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)0‘Sj-IS5-By.11.sk:ss»y!Ct-nilisl-iei'[ aJ a vill ra-hev (he,yb-noluclilid.CE■rn'ffr cicjy_ colcr J SOOfidJOs. ig 9■: A9idQy:ISIV►10itireiclerdi-C!Ol-1heolcdwasleci-:liOUnew an Is vale :orii-ufor-ox101icrtel-Principal's GunshotDeath Self-Inflicted42,500 lost summer and has been reduced an other 7,500 .since then by a Unlion and a series of phased withdrawals.Dressed Possum Meat Selfs QuicklyFRANKLIN', Tenn. (APj -Possum meal is good and the high price of beef and pork makes it taste even heller, says Mrs. J. C. Harper,She advertised six dressed opossums weighing four pounds each on a radio swapprogra m Thursday. Wilhiuminutes, she had sold Lunu for 50 cents each — about Vi cenls a pound.Mrs. Harper provided cooking instructions with the possums.KENNETH SHORT * . . Johnston principalKenneth C. Short, 5‘2y principal of Johnston Element my, was found dead about G;45 a.m. Friday in the den or his home at 1442 N. Willis from a single 12-gaugc sholugn wound in the chest, police said Friday morning.Short's wife lla was asleep in a bedroom tn another part of the home, police said, and was not awakened by the shoL Patrolman Jim Nance said Mini Short hud evidently died .sometime in the early morning hours Friday bv.L I hat his body was not discovered until aboul CHS a.m. The shotgun was found by his side, said Naticc.JUSTICE OF THE Peace Un-laud Dunwody, who pronounced Short dead al the scene, ruled death by scir-inflicled gunshot wounds. No autopsy was ordered.Arrangements are pending al North’s Funeral Home.Short w a s completing 24 years with the Abilene Independent School District.A native of Dolores, Colo., Short received both bis bachelor's and master's degree* from llardin-Sinimons University. lie joined the school district as a teacher al North Junior Nigh(now Franklin) in September 1950.lfe was named assist aid principal there in 1958 and principal al Lamar Elementary in WGL In KEJ he became principal al Fair Park, and assumed I he same dinies at Johnston in 1968.SnpL .V F. Wells vclcnsrd a s \ a in c ti 1 Friday morningwhich said. ‘This is a great shock 1o our entire school system. -Ur. Short had taught in the Abilene Public Schools since 1950, and was considered one of nur top teachers and administrators. His whole lire as well as most of his activities were dedicated to Ilia school work.Tve never known anyone vha had u greater love for school work and more interested in .serving and helping the students under bis supervision. Mr. Short has served as principal in three of our elementary schools — Lamar. Fair Park and Johnston.‘illS DUDE and inlcrcsl in bis schools caused tiim to givemany extra hours of work inmaking liis school a superior nne and one at would best serve its community. His death is a great loss not only to tl;c Abilene Public Schools but to all facets of our eonmu1n^ly.,,Mr. Short is survived by his wife Ila Yin cl two children. Mrs. Carolyn Riiiawl, a science teacher at Mann Junior .High/ and Kenneth Jr.. who has been attending llardin-Simmons University.EDGAR LLOYD Swindle, meuiary education director for I he .school district, has been pul fn charge at Johnston, Wells said.Onlv Thursday afternoon Mr. Short arranged a picture for she I riday evening edition of The Abilene Report er-News al Johnston promoting the Bicycle T?u-deo which is scheduled Saturday.
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1974
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