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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 20

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Abilene, Texas
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS AMhu Texas Thursday Evoulag January 10 1017 8-B Henry Collins Ritas Sat Friday Rites at Stanford For Mrs Johnson Panel: Says School Separation to Finance Buildings year Directors of file bank sil re ters Mrs Irens Simmons of Cisco Mrs Juanita Bird and Mra Lola Gleghorn of Lubbock Mra Louiu Steven of Grand Prairie and Mra Merle Cummings and Mrs Geraldine Fielder of Baird two brothera I Dunaway of California and Dunaway of Cisco a sister Mrs Ciadla High of Dallu it grandchildren and IS great-grandchildren Klssingar Ritas To Da Announced Funeral arrangements for Kissinger 45 twin brother of Jack Kissinger 3331 0th St will be announced tar Crouch Funeral Home of McKinney Mr Kissinger died at I pm Wednesday at the- home ofa sister in McKinney He bad been' IQ for two years and suffered a heart jected are Buford Cox Oliver Cunningham Herren Johnson FredMonke A Pierson A Turner Wm Wilson Jr and Waldrop Officers also re-elected are: Pierson president Johnson active vice president Charles Swlasoa cashier Nettie I McCollum assistant cashier Gens Brawn assistant cashier Funeral for Henry Collins 17 retired employe of the Texu and Pacific Railway la act for 3:30 pm Friday at the Church of God at 4th St and Tteadnway Blvd Mr GoUini wu found dead at bis home! 9M Stafford St Tuesday afternoon A Bennett minister will officiate Burial' in City Cemetery win 'be directed by Kiker-Warren Funeral Home Survivors are Ida wife ana nephew Ira Meredith of Omaha Neb and several cousins PA 4J Br KARL1 WALKER ItfdMlHi Staff Writer Abilene School District faces critical shortage of classrooms and the only way to finance the required bufldngs is through sep-aration of the schools from city government control subcommittee of the Citizens Mrs Vera Ids Rycn Of Sofihoar Dbs STAMFORD Jan 10 Funeral for Mrs A Johnson 30 who died Tuesday at her home wu to be held at 3:30 pm Thursday la the West Side Baptist Church Officiating wu to be the Rev Bob Greene pastor Burial was to be in New Hope Cemetery under the direction of Kinney Funeral Hqpie Mra Johnson had ben la ill health since 1952 Survivors include her husband two aona Richard and David Johnson of the home one daughter Sandra also of the home her parents Mr and Mrs Nash of Stamford one sister Mrs Jerry Mias of Tubs Okie and her grandmothers' Mrs Rou Noah of Stamford and Mrs Frances Gunner of Fat Worth He had visited bora for six weeks leaving Thanksgiving to return to McKinney Dr IhcImimw 1634 2nd Street Phone OR 2-4032 Hours: 10-5 Doily and the 122-member Citizens Advisory Committee on Separation of which Cal Young is general chairman and of which qroup is a sub-committee The Abilene school system from the standpoint of being city controlled is almost in the position of the soldier whose proud mother remarked when he passed in review: "Look Pa everybody is out of step except our son" Among the approximately 1000 independent school districts in Texas ooly eight remain under city government control the subcommittee said Those are Abilene Temple Bryan Marshall Bastrop Van Alstyne Anthony (part of the El Paso system) and Sunnyvale a suburb of Dallas the panel reported in cases where separation has occurred has been uniformly satisfactory" group reported Owens Riles At IVeinert AH Haskell Bank Officers Rcdxted Ssnrlccs Friday For Mrs Subtell Committee on' Separation has advised the School Board Due to the present overcrowded conditions in the public schools Fraley's group reported it is necessary for more than 900 children to attend pn a half-day basis The panel estimated that within the next four years there win be a net shortage of M0 classrooms exclusive of the rooms the Moral government will finance for Air Force 'base children Additional school bonds be authorised by the state attorney general for the needed construction under the city-controlled set-up because the present 1110 school tax levy is above the legal $1 maximum set by the state constitution for this type district the panel re-parted the schools were separated from city control the district could legally by a vote of Its people set the higher tax rate needed to finance the buildings Abilenians will vote Jan 22 on several proposed City Charter amendments one of which would divorce the public schools from city government control School separation has been endorsed by the School Board the City Commission a special committee of the Abilene Bar Assn SEYMOUR Jan 10 RNS-Mra Vera Ida Ryan SO of Seymour died at 4:18 pm Wednesday In the Baylor County Hospital here following a lengthy illness Born In Montague County Mra Ryan married Ryan Sept 2 1037 Funeral will be held at 3 pm Friday at the Seymour Church of Christ Officiating will be the minister Scott Burial wlU be la Rlvcrvitw Cemetery here under direction of Smith Funeral Hone Mra Ryan is survived by her husband two aona Danny and Kent both of the home her parents Mr and Mrs ParkhlQ of Vernon a sister Mrs- Fsye Hammonds of Amarillo two brothers Wesley ParkhiU of Amarillo and Parkhill Jr of Hobbs Railroad Man's Riles Conducted HASKELL Jan 10 (RNS)-A11 officers and directors of the Has-ken National Bank were reelected at the annuel stockholders and directors meetings here Annual business report to stockholders reflected a moderate but stable growth for the bank diming 19S0 Despite the continued drought deposits at the beginning Of 1007 Stood at $417735101 The regular per cent semi-annual dividend wu paid to stockholders of Dee 31 1951 following a similar dividend at mid- CISCO Jan 10 Fuller al for Mra' Rebecca Sublett 77 East-land County resident since 1891 will be held at 3 pm Friday In Hamner Funeral Chapel -Officiating will bo the Rev Mart Agnew pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Burial will be in Dothan Cemetery Mra Sublett died Wednesday la a Breckenridge hospital Survivors include four eons Paul of Waco A and of Cisco and If of Dallu alx daugb- Peterson Funeral Al Msrfcel Qiapsl WEINERT Jan IS runeral for If Owens 17 who died at am Wednesday in the Knox County Hospital was set for 2:30 pm Thursday in the Weinert Bap tist Church The Rev Tucker of AM lene wu to officiate assisted by the Rev Temple Lewis of tye Burial was to be in Johnson Memorial Cemetery la Monday under direction of McCauley Funeral Home Mr Owens wu bora Dec IS ins in Hunt County He wu mar-ried to Opha Morgan The couple moved to a home five miles north-west of hen in 1920 and had lived there since Survivors indude his wife three daughters Mrs Mildred Robert son of Fort Worth Mrs Helen Lowe of Munday and Mrs Patsy Mayfield of Fort Worth four sons Marion of Fort Worth Bobby of Weinert Kenneth of Lubbock and Donnie Owens of Weinert 13 grandchildren three sisters Mrs Leona Forehand Mrs Jim Driggers and Mrs 0 Watson STAMFORD Jan 10 Funeral for William Beniamin Turner 00 pioneer railroad man wu held at 10 am Thursday in Kinney Funeral Chapel Officiating was the Rev Byroa Bryant pastor of the first Baptist Church Burial wu la Highland Cemetery Survivors include five daughters Mrs Charles Lagadinas and Mra Thelma Mitchell both of Fort Worth Mrs Irene Wagner of Houston Mrs Swan Olinger of Abilene and Mrs Harmon Gay of Stamford two sons Turner of Burkburnett and John Turner of Olney IS grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren Now on sale Mrs Murff RHes At Rolan Church 1 1 at mew MERKEL Jan Fnnernl for William Fred Peterson 63 was to be held at 2:30 pm Thursday at Starbuck Funeral Homs Chapel hert The Rev Sewell Merkel Baptist minister wu to officiate Burial was to bo Stith Cemetery Mr Peterson died at 13:31 am Wednesday at the homo of his toother Alonzo Peterson with wham ho had lived tor the past seven weeks Bora March 10 1003 in Waco ha moved to Colorado la 1919 He wu a retired ranch hand Survivors include one eon Forrest Peterson of the Navy stationed In Washington State two daughters Mrs Ridgeway Cloud of Tacoma Washj and Mra Frank Schrader of Centralla Wash fivi brothers James of Eureka Better Head lower prices! 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