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VOL. 8
Home-Operafed "THE FAMILY PAPER IN BPECKENRIDGE AND S
BRKCKENRIDUR, (STEPHENS COI'NTY). TEXAS
STEPHENS COUNTY TIMES TEPHEN3 COUNTY"
THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1353
NUMBER 23
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Thirty-Five Local CAP's To Take Part
BRECK CAP UNIT TO HOST
400 SEARCHERS FOR 3 DAYS
Breckenridge Squadron will host over the state are expected to ar-
in a stated-wide simulated search | rive at Stephens County Airport,
and rescue mission and field ex-1 Breckenridge on the evening of
GAULLE SUPPORTERS I ''i" Ml ".' ' -tfrn fr->m n«<=rn Algeria f?t tli«ir mount*
'' !r small villsc- of Lamai'me <■ r a demonstration in favor of the GavIUst
" "'•* rut |>, now tul'tie tb irounir-d Fretvn possession F.a«tprn Algeria, for-
'!> "r r>#l" control. h < o-* n >h« scene of n number of Arao demeunraUwij ap-
■r •- r'! i, of f r n h srov >*=«ders in assuming control.
Weeds Are Cut
To Give Grass
Sun And Cover
Many of the < o oprrators of the
Lfl ei Clf.it Foik Soil Conserva-
tion I>1 tiit f report that the gia.ss-
<• ■ eerie. | this year
but iiiu.i fj| iiuun 11 port
i - ' cdlat;' .1 lot of rout-
>f the farmers sit
ds Weeds that an
••wing will also scr-
Ferguson Battles Brown
To Win Third Golf Title
e> that flu
are ii|
young ;i a s
petition M<
mowing the
controlled li
-Ott| I I
•t dead lover for
■ ass The
cut dov
■ apoi ,itnn
it the c«
dead ci
n upon
>ver
the
t hi-
ve a
the voting t::
will help to
amount of
help to prole
hot sun
Several have reported coo'1 stands
of Sorghum alrtlUln er, ... W K
KansdeH ha* ilxmi twenty acres.
Robert C.intwell has twenty nine
acr " It < Wilkinson has twentv
Hay
pei oil
i idge I
three t
nated i
ney
the
Kf
shot
it pi.ij in i
Brown t"> .
t hampioit
•rcuson ii-
s. a wedge
warm putter
hag six birdie
played lie ;ib
bogev. and .1
By Bit L CRLAOM
Kergii'-on Became the f11 ■1
to ever win Hie Brecki'n
lvitational Golf Tournament
mi's .is hi* completelv duis:i
left ating young f' 11''
mil 5 last Sunday in
■ lup Klicht finals:
ed his booming ice
touch" and .1 semi-
Sunday aflenioon 10
• out of the 13 hole •
o had ! ve pars, otu
disa.sti.u ou.s sc, en
three jrll'y
tile i'i i". u lit
the gt , - th
mum that w
Ridings fain;
lip almost w,
e 11 i',.ik
three liundi'
brush on In
south o( B11
tin- 1 s just a few ol
ll.lVe gl.Wxl stands of
■ yeai Sorghum al-
1 seeded on (•illicit
last year is already
iM lugh
er has chained about
I .nil- of mesfpiite
1 anch four miles
ckenrldge This will
handle his cows easier
the good conservation
water tliat he will re-
having the brush con
help htm !<
as well as
of soil and
cfive f 1 on 1
troled
About tventv fanner , and ranch
ers from this district received bass
from 11'< fclet.il f 1 -It hatchery last
Thursday Hi" .0 fish are to stock
pond- on th" individual farms and
ranches The 11 -h received ill tin
shipment were mo th b,i • . The
j<onds were stot ked w ith bream
1 will feed 011
last fall The b.i
the bream
Bhs . ar * u -uallv ,locked in the
spring while 1 h.innel! t srtfish ate
usually t«K k'-d m the tall Anyone
debiting li' h lot ponds should con-
tact the lo- -I Soil Conservation Ser-
vice technician
B.J. Takes Long
Term Lease On
Present Offices
strokes 011 the p.ii four iiuuibci
two hole to fini h two under par fot
the match
Brou n, who ui prised practically
everyone with his superb play, play
ed near par u'olf againt Kerguon
but couldcn't stand up under the
barrage 01 b,idles th.it Kerguson
tossed at him Brown did halve two
ol Kersuson -• birdies by droppim:
a five footer on number five and
a beau tilul 2.ri fooler on number
seven that pleased the crowd ot
more th,in 100. 1'robably this p.11
ticul.ir shot was the best o 11 e
made during the 13 hole match
Kerguson went one up 011 the
first hole with a par after Brown
shanked his second shot, but the
Kerguson advantage was .hurt liv-
ed Keigu-on hooked his tee shot
over the fence on number two and
could have dropped his 20 fool putt
foi a halve with Brown but he
three putted his worst played hole
with a total ot seven strokes Brown
played it safe to win with a bogey
five Kei giison biidied the next
tin i') hole, in a row to give htm
hole. Both halved the next three
hole-, with birdie, par. birdie before
Keij.'usoii two putted foi a pa 1 on
tough number' eight Brown's pitch
shot to Hie green was hit from
tiie rough! and tell short of the
)
green by 25 yards, and though lie
| lut the green 011 this third shot,
lie missed his 18 foot par putt that
put him three down.
(ill iiumhei nine both boys hit
I good tee shots but Brown's rolled
j about four inches out of the fait
iwsiv to the left, which iu itself
would not have been so bad, hut he
I was undei .1 tree that hampered
, Ins backswui!! to such an extent
.that his pitch shot was bad Brown
I go! on inc green Willi Ins fourth
| hot so he cave Kerguson lus five
; not birdie putt and Brown was
tour down at |.hc turn
j Both bodied number in but Brown
] lost minibei 11 with his second
-ho! Which appeared to he a beau-
ty, lut the green on the fly but
Mailed to slop Bt own mi.sied , hi.v
j chip shot and had to settle for
I a bogey five Kerguson's second
j shot carne to rest 21 feet from the
( up and his h rdio putt stopped
I within a quarter inch of the hole
| for a par four
j Kerguson won number 12 with a
birdie five after Brown's third
shot from a rough banged into a
dead m^sqiiHe limb
At this point Kerguson was six
up with ix to play Both pared
! number l-'l to end the match
I Other Breckenridge men who
j won prizes were "Pooch" f'earson
who came in as lunner-up m the
eiiampnisliip consolation; "Bosco"
! Satterwhite won runner-np honors
Mil the I-irst Klicht: Hobin Romin-
| ger w .is First High consolation
' iiiiuier-iip; Bill Black ea-.ed in a:,
j Second Klicht consolation winner,
'.lack Parker and his :ti defeated
fl.ivlord Ciowley in the Third Khght
I consolation. It'll Browning nailed
! down Fourth Flight consolation
I runner up. and Tony Andress v as
j runner-up in the Sixth Flight.
ercise designated by the Air Force
a., a "test of the effectiveness of
the Civil A11 Patrol war time capa-
bilities."
Over 400 CAP members from all
Tubbs Has Signed
With Cards For
Gridiron Season
.terrv Tubbs. U. of Oklahoma
All-America c°nt<-i and the Chita-
go Cardtnalr fir t draft choice last
year, has signed for the coming
seasons. Managing Director Waiter
Wolfner annoiiIK '-
Jerry, honored with Walter Camp
award for being selected the out-
standing plyver in the nation, and
'I10 Touchdown Club 1 Washington
D C.' award as Lineman of the
Vear following the 1956 season,
moves into his second vear with
the Cardinal and Ii*>pcs he has had
hi . bad hi' 1. as far as his pro ca-
re"! is concerned.
Last year he suffered an ankle
injury in the College-All-Star game
and had a rather rough time hob-
bling through the IO.'iT season. The
experience gained during last sea-
sou is going to be to his advantage
tin . year when he reports to Head
Coach Krank Ivy at the Cards
Lake Forest College training camp
the last week in July.
Tubbs' freshman year at Okla-
homa was Ivy's last season as as-
sistant prior lo In. taking over
as head coach for the Edmonton
Eskimo's of ihe Canadian League,
and Ivy is looking forward to the
reunion
We have a great deal of confi-
dence .11 .let rv Tubbs. We believe
lie has everything to make him an
outstanding player in the National
Football League, lliat he will live
up to all the nice things the press,
radio and TV said about him. and
thai he has possibilities as a start-
ing linebacker this year." Ivy is
quoted as saying.
Jerry was fnrtrn in Throckmorton,
Texas, Jail. 23, 1935, got his start
athletically here where he starred
m football, basketball and track,
before enrolling at Oklahoma where
he captained the Sooners and was
touted by Coach Burl Wilkinson as
the greatest leader in the history
of Oklahoma football
Tubbs played fullback in his soph-
omore year at Oklahoma, starting
seven games at that position, and
carrying the ball 65 times for 390
yards
Well Completed.
Wildcat Staked
I riday, June H. prepared for im-
mediate emergency service. The
problem, which may be a lost plane
or missing person, will be present-
ed by an evaluation team from
Dyess Air Force base, and these
officers will also judge the effect-
iveness of the Civil Air Patrol
Sean h and Rescue procedures.
The program covers a period of
three days, the fliers to leave
Breckenridge on June S. The mis-
sion will begin on the morning of
June 7. •
Advanced information said this
will not be a white-shirt and black
'ie banquet affair, and all units
have been requested to come pre-
pared to work in the field.
It is planned to secure the use
of the local armory for those who
bnfg bedrolls, and some will make
use of hotel and mote! accomo-
dations, Major Jimmy 7'rammell
said Other local officers taking
part " iu be Cap! Jerry Ferrel and i
Second It Jimmy Clover, while i
I t. Pauline C'arnes will have I
charge of registration. Tliirty-five!
local CAP officers will take part, j
Capt Richard W. Sanders. Dal-1
las, wing operations officer will be ;
in charge of search group.
The searchers are expected to
come from every unit in the north-
ern half of Texas.
-o —
Tour Of Europe
Offered By Army
A tour of duty in Europe is of-
fered qualified young men through
a special U, S. Army "Choice-.Not
Chance" enlistment option which
expires on July 25.
Enlistments are n o v.- being ac-
cepted for Ihe second Battle Group,
service in Europe. 'The second is a
fl
<S!*-c4
WAR DEAD REMEMBERED—Above is a scene at the local ceme-
tery on Memorial Day. Shown at the stand is E. J. Walker, VFW
Commander, and at the left is Mrs. J.'J. Andrews, a Gold Star
Mother arranging a wreath. In the background is the color guard.
Besides the VFW and Gold Star Mothers, the American Legion and
Legion Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary took Dart in the ceremonies.
* * *
Lengthy Illness Memorial Rites
For County War
Mrs. L. D. Tucker Dead Are Held
County Agents
Weekly News
By TOM JOYCE CUNNINGHAM
and JACK GRESSETT
Mrs. L. D. Tucker, former
Breckenridge resident, died at
11:15 a. 111 Tuesday in a Roswell,
N. M., hospital.
She had been in ill health for
several years, and seriously ill with
cancer I01 about five months.
Born Oct. 1. 1885, 111 Paris. Mrs
Tucker moved to Breckenridge
trom Roswell in 1943, and moved
R G MiMi-'- v
fl J, :-<•! lie It
notijifwi th'"- a1* '
office building o
ire president of
Saturday an-
f the company's
West Walker
Strff-' in B*-i V • ni idg
(.: W E Willi.: I D
and I. J Reischman
the p in - >c!ton B J
to Messrs
Dofflemver
A ■ d part of
"t vices. Inc.
has taken .1 long term lease on
the West wing of the building which
house. the company . engineering
and development lab'u atories The
of
Ihe laboratory and
smnel will not be af-
v a •• Ih" change in
I become effective
activjti
laboratory p'
fected in an
ownership v
June I
The east wing of the building
will be occupied by Breckenridge
Gasoline Company, Ihe Redco
Corporation and f wing Drilling
Company, 'The bulld'ng will here
after be known a. the Petroleum
Bulldi in;
Price paid in the transaction " a -
not revealed 111 the formal state-
ment-made by those concerned
It been known here for some
time that the deal was pending,
and the announcement Saturday
stati:^ that a long term lease wns
held by B. J Service added an
atmosphere of permanency to the
laboratories and the
departments of the B
in Breckenridge.
Vic White. In charge
oratory, said Saturday
personnel of B.
forty. These art
two other
J. Service
of the lab-
that local
J, now numbers
in three depart-
ments The shop and the acid de-
partments are the other two. he-
sides the laboratory. Don Berry is
in charge of the former and Gerald
Allen the latter
The three purchasing companies
had moved into the new quarters
Saturday, their personnel number-
ing fifteen.
Join GOP Ladies
Woydson Oil Co of Fort Worth
No. LB Alice Walker. TE&L Sur-
vey 1314, has been completed as
a north Stephens County discovery.
Located J'? miles south of Ivan
I! opens Ellenburger pay in. the
Walker-Davis Field.
Daily potential "--as 138.26 bar-
rels of 15 5 gravity oil plus seven
per cent water. Flow was through
component unit of the second Infan-j back to Hoswell in January of this
''■' year because ol her health.
Both prior service men. and Kuiirral will be held Friday at
young men without prior military 2 p. m. in Kirst Christian Church
service are eligible to enlist for here with the Rev, Alan C. Lynch
this European assignment. Prior p«istor. officiating. Burial will be
service personnel will not be ac-1 111 Breckenridee Cemetery under
cepted in grades above private first direction of Melton Funeral Home.
®^s.\ I Survivors include her
Enlistees will receive basic and j three
advanced training at Ft. Rilev. Tuckei of Breckenridge Mrs
training at Ft. Riley.
Kansas, before going overseas.
Interested young men are urged
to contact Sfc. Barnes at the Court
House in Breckenridge before Julv
25.
husband.
daughters. Miss Louise
Tucker
Judson Good.arI "I Roswell, N. M..
and Mrs. L. (i. Schues.sler of Fort
Worth, one sister. Mrs. B. C.
Morgan of Kort Worth, and eight
grandchildren.
C-of-C Directors Discuss
Two Main Future Events
Members of the Board of Direc- the remainder of the committee as
tors of the Breckenridge Chamber Jimmv Ferrel!. Jake Sanriefer Les-
of Commerce in session Tuesday ■ ter Clark, R. I. McArron Sam Fam-
evening appointed one new mem- bio. Ed Gerhardt Ralph Hilfen-
ber to the board, and discussed , berg. Blake Johnson Jr.. Eugene
mostly the July 4 celebration and I Thompson. Bill Black and Jake
apprecia-| Wells.
Executive Secretary Bob House!
the proposed industrial
Hon banquet.
J. IT Gracey was voted a mem-
ber of the board to fill the vacancy
created by the death of M E. Dan-
iel.
President Arthur Miller Appoint-
ed James G. Harrel! committeeman
to draw up resolutions on the death
of Mr Daniel, and L. fl. Welch was
appointed to draw up resolutions on
the death of W. M. Moslev. A suc-
cessor to Mr. Mosley was not pre-
sented. *
Otto Bendorf. reported on the
industrial appreciation dinner, stat-
ed the dinner will be held on Seo-
FOR COCKTAILS -Slim
pants, scoop necklinc and a
well-defined waistline in be-
tween make an attractive cock-
tail ensemble by Mayogaine of
Paris. This striking outfit is
done in a bronze and silver
nylon print.,
Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Assis-
tant Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, wil! make aj
plane trip around Texas the week
of June 9. it was announced today j
by Mr- Frank Buhler of Victoria,
vice chairman of the Republican
i State 1 xecutive Committee Mrs.
I Guy F.wing Jr of Breckenridge.
i among others, plans to accompany
| her
Miss Adkins, who has been Ex ■
j ecutive Director of the Women's
I Division of the National Committee
j since 1950. comes to Texas to open
the state's Women's Division cam-
j paign to elect Republican candidat-
es at the polls in November.
"I am certainly looking forward
to my vi .it to 'Texas," Miss Adkins
told Mrs, Buhler We 011 the na
tional level arc deeply grateful for
the job which the women in Tex-
as are doing on behalf of the Re-
publican Party and in bringing
the two party system to Texas
It is evidence of the effective work
which women can do 011 behalf ol
good government."
'The tour will begin in Dallas and
will include slops at Fort Worth
Midland, Houston, San Antonio and
Austin. I-ocal Republican candidat-
es will be invited to join the group
at each stop. In each town. Miss
Adkins and the statewide and lo-
cal candidates will speak at meet-
ings being arranged by local chair-
men, and members ot the Women's
Division Committee, with Miss Ad-
kins. will take part in a panel dis-
cission on how to "Work Now, Win
in November."
"We Texas Republican women
are out to break the one-party hab-
it," Mrs. Buhler says. "Winning the
Democrat primary in Texas is not
going to be 'tantamount to elec-
tion' in 1958.
guests may attend the ball game,
go fishing or dove hunting, or indul-
ge in any other activity they may
desire.
Bendorf announced the names o!
a 24-64-:nch choke with packer s«t 1 tern her 12 at the Woman s Club
on the casing and 150 pounds tub- Gu^-',s ui)! on the manager and
ing pressure.
It ! producing from an open
hole at 4,385 to 4.416 feet, pay
sas-oil ratio of 543-1. the well
war, treated with 250 gallons of acid.
Blake Hamman et. a! of Fort Wor-
th No. 1 Magg'e Harris, et a!, is
planned 4.250-foot rotary wildcat
eight miles southwest of Caddo in
Stephens County
DriHsite i- 2.310 feet from the
south, and 1.320 feet from the
west lines of Section 54. Block
6. T&P Survey.
O t t o Bendorf. Breckenridge.
-t a ked three regular field locaitons
13 miles north of Ranger All are
on t!u Robert C Jac! son lease in
Section 80, Block 4. T&P Survey,
and lated for 1.993 feet with rotary.
No. 2 Jack on is 150 feet from
the north and 250 feet from the east
lines of Section 80.
Site for No 3 Jackson is 150
feet from he north and 990 feet
from Ihe east lines of Section 80.
No 1 Jack on snot 150 fee! from
the north and 1.650 feet from Ihe
east Im*" of Section 80.
announced that plans are under
way for the July 4 celebration with
two major attractions added. These
are the Little Theater play which
will be staged 011 top of the bath-
house and a contest for boys spon-
sored bv the F,!ks Club. These in
addition to the swim contests. Lit-
tle and Junior and Miss Brecken-
ridge contests. The Miss Brecken-
ridge contest wi!! carry a style show
with 't.
Karen Wright, winner of the essay
contest on ' What Mv Town Can
Do To Ha ve More Industries, read
her ess?.v to those present. The es-
I say vvi.U be entered in West Texas
supervisory level. Ihe date wil! be * Chamber of Commerce contest, the
that of the Sweetwater-Brecken-1 winner in that to receive a $250
ridge football game and following ! scholarship.
the dinner and a cocktail hour the! Jaik Gressett reported the farm
City Police Show
Active Past Week
Report of activities of local po-
lice during the week ending Fri-
day. received from Police Chief
Bob Whitley, show 7 traffic tick-
ets issued and seven arrested.
Three tickets yvere issued for
speeding; one for driving 011 wrong
side of the road; one for improper
starting from a parked position;
one for making excessive noise
with a motor vehicle: and one for
driving with fictitious license plat-
es, There was one minor accident
with none injured inside the city
limits. F'our persons were arrested
for being drunk: one for vagrancy:
and two were arrested for disturb-
ing the peace.
St. Pau! Methodist Church wi!!
conduct a Vacation Bible school,
June 3-13 beginning at 9:45 a. m.,
Sunday morning and from 3:30 to
11 a. m. on weekdays. Adult work-
ers are as follows:
Kindergarten Department: Miss
Lorene McClenny, superintendent:
Mrs Holland, Joyce Pendleton
Phyllis Basham, workers. Study
course is "children Learn from Jes-
us."
Primary Department: Mrs. Rus-
sell Pendleton. superintendent;
Miss Irene McClenny and Martha
F'stes, workers Study course is
"Jesus Went About Doing Good."
Junior Department: Mrs, I E
Power, superintendent: Mrs. B W.
Baber, Barbara Rrannan and Eva
Boyd, workers. Study course is
"Jesus Is His Name."
Others assisting will be Judy
Power and Mary Swaim, in charge
of music: Nadinc Pitts and Sandra
Conner, in charge of recreation:
Mrs. Jake Miller, and Mrs. J. N.
Brannan, in charge of refreshments.
Mrs. Wm. Horick will keep the nur-
sery open fot- small children of the
workers.
Mrs, Gus Sublett director, invites
all children from the age of four
through U, to attend the Bible
School.
tour a aiccess, and it was voted to
make this an annua! affair.
Albert "luck i eiv111;n.^ on mem-
bership announced the following
new members since the last meet-
ing: Merrill'. Sp-rts Center, Ben-
son M. Kingston, Production Credit
Association, Tom's Conoco Station
and W. T. Reed.
Tuck presented a suggestion for
a C-C business directory, 500 cop-
ies to be printed, the expense met
with three advertisements, which
was voted.
It was voted not (o have a meet-
ing of the board in July.
Despite mau.r activities heie 011
Memorial Day, a larger crowd
than usual gathered tor memorial
services to Stephens County war
dead Friday.
Following the service over by
E. J. Walker, VFW post comman-
der, graves in the local cemetery
were decorated Friday and those
111 Stephens county 011 Sunday. It
was estimated that 268 gtaves of
all war dead were decorated.
The new Memorial 10 Stephens
county war dead was not dedicat-
ed as planned but will be dedicated
011 July 4.
rather Jules Spi iet of Sacret
Heart Catholic Cnurch was prin-
cipal speaker for the services Fri-
day morning at Memorial Plot in
the local cemetery.
Gold Star Mot hers, members of
the Veterans ot Foreign Wars Aux-
iliary. American Legion Auxili-
ary. V1*' W and American Legion
members participated in the servic-
es.
The Rev. Allen Lewis, rector
ol St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Grace Eubanks, president ol the
(..old Stai iWolhei paid tribute
to Cold Star parents.
C. Russell Carter, Commander
of the American Legion gave the
roll call.
Henry I. Steele,
Retired Pumper*
Dies Tuesday
Henry. Isaac Steele, 6T, retired
Texas Co. pumper, died at 2:30 p.
m. Tuesday in the home of his
daughter. Mrs. M. J. Bordelon of
Breckenridge. following a lengthy
illness.
Mr. Steele was born in Stephens
County on Feb. IS. 1331, and had
lived in this coundy all his
life. He retired from the Texas
Company in 1956. after working 35
years as a pumper.
Mrs. Steele died in 1933.
F'uneral will be held at 4 p. m.
Wednesday in the Rose Avenue
Baptist Church with the Rev. Max
Masner, pastor of Shelton Ave.
Baptist Mission, officiating. Burial
,' i!l be in Veale Creek Cemetery
under the direction of Satterwhite
Funeral Home.
Survivors include one son, Lu-
ther, of Breckenridge; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. J. H. Webber, Mrs. A. C.
Cook, and Mrs. Bordelon, all of
Breckenridge; two brothers, Wal-
ter stec-l of South Bend and John
Steele of Graham; one sister. Mrs.
E. M. Harvey ol Graham; and tour
grandchildren.
Fa!! bearers will be R. A. Cct-
ten. C. D. Todd, J. N. Brannan, A.
H. Briden, Vic Ridley and Gene
Coleman.
At the regular 4-H council meet-
ing the week Tom .Anderson serv-
ed as chairman in the absence of
Da!e Keith. Nancy Brown served as
secretary for the meeting where
delegates to district camp were
elected. The camp will be held at
Buffalo Gap on June 16-17-18 and
utiegaies u om this county will be
district council delegates David Ku-
perman and Wanda Lewis or alter-
nates, Dixie Anderson and Roger
Broyles; Tom Anderson, Sam Fam-
bro Nancy Brown and Gwenna Lee
Keith were elected as additional
delegates. Cost of camp will be
paid by the county council, $4.00
for each camper.
The National Home Demonstra-
f.on Club Week observance in Ste-
phens County brought help to 88
persons outside of Home Demon-
stration Club work as 53 club mem-
bers gave individual help on skills
learned in the year's work. Infor-
mation given to these persons in-
cluded all phases of clothing con-
struction, making draperies, count*
ing calories, and crafts.
Dixie Anderson, Gail Brown, Nan-
cy Brown, and Bonnilee Lenoir will
give their district-winning demon-
strations on vegetable production
and the Texas Egg Law to the Gun-
sight Home Dem. Club on Thurs-
day. Demonstrations will be given
at Flarpersville, Redgap and Union
Hill later in June. These girls will
attend the State 4-H Club contests
in College Station next week.
Mrs. Glenn Taylor Jr. of the
County A. S. C. said that producers
who have acreage reserve agree-
ments must sign and return to the
A. S. C. office Form 848, Certifi-
cation of Performance, before any
payment can be made on the pro-
ducer's acreage reserve land. If the
forms are sent ill immediately, they
except to have most payments
out to the producers by July 1, said
Mrs. Taylor.
Oat harvest is in full swing with
most grain producers around the
county averaging trom 35 to 40
bushels per acre. A. R. Knignt
boasted yesterday that he had some
oats that look as if they will pro-
duce a hundred bushels to the acre.
Oats today are bringing 45c per
bushel. Most of the oats testing 32
or better. Some wheat is being
brought in for sale, but the bulk of
the wheat crop will not start mov-
ing in until the last of the week.
Today wheat is selling for $1.70 per
bushel.
Sears sponsored pigs belonging
to Charles Taylor, Mike Tomlin,
and Gorfey Ledbetter were inspect-
ed and given cholera shots yester-
day. All the pigs were in top shape
and it looks as if there will be
some real competition at the Sept.
swine show.
Spray now for the pecan nut case-
bearer F'or more information call
us at HI 9-2313.
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Rotarians Hear
Members of the Breckenridge
Rotary Club had for their program
music by the Three Js of Brecken-
ridge.
The three Js have emerged as. an
organization from the high school
band and are Johnnice and Judith
Brannan and Judy Wright. Intro-
duced by Hugh McBeth, program
chairman, they sang four numbers
that received a big hand.
The club further discussed the
Softball game to be played with
the Lions Club members, but no
date has been set, it was said.
The meeting was presided over
by President Rainey Ellett.
A number of the members are in
Dallas attending Rotary Interna-
tional, where 12,000 are in session.
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Former Resident
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dutro of
Aiamagordo, N. M., are parents
of a son born May 31. The baby
weighed seven pounds and has been
named Marion Frances Dutro, Jr.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Blake Johnson Sr., of
Breckenridge.
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OUTFOXING NATURE—In dcfiance of its natural instincts, a beagle hound owned by Joe
Pollard of the Union Hill community in Independence County, Ark., recently "kidnaped" a
young gray fox from a litter in a hollow log and is raising the animal. The fox, which nurses
from the bcrgle as often as the hunger urge beckons, appears to be contented with his *trangt4
foster mother.
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