches a young people's
class and is active m all youth
work. Last year he was chairman
of the official boa id of the church
and has, in the past, served as
Funeral Service
Held For Woodson
Man Found Dead
Am
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inch choke aid
is at 1.010-21 feet,.
io w as l.'.iii!) i.
Co.. and drilled
of 1.01 feet and
i Hie produced from Marble Falls per-
ecug- foratious at 1,052-5? feet,
'.welti Potential was taken al a regu-
cnus-jlur field well completed two miles
allot-! northeast of Ivan. It is Woodson
set. j Oil Co. of Fort Worth No. 2 ,1. F.
tiiila-1 Smith, See! ieii; M, Block 2, SI'
c..mI- • No. 2 Smith g'uaged 108.17 bar-
Fiie i rels of 43.5 gravity oil daily. Flow
lone:-' was through a 12-tll-inch choke
I uivitli 750 pounds easing and 250
r the pounds tubing pressures. It is pro-
U:at; dueing fro'ln four perforations1 per
other foot at 4,141-50 feet. treated with
itivH-i2,500 gallons of acid. Casing is set
,-uelv at 4,220 feet and the hole bottomed
leers : at 4.72:1 feet.
Digging Ponds,
Converting Land Safety Award
Tin
on fur
Funeral service
i Caste' Taylor. 77.
Woodson t": 57
Monday afttonoon
for M I'.
;i resident ot
ears, was held
n the N'orthside
Church of Christ. Howard Peacock
of Momi;. officiating followed by
I ii trial in Woodsn Cemt'tery
te twxly of Mr. Taylor
a vine
pri-
after deceased had
ini' since f o'clock Sat-
ning lite finding of the
wtedpsiead search
The t«M.ly of Mr. Taylor
found Sunday mornir.g in a ra
by Md'er Tuttie piloting a
vale plai
been n
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bodv
Mr
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oiow!
not
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lor w it
of Wood
ill. Mrs Taylor,
him a! the time,
plowing while her husba
toward a pickup truck
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found
iiis
from
been
for
in miles
hen he be-
who was
*ontinued
ititi stalled
About 1
pickup and
font
Mr.
lie went to thi
he was missing
body was
the pickup.
suffering a
about a year
ported as eau^UH
Mr. Taylor wa-
nt. 18S0 in Oadeville. Alabama
Surviving, besides his wife are
a daughter, Mrs 1 let tie Stagncr ot
Tyler, .-.ltd brother, Harper, of
Brcckenridge
Funeral was under Melton Fun-
eral Home arrangement
I 300 feel
Taylor had
heart condition
uid this v, ;is re-
his death
born September
Bi aiifian are members ot the com-
mission oil iriembership and evan-
gelism.
Mis. Brannan is president of the I
Woman's Society oi Christian Ser-
vice and is active in girl scout
' work.
The two Brannan girls are active
i members oi the youth department
of the church, Barbara having
been recently elected secretary ot
the Sub-district MVF meeting held'
: m Mineral Wells.
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Texas Senior Dies
In Traffic Wreck
A 17-vear-old lad was killed in ;
a traffic accident near Muleshoe
in West Texas last night just mill- i
tiles after lie had finished rehear-'
sal on the senior high school play.
lie was Edgar Martin, son oi Air.
and Mrs, K. C. Martin; who live'
It! miles south of Muleshoe.
Youtig Martin was driving a pick-
up truck which collided won a ear
four miles south of Muleshoe. The •
occupants of the ear. Mr. and Mrs.
"lorn Watson, who were returning
from ;t revival at Needmore. were
injured. Mrs. Watson is reported'
in serious condition with facial cuts. ,
.a possible fractured skull, and pos-
sible internal injuries.
Welding Shop Is |
Opened In Breck
A. \ Wells announces that he
had acquired what was formerly i
'the Tip'on Welding Service on X. '
; lireekenridge avenue, property ol
I the late Cecil Tipton, and has op-j
| cnctl it for general and specialty
! welding.
Welis added he has portable
equipment to do the work with,
i Besides welding, storm shelters i
I will be built. There will be three j
employes.
Wells came here from Pampa
| about a year ago. He was reared
in Olney. His family consists of his:
wife and a boy and a girl.
Gtiiy Fergu.-ou, V,. M. L\ p-xside-ii ;
Naucy'* Wingo TraJuinc Cnioti •secre-
tary: Floyd Ledbetter. Sunday
school secretary.
Adult department Sup!.. Johnny
Funderburg; Adult Sunday School
teachers; Betsy DuBose, Dorothy
Ferguson. Wayne Bill!. Jimmie
Souter. Secretary Voting People's
Dept.. Cheryl Waid: secretary In
termediate Dept. —Sunday school
and Training I'nion. Ruby Eth-
ridgc Secretary Voting People
Training Union. Linda Patterson.
Adult training Union supt., Linda
Patterson.
Junior Department Workers —
Sunday School and Training I nion
Kay Anderson, Supt.: Teachers
Kay Anderson. Carolyn Patterson:
Billy Young. Donald Bail.
Primary Department Workers-
Sunday School and Training Union
Linda Gunloek. Beginner Depart-
ment: Yerna Ledbetter. .Nursery 3
Dept. Barbara Ball: Nursery 2
Dept., Nancy Win go: Nursery i
Dept. Zona Blayloek.
Ushers: Johnny Funderburg,
chairman: Dale Shockley, Charles
Forrest, Billy Youtig, Guinn Crous-
Cll.
Deacons: Sonny Lassiter, Chair-
man: Jim Souter. Billy Young,
Charles Forrest, Richard Bunkley,
Johnny Funderburg, Donald Bail,
Floyd Ledbetter.
Houston
To Address Mesfing
FIVE HUNDRED EXPECTED FOR
CREDIT ASS! DINNER HERE
The first section of the 24th an-;
nilal meeting of stockholders of the i
Wichita Falls !;ro:luction Credit. •
Association will be held in the i
American Legion Hall of Brecken-j
ridge at 7 p. m. Thursday. April 10.
according to Sloan Baker, manager
of tiie local office located in
Breekenridge.
Baker states that approximately
five hundred reservations have
been made by stockholders and
guests.
Glenn Taylor. Jr.. i-- chairman of
ihe meeting in Brcckenridge. Samj
Fambro is in charge ol' preparing
and serving dinner. Mrs. Sam
Fambro, Mrs. Glenn Taylor. Jr.
and Elmer Thompson are ill charge
of decorations and arrangements.
Director Estes Miller of Sey-
mour. Texas, will present the re-
port for the Board of Directors
and Garland Eubank, general man-
ager of tin1 association, will review
with the stockholders and guests
his report covering the operations
for the past 12 months. Also a
progress report over a period of 20
year.
.Judge Bvrd F. Thorp of Throck-
morton will conduct the election of
two directors to serve terms of
three years each.
To highlight the meeting will be
iin address of Dr. Virgil P. Lee of
Houston, who was connected with
the Farm Credit Administration
in an official capacity for 23 years
and who at this time is teaching
in the University of Houston. Soon
after Dr. Lee's retirement as pres-
ident of the Production Credit Cor-
poration of Houston, he was called
in to service by the Farm Credit
Administration in Washington, as
an advisor on agricultural credit
in Greece. Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Ytt-
ling ritany 61 j
the native range grasses in the'
l.o.ver Clear Fork Soil Conserv:;-
! lion District is about over. Those |
| seeding this past, week were: B. 11.
: Lauderdale 22 acres. Mack Fun-;
! derbnrk 33 acres, and Dick Smith
| and Albert Speer ten acres.
Farm ponds were completed this 1
' week on the Roy Brooks farm,
four miles south of Brcckenridge. j
and on the A. G. Chastain ranch
; about six miles southwest ol
Brcckenridge. These1 farm ponds
are to be used for livestock water.
; wildlife, and for better distribution
j of livestock grazing.
A diversion was' completed on
the John M. Blackburn farm about
twelve miles south of Brccken-
ridge. This diversion is to keep
' outside w;ifei'"Tioiii' coming across
I a cultivated field.
A basic conservation plan was j
■ completed this week on a ranch
just bought by Wake Peeks. This j
| conservation plan is an agreement j
' between the rancher and the Lower
I Clear Fork Soil Conservation Dist-
! rict. The place is all in native
rangeland. The plan called for rest-j
| ing the pastures as often as need-
led. proper stocking to maintain [
and improve the cover of dead lit- i
ter and to maintain and improve j
j the vigor of the better grasses, j
i The plan also called for the con-1
j struction of at least two larmj
I ponds. Soil Conservation Service I
technicians from the Brcckenridge ,
office provided the technical in-
formation for the plan.
Tobe Boles plans to rest another
pasture this year on the Adams,
ranch about twelve miles south of
Breckenridge. Boles said he had
very good results from a pasture j
he rested last year.
J. L. Holt says he plans to rest j
his place southeast of Caddo this'
year.
Foi their efforts iu eliminating
reckless "hot rods'' and helping
high schools turn out courteous cap-
able young men and women driv-
ers the McDowell Chevrolet Com-
pany has been presented a High-
way Safety Award by the Texas
Automotive Dealers Association.
Mi:s lor their loaning
ei:eiu idue High School
rit'lge. for use in
w heel" instruction tin-
school driver training
Doy Scout Troops Win Awards In
Weekend Outing At Lake Daniel
Bey Seoiits and Explorers of Hu.^
area set up camp and cooked meals
and took part in skills of scouting
contests last Friday and Saturday
at Lake Daniel. II was the spring
earnp'ora! where 11 troops with 150]
Scouts and leaders participated.
The Bear Patrol of Troop 101 of
Cisco was the high point, patrol
with a total of 1.155 of 1.300 pos-1
sible points. Eugene Muliiner Is pa-
trol leader. H. L Ferguson is Scout-!
master of the troop which is spoil-'
sored bv the First Presbyterian
Church of Cisco. They received!
a blue ribbon award.
Other blue ribbon awards were j
presented to Lion Patrol of Troop j
j03 Eastland: Flaming Arrow of
Troop 20 Breckenridge: Skunk Pa-
trol and Antelope Patrol of Troop
ill ol Cisco. Awards were for out-
standing ratings.
Red ribbons were presented to
the following patrols for satisfac-
tory ratings: Dragon Patrol of
Troop 38 Cisco: Rattlesnake Pa-
trol and Lobo Patrol of Troop 6
of Eastland: Pathfinder Patrol of
Post 17 of Breckenridge and Crew
One of Post 20 of Breckenridge.
Other Scout Troops were repre-
sented from Ranger and Carbon.
E. R. Weatherford of Brecken-
ridge is chairman of camping and
activities for Northeast District of
Comanche Trail Council and direct-
ed the activity. "The Scouts bene-
fited from this camping experience
and showed good camp sites and
cooking," stated Weatherford. Jod-
ie Baker, Breckenridge assisted
Weatherford as did Joe Galbraith,
Scout executive from Brownwood
and Tom J. Pinto of Brownwood.
THE SWEETNESS OF SPRING —Taking advantage of a
sunny day at New r.nndon. N il.. Colby Junior College stu-
dents don outdoor spring attire and ski about,, visiting and
sampling maple sugar bucket... Rachel le Morency, left, and
JVcU'ea Jortjensen watcii Mary Ueth LuU taKe the first taste.
VIRGIL P. LEE
goslavia, Libya, and Ethiopia. Dr.
Lee's subject for the evening will
lx\ "My Impressions of Ihe Coun-
tries and People of the Middle
East."
Vehicle Stickers
For 1958 Urged
Carl B. Bonstead, patrolman for
the motor vehicle inspection ser-
vice. here at the weekend, re-
minds vehicle owners that dead-
line for replacing 1957 state in-
spection stickers will be April 15.
Enforcement will start on April
16 and as of today only about 20
per cent of the motor vehicles in
Stephens county have been inspect-
ed. Bonstead said.
Officially authorized inspection
stations in Stephens county were
listed as: M. A. Naylor Pontiac:
Daniel Motor Co.. Inc.; McDowell
Chevrolett Co. Inc.; Waters Motor
Co.: MeCathren Motor Co: Blod-
gett Buick Co., and City Motor Co.
"Have your inspection made and
get your new stickers now", Bon-
Stead urged.
The aware
a car to Brc
ot Brocket
"behind the.
der the high
program.
The association is Ihe statewide
organization of faetory-aul horized
new car dealers whose members
loan cars, without cluirge. to high
schools ha\ ing duly qualified "be-
hind the wheel" instructors.
TADA President Sam II. White
Houston, calls this driver education
program one of the mcst important
phases of high school training.
Highway safely is dependent, upon
sale drivers, he said, pointing out
that young men who have success-
fully completed a liiidi school driv-
er training course, both classroom
theory and "behind the wheel"
training, are given a preferred in-
surance rate because they have
proven to be safer drivers.
Tom J. Crooks, TADA Manager,
added that Texas dealers have well
over SI.000.000 invested in automo-
biles. many of them equipped with
dual controls, which they furnish
the high sshools. In addition they
loan pick-ups to -1-1 i and FFA
groups to familariice students wilh
one type of equipment used in
schools offer classroom theory on-
ly. due ti the shortage of quali-
fied "behind the wheel" instructors.
Lengthy illness
Proves Fatal Te
George Evanoff
; George II. Evanoff, who <•;:
I l'rorn Bulgaria to the Cnited St;
j at the age of It, died Sunday
I 11 a. m. in Stephens Memorial I
j pit al in Breckenridge.
lie was a retired pipeline t
i struction worker and had lived
; Breckenridge 30 years. He w
io Chicago titter arriving in
: tj. S. and came to Texas in i:
i He was around GO years of age.
Mr. Kvanoff had been in lai
health five years and had 1;
'hospitalized since Wednesday.
He was married to Adell (It
| land of Weatherford in 1023. .
, the couple made their home
! 1003 West Dyer here.
• .Survivors include the wife:
j son Billy G. of Brcckenridge:
I daughter. Mrs. Eldou Hit they
, Fort Worth: and one granddau
| ter.
! Funeral service was to be c
ducted Tuesday afternoon al 3
clock in the Walker Street Cliu
of Christ. Robert Oglcsby. mini;
officiating. Burial was to be
Breckenridge Cemetery under i\
j ton arrangements.
Pall bearers were named as V,
don Powers, Alex Kinie. Hex
j banks, Mike Culeff. Herman S
! ton, and Floyd Pearson.
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Girl Identified
Here To Be Sent
To W.F. Hospital
After a week of wailing and!
searching, the girl picked up by i
police here has been identified as
a missing patient from Chicago!
State Hospital and her mother a j
resident of Oklahoma.
Sheriff Chase Booth said Tues-
day morning peace officers of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, said the mother
was in jail there on a charge of
being drunk, and that papers were
to be drawn during the day to
transfer the girl to Wichita Falls.
The sheriff also learned that
Chicago authorities had worked for
a year to establish her identity,
just before her disappearance.
When the Illinois officials learned
who she was, they put through a
transfer for her to Oklahoma where
her mother lives. She vanished be-
fore she was to leave Chicago.
The Stephens County sheriff re-
ceived this information Monday
from the FBI. The 20-year-old
woman is identified as Ann Grif-
fin, who disappeared from the
Chicago hospital in March. Her
mother is Mrs. Mildred Bury of
520 S. Guthrie, Tulsa, the sheriff
said.
The girl was found March 30
wandering in Breckenridge. She
has been in custody while the
sheriff attempted to learn her
identity.
It was in February 1957 that the
oatient was found wandering in
Springfield, III., under similar cir-
cumstances. She was admitted to
the Chicago hospital the following
month, still unidentified. Her iden-
tity was learned just before the
transfer to Oklahoma State Hos-
pital, the sheriff said.
One of the world's great harbors,
that at Rio de Janerio in Brazil
is 15 miles long.
Retired Nurse
Succumbs Today
Mrs. Thulia Lynn, age 78. a re-
tired nurse, died this morning at
10:30 at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. II. Payne. 810 E. Hullttm
after an illness of six months. Mrs.
Lynn had resided with her daugh-
ter since November of last year.
Born Jan. 15, 1880. Mrs. Lyni,i
was a member of the Presbyleri; ji
Church.
Arrangements are incomplete t r
funeral services which will he Iv.JTJ
• n the Presbyterian Church of iNfinj-
cral Wells; burial in Hittson Cetlci-
tery at Palo Pinto. SaterwHiee
Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters besides Mrs. Payne: Mrs. .1.
W. Houghton of Ml. Airy." Mary-
land. and Mrs. Thelma Brewer of
Caney, ICans.: two sons, W. W. of
Aledo and John M. of Torrance,
Calif, of the intermediate family
Intent Letter
Is Signed With
SHU By Payne
Ronnie Payne, last of the four
Payne football players of Brcck-
enridge to be graduated from a
Buekaroo team to College, has s'gn-
etl a letter of intent to attend SM C.,
where two of his brothers and his
father played.
The new Mustang prospect won
All-State Class AAA honors with the
Btickaroos last season as an end. He
stands ti feet 2 and weighs 107.
His father. Dr. Frank Payne,
was a member of SMU's first South-
west Conference championship
team in 1923. Frank Payne Jr..
now a physician in military ser-
vice, was a quarterback and half-
back on the school's title teams of
19-17 and 1948.
The playing career of another of
the Payne boys. Jimmy, was cut
short of SMU by injury. The fourth
j brother, Jerry, is a member of Ihe
j current University of Oklahoma
squad.
Elizabeth was the first capital of
New Jersey in 1GG5.
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Area Methodists Plan Binner Here
Melvir. T. Munn, director of .on April 16. Dinner will be served
Public Relations of Blue Cross-'at 7 p. m.
Blue Shield of Texas, a native of j The meeting is to be under the
Ennis. Texas, will be the speaker direction of the District Board of
at a district-wide men's meeting: Lay Activities. J. in. .Brannan,
of the Cisco District, Central Texas | Breckenridge, S. If. Nance, Cisco.
Conference of the Methodist Church; Paul Whitton, Cross Plains, Grady
in Breckenridge al the Legion Hallj Pipkin, Eastland, John Goode Easl-
! land, Pete McClcskey. Mineral
Wells, Gerald Groves, Olney and
Louis Pitcock, Jr. (Chairman),
Graham, and with the cooperation
of the pastors of the Cisco Dist-
rict, headed by Dr. A. A. Peacock,
District Superintendent. Cisco.
Mr. Munn was one of the out-
standing speakers at the Glen
Lake Laymen's Retreat last Aug-
ust. He has served as a director
of religious education at the
Longview First Methodist Church,
an announcer and feature broad-
caster on Station KRLD and
KRLD-TV in Dallas.
He will bring an interesting and
inspirtional talk at the first dist-
dict-wide meeting held in several
years. All Methodist men are urged
to attend, all men are invited to
attend. _ _
MELVIN MUNN
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