The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum from Gatesville, Texas • Page 16

The (fctttifHIe Utonocr AND STAR FORUM Sc. 2. Pg. 8 Catesville, Texas August 27, 1965 THE COWHOUSE PHILOSOPHER Fiddling Around with Statistics the country with a garden and i an income of $2995 a year, or a man in the city with $2995 and ten kids and two biotheis in-law. Maybe both of them are What the statistic failed to mention was that the cost of a hospital stay has more than doubled in 25 years.

There is no doubt that medicines, equipment and treatment have improved, but I was just I Editor's note: The Cowhouse Philosopher on his Johnson grass farm out on Cowhouse Cmk gets twistid up in some statistics this week, his letter reveals. Dear cditar: The main thing you can say for statistics is that they furnish work for the people who compile them. A couple of items 1 read in I poverty-stricken, but one of them sure is more stricken than-; i th. other. i How About Cost? The other statistic said it has now Ixrcn established that the average hospital stay is on-ly half as long as it was 25 If a niwppapcr last nipht got me to thinking about this B.

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To keep them from going to waste, the hospitals could then bo used to confine the statisticians. Yours faithfully, J. A that the gov-t-inmcnt now cons iders a man is living in poverty if his income is Funeral at Cove Funeral Tuesday For Fred Knapp Fred Knapp, retired aircraft worker, died at 5:30 p. in. Monday In a Gatrcville rest home after an extended illness.

He was 77. Funeral services were held at 4 p. Tuesday at Scott's Funeral Home and were conducted by Rev. S. E.

Tullock. Burial was iii the Masonic Cemetery. Mr. Knapp, a native of Boston, was married to Mrs. Nettie Post Taylor April 10, 1939.

lit worked for Temco Aircraft fir 15 years before retiring in when he and his wife mover" from Mesquite to Mrs. Knnpp's home town of Gates-villc. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Materia: Lodge. Surviving are his wife of Ga-tofiville; one son, Soenccr Knapp of Oklahoma City. Okla and on grandson.

Pallbearers fcr Mr. Knapp's funeral were John Anderson Ha) Anderson Bill Chamlee, Tom P. Thomson, John T. Post and John Post. Mitchell Receives Degree, Commission William A Mitchell of C.a tesville received his dejjree from East Texas State I'niver sity in Commerce Tuesday An Air Force cadet, he wac also commissioned under the ROTC program Mitchell was designated the university's "Distinguished Military Graduate btlow $3000 a J- A- year, but it didn't say whether REV.

JAMES SHULER Methodists Set Countywide 5th Sunday Service Countywide Fifth Sunday it was talking about a man and his wife living in a house in J. W. Coffey Of Evant Dies Jessie Walter Coffey, 83 year old Evant resident, died in the Clifton hospital Aug. 19 Funor al services weie held last Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Hale Center, with burial in Center Plains Come tcry under the direction of CHURCH OF GOD Stats School Road James A. Fyfe, pastor Sunday Sunday School each Sunday at 10 a.

m. Second through fifth Sundays, morning wot ship set vice at 11 a. evening service at 7:30 p. m. Thursday- Bible study at 7:30 p.

For Mrs. Krause i Funeral rvice.s for Mrs lara SKi.m.sc were hold Sun day altcrnoon at the Immanuel Liilhcinn Chinch in Copperas Cow Rtv Maivin Koch con ducted the rites, and burial was in the church cemetery. i Mis Krause. 80, died last Fri day at her home near Copperas Cove She was married to Robert Nov. 19, 1907, in (iid dings She was member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Surviving are her husband; I four sons, Knno Krause. Arnold Krause and Alvin Krause of Copperas Cove and 1iuis Krause of Brooksmith; three daughters, Mrs. Amanda O'Hair of like Victor, Mrs. Tillie Yoakum of Copperas Cove and Mrs. Martha Schultz of Albuqu- I erque, N.

eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Pallbearers for Mrs. Krause'sj funeral were Arnold Kruencke, Herbert Kriegel, Melvin Hem pel, Gerhard Casscns, Ewald Nauert, Clarence Krempin and i Herbert Schneider. Kvant Funeral Home Mr. Coffey, a native of Ham Milhodist srrvicfs wiil be conducted at 7 30 p. in.

Aug. 29, in. Tin ncrsville tabernacle, preceded by a MYF meeting at 6:30 p. in Srwaker will be Rev. James Slmli pastor of St Mark's Methodist Church in CU.burne Mrs.

Dale Vant of Iredell. wife' of the former pastor-off lurncrcvillr Methodist will speak at the joint MYF meeting in the church sanctu- ary Rev Shuler received his bachelor of divinity degree! from Perkins School of Theolo- gy and formerly served pastorates in Mosheim. Cayote, Morgan and Meridian He has also i pu-ached at revivals in Turn c-rsville and other area church-j MOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Jimmie Centred, pastor Sunday Sunday School at. 10 a.

morning worship at 11 a. Training Union at (i p. evening worship at 7 p. m. Wednesday--- Prayer services at 7:30 m.

ilton County, farmed for many years in Hale County. He was a member of the Hale Center Methodist Church and had been a Mason for 50 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Delia Coffey of Evant, two sons, George Coffey of Hale Center and Esker W. Coffey of Evant: one daughter, Mrs Wayne Thrush of Lubbock; two Mrs.

Etta Pryor of Bethany, and Mrs. Eunice Bird of Hale Center: four grandchil i dren and four great grandchil (Iron. I on famous CARA 6 BOWLIN PAINT Silk was first reported in F.u rope in the first century A I) as an extremely excnsive iab-ric importer! from China. es He is the son of Rev VV. W.

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