Benbrook had long been
charged with operating a
“speed trap” on U.S. 377, a
charge that apparently never
has been substantiated.
In 1959, two residents of
Brownwood and Fort Worth
erected billboards urging
motorists to avoid Benbrook’s
“vicious speed trap” by using
U.S. 67 through Cleburne.
It was alleged that some 200
Brown County residents had
been ticketed in a period of
a few months. Interestingly,
a reporter from the
Brownwood Citizen’s Journal
investigated the claims and
found them baseless. n
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and a Federal grant received because
of the large number of Defense plant
workers. After 1954, students above the
sixth grade attended Fort Worth Schools
and Fort Worth ISD began charging $10
per month tuition. Reports show that
there were 244 such students in 1957.
The 1950s also saw competition over
limited tax funds, with the Volunteer
Fire Department wanting a share of
funds while the City said that the Village
would operate the Fire Department as
created under Ordinance 18. Mayor
Wade Malone noted that franchise fees
were collected Texas Electric Service
Company, Lone Star Gas Company, and
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,
but the village was not collecting
any revenue from the Worth Water
Company.
By 1957, aerial photographs
reveal that most of the
houses were located on Del
Rio, San Saba, Bandera,
and San Angelo Streets in
Benbrook Estates, though
almost an equal number
of 45 homes were located
on Wade Hampton Street.
Other streets then in
existence included Cozby
North, Childers, Vernon
Castle, McKinley, Davidson,
Bryant, Usher, Warden and
Park Center, but most of
these were not paved and
there were not more than
a total of ten houses on all
of these streets combined.
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