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Burglars Caught;
Latin Confesses
Fatal Stabbing
County officers cracked two
more burglaries and obtained a
confession to m'uruer in a busy
week.
Signed confessions were taken
"^rurrrCwrahl .Hwit'a, '13.'
chie T. Baker, 31, stating they
brpke into P&S Grocery here on
•January 17, and Stegall Service
Station, Dec. 28, says Deputy
Freddie Edwards.
Loot from the P&S burglary
was recovered. Nothing was stol-
en from Stegall's. A third bur-
glary at Petersburg was also
listed in the confession
Jessie Fernandez confessed to
the fatal stabbing of Julio Ortiz
Jr., 20, in a Lorenzo dance hall
at 11:35 p.m. Saturday. City Mar-
shall J. T. Herrirtgton summoned
Deputies Walter Crout and Fred-
die Edwards to the scene.
-Bushed—to—a Lorenzo- physi-
Ctntby Cnunttf9. Oldert Bttswegg Institution -
potations Talk to Court
Crosby county will have a li-
brary for at least another year.
Commissioners voted $2,500
early this week. Funds are ear-
marked to set up book checking
centers in Crosbyton, Lorenzo
and Ralls.
Library^ system will be in con
imictwn .\vtth "mat-- or Floyd
county and processing center
will be in Floydada. State will
match appropriated funds with
books and Floyd already has
more than $9,000 credit.
Harold Marburger, assistant
director of state service, and sev-
eral large, enthusiastic delega-
tions w r*T!raar
over Crosby met with cominia-
sioners Monday and Tuesday for
the discussion.
Vote To Decidtt
Funds are to be spent by June
30, 1961. Commissioners also
planned a referendum, tentative-
ly connected with second Demo-
cratic primary, in which voter*
would ballot on whether to have
a tax to support library.
A present plan calls for on^
librarian to be employed. He
wbufd visit each of the three
towns on consecutive days, giv-
ing each access to books one
day a week.
VOLUME FIFTY-TWO
CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 17. 1960
NUMBER ELEVEN
cian's office, the father of .. two
died within a half hour after
being wounded. The stabbing
occurred during- a free-for-all in
Pedro Anillo's dance hall...
P-TA Members
to Hear Address
Prize Play Will
Be One of Trio
on Stage Friday
Residents will have opportun
ity to see a prize winning drama
here Friday. District one-act play
contest will be held at 6:30 p.m.
in the grade school auditorium.
Three contesting plays will be
presented bv Crosb
and Silverton. Each will last,
approximately a half hour.
"Pink and Patches", by Marga-
ret Bland, is Crosbyton's * entry.
Silverton is entering "The White
Dove", by Clarence R. Robinson,
and Ralls "Balcony Scene" by
Donald Elser. ' .
.. Crosbyton cast will include
Nova Jean Stegall, David Step
hens. Bonnie Mason and Norlena
on Handy Tips
"Handy Tips for Homemakers"
is the special "education for
family living" short course to be
sponsored by the local P-TA
* Wednesday in Jhe homemaking
cottage.
Mrs. Truett Mayes, P-TA presi
Fowler. Mrs. Marie Bailey is di-
recting the production.
In order to defray expenses,
says High School . Principal
Wayne Hill, there will be an ad-
mission charge of 25 cents for
students, 50 cents for adults.
'"QgmrstrftrMre' mngy Morem
of Floydada Lighthouse Electric,
Floydada's 1960 Woman of the
Year, will conduct the course.^ It
Services Are
HeM"Monday for
J. A. Martin,
Chiefs Run Well In Meet
Crosbyton's track team finished
first in three events and piled up
enough points to finish third be-
hind Sundown and Anton in the
annual Crosbyton Relays held
here all day Wednesday.
In spite of the fact star spri.nt-
er Duane Winter was still out
piled up 32.5 points" Ttt Class A.
Sundown had 46 and Anton 36.
Tulia won Class AA with "54
points; Muleshoe was second
with 31 and Abernathy third
with 25.5.
Crosbyton's mile relay team
breezed in ahead with 3:42.8 in
that event. Seconds behind were
Sundown's speedsters who mis-
handled a baton while the two
teams were neck-*and-neck.
Same team ran second to All:
ton by a tenth second in 440 re
ay. It is composed of GarretT
Boyd, David Edwards, Charles
MoOre and John Case.
Boyd Won the-440 dash in 53.9,
ahead of Harris, Kress, with 55.6.
Case won the 220 dash in 22.9.
ahead of Davis, Sundown, 23.0.
Moore tied with McGrew, Hale
Center,' in the discus throwing
with each having 115' 9" behind
Sundown's Sessums with 120' 5".
Edwards finished third in the
shotput.with 42' 5", behind An-
ton's McGrew. 47' 10", and Ralls
B. Edwards, 46' 8-5"
Brints Biggest
Winner in Meet,
Crosbyton lltird
Calvin Brints was the big Cros-
byton winner in the junior high
track meet held here Saturday.
Bert Grimes' team finished third
in'overall points behind Aber
nathy and Floydada.
Brints took first place in the
Te a m s" and ^points "wereT Suli-
down, .46; Silverton, 0; • Sea-
graves, 2.5; Ralls, 10; Petersburg
0; Ropes, 11; O'fjonnell, 14;
Kress, 13; Idalou, 7; Hale Center,
12; Anton, 36; Crosbyton, 32.5;
Amherst, 0; Lorenzo, 5.
Track Part, of
high jump, second place Irt the
shotput and fourth in the 100
yard dash. Wright Hinson was
second in high jump.
Crosbyton's sprint relay team
was secondT Members are Joseph
Valadez, Mike Dendy, F, H. Ed-
wards and Calvin Brints.
Pointwise, Hale Center won in
the seventh grade division with
Abernathy taking the 440 relay.
Ahemathy won the Plghth prnri
350 Persons Attend Banquet in
Honor Champion McAdoo Squads
Some 350 persons, about equal-
ly divided between McAdoo and
quet table in Pioneer Memorial
Auditorium Thufsday night to do
homage to MoAdoo's—champion
Truett Mayes, Lions Club pre-
sident, was MC for the afair. He
introduced Jack P. Martin, who
address repre
senting the City of Crosbyton.
The response was by Henry Tea-
gue, superintendent—of—McAdoo
* When .annual track meet was
run here Wednesday, Crosbyton
was the scene of a sport dating
back to the ancient Greeks.
Also like the Greek founders
of our civilization, Crosbyton
schools stand by the centuries
old tradition of physical along
with mental development for
division and also took eighth
grade 440 relay.
Cities, and possibly various or-
ganizations, will furnish each its
own building to house the libra-
ry. -
Bookmobile Success
Library idea took firm root
here during stay of the bookmo-
bile. During that, time 523 regis-
tered borrowers in Crosby ton
checked out 4.007 adult books
and 4,338 children's books.
—Over entire area of Kent, Dick-
students
Youngsters are encouraged to
compete in the lnterscholastic
sports of football;—basketball,
March Dishes Out
Big Variety Of
Weather in Area
March has already established
-Humt' kind of record, weathermen
ens, Crosby, Garza and Floyd
counties, 2,368 borrowers thumb-
ed through 49,004 volumes, ac-
cording to Mary Jo Vines, libra-
rian.
County Spelling
Boo Slated Soon
over the area report.
Here in Crosbyton the weather
recording station lists 13 of the
The annual Crosby County
Spelling Bee will be held in
begins at 9:30 a.m„ continues
until 3 p.m.
-Mrs. Mayes said the course is
open to all women in the area
and will contain information on
; homemaking methods and short-
cuts, including demonstration of
making casseroles and salads.
A 25 cent admission charge
will be made. Lunch will be fur-
nished free. All persons interest
ed in attending the course should
contact Mrs. Mayes, phone 5591,
by Monday.
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Church of Christ
Will Conduct Week
of Gospel Services
Crosbyton Church of Christ will
conduct a series of Gospel Ser-
vices beginning Sunday, March
27 and lasting through Sunday,
April 3, Carl Maples, minister,
has announced.
Weldon B. Bennett of Abilene
will conduct the' services, Mr.
Maples reports. Services will be .
.held dally at 8:00 a.m. and 7:30
p.m.
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CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. Lucille Edwards left at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday for Hawthorne,
Calif., where her mother, Mary
Cure, is critically ill.
Funeral services for John Al-
len Martin, 88, long-time resi-
dent of the East Plaiqs, were
held Monday at 3:00 .p.m., at
the . Crosbyton First Methodist
Churdh. BuriaLWas in Crosbyton
Cemetery under direction of King
Funeral Home.
He was a long-time member of
the Methodist Church.
Rev. Carlton Thomson, pastor,
and Rev. Wayland Boyd, pastor
of First Baptist Church, officiat
ed at the services. ,
A retired farmer, Mr. Martin
had been a resident of Crosby
County for the , past 35 years.
Since retiring about 15 years a-
go he had made his home with a
nephew, Mr. and Mrs. John Will
Stewart. He died about 1 ;30 p.m
Saturday in Crosbyton Clinic
HospUal following a long illness.
Mr. Martin was a member of the
Methodist Church. ; ^
Survivors include the wife; a
son, John Plainview; three
daughters, Mrs. H. F. Bruechner,
Sweetwater; Mrs. E. D. GalleT
Dallas, and Mrs. Lois Royal.
Boise City, Okla.; a nephew, Mr
Stewart of Crosbyton; seven
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
- Pallbearers were J. H. McClure,
Billie Cornelius,- R. E. Spurgin,
Lawrence Starrett, Conda Sta-r-
rett and Curtis Gilbreath.
ship basketball squads.
The McAdoo Eagles were "the
state "champions this year in
Class 3 division, winning the
honor at the state tournament
held in Austin.
The McAdoo Eaglets, the girls'
teams, were, bi district winners
and runners-up at the regional
tournament held in Canyon.
All members of both s.quads,
with the exception of one -bov
who was sick, were present for
the occasion.
schools, who introduced his tea-
chers and school board members.
Fabian Lemley, coach of both
championship teams, introduced
members of the teafms. Presenta
tion of plaques bearing the
names of the squad members
was made by Jesse Lancet, band
director of Crosbyton schools.
The affair ended- with the
showing of a pieture of the final
game in this state tournament
which gave the boys.' team the
state championshipJ
Pans; Baptist Church Will Begin
Week's Bevival Meeting Sunday
First services of a revival at
Pansy Baptist Church in the-
Broadway community will be
held Sunday, March 20, the pas-
tor. Rev. L. E. White, Jr., reports.
The revival, will continue
through Sunday, March 27.
Rev. Hugh Magee, pastor of
First Baptist Church of Converse,
a suberb o^ San Antonio, is the
visiting evangelist. He has pas-
tored West Texas churches at
Westbrook, Nolan, Afton and
. Finney,, first coming to this part
of the state in 1949. He has
preached in revivals in Austin,
Fort Worth and Plainview, and
in many rural churches across
Texas.
Services will be conducted dur
ing the week at 10 a.m. arid 8 p
m Sunday services, will be at
regular hours. Prayer groups will
-meet esch night at 7:30 o'clock,
along with the Junior Singspira-
tton, led by Mrs. Billy Webster,
and Booster Band; directed by
Mrs. Harold Trull.
Gospel singing will be led by
the local church music director,
Mrs. Webster. Miss Joyce Mortl3
and Mrs. A. R. Marley will be
accompanists, and Mrs. Trull will
be iii charge of special music. A
new Baptist hymnal will be used
lor the services.
Clarence Ratheal, Sunday
School superintendent, and Bill
McCray, Training Union director,
are anxious for all members and
as many visitors as possible to
attend Sunday School at 10 a.m.
and Training Union at 6 p.m.
both Sundays of the revival.
Rev. White extends an invita-
tion not only to his members but
to all residents of the area to
attend this meeting throughout
' next week.
REV. HUGH MAGEE
REV. L. E. WHITE, JR.
V
red
in
Old Lamar Books, Discovert
Farmhouse, Treat Aaroplane, Car
"An atom is the smallest par-
ticle of an element that can ex-
ist alone. Atoms are indivisible."
That pre-Atomic Age state-
ment is from one of several
books discovered in the attic of a
house recently-moved from near
Farmer to the Don Anderson
farm west of the Anderson home
place.
"Percy Lamar, Emma, Texas,
1906" is inscribed inside one of
the volumes. They were discover-
ed by Vernon Jones.
Hardback books among them
are "Introduction to Chemical
Science", published 1887; "Ray's
New Higher Arithmetic", 1880;
Pennybacker's "New History of
Texas" 1903.
On Early Inventions
Softback magazine-types in-
clude an October 1911 copy of
PopularMeGhaniesr «19Q9—UhU
versity of Texas Bulletin and a
February 1910 issue of The Jour-
Scouts'Seminar
Scheduled Here
Crosbyton
as tljgJnjsf'ior the four county
wide^eminar on scouting to be
held March 20 in the. Crosbytbn
Memorial building beginning at
2:30 p.m., as announced by the
Comanche Trails District Leader-
ship Training committee chair-
man, Ben Newhouse, -Lorenzo.
Everyone in Crosbyton is in-
invited to attend one of the sem-
inars,either on Cubbing or Boy
Scouting and the fellowship that
..will, follow.
Both seminars are full of en-
lightenment? fun and beneficial
facts to aid. the citizens of Ctos-
byton rn carrying out a fine
youth program for their own
children.
Bill Thames to
Talk to Baptist
Men's Gathering
The brotherhood of First Bap-
tist Church„will meet for supper
at 7 p.m. tortlght, Stanley Nixon,
president, has announced. The
ladies are invited, and Billy V.
Thames of Hillsboro will be the
principal speaker.
Under Mr. Nixon's leadership
the Brotherhood has been spon-
soring the boy's work of, the
church with good success. Doh-
nell Gowens is the Intermediate
R. A. leader and Duane McClurq
is Junior R. A. leader.
nal, a magazine published by
North Texas State Normal Col-
lege.
Awkward early day airplanes,
primative automobiles and other
Inventions fill the pages of Pop-
ular Mechanics. These make it
the most interesting find of the.
lot In many ways.
For instance, a dream design-
ed car picture Is captioned: :"How
we may motor in 1961, Fifty
Years Hence, as seen by an Eng-.
lish artist." Fairly streamlined,
the big vehicle has six huge
wheels.
There are many pictures of the
skeletal-appearing aircraft of
the day including Glenn Cur-
tiss' "New Hydro-Aeroplane". A
small open "gunboat" for duck
shooting mounts an 8-foot-long
cannon in the stern.
— —----Fan Cools Mat —-
"Electric fan mounted .In top
hat keeps head cool in hot weat-
her," is the caption under one
odd blueprint. Also shown is a
vacuum sweeper operated by a
bellows strapped to the cleaning
woman's back.
The classified ads offer a va-
ood buys under the
"Aeronautics" section. For in-
stance: "Used Aeroplane Motors,
$125 up." . j. .
The Texas history textbook
was printed in a day when the
state" constitution was still short
enough to be included, Its charts
end with Lanhan's administra-
tion in 1903.
The arithmetic textbook is es-
sentially of the same sort used
in schools today. Arithmetic has
not changed much in the last
track and volleyball. Non-team
students get a taste of athletics
in physical education classcs.
Jack Meredith heads Crosbyton
athletic department. Other mem-
bers of the staff are Bill Car-
mack, Roger Carter, Bert Grimes
and Ben Richardson.
Strict Code Observed
Aside from muscular develop
ment, coaches make Crosbyton's
young athletes live clean lives
if they participate.
"We have pretty strict training
rules and moral code which we
expect the kids to live up to,"
says Meredith. As examples he
says tobacco use means immed-
iate dismissal; there are* strict
sleeping hours? no profanity on
field or anywhere; -grades ^ must
be at least high "C"
Jewel and Workhorse of any
class A athletic program these
days is footbail. Not only does
grid game get all the hoopla
pep squad, band songs, big
crowd—but its gate finances all
other sports.
"Track program has been very
good," Meredith notes turning to
other seasons. "It has taken some
time to build. But our team did
very well last year—taking state
meet honors In mile relay and
440.
Track Team Looks Good
"And it looks like the team
may be better this year," Mere
dith adds. "We "expect some of
these kids to get college scholar
ships frqmjrack
. Basketball. ..teams... h.ave .-just
ended a so-so season.. Rodger
Carter coaches CHS boys varsity,
Bill Carmack coaches CHS girls,
Bert Grimes has junior high
(Continued On Pag* 5)
first 15 days with below freez
ing temperatures. Coldest of the
13 freezing days was Thursday
morning, March 3, with a low of
nine degrees.
The month has also seen an
extreme of weather during the
first half. On Friday, March 4,
highest the thermometer got was
20 degrees. This compares with
a scorching 80 degrees recorded
March 10.
Nine of the first 15 days of the
month saw some type of mois-
ture fall here, including snow
flurries, freezing mist whicn
covered trees and landscapes,
and a spring shower. But with
all these days in which moisture
fell only .23 oi 4n inch has been
recorded for the month.
To complete the variety for the
area, a low over the area Tues-
day brought 20 to 25 mile winds
which stirred up the loose dust
considerably. The blow did not
approach the intensity of the se-
vere duster in February, how-
ever. -
Farmers are still unable this
week to do much wqrk. Under a
dry top soil caused b# the Tues-
day winds, the ground . is still
very wet and much too soft to
support tractors. It wifl be sever-
al days yet, they report, before
'much soil turning takes place in
the territory.
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PLEDGES SIGMA CHI
John D. Snodgr&ss, son of Dr.
and Mrs. M. R, Snodgrass, is one
of 24 men pledging Sigma,. CUi#
national social fraternity at Tex
aB Tech." Lubbock:
Crosbyton Thursday, March 24,
at 1:30 p.m. in the District Court
room. Therfe will be., a Regular
Bee and a Junior Bee. -
Winner from'the Regular Bee
will compete in the district con-
test at Lubbock April 2. Mrs.
Fern Martin of Cfthbyion will
pronounce word9- ;ftfe both con-
tests, and directors of the con-
test in each school., will .be tint
Judges. *
Lions Clubs of Crosbyton, Lo-
renzo and Ralls wfll supply tro-
phies iter first, second and third
place winners in each contest
Entries have been, received
from the. schools of Ralls, Lore**
zb, Com* Six1 ^farmer.
The public is Invited to this
contest.
Methodist Church to
Hold Revived During
Week of March 27th
Crosbyton Methodist Churdh
will hold a revival meeting be-
ginning Sunday, March 27 and
lasting through Sunday, April 3,
Rev. Carlton Thomson, pastor,
announced this week.
Rev, Hubert Thomson, superin-
tendent of the Abilene District of
the church, will be the evangelist
and Rev .Albert F. Lindley, pas-
tor of Aspermont Methodist
church, will be in charge of sing-
ing and youth activities.
A special service is planned
by the church Wednesday night,r
March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in prepar-
ChiefTrack Team
Wins Many Points at
Floydada Tourney
Crosbyton Chieftain Track
team accumulated 29 points at
the Floydada Relays held last
weekend. The Chiefs were seven-
th in the meet but came in a-
head of Hale Center with 1244
points, Idalou with 9l,4 . points
and Petersburg with 4 points, all
District 4A members. Ralls, only
other *4Ai team competing, won
half century.
Most Like Today's
Aside from believing atoms
can't be split, the chemistry,
textbook Is much like those at
present. Of course, it lacks '• cer-
tain elements which had yet to
be discovered and the like.
The University of Texas bulle*
tin concerns "Religious Activities
at the University of Texas"-. It
describes the church centers and
classes for University Students,:
probably also much like today's.
The' Journal' contains the cli-
che's of another era, rather than
those of Erskine Caldwell, T. S.
Eliot or Max Shulman. It does
not bear the determined, usual-
ly misguided, "avant garde"
stamp of most modern campus
magazines.
However, it does contain a
poem, "A Kiss, A Smile, A Tear",
which has the'taint of Swine-
burn, the rebel of that time.
There are editorials on studying
hard and even some really sound
.writing. -----+—
third with 51 V& points.
Sundown won the meet with
193, and Anton was second with
61% points.
Crosbyton winners included
the following; David Edwards,
sixth in shot put; John Case, tie
for third in 220-yard dash; Gar-
rett Boyd, second in 440-yard
dash, and in the mile riffay the
Crosbyton team took second, los-
ing to Sundown.
Members of the Chiefs' relay
team are David Edwards, Garrett
Boyd, John Case and Cecil Cope-
land..
Duane Winter, a leading scor-
er for the Chiefs in racing e-
Vents, injured his leg In the
warm-up Saturday, Coach Jack
Meredith reports, and was un-
able to compete in any event.
His absence hurt the team re-
cord considerably, the coach be-
lieves. The injury was minor and
Winter was expected to be in
form for the Crosbyton Relays
yesterday.
REALITIES Pat Bennett
Miscellaneous Stories Concern
Subjects From Coons to Hairdos
Story about the smart coons a-
round Kalgary was passed from
Raymond Caskey to Lonnie Ellis
to me." T
Ted Walden, L7 manager, and
an employee happened to be
somewhere near' the ranch hen-
house the other night. There is
an electric light with a switch-
cord Inside the chicken shelter.
Suddenly the light went on.
Walden and his companion de-
cidcd to investigate.
left El
They discovered a raccoon had
turned on the light, picked him
self out a goo^tat hen and le
with it.
There is some speculation as
to why the coon didn't turn out
the light again. Caskey thinks
perhaps he left it on as a cour-
tesy to other coons who might
have been planning a. visit that
night
☆ it ☆
" W. B. ColWell showed us a
writeup in his hometown paper.
The Meridian Tribune, concern-
ing 2,181 -rattlesnakes killed on
a drive. The paper had been
passed on to him by Mrs. I. V.
Hlnkle.
I don't know how many of
these sneaky varmints are in
these gulches hereabouts. But,
with warm weather and all, it
sets you thinking.
☆ # l!r
ly wi
at Lowrie Drug, . . . ..
absent-mindedly poured herself
a cup Of hot water rather ihah
Everybody was talking down
JuanitaEllison
coffee which sat in a steaming
Jug beside it. __
"I thought the coffee tasted a
little weak today," somebody
said.
"But it's getting pretty bad,"
fellow employee Roy Ratheal
added, "when even the clerks
can't tell the difference,"
Juanita grinned, looked em-
barrassed and hastily poured it
out.
ft 6
"They used to say Crosbyton
was Just east of.Lubbock,~ Henry
cage tournament "Now they say
—a little dab west of McAdoo".
"tr ir it
Olen Littlefield was "Explain-
ing part of the secret of his even
temper in this high tension world
the other day.
"I used to live a month a-
head," the easygoing postmaster
said. "Then I lived a week a-
head. Now I Just live from meal
to meal."
■ft .Tftr
The Bob Perkins and T. W.
Stocktons went on a fishing trip
last week. While away, Mrs. Per-
kins ventured to try oims of the
Joreign -beauty shops.
Somebody later asked Jane,
who wears a very short hairliner-
how she liked their wwk.
"It's the first place I've ever
been," she answered, where, if
your hair wawrt long enough to
curl, they pulled, it out until it
was."
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