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on Swimming Pool
Last Rites for Mrs. Lenora
Flewelling Held on Tuesday
Last rites for Mrs. Lenora Flew-
elling, 45, wife of Canadian City
Commissioner Bill Flewelling,
were conducted Tuesday after-
noon at two o'clock at the First
Baptist Church in Canadian.
Rev. Hardy Childress, local
pastor, was in charge of the rites.
Interment was in the Arnett,
Oklahoma, cemetery under the
direction of Stickley Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Flewelling died at her
home here at 8:10 o'clock Sunday
night after a long illness.
Surviving her are her husband
and three children, Bill Flewel-
ling jr., Mrs. Boyd Huff, and
Mary Sue Flewelling, all of Ca-
nadian; one brother, Marion
Bruce of Amarillo; and two sis-
ters, Mrs. Charles Lutz and Dr.
Lorraine Bruce, both of Amarillo.
Mrs. Flewelling was born Le-
nora Bruce on April ,3, 1910, at
Ralph, Texas. She graduated
from Amarillo High School and
attended Mary Hardin-Baylor
College at Belton and West Texas
State College at Canyon.
She had taught music in Ca-
nadian for many years.
Mrs. Flewelling had been a
resident of Canadian for the past
sixteen years, and had been a
teacher in the Glazjer schools
prior to her marriage to Bill
Flewelling in 1930.
She was an active member and
worker in the First Baptist
Church here, was a member of
the Order of Eastern Star, and of
the Canadian Woman's Club.
Quentin Isaacs Escapes Serious
Injury When Struck by Car Here
Quentin Isaacs narrowly es-
caped serious injury Monday af-
ternoon when he was struck by
a car driven by Harold Welch on
Northeast Second Street in front
of McMordie Motor Company.
Isaacs had parked his pick-up
across the highway from the Mc-
Mordie building, and started
across the street when he walked
in front of the Welch car which
was topping a slight rise on the
highway.
Welch hit the brakes, and
Isaacs saw the oncoming car just
in time to jump upward, throw-
ing himself onto the hood of the
car to avoid the full impact. He
was tossed completely over the
car, from front to back, wit-
nesses said.
Isaacs was rushed to Hemphill
County Memorial Hospital where
x-rays reveaied no broken bones,
and was released the following
day. His injuries were apparent-
ly confined to bruises and abra-
sions.
The accident occurred at about
3:15 p. m. Monday.
Jerry McFather of Amarillo
was in Canadian Saturday eve-
ning with the Amarillo softball
team. Jerry is a '54 graduate of
Canadian High School.
THE CANADIAN RECORD
VOLUME 66 — NUMBER 32
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
AwardFreeman $9,150Damages
County Appeals
R. O. W. Figure
PICKENS FORECASTS NINE BUSHEL AVERAGE YIELD:
Wheat Crop Prospect for '56
Looks Good at Planting Time
Hemphill county wheat grow-
ers can look forward to their
best wheat crop in years in
1956, County Agent Warren
Pickens predicted this week.
Basing his forecast on pres-
ent moisture conditions, Pick-
ens is betting that Hemphill
county wheat farms will pro-
duce an average yield of at
least 8 to 9 bushels per acre
in 1956.
The yield isn't likely to be
worse than that . . . and witht
anything like normal rainfall
it could be conside.ably bet-
ter, the County Agent says.
With spring rains, the average
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MUST*
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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Aug. 11 — Softball
game, Rotary Park. 6:30 p. m.
TRIDAY, Aug. 12 — Lionr Club
Regular Meeting, nocn.
Softball game, Rotary Park,
p. m.
MONDAY, Aug. 15 — Softball
game, Rotary Park, 6:30 p. m.
TUESDAY, Aug. 16—Rotary Club
Regular Meeting, noon.
Softball game, Rotary Park, 7
p. m.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17 — Choir
Practice & Prayer Meeting.
* *
Two rummage sales axe com-
ing up during the next two
weeks for Canadian bargain-
hunters. Saturday, from 9 a. m.
until 7 p. m., the Eastern Star
will hold a rummage sale at
the old Rich Studio location in
' the Hoover building on Main
street.
• * *
The Methodist Church is plan-
ning a rummage sale to raise
funds for a new piano for the
church's Fellowship Hall, and
the date will be August 26 and
27 in the old Post Office build-
ing on 2nd street. Mrs. Grace
Spiller and Mrs. Erbin Crowell
are in charge, and the ladies are
soliciting "any kind of donations
(Continued on Page 6)
30 Blocks of City
Streets Getting
New Seal Coat
Cooper and Woodruff, Amarillo
contracting firm, began work
Monday on seal coating for 30
blocks of asphalt paving and
minor repairs to some of the
city's newer concrete paving.
The entire project, Mayor Ma- ;
louf Abraham reports, will cost'
the City approximately $5,000.
Contract price for the seal coat-
ing was 14 cents per square
yard.
The seal coat marks the first
major repair to the asphalt pav-
ing which was laid down seven
years ago.
Work on the concrete paving
includes repair of several spots
damaged by recent heavy rains.
yield could easily get up to 15
to 16 bushels per acre.
Pickens based his estimates
on seven soil tests made on
Hemphill county farms this
week . . . and on an old farm-
er's rule-of-thumb which has
been scientifically backed up
by agricultural experiment sta-
tions that land will produce
one bushel of wheat for every
inch of moisture in the soil
. . . below eight inches ... at
planting time.
Average depth of the jnois-
tuie in the seven test "holes
dug was about 20 inches, Pick-
ens said. That, according to
the rule, would mean a 12-
bushel average crop . . . but
the County Agent, slightly
drought-bitten, was hedging a
bit on the conservative side.
If the drought is really bro-
ken. as ihis summer's heavy
rainfall seems to indicate, con-
tinued normal rains into the
spring could bring this area
another bumper crop . . . the
first in five years.
Pickens pointed out that his
"average yield" prediction is
for summer-fallowed land . . .
but added that most of the
wheat land in this county this
year falls in that category.
With an almost complete
crop failure this year, most
wheat growers summer-fallow-
ed their wheat acreage this
year out of necessity. Moisture
conditions on the relatively
small acreages on which some
wheat was produced this sum-
mer are measurably poorer
than on the land which was
idle, the county agent points
out.
Brightening prospects for a
1956 wheat crop are matched
by prospects for above-average
row crops in this area this fall.
Cotton in the south part of
the county looks "very good,"
Pickens reported at mid-week.
"There is some insect damage,
from flea-hoppers and boll-
worms, in the Allison area," he
said.
Feed crops will be "way
above average" this fall, the
county agent said. A big pro-
portion of the grain sorghums
produced will probably go into
silage, he added.
Range conditions are excel-
lent. "Except for areas which
were over - grazed," Pickens
said, "the grassland has made
a wonderful recovery."
Pickens estimated that close
to 35,00 acres of wheat land
was summer . fallowed this
year. That's just about enough
acreage to take care of this
county's 1956 wheat aloltment.
Near Cloudburst
Falls Here Friday
Rainfall of near cloudburst
proportions which dumped
almost four inches of moisture
on Canadian in an hour and a
half last Friday afternoon was
pretty much localised, accord-
ing to reports, but most of the
county has had a fair amount
of moisture during the past
week.
The big rainstorm which struck
the immediate Canadian area
late Friday afternoon tapered off
at the caprock west of town,
followed the Red Deer canyon
toward Mendota, but brought lit-
tle moisture to the north and
not much to the southwest.
The Courthouse rain gauge
here measured the downpour at
3.80 inches, while the Highway
Department gauge at City Park
caught only 3.65 inches. Most
small rain gauges around town
showed 4 inches or more.
Rainfall at Glazier to the
northeast was 1.75 inches, and 7
miles southwest of town ... at
the "Y" intersection of Highways
60 and 83, there was barely a
sprinkle.
A two inch rain was reported
along the Washita Tuesday
night, however . . . extending
from the headwaters near Miami
well into Hemphill county and
growing lighter as it moved east.
Tom Riley and Lee George each
reported .70 inch, and the Young
brothers reported .80 inch, ac-
cording to County* Agent Warren
Pickens.
Arleigh Hoobler reported .35
Inch of rain from a shower Mon-
day night, and half an inch of
rain fell in the Gageby area
Sunday night.
Only a trace of rainfall was
measured here from a shower
Tuesday night when the heavy
rains fell to the south and south-
west.
Driest section of the county,
according to Pickens, is along
the east side where the need for
moisture is beginning to show.
COOLEST SUMMER
MAY BE RECORD
This summer may go into
the record books as one of
the coolest in recent history.
The highest temperature
reading for the summer so
far, according to County Ag-
ent Warren Pickens, has
been 98 degrees recorded
here on August 4. The mer-
cury has reached that point
on only four occasions this
summer, Pickens said.
Máximum temperatures for
the past week have ranged
through the middle nineties,
dropping to a cool 89 degrees
Sunday; and the lows for
that period have ranged from
66 to 71 degrees.
Deaton Pleads
Guilty to Assault
Charge Wednes.
Jurors Dismissed
As Attorneys Agree
On Reduced Charge
Roy Deaton was fined $25 and
costs in County Court Wednes-
day afternoon on a plea of guilty
to an assault charge filed in
connection with the beating of
Record editor Ben Ezzell during
last spring's heated mayoralty
race.
Deaton, who was a candidate
for Mayor at the time of the in-
cident, subsequently withdrew.
Deaton did not appear in Court
Wednesday, but was represented
by Attorney E. J. Cussen. A jury
panel which had been called for
the trial was dismissed after
Cussen told County Judge E. C.
Fisher that he would waive a
jury and would plead his client
guilty to simple assault if the
County attorney would accept a
reduction of the charge.
Deaton was charged originally
with aggravated assault.
County Attorney Bill Jackson
retorted that he had already
agreed once to a reduction of the
charge to simple assault provid-
ed the maximum fine of $25 and
costs was agreed on, that being
the same as the minimum fine
for aggravated assault. Jackson
said Cussen balked at agreeing
lo the $25 fine.
Cussen, arguing that the fine
should not be more than "$10 or
$15," wanted the amount left up
to the court. Jackson said he
would not accept that kind of
compromise, and was ready to
gc to trial with the aggravated
assault charge.
Cussen then agreed to the guil-
ty plea to simple assault with a
fine of $25 and costs, adding in
t side remark to courtroom spec-
tators that "if it doesn't cost
any more than that 1 might
whip him myself."
A special commission composed of three Hemphill County ranch
owners last Friday awarded S9.150 for right-of-way acreage and
damages in the condemnation action filed by Hemphill County
against the C. C. Freeman ranch.
Hemphill County Commissioners, who bad previously offered
Freeman $5,000 for the right-of-way easement, promptly gave no-
tice of appeal to County Court from the judgment.
Freeman himself was no better
pleased than the Commissioners
Court with the award, insisting
that the amount was not suffi-
cient to cover his damages.
Members of the Special Com-
mission appointed by the Court
to assess the damages in the
right-of-way dispute were Frank
Chambers, Charles E. Brown, and
E. S. F. Brainard.
Opening the hearing at the
Courthouse Friday morning, the
Special Commission recessed to
make an on-the-spot check of
the proposed right-of-way across
the Freeman ranch, and conven-
ed again in the afternoon to
announce the award.
The Special Commission broke
down the total award into three
categories: S2.150 for acreage (at
the rate of $50 per acre for 43
acres of right-of-way), S3.000 for
fencing, and $4.000 for two cattle
passes.
Substance of the special com-
mission's report was that since
it could not order the county to
build fences and cattle passes it
was the opinion of the commis-
sion that the county should pay
a total of $9.150 in lieu of doing
these things.
After hearing the report of the
special commission. County Com-
missioners convened in special
session and on a motion by Com-
missioner Adcock, seconded by
Commissioner Tipton, ordered
that the amount of the award,
$9.150, be paid to the County
Court as a bond and that pay-
ment of the award be appealed
to the county court or higher
courts.
All Commissioners voted for
the motion.
Net result of the move is that
the County will take over the
right-of-way required by the
State Highway Department for
the Lake Marvin road, allowing
construction to proceed, and set-
tlement of damages will await
decision of the courts.
One aftermath of the hearing
came at the regular session of
the Commissioners Court Mon-
day, however, when two land-
owners, Raymond Hall and Jim
Marshal), appeared to ask for
damages to land taken for right-
of-way on Farm-to-Market Road
2124 in the southeast section of
the county. The road, which is
being widened and extended, is
now under construction.
Hall asked for damages in the
amount of $1.000. and Marshall
asked for $200 damages.
The Commissioners Court took
no action on the claims, but re-
quested the two landowners to
await a decision by the courts on
the Freeman ranch claim. Both
agreed.
Seek Approval
$25,000Issue
Canadian City Commisioners late yesterday afternoon set Sop
tember 2 as the date for a special city election to vote on the
question of building a municipal swimming pool for Canadian.
The Commission received petitions bearing the names of lit
qualified taxpayers asking that an election be called, and moved
for immediate action on the petitions.
Commissioners ordered an elec-1
tion to determine whether or not
a municipal swimming pool
shall be built, and whether or
not such a project shall be fi-
nanced in whole or in part by
the issuance of bonds, notes or
warrants as the law, may allow.
In accordance with the elec-
tion order passed yesterday, city
taxpayers will vote on a two-
pronged proposition:
Question Number One on the
ballot will be for ... or against
. . . the building of a munici-
pal swimming pool.
Question Number Two will
poll the voters for ... or
against . . . the issuance of
bonds, notes or warrants in the
amount of $25.000 for building
of a municipal swimming pool.
Erbin Crowell was appointed
as election judge. Assistants will
be named later.
Election date has been set for
Friday, September 2, with polls
to be located at the Canadian
City Hall.
Eligible voters in the election
must be residents of the city,
must have paid poll taxes or
hold current exemption receipts,
and must have rendered proper-
ty for taxation to the City of
Canadian.
The regular meeting of the
City Commission, scheduled for
last Tuesday afternoon, was
postponed after the death of
Mrs. Lenora Flewelling, wife of
City Commissioner Bill Flewel-
ling.
Leo Thomas Is
Killed on Ranch
Near Pampa
Hay-Baler Mishap
Brings Death to
Former Local Man
Elmer Leo Thomas, 36, ranch
hand on the Bob Campbell ranch
west of Miami, was killed in
stantly Wednesday afternoon
when he became entangled in a
rotary hay baler.
A native of Canadian, he had
been living on the Campbell
ranch six miles northeast oí
Pampa.
He is survived by his widow
and six children, four boys and
two girls; his father, J. G. Thom-
as of Gem City; three brothers,
Homer Thomas of Canadian,
Garland Thomas with the U. S.
Air Force at Wichita, Kansas;
and Robert Thomas of Gem City;
and one sister, Miss Genevie
Thomas of Denver.
Donna Abraham to
Represent Rotary
As Wheatheart
Donna Abraham has been cho-
sen to represent the Canadian
Rotary Club as an entrant in the
Perryton Wheatheart Contest, a
feature of the annual North
Plains Fair at Perryton next
week.
The annual Wheatheart of the
Nation contest, sponsored by the
Perryton Chamber of Commerce,
will feature the closing day of
the three-day North Plains Fair
on Saturday. August 20.
Candidates for the Wheatheart
title will ride in a parade on
Saturday morning, and will line
up for judging Saturday night.
The winner is to receive an all-
expense paid trip to Miami
Beach.
Perryton Boosters. 35 strong,
were in Canadian this morning
i Thursday) aboard an air-condi-
tioned charter bus on the first
Revival Meeting
Features Young
Evangelist Here
A one-week revival meeting
with Ray Tatum, student at the
University of Texas in Austin,
as the evangelist will open Mon-
day, August 15, at the Central
Baptist Church here, Rev. Vernon
Cline announced this week.
"Ray Tatum is one of the
world's greatest youth evangel-
ists," Reve. Cline said. "He was
pastor of one of the world's
largest Baptist churches when
he was only 19 years of age, and
is now a third-year student at
Texas University where he is
completing his education and
devoting his spare time to the
ministry."
Services will be held each
evening next week at 8 o'clock,
with closing services Sunday
morning and evening, August 21,
at the regular hours.
Special music will feature each
service. The public is invited.
Two County Court
Cases Postponed
Two cases set for trial in
County Court Wednesday were
leg of an all-day trip through postponed until September 14,
this area advertising the upcom-
ing Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Richard-
son of Oklahoma City visited
over the week end with his par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rich-
ardson.
and another was dismissed.
Trials of John Kelln, charged
with driving while intoxicated,
and of a civil suit styled J. C.
Lee vs. H. L. Snoddy. were both
postponed until September 14.
An aggravated assault charge
against Kelln was dismissed.
Darrell McPherson
Pleads Guilty
Darrell McPherson. Canadian
teen-ager, plead guilty in County
Court last Friday to a charge of
driving while intoxicated, and
was assessed a fine of $100 and
costs.
County Judge E. C. Fisher sus-
pended the mandatory jail sent-
ence, and put the youth on pro-
bation for six months. Hi dri-
ver's license was suspended for
six months.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wright
and Jimmy, and Dickie Water-
field returned Friday from an
extended vacation trip to Gal-
veston.
Next Week's Program
Monday, August 15
j P a. m. - 10 a. m. FeeWee Boys Horseshoes >at Rotary Parlo
j 10 a. m. - 11 a. m. PeeWee Girls Softball.
¡ 1 p. m. Free movies at Palace Theatre.
SOFTBALL. , p. m.: Walkers vs. Coolers: RagNots vs. Hobinockers.
Tuesday, August 16
9 a. m. - 10 a. m. Junior Girls Softball.
11 a. rn. - 12 noon Junior Beys Archery. ,
1 p. m. - 2 p. m. Junior Boys Softball.
2 p. m. - 3 p. m. PeeWee Boys Archery.
3 p. m. - 4 p. m. Junior Girls Horseshoes at Rotary Park.
SOFTBALL, 6:30 p. m. Wildcats vs. Lions, White Sox vs. Yankees,
Giants vs. Dodgers.
Wednesday, August 17
10 a. m. - 11 a. m. PeeWee Boys Softball.
11 a. m. - 12 noon Senior Girls Horseshoes.
1 p. m. - 2 p. m. Junior Croquet (at Rotary Park)
2 p. m. - 3 p. m. PeeWee Softball.
3 p. m. - 4 p. m. Junior Boys Horseshoes iat Rotary Park).
Thursday, August IS
9 a. m. • 10 a. m. Junior Girls Archery.
10 a. m. - 11 a. m. Junior Boys Golf Putting Rotary Park).
11 a. m. - 12 noon PeeWee Boys Softball.
2 p. m. - 3 p. rn. Junior Boys Archery.
3 p. m. - 4 p. m. Junior Girls Goif Putting Rotary Park .
SOFTBALL. 6.30 p. m.: Wildcats vs. Tigers, Giants vs. Yankees,
Dodgers vs. White Sox.
Friday, August 19
9 a. m. - 10 a. m. PeeWee Girls Horseshoes.
10 a. m. - 11 a. m. PeeWee Boys Softball.
11 a. m. - 12 noon Senior Girls Archery.
2 p. m. - 3 p. m. PeeWee Boys Golf Putting.
3 p. m. - 4 p. m. Junior Girls Softball.
SOFTBALL, 7 p. m.: Hobinockers vs. RagNots, Walkers v s. Coo'
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