Waco City Notes Face Talk on City Hall Affairs
The Wacoan discusses name spellings for Jack Jeffrey and praises his city manager approach while noting Beaumont times were rough. Finance Director Mac Sorrells says Waco is solvent, yet looming surpluses risk revenue bonds. Council dynamics with Raymond Chunn and O K Armstrong frame a tense budget path ahead.
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Jack Jeffrey
Jack
Waco
Beaumont
Mac Sorrells
Raymond Chunn
Chunn
W. B. Lenamon
O. K. Armstrong
W. L. Barrett
Dailys
Brazos Valley Boosters Eye Central Texas Growth Group
A Citizen article outlines forming a Brazos Valley booster group to attract new industries and jobs to Central Texas. Led by W. B. Lenamon Bill Co Foster and Tony Duty, the plan calls for volunteer members, a central office for leads, potential field visits, and a Memorial Day organizational meeting May 30 at Jess Radle's Brazos River site. Citizens urged to send $5 with a coupon to join.
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W. B. Lenamon
Bill Co. Foster
Tony Duty
Jess Radle’s
South Third Street Road
Brazos Valley
Maudie Crane Donates Two Beefs for Booster Bar-B-Q
Miss Maudie Crane a Dallas developer now in Waco donates two beefs to kick off the Brazos Boosters Barbecue set for May 30 on South Third Street Road about two miles south of Waco. She seeks more donations and urges locals to support the CBAB Central Brazos Area Boosters.
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Texas
CBAB
Central Brazos Area
Dallas
Waco School Board Names Williams Attorney and Budget Notes
Peeler Williams Jr. becomes attorney for the Waco schools succeeding Sam Lanham who resigned for the ministry. Board approves bids for Crestview Elementary driveway 5606 and warehouse 8606. Moore High garage bid 9990. microfilm records 2223. cabinets up to 400. Transfers policy kept. one high school athlete considers transferring for broader eligibility. coach restricts football participation.
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Waco
Sam Lanham
Williams
Downing Bros
Crestview
Moore High
Hassell David & Co
University Junior High
Parkdale
Richfield
Waco High
Court reverses will case remands for trial in tax dispute
The Tenth Circuit Court of Civil Appeals reversed the 19th district court ruling in Gene Thornhill versus Mrs. Trapy Eiskes et al. concerning the will of the late AS Fletcher and ordered the case remanded for trial on tax payment issues.
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19Th District Court
Gene Thornhill
Trapy Eiskes
AS. Fletcher
Baylor Grants 600 Degrees at 119th Commencement
Baylor University ended its 119th year of operation as more than six hundred graduates received degrees. Dr. Joe Weldon Bailey and Joe L. Albritton led the ceremonies with President Abner McCall conferring the doctor of laws degrees. Lt. Col. Ray Kilman presented Air Force ROTC commissions. Dr. Bailey gave the baccalaureate address at Seventh and James Street Baptist Church.
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Joe Weldon Bailey
Joe L. Albritton
Abner McCall
Joe L. Allbritton
Houston
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Texas Coliseum
Abner V. McCall
Alton B. Lee
Monroe Carroll
Ray Kilman
Air Force
Waco
Columbus Avenue Baptist Church
Bailey
Seventh and James Street Baptist Church
City J Ed Pay Plan Report Finds Dept Heads Fairly Paid
Councilman Ernest Pardo presented the City Job Evaluation and Pay Plan review. The study compares Waco department head salaries with Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Corpus Christi Galveston Lubbock Midland Odessa Port Arthur Wichita Falls and notes Waco’s head salaries align with peers while city staffing exceeds average.
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Tony Duty
Ernest Pardo
W. B. Lenamon
Lenamon
Waco
Pardo
Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Port Arthur
Wichita Falls
Four Davis Children Die Drowned Father Faces Murder Charge
Reported in this week’s tragedy at the Bosque river, four children Ruth Elaine 4 Esther Rose 3 Robert Everett 2 Evonne Rene 10 months died after drowning. Their mother Edith Davis remains hospitalized at Connally base hospital and is pregnant. Ale Rudy T. Davis is jailed without bond on murder charges as the grand jury plans to indict for each death. Neighbors lament missed chances for loving homes and debate punishment. The husband seemed surprised his wife survived the water attack.
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Davis
Connally AF Base
Ruth Elaine
Esther Rose
Robert Everett
Evonne Rene
Edith Davis
Connally Base
Ale Rudy T. Davis
Beatings Reported at Hines Elementary Negro School
Parents in East Waco allege severe beatings of children at Hines Elementary Negro School. One child reportedly endured 45 minutes of punishment. At least three cases are cited as fear of reprisal keeps families silent.
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East Waco
Law Violators Keep Courts Busy in Waco
Burglars roam Waco with incidents at Bill Young grocery on South Third and Crow's Nest on South Fifth and Clay. A complaint is filed against John E Williams of South Clay. Judge Vic Hall hands a five year term to H Schrader for cattle theft from the widow of the late Judge Bartlett. A new grand jury commission is chosen and jurors deliver burglary and theft indictments in a brief Wednesday session.
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Bill Young
South Third
Crow’s Nest
South 5Th
Clay
John E. Williams
South Clay
Vic Hall
H. Schrader
D. W. Bartlett
Schrader
Hall
Fatal fire from cigarette starts mower fueling
Walter R. Mahoney, 64, of 1618 Burnett, died Thursday when lighting a cigarette during fueling of a lawn mower led to a fatal fire.
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Walter R. Mahoney
Burnett
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