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8 BROWNWOOD BULLETIN, Thursdav. Dec. 8. 1955 Negro Boy, J5, Admits Killing Distant Cousin felled him with cedar fence I post for the $17 hr had in his wallet. At the same time, Patteson criti- the interference of outside newspapers" whom he accused of trying to inject racial issues into the murder, lie said this caused the Erien community inn all-Negro settlement) to become bcwililered and afraid to talk.

"This put serious obstacles In the path of the investigation." he said. 'It also caused numerous telephone calls which prevented officers from yetting into the field and doing a thorough investigation immediately. P'lttcson said Henry is a student in the seventh grade at Waelder. i Js near where the body of Johnson was found Monday. nearly consumed by fire.

He said Henry lived with Willie He Hunt Continues For Gunman in Holdup GONZALES, Tex. L. C. Henry, 15-year-old Negro boy, will be taken before County Judge John Kombcrg next Wednesday to answer a charge that he murdered his distant cousin, Herbert Johnson, a local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But County Attorney E.

W. Patteson said Henry must he treated ns a juvenile because he is less than 17 years old. As a juvenile, the maximum penalty that can be Imposed on him is commitment tn reform school until he is 21. He cannot be tried later as an adult According to Patteson, the boy confessed that he slipped mi behind the 60-year-old Johnson while he was feeding his cattle Social Calendar THURSDAY: Mrs. Jack Lamkin.

2515 Ave E. of hot sausage, two knives and a will be hostess to the wallet. Patteson said he had S6.70 another auto Roadblocks WPFP Mothers Club at 7:30 of the money on him when he was andI neVbv Brownwood-Brown County Re- arrested. "had appar- ChSas 1 them or'las LAKE GENEVA, Wis. A gunman appeared to have capped his $74.293 bank robbery by making a clean getaway Thursday.

FIJI agents and local authorities reported they had found no trace of the cool, brainy bandit who carried out the first bank robbery in the history of this I swank resort town. Their only leads were a moek- ing note left to Lake Geneva police and the knowledge that the gun: man was possibly an ex-banker or i bank employe as well as an ex' perieneed stickup man. The stocky holdup man had already guarded himself against capture by taking only well-worn, small denomination bills and confiscating the bank's list of currency serial numbers, through which the loot might have been traced. Quotes From The News By I'NITED PRESS GETTYSBURG. Johnson, blind vet.

on the upheaval since President Eisenhower told reporters of the rug-weaving busi- employes, and apparently his escape by switching to and their families at the St. John's Episcopal Parish House Thursday night, 7 p.m. The Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW will meet at the VFW Hall Thursday at 7:30 p.m. le Lena The Christmas dinner given by Ave the AAUW will not be held until Dec. 15.

Place will be Df Howard Payne College. It was erroneously announced for Thursday of this week. 1940 Study Club will meet at the Bell Club Room for a safety and Mrs. Staton Lena Boyd Auxiliary Installs Officers Boyd Auxiliary of Miles FRIDAY: still in the area. Police conceded that the daring robbery of the First National Bank was a masterpiece of crime.

The bandit, his face hidden by a Halloween mask of a funny- faced woman, was waiting when Presbyterian Church he first bank employe, Mrs. Vick- Monday in Fellowship Hall ie Lochner, arrived. luncheon, fol- Levelling a pistol, he ordered her business. Mrs. )nto a rec vault.

He then pro. Presided. i cee ded to welcome seven other em- Mrs. H. Hart gave the de ployes as thev entere the bank motional on Spin of Giving and scorted them to the vault.

Mrs. Howard Hamilton read the; vh en Bank Vice President Mrs Bland Harper ames he mlssiona "es from George Allen showed up, the gun- are Mr" tnTpraver Pr3yer i forced him to open the main Installation service was con- Calvary Baptist WMU Study Stewardship The WMU of Calvary Baptist Church met in circles Tuesday for Bible study using the book "Stewardship Opportunities." Five members of the Riddle circle met in the home of Mrs. B. J. Willis.

3210 Fourth. The meting was opened by prayer voiced by Mrs. Merl Price. Mrs. O.

T. Wrenii presided over (lie short business session after which Mr. W. D. Malone conducted the Bible study.

Mrs. B. J. Willis voiced the closing prayer. The Bonham circle met in the home of Mrs.

Donald Linquist, Apt. 21, Sunset Terrace. Seven members were present for the Bible study taught by Mrs. Preston Grady. Mrs.

H. L. Drinkard was hostess to 10 members of the McCullough circle. After short business session presided over by Mrs. Jesse Coppic.

the study was conducted by Mrs. D. O. Walker. Airs.

Charles Gamblin led the closing prayer. Circles will meet as follows next week: McCullough circle with Mrs. D. O. Walker.

1100 LaMonte. Riddle circle with Mrs. Nelson Rand. 2104 Ave. and Bonham circle will meet at the church.

ness he and his sightless wife operat: "My goodness gracious, we've been answering this phone since 5:30 this morning. Just about every friend we ever knew has called." WASHINGTON William II. Brett, director of the Bureau of the Mint, on the Rovernment's stepped up production of pennies to meet an "unusual demand:" "We'll have so many cents we won't know what to do with them." i LAKK Wis. A han- clits note to police about their noisy prowl car left In the bank he robbed of $7,293: "How's this for a joke? If your squad car hadn't had such a squeuk I'd have rough time." bas0nt the The United Daughters of the "Take" My Life Shfof' 0 basement post Have Dinner Meet and Program Confederacy will have a seated' Mrs. Bill Orton accompanied at tea at 3 p.m.

at the Bell Club the piano. The following officers Room of the Walker Memorial were installed: Mrs. W. Magner. Library.

recording secretary; Mrs. Roy Prggy Boone Bible Class of the i Neeley, foreisn and national mis- First Methodist Church will have sions and Christian education sec- its annual Christmas party in the retary; Mrs. B. E. Henry, mis- home of Mrs.

L. E. Dublin I sionary education secretary: Mrs. 2612 Elizabeth Drive, at 7:30 p.m. j.

Conlisk, stewardship secre- The rinh met nV re t0 br U8ht eX ar MrS Xr UC by tt Yhe Th! Winnie Davis Chanter MrS Adams dinner program. With Miss Wilda UDC wUl have a seated tef at te ature J. C. cG lothlin presiding. Mrs.

111 iia it Led riL IT 31 3V mom nPFMlin TV i i the Walker Memorial Library at Report were giveV circle Donna 3 Marv-Martha Class of Earlv ev Fry numbe First Baptist Church will have Jack Desman HM their annual Christmas dinner at ports of accomplishments and ac-1 composed of team will have their Christmas supper and tree at the home of Couch, program chairman; L. M. as carols a pt I iffav Ma A 7-7n rld 41 Vo chairman; J. The'table decor featured a pink The Varies Studv Club will SerV1Ce chal an "nd white Christmas motif of ihe Club will D. Magner.

missionary education pink Christmas balls and nine have a luncheon at the home of 5e cretarv I niUnu-iv nans ana pine 11-1 ai npstinp on hiir SSh DrrvTTt DaViS retar "founds, centered with can' Detn IJrne, at 1 p.m. national and foreisn and Chris- dies Teen-Time Jubilee for the 8th nan education; G. W. Adams, sec- Hostesses for the dinner meet be nem retary of literature: R. A.

Weller were Mrs. Polina Crowder, Mrs 10 Te em Huckaby. Era Lowry, and Miss Alma Rohr! iliary for the year. Other re- Thompson." a'net" Shell on' Janice ports were civen by Mrnes. E.

C. King, and Xancy Foye sang Christ- i Alpha Zeta Chapter Has Anniversary The Alpha Zeta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held its chapter birthday dinner at the home of Mrs. Walter Gilmore. with Mrs. Blnnd Harper in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Walter Helmecke and Mrs. Louise Hughes were in charge of: table decorations. The large birthday cake with 13 candles formed the centerpiece for the table and blue place cards were individual birthday cakes bearing a single candle. i Mrs.

Helmecke gave the welcome, and Mrs. Bob Greer presented bracelets to the sorority pledges. Mrs. Jack Brewer gave a discussion on "Count Your Bless- 1 ings." Members present were Misses Alwyn Brandon, Betty Jo Knight, Nelda Knight. Patsy Mesdames George Allcorn.

Arnold 1 Herdman, Robert Belcher. Jack Hemby. Brewer, Greer. Harper, Huges. Bill Maness.

Ruby Lee Sellers. D. V. Speakman. W.

A. Stewart. Rodger Sweeney, Helmecke and Dorothy O'Brien. Ford II, president of Ford Motor on the activities of the controversial Fund for the Republic: "Some of these actions. have been dubious in character and inevitably had led to charges of poor judgment." LONDON Clement Attlee.

who was elevated to the peerage when he resigned as leader of the Labor party, askd what he would be called: "Well. I don't I think it had still better be Clem, don' you?" NEW B. Folsom, secretary of health, education and welfare, to delegates to the AFI--CIO convention on the Eisenhower administration's fostering of an expanding economy without inflation: "Complacency certainly has no part in our thoughts in this administration." Treasure Finder In Settlement CORSICAN'A, Tex. 24- year-old Negro who found a thermos jug filled with $60,000 under a house in Dallas has settled out of court for $20,000. Jackson Davis who found the money under the home of W.

D. Felder a Dallas cotton broker, said the settlement leaves him with a house, furniture, a pickup truck, Ford and Buick automobiles, all paid for, and "a bank account." The money was old gold certificates. Davis was working as a plumber's helper and was digging a place for a pipeline under Felder's house. Felder said he didn't know how the money got there. But he said it might have been hidden there by his father during the depression when were failing.

The 820,000 that Davis gets includes the money he has already spent. The other' two-thirds goes to Felder. Davis was arrested Sept. 24 after reports came in he was spending a great deal of money. I Davis was charged with stealing I the money, but a grand jury refused to indict him.

He sued Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker for $45,000. the amount he had left at the time, plus $45,000 damages. That suit was dropped as a result of the agreement between his attorneys and Felder's and the remaining money was divided up. Aviation Experts Probe Crash of Forerunner To A-Powered Plane PATUXKNT, IMd. Nav.V| aviation experts began an Intensive Investigation Thursday into the crash of a new Navy Seamaster! jet bomber which was considered a potential forerunner of nn nlom- ic powered airplane.

The fiOO-mile-an-hour plane exploded in air and crashed in flames into Chesapeake Bay Wednesday during an experimental flight. One crew member was killed In the crash and three others were missing and presumed dead. Mrs. Roy Spence To Review Book, Dec. 12 The WSCS of First Methodist Church met Monday to discuss plans for the Christmas party in connection with the Wesleyan Service Guild.

Mrs. Hoy Spence will review the book "All the Women of the Bible" on this date. Dec. 12 Mrs. Gordon Griffin presided at the meeting and Mrs.

J. W. Trapp gave the invocation. Mrs. J.

W. Whitefield presented the devotional in the form of a Christmas story. Mrs. L. E.

Dublin, spiritual life chairman, announced that Mrs. Mary Conley would present the first part of the Bible study "The Five Spiritual Classics" on Monday, Jan. P. The meeting adjourned with the repetition of the Lord's prayer in unison. A salvage barge began pulling the plane's wreckage from 55-foot- deep waters of the bay Thursday.

Divers searched for the bodies ot the missing men. The Navy had fostered great hopes for the new piano. It. was hailed ns the world's first multl- iet seaplane and compared favorably in range and speed with modem land-based bombers. The Air Force was interested In the Seamaster as possibly being capable of carrying the first ntom- ie plane engine when it Is developed.

An atomic plane would require an extremely heavy airframo and broad areas for takeoff and landings. The Seamaster would have almost limitless ocean runways on which lo operate. Navy investigators begun an Intensive effort to determine why the firs! model of the new plane crashed. A second Seamaster, fitted out will be ready to enter the water with complete military equipment, fur initial taxiing lest's near Martin's Baltimore plant later this month. A company spokesman he saw no immediate reason to postpone the tests.

Miss Mobley Fefed by Coggin Baptist YWA YWA of Coggin Ave. Baptist to honor Miss ey, bride-elect of John- iss Mobley was presented white impressive candle light and a gift from the Floresville Boy, Dies in Home Fire FLORESVILLE. Tex. Thirteen-year-old Curtis Patterson was burned to death and two other members of his family injured Wednesday when fire destroyed their Floresville home. Mrs.

V. R. Patterson, the moth- 1 er. and Raymond, 8, another son, were also burned, but not fatally. The father and two daughters, escaped injury when the fire broke out while the family was still in bed.

DR. MOLL1E ARMSTRONG Optometrist Office 408 Centeff Dial 5539 for an appointment Regular members present were ria Torres. Margery Piper. Carolyn Parker. Peggy Parks.

Sharon Sowell. Ramona Brown, Geraldine Mobley, Marlene Stanfield, and Mrs. Locker. Guests were Mrs. M.

S. Mobley, Mrs. Knoxie Gore, Mrs Ruby Lee Sellers, and Misses Zem- malou and Margaret Cooper Refreshments of punch and tidbits were served. Doctors ELLIS ELLIS OPTOMETRISTS Dial 30184 for Appointment bv arents i rerordm secretary, and Mrs. Fay Loan Fund committee.

db a treasurer an The nex eet games supenised Jodit niial financial treasurer an The next meeting of the club is report scheduled for Tuesday evening I James L. White gave the Dec. 13, when a Christmas party, Junior Grove No 160 re lden re ort and the 'gh- with hostesses Mrs. Louise Me- Texas Supreme Fores Woodmen ec 5 gr and Kenzie. Mrs.

Walter Helmecke and deve me nu She clo5ed the -Misses Zelma and Estelle Du- Advenl SATTTRiV. Circle Eisenhower To Receive President of Uruguay WASHINGTON -UP- President Eisenhower will receive visitinc President Luis Batlle Berres of Uruguay next Monday was learned Thursday. Batlle Berres will be the first foreign notable to confer with the 1 President in Washington since the chief executive suffered his heart attack in September. President Carlos Castillo-Armas of Guatema- Jackson, junior supervisor. Members may invite two guesis and exchange gifts.

The Junior Minstrels will at the home of Mrs. W. G. Schroeder, 1715 Vincent, at 5 p.m. to go caroling, then to the home of Mrs.

David Morris for games and refreshments. 's tea room. 1815 Eleventh. hospital in Denver. Woodland Hts.

BWC Have Dinner Meet Mrs. M. L. Campbell, 3509 Austin, was hostess to the BWC of Woodland Heights Baptist Church on Monday evening when a buffet dinner was served. A round table discussion of the Lottie Moon Season of Prayer and offering allocations was held Mrs.

Homer Tallent presided and brought the devotional from Luke. Mrs. Campbell introduced the program and Mrs. Henry Bobbins toid of the needs and work in the Orient Mrs. Howard Polk represented Africa and Mrs Wesley Montgomery discussed Europe and the near East Mrs.

G. S. Sigler told of the progress of mission work in Latin America Mrs. R. T.

Harris cave the gual for the i.fferma aivi unr.uii.'i'.-rd the allocations of all the n.i^'on fields. In a short business session. Mrs R. T. Harris was elected vice- president and enlistment chairman of the circle.

Mrs Mynle Smith was appointed chairman of community mission-. Mrs. ill be hostess for the next meeting to be held in the educational building of the church at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 9.

Belle Plain Baptist DSS Class Has Party The DSS Class of the Belie Plain Baptist Church met on evening at the church for their Christmas pans Mrs, George Sht-ffkr directed the games and Mrs Truman gave the prayer Gifts were a Present for IM mri; ueu Mesdames Georn vin Smith. LeRi- V. B. Hill, J. K.

Stokes, Ger.e 1 Truman Woods, Woolen, and Fay Nelle Woods, IK da" Stokes, and M. Woolen. H. L. Lobstein.

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