Four Drown in
Texas Floods
Tort Worth, Tex., May It U.
At least four persons drown
ed ind 4000 fled their homei
here today the rampaging
Trinity river battered down
four of hi levees and overran
fifth in the wake of a 10-inch
overnight rain.
The bodies of four victims
were found. Police said 12 oth
ers were missing and presumed
drowned. Fifteen were hospital
ised Dy injuries.
One of the dead was identi
fied as Dee Pennington, 08,
swept away 'when a rescue boat
capsiied. The others, two wo
men and a youth, were not lden
tified.
It was the first major flood
in Fort Worth since April 24,
122.
The muddy river knocked out
the main city water station, the
Holly pumping plant, raising
serious health and fire hazards.
To help conserve the dwln
dung water supply, hospitals
cancelled all but major surgical
operations. Schools closed be
cause many streets Were impass
able. First estimates of damage
ranged up to $2,000,000. A
thousand homes were flooded in
-various sections.
Service Awards by
Agriculture Bureau
Washington. May 18 WV-The
agriculture department gave
100 employes awards for out
standing service yesterday.
Five distinguished service
awards and S3 superior service
awards were presented at a spe
cial ceremony. Awards also
went to 40 workers who last
year completed 40 years of serv
ice with the department.
Secretary of A g r i c u lture
Charles F. Brannan presented
the awards.
Distinguished service awards
included:
Leslie J. Sullivan, forest serv
ice, Olympia, Wash., for saving
the life of a co-worker.
Superior service awards in
cluded: E. Newton Bates, Portland,
Ore.; Virgil R. Carrell, Estacada,
Ore.; Allan W. McCullough,
Portland, Ore.; Walter Wesley
McLaughlin, Berkeley, Calif.;
Benjamin R. Phipps, Wenatchee,
Wash.; David Chapma Van
Liew, Chelan, Wash.; Donald T.
Lowery, Palmer, Alaska, and
Anthony W. Thomas, Juneau,
Alaska.
Tanks Are Received
Unionvale Several tanks
have been moved to the U. S.
Alderman farms to store 12,000
gallons of metal by-products to
be used in the irrigation sys
tem for fertilizer for beans, po
tatoes, corn and other vege
tables. The fertilizer is pro
duced m Salem.
Bibles Distributed
Falls City The Gideons of
Dallas were at the Falls City
Free Methodist church Sunday
evening. The Dallas Alliance
Missionary men's quartet sang
several numbers. They placed
Bibles in the various rooms of
the Bisck hotel after the serv
ices. TIME to repoir or replace
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The Four Flats, famous Pacific college male quartet, will
bring a concert Thursday, May IB, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pringle
Friends church, located on Baxter road, West of 99E. These
young men won the all-northwest Barber Shop ballad contest
two successive years 1947 and 1948. They have been fea
tured several times on radio broadcasts. In the picture, from
left, Dick Cadd, Ronald Creselius, Howard Hadley and Har
low Ankeny.
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HIGHLIGHTS No. 14-
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9:00:
Boys' Chorus
In Concert
The YMCA boys chorus will
present Its first annual concert
at S o'clock Thursday night in
the Bush school auditorium un
der the direction of Wesley Bol
linger, Willamette university
student.
The program will also fea
ture a string ensemble for the
university school of music.
Members of the chorus have
been selected from the various
grade schools. They include
Alan Arnold, Edwin Boal, Ste
phen Clark, Richard Clau, Bil
ly Drakely, Duane Epperly, Carl
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Purpose of the concert is to
raise funds for music and uni
forms. Art Club Entertained
Falls City Mrs. Fred Hughes
was hostess to the Tuesday Art
club at her country home. She
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