Orange welcomes the firstborn in 1953 Orange, 8 hour old Mr. Tommy Joe Shelton Jr.

The first few hours on Texas roads in 1953 saw 7 deaths. Allied artillery shells in the New Year around Seoul.

South Park slammed Lutcher High School in hoops action 51-35, Save Way is offering fryers for 48 cents a pound and hens for 39 cents (remember folks, they deliver!)

And catch Doris Day and Ray Bolger in Warner Bros latest “April in Paris”at the The Strand!

Portal to Texas History: The Orange Leader, Thursday, January 1st, 1953