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School Trustee Elections Are
Slated for Voters on April 2
Election of two trustees to the
Canadian Independent School
Board, plus trustee elections in
three rural school districts, will
be the next order of business for
local and county voters.
School trustee elections will
be held on Saturday, April 2, in
the Canadian Independent Dis-
trict and in Common School dis-
tricts at Glazier, Patton (Booster
Station) and Blue Ridge.
Two members are to be elect-
ed to the five-man board of the
Canadian Independent School
District this year. Terms of Ar-
thur (Bud) Webb and Dale Nix
are expiring.
Hold-over members of the
Board will be Dr. Rush Snyder,
president; Virgil Brock, secre-
tary; and Hugh Wilson.
No candidates have filed as
yet for the two vacancies on the
board. Nominations will proba-
bly be made at the March meet-
ing of the School Board, Supt. A.
H. Breazeale said this week, and
additional candidates may file
for places on the ballot by con-
tacting the superintendent be-
fore the March 22 filing dead-
line.
In the county's rural school
districts, trustee elections are
slated on April 2 at Blue Ridge,
which has a 7-member board;
and at Glazier and Patton, each
of which has three - member
boards.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clay of
Shamrock, parents of Mrs. W. A.
Kessie jr., visited in the Kessie
home last week.
• • •
Claude Jones Is
In Race for City
Commission Post
City Commissioner Claude
Jones this morning authorised
The Record to announce that
he will be a candidate for re-
election to the City Commis-
sion.
Commissioner Jones said that
if he is re-elected, he will con-
tinue as in the past to favor
and support all movements
that he considers to the best
interests of our town and peo-
ple.
"I will appreciate your sup-
port." he said.
DOLLAR DAYS ARE
DDE MARCH 4-5
Dollar Days are scheduled
again in Canadian next
week . . . along with Cana-
dian's monthly Free Public
Auction Sale.
The first week-end in each
month is set aside by Cana-
dian merchants for Dollar
Days. Friday and Saturday,
March 4 and 5, will be the
time.
The Free Auction Sale is
slated for Saturday, March
5.
The Canadian Record
VOLUME 66 — NUMBER 8
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955
Red Cross Drive to Open March 1
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-COWCERT BAND from West Texas State College, pictured above, wiil tí present.f.' under aus-
pices of the Canadian High School band in a concert at the Canadian High School Auditorium
Tuesday night. Director M. J. Newman is pictured at left.
♦ * * * * * * * *
West Texas State College
Band to Present Concert
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must!
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Feb. 24—Masonic
Lodge meets, 7 p. m.
Firemen's Dance, City Hall,
9 p. m.
WMS Royal Service pro-
gram, 3 p. m.
WMS Royal Service program,
3 p. m.
FRIDAY, Feb. 25—Lions Club
meeting. WCTU, noon.
Brotherhood Week Special
Assembly,-High School. 10:45
a. m.
TUESDAY, March 1—McMurry
Chanters, high school audi-
torium. 9:45 a. m.
Rotary Club, WCTU, 12 noon.
West Texas State College
band concert, high school
auditorium, 8 p. m.
♦ * ♦
Anybody lost a coin purse?
One was found on the street in
front of the Canadian Food Bank
Saturday night, and may be
claimed by the owner at the
Food Bank.
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New Arrivals ■ in ■ Town: A
daughter, Karen, born Feb. 17
to Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Win-
Held; and a son, Alonzo James,
bom Feb. 18 to Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Gilbert, both at Hemp-
hill County Memorial Hospital.
* * •
In the Hospital today: Mrs. A.
P. Liske, Mrs. Charles Vignal,
and Steve Paskos. Discharged
during the week: Roy Durham
<Ea|f|> 18); Donna Risnor (Feb.
Mrs. W. E. Walser (Feb.
'(Continued on Vav% 4)
A concert by the West Texas
State College Concert Band, di-
rected by M. J. Newman, will be
presented next Tuesday night at
8 o'clock in the Canadian High
School auditorium. The Canadi-
an program is one in the band's
annual spring tour of Panhandle
high schools.
Composed of about 75 selected
members, the Concert Band will
play before 14 high school audi-
ences during the five-day tour
which opens February 28. The
group will play in Clarendon,
Memphis, Childress, Wellington,
Hereford, Canadian, Phillips, Bor-
ger, Spearman, Perryton, Dumas,
Amarillo, Hooker, Okla., and
Guymon, Okla.
Recognized as one of the top
musical organizations in the
Southwest, the Buffalo Band in
the fall semester usually exceeds
100 members. Newman selects
his best musicians for the Con-
cert group. Two other bands on
the WT campus are the Varsity
TICKETS FOR BAND
CONCERT ON SALE
Tickets for the West Texas
State College Band concert
are now on sale at the
Chamber of Commerce of-
fice, or may be purchased
from members of the Cana-
dian High School Band.
Proceeds from the concert
will go to the high school
band uniform fund. Tickets
are 50 cents for adults, 25
cents for students.
Band and the ROTC Band.
Programs to be played include
a recent composition for band,
"Sketches from the West," pub-
lished this year by Dr. Houston
Bright .associate professor of mu-
sic at WT and director of the A
Capelia Choir. "Sketches" con-
sists of five separate movements.
Three other special numbers
will be on the program. These
are a contemi>orary piece, "The
Man Who Invented Music" by-
Don Gillis; "A Carnival of Carni.
vals," with the Horn Choir and
the Philharmonic Foi¿r being
featured; and Khachaturian's
"Concerto for Piano, 1st Move-
ment," which features a piano
soloist.
Don Bauer, a freshman from
Tulia, will bp narrator for "The
Man Who Invented Music," and
Miss Marilyn Cowan of Amarillo,
will be guest soloist for the
"Concerto for Piano, 1st Move-
ment." Members of the Horn
Choir are Dabney Williams, El
Paso: Betty Evans, Amarillo;
Gene Merritt, Amarillo; Dian
Chase, Borger; and Joe Don
Leach, Tulia.
(Continued on Page 4)
Calvin Isaacs Rites Held
Here Tuesday Afternoon
Prominent Canadian Banker Is Victim of
Cancer; Dies at Amarillo Early Monday
Last rites for Calvin W. Isaacs, 51, Canadian banker and mem-
ber of a prominent pioneer family, were conductcd Tuesday after-
noon at three o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church here.
Rev. Burr Morris, pastor, was in charge of the services. Inter-
ment was in the Canadian cemetery under the direction of Stickley
Funeral Home.
County's Quota
450 Members and
$1,270 in Cash
Kick-ofi Coffee Is
Slated Tuesday at
Trayler's Cafe
Hemphill County's annual
Red Cross Membership Drive
will open with a kick-off cof-
fee at Trayler's Steak House
Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'-
clock, Mrs. Lee George, cam-
paign chairman, announced to-
day.
This year's quota for this coun-
ty calls for 450 members and
$1,270.
The annual Membership Cam-
paign opens across the nation on
March 1, and will continue
through the month.
Volunteer workers will meet at
Trayler's Steak House Tuesday
morning for the kick-off meet-
ing. signalling the official start
of the campaign: and a quick
drive is planned to meet this
county's quota.
Campaign workers for Canadi.
an named by Mrs. George this
week will include Mrs. Dale Nix,
Mrs. Ike Kelley, Mrs. Logan Ow-
1 ens, Mrs. Rush Snyder. Mrs. Tom
Abraham. Mrs. Gober Mitchell.
Mrs. John Glenn, Mrs. Malouf
Abraham, Mrs. R. T. Kelley sr.,
Mrs. George B. Mathers, Mrs.
Bruce Waterfield, Mrs. Charles
Douglass, Mrs. Harry Wilbur jr.,
Mrs. Morris Bennett, Mrs. Charles
Wright, Mrs. Gordon Hill, Mrs.
Ed Meek. Mrs. Frank McMordie
sr., and Mrs. E. S. F. Brainard.
Volunteers who will cover the
rural districts of the county in-
clude Mrs. Charles Burton, at
Gem; Mrs. P. D. Gross at Gla-
zier; Mrs. Virgil Brock at Hart;
Mrs. Francis McQuiddy at Boost-
er; Mrs. Pecos Anderson at Gem;
Mrs. Ralph Freeman, east of Ca-
nadian. Mrs. Lee Kiker, Allison;
Mrs. Claude Barker. Gageby;
Mrs. Murel Trout, Lone Star;
Mrs. Pat Huff, Vise; Mrs. Glen
George, Pleasant Valley; Mrs.
Sam Krehbiel, northeast of Ca-
nadian: Mrs. Bruce Graham,
Lake Marvin Road; and Mrs.
French Arrington, Cedar Mount.
Solicitors will attempt to con-
tact every individual in the
membership drive, Mrs. George
said. However, anyone who may
be missed and who wants to
contribute to the Red Cross fund
may bring or mail their contri-
butions to Mrs. George or to
County Red Cross Chapter Chair-
man Norman Magill.
Abraham to
Second Term
Mayor Malouf Abraham announced this morning that he will bo
a candidate for re-election as Mayor of Canadian at the City
election on April 5.
Abraham's announcement brings to three the number of candi*
dates now seeking the city's top office. Already announced and
campaigning are former County Judge W. L. Helton and Roy
Deaton.
Only one candidate has form-
ally announced, so far, for the
offcie of City Commissioner. L.
B. "Curly" Owens announced
two weeks ago that he would
seek the office ... his first bid
for elective office.
Both incumbents, however,
City Commissioners Claude Jones
and Furman Williams, are ex-
pected to be in the race for re-
election. Williams, who said ear-
ly in January that he would be
a candidate for Mayor, has indi-
cated that he will probably seek
re-election as City Commissioner.
Commissioner Williams told
The Record last week that he
would not run for Mayor if May-
or Abraham decided to seek re-
election, but would be a candi-
date for re-election as Commis-
sioner in that event.
In making his announcement
today, Mayor Abraham said:
'Two years ago, I applied for
the job of Mayor of our City of
Canadian. At that time, 1 told
you that I felt there were a
number of improvements we
could make for our town and
that it could be more efficient-'
ly operated. The only promise
I made you was that I would
do my best to serve you well.
"I am proud of the things that
have been accomplished during
my term as Mayor. I know that
a few of the things we have
done probably haven't suited ev-
erybody. But I don't know of
anything we have done that has-
n't been for the best interests of
the majority of our people.
"Two years ago, you saw fit to
honor me with the office of May-
or. I am asking for re-election on
the basis of my record the past
two years. My only promise to
you is that I will continue to do
what is best for the most people.
There has been no favored few
during my administration and
there will not be if I am re-
elected.
"I hope you see fit to support
me for another term."
Mr. Isaacs died at 6:30 a. m.
Monday at St. Anthony's Hos-
pital in Amarillo, where he had
been critically ill for the past
three weeks. He was the victim
of a rare form of cancer.
Surviving him are his widow;
two brothers, Quentin and John-
ny Isaacs; and his mother, Mrs.
John Isaacs sr., all of Canadian.
His father, pioneer Canadian
rancher, and one sister, Anna,
preceded him in death.
Mr. Isaacs had been promin-
ently associated with banking
activities in Canadian since 1927.
He had been president of the old
Canadian State Bank until its
consolidation with the First Na-
tional in 1937, and became vice-
president of the First National
Bank of Canadian following the
consolidation of the First Na-
tional and the old Southwestern
National Bank to form the pres-
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CALVIN ISAACS
Mobeetie Men Are
Critically Hurt
In Hiway Crash
Mobeetie high school coach
Floyd Russell and Herk tkins,
Mobeetie grocer, were both crit-
ically injured Monday night in
a highway crash near Roswell,
New Mexico.
The two men were en route to
California to attend funeral ser-
vices for Russell's father when
the accident occurred.
Russell received word of his
father's death Monday night as
his basketball team was leaving
for McLean to play in a bi-
district game. Accompanied by
Atkins, he left McLean immedi-
ately after the ball game to
drive to California.
Drive for Heart
Fund Underway;
To End March 1
Representatives from fourteen
local social clubs were named
today by Mrs. Frank McMordie
to assist in the Heart Fund cam-
paign drive which is now under-
way.
Solicitors met Wednesday af-
ternoon at the McMordie home
to make plans for the town-wide
canvass, which will end March
1.
No quota for the county has
been set, but Mrs. McMordie, the
drive chairman, said that the lo-
cal chapter hoped to raise
enough money to complete the
purchase of a new automatic
oxygen tent for the Hemphill
County Memorial Hospital.
The local chapter now has
S267, and needs about $533 more
for the oxygen equipment.
Sixty per cent of all funds col-
lected go into the local chapter
fund . . . the remaining forty
per cent going to national re-
search.
Clubs and individual solicitors
named to help in the drive are:
Anonymous club. Mrs. J. B. Wa-
terfield: Just-For-Fun club. Mrs.
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MALOUF ABRAHAM
Last Rites for
H. H. Marks Are
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for H. H.
Marks, 75. were conducted Wed-
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the First Methodist Church,
with Rev. Billy Porterfield, pas-
tor, in charge.
Interment was in the Canadi-
an cemetery.
Mr. Marks, a resident of Cana-
dian for more than 35 years, died
late Monday afternoon at Hemp-
hill County Memorial Hospital
after being stricken with a cere-
bral hemorrhage as he was re-
turning home Sunday from a
visit in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Marks had been
visiting relatives in Tulsa, and
were near Yale. Oklahoma, en
route to Canadian when he was
stricken. He was rushed to Ca-
nadian by Stickley ambulance,
and died at Memorial Hospital
here late Monday afternoon
without regaining consciousness.
Surviving him are his widow
and one son, Willis Marks, of
Summerville, Texas.
Mr. Marks had worked for
many years in local hardware
stores prior to his retirement a
few years ago. He had been a
long-time member and treasurer
of the First Methodist Church,
here.
Pall bearers at the services
Wednesday were Dale Nix, Bill
Flint. C. H. Vaught, Frank Hut-
ton, A. B. Talley, and Tom Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ward went
to Oklahoma City last Friday to
meet Mrs. Ben Farnell, who was
returning by plane from Warm
Springs. Georgia. Mrs. Parnell
plans to move to Warm Springs
early in March with her two
children to be with her husband,
who is receiving treatment at
the National Foundation clinic
there.
Mrs. Jack Mueller of Dallas is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Bill Bart-
lett and familv.
Three Canadian Players Named on
All-District 1-A Basketball Teams
All - District 1 - A basketball
teams for the 1955 season were
named by coaches and members
of the district executive commit-
tee Wednesday night of last!
week in a meeting at Lefors.'
Coach Johnny Cardinal reported ¡
this week.
One boy and two girls from i
the Canadian teams were listed,
among the All - District selec- j
tions.
Bill Miller won a berth on the!
Boys All-District squad as a rep-
resentative of the Canadian'
Wildcat quintet; and Kathy Ri-!
ley, forward, and Wilma Crosier,1
guard, won places on the girls
All-District team.
Two complete teams were se-
lected in each division.
On the All-District boys team
were Marion Bischel of White
Deer. Al Mitts of Gruver. Greg-
ory Sherwood of Panhandle, Bill
Miller of Canadian, Robert Dahl
of Gruver, Jim Farren and Rod-
ney Gunn of McLean, Jim Davis
of Memphis, Philip Earhart of
Lefors. and Don Landers of Ciar-
en don.
On the All-District girls team
were Kay Williams of Panhan-
dle, Kathy Riley of Canadian,
Ramona Jones of Gruver, Mavis
Medley of McLean, Sharon Har-
rison of Memphis, Harlene Sm¡*'
of Clarendon, and Betty H'
of Memphis, forwards; a^
ma Crosier of Canadia-
Bednoz of Panhar
Smith of White '
Smith and Hele-
Lean, guards.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1955, newspaper, February 24, 1955; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183739/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.