Olney Enterprise (Newspaper) - March 4, 1954, Olney, Texas Box 8066 ila Texas xxx ng batter of Serving Hie belter and surrounding area sinea 1910 16 Pages Per Copy VOLUME FORTYFOUR YOUNG MARCH 1954 NUMBER By end Stan public director of the High School at 874 Lu cas conduct ing a manhunt and has called on Texas newspapers to help him He wants to get in touch with every man who played In the coaches associations North South AllStar football game since 1935 so that he can in vite them to a giant reunion that will be part of the celebra tion of the 20th anniversary of the series that began in Dallas in From this general its Jack who played In and who played in that he wants to Anyone knowing their where abouts should write Lambert at the above The reunion is to be held in connection with the 20th annual NorthSouth game in the Cotton Bowl on Aug ust Wichita County is one of 10 Tex as counties selected to receive quantities of polio vaccine to use in an experimentation on second grade school Young Coun ty applied for the vaccine but was advised that the experiments were going to be conducted in metropoli tan areas where polio is most likely to reach epidemic Party Line along with the rest of you is keeping crossed fingers and praying that the vaccine really Earl Victor of has a railway pass that he is go Ing to treasure as a souvenir of Victor a telegrapher for Northern Pacific Railway and is on a vacation which included a stop in Seems the Wichita Falls Southern Railway sent him a pass good for one Victor visited last week in the home of and He left Olney to attend the close of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and then planned to go on to Florida for a Speaking of Florida Sheriff John Edwards returned just the other day from a trip to Ever He picked up Johnnie Mayo who was indicted by the De Grand Jury for child It appears that our courts are interested in seeing that parents care for their children properly and will go to a lot of trouble to see that they Party Line feels it is an excellent 9 The recent balmy weather weve had in the area has brought out the old spring fever fishing habit of a lot of Olney According to Al Parker who the Pithing col umn for the Wichita and Record several Olney itet made a trip to Camp on Possum Kingdom and really caught the Standridge and Shelby Him mo caught 50 Bur dick and parry caught 75 crappie and Ray Howell and party got 22 Parker reports that people have been taking a lot of black bass at Possum be cause it is near spawning season for the fish and they get in a See PARTY Back Page GUARDSMEN AT group of Olney National Guardsmen are shown during a typical training period at the National Guard Armory on the southeast outskirts of At top are members of the fire direction Left to right they are Curtis Sgt James James and Gary At bottom are two members of the wire and radio Bobby Hamilton and Gary The unit has recently been awarded a rating of satisfactory by Fourth Army Promptness Urged In Tag Buying fatt running out for purchasing 1954 motor vehicle license Chamber of Com merce Manager Martin noted this Midnight March is deadline for attaching 1954 tags to and Martin urged drivers to come to the CC office quickly to make chase so that a logjam wont develop at the last Unless business picks up im were going to be swamped later If the rush is too we wont be able to handle it with our limited per and some car owners might find themselves having to go to Graham to buy the CC manager Peggy license tag clerk in the reported this morning Thursday that a otal of 390 sets had been sold to The total included 314 sets for 43 for com 25 for farm trucks and eight Local Firm Named Low CoOp Bidder Price and Vandercook were named low bidders Monday when Brazos Telephone Cooperative op ened bids for contracts to construct five buildings to house unattended dial stations for the new rural tele phone The Olney firms bid of is subject to approval by the REA in If the bid is approved by the firm will have 60 working days to erect the buildings at Loving and Price and Vandercook were low among three qualified Construction of the systems out side lines was started last week at Woodson by Sisco Electric Com pany of which has 120 working days to complete the 486 mile First switchboard for the new system is scheduled to be delivered around May and the coop ex to begin serving subscribers in No New Candidates For City Positions All was quiet on the municipal political front this week as the March 6 deadline for filing for city offices No new hats had been tossed in the ring for the April 6 city elec tion and no active campaigning was apparent on the part of the five previously announced candi The mayors chair and two places on the city council will be filled ii the April Four Ernest Bar and butting heads for the two council scats while Wilson is in his efforts for reelection to a second Cummings am incumbent council have stated they will not bi candidates for Now candidates must file at th city office in the City Hull before midnight Saturday March Bock to Service Scheduled Here Friday A Back to God service will b held at 8 March 12 in the First Methodist Church un der sponsorship of the local Ameri can Legion post and the Minis terial pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and American Legion post chap will be in charge of the serv Two hours before the members of the American the Ministerial the Le gion Auxiliary and their families will meet at the church for a sup per Unit Gets Satisfactory Rate A unit rating of satisfactory as been awarded Battery 645th Armored Field Artillery Battalion y Fourth Army accord ig to word received by the com Second Lieutenant This is one of the Armys highest and is given to those units have demonstrated proficiency n training and in performance of duties over the The this are based on high r standards than prior years rat We are proud of the showing made by our hometown said Lieutenant The National Guard must always be eady in time of r it is on a national or a local Sledge said that Battery B i 45th AFA is launching a rc campaign designed to iring the unit up to full author zed strength in time for summer We he that all foung men between 17 and he age limits arc higher for vct will seriously consider the of National Guard service and the many opportunities it of ers for training advancement and Men interested in complete dc about Guard Service and the it offers have been invited to visit the National Guard Arm at the City Farm in or call Battery 645th AFA meets every Monday night at 3 The local Guard unit started Sun day on a scries of six Sunday drill to be held in lieu of the regular Monday night Lt Sledge The training will consist of pre liminary marksmanship drill with all dry runs for and survey of position maintenance of equipment and oth or pertinent The last three Sunday drill ses sions will be at Sheppard Air Forte Base at Wichita where cers and enlisted men will fire anc qualify with Sledge said the public is in to visit at the Armory during the Sunday training School Trustees Slate ReHire Teachers Olney school board members called the annual trustee election and rehired members of the local teaching staff for 195455 when they held their March meet ing Monday The election will take place Sat April in the office of Community Public Service Com with Hal Hayes as judge and Nee 1 ley and Robert With the terms of Bascom Nel son and Rue expiring this two seats on the board will be Both men have an for line for filing in the school board race is 4 March The office of Superintendent Echols in the high school is filing to be elected on the same ballot is a Precinct 3 trustee on the county school Hamilton the present county has announced for Also in the meeting the trustees heard report that the re cently completed census lists a to tal of 975 white and seven Negro children in the Olney Independent School Over last this is an increase of 09 white students and decrease of one Negro Echols noted that 84 students and es that Septembers first grade section will contain from 05 to 100 The board also accepted the rec of a committee ap pointed to select text books for next Members of the com were Tom Robert Hal Vertu Miss Chester lone Robert and Selected were texts for grades one through eight in the elementary school and for vocational II and world history in high The trustees discussed the recent fire damage in the school tax Red Cross Fund Drive Be Opened Monday To Citys New Lake Cooper Ready to Receive Water collectors They are to meet with an insurance adjustor Saturday at With all work below the high j water mark new Lake Cooper is now ready to catch All we need now is a good Water Superintendent Robinson said Robinson pointed out that the last valve was set this week in the intake structure near the new and that the lake is now ready to receive Though the project is not en tirely all work yet to be done is either above the high water mark or behind the Robin son He said riprapping on lie water side of the dam is nol but the remaining portion is above the water The Bumpass Construction Company hopes to complete the work this Also the slope on the bock side of the dam is yet to be The 2750foot pipeline running from an intake in the new lake to the water treatment plant at the old reservoir has been Built at a cost of the new lake is expected to triple the citys water Rationing Rumor Spiked Robinson said rumors that the city council is planning to again ration water nrc He said he ke to each member of the council and that none saw need for immediate water Robinson said present Lake Ol ney contains considerably more water now than at the same time last year and that I lie council be the supply to he large enough to continue without a rn He said the councils word to consumer Use all the water 1 you but dont waste The water superintendent point ed out thai March brought two inches of rain last year and the lake caught two feet of If that occurs again this we will he in good because now we have a chance it impounding With the new dam twice as much water as previously can be impounded each the water superintendent pointed Whatever water is caught in the new reservoir can be pumped into the old Robinson said he was to estimate how long the present sup ply in Lake Olney would hold up without more rain or a rationing That depends on a number of unpredictable The weather has a lot to do with it If we hit a long period of extremely windy evaporation would he great and the water would disappear in a Rob inson that the city council has no im mediate plans to reopen n ration Ing program 16 Men Named To Grand Jury Sixteen Young County men have been named us members of a Grand 00th District Court in according to District Clerk George The jurors are to report to the district courtroom in the court house Jit Graham at 10 Wed March The group includes Sid Perry and W Suink of K T M anil It er nl lint J I yinpU liny K Im dick I I C S It C Funk and M Graham ol Graham W of and A Akers of Klias Future of Exceptional Childrens Training Program Being Studied Legion announced this morning Thursday that with the announcement that new Lake Cooper is now ready to receive water the Ministerial Alli ance has decided to Incorporate a service with the Tuesday Is Boosted As Trades Day Here The trade area promotion com of the chamber of com merce has launched a campaign establish Tuesday of each week a trades day in number of Olney merchants are cooperating in the project b offering special bargains in orde to attract new and old buyers from throughout the trade territory in to town on Tuesday was selected as trade day largely because that is when the Olney Auction Company stages its weekly which bring a large number of people to The trade area promotion corn As end of the current school car the future of inaugurated class for onal children is being pondered y the school board and other in crested The which this year has specialized training for mentally and physically handicap cd children ranging in ages from even through is being operated n locally donated and hances appear slim that it will for state financial support lext The school board is wondering f it will be possible to continue the from donations or if some thcr arrangements can be made 0 keep it Superintendent Wilburn Ech U said this Though we wont he eligible for state were going to make every ef ort to keep the class in lust we dont know tow it will be It would be 1 pity to quit now after getting ff to such a good Echols pointed out that to quail fy for state aid un exceptional class must have a daily average at tendance of a mark the local class falls short Eight Enrol ltd Current enrollment is and some of the children possibly won meet requirements as children under the state formula which calls for an IQ of not Echols said members of the das are being IQ tested this week an stated that very woul test higher than the state max Echols said the entire school ha been searched for possible new stu dents for the but no nc ones were To meet the states average doll attendance the clas would need a permanent enrol is headed by Clay Sim and Floyd Teaff and and Fred visited in Fort Worth ment at least Echols figure The which meete in a Be arate room in the Grade Schoo is operating on fund raised in a drive by local and school board Som were bought with local chool funds and some are donated y various clubs and individuals of Organized last the lass now includes three cerebral alsy victims and five mentally rc Vada an trainer of exceptional chil teaches the Nob ctt taught in a similar school in t Worth two years und has fin shed 12 of the 30 hours of special college work required for permanent state She a temporary certificate good Concerning the Nob ell said this Tho children have made good progress and we have received excellent coopera tion from citizens in the communi The teacher pointed out that the handicapped children are given in struction aimed at developing their mental and physical skills to the limit of their ability and to teach them to along with other chil The curriculum Includes consid erable work with wooden blocks and peg which aid in teaching number color perception and physical dexterity is proud of the pro gress made so far and as an ex ample pointed out a cerebral Car Inspection Deadline Hears Olney area motorists were re minded this week that the April 15 deadline for their autos in spected to comply with the state law is growing Owners of tho various Olney ga rages that have been designated as Inspection points urged drivers to come in as soon as possible and get the task behind them in order to avoid n rush at the Official insertion points in Chevrolet Cen tral Motor Com Wesleys McNutt Mo tor Company und Mohan Tire and Motor Homer larrison director of Texas Department of Public this week complimented the if per cenl of Texas car owners whn already had their ve checked tin mechanical de At the same he passed on a repeated word n warning to nearly million other motorists who have thus In meet the re the States motor ve hicle inspection law by reminding hiil approved slickers must be on urs after April 15th or owners vill court George chief of the Safely Departments Motor Vehicle inspection announced that arc now being conduct ed at the rate of weekly mil no stations are expo a capacity In the weeks remaining be Tore the inspection Bus ly the licensed stations will fully capable of taking care of every vehicle in the state remain ing to be checked without undue waiting or inconvenience unless J many folks put off having their autos inspected until the last min 10yearold boy who See Back Cook Confirmed As Postmaster The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Frank Cook as postmaster in Official announcement of the confirmation was received by Cook in a telegram from Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson An employe of the local post of fice for 30 Cook is a native of Alvarado in Ellis He moved to Olney in 1010 with his family and attended the local Before going to work as clerk in the Olney post office on December Cook was clerk and station agent at Jean for the former Texas and Western Railway line between Seymour and Mineral He was made as sistant postmaster in and became acting ter at Woods The new postmaster Is the son of and George Cook of He and his who are active workers In the First Baptist have one a student at Baylor Merchants Voting On 1954 Holidays Local merchants are this week on holidays to be ob served during the corning Ballots were mailed out by the retail merchants committee of the chamber of commerce with tions that they bo returned by March tentative holiday listed on the ballot Is July That day is suggested for general closing since July 4 comes on a Also listed are Labor Sep tember 0 Thanksgiving No vember 25 Christmas Decem ber 28 and Now Years Janu ary Christmas and New Years will fall on Saturdays this and the committee is recommending a cloning for Results of the voting will be an in the Enterprise when the post card poll is BOOT AND SADDLE CLUB SETS MEETING FRIDAY The Boots and Saddle Club will meet tomorrow Friday evening at at Lunn Funeral Re ports will be given by committee chairmen on the membership drive that closed March The club had set a goal of 100 members this Slated at 7 The stage set for launching the 1054 lied Cross finance cam in Olney A breakfast meeting Monday morning at 7 oclock in the City Hall Auditorium will bring work ers together to discuss plans starting the fund raising The downtown section will canvassed by male workers during the while Die residential will he covered in porch drive Monday night at 7 oclock by volunteer workers from the rious womens clubs of Charles Russell and An dorson have been named drive chairmen and Perkins in in charge of Perkins Is fa the process of securing commit from the womens clubs U help In the Several of including Amity and have already voted to County Goal stated that a goal of has been set In Um 1054 campaign and that although has not been given a quota the town IN customarily ex to raise onethird of county Workers have also been to canvass nearby rural The drive leaders asked rural solicitors who have not done so to come by the Red Cross office to pick up work sheets and receipt People in the residential areas j who want to contribute to the have been asked to turn on their porch lights Monday to direct the women Named as solicitors for the down own are Hlock I Olin WU Howard und Floyd Hlock Howard Smithwick and md WU ilum and Lynn Blocks B and 0 Foster Rich Clay ml Blocks 7 and Hoy Graham and 0 and Hay Perkins and Frank Mocks 11 and und Loop and Scattered und Clyde Rural Kurul workers named are Northeast of Camp bell and Clarence Hoyt Davis and non Orth and Woodrow Cecil and Lutheran Church Philipp and Herbert C and Newt Hitter Creek and Spring Creek Ruby Frank Cook Evans visited with her Cundiff in Schools to Dismiss On March 12 Local schools will be dismissed March while of the faculty attend the annual Teachers Association vention in March 12 MM William president ol Colorado State and Kenneth member of tho lec ture staff of Boston University of Southern California and the University of are among the speakers for UM teachers Students will return to Monday March after tho weekend COMMUNITY SINGING SET AT CHURCH OF CHRIST A community singing will held at 3 at Church of announced Wil liam from and are expected to Tho singing Is a portion ol the churchs Moot God in Church In March the minister
