THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
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LIVES NORMAL LIFE - Although he is
officially bankrupt and faces prison terms
totaling 23 years, Billie Sol Estes, and his
family live a normal life in their spacious,
split level adopted home in Abilene, shown
in this photo. (UPI)
DECORATE WITH SHEETS - Holiday guests coming? A quick
and economical way to redo the guest bedroom Is with sheets.
Here sheets in solids, stripes and polka dots combine for a smart
and serene look. The use of the hem borders of sheets and the
cotton fringe add the professional finish. "Color Contemporaries"
by Cannon.
Holiday Foods
Can Be Stocked
Any wife lucky enough to be
getting a new electric refrig
erator - freezer for Christmas
will be extra lucky if it arrives
a few weeks early. It'll save
her time, trouble, and the frus
tration of trying to find extra
space for the holiday food.
One of the blessings of a new
unit is the large zero - zone
freezer section which can be
stocked well before Christmas
with home-made or commer
cially prepared foods such as
pie, soups, sauces and vege
tables, and even the Christmas
turkey.
Fresh food sections of the
new electric refrigerator - freeZ'
ers not only hold more food,
but keep it at top quality long
er. This means that for fruit,
vegetables, meat and other
fresh foods, shopping can be
done a week or more ahead of
time, instead of during the last
minute rush.
There'll be no problem about
lilting tne new unit Into tne kit
chen, since today's models pro
vide far more storage space in
side without taking up extra
floor space. They also fit flush
against walls, In corners, or 6e
tween cabinets, giving a neat,
built-in look.
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By LAWRENCE LEE
ABILENE, Tex. (UPI) -Along
the main street of town,
a thick - set, moon - faced man
English Woman
Made Popular by
Christmas Cards
The spirit of the Christmas
season once flowed throughout
the world from the home of a
slight, shy English woman who
has been all but forgotten by
the world to which she gave so
much. , ;
Her name was Kate Greena-
way, a noted artist of another
century whose works inspired
the habits, clothing and feeling
of her day, not only in England
but in America and on tne unv
tineni as well.
Miss Greenaway, born in
1846, began copying after her
father, a wood engraver, in her
early years. By the time she
was 17 she won her first are
prize a bronze medal for six
ceramic tile designs. Soon to
follow were magazine speech
es; children's books with both
verses and sketches by Miss
Greenaway; almanacs and, for
six or seven years, a multitude
of Christmas cards that vault
ed her into great popularity.
Dressed in Styles
Children, and especially their
clothing, were Miss Greena
way s favorite art suojects. uy
1883, when a "Kate Greenaway
Boom" was in full sway, cnu
dren on both sides of the Atlan
tic were dressed in styles in
spired by her designs, which
included ruffles, frills and laces
for little girls; and rougher
hewn knickers, Jackets and
suits for boys.
The designs were so popular
that they were reproduced on
many items including calen
dars and carols; in books and
on decorative ceramic tiles
used to surface the facings
and mantles of large English
fireplaces, much as decorated
American tiles are used on fire
places today.
Miss Greenaway died in No
vember,-1901, still a quiet and
unassuming women who never
theless had become England's
most famous woman artist. To-"
day there are occasional men
tions of her in collectors ana
antique journals, but a New
York dress shop that sells chil
dren's clothing patterned after
her designs is the lone "living"
reminder of her great talents.
TOP GIFT FOR HIM - It's the
newest on the hat scene, a gen
uine sueded leather hat with
self band and all-over stitched
brim. It's a man's first choice
for casual affairs. By Dobbs
WEISFIELD'S
Open Week Days
Until 9 p.m.
Medford Shopping Center Acres of Free Parking Phone 772-5348
with black, curly hair and horn
rimmed classes can be seen al
most any day just biding his
time.
Billie Sol Estes, 39-year-old
"wheeler-dealer" In norlcnllni-al
products, Is still a free man,
although sentences of at least
15 years in prison hang over
his head. He's free nn hnnrf
pending appeals.
ine presence of Estes on the
streets of Abilene causes no stir.
He and his wire Pntou onH th-i-
five children live quietly in a
spacious, spin level nouse in the
fashionable Castle Drive in
southeast Abilene. The house is
on a lake.
'The Estes moved here a few
months back after a sniper
fired a rifle bullet through the
front window of their former
home in Pecos, Tex.
Officially Bankrupt
Billie Sol, now officially bank
rupt and owing the federal gov
ernment $10 million in back
taxes, occupies his time with
the "International Love and
Goodwill Corp." (ILGC), a non
profit group dedicated to help
ing "the needy of all races."
It is most active in Ohio, Ten
nessee and Georgia.
The Estes family attends the
College Church of Christ in Ab
ilene but Billie Sol is not active
himself. When he goes to church
it is usually at his own church,
The Church of Christ at Clyde,
Tex., 15 miles east of Abilene,
where Estes was born and
where his parents still live.
Two weeks ago, Billie Sol took
the Fifth Amendment 26 times
in declining to tell congression
al investigators anything about
the collapse of his $150 million
agricultural empire in grain
storage, cotton allotment and
fertilizer storage tank business.
Those were the days when the
Estes mansion in Pecos boasted
a built-in waterfall in a 50-foot
living room, imported palm
trees and a ' front lawn kept
green by dye, plus a swimming
pool and a barbecue capable of
roasting two steers at once.
. Roof Falls In
On March 29, 1962, the roof
fell in. Estes was arrested and
charged with mail fraud and
conspiracy. He was subsequent
ly sentenced to eight years in
prison in a state court at Ty
ler, Tex., on charges of swind
ling a farmer.
Repercussions of the case
quickly reached Washington and
provoked a congressional inves
tigation. Today Estes, looking thinner
and more solemn than when he
was a farm empire king, oc-.
casionally drops by a Negro
church to teach a Bible class.
Estes' lawyers have forbid
den him to talk about business
but he will say he feels he has
changed.
"Business and money aie no
longer my Gods," he said.
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side zipper. The topping is a
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for the Holiday events coming up with a new outfit from Drews
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BOYS SUITS ages 8-12 $19.95
BOYS SUITS ages 13-20 $29.95-$34.95
BOYS BLAZER JACKETS ages 6-12 $14.95
AND SPORTS COATS ages 13-20 $19.95
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