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Top Athletes Are
Also Top Students
Canadian High School's top-
flight athletes are also among
the school's top-ranking stu-
dents.
Three Wildcat gridders were
among the five new members
initiated into the local school
chapter of the National Honor
Society at a special school as-
sembly last Thursday morning.
Two Wildcat first-stringers were
already members of the select
scholastic group.
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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Oct. 20 — Football
games, B-Team and PeeWees,
6:30 p. m.
Masonic Lodge regular meet-
ing, 7:30 p. m.
FRIDAY, Oct. 21—Football game
at McLean, 7:30 p. m.
Lions Club regular meeting,
noon, WCTU Bldg.
TUESDAY, Oct. 25—Rotary Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
Baptist Brotherhood meeting,
7:00 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26 — Choir
Practice and Prayer Meeting.
Fire Dept. regular meeting,
7:30 p. m.
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 — W. M. S.
Royal Service, 8:00 p. m.
♦ •
Anybody lost a lawnmower?
Gilbert Dickens at the Canadi-
an Pharmacy reports that a
pusher-type lawnmower. in
good condition, has been found
abandoned in the alley back
of bis home at 601 Santa Fe.
and be will be glad for the
owner to claim it. Gib seems
to be afraid that Mary Ann
will have him on the business
end of the thing come next
Spring unless the owner shows
up to take over.
* • *
The Pioneer Club will meet in
the Simpson log cabin Monday,
October 24, with Mrs. Isaac Simp-
son and Mrs. John Pundt as
hostesses.
■ • •
New Arrival in Town: a
daughter born to Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wei* on October 19
in Hemphill County Memorial
Hospital.
• * *
In the hospital today: Tom
Kendall, Mrs. Raymond Weis and
baby girl, Harry Rathjen, Mrs.
Belle Carson, Mrs. Mabel Teas
and James Angel. Dismissed dur.
ing the week: Lucille Etheridge
(Oct. 13); Dr. W. Pumphreys of
Liberal, Kan. (Oct. 15); Gladys
Worsley, Howard Hazlett, Evan
Crites (Oct. 17); Mrs. John Jones
(Oct. 19).
• * •
A recent wave of dog poison-
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New Honor Society members
are John Rowntree jr., Sammy
Wilbur, and Johnny Grist, all
first-stringers on the football
team, and Carol Ann Pinson and
Ruth Conatser.
Wildcat Co-Captain Tommy
Hobdy and Halfback Bunny
Crowell were already members
of the Honor Society.
Initiation ceremonies were con-
ducted at a school assembly pro-
gram Thursday morning, with
Pat Meek, vice-president of the
Honor Society, presiding.
A brief introductory program
included the singing of "Amer-
ica the Beautiful" by the student
body, and a vocal solo, "The
Lord's Prayer," sung by Eleanor
Owens, Honor Society member,
and accompanied at the piano by
the Honor Society President, Pat
Wyatt.
New members were brought to
the platform by ushers, anrl in-
structed in the principles for
which the Honor Society stands.
Delivering the instructions on
the four principles, Character,
Scholarship, Leadership, and Ser-
vice, were Mary Jo Hoover, Tom-
my Hobdy, Mildred Sparks, and
Nona Dale Snyder.
Membership cards were pre-
sented, and Hontw:, Society,, em-
blems liinnetPon."' *
Pins were presented to John
Rowntree jr. by Wilbur Killebrew
jr.; to Carol Ann Pinson by Ruby
Peterson; to Ruth Conatser by
Dora Ann Young; to Sammy Wil-
bur by Malouf Abraham jr.; and
to Johnny Grist by Bunnv Crow-
ell.
Other Honor Society members
are Mary Jo Hoover, Tommy
Hobdy, Nancy Rivers, Pat Wyatt,
president; Texa Peterson, secre-
tary; Pat Meek, Eleanor Owens,
Joyce Cleveland, Jolene Brock,
Midred Sparks and Nona Dale
Snyder.
Mrs. A. S. Jackson is chairman
of the sponsoring faculty com-
mittee.
To be eligible for election to
the Honor Society, students must
have completed at least two suc-
cessive semesters in Canadian
High School, and must have
made an average of 90 or above
during the two semesters.
Donna Abraham Is
Class Secretary
Donna Abraham, sophomore
student at Texas Technological
College in Lubbock, has been
elected secretary of the sopho-
more class.
Results of the run-off election
involving three student council
offices and nine class offices
were announced last week from
the Tech campus.
Donna is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Abraham of Cana-
dian, and is a graduate of Cana-
dian high school.
CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY members lined up on stage at last
Thursday morning's assembly after initiating five new members. Left to right,
the top-ranking students are Mary Jo Hoover. Tommy Hobdy. Wilbur Killebrew
jr., John Rowntree jr.. Ruby Peterson. Carol Ann Pinson, Dora Ann Young, Ruth
Conatser, Nancy Rivers, President Pat Wyatt, Secretary Texa Peterson, Pat Meek,
Eleanor Owens, Joyce Cleveland. Jolene Brock, Sammy Wilbur. Malouf Abraham
jr., Johnny Grist, Bunny Crowell, Mildred Sparks, and Nona Dale Snyder.
—C. H. S. photo.
THE CANADIAN RECORD
VOLUME 66 — NUMBER 42
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1955
Gets Head Start on College Education
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Grass Identification and Range
Judging Contest Set at Lipscomb
A grass identification and
range judging contest will be'
held at Lipscomb, Saturday, Oct.
22 beginning at 9 a. m. This
program is being sponsored by
the Lipscomb County Soil Con-
servation District to promote in-
terest in sound range conserva-
tion.
Range conservation is the
method by which native grass-
lands are managed in such a
manner that they may be pro-
tected and improved while at
the same time obtaining the
greatest sustained economic
yield.
To enable the farmer or ranch/-
er to carry out this objective it
is necessary that he be able to
properly identify his grasses Just
as he would the various field
crops. This program Is designed
to show some of the basic grass-
es found in this district and will
explain their relative merits. The
range judging contest will allow
participants to examine various
grasslands and judge them as to
their Telative production to de-
termine if they are producing at
their greatest potential and if
they are not suggest proper
methods to Improve their pro-
ductivity. ,
Soil Conservation Serviqe tech-
nicians together with Extension
, Service personnel and Vocational
Agriculture teachers will conduct
the program.
Throe divisions will be set up.
These will consist of Men's Di-
vision, 4H and FFA Division, and
a Girls' and Women's Division.
Appropriate awards will be pre-
sented winners in the various
divisions.
YOUNGEST PIONEER—Bradley Dub Bryant calm-.y accepts a Wayland College "Future Pioneer"
Certificate from Wayland President A. Hope Owen as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bryant of
Canadian, lock on. (See story below).
* * • **♦
Wayland Prexy Presents Gift
To Prospect for Class of 1975
Ten-month old Bradley Dub
Bryant, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Bryant of Canadian,
got a $25 head start toward a
college education at his par-
ents' alma mater a few days
ago when Wayland President
A. Hope Owen presented him
with a "Future Pioneer-Gift
Certificate."
To celebrate his second anni-
versary as president of Way-
land College, Dr. Owen began
sending the "Future Pioneer"
gift certificates in the amount
of $25 to each son and daugh-
ter born to a present or former
student since July 1, 1953.
To date, 150 of these certifi-
cates, duly signed and offi-
cially stamped with the col-
lege seal, have been sent out.
The $25 is to be credited to the
child's account on entrance at
Wayland College about 1971
or 1972.
Young Mr. Bradley Bryant
qualifies as a Wayland Pio-
neer on both sides of his fam-
ily. His mother, the former
Imogene Cearley of Amarillo,
is currently a junior at Way-
land College. His father, W. H.
Bryant of Canadian, is presi-
dent of the 1956 Senior Class.
Both are prominent in student
affairs.
Attending Wayland is al-
ready a well-established tradi-
tion in young Brad's family.
In addition to his parents, he
has other close connections on
the campus. His uncle, B. M.
Bryant jr., and his aunt, Eliza-
beth Bryant, both of Canadian
. . . and his aunt-by-marriage,
Mrs. B. M. Bryant jr. (the for-
mer Georgia Buttram of For-
rest, N. M.), are all students
on the Wayland campus now.
Brad is a grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Bassett Bryant of Ca-
nadian.
Wildcats to Play at McLean
Tomorrow Night at 7:30
Both Teams Seeking First Conference
Victory; Tigers May Be Tough, Too
Canadians Wildcats will hit the road tomorrow night seeking
their first conference victory of the season at McLean where they
will meet the win-less McLean Tigers.
Coach Hap Rogers' Tigers, district champions a year ago, have
lost five straight games so far this season, tour of them conference
contests. The Wildcats, after winning their opener from the Wheel-
er Mustangs and tying the powerful Perryton Rangers in their
second outing, have dropped three straight conference games . . .
all of them by cloa
Basketball Schedules for 1955-56
Season Announced for Local Teams
Game and tournament sched-
ules for Canadian high school
boys and girls basketball teams
were announced this week by
Coach «Grady Burnett.
The season will open on No-
vember 29, with the Gruver
Grayhound teams meeting Cana-
dian Wildcats and Wildklttens
in a double-header at the Cana-
dian high school gymnasium ...
and conference play will begin
for both teams on January 10 at
Panhandle.
The basketball conference,
composed this year of the same
nino teams which make up the.
District 1-A football conference,
will be divided into two sub- ¡
districts for the conference sea- Í
son. Canadian, Panhandle. White
Deer and Stinnett will make up
the northern sub-district, with
Lefbrs, Wellington, Clarendon,
Memphis and McLean . in the
southern loop. The two top teams
in both boys and girls divisions
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The Wildcats lost twin 12-0 de-
cisions to Memphis and Welling-
ton, then dropped a photo-finish
thriller to the Clarendon Bron-
chos last week-end by a 26-20
score.
McLean's losses have been to
Shamrock in a non-conference
opening game 13 to 6; then to
Panhandle (18 to 13), to Lefors
(14 to 6); to Stinnett (31 to 0);
and to Memphis (19 to 0) in that
order in conference contests.
Games with the Memphis Cy-
clones furnish the only direct
comparison between the two
teams so far this season; but the
Tiger performances against Le-
fors and Panhandle . . . two of
the district's top-ranking teams
. . . seem to indicate plenty of
power In the Tiger punch. The
31-0 loss to Stinnett, the only
top-heavy defeat handed the Ti-
gers so far, is an experience
shared by White Deer, Clarendon
and Panhandle so far this sea-
son and doesn't indicate any par-
ticular weakness In the Tiger
machine. Stinnett's Rattlers have
steamrollered all opposition to
date.
Friday night's contest at Mc-
Lean will probably be rated a
toss-up by most observers.
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Two Football
Tilts Tonight
~ j B-Team, Kittens
newcomers urged Play Wheeler
to join p. t. fl.
If you have a youngster in
school and haven't been con-
tacted by the PTA member-
ship drive, the PTA will wel-
come you as a member.
That is the word from Mrs.
W. E. Pritchard, membership
chairman, who urges all par.
ents who haven't joined to
bring or send their dues . . .
50-cents per year per parent
... to her, or to the PTA
President, Mrs. Russell Car-
ver, at the First National
Bank; or to Mrs. R. M. Hobdy
... or to the child's teacher
at school.
A number of new families
have moved to Canadian
since the opening of school,
Mrs. Pritchard says, and the
PTA is anxious to extend a
membership invitation to all
of them who have children
in school.
Prize Winners in
Fire Prevention
Contest Named
Prize-winning Fire Prevention
posters were exhibited last
Thursday afternoon at Baker
School by eighteen youngsters
from Grades 1 through 6.
Three prizes were awarded in
each grade, with cash prizes of
$3, $2, and $1 going to the first
three prize winners in grades 1
through 4, cash prizes of $4. $3,
and $2 for 5th grade students,
and zipper notebooks and foun-
tain pen sets to winners in Grade
6.
Awards were presented by Fire
Chief John Wilkinson and a dele-
gation of Canadian Volunteer
Fire Department members, who
sponsored the annual contest.
The winners were:
First Grade: Faye Inglis, 1st;
Sandra Brown, 2nd; and Betty
Randall, 3rd.
Second grade: Janie Jackson.
1st; Dixie Flowers, 2nd; and
Carl Beck, 3rd.
Third grade: James Crosier,
ilst; Frank Robbins, 2nd; and
Karen Miller, 3rd.
Fourth grade: Carolyn Har-
rington, 1st; Nancy Wheeler. 2nd;
and Betty Gober, 3rd.
Fifth grade: Evelyn Carr, 1st;
Ruth Porter, 2nd; and Tommy
Campbell, 3rd.
Sixth grade: Carol Kent, 1st;
Rusty Wilson, 2nd; and Sharon
Petree, 3rd.
And Perryton
A double-header football pro-
gram is slated tonight at Wild-
cat Stadium, when both the
Junior High Kittens and the
Wildcat "B" team will go into
action against their opposite
numbers from Perryton and
Wheeler, respectively.
The first game, between the
two Junior High teams, will get
underway at 6:30 o'clock, with
the "B" team game to follow.
The Junior High Football
Mothers Club will have charge
of the concessions slctnd, and
profits from concessions and the
game will go into a fund for the
annual Junior High Football
Banquet. Sandwiches, candy, cof-
fee and cold drinks will be serv-
ed, and fans are invited to come
to the stadium for supper before
or during the games.
Coach Mose Damron's Kittens,
undefeated this season, will be
heavy favorites over the Junior
Rangers from Perryton. The Kit-
tens had trounced Junior High
teams from Lefors and Claren-
don on successive week-ends, be-
fore taking a breather last week.
Coach Grady Burnett's Wildcat
"B" team will be making its first
appearance of the season on the
Canadian gridiron. The Wildcat
reserves have played three
games so far this season, tying
the Wellington Skyrocket B-
stringers 0 to 0; losing a 32 to
13 decision to the Perryton Ran-
ger "B" team at Perryton, and
defeating the White Deer Buck
reserves in a wide-open offen-
sive thriller 34 to 32 at White
Deer two weeks ago.
Last week's scheduled game at
Borger with the Borger "B" team
was cancelled.
Schaef, Kendall Sell
Pigs at Pampa
Larry Schaef and W. C. Ken
dall, both members of the Cana-
1 dtan high school FFA chapter,
took sixteen pigs to the Top O'
Texas Pig Sale at Pampa on Sat-
urday, October 8.
Schaef sold 8 Yorkshire pigs,
and Kendall sold 2 Hampshtres
at the sale.
One-Day Finance
Drive for Scouts
Slated Tuesday
Adult workers for the Canadi-
an Boy Scout troops will launch
a one-day finance drive Tuesday
to raise funds for next year's
Scouting program. Finance
Chairman J. B. Reid jr. announc.
ed today.
Warren Harrington is chair-
man of the Solicitations commit-
tee. and will be in charge of the
drive Tuesday, which will be
conducted simultaneously by Boy
Scout troop committees through-
out the state.
A goal of $900 has been set
for the local fund, Reid said.
Part of the funds will go to-
ward maintaining Camp Ki-O-
Wah, the Boy Scout camp near
Lake Marvin, east of Canadian,
which serves all of the Adobe
Walls Council area. The money
(raised will also be used to con-
tinue the work of the Scout
troops in Canadian.
Nearly five hundred adult
leaders and workers from all
towns of the Adobe Walls Coun-
cil met Sunday afternoon at
Camp Kl-O-Wah for a barbecue
dinner and planning session to
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1955, newspaper, October 20, 1955; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183769/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.