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WITHER
Often bad statesmen are
placed in office by Good
Citizens who neglect to
vote... Be sure you vote.
^uteeturafer Steporter
Dedicated To The Welfare Of Sweetwater And Surrounding Area
Slightly Cooler
57th Year Number 171
Full Leased United Press Wire Service
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 22
NEA Telephoto Service
Price Daily 5c, Sunday 10c
New Industry For Sweetwater Announced By BCD
DEFICIT STILL SHOWN
$10 Billion Lopped
Off Budget For 1954
(si>
MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT— Sweetwater's new Tex-
crete plant, now under construction, will include fast tork-lift trucks
in storage and loading areas. One such truck will do work which
otherwise would require the services of eight men.
WASHINGTON, July 22 —UP—
President Eisenhower reported
Thursday he had cut about $!() bil-
lion from former President Tru-
man's federal spending budget for
fiscal 1954 which ended last June
30.
Even so, the Treasury wound up
with a deficit of $3,029,000,000 for
the 12-month period. This was
about $245 million less than Presi-
dent Eisenhower had estimated
last. January.
"We have come over two-thirds
OIL
ROUND-UP
By ALLEN BAKER
French Cabinet
Approves Truce
Phillips Petroleum Company is
reported to have purchased from
TXL a lease in the middle of the
^ambrian Trend play in Nolan
county. This is the north 143 acres
of section 21, block Z, T&P sur-
vey.
It is about half way between the
EA Cambrian field and the hot.
many-pay Hylton Northwest field.
Sale price was not made public.
A previous TXL trade to British-
American in the southeast corner
of section 15, near this new trade,
was listed at $500 an acre cash and
half of the mineral interest being
'Obtained by TXL.
British-American' 5iist well No.
1 TXL-K found the Ellenburger
with good shows on down in the
Cambrian, according to reports.
Jack Yarbrough No. 1 test on
the east side of White Flat field
is reported drilling below 4,500
feet.
A Harry Woods Associates drill-
ing rig is expected to be moved in
f'nm Knox City soon to start a
Humble Oil & Refining Co. test
west of the recent Cave test This
will be on the west side of High-
way 53 and will probably be No. 2
R. R. Petty, according to reports.
Lytle and Warren have staked an
oil test in the EA Dolomite field, a
mile north of EA Cambrian pool.
It is to be 330 feet out of the
southeast corner of the southeast
xiuarter of section 7, according tc
Reports.
The drilling contractor is Rank-
in, Karfer and Glass with H. Y.
Humphries as tool pusher.
Skelly Oil Co has staked No. 2-A
Adrian in North Doa field just north
of the prolific section 58, in section
51, block 20, T&P.
It has a scheduled depth of 6,400
feet. Drillsite is 330 feet from the
south and 2,113 feet from the
Xast lines of the section.
PARIS, July 22 —UP—The
French cabinet Thursday unani-
mously approved the Indo - Chin-
ese cease-fire agreement won by
Premier Pierre Mendes - France
at the Geneva Far Eastern con-
ference.
Mendes - France spent two hours
and 15 minutes outlining for his
cabinet the details of the agree-
Fishing Camp
Operator Has
Dog As Guest
If there is a youngster in the
Sweetwater area mourning the loss
of a treasured friend—a dog—this
might bring a ray of hope and
comfort.
A. E. Bell, who operates a fish-
ing camp at Oak Creek Lake, in a
letter to the Reporter, wrote that
a non paying guest at his camp
appeared following the boat races
held at the lake Sunday afternoon
—a large male collie dog.
Mr. Bell wrote: "... Upon re-
turning to my camp Monday morn-
ing I found 1 had a squatter on
my proprety who was making him-
self at home. This squatter was a
male collie dog.
"After doing what work I came
out to do, I returned to Bronte.
Last night (Monday) I went back
to do some fishing and my visitor
was still there. I brougt him home
with me and fed him and am tak-
ing care of him until I can find
his owner, if possible.
"lie is a very fine looking dog
and has all the marks and appear-
ances of a full blood.
"... The best way I can de-
scribe him is that he is a very
fine appearing ring-necked collie."
Mr. Bell may be contacted at
Bronte, through P. O. Box 317.
ment ending the eight-year-old In-
do - China war, in advance of his
appearance before the national
assembly.
He was quoted as telling his cab-
inet that much credit for success
of the conference was due to the
understanding of the United States
and Britain.
"France was never more solid
with her allies," tie was quoted.
He will ask the national assem-
bly to follow the cabinet in giving
strong approval to the cease-fire
arrangement.
The young prime minister spe-
cifically had asked before his de-
parture from Geneva that there
be no demonstrations and the pub-
lic was barred from the meadow-
of the way towards balancing of
the budget." Mr. Kisenhower said
in a statement. "And we have done
this while putting into effect a tax
program which will return nearly
$7.5 billion to the people."
'Inflation Halted'
Mr. Eisenhower also claimed
that his administration's fiscal pol-
icies "have halted inflation." He
said purchasing power of the dol-
lar has varied only one-half of one
cent in the past 18 months.
"We are laying a firm base for
a healthy and expanding economy
for better national security, and for
Eisenhower said.
The federal government spent
about $67.6 billion and received in
I taxes and other revenue about $64.6
billion in fiscal 1954. Mr. Eisenhow-
er's estimate last January called
for spending of $70.9 billion and
revenue of $67.6 billion.
Thus, smaller revenues than an-
ticipated kept the deficit from be-
ing even smaller than it was.
Truman's 'Tight' Budget
Mr. Truman, in his fiscal 1954
budget sent to Congress in January
of 1953, estimated federal expendi-
tures at $77.9 billion and receipts
at $68 billion. He called this a
"tight." budget and said it could
not be cut without endangering na-
tional security or eliminating es-
sential federal services.
Most of the economies made by
Mr. Eisenhower and the Republi-
can Congress were at the expense
of defense and the foreign aid pro-
grams.
Mr. Eisenhower's budget for fis
cal 1954 showed
about $6.7 billion under that of fis-
cal 1953. Receipts last year were
I $200 million under the $64.8 billion
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FRANK K. LOCKE—in charge
of construction of new Texcrete
plant in Sweetwater, Locke is
an authority in concrete ma-
sonry. He built the first Texcrete
plants in Dallas and Fort Worth
which, with the Haydite plant at
Eastland, were the original
plants of the present widespread
Texas Industries organization.
RALPH B. ROGERS—President
of Texas Industries, Inc., Dallas,
parent organization of new Tex-
crete Company of West Texas,
Rogers today thanked city offi-
cials and Board of City Develop-
ment for help in locating his
company's new plant in Sweet-
water.
Concern Plans
$250,000 Plant
A new industry for Sweetwater, the Texcrete Company
of West Texas, was announced today by the Sweetwater
Board of City Development through Manager A. C. Bishop.
The new company, which will employ a fair sized group
of people, will produce Texcrete lightweight masonry units
and Holiday Hill Stone.
"The Board of City Development has been working on
obtaining this new industry for several months and credit
can be attributed to the untiring efforts of every member of
the Board, as well as other local citizens who have given us
complete cooperation," Bishop stated.
Texcrete Company of West Texas will be a subsidiary
of Texas Industries, Inc., Dallas, the nation's largest produc-
er of expanded shale or clay lightweight aggregate and one
of the country's leading producers of concrete masonry
" _ j Units.
US And Britain
In Agreement
Named0n Asia Policy
Voting Places
In Wheat Referendum
it was disclosed Thursday.
Wheat growers of Nolan County, will be available for those who' "A course of action has been
will vote for or against marketing \ comply with their allotments. Full | agreed on within the last 48 hours."
WASHINGTON, July 22 — UP—
The United States and Britain have
suddenly buried their differences
j and agreed to go ahead with plans
for an international conference to
| blueprint southeast Asia's defense.
quotas for the 1955 crop Friday, ■ level of price support which is auth-
July 23, at four different polling i orized for the 1955 crop, apparent-
places, with polls open from 9 a. I ly somewhere from 90 to 75 per
m. to 7 p. m. I cent of parity.
The polling places will be the j If quotas are not approved, there
ASC Office, Court House, Sweet- will be no quotas or marketing
water; Blackwell—bank building; ' penalties, and price support for
, , , , i Roscoe—City Hall
federa spend ng schooi house.
and
Divide — j those who stay within
See VOTING Page 8
their al-
liko Villacoublay airfield near Par- ! 0f fiscal 1953.
is- j The deficit in fiscal 1953 ran to
But 200 cabinet members, offi- $9.4 billion.
cials and newsmen who were ad-
mitted to the airstrip burst into |
applause when the tired leader J
stepped down to get a kiss from
his wife.
"Pierre is a man who always '
gets things done," said Mrs. [
Mendes - France, a lovely Egyp- j
tlan.
An unusually large crowd of Pa- j
risians lined the road to the capital !
and gave the premier a hero's
cheer as he drove past in the offi- j
cial cavalcade to the cabinet meet- j
ing.
Feeling !n House
Favors Outlawing
Communist Party
No. 8 B C. E. Boyd in section 58
reported complete and testing for
some time, has been completed for i
a potential of more than 1900 bar-1
rels a day through large choke, ;
three-quarter-inch.
This was only a two hour test in
which the well ran 100.66 barrels of j
47 gravity oil. Casing pressure was j
90 pounds and tubing pressure 290 [
pounds.
WASHINGTON, July 22-UP— !
House leaders said Thursday there I
is a good chance the House will j
override administration objections ]
and whip through a bill to outlaw
the Communist party.
The measure, approved by a !
judiciary subcommittee, would j
make party members liable to 10- j
year jail terms and fines of $10,- \
000.
Leaders said that "anti-Commu-1
nist sentiment is running fairly I
strong" in the House and cited I
- . . ... , its speedy adoption of two Commu-!
' P?n n "'!! S1 n'st-control bills Wednesday as an
ing. driving 60 miles an hour n a indication of its temper. I
40 mile per hour zone on West j 0ne of these would strip convict-
Broadway, pleaded guilty Thurs-1 ed Communist conspirators of their 1
U.S. citizenship by providing for
Sites Of Local
Vote Precincts
Are Changed
All Sweetwater voters in the
Democratic Primary Election
Saturday, July 24, are remind-
ed that voting precincts in
Sweetwater have been chang-
ed to new locations.
For all voters living west of
Oak Street and Lamar Street—
305 Oak Street, adjacent to
Texas Bank and Trust Co.,
formerly Clayton Williams In-
surance Agenc^.
For all voters living east of
Oak Street and Lamar Street—
basement of the old First Me-
thodist Church building, corner
of Fourth Street and Cedar St.
These locations are for all
Sweetwater voters. Polls will
open at 8 a. m. and close at 7
p.m. Voters are urged to bring
their poll tax receipts or ex-
emption certificates.
The referendum, according to
Evelyn M. Terry, Office Manager
of Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation, will determine whe-
ther or not i e quota program now
in effect w 11 continue for next
rear's crop. Two-thirds of those
who vote must approve quotas be-
fore they can be put into operation.
The current program, which was
voted on a year ago. was approved .
by 87 percent of the voters — 390,-
221 to 57.537.
A producer is eligible to vote if
he will have more than 15 acres of |
wheat on his farm for harvest in
1955. He can vote if he will be af-1
fected directly by quotas, which ap- j
ply only to farms with more than I
15 acres of wheat.
Whether quotas are approved or I oil wells at Snyder.
not, the wheat allotment proclaim- j "It was quite a fishing trip as
ed by the Secretary of Agriculture ; well as a time for visiting with oil
will be in effect for the 1955 crop, j men," Schattel said. "We talked
The controlling legislation requires some about this country but an in-
Ofishore Drilling
Draws Top Interest
Along Gulf Coast
John Schattel. local oil man on
whose father's place the Snyder
oil field excitement got part of its
start, returned Thursday from a
fishing trip with a party of eight
men of this area on the gulf coast.
They were guests of R. E. (Bob>
Smith, Houston oil man who has
an informed source said. "Some
announcement should be made
soon on the next Allied step. Ma-
jor disagreements between Wash-
ington and London have been over-
taken."
| A congressman acquainted with
j the development said Secretary of
j State John Foster Dulles is "hope-
| ful and optimistic" that the confer-
j ence can begin next month.
Only a few days ago the United
! States and Britain were deadlocked
I over how soon to set up the pro-
j posed Southeast Asian Treaty Or-
| ganization (SEATO) to block fur-
Charles M. Leake, vice-president
of the Texas Industries, from San
Antonio, was a visitor in Sweetwat-
er Thursday, and informed Mayor
Don Smith that personnel would be-
gin arriving here Monday to be-
gin construction of the plant.
The plant will be located on Ash
Street between Fourth and Sixth
Streets. Main office will be at the
head of Fifth Street.
Total expenditure for plant and
equipment will be approximately
$250,000, and while limited produc-
tion will start in September, final
completion of the plant will require
at least another four months. Rog-
ers said. Annual production will be
approximately 1,500,000 units
Rogers added that the company
will serve the West Texas area in
a radius of 150 miles from Sweet-
water Previously this area has
been served by the company's Tex
Crete plant in San Antonio.
The plant has been designed by
Cedric Willson, chief engineer for
Texas Industries.
Facilities will include a high-
speed Besser Vibrapac machine for
producing Texcrete and Holiday
Hiil Stone units, overhead bins for
bi/lk cement and three types of ag-
gregate—two for Haydite aggregate
and one for crushed limestone used
in Holiday Hill Stone—precision
scales and water meters for scien-
tific batching of materials, fork
lift trucks and a battery of steam
curing kilns.
The company will operate a fleet
ther Communist advances. This 0f trucks for servicing customers in
country wanted immediate action.
Britain wanted to wait to line up
more charter members.
But an agreement to go ahead
came swiftly as the great fact of
the Indo-China truce entered the
picture. Informants said the allies
feel a defense system must be cre-
ated quickly to deal with the "dan-
gerous interval" following the
cease-fire.
the West Texas area.
Haydite aggregate for the Tex-
crete units will be shipped from
the Eastland plant of Texas light-
weight Aggregate Company, also
a Texas Industries subsidiary.
"We would like to express our
appreciation to the city officials of
Sweetwater and the Board of
City Development who have gener-
ously cooperated in helping locate
They predict "an unfortunate re- this plant," Rogers declared.
the establishment of wheat acreage
allotments every year, unless they
are suspended because of emerg-
ency conditions, therefore the vote
on quotas will have no direct effect
on acreage allotments.
If quotas are approved, there will
j be marketing penalties on any "ex-
cess" wheat—produced outside the
acreage allotment—the ful level of
price support authorized for 1955
Motorist Fined
For Speeding
A California motorist who
was
Fifth Canyon Reef Producer
Is Indicated In Hylton Field
teresting new angle to the fishing
trip conversation was atomic power
and offshore drilling.
"It probably will be far off but
the group talked about the time
when a little atomic engine will
pull cars around instead of today's
big gasoline motors.
"We are much interested in plans
for getting started on the offshore
drilling.
"Some of the companies operat-
ing here are getting ready to go
into it. It costs about $400,000 a
action" in Asia as a result of the
Communist victory in Indo-China
and fear free nations in the area
will be especially vulnerable to Red
advances if the allies do not build
a wall to protect them.
It was the Anglo - American
agreement to push ahead with the
international conference, informed
sources said, that prompted Dulles
to tell newsmen late Wednesday
that the "prospects look encourag-
ing" for SEATO.
THE WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Temperature.
| high. 100 degrees; low 78 degrees.
Barometric pressure, 29.94, falling
| well, they said, "but they can pay | slightly. Relative humidity, 50 per
j out in 10 months with good luck, j cent, steady. Instrument reading,
"It will help the state and schools clear to partly cloudy, slightly
day and was fined $20
One driver was fined S3 on char-
ges of failure to halt for a "stop"
signal. Another was fined $10 for
failure to have operators' license.
Before Justice of the Peace Le-
onard Teston, a Washington, D. C.,
truck driver carrying a load of
•% Production was from 150 perfora- : grapes was arraigned Thursday on
dons at .1.952-96 feet Gas-oil ratio charges of operation without a
state railroad commission permit.
He entered a plea of guilty and
was fined $39.50, including costs.
Another truck driver, charged
with "over-length" load was fined
$15.50 on a plea of guilty. Com-
plaints were filed by Weight and
License Inspectors C. L. Brown
and M. Kniflen.
Sabrejet Crashes
In Rugged Mesa
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 22
—UP—An Air Force Sabrejet went
into an uncontrolled dive and dis-
ppeared Wednesday night In the
was 1,027-1.
Total depth was 6,008 feet on der-
rick floor elevation of 2,352 feel.
Skelly has located No. 10 Evelyn
S. Cox in the West Canyon field at
Lake Trammell. This 5,700 foot
test is 660 feet from the south and
1,980 feet from the west lines of
section 90, block 22, T&P survey.
^ Final report has been made on
TJnion Oil of California's No. 7-34-
Mary E. Campbell well in the South
Lske Trammell field (section 34-
block X, T&P survey).
Using a half inch choke the well
had a daily potential of 602 barrels
of 43 gravity oil, with packer on
the casing; 300 pounds pressure on vicinity of a rugged mesa about
tubing. ! jo miles southwest of Kirtland Air
Oil flowed through 136 perfora Force Base here.
Hons at 4,970-5,145 feet with total j The plane apparently crashed. It
depth of casing, 5,282 feet. Gas-oil was not known whether the pilot.
j^tio was 1,075-1.
No. 1 E. C. Parker Canyon sand
prospect of General Crude, a mile
and a quarter north of Roby, swab-
bed 14 barrels of oil on latest 17-
hour test through perforations from
5,305 to 5,323 feet.
Section has been washed with 500
See OIL Page 8
Capt. G. G. George of Lansing,
Mich., bailed out or survived the
crash.
George, a Korean war veteran
assigned to the 172nd Fight-
er Bomber squadron of the Air Na-
tioiirtl Guard, was flying from De-
troit to International airport at On-
tario, Calif., with another Sabrejet
piloted by Capt. L. A. Erickson.
the "expatriation" — revocation of
nationality — tor any native-born
or naturalized American found
guilty of violating the Smith act
which forbids advocating the force-
ful overthrow of the government.
The other would provide stiff
penalties for jail jumpers ranging
up to a $5 010 fine and five years
in jail. BaL-juinpl'i" has hamper-
ed anti-subversive inv:-s'"'c?tic-is.
The fifth Canyon reef well in the
Hylton Northwest field was indi-
cated Wednesday afternoon when
Seaboard Oil Co. topped the reef
at 4,521 feet in Billie Hanks A-17.
Most, of the reef wells in this
area are twin wells.
east edge of the field is the Cam-
brian which already has three
wells.
This 30-odd well field now has
Hanks No. 3, 13. 14 and A-17 Can- 1 "
von reef wells and C. W. Lambkin
but the big attraction is the larger
allowable for production from the
offset land."
Those in the party were John
and E. E. Spears, Walter Dickson,
Dr. Cockrell, Ike Dolan, Ross
Hemphill, President Alexander of
the Snyder National Bank and
Schattel.
cooler.
WEST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
and warm with widely scattered
thundershowers Thursday night
and Friday, except scattered
thunderstorms and cooler Pan-
handle Thursday night and in Pan-
handle and South Plains Friday
"Sweetwater was chosen as the
site because of its importance as a
rail and highway crossroads and
because of our confidence in the
future of Sweetwater, Nolan Coun-
ty and West Texas. Another impor-
tant factor in our decision was the
ready availability of water, natural
gas and electric power." he added.
Rogers said that company offi-
cials have been greatly impressed
by the quality of citizenship and
the friendliness of the community,
and that the company is proud to
become a part of Sweetwater and
expects to contribute to its growth.
"It is our intention to provide
the West Texas area with high
quality building products at low
cost for use in homes and indus-
trial construction. In addition, the
opportunity to serve this trading
area will enable Texas Industries
to round out its coverage of the
Southwest in Texas. Louisiana and
Oklahoma," Rogers said.
The field has been developed No. 2.
chiefly as a Strawn reef pay area
but the Canyon reef is found just
above the Strawn.
Down next to the granite on the
CHANGE OF HEART—Thomas and Virginia Conway faced each
other in Los Angeles' Domestic Court Tuesday for an alimony
hearing. Both are serving prison terms; he for forgery and she for
assault in attempt to run down her husband with family auto.
Enroute to their cells from hearing, Virginia continually berated
Thomas (left photo) but about to separate at elevator she kissed
him. Court Judge Doyle said "reconciliation seems nfcarly impos-
sible," but indefinitely suspended case in view of circumstances.
(NEA Telephoto)
The A-17 in section 28, block 7.
T&P has set 5'/i-inch casing at
4.568 feet.
The reef top at 4,521 is 2,066 feet
sub-sea.
This multipay Hylton Northwest
field is six miles from the east
edge of Nolan County and about
the same distance north of the
south line of the county.
The high ridge begins in southern
Fisher County and runs through
White Flat, the mountains at North
Dora and shows up again in the
high country northwest of Hylton
APOLOGY DUE CITIZENS"
Shivers Says Opponent
Slings Mud At Voters
By UNITED PRESS
East Texas occupied the atten-
tion of the top gubernatorial can-
dates Wednesday, with challen-
ger Ralph Yarborough at Athens
and incumbent Gov. Allan Shivers
at Houston.
Yarborough described himself as
a conservative to an enthusiastic
home-county crowd estimated at 5,-
on the Hanks and Lambkin places ; 000, but said he welcomed the sup-
Seaboard has a large number ct
future wells staked tentatively in
this area.
If the development of the field
continues as now planned it will
be a productive, several pay field
with the two reet structures an
the Cambrian as the main basis.
On the shoulder of the Hylton
NorthwesupliP. two miles south-
west is the North Blackwell Elttri-
burger field with nine producers.
Seaboard Is now reworkit.g No.
2 Burwick well with hopsr. of im-
proving its producer. It has been
treated with 2.500 gallons of gel
and sand and ha<- been shutin for
tests later.
port of anyone, since he intended
to be "governor of all the people
of Texas."
Shivers said Yarborough should
apologize to the people of Texas
for "his wild, insulting and ridicu-
lous statement that they are mak-
ing arrangements to steal Satur-
day's election" in East Texas.
Slings More Mud
"The more he runs, the more
mud he slings — he is even slinging
it now at the voters," Shivers said.
"His wild charges and accusations
are getting more and more ridicu-
lous as he gets more and more
desperate."
Yarborough attacked Shivers on
a number of points — campaign
spending, failure to recommend a
constitutional tax on natural gas
pipelines, and cross-filing as prac-
ticed two years ago.
He said he intended to ask the
1955 Legislature to repeal the
cross-filing law, so the two-party
system could become established in
Texas.
Yarborough said Texas politic-
ians "whose sympathies are nor-
mally Republican have refused t*
demonstratf the courage of their
convictions by entering the Repub-
lican party."
'East Texans Slanders'
Shivers said at Bellaire, in the
final speech of a Harris county tour,
that Yarborough "slandered all of
the people of East Texas."
Shivers drew endorsements
Wednesday from Wright Morrow
of Houston and Mrs. Hilda Weinert
of Seguin, Democratic national
committeeman and woman from
Texas, as well as the present and
four recent state Democratic chair-
men.
N. M. Armstrong, Oil
Mi!! Superintendent
Dies Wednesday
A brief illness was fatal at 7:30
I a m. Thursday to Newton M.
Armstrong, 64. in Young Medical
| Center.
Armstrong, associated with cot-
ton oil mills since he was 17 and
1 with the Sweetwater Cotton Oil
Company since 1920, was stricken
j at his home. 401 Poplar, about mid-
! night Wednesday. He was at his
work as mill superintendent for the
Sweetwater firm all day Wednes-
1 day.
Funeral plans will be announced
by Cate Spencer Funeral Home.
The lime is pending word from a
j son. Btli R , who is in the navy
; at Washington, D. C. The rites will
I be held at the Fourth and Elm
Street Church of Christ, of which
Mr. Armstrong was a member.
Armstrong was born Feb. 17. 1889,
in Holland, Texas, and grew up
! there. He went to work for the
lluntsville Oil Mill when he was
17. He came to Sweetwater Cot-
ton Oil Company in 1920 from Ham-
lin, and had been with the firm
since that time except for a few
years. He had been mill superin-
tendent for several years.
He was married in Sweetwater
on June 9. 1923. to Miss Gladys
Bell Shook
Surviving are his wife; two sons,
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 171, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1954, newspaper, July 22, 1954; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284188/m1/1/?q=%22Sweetwater%20%28Tex.%29%20--%20Periodicals.%22: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.