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WEATHER FORECAST
Brownwood Bulletin
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1960
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
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Re-Shuffle Theme
Nay Appointed 5th
Reorganization
consideration of business this morn
Illi
Member Of Council
respondent, who remained nn- items which follow an election.
Grand Jury
Returns 9
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X
BURGLARY
Chuckles
2.2
Dr. L H Turney practiced
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taken a
EYE ON WEAKENED DIKES
St. Charles said, "We’ve gotitun-
K
handise, in-
term, general
group has included four members
public schools in nine cities are
$650 for a 1954 automobile.
De Gaulle
RIVER DROPS
Flies Home
Firs city winners in the "Unify
were announced today by steering
the fair, which is sponsored by
the National Science Fair—Interna-
tional program.
business of J.
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Calvert T o Throw
First Fiesta Ball
Vote Nears
Special guest will be Robert S. Austin.
In Senate
The
OWNERS ATTEND
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Owner* of the new center who
$
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Ward 5 Created
Today By Council
Judges Name First
Beautify Winners
Contests Open
In Brownwood
Cleanup Drive
expected to be exhibited in the Dis-
trict XI Science Fair here this
National Science Fair for the win-
ner and his or her sponsor in the
A burglary indictment
turned against Joseph
Students from the fourth grade
through high school in District XI
Members of the Brownwood re-
serve units of the branches of
committee officials of the drive.
The "most improved and cleanest
alley” in the downtown area was
ROBERT S. CALVERT
. . . Special guest .
Judges are making regular grad-
ing rounds of the city for both
the home and block contests.
Mrs. S. R. Smith has announced
that irises will be given away
free to those city residents who
pick them up at Fire Stations No.
1 and 2. The irises are donated
by the garden clubs of Brown-
wood for planting along alley
borders and other areas of the
I yard.
Stores winning with the clean al-
leys were Austin Shoe Store. Ben
Franklin's. Franklin's. Queen The-
Presbyterians and Baptists be-
in* without church houses.
Brownwood's Fiesta Lanes sports
palace, which opened its doors for
business April 1. withhold official
Members of the station judging
team included Mrs. Winnie B. Bur-
nett. Angeline Smith, Mrs. Lena
Martin and Mrs. Johnnie Miller.
The individual home contest has
entered the judging stage and win-
ner will be announced April 15. The
home contest was extended a week
east Brown County town.
The correspondent was alive
announced Dr. Fred Inman, head
o fthe HPC Physics Department,
who is director fo rthe event.
The exhibits will be judged Fri-
day night and awards will be pre-
In tapid-fire order councilmen:
ONE—Passed ordinances approv-
ing results of elections to name a
26 as the date for selling bonds ap-
proved by voters in Tuesday’s elec-
tion Vote on the proposal, first
ever to be considered by a five
member council in Brownwood his-
tory. was unanimous.
from Woodland Heights.”
“I feel a deep obligation to fill
this civic responsibility to the best
of my ability," he said.
was re-
Spencer
Exhibits will be classified as bio-
logical or physical science exhibit* .
in senior and junior divisions. I
Bleated that the firm carried
dry goods, groceries, hardware,
and farm implements.
amendment expanding the
council from four to five members./
The new councilman represents
the Woodland Heights precinct. The
appointment will be for one year I
Woodland Heights was officially I
named city Ward 5 by City Coun- I
cil just before Nay's appointment
to the office. The ordinance setting
up the new ward includes every-
thing in the city limits south of
Willis Creek.
Ward 5 coincides with county vot-
ing precinct 5. They will use the
same voting place. -
Wards 1,2,3 and 4 will remain
Shaw, alias Jesse Shaw of Brown-
wood. Shaw is alleged to have
broken into a bouse March 12 own-
ed by Frankie Mayfield and taken
a pistol.
Woodland Height* Lion* Club in
(See COUNCIL on Page 2)
i "We have built bowling center*
16-lane bowling center is in Waco, Cleburne. Texas City and
He then switched to sixe. ’tat- | n
ing that 250 people resided in the | nulcEmenLS
ing for Brownwood City Council______________
A community -conscious cor as members waded through routine mayor, two councilmen, a police
I IN THE NEWS I
NEW YORK — Painting can be
as easy and neat as applying an
adhesive bandage, according to
"Product Engineering,” a McGraw
Hill publication.
A manufacturer says he has
come up with a "pure paint" that
comes sealed in a sandwich be-
tween two layers of paper. To use,
the do-it-yourselfer strips off the
bottom, sticks the paint down and
then removes the protective cover.
। chief as well as two bond issues
and the vote on two charter amend-
ments
TWO—Administered the oath of
office to Mayor W. C. Carpenter,
Councilman Lee Lamkin, Charles
Parker and C. H. Nay Jr. and Po-
lice Chief George Calder.
THREE—Elected Truman Har-
low mayor pro-tern of the council
to succeed B. V. Davis.
FOUR — Changed the regular
council meeting time from 4 p.m.
on Monday to 7:30 a.m. on Tues-
day.
During a canvass of votes in the
election prior to approving the or-
dinances giving results, council men
found no changes in the unofficial
DIA WINDUP—Speakers for the final sessions of Howard Payne’s College's Democracy in Action program folk with
Bobby Morrow, right, a director of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Speakers include, from left, John Con-
lan Jr. of Evanston, III., who talked this morning, and Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, president of Freedoms Foundation,
and the Rev. L. Gerald Fielder, Southern Baptist missionary to Japan, who spoke Thursday.
CLIMAXES DIA PROGRAM
By NORMAN FISHER
Ot TN Bulletin Butt a
C. H. (Pete) Nay of 1110 Phillips today was appointed
i to the best exhibit by a high school
junior boy. Sixty science books also
will be presented as awards.
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
BROWNWOOD AREA Partly cloudy
through Saturday A few thundershowers
tonight or Saturday. Cooler Saturday and
in north portion tonight.
Maximum temperature here Thursday
90, overnight low 55. Sunset 7:01, sun- •
rise 6:15.
PAIR OF NEW FACES—Two new faces were among four city officials who took the
oath of office this morning from City Attorney Gilbert Harrison, right. They are
Charles Parker, left, new councilman, and George Calder, new police chief. Also
taking the oath at the same time were Mayor W. C. Carpenter and Councilman Lee
Lamkin. C. H. Nay Jr. was sworn in as Ward 5 councilman later in the meeting.
(Staff Photo)
Calvert. state comptroller.
Mayors L. B. Lancaster of Early
and W. C. Carpenter of Brownwood
will jointly cut the ribbons.
FIRST BALL
Calvert will roll the first official
ball.
Miss Fiesta. Carol Simmons of
San Antonio, will act as official
hostess for the evening. She will
be assisted by her three princesses
from Howard Payne College. They
will conduct the public on tours
through the new plant.
George Jordan newly selected
innkeeper for Holiday Inn and Jack
Miller, state Jaycee president, will
be master of ceremonies.
Miss Fiesta will draw for the
Block contest has also started
and will continue through May 3L
REGULAR ROUNDS
weekend
Students will participate from
Brownwood High School, Brown-
wood Junior High School, the Rea-
gan County Independent School Dis-
trict, and schools in Coleman. Win-
ten, Eldorado. San Angelo, Santa
Anna, Christoval and Menard.
OPEN TO PUBLIC
The exhibits will be open to the
due to inclement weather during
I the opening week of the campaign.
Bryan and Breckenridge.” Allen
said, "but the one at Brownwood
has something special on the front
—it really stands out."
Allen and several members at
the Waco firm are expected to
attend the official opening.
BOWLING POPULAR
"We believe the folks of Brown-
wood and vicinity are going to be
more proud of Fiesta Lanes a*
time goes on," Allen said. "Bowl-
ing has proved tremendously pop-
ular and will thrive in Brown-
wood." he predicted.
He added that it attracts millions
because it is a wholesome, family
sport and recreation.”
Allen pointed out that even those
who do not bowl will enjoy the
pleasant atmosphere of a place like
Fiesta Lanes with its nursery,
snack bar, charcoal broil restaur-
ant and other modern equipment
"We are proud to have built
(See CALVERT on PU» 2)
An inside look at issues of na-
tional security will be the climax-
ing highlight for Democracy-in-
Action Week at Howard Payne
College, as an assistant direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation give* the week's clos-
ing address tonight
He is John J. McGuire, who
der control.”
618 MILLION
The floods along the two big
river* in the last two weeks have
caused an estimated 18 million
dollars damage.
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Cue%a Of ^ew Council
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C. H. (PETE) NAY
... New councilman
vote totals compiled immediately fifth member of the Brownwood City Council. Approval of
atrs“ecdtaon myninirahckectioe. the appointment was unanimous by the other four council
member council was to set April members.
Heights voters who were formerly
divided between the South Ward
and Daniel Baker voting boxes ‘
will all be in the new Ward 5
No other name was mentioned in
connection with the new council
post. ___. ..
Nay's term will expire at the
next city election. A councilman
will then be elected for a full two-
year term, along with councilmen
from Wards 2 and 3.
FIRST CHANGE
Today marked the first time hi
many years for the number of
Approximately 100 entries from sented in a public ceremony at 10 councilmen to be changed. The
a.m. Saturday. ! group has included four members
Top awards will be a trip to the for at least some 50 years.
—_ MICR FIM SERVICE
/ P.. B-X 8066 . •
" , DALLAS TEX.
Fiesta Lanes Official Opening Saturday Night
The same Pink Anderson was
the first merchant in old Blanket,
having opened a store in 1873.
He became county commissioner
by appointment July 7. 1879. and
the voter* elected him to the
same office Nov. 2, IMO.
Another zenerai store was
the property of Smith Broth-
ers. There to M Indication of
how long they had been in
McGuire's address’ will follow
one given this morning by John
B. Conlan Jr, young Evanston.
Ill., attorney who has been out
of the country for three years
with the Army, assigned to the
Judge Advocate General's Of-
fice.
Quoting the famous Patrick
Wary Fighters Keep
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS flood erest rushed toGard the big St. Charles said, -weve got it u
Weary flood fighters kept a city. The Mississippi is expected
was a widely known physician
and made calls for his patients
day or night. A third profession-
al man was W. A. Tucker He
taught five days a week in the
willow Springs public school and
operated a photographic studio
in the town on Saturday.
P. C. (Pink Anderson and
Co., who had beat in business
four years, condueted a gener-
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"who say T would crawl on my
hands and knees to Moscow
rather than be buried under an
atomic bomb.' There are others door prizes: a bowling ball, a sep-
who say, I would rather die arator bowling bag. a leather bowl-
standing on my feet in freedom, ing bag, a man's bowling shirt, a
than live on my knees in slave- woman's bowling blouse, a pair of
ry • " women's bowling shoes.
The Communist. Conlan declar- 1 Free popocorn will be available
ed. "Intends' to conquer the for children and the nursery will
world. Now-if an enemy says he be open with attendant and toys.
was the main
identified except as "Scrib-
bler," provided in some detail
the social and economic life
of Blanket to a Brown County
paper for Jan. 15, IM.
The anonymous seribe-want-
ed his readers to know the loca-
tion of his town and set it out ।
in miles, roads, and railroads. :
Reeve*.
F. P. Abney operated a lum-
ber yard and a 3,000-acre ranch,
having 400 steers on feed in 1896.
The genial Frisco station
agent, D. W. Crosier, doubled
as proprietor at the Blanket
Hanse, the town's only hotel,
where drummers and Hfe in-
surance agents would find
bome-cooked meals and spot-
lessly elean beds.
The Blanket scribe enumerat-
ed two blacksmith shops and a
combination cotton gin and corn
mill but failed to name the own-
ers.
LONDON <AP) _ President
Charles de Gaulle flew home to-
day on the 56th anniversary of
France's alliance with Britain aft-
er a state visit that for the mo-
ment obscured differences be-
tween the two neighbors in a rosy
glow at mutual admiration and
nostalgia.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Sen-
ate has moved its civil right* bill
up to the voting stage, but a
Southern senator said today
“there's a good deal of speaking
yet to be done.”
Leader* talked of a Saturday
session if the bill is not passed
and sent back to the House today.
The Senate Thursday choked off
any opportunity for further
amendment of the measure, which
has consumed eight weeks ol de-
bate and maneuvering.
THE AMENDMENT
Before doing so it adopted an
amendment designed to meet
Southerners' protests that the bill
would give Negroes an advantage
over white persons in registering
to vote.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-
Tax), the majority leader, pre
College for a time and county
clerk from 1901' to 1907, was
principal Miss Jennie MeChris-
fy—Mrs: James C. Crume after
her marriage—was the grade
teacher.
Special institutions of the
town were not the correspond-
ent's only interest. Blanket
had professional men and busi-
ness establishments that were
worthy of mention.
nection with the burglary of Hill-
side Auto Paris March 12. He is
alleged to have taken $265 from
the store.
The burglary of motor vehicle
indictment against Henson is in
. connection with an automobile
break-in March 12 in which a 17
inch portable television set was
taken.
Jose Flores Aguilar of Coleman
was indicted for burglary of motor
vehicle. Aguilar is alleged to have
broken into an automobile belong-
and L.
dieted there will be fewer than 30 will speak at 7:20 p.m. in Mims
votes agai:i«t it when the 109-1 Auditorium The public is in-
member Benate finally votes. i Tiled to attend
duo as teachers. Will D. Me-
Nay’* appointment followed quickly on the heels of
Tuesday’s city election which saw voters overwhelmingly
approve a city charter
"unique in the way of modem other places and have been under
construction now at Waxahachie,
FBI Official Speaks Tonight
By TESSICA MARTIN
indicted on charges of burglary.
Blanket . schoot, with » W
pits, boasted a brother and sister
t HPC Science Fair
toxicated (repetition). 1 •
-maze To Exhibit Entries
less eheck over 850 Holland is -T
alleged to have made out a worth-
. less check to Jack’s Used Cars for
public Saturday morning in the
Howard Payne College gymnasium.'
the United States Armed Forces,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the
Mary Garland Chapter of the
Daughters ol the American Revo-
lution and Brownwood and Brown
County law enforcement officers
have been invited to attend in
groups and in uniform and will
sit In specially reserved sections
of the auditorium for tonight's
program.
VOLUME 60 NO. 151 5c PER COPY
Henry "liberty or death" pass-
age. Conlan applied it to the sit-
uation today. intends to conquer you and de- I
"There are some," he said, I (See EBI om Page 2)
Dr. I. H Turney practiced ing to Jap Kassaw and
medicine and operated the Blank 38 caliber pistol,
et Drug Store. Dr. D. C. Cobb . _
_ . . . __The burglary and theft indict-
Christy, who was a member of , -re ‛u--n . i. m
the faculty of Howard Payne ments against Henson are in con-
A third general store, with J.
B. Day as the owner, provided
competition. Day, whose son,
Earl Day, is a well known ranch-
man and resident of Brownwood,
was the Blanket postmaster. In
addition to his general store, he
carried a drug Une.
Another firm that had opened
four years previously, with the
combi* of the Frisco Railroad,
was the grocery and tin-ware
L
concern of possible break-throughs
Nay, long a civic leader in the in some of the earthen dikes.
,_________ Woodland Heights area. today said which have been pounded by the
senior division, and a Naval Cruise he "was honored to even be con- swollen rivers for more than a
awarded by the United States Navy sidered for the first councilman week in areas from Quincy, Ill.,
1 - - ----- ----- into the Hannibal, Mo., district.
The Mississippi dropped stead-
___. _ ily north of Quincy but down-
RESIDENT SINCE 1950 } stream the crest was yet to come
-2 . . SKI, 1 .A resident,of Browpwnodssin and.workers bolstered the. soggy to’Beautify Brownwood" campaign
were eligible to enter exhibits in 1950 except for a year in 1954-55, flood walls on the Ilinois and Mis- . •J k„ ttsine
the fair, which is sponsored by Nay is local agent for Railway Ex- sour sides of the big river.
! Howard Payne, in co-operation with press. He has been a resident of The only major levee break on
I.. --------■ "---" "--the Woodland Heights area since the Illinois side was near Meyer.
"Samed second presidentof the weae.°fe SteBk;GhiCmrtesutea asdedaseesrrea bstwsanaCsntsa
Lee streets.
WINNING STORES
as they are, except Woodland
Flood waters spilled over about and Newcomer s Club announced
10,000 acres of farm land in Pike I a tie in the service station compe-
County, Mo., north of St. Louis tition.
but officials said the situation ap- The winners were Harlowe’s Phil-
peared under control. lips 66 station on West Commerce
No serious damage was expect- and Beaver Street and Hudson Oil
ed in the St. Louis area as the' on East Commerce.
in flooding of some 30,000 acres
of fertile farm land. eased some
of the pressure on levees on the
Missouri side.
Downstream at Hannibal, Mo.
basements of about 50 business es- .
tablishments were flooded for the ater. Renfro Drug and Rice Ga-
second time in week Thursday rage.
but the crest is believed to have Ann Carey Smith was chairman
passed. j of the alley judging.
ONTO FARMS | Members of the Altrusa Club
to community social institu-
tions. Three churches, he re-
ported. had organized congre-
zations, but the Methodists
alone owned a buildin*—the
will attend will include R. W. Greg- bowling centers, according to
ory, president: Joe Hooten, vice Moulton Allen of Stanford Engi-
president; Richard Gilbert, treas- neering Co. Waco firm which con-
open house at 8 p.m. Saturday urer and Charlie Granger, all of structed the sports plant.
■1 merchandise store. The
sharp eye on weakened dikes | to crest at 34% feet but 3* feet
along the surging Mississippi and, to regarded as the danger mark.
Missouri rivers today and ap- The Missouri appears to have
peared more hopeful than they eased in the area near St. Charles,
have been in days. Mo., where the Missouri empties
However. officials expressed into the Mississippi. Officials in
The 35th District Grand Jury
for Brown County Thursday return-
ed nine indictments and passed on
one charge.
Three indictments were returned
against Billy Joe Henson of Apt.
111. Sunset Terrace. Henson was
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