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Head Big Brothers
BIG BROTHER—Tom Abraham
will bead the Canadian Big
Brothers Club for the coming
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MUST*
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Aug. 16 — Masonic
Lodge, regular meeting, 7:30
p. m.
V. F. W. meeting, 7:30 p. m.
FRIDAY, Aug. 17 — Lions Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
SATURDAY, Aug. 18—Apprecia-
tion Day Drawing, 4:00 p. m.,
City Hall.
MONDAY, Aug. 20 — Boy Scouts
meeting, Legion Hall, 7:00 p.
m.
TUESDAY, Aug. 21—Rotary Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22 — Fire
Dept. meeting, City Hall, 7:30
p. m.
Mid-week services, all church-
es.
THURSDAY, Aug. 23 — V. F. W.
meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Methodist Men's Club meet-
ing, City Park, 7:00 p. m.
* * *
New Arrivals Out-of-Town—
A daughter, Terri Dee. born
July 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Gene
McAdoo in El Paso. Proud
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Abe Hildeabrand and Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. McAdoo ... A son.
Jonathan Robert born Thurs-
day. August 9. to Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Forrest in Oklahoma
City. Proud grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forrest of
Cfflimtim and Mrs. Neva Gray
of Oklahoma City.
*
Jan Waters and Frankie Car-
ver are extending an invitation
to the public to attend a musi-
cal recital which they will pre-
sent at the First Christian Church
on Friday night, August 24, at
8 p. m.
«
New Arrivals in Town: A
daughter, Debra Ennette, born
Sunday, August 12, to Mr. and
Mrs. Norman. SoRelle; and a
daughter, Karen Sue, born
Tuesday, August 14, to Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Hensley of Dur-
ham—both at Hemphill Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital.
♦ * *
In the hospital today: Mrs. W.
O. Barton, William Shaw, L. M.
Price, Mrs. Elmer Daniel, and
Mrs. Charlie Parrish. Dismissed
during the week: Mrs. Guy Hens-
ley and baby girl (Aug. 15);
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Charlie Brown(
Bob Cochran Are
Co-Chairmen
Tom Abraham was elected
Tuesday night to serve during
the coming school year as Chair-
man of the Big Brothers Club.
Abraham succeeds R. T. Smith.
Charlie Brown and Bob Coch-
ran were named co-chairmen,
and were also appointed to serve
as the program committee.
Clark Reagan and Orla Cur-
nutt were named to take charge
of arrangements for the annual
Steak Fry to be given August 27
for the Canadian Wildcat grid
team members.
Lamond Beaty was named
chairman of the Gate Commit-
tee, and instructed tc appoint
assistants for each home football
game this year.
Allan Thompson and Gene
Mathews were placed in charge
of membership and ticket sales.
The annual steak fry for mem-
bers of the school football teams
will be staged by the Big Broth-
ers Club at Wildcat Stadium on
Monday night, August 27. The
27th will be the opening day of
grid training for the Wildcat
football team members.
The steak fry will be free to
the gridders and their coaches,
and members of the Big Brothers
Club will be admitted with 1956-
57 membership cards which are
now on sale. The membership
fee is $2 per year.
Elton Miller was re-elected
secretary-treasurer of the organ-
ization at the Tuesday night
meeting at the High School.
*anchers Get Special TaxReli
Drought • área farmers and
ranchers have been provided
special income tax relief on the
sale of livestock under the terms
of Public Law 629 which was ap-
proved on June 29, according to
W. C. Bowen, administrative of-
ficer of the Pampa office of the
Internal Revenue Service.
When a farmer has to sell his
livestock in excess of the num-
ber that he usually sells in his
ordinary business, due to
drought, Bowen points out, he
can consider the sale as an "in-
voluntary conversion."
The tax-relief provisions re-
lating to involuntary conversions
in the past have applied to such
things as the destruction of home
by fire, losses by flood, etc., on
which insurance is collected. No
tax is due on the sale of property
due to an involuntary convers-
ion if the property is replaced
with a like kind within a speci-
fied period . . . generally before
the end of the following year.
Bowen says that farmers who
are having to sell livestock due
to drought conditions will qual-
ify now under this law.
Farmers Tax Guide for 1955,
Internal Revenue Service Publi-
cation 225, sets out the proced-
ures farmers should follow in
Chapter 13, Bowen said. Publica-
tion 225 is available at Internal
Revenue Service offices and at
county agents' offices.
Two acts are necessary on the
part of the farmer or rancher
claiming the tax exemption. He
must elect such treatment on
his income tax return, and he
must replace the animals sold
by purchase of similar animals
within one year after the close
of the year in which the con-
version occurred.
However, the law gives the
Secretary of the Treasury au-
thority to set a later date for
making replacement on applica-
tion by the taxpayer. It is possi-
ble, according to informed sour-
ces, that the Secretary of the
Treasury may issue some far-
ther regulations on replacing an-
imals in the drought area.
This special treatment may be
applied to sales made after De-
cember 31, 1955. Poultry does
not qualify.
THE CANADIAN RECORD
VOLUME 67 — NUMBER ^33
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
V
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956
Lipscomb County
4-H Clubs Here
Philip Rogers visited with Paul
Rowntree in Canyon this week.
G. E. McCleery
Dies Monday at
Hospital Here
G. E. McCleery, 72, a long-
time resident of Hemphill coun-
ty, died Monday morning at
Hemphill County Memorial Hos-
pital, less than three weeks fol-
lowing the death of his wife.
Funeral services-wete conduct-
ed Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock at the First Methodist
Church, with Sanford Cole, as-
sisted by Rev. T. G. Craft, pastor.
Interment was in the Canadi-
an cemetery under the direction
of Stickley Funeral Home.
George Earl McCleery was
born on February 25, 1884, at St.
Mary's Kansas. He was married
on March 2, 1987, to Goldie Ma-
bel Hoobler at Moulton, Nebras-
ka.
The McCleerys moved to
Hemphill county in 1913, making
their home in the Gem commun-
ity where Mr. McCleery was en-
gaged in farming. They had
moved to Canadian about ten
years ago.
Mrs. McCleery died suddenly
at her home here on July 26.
Mr. McCleery is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Noble True-
blood of Canadian and Mrs. Car-
rol Helton of Borger; one son,
Harold McCleery of Pampa; six
grandchildren and several neph-
ews and nieces.
Also surviving is one brother,
John McCleery of Los Angeles,
California.
Pallbearers at the funeral rites
were Lloyd Cole, Claude Cook,
Bill Ramp, Norman Magill, Pres-
ton Hutton, and Oria Curnutt.
CITY COMMISSION
SETS TAX RATE
City Commissioners, meet-
ing Tuesday afternoon, set
Canadian's city tax rate at
$1.00 again this year. The
rate was dropped to $1.00 a
year ago.
City property valuations
have been reduced about
$50,000, Mafyor Malouf Ab-
raham reports.
Cree's Campbell
Is Dry Hole
Cree Drilling Company's- No. 1
Campbell, a shallow wildcat test
on the Campbell ranch south-
west of Canadian, was plugged
at midweek and declared "dry
and abandoned."
Rumors of an oil strike which
were spreading in Canadian ear-
ly this week were flatly denied.
The welí*~was drilled To 4,460
feet . . . one hundred feet into
the dolomite . . . with no shows.
The shallow test was scheduled
only for the dolomite. It was
drilled by Cree on a farm-out
from Shell, with Phillips and
Cities Service also contributing.
Between 75 and 90 Lipscomb
County 4-H Club boys and girls
will be guests of the City of Ca-
nadian . . . and of the Palace
Theatre . . . here next Tuesday
at an all-day encampment which
will include free swimming at
the Municipal Pool and a free
movie at the downtown theatre.
And as a special pre-school-
opening bonus t o Canadian
youngsters, theatre-owner Frank
McMordie has announced that
Canadian boys and girls will
also be treated to the free movie
Tuesday afternoon.
The free show at The Palace
will be open to all boys and
girls. It will include a full-
length feature, "Quincannon,"
starring Tony Martin and Peggy
Castle, plus two cartoons. Two
shows are scheduled, beginning
at 1 p. m. Doors will open at
12:50 p. m. The show runs 1
hour and 37 minutes, and the
second show will end at 4:14 p.
m.
The show was arranged espe-
cially for the Lipscomb county
visitors, but Canadian young-
sters are also invited.
A free swimming party for the
Lipscomb county 4-H Clubbers
is planned at the Municipal Pool
Tuesday morning • " o'rlock;
and the visiting club boys and
girls will have a picnic lunch at
City Park at noon.
Joe Hershey, Lipscomb county
agent, is in charge of the party.
Dunny Goode New
Assistant Coach
Wildcat Tackle John Briggs Will Play in
Greenbelt Bowl at Childress Tomorrow
John Briggs, stand-out tackle
with the Canadian Wildcat grid
team last fall, has been chosen
to play in the 7th annual Green-
belt Bowl football game at Chil-
dress tomorrow night (Friday).
Briggs will be a member of
the "West" team coached by
Bear Bryant and Dick Todd. He
reported to Childress this week,
along with 23 other outstanding
football players from Texas and
Oklahoma, to begin intensive
drills in order to reach top play-
ing form for the Friday night
game.
Game time will be 8 p. m. Fri-
day night, August 17. Tickets
. . . at $1.75 each . . . can be ob-
tained through the Childress
Chamber of Commerce.
The rival grid teams will be
coached by top-ranking Texas
college mentors.
Bryant ot Texas A&M and Dick
Todd of Midwestern University
will be assisted by Dennis Vin-
zant of Midwestern in coaching
the "West" gridders.
Handling the "East" squad will
be Abe Martin and his assistant,
Fred Taylor from Texas Chris-
tian University; and John Steber
of Hardin-Simmons University.
Hardin-Simmons' famed Slingin'
Sammy Baugh, who is coaching
an all-star game in Memphis,
Tennessee, is expected to be in
Childress in time to lend a hand
with the "East" gridders.
Trade in Canadian
Commissioners Court Revises List
Of Voting Precincts; Cut to Ten
Gwenette Forrest is visiting in
Oklahoma City in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Forrest.
Hemphill County Commission-
ers revised county voting pre-
cincts Monday, cutting the num-
ber from thirteen to ten.
| Changes will be in effect for
i the General Election in Novem-
; ber.
| The old Precinct 3 (Isaacs)
j voting box was eliminated en-
tirely ... a change which had
! already been made necessary by
last summer's revision of Com-
missioners Precinct lines. The
old Isaacs box has been split
between Canadian's Precinct 1
and Gem Precinct No. 8.
Precinct 10 (M-K) and Pre-
cinct 6 (Hart) have been com-
bined to form one voting pre-
cinct which will be designated
in the future as Precinct 3.
Precinct 4 (Washita) and Pre-
cinct 11 (Gageby) have been
'combined into one precinct
which will be designated as
Washita Precinct No. 4.
Other voting precincts remain
unchanged except for their num-
ber.
Glazier will remain as Precinct
No. 5; Booster will be designated
as Precinct No. 6; Vise as Pre-
cinct No. 7; Gem as Precinct No.
8; Highland as Precinct No. 9;
and Lone Star as Precinct No. 10.
Precincts 1 and 2 in Canadian
are unchanged.
The reduction in the number
of voting precincts was under-
taken to streamline elections in
the county to some extent and to
cut down the expense to the
county . . . and to candidates
. . . of holding elections.
The changes were made by the
Commissioners Court Monday on
a motion by Commissioner Paul
Ramsey, seconded by Commis-
sioner Orla Curnutt.
Absentee Ballots
Ready Tomorrow
Ballots for absentee voting will
be available at the office of the
County Clerk here sometime to-
morrow (Friday), County Demo-
cratic Chairman J. B. Reid jr.
announced today.
Printing of the run-off ballots
has been delayed awaiting offi-
BEGINNERS NEED
VACCINATIONS
All students entering the
Canadian public schools for
the first time this Fall must
have smallpox vaccinations,
Supt. Woodie Beene advised
parents this week. This re-
quirements will affect, par-
ticularly. the youngsters who
are entering first grade this
year.
Copies of birth certificates
must be provided for all be-
ginning students on the op-
ening day of school, Beene
added.
cial listing of the candidates
from the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee. The State
Committee met in Austin this
week to canvass primary returns,
and county chairmen did not re-
ceive the official listing until
midweek.
Four races will be listed on
the ballot in this county . . . but
only three of them are contested.
In the Governor's race, candi-
dates will be Price Daniel and
Ralph Yarborough. For Lieuten-
ant Governor, Ben Ramsey's
name will appear on the ballot,
but his run-eff opponent, A. M.
Aikin jr., has withdrawn and
will not be listed.
In the run-off for Attorney
I General, Will Wilson and Tom'
! Moore will be listed on the bal-
1 lot; and in the race for the S6th
j District Legislative post, Charles
Bailman and O. B. Hunt are the
candidates.
The names will appear on the
ballot in the order listed here.
Four polling places will be
opened for the run-off election,
Chairman Reid said. Polls will
be at the Courthouse in Canadi-
an, at the ¡íbhoolhouse in Gla-
ier, at the Voting Booth at High-
land, and at the community
building at Washita.
Former H-S.U.
Star Accepts
Mentor's Job
William H. (Dunny) Goode,
former Hardin-Simmons Univers-
ity grid star, has been named as
assistant coach for the Canadian
High School Wildcats.
Head Coach Grady Burnett,
who moves up to the top coach-
ing spot this year succeeding
Johnny Cardinal, announced this
week that Goode will join the
local coaching staff in time for
the beginning of training ses-
sions late this month.
Cardinal, head coach here for
j the past three years, has been
promoted to high school princi-
pal; and Burnett, assistant to
Cardinal for the past three years,
is preparing for his first session
as head coach.
Goode, who graduated at Har-
din-Simmons in 1952, is taking
on his first coaching assignment
after four years with the U. S.
Army . . . most of the time, h€
reports, playing football with
army teams.
Goode was a star halfback
with the Hardin-Simmons Cow-
boys in his undergraduate dayst
He is a graduate of Midland!
High School, where he played
with the Midland Bulldogs.
Goode is married, but has no
children.
Goode signed on for the job
this week after Andy Garden-
hire, former head coach at Lake-
view, who had been given the
assistant's post two weeks ago
changed his mind and decided
to take an assistant coaching
job at Quanah. Gardenhire noti-
fied Supt. Woodie Beene of his
change of plans last Thursday.
j Mother of Mrs.
J. D. Raymond Dies
| Word has just been received
here of the death of Mrs. Celonia
; Hicks, mother of Mrs. J. D. Ray-
mond. Mrs. Hicks died at her
home in Garden City, Kansas on
July 31, and burial was in the
Garcv \ City cemetery August 3.
She had been bedfast for the
past year. Survivors are three
daughters and two sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of
Phillips visited friends and rel-
atives here over the week-end.
Patchwork State Constitution Due to Get More Patches
Nine Amendments Face Voters This Fall
Texas voters will pass on nine
new amendments t o Texas'
much - patched Constitution at
elections this November.
Eight of the amendments will
be submitted to voters at the
regular General Election on No-
vember 6 . • . and the ninth
will be voted on at a special
election on the following Tues-
day, November 13. due to a
snafu by the legislature in pass-
ing the election order.
The amendments cover a wide
range of subjects, from permit-
ting persons to be committed to
state insane asylums on testi-
mony of doctors or psychiatrists
. . . without the requirement of
a Jury trial ... to a lengthy
amendment designed to unsnarl
present state laws governing
state college and university
building funds.
The single amendment which
will be submitted at a special
election on November 13 pro-
vides for State assistance to
needy individuals who are riot
otherwise covered by old-age
pensions, Aid to the Needy Blind
or Aid to Dependent Children.
The amendment provides a
limit of $20 per month from State
funds, to be matched by an
equal amount from Federal
funds, for assistance to citizens
between the ages of 18 and 65
who are permanently and totally
disabled by mental or physical
handicap and not feasible for
vocational rehabilitation. It also
provides that total payments
from state funds may not ex-
ceed $1,500,000 per year.
Longest of the eight amend-
ments to be submitted at the
regular General Election con-
cerns state college building
funds. The involved amend-
ment provides, in general, for
allocation of 5 cents of the 7-
cent State ad valorem tax
formerly collected for the Con-
federate pension fund to the
various state colleges on the
basis of enrollment; and pro-
vides for "the improved sup-
port" of the University of Tex-
as and the A&M College sys-
tem by permitting "broader
investment of the Permanent
University Fund in corporate
bonds and stocks."
Senate Joint Resolution Num-
ber 2 proposes a revision of the
Veterans Land Board and an in-
crease of $100,000,000 In the Vet-
erans Land Fund.
The proposed amendment
would leave the Land Office
Commissioner as a member of
the Veterans Land Board, but
provides for the appointment of
the other two members of the
Board by the Governor ... re-
lieving the Governor himself and
the Attorney General of their
responsibilities as Board mem-
bers.
It also adds another $100 mil-
lion to the Veterans Land Fund,
increasing it from its present
$100,000,000 to $200,000,000.
SJR No. 5 proposes an
amendment to revise the Texas
Teachers' Retirement System.
Principally it provides for an
increase from 5 per cent to 6
per cent of the teacher's sal-
ary as the maximum amount
which may be contributed to
the retirement fund by the
State; increases from $180 to
$504 the amount which the
state may contribute to the
fund in one year for any one
person; and lowers from 20
years to 10 years the amount
ot service required of teachers
to be eligible for retirement.
House Joint Resolution No. 23
would amend the Constitution to
permit County Commissioners
Courts to levy any amount up to
the maximum of 80 cents on the
$100 valuation for General Fund
purposes, permanent improve-
ment fund purposes, road and
bridge purposes, or jury fund
purposes . . . provided that the
total of these tax rates does not
exceed the 80-cent maximum.
Present law sets maximum
amounts of the tax rate which
may be levied by Commissioners
for each of these four operating
funds. The amendment would
simply remove that restriction,
without lifting the ceiling on the
total, and allow Commissioners
to allocate operating funds at
their own discretion.
HJR No. 11 would amend
the Constitution to permit a
waiver of trial by jury for
persons to be committed to
state insane asylums ... wbere
such persons have not been
charged with commission of a
criminal offense . . . but re-
quires medical or psychiatric
testimony for commitment in
any case.
Waiver of trial would be per-
mitted with the concurrence of
the person under inquiry or his
next of kin.
HJR No. 46 proposes on
amendment to the Constitu-
tion requiring that the Oath of
Office now required of all
elected officials of the Stato
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1956, newspaper, August 16, 1956; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183812/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.