Olney Enterprise (Newspaper) - August 28, 1952, Olney, Texas I - Per old Melt her right arm the car in tiding in the car with Fichte be parked truck being lights from which was car was F. Elam rushed I performed the County Marilyn was as Prepare re area were this preseason opening on 1. is apparently in in this as other sectors of is the in Texas as a over ng to a report from and Fish Homing News quoted ' of game Lewis of an the largest eon Wichita fields he Possum doves opens in of Texas through shooting hours from In the south is from October dove hunting in ' may not have more of either or both or be permanent three shell may not be permitted in game fo per quart increase of milk was put I Monday by the ol owner of the ted the drouth of two aiyi the resulting dairy feed as in feed he for less thU receiving he md. had our a fair our flf YOUNG AUGUST 28, 1952 Tuesday Fails To Break Long top picture shows how the at Olney has withdrawn during the current leaving boats high and The seen in the is about 100 feet from the point where the photo was In Qie bottom the city water supply intake is The water at this point is six feet deep at the Elects officers were elected Sunday afternoon at of the Board of the Cumberland to body as was who succeeds Dwight named were Horace succeeding Alien Stowe as vice and succeeding Floyd us a joint meeting Sunday the Session and the completed drawing up a proposed budget for 195253. The budget will be and voted on by the congregation during a business meeting Sunday The business meeting will take the place of the regular morning worship brief shower at Tuesday came to Olney as a welcome but it wasn't nearly enough to break the long week brought little in the overall weather with 01-neyites sweltering in the heat as temperatures climbed above the 100 degree mark rose when the shower blew in from the east Tuesday afternoon on the heels of a brisk dust The wind was high enough to blow over signs at and topple a antenna atop the Western Auto rainfall varied throughout the area from just a trace up to nearly two but reports from all sectors indicated it wasn't enough for thirsty and water of the 15 water tanks on one large ranch near Olney are and the other three arc drying up That is apparently the picture throughout the many other cities and towns in Olney is not critically County Casts 352 Votes 352 Young County voters 1 cast ballots in the Democratic second primary the only race on the s Young County gave Frank Culver iof Fort Worth 298 votes and his I Spurgeon 30. Culver got all 32 of votes cast in the ' and 47 oi the 48 in ihe Opens Doy to Be Observed to a day in tho town observes Labor Sant Purr Jr. out thaf a of the stores are dut to bo Labor he pointed was one of the holidays earmarked by local merchants for observance in a chamber of commerce poll early this will take advantage of the long weekend to make out of town got underway today in preparation for opening of the 1932-53 school session next and seniors in high school and seventh and eighth grade pupils of the Grade School were to register water at this Million Superintendent L. E. stated this week that Lake Olney still has 200,000,000 of usable It is his opinion that the supply would carry Olney through the winter without said the town's consumption rate is continuing at almost a million gallons a day and that evaporation claims the same amount but this rate of depletion will fall off about half when the weather gets fact that air conditioners use 300,000 gallons of water a day explains a part of the heavy water usage in the hot summer But that will be stopped when cool weather the City Council has not ruled out the that rationing will be necessary if rains don't come by said he took accurate measurements of the lake's depth with a gauge stick in about 1,000 places Monday and then calculated the Feet said the water is an average of six feet deep over an area 5,000 feet long and average of 1,500 feet yet the shrinking water level has not reached the full mark of the old lake before the new dam was Robinson said it lacked a foot and a half being that low got more water now than wc had when the old lake but the town didn't use as much water ho complaining of the city water having a bad odor were told that the high rate of consumption did not allow the and sophomores and sixth graders will September 2, will will begin on regular schedule September 3, W. 0. Echols said a general faculty meeting would be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday in the High School was talk this week that the schedule might be pupils would attend school from 7 a. m. to noon and be dismissed in the afternoon during From Wreck Okla. Don L. 21, is improving steadily at Hamilton Hospital from grave injuries suffered in an automobile collision at an intersection just north of here about 9:50 Friday received injuries on the head and other parts of the body when the in which he was riding ' with three Falls men collided with one occupied by three Olney hospitalized for minor injuries and later released were C. M. 34, Wichita and Willie Earl 20, Ray H. 29, and L. G. 21, all of T. B. Holliway and Kenneth both of Wichita were given emergency automobile occupied by Roberts and the other Wichita Falls men was proceeding north Bn the Wichita Falls Highway and the one occupied by the Olney men was turning onto the highway from the Shearer Road when the collision Both cars were badly and the victims were rushed to the hospital in a Lunn Wichita Falls men are employees of the Bridwell Oil Company and were returning home from work on a rig near The Olney men work for the Hastings Drilling to registration of pupils j hot weather who failed to do so this No official action had been Highway Projects Completed Inside of the three major highway improvement projects inside the city limits were finished the latter part of last and the third was nearing completion the mile section of South Avenue C was as was the lowering and widening of Avenue M from Main south to the widening of West Main Street from Avenue M to the city limits was finished at EISENHOWER lo unofficial returns system adequate time to do a Civil Appeals The big Culver won pi emotion lo the it impossible to leave the The Election uvater long enough in the settling Bureau gave Culver 316,789 votes i Robinson Un returns from 252 of 254 Crop including 221 a of more than a half ion Attorney Bell had 308.420. j Hon dollars on cotton alone from the drouth in Young 20,000 acres planted in cotton this year would normally produce about 5,000 but government agriculture officials arc expecting less than 500 bales this year due to adverse weather has already received its first bale of 1952 but It's likely that relatively few will Many fanners in the area have abandoned hopes for a vest and turned cowi in to who farms on the Henry Pringle pUce three miles east of brought an 1800-pound load 91 to the gin at 6 p. m. last said picken had to cover m to get the load and entire planting would aboat slit pointed out that livestock liis ly from the drouth due to dried up and ol IN reentered to befane iU Ws said Wednesday he wm ARE YOU VOTING Who do you wont to be the next president of the it to be Governor Stevenson of the Porto's or General Ike the Porty's 1$ one of the most political questions of the ond the Enterprise is interested in knowing your mork the ballot and send it to this Olney Box 188, moy want to poste the ballot on a ir. or you can deliver It to office in vote in the straw but cost only OM votg will be carried at a later dote In 1 Men Called for September to report September 18 to Selective Service Board 134 in Graham for induction in the Armed Forces have been mailed to four to report were Charles M. Eller of D. S. of and Robert Wright and Jerry H. both of said the board had received a call for 26 men to inducted 3 and 26 more to take physical October 13. Week's Parking Meter Revenue Totals meters took in during the week's period ending reported City Secretary Luren was less than the previous week's and more than than the taken in the week before the revenue Is retained by the half paid to the company that installed the Through the meters had collected a total of since they were installed early in and Mrs. Lowell Hilton were in for the weekend as guests in the home of his Wayne Ducat Sale Begins of tickets for the 1952 Cub football will underway September 1. at the Cub Drug in downtown stated Superintendent W. O. remain at 35 cents for students and 75 cents for adults on general admission tickets and for reserve seats for the live home with six seals sell for for the Charles Marshall and his Olney High Cubs will begin workouts Monday in preparation for the opening game here September 12, when it's Olney vs. season schedule is as 12, Throckmorton 19, Albany 26, Archer City 3, Seymour 10, 17.- Newcastle 24, Graham 31, Bowie 7, Decatur 14, 21, Nocona 2A-12 are indicated with the preliminary work on the Avenue C and Main Street widening was one of the first projects of the City Planning organized here in 1950. Board members worked up the curb and gutter projects that had to precede the cost of the three projects is approximately and in addition property owners and the City paid for 7,906 feet of curb and The City's part Was the Avenue M. the old pavement was torn away and the highway level lowered an average of 18 the highway was higher than residence property on cither causing serious drainage the project was Utilities Superintendent L. E. Robinson one of our prettiest streets is scheduled to begin Friday on graveling a 700-foot segment of West Main which recently was straightened and widened beyond Avenue Chapel To Use New Olaf of the Southside an tills week that the educational being to the church building will be occupied September 7, for the Hrst not completely the Young People's Department and the departments on down will meet in the assembly room for their Four extra class have been added lo take care of this Added space is 44x20 men the church have provided the laoor for the Haile Only money being spent Is for Work three months ago and the men have been working Monday night of each One class room in the church will be made into a kitchen and the assembly will also be used when needed for a dining Club Hears Address by Thomas the local Cumberland pastor who has volunteered for mission service in addressed the Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon meeting by Ed program Rev. he would leave in about three months for where ho will be a representative of the Cumberland Presbyterian board of foreign and the three and will join the pastor in three months after he rivcK ho I Rev. explained what his would he in and on such a pne change three grades was Echols said that the visitation period enjoyed mer years by the first year would be held for the and third grades Parent - Teacher meeting was scheduled for this details school were cleared up at a 1mmun|: meeting Thursday time a budget tor tht 1952-53 operating year was The new budget is the same as the past year's j ing I Superintendent Echols parents to do their part in h to keep the daily average anee up this He pointed that a drop in attendance last cost the local school a teacher under the and the states part ot salary has be made up tto year out of local That cost the school district about 800, he school's application for % special class for Echols was turned doim Austin for lack of enough children in the is still being awaited he in regard to lishing a Negro school here At present there axe thatH Negro children of school age in the midweek the faculty was plete except for a seventh eighth grade English and a and eighth grade science resignations include Verta elementary er who is moving to Jacic T seventh and eighth grade ' English who along his wife will teach at John seventh and eighth grade science who is joining the faculty at this Mary Freeland of |l a was elected the school board Tuesday night to ' fill but she mitted her resignation ' Elected to teach third and fourth-year English in High School ' was Miss Otie Frasier of i. of Texas taught last year in Mrs. Denning as i er of social studies in the ' tary school will be Mrs. ' V a graduate of Echols 8a)(( Wednesday he felt certain the would be filled in time for school who will be bers of the faculty for the ' time this year are Miss Hope $ of a and Miss Patricia McCanne of a NTSC Miss will teach of were high school with W. 0. and Frazer Charles of Dallas with Albert school was introduced by Acker week an a new member of the Test Going Down West Drilling Company this week moved in a rig and a crew of 13 men to drill a 5,200-foot lest on the Will West land seven and one-half miles west of Drilling started today half the crew members brought and several still had not secured housing this Inspection Deadline inspection deadline is drawing 6, is Juit seven inspection days is the last After that the law goes Into and anyone caught that the safety inspection will be jeci to a fine up tc under of the law passed by have had repeated Irom the Department of Public Safety that the law has repealed or altered and that it be strictly points out that the law was passed in efforts to reduce highway accidents due to faulty mechanical operation of are seven official stations in Carter Chevrolet Motor 300 S. Avenue C. Green Motor 121 Perkins Motor 201 N. Ave. 101 W. Main K. Motor 120 W. St. 112 5. Grand work preparing the vehicle to pass inaction does not done at the it was pointed out garage can do the or the person do U grade school cus and Novel school superintendent and ' school bus lUfe M. Hunt J. Mi E. Lone Mr. and Jim at the school thi summer include installation cold water fountains both Echols Bureau Farm meeting wiU held in the building in Wichita tember 5, beginning at 10 according to 0.! of the local rural road will money be raised to state riculture 800 Wf and 11- -
