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STILL GROWING
More copies of today's Leader
• will be distributed among readers
than on any previous regular edi-
tion day in the paper's history.
Increased reader interest is re-
sulting in constantly increasing
circulation.
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Oenerally fair, not much rhange
in temperature, widely scattered
tlmndershowers Sunday. Gentle to
moderate variable winds on the;
coast.
MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXXVI
ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY. MARCH 13, 1949
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10 Pages
NUMBER 60
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ORANGE YOUNGSTERS TELL THE WORLD HOW TO PREVENT FIRES—The 33 Orange young-
sters above represent an average crowd at the Satu day morning Firefighters program over Radio
Station KOGT, They are Firefighters and the lessons they have learned have been credited with reduc-
ing the number of home blazes in this city. The children are not all Identified, Adults in the picture at
left are. 1 to r, Fire Chief Earl Riggs of the Naval Station, Stark High Principal Paul Pearson and
Fire Marshal and Emcee Eddie Barker. (Photo by Flick. Prjrtgen's Studio)
A SCREAM, A SIREN AND CRACKLING FIRE
Junior Firefighters Radio Show Is Reducing Blazes Here
By Mildred Davis
Five-year-old Mary Delynn
Peacock dramatically prevented
what could have resulted in a
* disastrous fire, both in material
damage and in lives, by discover-
ing a burning curtain and report-
ing it immediately.
* Somebody called the fire de-
partment. The blaze was ex-
tinguished.
Mary Delynn Is a Firefighter—
* to the extent that ,she now goes
around the house turning out all
" the heaters "because it'sidangerous
to have fires around."
Constantly on Alert
The black-haired little girl is
" one of many Firefighters in Or-
ange who are constantly on the
alert for the safety of their homes.
They puf out fires, stop chil-
■ dren from playing with, matches
and eliminate fire hazards.
The Firefighters make personal
* inspection of th«ir homes, report-
ing fire hazards to their parents
in. the form of pennies behind
the light fuses, gasoline in dwel-
* linps, rubbish, overloaded circuits,
and defective cords.
As a result, the Firefighters
have stimulated interest in fire
prevention, prompting many par-
ents to call fire department iffi-
LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT
THE LAW-MAKING BODIES
' both of the state of Texas and the
^United States have come to be
very meaningful to Orange for
many reasons that involve the
progress of the place. This is due
largely to the fact that Orange is
a county seat and a port and that
she is immediately on the border
of another state and because of
national government's connection
the standi
portance from the standpoint of
turning out warships. For those
and many reasons, it is highly im-
portant that Orange maintain
'continous contact with both Aus-
tin and Washington, D. C.
■■■nam
OPPORTUNITY FOR OR-
ANGE lies in the fact that the
,local Jaycees will offer the name
of Leland Morrow for \ ice presi-
dent of the State Jaycees organi-
zation to be voted on at the an-
# nual convention in Galveston.
* March 31 and April 1 and 2. Ac-
tivities of the Orange Junior
Chamber of Commerce, have been
outstanding to the extent that wide
attention has been attracted by
«the organization because of its ac-
complishments. And again the
opportunity is accorded Orange to
step into the movement as a means
,of expressing appreciation for the
(good work done by Leland Mor-
row. i .
eials for 'more detailed instruc-
tions on eliminating fire hazards.
Foi'ty-ninc dwelling tires oc-
curred here during 1948 as com-
pared with 89 in 1947—u differ-
ence which fire officials attribute
to the "Firefighters and their ef-
forts to eliminate fire hazards
around their homes.
And it's all because of a public
service—the Fire Marshal pro-
gram broadcast over Radio Sta-
tion KOGT Saturday from 11 to
11:30 a. hi. A scream, followed
by a siren -and the crackling of a
fire is the cue that Fire Marshal
Eddie Barker and his Firefighters
are on the air.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this
is Eddie Barker, your fire inai
slial, speaking. Good morning,
Firefighter?."
The kids give a yell and take it
from there—they are the stars of
the show, listening to instructions
and answering questions on fire
prevention.
A panel of four discusses inquir-
ies sent in by adults, and then
they are put up for general dis-
cussion for all the firefighters to
express their opinion.
At story time Barker tells the
kids about a fire, analyzes it and
presents to the panel for dis-
cussion.
Saturday a new feature was
initiated into a program when a
group of four adults competed
with the four Firefighters in a
panel discussion. They were Mrs.
J. F. Bell, Mrs. Jack McClure.
Mrs. E, L. Barker and Mrs. Ethel
Jaynes.
Barker Backs Youngsters
The competing divisions will be
a regular part of the program.
Barker said, adding that:
"I'll take the '.Firefighters—
they've shown their ,ability pre-
viously by answering adult ques-
tions .'Sent in by postcards to the
program, discussing such ques-
tions as 'What would you do if
your clothes caught on fire?" Why
is it not safe to smoke in bed?' 'If
a pan of grease caught fire, would
you pour water on it?' and 'What
wotild yon do if you woke up
some night "smelling smoke?'
''All are good questions, and the
kids did a good job of discussing
them," he added.
Prominent Guests
Among the guests the Firefight-
ers have had on their program are
Fire Chiefs S. D, O'Connor, Beau-
mont; Dave Rachel, Part Arthur;
Harry Kerr. Lufkin; Karl Kiggs,
U. S. Naval Station, and Billy
Hendersoji, Galveston.
Other guests are:
Mayor Raymond Sanders; Fire
Marshal J. ('..Kelso of Gal>eston;
Police Chief E. L. Nance; Andy
Pol I in, safety engineer; Floyd
Rishop. Oringe fire department;
Jack Metncr, Du Pont; County
Judge Sid (.'aillavet, and Stark
High School Principal Paul Pear-
son.
fSem BroWning introduces the
guests for each program.
One hundred and eighty-five
Firefighters attended the show
during February, averaging 25 to
100 , present lor eacn program.
They are issued badges which,
along with their fire prevention
actions, distinguish them as Fire-
fighters—an asset to any commu-
nity.
Battle of Riverside Renewed as
Shangri-La During y\ A * T f H i H *
its opening Today UwnersAgam I ry for Kent Raise
Shangri-La, fabulously beautiful
azwlea and camellia floral gardens
of Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Lutchrr
Stork at Orange, will t e open to
the public again today from I to
5 p. m. Already visited by approx- j
imately 7..100 visitors this season, j
the gardens are expected to draw
up to 10,000 persons today.
Visitors from throughout East
Texas and faif.iyette, Ia ., already
were pouring into the city Satur-
day, planning to stay o ernight
and take full advantage of the
four-hour o|>ening period today,
when the gardens are due to be at
peak of beautyr
Levee Road Open
And today flower lovers will lie
J'ble to see the entire gardens for
the first time this season. The lev-
ee road, along which over 1,500
azaleas are in full bloom, will be
open. Last Sunday it was closed
by repairs and high water.
The opening crowd last Sunday
was 8.080 and about 1,500' persons
have gone on the twice-daily coil-
ducted tours during this week. The
gardens will remain open to the j
public each Sunday from I to 5;
p. m. and the weekday tours at 2
and 4 p. m. will continue as long
as the season lasts.
Traffic Arrangement
Special arrangements have been
made with local police and the
state Highway patrol to handle
traffic in the area today. Foot traf-
fic only is permitted in the gardens
The- lone entrance is at 1705 Park j
avenue. Children'are admitted only j
on Sundays and because of the
abundance of wildlife in the tract,
dogs lire not permitted within the
gates.
Resident Here for
35 Years Is Dead
Charles Joseph Duchamp. Sr., j
36, died ill a local hospital Satur-
day at 12 noon after several days
of illness. Born In St. Martins-
of Orange for 35 years.
. Mr. Duchamp was educe ted in
the Orange schools and at Itie time
of h'ls illnes's was manager of
Quality. Cleaners. He was presi-
dent and chairman of Ihe Ushers'
society of St. Mary's Catholic
Fred Balitz Dies
After Brief Illness
Fred Balit*. 71. died Friday at
12:04 jr. m. at a local hospital'af-
ter a brief illness. His body was
sent to CoffeyVille, Ark*, by Clay-
icral home lor services.
t. r.iiniz was visr
West Orange
Lamar To Be Host
To School Bands
The department of music of La-
mar college wtll be host to hun-
dreds of high school and junior
high school musicians of south-
east Texas in a non-competitive
hand festival to be held on the
college campus on Saturday,
MArch 28. Therevent is being spon-
sored by a newly-formed associa-
tion of band directors of the Sab-
Ine-Neches ariea, of which L. A.
Hanlcy, laimar music head, is
serving'us lemjMirary chairman.
Hands of all classes from schools
of the area have been invited to
participate in the festival activit-
ies. and to receive constructive
criticism from outstanding band
adjudicators. No ratings will lie
given, and it is planned that pro-
motion of good will among band
groups wilt lie (Hie of the priinary
functions of the event. Regulations
of the University Interscholastic
League will apply as far as is prac-
tical, but those schools choosing to
use music of their own selection
will lie permitted to do so.
Bands will perform in the new
<.«.<*« ir..% « IN KF.II CROHN HUNDRED PERCENTER
The two Welngarten stores In Orange and their 85 employees have
contributed to the 1049 Red Cross Fund campaign KM) per cent.
H« rc Lloyd King (left , general manager for the stores, hands the
$285 contribution representing $200 from the stores and $1 each
from the employees to .lames K Conn, drive chairman, while G H
Fenley of Houston, Weingarten meat supervisor, and Mrs. M. K
Thomen, executive secretary for the local Red Cross chapter, look
on <T. L. Guiui Photo t
Cow Bayou Philosopher Wondering If
Russians Wondering What Happened
'•hange
A III!
v"" '"kf fl
ami the, imhlir j*
over
atteiul
(Editor's Note; The Cow Bay-
ou Philosopher on his swamp
grass farm on that stream has
heard abbul the political chang-
es in Russia, his letter this week
reveals.)
Dear editar:
Every once in a while we all do
a lot of jokiti about politicians .and
it's true they frequently get their
feet crossed and are serious when
they ought to tie funny and funny
when they ought to be serious,
which is only natural. It's even-
true out here, and 'tie very lime'
I'm in a hurry to milk Is the time
my cow electsjo hit me in 'lie face
with her tail, kick the bucket over,
walk off from iter feed, but when
she's dry you can't drive her out
of the barn, and even sometime*
my wife . . . bid there ain'i no u .e
goln into that, she don't read your
paper much but she lines the pan-
try shelf w^th it and might stum-
ble onto this, anyway, what I start-
ed out to say is that we poke a lot
of fun at our politicians and the.
methods they use to get elected
and stay in office, but there is a
much worse system Hum ours in
use.
officialn has taken
Two GSU Employees at Orange to Receive Service Awards
D. O. Gideon, superintendent of
M
BICYCLE REGISTRATION is
a matter of greater importance
than some people of this section
•-iVtlize hi view of the fact. that
there are more than 3,000 bicycles
to be considered along with In-
terests of .the riders and their farn-
, ilies. The fact has been demon-
strated that the number of bicycle
thefts has been reduced to a con-
. siderable extent as a result of the
registration system for that type
of equipment, it's time that all
bicycle riders and their families
should become interested to the
extent that every bicycle In the
. city will be registered immediate-
ly.
Mary's school, a member of the
Knights of Columbus and a mem-
ber of St. Mary's Catholic church,
e
Survivors are th« widow. Mrs.
Elaine Barrios Duchamp of Or-
ange. one daughter, Char line, one
son. Charles J.. Jr.. his mother.
Mrs. Laurenza Durhamp. all of Or-
ange, six brothers, Eugene. Harold.'
George and Robert, all of Orange,
and Lyndon and Thomas D. Du-
champ, both of Beaumont, three
sisters. Mi's. E. J. Moreau of Port
Arthur and Mrs. Warren Mullhol-
and and Mrs. L. H. Wilson, both of
Orange, his grandmother, Mrs.
Rose Duchamp of Orange.
Rosary will be said at the Clay-
bar funeral home at an hour to be
ahnounced.
•i t
* *
Funeral services will be held a'.
St. Mary's Catholic church Monday
at 9 a. m. with the Rev. Joseph
Berberich. priest, officiating. Bur-
ial will be in the Catholic ceme"
tery under direction of the Clay-
bar funeral home. r.|E
Active pallbearers will be BUI
Bushtiell, Jr., L. J. Barrios. Kd-
rnond Moreau, Casey J. Peveto,
Victor Herrn and Dulva LeBlanc.
All ushers , of St. Mary's church
and members of the Knights of
Columbus lodge were named to
serve as honorary pallbearers.
Sabine power plant at Orange, and
Charles Dooeet, a watch engineer
sit tlie plant, will be among those
who will receive emblems at, a
lit**
Gulf States Service Award meet-
ing March,21. according .to Or-
ange District Superintendent C.
H. Me*ks.
Gideon will be awarded a pin
designating 20 years pf service
with the company, while Douset
m
on* Service clubs.
iiaoiiiWBWWiiuisatiiiii
fo addition to
Orange employee*, together with
I heir wives, will aHeiVl tite March
21 meeting.
This will be the iijnt.h annual
Hi1 KWW"lMWipuwaWHWti.iH'1
Gideon has been superintendent
of Sabine station since 1041 when
he was transferred to Orange from
the Beaumont power plant. Pre-
viously, he had lieen employed at
the Port Arthur plmit and the El
Paso Electric comiiany at El Paso.
Texas.
Doueet also was transferred to
Orange In 1041 from Beaiiiiunt,
where he first began working for
the company. From 1942 until
1948, he was on leave while serv-
ing in the Navy.
Combined Meeting
This year's Service Award meet-
ing will be a combined meeting
fo r employees in the Beaumont
and Port Arthur divisions of the
company, Meeks, himself a veter-
an of 34 years service, stated, it
will be held at the Avalon club
near Port Arthur. Roy 8. Nelson,
present awards to those employees
present awarsd to those employees
who this year became members of
Thr-TO. *0 and 30 Year Service
clubs. ■ i - i i-
With a total of 2,00ft employees.
Gulf States Utilities company, has
765. or slightly over 38 per cent.; meeting of the, club since it* in-
of Its employees with 10 or more auguration in 1940 As in pre-
year* >if service who'are all auto-i vloUs years, \leeks added,.. there
t there, but right now there ain't
(wenty-five Russians out of 200
million who knows whether Molo-
tov lias gone up iir down, don't
know whether he's^eaded for the
dictator's seat oi a jail cell, don't
know Whether to shake hands with I
him if they see him ,01' run from I
him like lie had the small pd*. <
It's al>ottt like if we woke up |
and was Informed through the1
newspapers thai Vice i'resideni !
Maikeley has l een removed from I
office I don't know about the Itus- j
sians, but as for me and moat j
Americans I know, we'd be sort a j
interested' in what' happened to'j
him.
1
< r gettitj' closer to home, sup-
pose there was p inmpum anient In !
youi paper thai Mayor Raymond j
Sanders has hefin dise-mllnued If
'hem Iftss.ins can keep on plow hi j
or barbei In or del kin under such j
circumstances, without even won-]
lerin our loud what hap|iened to
ihe mayorj I hen they must be en-
titled to lie treated like they are,
although I got an idea they nited
he us interested in what happened
to Moloto as we'd be, and there'*
bound to be a few women win
have to talk about it or bust. Don't
II m;,I .iiiri liunuiii and 11or
mal ii«it to be Interested,
'•are whethor a man lives in Rus-
Ja or Orange or London or out
here on Cow Bayou.
At any rate, even consider In
ices, ITIJ still niTf* "TT.' I like ti
know who's gonna run the govern-
ment, don't make no difference
whether he runs it In the ground
or not.
Yours faithfully;
J A
Solons on Visit to
View Basis for Four
Year Lamar College
A delegation of 21 visitors, in-
cluding eight members of the
House Appropriations ommlttee,
from Ihe stale capital flew over
Orange Saturday lo view the in-
dustrial in this area,
The trip via air completed n
two-day tour by the delegation
of the Lamar college in Beaumont
and the industries of the Sabine
area In connection with the bill
now under consideration I'm the
legislature 1-.j make faunar a four-
year state technological school
The members of the Appropri-
ations committee Indicated that
the bill will be reported out of
their hands favoiably sometime
next week,
Itlctest Barrier
They said, however, that the
biggest barrier to the bill would
be whether sufficient funds will
l e available for the $1,000,000
single appropriation after recom-
mended programs by Gov , Beau-
ford Jester' are enacted
John W, Simmons, industrial
development dlNkrtor from Or-
ange, and Mayor Raymond Sun-
ders attended Friday's activities
for the delegation.
Co-authors of the Lamar col- j
lege bill are Representatives Mil-
ler B. Walker of Beaumont, Otis
iAto, of Port Arthur. Bl.ll Daniel.
Liberty: E. P. Hughes, of Newton;
Paul Wilson, of San Augustine,
and Milton Wilkinson, of Patroun.
Reburial Rites for
War Hero Are Set
Tlu hell KotttideH on Round Three of the Battle of Rlver-
I side Friday when a number of tenant* in the big housing
project received notice from the OPA Rent Control division
i in Beaumont that their landlord. Riverside Monies, Inc.,
again lias applied for an increase in their rents
Riverside Homes, owned principally by A. Pollard
Simons, Dallas investor and
real estate operator, lost the
first two rounds. Round One
was an attempt to incroase
rental rates to new tenants
moving into the project after
Simons purchased the 1,686-
unit development from the
government last year, Round
Two was an effort by the
owners to get a blanket in-
crease in rents on the basb
of "Increased service." The
Rent Control division, after
hearing arguments from ten-
ants. said no to both requests.
Different Approach
f lits time the project owner* ap-
parently are attempting to get the
residents into the ring n 'ew at a
time instead of taking on the whole
group of tenant*. According to In-
formation available to The leader
Saturday a small group of houses
ha e been given some painting and
repair ^/ork and application for a
rental increase on these units only
has been made on the basis of this
*er> ice.
One tenant who has lived in the
same dwelling In the project since
Aug'ust, I94J, and who preferred to
remain anonymous for the present,
reported Saturday that the owners
hud asked for an increase from >37
lo $44.fiO n month on hi* two-bed-
room spin tment.
Rebui iul services fi«' la e T,
Harvey, Jr., Tl. will lie held Tues-
day at 2 30 p rn. iit the Claybai
chapel followed by full military
riles at .the Kvergreen cemetery.
Harvey's laxly will arrive Tues-
day a! II 19 a. m.
The serviceman was killed in
Ihe North Af'^<■,"l invasion Jan.
24, 194.'! lie attended Wlnfree,
Orangefleld and -Prairie View
schools, and—WM employed as a
riveter at Consolidated Steel cor-
poration here prior to entering
Ihe service April 18, 1942
Survivors, are his mother. Mrs,
Charles Dykcman; father, l-ec
Harvey; One sister, Mrs. Russell
"All they did In Ihe v a> of im-
provement* In, the case of in>
dwelling," litis tenant declared,
"was to paint the porches, screens
and. wood coping on the. outside
and furnish some of the paint I
used In reflnishlng the Interior
myself.
"In my liook it was simple main-
tenance and certainly not pistlfleH-
tlon for a rent Increase." he add-
ed.
Bask for Claim
The tenant suld the OPA form
he receive*} quoted the landlord a «
claiming he had reolacetl the
cr *elis and all rotted a odd, paint-
ed the house throughout and mint-
ed or furnished paint for the In-
side.
As to the matter of rotted wood,
he asserted it was possible to pry
into decayed boards through' ut
the exterior of the apartment.
The resident, said he had com-
plied with OPA's request to mail
back the form with his own ver-
sion of the "repairs" and In so do-
ing had vigorously protested the
proposed rent Increase.
IIIOII
miners.
I*i. nf I
of Houston, Mar-
4Uab JJa Mium
'tl f rtange. and Harold Wayne
who Is overseas; one" half-sister,
Mrs. Jesse Hennegaii, of Orange,
ane iaie half-brother, A, J, Lon-
con, of V idor
He added that lie did not know
PW
such notices but
DOC< KT
matlcally members of the system-
wide Service clubs. Altogether,
293 employes In the Beaumont
divisioh are members in the vari-
will be in addition to the dinner
and award presentations, music
and entertainment for thq* c who
attend.
Trustee Elections
Are Slated April 2
Annual trustee ejections for j
c*jrnmon. and • indeiiendent school j
districts in Orange county will tie i
j held /m Saturday, April 2, t'oun-
J ty Sii(>eriiiteudetit J F Hammers j
has announced. He s«i«l applies- i
11oris for places Oil the official bal- j
lot may lie secured at his office
or. the offices of the county judge
and tiie four independent school j
districts.
I>eadline for filing for places on j
ballots of the common district* and I
districts with less than 500 stu-
dent* enrolled Is March 22, Ham- j
lufeisaimouriced.
Also to i e. V'ite'i on Atn41-3, the
county superintendent said, are
three county board members.
County trustees whose terms are
expiring are A. J. pochran, chair-
man and trustee frwn Commission-
ers precinct 2; B. V. Stephenson
of Commissioners Precinct 4, and
J. P. Milliard, trustee at large.
Officers Hunting
Two Jail Escapees
The sheriff s department Satur-
day was in search of two men who
escaped from the Orange county
jail some time Friday night, ac-
cording to Deputy Sheriff K A,
Mitchell One of the persons who
escaped was taken into custody
here In January mid was being
held, for Indiana slate officer* on
a charge of Parole violation. The
other. If. L. iJviiigaton, was be-
ing held on charges of forgery.
Mitchell said teenage boys in
he juvenile department on the
second floor of the Jail w?re the
fust to notice the prisoners had
escaped They discovered the cell
doors open and called .to persons
below,
His is the fourth break from
the Orange county Jail in two
years. County Judge Sid J. Cail-
laveT said today that following
authorization from the commis-
sioners' court, loclts for the }all
were ordered from a San Antonio
company on Feb. 7 of this year
bin they have not as j-et arrived.
They have been needed on the
cell doors for some time, he said.
mm
knew of a half
iiun'M'"iti" wi iJiiu titewr■
Attorney t'entaeted
Another tenant said Saturday
thHrttAdu^ O. Young. Orange sttor- .
hey Y'Trrrf^ifiMfilJliliV,, defendedihw
'WWftlijghLreiildents againSt'"'the
I. la n w
had been contac|ed.
Young was quoted a* stating tiiat
in hi* opinion the projetrt owners
are no more entitled to a rent In-
crease this time than, they were on
Ihe other occasion.
ft was understood that individ-
ual tenants would discuss th# mat-
ter among themselves during the
weekend with a view to reorganiz-
ing ttie association formed last
year to fight the blanket Increase.
ORANGE JUICE
Anyone interested (and who
isn't?) in a tip on "Stop the
Music" mystery turn, take a"look
it a clipping on the Ciriffin-E-jllle
stare window . . . . OR M. E.
WHITE may.be a slight fellow in
stature but f bet he can grow as
heavy a mustache as the next
one MRS. L. C. SHIP-
MAN, MRS. EDDIE BARKER,
MRS. J. F. BELL, MRS. JACK
McCLURE and MRS-
JAVNES getting crossed up by
kids on a Firefighters' panel over
KOGT Saturday morning. . . , ...
TODAYS PET PEEVEr ticket
takers who humiliate children
Over a half fare ticket just be-
cause the child happens to be
large for his or her age.
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