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Drilling Crew for
Lipscomb Wildcat
Locates Here
Sixteen new families were
moving into Canadian this week,
according to Mayor Malouf Ab-
raham.
The new families are members
of the Rowan^ Drilling Company
crew who are preparing to drill
a deep wildcat on the George
Miller ranch northeast of Lips-
comb.
Location of the 10,000 foot test
is in Section 715, Block 43, about
5 miles northeast of the town of
Lipscomb.
Red Adams is tool pusher for
the Rowan Company crew.
City officials, in cooperation
with the Chamber of Commerce
office, have located trailer loca-
tions and apartments for mem-
bers of the crew.
matter to me who the Equaliza-
tion Board is . . . they have not
properly functioned. They arbi-
trarily set values on Jand, and
Judg* Lewis Goodrich handed down a temporary injunction ** there was any functioning ai-
re* train ing trustees of the Allison Independent School District ter a protest from owners of the
School Board Is Restrained from Sale
Of Bonds Until Equalization Hearing
from celling a S225.000 bond issue voted last, spring to wind up a
two-day bearing in 31st District Court here Thursday night
Fifty-two Hemphill and Wheeler county taxpayers, owners of
land in the Allison district had Joined in the suit to prevent sede
of the bonds voted last March to finance construction of a
school building.
land, I don't recall it in the
record."
The Board of Equalization
hearing at Allison, at which land
owners had been notified to ap-
pear to show cause why valua-
in
regard to the tions 861 by the Board should
regara to tne not gQ Jnto effect broke up ¡n an
ten landowners appea
battery of attorneys
tests.
Members of the original Board
The plaintiffs had also attack- proceedings
ed the validity of a March 24th bond issue "until a qualified ,. . .
election which had created the Equalization Board has met, had "?ro^5.hatta_, nf ^ '
Allison Independent District out a full hearing, and a proper ed with a battery of attorneys to
of the old Allison common school method of setting valuations had ma e pr
district. been arrived at."
Judge Goodrich, in granting "I don't think that has been °* Equalization were A. E. Dil-
the temporary injunction, made done at this time," the judge lon> Rayburn Hall, and Lee Ki-
it clear-that his order did not commented. ker- Kiker resigned, and Roy
affect the validity of the elec- When Attorney J. D. Crow, Morse was appointed to the
tion and said he did not want representing the Allison trustees, board the night before the sche-
his order to interfere with any asked the court "what will be duled hearing.
other affairs of the district. the effect oí the injunction on Landowners had charged in
Goodrich said he would enjoin the present equalization board." their suit that valuations set by
the Allison trustees from further Goodrich replied that "It doesn't the board were unreasonably
In Disaster Area
Big Gas Show
Is Reported in
Magnolia Well
A big show of gas was report-
ed at Magnolia Oil and Refin-
ing Company's No. 1 Feldman,
Hemphill county deep wildcat
located northeast of Glazier, on
a test Wednesday.
On a test at about 7,600 feet,
drillers reported approximately
one and a half million cubic
feet of gas, plus oil-cut mud ...
and unofficial reports indicated
that the gas show, which was
shut in. might be considerably
bigger.
The Canadian Record
VOLUME 67 — NUMBER 31
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1956
Light Vote Is Cast in Primary
i
County Voters
Back Winners
Lightest primary vote in many years was recorded in Hemphill
County at Saturday's Democratic Primary, when only 808 votes
were cast. County voters backed winners in nearly all races.
Heaviest balloting was in the hotly-contested six-man Governor's
race, with Price Daniel carrying the county by a slightly larger
margin than he polled across the state. Daniel polled 44 per cent
of the vote in Hemphill county to lead with 355. Ralph Yarborough
was next with 156, closely followed by W. Lee O'Daniel with 145
and J. Evetts Haley with 139.
STATE SENATOR Grady Ha-
zlewood won re-election Sat-
urday over three opponents
without a run-off.
Hazlewood Wins
Without Run-off
State Senator Grady Hazlewood
won re-election Saturday with-
out a run-off, defeating three
opponents for the 31st Senatorial
District post.
Incomplete returns gave Ha-
zlewood 20,858 votes to 7,463 for
his closest opponent, former Le-
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pAGE
MUST
1
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Aug. 2 — V. F. W.
meeting, 7:30 p. m.
FRIDAY, Aug. 3 — Lions Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
SATURDAY, Aug. 4 — Auction
Sale, City Hall, 2:00 p. m.
Appreciation Day Drawing.
MONDAY, Aug. 6 — Boy Scouts
meeting, Legion Hut, 7:00 p. m.
TUESDAY, Aug. 7—Rotary Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
(20 weeks until Christmas).
'WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8—Fire Dept.
meeting, City Hall, 7:30 p. m.
• * *
New Arrivals in Town — A
daughter, born Thursday, July
26, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude
• Gensman; a son bom Friday,
July 27, to Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Riddensi and a son. Johnnie
Pat bom Saturday, July 28, to
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Ruff .. .
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■( The other two candidates were
far behind . . . Reuben Senter?
fitt getting 11 votes, nine ol
them in the two Canadian boxes
and the other two in the ab-
sentee voting; and J. J. Holmes
polled only two . . . one in Pre-
cinct 2 and one at the Gem box
in Precinct 8.
The gubernatorial candidates
finished in that order, too, in the
statewide voting, Daniel leading
the pack with 622,321, and Yar-
borough next . . . and assured of
a spot in the run-off election on
August 25 . . . with 460,124. O'-
Daniel was third with 345,842,
and Haley fourth with 90,577.
Senterfitt trailed in fifth place
with 37,950, and Holmes was a
poor sixth with 10,647.
Lt. Governor Ben Ramsey, who
led in Hemphill county with a
318-vote total, held a big lead in
his bid for re-election across the
state, but was slated for a run-
off with Senator A. M. Aikin jr.
Ramsey pulled 654,780 votes, Ai-
kin was next with 382,724; and
John Lee Smith, second man in
the Hemphill county voting with
241, was third with 207,190. C. T.
Johnson, who got only 31 votes
in this county, trailed the field
in the state with only 136,613.
Former Supreme Court Justice
Will Wilson led a four-man race
for Attorney General, but faced
a fun-off with Tom Moore of
Waco. Wilson polled 664,406
votes, Moore 481,766. Wilson led
in this county with 265, followed
by Moore with 161. Ross CaTlton
got 92 votes and Curtis Hill 69.
They finished in that order in
the state-wide balloting.
State Treasurer Jesse James,
who led his opponent, Warren
G. Harding, 436 to 225 in this
county, won re-election by a
heavy majority, 799,145 to 526,-
713.
So did Agriculture Commis-
sioner John C. White, who topped
the balloting here with 428 votes
to 116 for Barber and 63 for
Jones and defeated both oppon-
ents without a run-off in the
state.
Congressman-at-Large Martin
Dies easily defeated opponent
Bill Elklns, carrying Hemphill
county 438 to 194 and winning
state-wide by a similar major-
ity.
County voters gave Judge Jesse
Owens 321 votes to 223 for in-
cumbent W. A. Morrison in the
Court of Criminal Appeals race
. . . but Morrison won re-election
over the Vernon judge 655,908 to
572,542.
Ned Price, trying to unseat
Land Commissioner Earl Rudder,
carried Hemphill county 286 to
247 . . . but Rudder nosed out
his opponent 643,099 to 609,544.
In the hotly contested Supreme
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IN THE RUN-OFF—O. B. Hunt (left) and Charles Ballman, both
of Borger. will be run-off election candidates for the State Legis-
lature from this district
Hunt and Ballman in Run-off for
Legislature; White Leads County
A hot three-way race and a county with a total of 313; Hunt
certain run-off developed in the waE second with 2.3;
man ran a poor third with 97.
Ballman led in Hutchinson
86th Legislative District with O.
LthUnf RnrL^rharetPdL'tn fil'hf'it county with 2392; Hunt got 2033:
bo h. of Borger, slated to fight it an(J ^
out in the second primary Aug
ust 25.
Hunt, a Borger city council-
man, led the 5-county balloting
with 3,525 votes. Ballman was a
close second with 3,016, and Rosa
Jane White, also of Borger, was
third with 2,480.
Miss White carried Hemphill 73.
White led in Lipscomb with
291; Hunt got 285. and Ballman
214.
Hunt led in the other coun-
ties. In Ochiltree Hunt got 752,
White 437, and Ballman 245.
Hunt polled 199 votes in Roberts
county, White 137 and Ballman
Orla Cumutt Is
Re-elected for
Four-Year Term
All Other County
Officials Are
Un-opposed Here
County Commissioner Orla
Cumutt won re-election for a
four-year term in Saturday's
Democratic Primary by almost
a 2-to-l margin over his Pre-
cinct 1 opponent. L E. Jackson,
in the only contested local
race on the Hemphill county
ballot.
Cumutt polled 407 votes to 218
for Jackson.
Cumutt carried both local box-
es, leading 204 to 118 in Voting
Precinct 1 and 148 to 78 in Pre-
cinct 2; and led in the absentee
balloting 55 to 22.
County Commissioner Paul
Ramsey, in Precinct 3, won re- j
election to a four-year term
without opposition.
The other two County Commis- !
and Ball- j sioners, Ross Adcock in Precinct
' 4 and Tom Tipton in Precinct 2,
won four-year terms at the 1954
election.
The only two county-wide of-
ficials up for re-election this
year ... both for four-year terms
went back into office without
opposition. They were Sheriff j
Grazing Permitted
On Soil Bank Land
Designation of Hemphill County as part of a new 119-county
Drought Disaster Area this week will permit grazing this fall on
wheat acreage reserve put into the Soil Bank.
Congressman Walter Rogers wired The Record Tuesday from
Washington that designation of. the disaster area by the Secretary
of Agriculture "will permit grazing on acreage reserve put into
soil bank."
This order will open up more
than 9,000 additional acres of
land in this county for grazing
purposes.
According to the local ASC of-
fice, almost 9,000 acres of wheat
land had been put into the Soil
Bank reserve by the deadline
last Friday, plus a little more
than 50 acres of cotton land.
Also under the "disaster area"
designation, eligible farmers and
ranchers may obtain certain live-
stock feed grain at a reduction
in price of $1 per hundred
pounds to help them maintain
basic livestock herds.
ASC Secretary Glenn Markham
said late yesterday that his of-
fice has not, as yet, received ap-
plication forms for the livestock
feed, but they are expected to
arrive momentarily.
The Agriculture Department
Tuesday designated 119 counties
and part of another in Iowa, Ne-
braska, New Mexico, South Da-
kota and Texas as "disaster
areas."
Included were both Hemphill
and Lipscomb counties in the
northeast Panhandle.
William L. McGill. State Co-
ordinator of Defense and Disas-
ter Relief, wired County Judge
E. C. Fisher Wednesday mom-'Austin Caldwell of Mobeetie;
ing that "Governor Shivers has three sisters, Mrs. Oliiebarker of
asked me to tell you that the j Roll, Oklahoma; Mrs. M. S. Cross
Secretary of Agriculture has ap- ; of Wichita Falls; and Mrs.
proved his recommendation and Charles Parker of Fairdale, Ken-
Shubert Arnold
Dies of Heart
Attack Friday
Funeral Services
Are Held Here
Monday Morning
Funeral rites for S. E. Arnold,
long-time Canadian resident,
Hemphill county farmer and for-
mer City Commissioner, were
conducted at ten o'clock Monday
morning at the First Baptist
Church in Canadian.
Rev. Fern Miller, pastor of the
First Baptist Church at Memphis
and a former Canadian pastor,
was in charge of the rites.
Interment was in the Canadi-
an cemetery under the direction
of Stickley Funeral Home.
Mr. Arnold died Friday night,
a few minutes after he was
stricken with a heart attack at
his home here.
Surviving him are his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. J. G. Gregg
of Altus, Oklahoma, and Mrs.
that of the USDA Drought Com-
mittee that your county be de-
tucky; a granddaughter, Mrs. G.
D. Godwin of Amarillo; and one
clared a drought disaster area ^«ndson, Geoffrey Caldwell of
and eligible to participate in the Mobeetie.
emergency drought feed pro- Mr. Arnold was bom in Pike
gram. Details can be obtained County, Indiana ori October 31,
from your local county agent, 1888. He had been a resident of
ASC and FUA offices. I hope this
will be of benefit to farmers and
ranchers in your area."
Canadian and Hemphill county
for about 40 years. He was 67
years of age.
Active in civic and community
affairs, Mr. Arnold had served as
a member of the Canadian City
Commission in recent years. Best
known to his friends as "Shube"
or "Shubert," he was an active
member of the Canadian Cham-
ber of Commerce and of the First
Baptist Church here, and a well-
Jiked and'respected member of
Harry Rathjen and County At- ¡ast; Thursday evening at her
no T") ill Tn nlrr>/\M
torney Bill Jackson.
Also unopposed in the primary-
was District Attorney Bill Waters
of Pampa.
Thirteen Letterman Slated
To Return for Grid Team
Coach Grady Burnett, prepar- '56 backfield
ing to leave this week-end for a ham, Eddie
5-day coaching school at Lub- Schoenhals, Dickie
Last Rites for
Mrs. McCleery
Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. G. E.
McCleery, 71, were conducted . the community.
Saturday afternoon at three o'-j Pallbearers at the funeral rites
clock at the First Methodist j were W. P. Varnell, Lamond Bea-
Church in Canadian, with Rev.' ty, Frank Hutton. Curly Owens,
T. G. Craft, pastor, in charge of Calvert Norris and Jerry McEl-
the rites. ; reath. Honorary pallbearers were
Burial was in the Canadian Jess Lindley, Walter Sipes, Jim
cemetery under the direction of J Trayler. Joe Reid. Marion Smith,
Stickley Funeral Home. ! Sam Allison, Henry Jahnel, and
Mrs. McCleery died suddenly ¡ Edgar Jackson.
Songs were favorites of Mr.
Arnold's: "Lily of the Valley,"
sung by the choir; "It's Real"
sung by Mrs. Bill Popham and
Mrs. Hardy Childress, and "It Is
Well With My Soul'' sung by
the choir.
home here. Death came shortly
after she had suffered a stroke.
Mrs. McCleery had been in ill
health for some time, and had
undergone surgery in June. She
was stricken late Thursday af-
ternoon, and death came at 7
o'clock Thursday evening.
Goldie Mabel Hcobler was born
at St. Mary's, Kansas, near To-
peka. on December 31. 1884. She
was married on March 27, 1907,
at Moulton, Nebraska, to George
Earl McCleery, The McCleerys
moved to Hemphill county in
are Kenny Abra- September 21 will be an open
Massey, Gamer date. Non-conference games with 1913, and made their home in
Waterfield, Deer here
bock, announced that football and Johnny Grist. •"=•«= P
practice for the Canadian Wild- In the line, returning letter- 281 ^ruyer "ere on October 5,
cats will get underway on Aug- men are Don Longhofer, Bob and Shamrock at Shamrock on
ust 27. Cochran, Hoot Wright, Larry October 12 lead up to the d*s-
Burnett will go into his first Jones, Larry Schaef, Ronnie trict opener on October 19 with
season as head coach with thir- Webb, Phil Waters and Roy Ses- the Lefors Pirates here.
teen returning lettermen from sions. A non-conference game with
the 1955 squad . . . five backs The Wildcats will open the Panhandle at Panhandle is sla-
and eight linemen. season at, home on September 7 ted on October 26; followed by
Approximately forty boys are with the Wheeler Mustangs, fol- three conference meetings . . .
expected to turn out for the 1956 lowing up on September 14 with at Clarendon on November 2,
team. a game with their traditional ri- with McLean here on November
Experienced backfield men vals, the Perryton Rangers, at 9, and at Memphis on November
who will form the nucleus of the Perryton. 16.
13-YEAR OLD IS ELECTROCUTION VICTIM:
Last Rites for Andrea Lee King
Are Conducted Here on Sunday
Funeral services for Andrea Thursday evening while sham-
Lee King, 13-year old daughter pooing her hair in the bathtub,
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred King of An electric fan which had been
Kansas City, formerly of Cana- placed on the edge of the tub
dian, were conducted here Sun- toppled into the water,
day afternoon at the First Chris- Andrea Lee is survived by her
tian Church at 2:00 o'clock. parents; one brother, David, 9;
Rev. Fowler, minister of the two sisters, Clarene, 8, and Kay,
First Christian Church in Liber- 2; and her grandparents, Mr.
al, Kansas, conducted the serv- and Mrs. Jim Trayler of Canadi-
ices. an and Mr. and Mrs. Bud King
The little girl was electrocuted °' Amarillo.
at her home in Kansas City last (Continued on Page 4)
Everett South Is
New Custodian
Everett South took over duties
this week as custodian of the
City Hall, replacing Tim Tim-
mons.
Timmons has gone to work at
the Hobart Ranch.
Frank Lard of Pampa and
Warren Harrington attended the
dedication of the Julius Cox
Bridge across the Cimarron Riv-
er near Fairview, Oklahoma
Monday, July 30. This new bridge
replaces the last load • limit
bridge on Highway 60 from coast
to coast.
the Gem community before mov-
ing to Canadian about ten years
ago.
Mrs. McCleery was a member
of the First Methodist Church
here.
She is survived by her hus-
band; two daughters, Mrs. Noble
Trueblood of Canadian and Mrs.
Carrol Helton of Borger; one son,
Harold McCleery of Pampa; a
sister, Mrs. Lew Ramsey of Ca-
nadian; three brothers, Clarence
J. Hoobler of Canadian, George
Hoobler of Lincoln, Nebraska,
and Frank Hoobler of Broken
Bow, Nebraska; six grandchil-
dren and several nieces and
nephews.
New Closing Hour
For Pool Announced
Effective immediately, the Mu-
nicipal Swimming Pool will close
at 7 p. m. each evening instead
of 9 p. m.
The pool will close at 6 p. m.
on Sundays.
Rev. and Mrs. Burr Morris and
Cindy left Monday moming for
Taos, New Mexico, where they
will spend this week on a vaca-
tion camping trip.
Former Canadian
Man Victim in
Dumas Blast
A former Canadian man, Gil-
ford Corse, 40, of Sunray, was
one of nineteen persons . . . most
of them volunteer firemen . . .
killed early Sunday morning
when a blast rocked the Sham-
rock Oil and Gas Company's Mc-
Kee plant, 12 miles northeast of
Dumas.
Corse was a member of the
Sunray Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment which had been called out.
early Sunday morning to battle
an oil tank fire at the McKee
plant.
Nineteen men died almost in-
stantly when pentane gas, seep-
ing from a ruptured fuel line,
ignffed with a terrifying explo-
sion.
Corse was owner of the Broad-
way Supply Company at Sun-
ray, where he had lived for the
past twelve years. A native of
Miami, he had lived for several
years in Canadian where he was
wholesale distributor for the
Gulf Oil Company.
He is survived by his wife,
Zoe.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed at Sunray Monday.
Corse was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Mrs. F. D. Teas and Sandy
Wilkinson visited in Pampa on
Wednesday afternoon.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1956, newspaper, August 2, 1956; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183810/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.