The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Church
According to report;
commented on a fellow citizen
who had (wen popping oft
"HI* mouth was running In
flee wheeling." summed up
Thames,."but his brain was in
neutraL"
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Meanwhile. Tan Collector J. C.
Smith | hunting for the fellow
who registered tor license plate
ftumber BH246.
bed up not only his records but
Chose belonging to the county
too. So, they've got to find him
or he's really not registered at
all. -
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Things get rather hectic over
At the tax collector's office a-
bout this tfcne every year. We
weren't able to learn the name
of one dttpn whose visit well
Olustrates the confusion.
This particular driver dropped
In to get his car tags. Linda
Cates asked for his car title and
fie handed her an envelope.
'Tfiis is a letter," she said, a
little confused.
"No, my title is in the enve-
lope," he told her. She opened
tt, and again asked if she wu
supposed to read It He urged
her to do so, a little irritably.
Linda handed the sheet to J.
C. altar; reading it with "I can't
give lifcfi a license for this, can
IV .. C. read:
"Dejar Sir: I will sell the bricks
to yon for 3 cents apiece. If you
don't want them, let me know.
< Signature)"
The collector showed It to'
would-be tag buyer.
gosh, I've mailed my ti-
tle," the num Maculated. How
ever, V further search of
revealed the tide
where.
After | paying for his tags, he
to the poet office to
try to find out what he had
\
This is Scout Week and the
Cubs have favored us with a
window display in the Review
building.
" the articles exhibited
folk remarkable news
by Journalists
2, 3 and 4. This can
itarpmted as ah at-
us up.
so a TV camera,
scrap biwk, merry
go-round, man-on-a-raft. airport
and severed unidentified objects.
We've beguiled our fancy pon-
dering over diem all week. Ma-
ny other curious obeervers have
also paused enroute to the post
office and glanced over the han-
diwork of these growing young-
sters.
Dr. Eay N.
Win begin a
at the First Methodist
Sunday. Don Ford, who haa twice
served the church, will
^fdlract mush* apd work with
youth.
esrvioss will be at 11
6 p.m. while weekday
services will be at 10 sun. and
7:30pjd. daily.
"Dr. Johnson comes. to us
highly recommended as an ev-
angelist and speaker," says Rev.
W. F. Gaede, pastor. "He has
been working strictly in the
field of evangelism for several
years."
Prior to his entering this yield
he was pastor of several church-
es including .First Methodist at
Bfownsville, First Methodist at
San Aneglo, Munger Place Meth-
odist at Dallas and First Metho-
dist at Vemon.
During World War H, Dr. John-
son served as chaplain in the ar-
my and saw duty overseas. His
experiences have broadened his
outlook, turning his mind to the
needs of the world and the whole
of mankind.
"Because of seeing this need,
he left pastorates to enter into
full time evangelism," says Rev.
Gaede.
Mrs. J C. McNeill and Mrs. J.
W. Criswell will play the organ
and piano for the services. "Sing-
ing make* a revival."" points out
Rev. Gaede, "so will you Join the
worshippers in singing the old
hymns of Zion".
Church hursejry will be nialn-
tained for those with stnell .chil-
dren who desire to attend the
services.
"We cordially invite and urge
everyone who can in this com-
munity to come to the services,"
says Rev. Gaede.
f hie
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in Dens
only be
tempt to
There
Rodeo Directors Set
Bodeo Dates For
July $6-31, Aug. !
/ Rodeo directors voted* unani-
mously to schedule the annual
rodeo for July 30-31, Aug. 1, at
a meeting held Monday night,
according to Preston Weaks.
The Rodeo Stockholders will
meet Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:30
pjn. in the court house to dis-
cuss plans for the rodeo, he an-
nounced.
THE WEATI
Feb.
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(Reading is for 24 hours prior
to 8 a. m. on date given.)
ML BAT 9. JOHNSON
Student Drivers
Watch Their Elders
How well drivers
. Crosby ton traffic laws
recently observed by fcHS
driver education class. Stu-
dents picked a random day
and watched two busy inter-
sections in front of school.
- During the watch period,
Principal Wayne Hill says
they saw 20 speeders, one
reckless driver and one U-
turn under a stop light.
There were 80 persons who
stopped and -218 who didn't
.but should have. During the
time when elementary
school turned but and child-
- ren were crossing the street*
only 30 of 103 drivers stop-
ped at signs.
Offenders included a small
number of teachers and a
school bus. ,•
Begin Feb. 20, Jimg Annooaces
Plana were completed for the
annual Heart Association cam-
paign at a meeting Tuesday al
1:30 p.'m. in the Pioneer Memor-
ial Building.
Meeting with the local group
was Mrs. Loretta Courtrlght, ex-
ecutive secretary of the South
Plains District Heart Association.
City drive chairman, Harry
Jung, Jr., and program chairman,
Mrs. Grady Evans, announce a
film on heart disease wilt be
shown at the local elementary
school sometime this week.
Active campaign will begin on
Friday. Feb. 20 when Jung and
Alton Wallace will solicit busi-
ness houses. Saturday. Feb. 21.
local scouts will be stationed
downtown for the heart tag soli-
citation. In return for contribu-
tions patrons will be given small
■heart tags'which may be worn
in the' lapel.
Heart Sunday, Feb. 22, -will
be the date of the door to door
campaign by volunteer Hieart
workers.
Officials for the local cam-
paign will include Jung. Mrs.
Evans, .Guy Thompson, Alton
Wallace and Mrs. L. H. Finch.
Persons who wish to assist in
the drive should contact one of
these Heart officials.
Maples Says Canada Weatfaei Wet;
"I can define It h Cne word—
Wet!" - " ■ 1 - v "
That's first comment of Carl
Maples, minister of Crosbyton
Church of Christ, on Canada's
Vancouver Island. He recently
returned from conducting four
goapel meetings there during
the winter rainy season.
"I didn't go sightseeing or any-
thing." says Maples, explaining
that he was busy with the meet-
ings during most of his visit.
They were held In four different
towns: Victoria, Campbell River,
Nanimo and Youbou.
"I got better gas mileage up
up there," comments Maples.
Asked why, he laughs, "their
gallon is a fifth more than ours.
Of course you pay more for it.
But it makes you feel good."
The Crosbyton minister says
he took qultea few pictures dur-
ing his stay^but few of them
were good because of the weath-
er. Average rainfall-at Duncan,
Vancouver, is 150 inches per
year,; "slightly more than,, Cros-
byton.''
"You find a lot of English cus-
toms there," notes Mayles, who
drove his car by California, Ore-
gon and Washington : on both
journey and return of the Cana-
dian trip.
A number of retired persons
live on the island because its
winters are less severe than the
mainland. With a good deal of
old English stock, ttoHal man-
ners of residents tend to be more
formal.
Victoria, a city of 125,000, is
capital of province of British
Columbia. Government buildings
are all located on the island.
Only access to Vancouver is by
boat or-plane.
Principal industries of the is-
land are lumbering, fishing and
mining. Maples would have had
more pleasant weather in which
to observe them had he been
there in the spring rather than
in January.
A familiar comment on Amer-
(Centiaoed en Bach Page)
At present Wake citizens are
Interested in two civic improv e-
They would like to have, toll
free telephone service with Cros-
byton. They feel the need of . a
building or meeting place In
which to hold community, social
gattterings.
"Everybody wants toll free
phone calls," says Mrs. W. T
Bamett, "like Caprock with
Balls." Mrs. Bamett is former
Review reporter at Wake, a ser-
vice new performed by her
daughter, Ann, 16.
Community residents had
ad for Crosbyton phone co
tton, minus long-distance rates,
by Christmas. But somehow ar
rangements have become stalled.
Mb. Barnett explains that
. school attendance, oil and gas
^ndefSigand other links tie the
community to Crosbyton and
makt agoad deal of phoning
■i aiiiy.;i it stands, Wake is
on McAdoo exchange.
-The dub would have
1I we had a place," Vol
"When «yon try ft? 1
In four
it Just crowds in too m
way, according to
Witt Spikes. Crosby coun-
ty historian. Title is attributed
to John Smith, an early settler.
Smith, according to the story,
was stationed on Wake Island
while in armed service. Moving
to the Plains, he surveyed the
broad expanse* of treeless plain
and remarked it looked "just
like Wake again."
. Walw of Today
Today, Wake is a community
of approximately 25 families or
100 persons. It extends roughly
three miles in all directions
from its gin and store center.
Somehow it failed to get in
the Ellis-Spikes "History of
Crosby county."
At Wake's nucleus stands the
•tore, owned and operated- by
Leslie Miller, and the gin, now
owned by Paymaster, and man-
aged by W. T. Bamett. About
25 persons live hi several homes
at this center.
Both gin and store are com-
paratively old institutions. The
atom was owned and operated
H. a Barnett/who had It a
ratuiy beCoaf selling It
to Millar. '
•- Ota and mm Ott ..
Gin wm m nsu lis* in Wl
by Undo Jam Morris, who was
«lso original and en|y?iMilMfltf
er of Wakau Herri* aotd tt to C. S.
C*, Lubbech, In 1918
gto has had m: anibw of
' "" "" "S
who had worked there since
1924, became manager in. 1937
and has been since.
Burned and rebuilt in the 40 s.
the gin processed more than
3,000 bales this fall. Dean and
Barnett, by then part owners
sold to Paymaster several years
ago.
Big cohesive force in the com-
munity is Wake Club. Doris
Marley is president and Gloria
Dendy secretary of this 16 mem-
ber group which meet* regular-
ly.
Mrs. Nancy Morckel, home e-
conomist of Floydada's Light-
house Electric, meets , with the
club often with demonstrations.
Two other former community
institutions are. now missing.
- Methodist Chfcith, built at
Wake in the 192Ps, Wife moved
to McAdoo In 1995. Pastors in-
cluded Rev. Hood, Rev. Parinetcr
and Rev. Baker,
Wake residents now attend
church at pansy, McAdoo or
Crosbyton according to their var-
ious affiliations.
Wake school was consolidated
with Crosbyton September 17,
1M9 and another Unifying toros
was lost First schooihouse was
situated about a f1** northeast
at present center but moved sev-
eral times before its loss.
Ceorge Foster, now of Floyda-
da, was ttm Wake teacher. Al
one time the
Pansy and Wake.
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Few Show Up to
Speak en Crosby
Budget Salaries
Few Crosby countians showed
up at the hearing on salaries
and budget held in the court-
house Monday. As was expected,
those attending were from ranus
of critkw of the changes.
Albert Buck protested against
salary raises. O. 8. Buck also
said he thought that immediate^
ly after an election was wrong
time to raise salaries.
Charles B. Parker said he
thought this a bad time for fur-
ther salary expenditures when
farm Income is shrinking. He
noted that president Elsenhower
is. trying t^' balance federal bud-
C. W. Hash registered a pro-
test against practice of having a
tax evaluation on, dry land e-
qual to that of irrigated land.
Those attending were thanked
for their interest hy Judge Cecil
Berry. Commissioners agreed to
take their views "into considera-
tion. ,
Following the mating, conn
ctlmen discussed road ^workets'
salaries with * Review reporter.
Differences'in salaries were ex
MART JO VINES
plained by different conditions
In separate precincts.
Bill Odom explained that he
had raised all precinct 2 work-
ers to an equal $250 monthly on
taking office. Lellan Caddell
said he raised road wages in
precinct 4 to 11.50 an hour two
months ago.
Reason for some workers be-
ing on an hourly wage Is they
have outside interests and do
not want steady employment,
commissioners said- Also, they
noted that county augments
wages with hospitalization poli-
cy coating $8.50 per worker
monthly plus furnishing trans-
portation to and from work.
Approximately 90%
\ppro
>f Tbj
or tax Bills Paid
Approximately 90 percent of
state and county = taxes have
been paid to date, according t >
J. C. Smith, county tax assessor-
collector. '
Deadline for payment' of taxes
was January 31. A penalty of
14 percent Is now being levied
against unpaid taxes. This pen-
alty will Increase 14 percent
each month until June 30th, and
on July 1 the names .will go on
the delinquent tax rolls. Smith
said
J*hnmi Enlists
In Regular Array
, Billy Johnson,, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert B. Johnson, Crosby
ton, enlisted In the Regular Ar-
my Friday, announces Sergeant
Henderson, local recruiting offi-
cer.
Scoots Line Up
For P-TA Meet
Local scouts have lined up a
varied program of Information"
and entertainment for the P TA
program Thursday night accord
Ing to scout officials.
Brownies and girl scouts will
have a campflre scene and slnir
the official song of the Cactus
Region and other camp songs.
Cub scouts will play! a. game.
"Bear Hunt" and present ' Den
Chiefs with their den cards. Dt*n
Chiefs are boy scouts why ass.tet
den mothers with programs.
The boy scouts plan to show
uses of the scout neckerchief and
also present a little of the his-
tory surrounding th neckpiece.
On the agenda at the business
meeting will be the appointment
of a nominating committee with
elections to take place at t he
March meeting.
Meeting will be held In the
school lunchroom and refresh-
ments will be served. A door
prize wUl be awarded and baby
sitters provided.
Funeral Service Fur
Isaac Tolbert Held
at Mt. Zion Baptist
tor Isaac Tol-
bert, SB, were held Friday in Mt
Zion Baptist Church with Rev.
Blake officiating. Burial waa In
Crosbyton Negro cemetery under
direction of King Funeral Home
Tolbert died In his home at
7:30 a.m., February 3. He had
lived In Crosbyton about 20
years. At various times, he w rk
ed shining shoes in local barber
Shops.- •
Survivors Include one son and
several half brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Orr, of Lon.
Beach, N. Y., visited In the home
of her parents last week, Mr
and Mrs. T L. fJarrett.
Baptists Will Bun Document to
Signify Clearing of Church Debt
Wake and Broadway communi-
ties arc still shadowy.
Little Crop Expsrtmoetng
There is quite a bit of irriga-
ting in north and east parts of
this agricultural cornmunlty ex-
tending up to the center. Many
farmers in the area were hit by
the dlsasterous early hall which
cut this year's crop.
Residents are doing little of
the crop experimenting which U
in progress in other parts of the
county. Wheat, cotton and feed
are principal crops around Wake.
All in all, Wake has gone
through a lot of changes In the
last half century.
Only Four Left
Mrs. Bill Pool, a former resi
denfnow living at Dougherty,
recently decided to give a tea
for. Wake residents who were liv-
ing there 30 years ago while she
was in the community.
A check, however, discovered
only foor qualified women living
at wake at the time—>Mrs. Vivi
Griffin, Mm. W. T. Bamett, Mis.
H. B. Bamett (since moved) and
Mrs. T. R. Jones.
(This is fifth In a series of ar-
ticles on communities around
Crosbyton written through coop-
eration of Review corespondents.
Assisting here was Mrs. W. T.
Barnett, former reporter, whose
daughter Ann is youngset of Re
View's correspondents a& 14 The
Sarnetts have s son, farmer Jim-
my Bamett; and twoother
%$&*%*!SSrtSitf1* **
This Sunday, First Baptist
Church will mark Its fiftieth an-
niversary. Church was. organized
February 14, 1909, In the city hall
over general mercantile store of
C. B. Livestock Co.
To note this historic event, de
signaled as Founders' Day, en-
dorsement of the recently cleur-
eu church debt will b* publicly
burned. Llge Ellison, the only
church charter, member still ac
tive, will put the match to this
paper.
Only., two other charter mem-
bers are still alive—Belle Ellison
McDermett (Mrs. John McDer
mett) and Ewing Lawvm.
Other charter members wen-
Ches Ellison, Edna Ellison. Ver
na Ellison, Mary Boggs. W. If.
Powell' and Lillie White.
"This Is not our principal
vent In celebrating our anniver-
sary. That will be In Septem-
ber." savs Rev Wayland Boyd,
pastor "However, we feel that
this date must not paas unnot-
iced." . . ■
Invitations are being mailed to
all thoWe per,sons signing the
,$.15,000 endorsement who now
live out of town. A debt clear-
ance campaign, in which Truett
Mayes headed the"*fcommittee,
has erased the paper well before
It came due
First hotis* of worship was
built by First baptists here in
1913 at a total cost of only $?..">•*),
The strurtur*' seated 300 persons.
Second building wan ^instruct-
ed In 1929 and now serves as
educational building. Preset.t
church building was erected in
19f>2.
Persons Interacted In the
mobile Library project are urged
to attend a meeting Saturday
afternoon at 3 p.m. In library
headquarters at the Elltaoa
building on the south side at
square. •
Librarian, Mlsa Mary Jo VineSw
Dallas, will be introduced at
that time. Miss Vines and driver-
ussisrant John Harvey of Crosby-
ton will take the traveling libra*
ry into the towns and sparsely
settled areas of Floyd. Crosby,
Dickens. Kent and Garza coun-
ties.
Representatives from the dif-
ferent counties are urged to at-
tend the meeting. Those preeent
wtll be acquainted also with
plans for the bookmobile which
is due to begin operations In
March.
The bookmobile will carry •
circulating stock of 3,000 books
and other reading material*
There will be a bookstock of
0,000 books installed in the El-
lison buildng.
Existing libraries in the five
counties are cooperating In the
project by establishing an Inter-
library loan system which in.
dudes the facilities of the State '
Library, other bookmobile' dem-
onstrations ovet . the State, the,
Extension Loan Division of the
University of Texas Library and
Te*asrA, a>«W- Colleg ;-By meane
of this system, virtually any re- .
quest for a book or reference ma- .
terjai can be filled.
Purpose of the project Is to
demonstrate, for a period of one
year, the need and value of a
cooperative library system In the
rural areas of the counties In-
volved. It 4s Jioped. that the coun-
ties will continue such a system
with local finances, after close
of the demonstration.
Miss Vines Is not a stranger t
West Texas, having taught high
school English and civics at
Ranger In Eastland County and
having served as County Libra-
rian at Monahans, Ward Coun-
ty. 1948-49. .
A natlvetjf Dallas, she attend-
ed the University of Texaa and
was graduated from Southern
Methodist University. She re-
ceived her library training at
North Texas State College, Den-
ton, where she won her degree.
- For the past four and a half
years, Miss Vines was a librarian
with the Air Force Overseas Li-
brary Service in Japan, returning
to this country Oct. 13. During
her stay there, she also did some-
night school teaching In connec-
tion with the adult education
program.
o
Farmers Will
Plant Cncnmbers
Sixteen men frftm the Crosby-
ton area attended the Crosby
County Vegetable Growers meet-
ing at the Tradewinds Restaur-
ant in. Rails Thursday evening.
Several firms, were represented
there to explain the progrkm for
each vegetable to be grown. On
the list this year are cucumbers,
onions, cabbage, lettuce, bell
pepper and carrots.
Of particular interest to the
Crosbyton area was the growing
of cucumbers for the pickle in-
dustry, represented by T. L. Bricc
Company of Sherman, as this
area had a number of grower*
of cucumbers last year.
This company is only signing
up for 100 acres at present but
hopes to Increase thi.^ to 250 or
300 acres by plaiitii'ig' time.;"-
Farmers present from Crpsby-
ton area agreed to plant 73 acres
of cucumbers.
Onion growing was represent-
ed by Carver-Aycock. Farmers*
ville, and several local farmers
agreed to try onions this season
through this company.
Contracts for cucumbers will
be signed after Feb. 15. New
growers will be considered K
there is any acreage left after
the old growers have signed up.
Besides hearing about vegeta-
ble growing and marketing, as-
sociation members selected new
officers. Th(t > are: Calvin Miller,
president; Rex Wheeler, vide
president, and Franl|[ Hays, Jr,
was re-elected as secretary.
apply the match
sasisc.;
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natch he's ptcturflB hoKUna in ooe 1
ho'sJjgjng|higgeffijfoff Mg
Four Persons Suffer •
Minor Injuries In
Accident Near Balls
Four persona suffered only mi-
nor cuts and abrasions when a
pickup ovettumed a mile and a
half north e* tails at 2:10 pun*
February^
Rushed to Crosbyton' Clinic
Hospital for ,examination were
Melvin Copeland, 20, Leslie
Copeland, 18, Pat Copeland,
and Clyde MuHins, 17. ^
Melvin, who was driving tip
vehicle dorth at time of the s*
ctdent, says he simply lost co#r
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