"The Vernon Daily Record" - April 21, 1957

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VOL. 145 (A-P) Means Associated VERNON, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1957 TWO PAGES PRICE FIVE
For H e Is Risen
Out of the ashes of despair rose a of Hope, out of
loss came discovery. Out of death, life.
These are the tidings of Jesus on this Easter day.
C a r e e r D a y I s S l a t e d
F o r C o u n t y S e n i o r s
Annual "Career Day" for all seniors in Wilbarger County schools will be held Tuesday morning at the Junior and Senior High Schools in Vernon.
Sponsored by the of Commerce, the event will have 24 speakers, or consultants, on 29 subjects ranging from homemak- to farming and ranching. This is the fourth year for the pro­gram.
Ben Long, chairman of the Educational Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and Jim Carrington, chairman Of Retail Committee, arranged the pro­gram co-ordination of G. C. Morlan of the school sys­tem.
A special assembly at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday in the Junior High Auditorium will hear addresses 'by Ben Boston, Chamber presi­dent; Worth L. Chamber' manager, and Mr. Morlan. Speak­ers will assemble at the 'same hour in the cafeteria for an orien­tation period with talks by Dr. John McFarland, superintendent of schools; John Spradlin, High
Home Town Stuff
By H. NICHOLS
This is the most significant date on the calendar of Christen­dom. This is true, although its ob­servance varies in different coun­tries and among different Chris­tian denominations. Even to non-Christians the basic idea of the Easter celebration carries a mes­sage of such a as to bring encouragement and hope where otherwise there might be only de­spair.
There is a sense, of course, when every every the idea of Easter. dawn is a symbol of resurrected life. But, of course, we are inclined to regard as com­monplace something which hap­pens every 24 hours. For that reason it is fitting to special notice of the Easter idea once a year.
And because it is the anniver­sary of the verification of the greatest of all life is greeting of "Happy Easter" really means more than any other.
It is impossible, of to do as we would like on this won­derful anniversary. Barriers of circumstances or distance may be in the way. 'We may not be able to put real feelings into words. In fact,, I doubt if that ever
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School principal, and Miss son of the school system.
Hostesses will greet the speak­ers upon arrival and will direct them to the various rooms. Subjects and speakers are: Mrs. J. G. Morlan and Mrs. Lawrence McCaleb; Homemaking: Mrs. H. T. Card-well, Jr.; Ministry and Religious Occupation: Rev. James Farrar; Advertising and J. W. Graves; Athletics; Pat Pat­terson; Auto and Parts; Bob Davis; Teaching: L. L. Hold­er; Farming and Ranching: Lee Glazener; Banking, Insurance and Real Estate Law: Cleddie Palm­er; Skilled Crafts and Architec­ture: Jimmie Lawlis; Entertain­ment: Joe Garrison; Journalism: Bill Werley; Medicine: Dr. Ray­mond Lemee; Nursing: Mrs. Mil­dred Parham; Geology and Pet­roleum Engineering: L. L. Schur; Civil Engineering: George Boone; Electrical Engineering: No speak­er: Accounting and Bookkeeping; Garland Interior Dec­orating and Art: Paul Franklin; Aviation: Ed Luttrell, Jr.; Beau­tician: Mrs. Betty Betts; Florists: Mrs. Ted Herald; Dr. Ralph Flesher, and Air Line Administration: Paschal King.
Crash Injures Four At
Four persons were injured, one critically, in a head-on collision atop (the Oklaunion overpass early, Saturday morning.
In a serious condition following transfer to a Wichita Falls is Leroy Peters, 33, a er, whose address was listed as 100 North Main, Vernon. He fered broken legs, severe cuts and abrasions and possible internal juries.
Less seriously Injured were Curtis Wayne Warner, 15, Electra High School student, broken left leg, head injuries and possible fractured jaw; Boyd Lavon Truax, 17, Electra student, broken collar bone; Charles Leonard Chess, also an Electra student, bruises and cuts. Chess was treated and released at a local hospital. The other two youths were red to a Wichita Falls hospital.
Highway Patrolman Bob said the two vehicles were in a head-on collision atop the overpass. He identified Mr. Peters as driver of a 1949 model pickup arid the Warner youth as driver of a 1954 sedan, traveling east at the time of the
Patrolman Stinnett said that no charges have been filed, but that the investigation , into the cause of the accident is being continued
W h a t I s T h e C o s t
O f C i v i l S e r v i c e ?
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series on the civil service proposition to be decided by Vernon voters on Thursday. articles are meant to be in­formative and do not reflect en­dorsement or disapproval of the proposition.) How much will acceptance of civil service cost the City?
This is the most debated point of the civil service proposition to be decided by the voters of Ver­non in election Thursday.
One side says nothing! The oth­er side says several hundred dol­lars a month!
There would be an extra cost, but just how much is problemati­cal. In the first place, the estab­lishment of a civil service com­mission would create the need for a secretary to handle the paper work involved in administration of civil service affairs. A secre­tary would add the cost of a monthly salary. There would be three members of the civil service
board. Whether or not they would draw salaries would depend upon the persuasive ability of the City administration to attract compe­tent citizens on a free ba­sis.
Would there be increases salary for firemen and police­men?
Not under the existing work of civil service. Longevity pay already is being included in the salaries of both forces. Under State law this figures $2 per mdnth for each year of service up 25 years. Vernon is paying above State minimum for men and policemen and civil ice would not disrupt existing wages and hours. Budget appropri­ations would remain in the hands of the City government.
How much vacation and sick leave would be granted under civ­il service?
A vacation of 15 days (no change from present) and sick (See Civil Service, Page
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Washington, 20. "would be removed controls
State Department spokesman said i and would be placed on the same
today the United States has as in the case of trade with
formed 14 Allied nations that it is 'prepared to discuss certain modi­fications" in the embargo sys­tems controlling trade with Red China and the European Soviet bloc.
The spokesman said the modi­fications fall into two categories:
1. Some items of trade for peaceful use which are now bar­red in commerce with Red China
Rodeo Tickef Sales Set at Drug Stores
General admission tickets for the 12th annual Santa Rosa Roundup and Quarter Horse Show will go on sale at our Ver­non drug stores Monday morn­ing.
H. A. McCarty, ticket director, said that prices are $2 for adults and 90 cents for children. General admission tickets also are on sale at ticket headquarters in the of Wilbarger Hotel.
Drugstores where tickets may be purchased are Huber Drug, Vernon Drug. Mr. McCarty emphasized the fact that all reserved and box seat tickets must be purchased at ticket headquarters. Drug stores will sell only the admis­sion tickets, he said.
Plans for the opening pa­rade are progressing with 16
the European Soviet
2. Certain other items "now em­bargoed to Communist China would continue under embargo and would be transferred to the European Soviet bloc list but un­der a lesser degree of control."
This amounted to saying that the United States is willing to the gap between the Rus­sian and Red Chinese embargo by reducing the Red Chinese list and increasing the Soviet-bloc list.
The State Department press of­fice in issuing the statement did not specify what items are! in­volved.
It did emphasize, however, that the Allied countries had been told that "there is no change in Unit­ed States policy with respect to trade Communist China. The United States will continue its unilateral embargo on all trade with Communist China."
That embargo was put into ef-fest when Red China entered the Korean War.
'Nike' To Guard Dallas-Fort Worth
Arlington, Texas, April 20.
The Army's supersonic ground-to-air
guided missile, Nike, will be
installed as part of the air defense
of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The Army, in announcing this
preliminary air sur-for
Of Sites have
floats and six bands certain participants. The parade will be held on May 1, opening day of the four-day rodeo and horse show.
Decorations have been placed around town to lend an air of festivity to rodeo time. Santa Rosa Roundup officials have pre­dicted one of the finest rodeos in the history the event this year. The four-day show will al­low more emphasis to be placed on individual events, it was point­ed out.
Mr. McCarty urged persons to purchase tickets early, adding that capacity crowds were ex­pected to ateend, he said.
Unit To Start Tuesday
An X-ray unit, making available to the public free chest X-rays, will be in Vernon at the Vernon Appliance Center beginning Tues­day and continuing through Fri­day.
project is sponsored annual­ly by the Lions Club, the Wilbar­ger County Medical Society and various civic groups.
The unit will be set up at 1 p. m. Tuesday and X-rays will be taken from 1 until 5:30 that day. On Wednesday, Thursday and Fri­day, X-rays will be given from 8:30 a. m. until 5:30 p. m.
will be members of pre-nursing clubs in the city and county schools, Club and representatives from various communities.
The family physician would be furnished a of the X-ray in cases where further attention is indicated, according to Jack High-tower, general chairman of the survey.'
Howard Shackleford of the Texas Department of Health urg­ed older persons to take advantage of these free X-rays as the est tuberculosis is found in the older added that X-rays may detect serious heart conditions, lung cancers or other defects.
CALENDAR
SUNDAY 6:00 p. ery. Knights Templar meet at Masonic Temple to attend eve­ning worship services at First Methodist Church.
MONDAY 7:30 p. Home, Main.,
8:00 p. meeting:, Hall.
TUESDAY Club luncheon, Wilbarger Memorial WEDNESDAY Noon Optimist Club lunch­eon, Wilbarger Memorial Audi-
been made and the new air de­fense system should be in full op­eration in to 2 years.
In reply to a question, Col. Les­lie J. Staub, commanding officer of the 4th Region, Army Air De­fense Command, fold a news con­ference the Dallas-Fort' Worth in­stallation will be the first to be built in Texas and will be the southernmost Army Nike installa­tion in the United States.
Asked why the Dallas - Fort Worth area was selected for the installation, Col. Staub replied it was part of the Army's overall plan.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is an important aircraft manufactur­ing and air base center. Its in­dustries include the Vaught Aircraft Corp at Grand Prairie, makers of guided missiles and jet fighter planes for the Navy; the Convair plant at Fort Worth, builders of the B36 and the B58, and the Bell Helicopter Corp. plant near Fort Worth.
AFB, near Fort Worth is an important B36 base. The Dallas Naval Air Station and Hensley Field, a Texas Air Na­tional Guard and Air Force Re­serve base, also are in the area.
WEATHER
Temperature readings for the past 24-hour period ending Sat­urday midnight;
Maximum 85 degrees
59 degrees
Midnight Heading 59 degrees Precipitation .... Inches Precipitation This Year. . 8.52
Forecast: Scattered thunder­storms and showers Sunday and Monday. Slightly cooler Mon­day.
SOME OFFICES TO BE CLOSED HERE MONDAY
Business activities wiU be somewhat curtailed here Mon­day due to the fact that San Jacinto Day, April 21, also is Sunday. Business concerns and offices that have this day on their schedule as a holiday will be closed Monday in observance of the historical occasion.
Known to be closing Monday are the three Vernon banks, of­fices in the courthouse, offices in the city hall, the Lone Star Gas Co., and West Texas Utili­ties Co.
Report Progress for School System
An enviable record of progress and advancement in educational methods, equipment and facilities in the Vernon school system was revealed in the "Progress Report, April 1, 1956 to March 31, 1957," submitted in an itemized form by Dr. John W. McFarland, superin­tendent, at the April meeting of the board of trustees.
Dr. McFarland categorically list­ed 22 items in his progress report. the list as Item was "Completion of Construction and Renovation Program." Under this heading listed new gymnasium, cafeteria and shop; improved lighting and seating, heating im­provements, new restrooms at High and Parker.
New library and study hall, ad­ditional classrooms and new class­room furniture, rewiring Junior High building, new roof on Vernon High building, repainting brick work, improved stairway treads, painting, asphalt tile floors, cabi­net work, renovation of secondary school offices, improved locker fa­cilities at stadium.
Other items listed in order are: Establishment of social security for all school employes, support of improved teacher retirement system, salary increase of $200 per year for each teacher, improv­ed library and study hall system for both Senior and Junior High School students, extension of phy­sical education to 7th and 8th grade boys and to 8th grade girls, expansion and improvement of guidance program.
of elementary physical education progress with consultant help from Coach extension of musical pro­gram in Central and Shive school, expansion of speech and dramatics program in Senior High and Junior High schools, improved driver edu­cation program, clarification and strengthening of marking and re­porting and conference system in elementary schools, strengthening of student council programs in secondary and elementary schools, improvement in teacher work load with fewer large classes in ele­mentary and Junior High schools.
Expansion of art program in Hawkins, improved cafeteria ser­vice, special class for educable retarded, continued im­provement in audio-visual educa­tion program, purchase of prop­erty adjacent to schools, improved teacher welfare ad morale (sick leave, substitutes, educational trips), elementary school program, improved collection of delinquent taxes.
Storm-darkened skies opened up over Vernon and the county Sat­urday and Saturday night to drop rainfall measuring from 4.05 inches in Vernon to a gully-wash­ing 5 inches at Fargo and Lockett.
Highways near, Vernon were re­ported flooded shortly after the heavy downpour, but were clear­ing by late Saturday night. Ver­non police reported many cars drowned out on streets in the city. Five accidents were reported.
The rainstorm dropped the tem­perature in Vernon to a cool 59 degrees after two days of readings. Tornado alerts for North Central Texas expired at mid­night.
A scarce commodity in years past, the rains came with a ven­geance Saturday afternoon. less than 30 minutes in Vernon the skies dumped 1.28 inches of rain to fill streets to overflowing. In­tersections of dirt streets were reported washed out at several places in Vernon.
Fargo and Lockett, with re­ports of a 5-inch fall, were tops for the county. Light hail also was reported at Fargo, but it was not believed enough to damage crops. White City reported more than 2 inches of rain in less than an hour with a total of 4 inches and. still raining near midnight.
Doans had 4.5 inches of rain and light hail. Harrold and Okla­union had measured more than 2 inches with rain still falling Sat­urday night. topped 3 with more rain falling and hail was reported to the east of Rayland.
Heavy hailstorms were ed in Chillicothe and Quanah. Chillicothe police reported some hailstones as large as 7 inches in Damage was re­ported to store roofs and windows and to automobile tops.
Tornadoes danced across North­west Texas Saturday along with the rain and hail. One twister flat­tened
a number of buildings on a farm near Paducah. Another cut a swath around Brownfield. An­other was spotted in the air about 20 miles east of Spur. No injuries were reported.
Highways around Vernon, ducah and Crowell were flooded with as many as reported stranded at one time during the rain. Paducah measured 5.70 inches of rain and Quanah and Crowell reported between 3 and 4 inches. Vernon police reported at 11:30 Saturday night that there
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Blaze Destroys Seymour Building
A roaring fire threatened part of downtown Seymour Saturday night before being brought under control.
The fire whipped through a thrree-story building housing a warehouse of the Seymour Mer­cantile Co., and the Smith Funer­al Home. Cause of the blaze was unknown late Saturday night, but police believed it to have started in the funeral home. Loss was heavy to both establishments and merchandise.
O. C. Harrison, Seymour pub­lisher, said that if the fire had leaped a 20-foot alley to the ad­joining Seymour Mercantile Co. building, it would seriously an entire block north of the courthouse. Firemen bat­tled desperately a successful effort to contain the fire.
An emergency call for help was relayed through Highway Patrol and police radios, and fire com­panies from Vernon, Wichita Falls, Munday, Graham and sped to the of the Sey­mour department.
Police in Seymour credited the rain and a lack of wind with aid­ing firemen in keeping the blaze from spreading. The fire started about 8 p. m. and was considered under control just before 10 p. m.
State Hospital 'Open House' Set April 28
Vernonites will have oppor­tunity to visit the Vernon State Home when, in conjunction with National Mental Health Week, the Institution hosts its annual open house, Sunday, April 28.
In making the E. A. Shoemaker, branch manag­er, said that guided tours will be conducted between 1 and 4 oclock Sunday afternoon. The tours, in groups of 15 to persons each, will include an inspection of the ward building and de­partments of food service, recre­ational service and occupational therapy.
Hospital personnel and gray ladies of the local Red Cross unit will direct the tours and give a brief orientation to each group. The complete tour will last 45 minutes to an hour.
Mr. Shoemaker said groups would meet in the administration building and added that as many tours would be conducted as necessary, probably about 15 minutes apart. Guides will be stationed at the entrance of the grounds to direct the public to the parking area and administra­tion building.
Children 15 years of age or under will not be permitted to join the tour.
More than 300 attended the open house last year. Due to the fact that it is Impossible to show visitors through the buildings throughout the year, this an excellent opportunity for local residents to inspect all the facil­ities of the home.
Established 1949, the Insti­tution was set up primarily as a branch of the Wichita Falls Hospital with the purpose of car­ing for of advanced
At the present time the 448-bed-capacity institution has 442 patients, divided between men and women.
Calls Slash
Dallas, April 20. Sam Rayburn, back home to help open the North Texas Water Dis­trict plant at today, called for a tax cut "for us poor folk" after Congress completes its budg­et-whacking.
"I think Congress will cut from 3 to 5 billion dollars from the budget," he said. "And when we do, we will start work immediate­ly on a tax cut to be effective next Jan. 1.
"We have cut 1.4 billion dollars from the budget already and we've had only the little money bills. The big foreign aid and com­ing up."
As for the tax reduction, Ray­burn said:
"I want us poor to get some this time."
He said details of any cut would be up to the 25-member ways and means committee but out that "It should go to low-income groups before anyone else."
CUMBERLAND STREET of Cumberland Street during repeated all over Vernon as the
ran from sidewalk the heavy downpour Saturday storm dumped 1.28 inches of
in the 1500 block afternoon. This street was rain in less than 30 minutes.
Crippled Airliner Lands in Dallas
Dallas, April 20. Braniff Airways plane with 41 persons aboard and jammed nose land­ing gear eased in for a safe last as thousands looked on.
The two engined Convair 340 flight at Corpus Christi and had made stops at San An­tonio, and Oklahoma City. The gear developed the malfunc­tion after the plane took off from Oklahoma City for City.