Anson Western Observer (Newspaper) - December 22, 1949, Anson, Texas FLOWED LIKE or water down the drain as the Jones County last Sunday emptied 75 cases containing 1800 pints into the illegally transported and mostly from seven The empty cases wore stacked as shown in the picture Dunwody looking out at the left and Deputy Sheriff Doyle I the Mrs. Dunwody in the foreground has a hammer in hand to the All popular brands were represented as will be se by To Decide City Hospital m Next December 27 with has never Titer like the right the birthday oi fe and persons who hold ferent Matter 6llcs do practically Qg of hard liquor ess and none of will tell feho should all I fight for personal pere is a thing tig his bottle as he even so soaked ble to participate in without his ciety now or at I suppose to grant that it is nohe of F passing year is becoming a matter of neatest home safety on highways and gasoline than a f public concern about is Illustrated in to JaUr rs Go to nt was made by Director of It of Public in announcing his on of the yew iving become the I it is during of In a fa was under i Pf according died In the were to driven imder the there's ' ours un-a for the Anson municipal hospital is to be decided by a referendum of the it was announced Tuesday following a special meeting of the City Council held Monday Four sites are in be and to be betted than mitted on the referendum will be held next December 27, at the Polls will be open from 8 a. m. until 6 p. McCaleb urged that all qualified voters use this means of registering their wishes to helping select a hospital but called special attention to two things that should lie kept in City must bear the entire expense of providing a site as none of the federal aid can be used in any write-in must be as large as one city proposed include the J. Smith located in the northeast part of R. E. located on the block immediately west of W. D. Hawthorne and Everett Orr ings in northwest Mrs. F. E. immediately of the Prank Benham dwelling in southeast and the Roy Baker located in southwest detailed information about these sites and the referendum is included on the sampte ballot and in a display advertisement on paga Continued on page 5 Heads To Go To Austin heads of county along with County Everett will attend the annual school executives conference in Austin January 5-6. is in readiness for the opening of the annual Cowboys Christmas Ball at Pioneer Hall Wednesday it was announced by the Cowboys Christmas Ball The floor manager for the ball which will be run through Eve night is to be James secretary of the Chamber of are being made this year to preserve the folk lore and history reflected in the cowboy ballad written by William Lawrence Chittenden in the 80's. Especially is this true in the staging of the grand the opening Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Dean and Mr. and Coy Dean will be the The two Mr. Deans are grandsons of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dean who moved to Jones in 1899. Mrs. Coy Dean is of a West Texas family that lived in Mrs. Talmadge Dean's people came to this county near the closing of the last Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Feagan will Mrs. Feagan is the granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Di L. Stephens who established a home in Anson in the 90's. Dr. Stephens was one of the pioneer physicians for Anson and Jones Mr. people moved to Jones county in 1888, settling on a where Mainlin now and Mrs. Mark will lead the grand march Friday Mrs. Melson is the great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. who moved to Jones county 1891, Mr. Wood constructed the building now occupied by The stone was hauled in wagons from Skin Out Mountain west of Anson and from Mr. Melson is of pioneer Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. Fikes of Littlefield will Mrs. Fikes is of the New LET DEATH TAKE YOUR wreath is a traditional symbol of In windows and on front doors of homes all over the bright red and green holly will signify the joyous festivities of the holiday Christmastime should be a time of Every family looks forward to the joy and celebration that the holiday period should every year thousands of families in our country see Christmas joy turned into suffering and tragedy because of needless and preventable National Safety Council points out that hundreds of persons are killed and thousands more by accidents during the Year's holiday year's peak accident The No. 1 killer is and its death toll on Christmas Day is two or three times the annual daily keep death from taking the holiday of your loved a simple It costs takes no time and requires only a little It only means being aware of the extra holiday hazards and of the extra common sense and courtesy needed to overcome to drink if you are Wait for the light to Yield the Discard a string of tree lights with worn Throw away gift wrapping as soon as the presents are are little they pay off big in holiday These little extras go a long way toward keeping the lights on in your home and the red and green holly wreath on your will preserve for you and your loved ones the joy and delight that is America at growth of Anson since 1940 when the last government census was taken is reflected in the the latest estimate of the Chamber of Commerce placing the at approximately 5,500, This is more than double the last official figure of 2,338, The estimate is based on utilities topping a half million for 1949, are also concrete evidence of the city's This has been a record year in the value of buildings completed or under permits todate total as compared with for 1948, Merry Trades Day Series Not last trades day of the old series will be held but plans for the new trades day program have not been James secretary - manager of the Chamber of said The trades day committee has a number of Ideas under consideration and as soon as details are worked out the new series will be Hestand Jay Is Anson Tiger Ex Jay whose Wildcat WIU battle Mexia next Monday afternoon for the Class A pennant of the is - Anson Titer who is making i Fikes graduated from Anson school in was of the Tiger Muai senior He received his college training at the regular schedule by defeating Slaton C. O. G. E. and C. E. AT BANQUET FOR MEN OF on the Is The Christian's Responsibility In Congressman Omar Burleson delivered an inspiring address at a banquet given by the Church of Friday night at Memorial It was a fellowship dinner attended by the men of the each another man as his who was not a member of the Church of speaker emphasized the fact that Government does have the of God and that there are no double Since the power to rule comes from the his audience of urged to assume their in seeing that Christianity is felt in made mention of the Capitol Breakfast an organization of some 30 senators and 50 who meet once a week for devotionals and table discussions on spiritual He stated that the purpose of the meetings was to admit their own weaknesses and to ask for guidance in meeting the tremendous problems of minister of the church who served as master of introduced the special Earl Mayor of A. J. president of the 0 of 0-; and James C. of the Chamber of Also the Elders of the are responsible for the new church building which Is now under construction were presented to the They are Lee O. J. Marvin Sosebee and Otto minister his Introductory remarks stated that the sole of the meeting was to create a better spirit of Christian fellowship among the men of the men were present to enjoy the program and turkey Music for the occasion was furnished by a high school quartet composed of Margie Dorothy Rainwater and Yvonne Hughes who sang a number of Christmas and Mrs. Clark the father than modem Western will be appropriate for this year's is invited to listen to Christmas Carols played on the Cathedral organ and chimes from the at the corner of I and 7th 7:00 from December 20 through December 25, the winners and awarding of concluded the community program series Tuesday night at the high The to Miss Doris Me Wars and of Anson and the Anson trade territory cast 36,281 votes for their favorites in the Merry Christmas and Jolly Jingle contributing to the Anson Goodfellow Bliss Fagan re 1,462 votes and Doris 14,019. winners in the Best Decorated Store contest Lawrence Funeral Home Furniture 87 For Original BaU Makes Coach team has over ihe 47-14 .to Hale He has near his base His P. fiddler for the original Cowboys Christmas Ball is 87 years of age now and won't be able to attend this year's but some of his music will be heard from a recording early this Tile recording made Monday afternoon was included to a broadcast from radio station Monday who now lives at was boarding at the old Star Hotel in Anson to 1685 and played for folk cowboys and ladies to the ball which was made famous by William Lawrence Chittenden's Wright was working at that time in the shop where Hec McCann edited The After Chittenden his poem he handed a copy of it to Wright to be published to the local It was published in the Dallas Morning News and the recognition betog given the Anson Wright Saw the Star Hotel burn down in June 1890, later years Wright was of the Anson school and was elected county of Jones At he has been a store for a number of Mr. Wright once taught but has not played to many yearn and hesitated play for a radio He consented to give a few strokes with his bow and talk to an Court Term To Open ' January 2 fairly heavy civil court will face Judge Owen Thomas he opens the first 1050- term of thA 104th''district January it Is of UP SPIRIT OF 1885 URGES OLD up the spirit of 1885," is the admonition of one of Anson's former whose memories are stirred by the stories of the Annual Cowboys Christmas letter to the secretary of the Cowboys Christmas Ball Association Texas 15, 1949 Elenor Secretary Texas Cowboys Christmas Dear see to the press where the annual Cowboys Christmas Ball will be held 21st-24th to the historic city of Anson this The late Larry Chittenden's poems were classics and he and glorified the cowboys of the olden I remember of the poet and read many of his poems the late SO's and would surely like to look to whUe the ball is in action just to see how it is I would like so much to get a copy of Lany Chittenden's I remember how he referred to Longhom Larry passed as well as the time he He lived and reigned to the days before barbed to the open range the country was never the it. was father seat of cattle to Jones County now 7Q years I would Uka to see if Womack County Abstract in the Best Decorated Home contest Mr. and Mrs. Mention Mr. and Mrs. B. B. winner of the prize in the parade went to the Woman's The Blue Birds won second and the Lions Club Honorable mention went to J. president of tlie Chamber of issued a statement thanking the merchants and civic clubs for their cooperation with the Christmas program and decoration cooperative attitude of the merchants and the civic clubs of Anson made possible the success of this year's series of and made Anson a city of attractively decorated homes and Smith behalf of the board of committee chairmen and the of the Chamber of I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone and to wish you a Merry Fagan received a gold compact and Miss Taylor a gold identification 9 Masons Go To Grand Lodge Anson Masons attended the Grand Lodge convention to Waco and were present for the dedication of the new temple which cost approximately two making the trip were Doyle John M. E. Joe Breed and Arnold W. 1950 FORECAST TO BE OBSERVER Western will publish Roger W. Babson's BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR 1950. bring this article to your attention because our readers deserve the because of and sewer street paving and a new grade school and additions to the high school have kept pace with the given impulse to private construction of home and business Most of the bond Issue voted last year for improving the water and sewer facilities and paving streets was spent during Uais the total building permits and the street and water improvements the figure spent on the growth and expansion of Anson during 1949 amounts to according to James of the Anson Chamber of report in detail Population 30,000 County in 1940 had a of 23,378 and that population is now about 30,000. has been due both to our better type of agricultural activities and to extensive development in total building volume 1949 in Anson is as compared with a total of for 1948. A total of 70 permits were and as best as we can see it now 1950 looks even There will be a contract let early in the year for a new 30 room hospital which will cost and a nurses There also this to give you a of business and finance in 1950. Babson's 1950 Outlook will contain 50 Forecasts covering such topics Commodity Retail and Foreign Deficit Farm Stock Real Estate and Babson a pioneer to the field of business and financial statistics enjoys a truly remarkable record for in his Annual His score for 1949 was 80 percent December 29, 1948 Mr. Babson the total volume of business for 1949 will be less than that of 1948. the peak in wholesale commodity prices has been reached for this That Federal taxes will not be decreased 1949. That some labor leaders during 1949, work for pension systems and sick for the Babson Business and Financial Outlook for 1950 next construction accounted for of the total ing witli commercial construction amounting to were 37 erected or had major in 1949. The balance of the or 33, were for on page 4 Henry Eason and little were in Dallas over the week end to attend a family at the home of Mrs. C. B. Those present were Mrs. L. T. Ralph Smith and Avery J. O. and their FARMERS OF COUNTY FAVOR MARKET county fanners by a vote of 683. for and 173 against favored the up of cotton marketing quotas for 1950, total vote was 856, with 80 per cent of the farmers the 18 the from each of the 112 Anson Avoca ' ' FARM ROAD GRADING TO START EARLY IN and drainage work on the road is to start the first week to to County Roger Q. which runs north five miles from the Anson - highway to is expected to be ready for asphalt topping by early It is one of five projects for the county approved and in Itoe for construction to 1950. have been or are underway on the Stith and the Mew Hope to Stamford and a five mile section frota Hawley Doctor To Open Offices In W. W. a new general for will open his offices on the second floor of the Anson State Bank building early in it was announced this week by the Chamber of is and will live to the Jacobs home on Avenue 'N his is being He is married and has two young ages three practiced n Dean Fry To Play In Rebel Game at Dean University of Texas grid is one of the three seniors from that school selected to play on the Southern Rebels team in the annual North-South Blue and Gray game at December 31. will make the trip with Coach who will act as. head coach of the The Anson Tiger will play his right guard finishing at the University of as has played three years with the Longhorns and games are not new to He has played in two bowl One on 1, 1948, at the Sugar Bowl when Texas beat Alabama and the other on January 1, 1949, to the Orange Bowl in father and Mr. and Mrs. Henry may go Montgomery to see him House Closes Christmas Eve ' at the court should be transacted this before staff members wUI offices Friday night for day holiday period uE Sunday and will return to work December court house holiday period was Monday by County er Q. Jr. postoffice will aU day but main open until 6 for the iate of the serve a There will be ceptions to a ' shop for to the of - Acts
