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JUNE IS THE month set Mide
every year an National Dairy
Products month. Everybody is
encouraged to use dairy product."
more freely. Cheese, milk, cream,
ice cream, cottage cheese, etce-
tera. By the way, a cold fresh
tom-ito. quartered and covered
With cpttuge cheese, topped with
rr.ayonnpise and a dash of p,ton-
ka and Durkees' salad dressing,
eaten with a half dozen crisp
crackers is a meal fit for a king.
•
MRS RAY Broaddus' junk:* : :id
Senior recitals. May 27 and 'ust
night Were well attended and
appreciated. The talented young
people performed well.
•
IF VOl' «ant a real treat
sometime, drive out If the
Avalon Shetland Pony Ranch
and let Clay Dunn allow you
•Mae of those beautiful Shet-
land ponies he has out there.
Mr Dunn is "wrapped up" in
his hobby. For many years now.
Mr Dunn has built his Avalon
Ranch. which at this time
ranks among the finest in tl>e
country. He has ponies rang-
ing in price from a hundred
dalla rs to several thousand
dalla rs. He sells them and de-
livers them all over the I'nited
States. On Sunday afternoon
you ea.n see families with their
youngsters visiting the ranch
and riding the ponies. Mr Dunn
extended an invitation to those
who are interested to visit the
ranch. I surely enjoyed m*
hour and a half there one af-
ternoon. The time panted ««>
fast that .1 seemed that I ns
there only a few minutes.
•
NOTE FROM M A B S\ Vt
Itn, mother of Linda Rn*e. who
narrowly escaped death two weeks
ago wh>T a runaway horse threw
her as he collided with an auto-
mobile on highway 21. says that
the horse, although out of hand
♦ , and running away, neeer did at
j§ tempt to cross highway 21 until
he reached the Old River Road.
| where he naturally cut across the
highway to go home The horse
g| belonged to th* Norrross family
' and the animal was headed for
t ~ home. I reported that the horae
£ criaa-crossed the highway, which
t, ® aa not the case The couple
|)> (continued on paga fire)
!
Sanitary Dairies
Í, Introduces New
Diet Dairy Product
i
Sanitary Farm Dairies, Inc.,
after introducing a new product
M recently known as "Diet Dessert,"
■ «announced this week that the
| public has received the product
with enthusiasm A. E Reide! of
I the company slated that the new
|1 dessert contains no sugar, is low
^ in calories, low in fat content
JS and is ideal for *he person who
I is slightly on the heavy aide or
¡.the one <*h ■ wishes to remain
| slim >f stature.
f>' Information regarding this de
licious r ew dairy food has been
ICf-
x; iii*nt to many doc tor* in this part
of ti e state. s> th- t 'he frw>d can
b* written in up-to-date die's.
Mr Reidel auid.
Baptist Bible
L School Will Start
Next Wednesday
Wednesday. June 8 ia the day
| named for the opening of the
aSwual Raptiat Vacation Bible
flehool at First Raptiat Church,
it was announced by the pastor,
•av. Charlea M. White.
I Mrs Henry G. Womble ia prin-
cipal of the school and will have
• large number of workers to
•ssist in directing the school
Which is expected to attract ap-
proximately 128 young people be-
tween the agaa of four to seven-
resbyterlans Get
Beady For School
Vacation Bible School at Pres-
byterian Church will be held
Jone 18 through June 84 between
the hours of 8:80 to 11:00 a. m.
Charlea Proser, pastor Is-
sued • cordial invitation to all
dfildren to attend.
Three departments will be
conducted this year with Mrs Don
Malversen in charge of Uta kinder-
garten. Mrs Fred Deutsch and
Mrs Maydell Schiller, primary,
and Mr WUeon Deutach will have
Aufrge of the pionaar deportment.
Mm Molvtn Deutach will teach
Uw craft department and Mrs
Altala Lao Tumor will bo in
of the refreshment eoa-
at, - ** sws#**' v
5ÍPUI0
D THE BURIfSOM COUNTY LEDGER - - ESTABLISHED 1897
VOLUME LXYI1 — No. 43
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY. Jt'NE 3. 1955
Subscription price: $2.00 a yr. in Burhaon Co 12.50 out of Cat
ooajtv
I'RANIl'M Discovery Ares.
The map shove shows the srea
in which uranium is reported to
have heea discovered in the
eastern tip of Lee County. The
L. V. Colt in farm on w hich
Last Rites For
Henry Loehr, Sr
Held Monday
Henry A Loehr. Sr.. prominent
Cooks Point retir.>d farmer, who
suffered a stroke M ly 31 wh.ch
left him partially paralyzed ind
unable to speak clearly, passed
away at his home near the com-
munity a week later on May 2H
He was X2 year* of age at the
time of his passing. Finn! rite
were held from Cooks Point
Methodist Church at 2 10 V in
day afternoon
Mr Loehr. longtime r-side >t .if
Cooka Point. *t« a great lover of
the outdoor life and enjoyed sigh:
seeing about ¡¡the country side
Hu greatest love was for hia
grand children and they n -lped
to make his last days happy.
He was born August 24, I*72,
in Austin, Texas, on of tta? 1st*
William and Mary L ehr. Follow-
ing hia mnrriage in IHyfi to the
former Miss Annie Du®wal', h-
engaged in farming as an oc,
cupation.
Services were under the direc-
< continued on lost
Revival At
Harmony Starts
At 8:00 Tonite
Harmony Baptist Church will
hold their annual revival start-
ing at H o'clock Friday evening
(tonight) with Dr. D. D. Seger,
Texas Baptist Evangelist, li.ing
the preaching Rev Tommie
French heralded Dr. Seger as a
forceful speaker and urged every-
one to attend the nightly meet
mg. which will extend through
Sunday evening, June 12.
There will be a homevomi'.g
celebration Sunday. June 12 with
dinner on the grounds. Rev.
French said.
Rev. A. S. Broaddus will have
charge of the Booster Band.
Baptist Exec
Board Approves
Mission Budget
The executive board of the Bap
list General Convention of Texas
Tuesday approved a 19R6-5A bud-
get of 88 million — an increase
of $800,000 ovar the current bud-
got Board member Murray P.
Broaddus of this city was in at-
tendance at the important meet-
ing.
The budget waa approved by
the 181-member board during its
quarterly meeting held at the
First Baptist Church in Dallas.
When the multi-million dollar
budget ia accepted by the Con-
vention during the annual meet-
ing in Houaton In October, it will
be the largest ever adopted by
Texaa Baptiata.
The board also accepted a Mis-
sion study committee report
which changed the titlea of the
convention's 17 district mission-
m •
radioactivity indicates commer-
cial ore. is located in this dot-
out lined area between Cedar
C.eek and Nails Creek in the
Flag Pond area of Lee County,
near it boundary with Wash-
ington and Burleson Counties.
(Map furnished by courtesy of
Hrenham office, Texas High-
way Department with cut cour-
tesj (biddings News.)
Uraninum Discovery Reported
In Eastern Lee County Area
Slight Oil Action
In North Section
Of Burleson County
lack Chambers, \vh■> hi ugh' in
i ga* well n the <'hrie*man area
near Milam I'ounty line in Bur-
leson County several weeks ;igi>.
is reported to ha\e brou ght a
an oil well on the Boyd-Eanes
property in the same vicin'ty Ins'
week It was not learned how
many barrels the well is reported
to be producing but it is be¡i> vod
that production is light.
The Rockdai. REPORTED i.ist
week reported that heavy ail
leasing in Milam County con-
tinued with leases being tak r.
«II along the fault line between
Mexia and Tsngelw ><kí, although
few myalties were rep ■>-ted
changing bands.
Mrs Kate Douglass
To Hold Recitals
W. E. Masse v
Passes After
Brief Illness
Mrs Kate Douglass will present
her annual r«H-ital of seni>r voice
and piano pupils nexr Tuesday
night, .June 7, ■< p. m. in First
Baptist Church. The preceding
evening June ♦> at the * ime time
and place the junior recital 0f
piano pupils will (ie presented.
Two New Teachers
Km ployed At CHS
Mis* Surah Barber* formerly of
Dallas and for the past several)
years of Jackson, Mns>«- pi j
ai s employ.^ by 'he < >Mw I'
School Boani recently to fill .<-i-
of the eight vacancies on :he
school staff, it was announced v
J. M. Hare, Superintei l«it. !■!
flare also stated that Mr <*i
lyn Alfoni had be-n ele -4.ed t>
i teacher and th'it there -ire :i c
six vacancies to h- fi!le«l pri <r
to next Septemt>er. p ovide.i
there are no more r >signations.
Both Miss Barber and Mrs
Alford were employed subject to
tssignment by the superintendent.
Many Students Have
Perfect Attendance
Records At Caldwell
Wallace Eugene Massey, life-
long resident of Chriesman,
pa^« I away in St. Edwards Hos-
pital. '"anteron May IN, H p. m.
following a short illness. He was
•">-> years of age at I he i ne of
death.
Mr Massey was l>om April 17,
«•<rj n the t'hrienmari Communi-
ty and engaged in 'arming as
an occupation. On July 7. 1941Í,
ne was married to Miss Ida Mar-
csntel Hebert and to this union
four sons were born all of whom
sui'v.ve. His church affiliati m
was with Porters Chspel Baptist
t'hurch.
Funeral servi-es were hHd
from rlurvey-Soh, ier (Jhapel May
11 a :l p. m. with Rn. C. M.
White offscitttinii Intsnsent fol
st Ut ISfv I
A new uranium potential has
lieon discovered in the cast tip
of Lee County, with chemical
assays to determine the accurate
ore contract due in a few weeks,
the San Antonio Exprés New-
reported.
The new find, where rodioac-
tivity indicates commercial ore,
is on a lease in the Flag Pond
area where the Wilson Oil and
Exploration Company of San
Antonio has the uranium pros-
pecting rights. It is on the L. V.
Colvin land IH miles east of (¡id-
dings and about seven, miles
northwest of Burton.
The property was examined
by Pete Beroni and Mike Si-
mons, Atomic Energy Commis-
sion representatives temporarily
Sixty Two Get
Diplomas From
Grammar School
A large number of Caldwell
students attained a perfect at-
tendance record for the past nin«
months, according to announce-
ment by Principal E. E. Darby.
Mias Martha Vykuk.il, a senior,
had an outstanding record of per-
fect attendance for a period of
eight years. Mi#s Florence Hoy-
ack, another senior, had a perfect
attendance record for the past
year.
Others having perfect records
for the year are: 8th grade: Betty
Jenn Becvar, Mitt Bush, Gloria
Marek, Dorothy Mstejowsky, 9th
Grade: Peggy Blasek, Tommy
Eubanka, Jerry Haujl, Shirley
Petera, 0. Ryan, 10th Grade;
Winifred Hill, Nancy Hoffman,
Gail Norville, Maedell Poehl,
Patsy Ryan, Eveyln Vykukal,
11th Grada; Georgia Beran, Bon-
ny Groce, Shirley Keil, Frances
Maresh, Jo Ann Ryan, Harriet
Stegman, Johnnie Whited.
Early Puritans celebrated
Christmas absot the middle of
the $*h
Fourteen Get
Awards Monday
At Graduation
A packed gymr nitim -«-íNhed
. enty t'aldwe hiirh si'hool
seniors receive th" r diplomas ¡t
' .i • graduation -xercise which
-as held at the i! school plant
Monday nigh'
Fourteen >f trie ijraduat re.
cenvd special ho -s, frum their
sri-'cipal, E. E. Da-by. Those re-
viving awards wer>':
Viledi'tory Medal. Mary Sue
Addison, S liuta ■ Medal, Hay
Ann Bro-iddus. I Medal, llene
'•dray. Athleti Medal, Billy
Dan Howry, Horn • aking Medal.
Elizabeth Pn! i'.^ Agricultural
Medal, D«r\vi> >d Heldman. Eriij-
lish Medal, Cynthia Surovik,
Mathematics Me«ial, James Chaf-
fin, Ciimmer ia' M-dal, Maria"
Simpson, Sci^ 1,-e Medal, Roiiert
Floyd Smith. Typing Medal. Mar-
cedla Brinkman Addison, Short
Hand Metial. Maxine Howard.
American Legion Award, Robert
Floyd Smith and Lurae Harvey.
Safety Award for Driver Educa-
tion presented by Harry H. Bow-
ers Insurance Agency wsnt to
Mias Margie Poehl. The award
waa presented after the program
bccauae complete and final re
cords had not been compilod,
J. T. Wynn Opens
Watch Repair Shop
In Parker Building
J. T. Wynn, former Elgin ws.th
repair man and an ex-eniploywe
of Wynn's Watch Repoir Shop
at Bryan Air Force Base, recent-
ly opened a watch and jewelry
repair shop in Caldwell at the
Pnrker Building, 203 Echols St.
Mr Wynn has a contract with
the U. S. Air Force to repair
aircraft clocks and the most re-
cent order brought to him was
386 clocks. Mr Wynn stated that,
with his other work, it will take
about three months to complete
the repair order at which time
an additional arder win be
Sixty two young boys and jrirls
received diplomas after being
graduated from the eighth grade
in exercises ,r Caldwell ^yin
naaium last Thursday tiijrht This
group will enter high school and
the ninth grade next yea..
Miss Edna Boedeker won the
eighth grade scholarship medal.
Those receiving eighth grade
diplomas are; Lee Alford, Juana
Alvarez, Norma Barnett, Margie
Ann Becvar. Doris Ben. i. Edna
Boedeker, Charle* Buffington,
M-" B'isH. Fra"k Byars. Leslie
CalI¡son, \ irginia Campise. Guy
'^urrol, P-'ta Cedillio, Nora Betii
Dsjfgett, Steji'nen Daggett, An-
thony Paul Deniottiei, l hurles
Dlabay, Julia Ann Eubatiks, Jane
Ford, Robert (¡arbs. Franklin
Gold, Henry Gold, Patricia Haj-
ovsky, John Hare, Gerald Has-
kell, Jimmy Harper, John Henri
del. Edward Homeyer, Dorothy
Huenak, Herbert Jaster, Lupe
Jimenez, Lnrry I«ingham, Shir-
ley Langham, Eulene Loehr, Au-
gustine Loehr, Earnest Lee Mal-
key, (íloria Ann Marek, Leo
Maresh, Dorothy Matejowsky,
Judith McCaskill, Marilyn Mc-
M.inus, Marv Ann Moehlm an,
Mary M ur\\7., Fannie May Nelson,
tierald Perry. Thomas Phelp,
Wallace Rosas. Johnny Polansky,
Tommy Ryan, Jose Sanchez. W.
T Silvey, John Siptak, Kenneth
Shiller, Ma rie Slovak, James
Stanley, t'hrirles Supak. Josi'oh
! T >dar , Ray Allan Vancleuve.
Damn Smith. Norman Webster,
■md Katherine Weeber.
"tm •
Vacation Bible
School Scheduled
By Methodists
Vacation Bible School at Kir-,'
Methodist t'hurch will begin n-'x*
Sunday mornintr, June i and c>:'-
tmue thr i í¿h the followintr week.
Four departments will oft"-r
studies and activities fir i"
children under 'welve years of
age. by a st iff >f capable work-
ers. The courses and departmen-
tal superintendents are Junior De-
partment, "Followers of Jesus".
Mrs B. T Yager, Primary Dept.
"Learning From Jesus," Mrs Otto
Berndt, Kindergarten Dept "Our
Happy World", Mrs W H. Ne-
nas!. Nursery Department "Play-
ing Together", Mrs L. B. Broach.
The school will be held from
8:30 to 10:30 each week lay
morning. On the two Sundays, the
junior, primary, and kindergarten
departments will convene at 8:30
and the nursery at 9:00 a. m.
Mrs. E. L Jones
Joins Clinic Staff
Mrs E. L. Jones of Caldwell,
a registered nurse and graduate
of Scott and White Sanitarium
Nurses School, has replaced Mis'*
Earllne Ripple at the Smith and
Railsback Clinic. Miss Ripple will
become the bride of Mr Leonard
Brinkmann today.
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First Year Pupils
To Be Immunized
Burleson County school offi-
cials urged all parents of six-
year-old children entering school
for the first time in September
to have their children immunised
against the following; diptherin,
whooping cough, tetnua, and small
pox. Local physicians should bo
consulted coooorning
stationed m Karnes County.
"<>n radioactivity, it look like
it would be commercial," Beroni
said in San Antonio after his re-
turn from l^ee County. He said
the possible find was on the
Jackson trend, probably in the
mid-Jackson group. The Karnes
County production is from the
Whitsett formation in the upper
Jackson,
In order to cut down on shin-
ing time, Beroni and Simons
were to take samples for chemi-
cal assay from the Wilson lease
with them when they returned
to the A EC's Denver office later
this week.
M. P. (Monk) Wilson, head of
the Wilson Oil and Exploration
Company, prepared the 50 pounds
of sample required to the AF.<
amenability tests.
The AEC men made a rad'o
metric or grid survey of a 2"0 x
400-foot area on the Colvin farm,
Wilson said. In this survey, the
area to be surveyed is marked
off by a compass and tape in :<
grid pattern with squares of a
certain size. Readings are mailt
either with a probe or a rate
meter.
Wilson said theaverage read
ing was about 3..'l milliroentgeti
pet hour.
Ball Players
Urged To Sign
By June 13
Those who wish to participate
in the softball program this sum-
mer, which is expected to get
underway about mid June, should
notify Softball Commissioner
Kenneth Clark at First State
Bank or W. E. Red Smith at the
Smith and Railsback Clinic not
later then Monday, June 13.
Clark stated that he expects
eight teams to take part in the
summer program, although only
three or four have come threugh
to date.
The program, sponsored by
Caldwell Chamber ot Commeice
and the City of Caldwell, is very
popular all over th" county.
Utilities Manager Blackie <-rock-
er stated that the city is spend-
ing quite a bit of money and
labor in building a well lighted
field. Clark stated th.U i i, Soft-
ball Association is going ■ build
a bleacher to accomodate about
135 fans at a cost of approxi-
mately $500. The bleachers will
be ready by June 22, Clark said.
■' , m •• i
Jame E. Mitchell, formerly
of San Antonio and now re-
siding on route 2 with his wife,
the former Miss Hernadelte
Novottad, received a B. S. De-
gree in Industrial Education at
the graduation ceremony held
at A. & M. College last Friday.
Mr Mitrnell rame through with
many honors as he as or >.
nounced the best drilled sopho-
more in his squadron, an out-
standing Juni.tr ana a distin-
guished student for five semes-
ers. He is an Executive Offi-
ith the rank of Cadet First
Lieutenant and :«. Distinguished
\ir Force ROT( Student.
Mr M it "hell «as commission •
ed a Seco.'iti I euienant in th •
l'. S. Air Force and will be
called for arti\e duty for flight
training in Virjust at Lackland
\FB San Antonio. While at-
tending \. & M. Mr Mitchell
*a,s a member of the Industrial
Education Club. San Antonio
Hometown Club and was on the
Aggieland staff.
John D. Williams, a distin-
guished member of his clasit
for the past four semesters,
received a degree in Poultry
Husbandry at the Texas A. A
M. College graduation exercises
last Friday night. Mr Williams
is the son of Mr and Mrs Ra.lph
Williams of route four.
Williams was a member 0f
the Junior Poultry Judging
team. Senior Poultry Judging
team, placing second in the
National Collegiate Poultry
Judging contest at Chicago
and placed fifth as an indivi-
dual, President of Poultry
Science Club. Representative to
Student Ag Council, member
of Alpha-Zeta, Athletic Offi
cer of "A" Composite. Williams
made an enviable record at
Aggieland. He was commission-
ed a Second Lieutenant in Field
Artillery a.nd starting July IK
he will teach poultry husbandry
part time and study graduate
work in the field of bio chemi-
stry and nutrition at Texas
A. A M.
Broaddus Gets
Highest Award
In B. A. School
Dr. T W. Leland. head of the
D*pt. of Business Administration
at Texas A. A M. College pres-
ented the T. W. Mohle Award to
William L. Broaddus in a special
ceremony in the Student Mem-
orial Center. May 24 fot the most
outstanding student in the school
of Business Administration at
Texas A. A M.
One must either be a junior
or a senior to be eligible to re-
ceive the award. This year there
were approximately 300 students
who were eligible. Selection of the
winner is made by the faculty of
the Dept. of Business Administra-
tion with all stuednta being
(Continued on lost Page)
Mr and Mrs T. B. PsrMrftl
were in attendance at the flhrine
Ceremonial at Galveston lost week
end, whore they enjoyed several
days of renewed e—etialisa with
friends of Iom
Phawoodis
hi New Spot
On Highway 36
Phil Wood's Badio and Tele-
vision Shop haa moved into new
and more spacious quarters on
highway 36 and will have >.heir
grand opening at a date which
will be announced later by the
owner, Phil Wood.
Mr Wood will continue to han-
dle Stromberg - Carlson television
sets and numerous makes of
radios. He haa a lorge selection
of tv and radio parts and con-
ducts an expert tv-radio repair
service.
Mr Wood has been in the radio
snd television business for the
post SS years, coming to Cald-
well from Houston nine years
ago. The now looation is nest
door to the old shop, where he
has been located for nine years
Mr Wood invites all his friends
to drop by and see his now shop.
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