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WfAfHER FORECAST 8ROWNWOOD AREA: Partly cloudy and cold today with high neat- 50. Low tonight near 1 30. Maximum temperature here Saturday 44, Sunset 5:30, sunrise 7:25. rownwood Bulletin TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1958 VOLUME 59 NO. 46 15c PER COPY" Brown County PECAN SHOW Dec.

12-13 CD-WORKERS nine Brownwood Civil Defense workers were hon- last week for their long service. Special certificates were awarded to, from the standing Charles Alford J. H. Ragsdale, Henley, Tom Yantis, and James Henley. Seated, Richard Mayfield, Oral Evans, Pat Shelron, and Chester Avinaer.

t-u director Jack Broad, who made the presentation, said others will receive certificates in the near future. Today, anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl is Notional Civil Defense Day. (Bulletin Photo) Christmas Fire Prevention Rules Suggested by Chief Some simple safety precautions to help prevent holiday fires in Brownwood were presented to the public today by fire chief Charles Alford. He pointed out that by the rules in the home, families: will greatly lower the chances of a holiday fire despite the extra hazards of Christmas decorations. should be the fire Inspector in their home to safe- gfiard lives and property from danger of fire," Alford said.

"Parents should Instruct and encourage children of school age to learn fire safety rules and encourage children to keep the home fires safe." The safety precautions safe by choosing a Christmas, tree which is not too large for the room, and keep the tree outdoors until ready to set up. WJiileat is outdoors, occasionally, throw. water over it to keep it moist and fresh. When you bring the tree inside, cut the trunk end on a slant to' open the pores, then stand it in a container of water. Be cautious of chemicals or other substances sold for fireproofing trees.

In some cases the process is ineffective. When in doubt ask the fire department to check. In placing your Christmas tree, try to avoid hot spots such as near the fireplace, stove, television set, or radiator. Never use untreated paper ornaments, untreated cotton or cotton batting, or gauze for decorations. Cotton and gauze may be made flame resistant by dip- ping in, a gallon water mixed with nine ounces of Borax and four ounces of boric acid.

Use only electric lights, never candles. Be sure the wires are in good condition and bear the UL mark denoting Underwriters Laboratories, which shows the lights have been tested for safety. Frayed cords are a fire hazard. The switch for turning on the tree lights should be placed some distance from the tree. Never use an outlet or plug under the tree or run an electric train around the base of a tree.

Play safe and do not use flammable de'corations. Should you disregard safety and use them, it is preferable to have them out of reach and well-above the head of anyone standing up. Keep plenty of ash trays handy during the season, as always. If lights are desired in windows, ijeyer use candles. Keep curtains and other flammable material pulled back at least six inches from any electric light.

Use non-flammable decorations of glass or metal, and. fireproof snow in decorating your Christmas tree. After you 'have opened your presents a safe distance from an open flame and heaters of all types with exposed flame, remove all gift wrappings and packing material from your living room to outside the house. Instruct each member of your family how to report a fire to the fire department and to be accurate hi doing so. Make sure the firemen clearly understand you before hanging up the tele- 'Key Man' Luncheon Set Here Tuesday Brownwood's two "key men" for 1958 will be honored at noon Tuesday at the annual all-civic club luncheon in the Roof Garden of Hotel Brownwood, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Identity of the two men to be honored will not be revealed until they are called to the platform to receive the award. One will be 35 years of age or under, while the other will be over 35 years of age. Principal speaker for the event will be E. B. Germany of Dallas, president of Lone Star Steel Co.

He will be introduced by Wendell Ma'yes Sr. of Brownwood. Brownwood civic clubs will Cancel their regular meetings this week so members may attend, the Tuesday event. The luncheon is open to the public ana tickets will be available at the door. Charles Stewart, Howard Payne faculty member, will be master of ceremonies for the annual event.

O. C. Jarvis, one of last year's two award winners, will present awards to the new winners. Charles Trigg of the Jaycees (s general chairman of the joint Civici luncheon. This will be the llth year for the "key man" luncheon, accord- SHOPPING PAYS TO CHRISTMAS HEAD OUR ADS ing to -files kept' at The Bulletin.

The first such event was held in 1947. Men under 35 who have received the key awards include W. C. Monroe, 1947; Darrell K. Wilson, 1948; Mark Abney, 1949; Groner Pitts, 1950; Fred Russ, 1951; Bill Allcorn, 1952.

And Dr. Charles M. Hammonds, 1953; H. Childs, 1954; Rodger Sweeney, 1955; Charles Trigg, 1956; and O. C.

Jarvis, 1957. Receiving the key awards in the over 35 category have been Rev. E. P. Harrison, 1947; Louie D.

Lane, 1958; Elmo Letbetter 1949; Earl Tate, 1950; J. Hughes, 1951; Ben Denman, 1952. Also Jack Broad, 1953; Edwin Davis, 1954; W. Lee Watson, 1955; W. C.

Carpenter, 1956; and W. C. Monroe, 1957. Monroe is the only one to receive more than one award in the past 10 years. His 1947 award was in the under 35 group, while year he was honored as the winner over 35.

A near-capacity crowd is expected to be present for the luncheon this year, ont only to honor the two key men but to hear Germany's talk. Dr. Gordon Clinard Speaks Here Tonight Dr. Gordon Clinard, preaching professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be guest speaker at the training union mobilization night Monday in the First Baptist Church, sponsored by the Brown County Baptist Association. Dr.

Clinard will speak at the featured program at p.m. preceded by sessions on the ideal training union beginning at 7. The mobilization night, commonly called the night by Baptists, is an annual meeting for the instruction of training! union teachers and members. i phone. Instruct each member of your family in a well-planned escape route from each room of the house to be prepared should a fire occur day or night.

Make sure that children and sick or aged persons are the first to be evacuated from the house if a fire should occur. Turning his attention to toys, Alford also laid down a few simple rules for parents to follow. All toys, he said, should be incapable of causing fire, shock, or explosion. Electrical toys should bear the UL label and toys requiring alcohol, kerosene, gasoline and similar liquids should not be used except under parental supervision. "If residents of the Brownwood area will obey these simple fire safety rules," chief Alford said, "we have a very good chance of getting through the holiday season without major fires of any- type." Rocket Launching Termed Success by Army Brownwood Mall's Biggest Crowd Visits Downtown Area Saturday The biggest crowd of the three- the day.

Groups appearing day period visited Brownwood's ----Christmas mall Saturday. The cool weather did not appear to greatly slow shopping activity. The mall, which opened Thursday morning, closed at 9 p.m. Saturday after thousands of area residents had seen the exhibits and displays as well as having taken advantage of special Christmas values offered in most local On the whole, most mall officials and local businessmen appeared well pleased with results of the mall. Arid, talks with mall visitors indicated they were also pleased with the promotion event.

Helping attract the crowd Saturday were six entertainment performances held throughout Member HPC Faculty Awarded Research Grant Dr. Chris Jordan, professor of biology at Howard Payne College, has been awarded a three-year research grant of $12,716 by the National Institution of- Health Grants of the National Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Announcement of the grant, which was recommended by the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council and approved by the surgeon general, was received by Dr. Jordan Friday in a letter from Dr. Leonard Karel, chief of Extramural Programs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Jordan's project will be a study on trichiniasis, a parasitic disease contracted by humans through consumption of raw, infected pork. He already has done work in the field as the basic research project for both his masters degree and doctorate. The grant allocates a sum of $4,796 for the first year, with totals of $3,960 allowed for each of the second two years. Laboratory equipment purchased with the funds for the project will become the property of Howard Payne when the research project is completed.

Howard Payne has redecorated and prepared the small brick building between the Minislerial Courts and Biology Annex on Fisk Avenue as a laboratory for Dr. Jordan's use for the project. Dr. Jordan, who has been at Howard Payne since September, 1956, earned his bachelor of arts degree from Drake University. Des Moines, Iowa, and his master of science and Ph.D degrees from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Before coming to HPC, he had served as supervisor of clinical pathology at Terrell's Laboratory, Ft. Worth, and as assistant professor of biology at Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth. He is a member of Sigma XI, honorary scientific society; Gamma Alpha, honorary scientific fraternity; the Texas Academv of Science, the Society of American Bacteriologists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Brownwood, Dr. Jordan is a member of the Lions Club.

He is a native of Yangchow, China, the son of medical missionaries. CHILD DIES IN FIRE KATY, Tex. (UPD- A four- year-old Negro girl suffocated in a fire in her home early Saturday, and her 22-year-old mother, Mrs. Evelina Yeager Burgon, was Public Hearing Planned Mon. on Taxi Franchise A public hearing concerning Carter Reid's application for a taxicab franchise in Brownwood will be considered Monday at 4 p.m.

in regular city council meeting. Reid filed his second application for the franchise some three weeks ago, having filed his first one in November, that being turned down by the council. Reid's reason for wanting a second taxicab company in Brownwood stems from his belief that present service and public demand calls for one. Reid filed his specifications for all his cabs, some six in and told his plans for running it In the past meeting. W.

S. Harper, present owner of Yellow Cab stated that he plans to be at the public hear- i ll lliC 1B 1UU ing, and others for and against' meet in Adams Street Communi- the franchise will probably be ty Center Monday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. for a covered dish eluded Johnny Mllnor and his band, the Chaparrals of Mineral Wells, Marty Snyder's dancers, and Bill Clarke. The Chaparrals, with a liberal sprinkling of rock and roil music on their program, scored a big hit with many mall visitors.

At the Saturday night drawing Mrs. Klrkpatrick of 1205 Main won the groceries, and Mrs. Joe Farrow of 3006 Cottage was the winner of the bicycle. Winning third prize of the night in the drawing was Mrs. Clearance Dycus of 2001 Frist St.

Her prize was an electric razor. Prizes were also given away to mall visitors Friday. Winning the basket of groceries was Mrs. C. A.

Lockhart of 804 Malone, while Mrs. Ralph Homesley of 408 Norwood won the appliance and a Mr. Green of Bangs won the toys. Mrs. Lockhart asked Jaypee officials to accept the groceries given her for the Jaycee Christmas basket project, but officials insisted she keep the basket.

Also scoring a big hit with mall visitors Saturday, as on the previous two days, was the free coffee prepared by members of local National Guard units. The coffee was donated by Kimbell's Brownwood Co. through the JRB stores, while Safeway furnished sugar and cream and the Woodland Heights Lions Club provided coffee mugs. Brownwood and area youngsters had their last opportunity of the mall to talk with Santa Claus Saturday afternoon when the jolly old gentleman toured the five-block area for some two hours, beginning at 6 p.m. The mall project, first such event to be held here at least in recent years, sponsored by Senior Citizens Club To Meet Monday at 10 The Senior Citizens Club will present.

Some protests concerning the annexation of Wpodland Heights have been voiced, and a public hearing on that matter will be discussed at the council meeting. A possible date for the hearing has been suggested as Dec. 15. 2 p.m. for a lunch.

All senior covered citizens are urged to attend and bring a covered dish. The club is sponsored by Brownwood Garden Club, Woodland Heights Garden Club, and'Brown- wood Recreation Department. AS GAS WELLS Three Wildcats Are Completed in County Lee Ratner, operating from Abilene, has completed three wildcats as gas wells in Brown County. The wells, all producing from the Marble Falls, were shutln pending gas pipeline connection. No.

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Clark Survey 159. was completed nine miles southwest of Brownwood. Operator filed for a daily potential of 500,000 cubic feet of gas with production from 96 perforations at feet. Casing is set at 1,447 feet and the hole bottomed at 1,490 feet. The other two gas wells were completed four miles north of Indian Creek in the south-central part of the county.

Both are located in J. Luther Survey 166. No. 1 Ernest Sikes had a dally potential of 1,200,000 cubic feet of gas from 106 perforations at feet. Casing is set at 1,300 feet and the hole bottomed at 1,395 feet.

No. 1 Pat N. McClellan had a daily potential of 800,000 cubic of gas. It is producing from 52 perforations at feet. Operator set the casing at 1,267 feet.

Total depth is 1,275 feet. Harding Brothers of Dallas completed No. 5 Ed G. Hall Estate, M. Huling Survey, in the regular field one-half mile southwest of Brownwood.

Completed on a pump, it had a daily potential of eight barrels of 40 gravity oil. Production is from an open hole at 394 to 399 feet. Their No. 6 Ed G. Hall Estate was spotted as a new project.

It is 300 feet wesf of No. 5 Hall, being 150 feet from the south and 750 feet from the east lines of the 72-acre lease in M. HuJing Survey. A proposed rotary wildcat was spotted miles north of Bangs. The venture is Brothers Oil Gas Co.

of Corpus Christi No. 1 Hugh a. Site for No. 1 Wilson is 150 feet from the south and 1,183 feet frorm the east lines of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Survey. A Brown County Regular Field location was staked four miles southwest of Cross Cut.

The planned rotary test is N. M. Dillard, et al, of Cross Plains No. 3 L. P.

Newton. Location is 1,375 feet from the south and 1,107 feet from the west lines of Stephen Jones Survey 282. K. Stoker of Houston No. 1-A Owen Bragg is to be drilled as a rotary project four miles northwest of Glen Cove In west Coleman County.

Site is 855 feet from the north and 330 feet from the east lines of J. M. Rhodes Survey 322. Location is one-third mile north of Stoker No. Clyde Brevard, prospective Gardner Sand discovery.

A regular field location was staked five miles north of Novice as Bridwell Oil Co. of Abilene No. 3-O Mary I. Dunman. Slated for 4,000 feet with rotary, it is 1,400 feet from the south and 2,230 feet from the east lines of Section 98, Block Survey.

Charles O. Henderson of Coleman plugged two regular field projects drilled seven miles east of Santa Anna near the Coleman- Brown county line. Both were in Survey 3. No. 1 Mrs.

H. Bennett was drilled to 1,242 feet. Total depth for No. 2 Mrs. H.

Bennett was 1,270 feet. proposed foot cable tool project was staked four miles northwest of Putnam in the regular field. It is R. G. Huffman of Cisco No.

G. M. Slaughter. Site is 150 feet from the north and east lines of Sec- Brownwood Junior Chamber Commerce. Jim Covey was general chairman of the event.

In addition to the free entertainment provided at regular intervals, the Brownwood Christmas mail also featured such attractions as free moving pictures, a free kiddy ride, and displays ranging from new automobiles and mobile homes to Army, Air Force and National Guard equipment. Many Brownwood firms featured special mall Items for sale in their respective stores. The reduced prices and special Items proved highly popular with visitors from all over this area. of Kick-off Meet For Democracy Event Set. Mon.

Several hundred faculty members from Brown and Coleman counties and Howard Payne College are expected to attend the kick-off the first general the Mid-Tex-as "Democracy in Action" project here Monday. The public is invited, to join the teachers at in Minis Auditorium on the.HPC campus to hear the address by Jack Cox of Breckenridge, nationally known leader in the field of Americanism, said Dr. Guy D. Newman, HPC president, and chai man of the project's steering committee. Cox, a former serviceman and state legislator, received the Freedom Foundation's 'award at Valley last February for outstanding achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American Way of Life.

He is executive secretary of Freedom hi Action, an organization dedicated to combatting communism. He is vice president of the Pico Drilling Co. of Breckenridge. The speaker will be introduced Monday hy J. D.

King, Brownwood school superintendent, and Dr. Newman will preside for the meeting. There will be reports from the steering committee by Dr. Newman; the "Democracy in Action" program at HPC by Dr. McDonald Held, chairman for the college's program; from the public school awards committee by O.

B. Chambers, superintendent of schools at Early; from the elementary schools program research committee by Dr. Frances L. Merritt, chairman of the HPC division of education, and oa statewide progress in the fight against communism, by R. Lawrence of Dallas, executive director and secretary for the Texas Bureau for Economic Understanding.

Tho Mid-Texas "Democracy in Action" project was created in September, when a grant of $10,000 was made by the Texas Educational Association of Fort Worth and the Texas Bureau for Economic Understanding of Dallas to expand the annual Democracy in Action Week at Howard Payne into a year-long program in classroom 1 warfare in HPC and the public schools of Coleman and Brown Counties against communism. The steering committee set up for the project Includes school leaders from both counties. Preceding the 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday, the faculties of the Brown and Coleman counties public schools and HPC will be guests of the steering committee for a barbecue supper at 6:30 p.m. on the HPC campus.

In the event of bad weather, the supper will be served in the HPC gym, Dr. Newman said. Missile Plunging Back Toward Earth SAFETY SUNDAY SET AUSTIN Gov. Price Daniel Saturday heralded the of. ficial state-wide Christmas-New Year's traffic safety program by designating Dec.

21 as "Safety Sunday" in Texas. The governor called upon "every citizen to join in this united religious campaign to awaken in the conscience and mind of every driver the realization that negligence at the wheel of an automobile Is a transgression of God's own command, 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'." GETS RESEARCH CONTRACT AUSTIN Awarding of $21,300 research contract by the Atomic Energy Commission to Dr. Eugene A. Ripperger, University of Texas engineering mechanics professor, was announced Saturday, By DARRELL GARWOOD WASHINGTON (UPD-An Army lunar probe that missed Its mark hurtled Saturday on a space-piercing flight that will carry it to fiery death after soaring well over a quarter of the way to the orbit of the moon. The 13-pound probe, dubbed Pioneer III, was expected to hit a peak altitude of 66,654 miles at 9 p.m.

est. This was nearly 2,000 miles higher than early estimates. The moon's orbit varies from 221,463 to 252,710 miles above the earth. The gold plated instrument package is expected to plunge Into the planet's atmosphere and burn up around 5:15 p.m. est Sunday.

The site of the plunge was calculated as northwest of Timbuktu in French West Africa. To the natives it should look like a flaming king-size meteor. Though it failed as a moonshot, Pioneer III apparently was succeeding brilliantly as a scientific experiment. Accurate Data Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it was transmitting accurate information by radio about the menacing zones of radiation between the earth and the approaches to the.moon. They predicted it would continue to do so during Its 40 hours or so of life.

The NASA reported that at 3 pjh. est the probe was 62,560 miles above the earth and climbing at 1,958 miles an hour. Less than four seconds of rocket firing time and a speed deficiency of 242 miles an 'hour kept Pioneer III' from getting close to the moon in the Army's first attempted lunar prdbe. In the first of two scheduled Army moon shots, Pioneer III was blasted aloft from Canaveral, by a Juno II rocket complex at 11:45 p.m. c.s.t.

Friday. It was supposed to fly past the moon, reporting radiation dnta as It flow, and wind up eventually as a minor planet of the sun. All of Juno's four stages fired. But the first stage, a previously untried modification of the Jupiter Intermediate range' ballistic missile, burned out 3.7 seconds too soon. This not only cut down the planned blastoff speed but also fouled up the guidance equipment packed into the first stage.

This equiprflent, operating on Instructions taped Into before liftoff, was geared to a first stage burnout of 118 seconds. The premature burnout, attributed to an "Improper fuel mixture," missed up the pre-set gyroscopic guidance controls and caused Pioneer HI to set out on a course degrees lower than the right one. It was the Army's first attempt to launch the moon probe. It will have another chance possibly next month. KILLED IN TRAFFIC SAN ANTONIO (UPD BUly Ray Knapp, 18.

was injured fatally early today the car in which he was riding spun out of control and hit a tree. Khapp'a death broke a safely record-'for suburban Alamo Heights of a little more than four years. BAPTIST MEETING SET DALLAS The ber executive board of the Baptist General of Tejcas meets Tuesday to elect new officers and to CQnsidec mission allocation. County Pecan Show Set Friday, Saturday Tim Brown County pecan show, which will be held Friday and Saturday, is the first of Its kind to be held in the county, accord- Ing to John Q. Gallaway, county agricultural agent.

Citizens of the county will have an opportunity to see and participate in the show. Any pecans grown in 1958 ara eligible to compete In the county show. Pecans (about a quart of each variety) will be displayed In the shell on paper plates. Officials will give the pecans a rating on external appearance, size, shape and uniformity. A few pecans will then be used for weight tests, kernel texture and quality, cracking and shelling qualities.

Total score will he computed from all of these tests. No variety will be judged against another except for grand and reserve champions for the show. Pecans will all be In place for judging by noon Friday. Judging will begin at 1 p.m. B.

G. Hancock, extension horticulturist; Tabor Shelton, president of the Texas Pecan Growers' and B. Storey, secretary of the association, will be Ihe official judges. First and second place winners in each variety will compote in the state pecan contest at College Station in January. Cash awards will go to first and second places as well as ribbons for the first three places.

Pecans will remain In place until 4 p.m. Saturday, In order for the show to be convenient for the public. will be held In the building formerly occupied by the J. C. Penney Co.

An added feature is an of cakes, candles, pies, cookies and breads made by recipes requiring pecans. There are two division's in for 4-H and girls and the other for w6mett. Prizes will be awarded in event also. Foods prepared by the home demonstration club members will be auctioned' beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The pecan show Is 'sponsored by the Brown County program building sub-committee on pecans working with county agents Gallaway and Floyd Key. H. J. Bishop Is chairman of the committee. The foods exhibit and sale will be sponsored by the home demonstration council, Mrs.

Rex Mahan, president. Members of the committee and the council plan to make this an annual event in order to stress the Importance of pecans as a cash crop, a source of food and for shade. PUP IN A up here get small in a big way, and that point is proved by the five pups owned by their mother, Trixie, and C. B. Fisher of 1215 Brady.

Part Chihuahua and Manchester, the five little weighed less than one pqund altogether at birth. (Bulletin Photo).