Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 39

VET WITH BOTH T1IE ABILENE TEXAS Sunday Morning Frb 16 1947 REPORTER-NEWS Page II Represents in Ballinger These schedulei are furnished esponsible lor their accuracy ARC-TSN 1456 KC KR1J) by Cherry's Name Firemen WTU My MRS SIM COTTELIE Rcperter-Newt Correspondent BALLINGER Feb 19 (Spl) The nsme of Chester Cherry is synonymous with two things in Ballinger the West Texas Utilities company and the Ballinger fire department Cherry hai been District distribution superintendent for the utilities compsny since 1924 He Joined the fire department when he came to the city in 1909 and is still a member He was fire chief from 1932 until last week He resigned that post last November on advice of his physician but the department asked him to remain chief until the new fire truck was delivered Hia last official act as fire rhief wai riding in the new truck in a parade given in hit honor Cherry'a first term as fire chief was in 1917-'18 while Chief Cohen was in military service lie served one term as a member of the board of directors of the Texas A A firemen's training school and has been president of the Volunteer Firemen's and Fire Mar shals' association of Texas He attended the International Fire Chiefs' convention in Chicago in 1942 Although active for years in Ballinger civic affairs Cherry's main interest is seeing that his area has proper electric service He has taken three vactions dur ing his 24 years of service with WTU He and Mrs Cheijry visited a Old Mexico in 1925 for eight day's Second absence was in 1938 when he was ill and his doctor advised rest The summer of 1946 found him with a slight heart ailment and he had to take another rest Since fulfilling that he is back on the job Mr Cherry was born on Jan 15 1882 at Denver and while young started to work for his father who operated a sawmill and a flour mill and dealt in tobacco flour ami lumber When he was 16 he started driving a logging team lor his falher and continued at other jobs in the logging ramps until he came to Texaa in 1900 When he moved to Hunt county he was greeted by a smallpox epidemic which created his first Job of a guard at the detention camp located on the outskirts of Wolf Ctiy In 1901 Mr Cherry and his brother purchased a (brisk-ing machine and he worked with that a short time -Wolf City's first light plant wai being installed so Cherry wai cm ployed as engineer at SI per day with a negro as his assistant He was soon given the Job of manager his salary was raised to $45 per month Several years later he wai cm ployed by the Santa Fe to install electric headlights to replace the old kerosene lights on locomotives and worked as a fireman on an en gine for a short time The panic of 1908 ended his railroad career and he returned to Hunt county to OF RALLINGER GOVERNOR JAMES ALLRED TEXAS GOVERNORS CHESTER CHERRY find a job While living at Greenville he rereived a wire from Oscar Fear-son of Ballinger asking him to take over the distribution system of the Ballinger Power and Light company Oil April 1 1909 Cherry went to work on these iinrs and hai been working on them most of the time since that date In 1916 Interstate Flcrtrir corporation purchased the Ballinger properties The following year Cherry returned to work for Ballinger Cottnn Oil company and was placed in charge of power for the oil mills and gins in 1921 he went bark to work for Interstate as manager of the plant In 1924 when WTU purchased the proper ties he was employed on hia present job as District distribution superintendent Mr and Mrs Cherry built a beautiful rock home on Sixth Street in 1935 In their out-door sitting room is a Urge table made of steel and concrete From this 1300 friends have been served in the past nine years In the center of the table lop if a tile design which was once a part of the floor of tho capitol building at Austin When the new capitol floor wee laid Governor James Allred lent the tile to Mr Cherry to be used in his new home It's Hard for Jimmy Allred To Resist Political Fight then he swung in behind thecandi- dacy of Homer Rainey Where he will be in 1648 is a matter for the fulure but thig disUnie it- I I AUSTIN Feb If some of the political phraseology of 1946 had a strangely nostalgic sound in the ears of old timers put it down to this reason: Jimmy Allred can no more slay out of politics than he -could swear off drinking water been in politics as an active participant as a seasoned adviser and as a temperamental and impassioned partisan of one candidate or the other ever since 1924 including two terms in the office of governor His friends are convinced he won't be happy had at least one more try at' beating Lee O'Daniel man he helped to make James Allred's political career began in political legend when he was in the Navy With three other MonUgue county boys he was discussing the post-first world war-world and what they would do in it Allred the story goes said he was going to run for governor He started out more modestly BORN FEB 17 170b HELD THE KEY TO REDDY'S FUTURE Swater to Open Bids on Hospital Project Monday SWEETWATER Feb Bids will be opened at 2 Monday Feb 24 on an enlargement and remodeling project (or Sweetwater'! city hospital Voters have approved approximately $78000 worth of bondi to be used on the project nnnmlmanl TWO W'ingS Will JlB Rlldcd tO the tayul prrrf pr ject one on the north and one on the south increasing the private room capacity of the plant by 18 and raising its bed capacity to 62 Remodeling of the present interior will provide a new delivery room releasing the present de- livery room for use as a minor aur-gcry room in addition to the two major surgery rooms A laboratory and a central supply room will be added Basement of the building will be enlarged along with the heating plant Over the enlarged basement a new dining room will be built The present dining room will then be converted into a ward A freight elevator will be installed so that the basement can be used for bulky storage The present nursery will he en-1 lurged as will the waiting room A new doctors' locker room will be added Plans for (he additibns and improvements were submitted to the city commission by the hospital board the then Governor Pat Neff as district attorney of Wichita Falls He got a taste of running for office in 1924 when he was elected to the same position and the experience was so warming that in 1926 he act his sights high and ran for attorney general He lost to Claude Pollard by 4000 voles Four years later in 1930 he tried it again He ran again and beat Robert Lee Bobbitt by 128000 votes That was the beginning of a friendship which still exists between Bobbitt and Allred His four years as attorney general were tumultuous He filed the state's biggest anti-trust suit His wai the job of interpreting the new and clastic oil proration laws' he act out to make a record for collections and rolled up $5000000 including one million dollar judgment Then he announced for governor He won took the oath of office in 1935 and a personality that deserves the adjective really started expanding Those you may recall were depression Railiu Luij the radio stations which ara WFAA-WBAP contender for top honors The program dealing factually as it does with actual FBI cases brings home to radio audiences many of the dangers fchich confront this nation In a statement from Washington Edgar Hoover director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Is Your FBI is the only network radio program depicting the activities of the FBI which is based on official ipcords of this department and which is produced with its cooperation and approval" Texan Wins $10000 In 60-Year-Ojd Case SAN ANTONIO Feb Brcause troops failed to give protection on the Mexican border more than 60 yean ago James Davis Vasbindcr was $10000 richer The 84-year-old former trail driver was awarded this amount by the United Slates court of'cUims yesterday The decision was based under the Mexican claims act of 1942 The act was passed to compensate for losses suffered by Texas land-ownere who were not protected by troops along the Mexican border from 1873 to 1883 Airsidrnt of San Antonin sinee 1936 Vasbindcr formerly Jived in Bee county a vor qour BflCMV! jj FOODS 9 a safe bet that he'll be somewhere I in the neighborhood when the race is run for United States senator Colonel Re-enlisfs As Top Sergeant FORT WORTH Feb rCP) Robert Mcllheras Wichita Falls bomber pilot who flew in the European theater today was an air eorps master sergeant His silver eagles were taken from hia shoulders ycslrrday and master sergeant stripes were pinned on his sleeves The wartime colonel was discharged Jan 21 after seven years in the air corps He walked into a Fort Worth recruiting station and re-enlisted "Pm ready to go hack to work" he said He made no comment abnut his new rank Mcllheras holder of the distinguished flying crass and air medal with five rlusters was sent to Brooke field at San Antonio M'Murry Band Men to Meeting Accompanied by five members of (he McMurry college band Director Raymond Bynum went today (o Big Lake to act aa clinician for a selected 100 bands and as guest Conductor tor the Saturday night concert by the band The McMurry bnndsmrn James llnhhs John Rirnmer Jim Verner Richard Elliott and Rob Sanders will play in the hand for (lie clinic sessions and for the concert Hosts for the Saturday musical event arc Supl Ellison and Dircrlor Jacqur Karnum of the Big Lake schools with directors and players attending frnm MiCs-mry Crane Oznna Sonora and Iraan Rural Water System BRADSHAW Feb (Spl)-The latest addition lo the new rock mine recently completed by Mr and Mrs pal Michaclis is a 300 hnrrel water lank Train which water will he piped lo the house yard and barn The home is lo-ruled on what is known as the McCailand place Beau Jack Georgia's fistic ball if fire who twice held the world's lightweight title returns to Madison Square Garden for an engage- with Tony Janiro A blow- ow description of the fight rill be heard over KRBC at 9 Friday Feb 21 Brotherhood Week will be observed on Hymns of all Churches n-ogram at a Monday Dr on Bradley will discuss the ngnificance of Brotherhood Week rhile the choir will sing Standing on the Promises and We Praise God Our Redeemer Bari- fRuss Brown Every Hour The male quartet heard daily at 12:15 over KBRC on the program Hymns You Know and Love will le replaced beginning Monday ith Jules Spenser 32-year old ae-omplished pianist Snenser studied music at Capital university in Co-l umbus Ohio and Oklahoma Bsp-ist university before enrolling at Illardin-Simmons university where Ihejs now working toward his baArclor of music degree with a tajor in organ In any poll to determine which InL radio's programs serves best the public interest This Is Your FBI presented over KRBC each Friday night at 7:30 would be a strong I I White Swan Corn Hakes White Swan Roiled Oats Waffle Hour Whit SIMM Ifara knu Me S3 feed years in Washington the New Deal WIB passing along new social concepts to the stales and Allred taking to these concepts urged Inrough the Texas Legislature constitutional amendments to author ire old age pensions and teachers retirement His administration saw the Unemployment Compensation Commission set up Likewise he had to deal with the troublesome question of liquor regulation the people had just voted Texas wet And the question of horse rare gambling his administration saw sharp laws enacted to prevent gambling in Texas This also was the period of Texas history when the legislative procedure was revamped and salaries of state officials were raised But the crowning glory of (he Allred administration was the fact that it coincided with Texas' 100th birthday That birthday waa properly celebrated and Allred was a colorful apostle of Texas' greatness From Hollywood to Florida the cowboy hat (assumed for pho- tographic purposes) and the flash- ing Allred grin became familiar his fare looked nut from the front pagea of nationally circulated magazines In 1937 Allred made what he himself likely would classify as his biggest political mistake As outgoing governor he managrtl to take a hrliind-lhc-sccnpa hand in the election nl 0'Dinicl Meanwhile Allred himself went an to a law practice In Houston then to a federal judgeship a judge-ship he resigned in 1942 to take on another fiery erusade therlim-ination of Lee O'Daniel from Tex polities He failed and hia only consola-' tlon was dial at the same time another highly popular former governor Dan Moody also failed But Allred's ease against O'Daniej has a broader base than Moody'i All-red was offered another federal appointment His political protege United Stales Senator O'Ditniel helped block his confirmation In 1944 Allred was'hack in polities as the rhief advorate of the Democrats in their knock-down fight with the Regular" Democrats In 1948 (1945 and 11148) his name was never nut of the running as a candidate for govrrnnr until a few monlha before the lint primary i C-R-R-R-A-S-H-! That'n lh kind of a nofce that Hen Franklin hearil when Iip tried -hia famntiA kitr pxirrininit in 1 Ha prnrnl that rlntricity hy lightning and hy friction wrrr the Mine Ilia rxi(rimenl kept enlhtiaiaam high aiming the ecionlUti who were Mini) ing electricity Richard" as Ren was railed would have hern astounded at today's electrical miracles Iillle did he dream that Mime day people would hair me as their handy electric M'raut always ready to dn their bidding for only a few pennies a day It is a far en from Franklin's dav lo this and it is a far erv from 9 the waj people urd to do things a enmpared with the rar with which they do them now electrically' All you have to do today is just IMLH IN FM RKUin Reddy Kilowatt Your Electric Servant White Swan Bran Hakes White Swan Pancake end Swan Buckwheat Hour SariOMTMO far I lbs valM Sa April WfestTexas Utilities FINER.