The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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More Tfean. 2.50 Inches Re-
ported Here During Past
Week With Rain Still
Falling Yesterday Eve.
More than 2.50 inches of rain had
falling here this week to yesterday
noon .according to reports from the
.local recording station. The first
rain coming Sunday night amounted
to .7$ of an Inch; Tuesday night and
Wednesday .79 inches fell, and by
noon yesterday at least another inch
had been recorded. „ ~
The first really cool speel of tHe
season followed' Tuesday nights rain
:—-' _ when the wind came out of the north
bringing the first norther of the
year.
. r—-"Heavy -rams have b<?en reported
. general over a wide West Texas area
m and indications are that this country,
is in for another seige.
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FORMER RESIDENT
DIES AT HOME NEAR
LEVELLANQ SEPT 11
/;■ ■ R. F. Blankenship Buried in
Crosbyton Cemetery ,
Tuesday Afternoon
R. F. Blankenship, 48, died Mon-
11, at 8:30 o'ciork
at his home near White Face. Furf^*
cral services were held ^Tuesday e
ening at 4 oclock at the Church o
Christ in Crosbyton with Elder F. S.
Vance conducting the. services. He
was buried in the Crosbyton cemete-
-ry. with Davis Mason Funeral Com-
pany of Levelland in charge, assisted
ty A. A. Hatchell, undertaker of this
city.
Once Resident Here
Mr. Blankenship was for a long
time a resident of Cfosbyton, moving
to Whiteface a few years ago. He
was born near Nashville, Tenn., sAu>
gust 22, 1885, and was married to
Miss Ellen Stockton, June 10, 1910.
at Crosbyton. He is survived by his
wife, four sisters and one brother.
Mrs. J. T. Driver, Crosbyton; Mrs. J.
E. Moran, Green wood, Miss., Mrs. B.
A Mitchei', Sudan; Miss Ruby Blan-
kenship, Crosbyton; Joe Blankenship
of Colorado. * All were present at
the funerai with the exception of one
• sister, Mr.-;. Moran, and the brother.
Pallbears were: George Pipkin, Ed
Latham, Carl Wren, D. H. Dyer, A.
D. Alston, and Dell Anderson. -
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BEST PERFORMANCE
OF SEASON GIVEN BY
d C. ENTERTAINERS
Kalgary and Leatherwpod
Hear Programs During -•
Past Week
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Rounding out more^than half of
the good will scheduled trips for the
season, the Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce invaded the Kalgary com*
munity lan Friday night? with more
t'nanTifty Crosbyton and community
citizens constituting the good will
trippers bind.
The Kalgary performance was
attended by more people than any of
the programs staged this season. The
Kalgary school building is a. large,
roomy building and the house was
lull with. many unable .to get .in.=_
The program consisted of a great-
er variety of numbers than on pre-
vious occasions, with orchestra music
quartets, negto dancing, duet;?, tap-
pers, readings, and the noted negro
minister, "Sin Killer," elucidating on
the subject, "The /Destiny of Man.".
A few of the many Kalgary citi-
zens noted were: Luke Grizzle, Sam
Grizzle, H .E. Smith, Jim Cross, H.
R. Witt, Jirn Crump, Lynn Rankin,
Walter Lyckman, C. Parson^, J. T.
Newton, Prof Tucker, and/Bill Dun-
lap, and many others
A crowd almost equal to that of
Kalgary met the good tyill trippers
the program was taken to that oom-
Tgie. same program was
staged at Le^hefw8OTawSRaiSfPXI!^^ towns,
tra number or two The local com-jjy a[j
Leave Gap Between
Lorenzo and Ralls Yet tft
Be Contracted; Lettings
Every Two Weeks
Announcements were made by the
State Highway Department Saturday
that bids would be received on* High-
way 24 from four miles east of Cros-
byton to Ralls; and from Lorenzo to
the Lubbock county line, on Sept.
18.
All gaps between here and Lubbock
on High way.^4 will have been filled
when these lettings take place, with
the exception of the eight miles from
Ralls to Lorenzo. It is expected that
bids Will be received for this por-
tion of the Highway at a near future
setting of the commission.
It was announced by the State
Highway Commission that bids would
be received every two week& until
the apportionment, has been expend-
ed.
HARLEY SADLER TO
SHOW IN CROSBYTON
WEEK OF SEPT. 25TH
Wade Cooper, president of the
Citizens National Bank of this city,
was igiade vice-president of the Cap
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Premier Showman To Be at
Ralls All Next Week
Advance Man Says
Harley Sadler and his Nw Compa-
ny will play-in Ralls the week of
S€pt. TSth, 'ffld" CfosByEon week of
September 25th> with practically a
am between the two
The Sadler show is practical-
, new this season, with new
munity furnished two nuiftbers, with ^ pjayg; music and vaudeville,
two groups of four young ladies of
the community rendering quartets.
Most of the community was present
and a big crowd from Crosbyton at-
tended the program.
At Owens Tonight
The program will be staged at O-
wens tonight, and a large crowd is
expected there.
LUBBOCK FAIR GOOD
WILL TROUPERS TO
BE HERE ON SEPT. 22
Prominent Speakers To Be
Present; Kiddies Given
Novelties
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FULL SCHOOL APPOR-
TIONMENT PLEDGED
FOR TEXAS SCHOOLS
Plan Also To Pay Off Back
Debts Within Period
of Two Years ■'■"****■'
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Assurance that the full per eapita
scholastic apportionment of $16 wouTd
be paid, both for last year and this
year, was given last week by L. A.
Woods, state superintendent at a
Lubbock meeting. Mr. Woods had
this to say:
"We have an actual income this
year of $18 per capita but we expect
to pay $2 of it on our indebtedness,"
the state superintendent skid. "We
hope to eliminate our entire endefct-
edness in two years time if condi-
tions do not become any worse."
He explained that the department,
under his direction, was doing its
best to standardize all state schools.
This work is directed by 24 district
deputy superintendents who are vis-
i ting Jail schools in the districts.
"Every school must have at least
tight months, and we want the chools
So standardized that a child from an
eight months school will lose no time
iiTtransfering to any other school,"
he explained. "And we can do it in
two years if patrons and trustees will
cooperate." „ *
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SPUR MUTUAL MAN HERE
Several dozen automobiles loaded
down with Lubbock business mgn and
members of the Lubbock High School
Band will visit Crosbyton, Friday,
Sept. 22, on a good will trip, made
primarily to advertise the Panhandle
South PJains Fair,,: which is to be
held at Lubbock, October 2 to 7 in-
clusive.? *
Several of the.1 most prominent
speakers in Lubbotk, including facul-
ty merrtbers of the Texas Technolo-
gical College '^Vl ^
The automobile caravan ^is schedul-
ed to arrive here about 4 :l,Voclock.
A short program will be he]>d in-
cluding selections by the band, spee-
ches and stunts. Novelties will be dis-
tributed to the children^ whether of
school age or younger, and everyone
is most cordially invited to meet the
fair boosters here.
- Horse racing, the John T. Worth-
am shows, fire works, and other fea-
tures have been booked for enter-
tainment and educational exhibits
are expected to be better this^ year
than ever before. ,
{Jew members include- Miss Niane
DeLaire, new ingenue leading lady,
The Whitehouse twins, singers and
dancers, Ew^rt and Barry, singers,
dancers ai^fl accordionists, Jimmy
Parsons, juvenile man, Johnny "Gibbs,
and maiiy others.
Music is furnished by Joe Golforb
arid his 12 piece band..
On Monday night, Sept 18, in Ralls
or Monday night, Sept. -25th in Cros-
byton,. one lady will be admitted free
when accompanied by a paid adult
ticket and the ladies free coupon
contained in this issue of this paper.
Rock Bankers I Association at its se-
mi-annual meeting at Floydada x on
Labor Day. J. V. Daniel, retiring
president of the association and pres
ident of the Frst National Bank of
Floydada, was in charge of the
meeting.
- Mr. Cooper who had been-secretary
of the organization during the past
year, was succeeded by E. L. Norman
of the First National Bank of floy-
dada, and F. W. Collier, cashier of
the Spur National Bank, was elected
president
The next meeting to be held will
be in March of 1934, which goes to
Matador. 85 bankers and visitors
were served at a banquet in the din"
ing room of the Methodist church in
the meeting at Floydada.
Those going from Crosbyton were
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cooper, Russell
McCurdy, N."Y. Bicknell, Mrs. J. J.
| Spikes, and Misses Wilda and Wilma
Spikes. ' ^
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R. F. C. TO SUSPEND
WORK RELIEF DUR-
/ ING MONTH OF/SEPT.
Want Men To Hunt Perma-
nent Jobs In Counties
They Live In
W. M. Romane, county chairman of
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion, has received the following in
structons regarding the suspension
of rtelief work.— W—
TO ALL COUNTY CHAIR-
MEN AND ADMINISTRATORS:
At a recent meeting of the school
board, M. L. Williams resigned and
John Steele of the Big Four commun-
ity was made a member of the board
in his place.
W. H. Nickson was also made pres-
ident of the board at the resignation
of W. P Lamar. Mr. /Lamar remains
a member Of the board.
The school board is havng twto
new bus bodies wade by E. Lawson.
In ordei; to clarify the instructions
contained in our letter of August 29
relating to the discontinuance of work
relief please be advised as follows:
1. There are two methods of fur-
nishing relief to destitute unemploy-
ed: (first) WORK Relief and (second
DIRECT Relief.
2. Direct relief will proceed as us-
ual. Work Relief will be discontinued j
for the month of September
BIG FOUR MAN IS
PLACED ON SCHOOL
~ BOARD FOR DISTRICT
John Steele New Member;
Nickson Is President
THIRD BUS ADDED
TO BRING STUDENTS
IN TO CITY SHCQOLS
New line Runs Toward
Smith Community and
Southwest
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Operation of the third school bus
for the Crosbyton School district was
begun Monday, school officials re-
"ported Tuesday. The third route
runs in a southwestern direction from
Crosbyton, around in the Smith com-
munity. It was'not learned how_-
many pupils were available for this
route for the first day of its run.
Other routes beginning at the op-
ening of scho>oi last week-was -the
one running to Kalgary and the oth-
er going north of town and on to
the East Plains. C E. Reynolds QP-
erates the south route, E. R Cash the
north route, while M. B. Givens is
running the route to Kalgary.
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Dr. Spikes To Be On
Medical St^ff of Hos-
l' pital At Sanitorium
SENIORS ELECT
OFFICERS TUESDAY
Wilson Mangum
Class of 1933-34
search of such work. lie should be
advised that this ruling is in effect
Tn HpaH *n Every county in Texas. '
j 4. All applicants for relief should
| be interviewed and Forms la, lb and
" :lc filled out for them Their case
Wie Senior class met Tuesday and should then be investigated and if
elected officers for the 1933-34 school j they are deserving thev should be
year.. The following officers were j fumished with Direct Relief.
elected:
Wilson Mangum, president; Ruby
Huckabay, vice president; Ruth Free-
man, secretary and treasurer, and
reporter.
Mr. Edwards was chosen sponsor
for the clasij. The" Senior class at
Mrs. J. J. Spikes of Cone was in
the city Monday and said that their
son, Dr. L. W. Spikes will be on the
medical staff at, Sanitorium, Texas.
Formerly he was with Scott & White
3. AH—persons formerly on Work ^ Temple ....
Relief should be required to expend The Chaser, publication at the
every effort to find work, but should i Sanitorium, has the following to say.
not go out of his own county in
"Dr. L. W. Spikes of Temple has
been named the new member of the
medical staff here at the sanitorium
to succeed Dr. F. N. Moore. Dr.
Spikes has been associated with the
Scott and White Clinic for more than
a year and comes to the Sanitorium
well recommended. Mrs. Spikes will
accompany the doctor and they are
expected to arrive here about Septem
ber 1.'
Arvle Fralin was in Amarillo Mon-
day on business — - *
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Mrs. Mai lory returned Sunday to
her home at Belton, after spending
the summer here with her daughters
Mrs Rex Westerfield and Mrs. Sam
George. Mrs. George and Mr. Wes-
terfield accompanied Mrs .Mallory to
her home.
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Fred C. Haile, secretary of the
Spur Mutual Life Insurance Associa- a"d basket'ball
tlon, was iri "Crosbyton Tuesday in '
the interest of Hfcrwgapization.. 'Mr.
Haile is also a candidate for Con-
gress from the new Nineteenth....qi&t.
trict of which Crosby county is,. '*
part, and expects to make a' thor-
ough campaigrt at the proper time.
Mr. Haile is a very pleasing gentle-
than and a zealous campaigner, aaJs,
evidenced by the fact that he was a
cloKt contender for state representa-
tive last year ★hen he wis defeated
by only a fe*r votes' in the run-off.
Robert Curry has returned to Mc-
Murry College, Abilene, where h©
enrolls for his fourth year's work" in
the college. He, is president of the
Senior class, lettermari in foot ball
McCurdy, of
business in Crosbyton tot
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Fred 'and Glen Green of Amarillo
were week-end guests of their pa-
rents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Green and
brother, F. A. Green and family
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Dr. T. J. Cagle left Friday for
Chicago where he will visit his son,
Jack Cage. 4md family, and attend
the World's Fair. Mrs. Cagle pre-
ceeded Dr. Cagle to Chicago last
week. v
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hicks were call-
ed to Stephensville Saturday night
ort the death of a cousin of Mrs Hides
.They returned home Monday night
present
dents.
consists of thiity-five stu-
Reporter
Vacancies In Historic
Corps To Be Filled at
New Orleans Station
It is announced by Major PI D.
Cornell, U. S. Marine Corps, that a
few vacancies now existing in this
famous military organization * will
be filled through the Marine Corps
Recruiting Station at 535 St. Charles
Street, New Orleans, La., during the
month of October. 1 -
All applicants for enlistment must
have been graduated from an accre-
dited high school or attended an in-
stitution of higher learning and due
to the firgh qualifications required of
an applicant he must be of the high- j
est type both physically and morally.
Men enlisted, at the New Orleans
office, after a period of intensive
training, which consists of close arid
open order drills, the use of rifles,
machine guns, hayonet, automatic
rifle, Stokes mortars and all the mo-
ther implements of modern warfare,
are transferred from Parris Island,
S. C, where thpy receive this initial
training, to one of the many Marine
Corps Posts at home oT abroad. Ma-
ny of these men, who desire to serve
at sea with the Fleeit are sent to the
Sea School Detachment at Norfolk,
Va.
Any youiyj. man desiring' informa-
tion about thU; sferviee should write
Major Cornell at the tftxrii address
and he will furnish him with full in-
formal onand application blanks.
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5. This Direct Relief should be paid
IN KIND, not in cash. Orders for
groceries, or other necessities which
.investigation reveals as necessary^businesK
may be issued for their relief.
6. Work Relief, which is a part of
your administration, such as office
workers, interviewers, case workers,
etc., should not be discharged, but
they should be paid with Orders for
(groceries, etc., and Not in Cash.
All of_the.se instructions are for
September only. Work Relief, on a
well planned basis, will be resumed
in October.
8. The main purpose of this -pro-
ceedure is:
(a) To give you an opportunity to
perfect your administration (Detail-
ed bulletins will be forwarded, during
the month on this subject).
(b) To perfect ^a better-balanced
Work Relief Program for the win-
ter to comply with Federal Regula-
tions. «
(c) To induce all able bodied meh
to find PERMANENT work, if pos-
sible.
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Judge W. P. Walker went to
talis N M. last week-end on
Por-
legal
Six-Bales Ginned Her« By
Wednesday; Managers
and Bookkeepers For
Gins Announced
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Each of the five gins of Crosbyton
have bee# given a thorough over-
hauling and in many instances new
machinery has been installed in pre-
paration for the prospective big-oot-
ton crop of the Crosbyton territory.
A visit to all the gins of the Oity
Wednesday by a Review representa-
tives found hands busy at all gins
putting the " finishing touches on
machinery, and otherwise getting
things in first class order for the
season.
At the West Texas Gin, Hugh Na-
tionwillbe - manager and Hert
Perkins bookkeeper. This gn ran oujJ' ■
its first bale of the season Wednes-
day. The bale belonged to Geo. Col-
lier and weighed 530 pounds. 5
E. L. Roberts will be at the helm
at the Fuller .Gin again this season
as manager, and L. W. Landers
keep the books. The Fuller ghr-^in-
ned two bales of cotton Tuesday, be- *
longing to Homer Simpson and T. J.
McClure. •
E. T. Maynard, recently of Hedley
will be manager of Coop Gin. No. 2,
and Howard Mayers will be bookkeifP
er. Th^y have- ginned two bales, both
belonging to J. T. Collier.
Me Daniel Girr:witthave~a?ritsntan-
ager M. M. Sherer, and Emmett Roy
bookkeeper. McDaniel Gin turned
out the first bale brought to Crosby-
ton this season, belonging to T. i.
McClure. ' ->tly
-,.„W-iE. Wren will be manager of the
Farmers Gin Company, but the book
keeper has not as yet been chosen.
'They "have .installed lots of new
machinery.
Six bales had been ginned by the
five gins this season up to Wednes-
day evening. :
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FORTY-EIGHT RURAL
TEACHERS TO GUIDE
CROSBY CHILDREN
School and Post Office
Each Teacher Given
By B. F. Hicks
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Mr. and Mrs J. D. Rainer of Floyd
county were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. McDermett.
Mrs. G. H. Johnson is a guest of
her daughter, Mrs. J A. Parks and
Mr. Parks. Mrs. Johnson spent the
summer in Levelland and Lubbock.
Mr. and Mrs John Lemond
bock accompanied her here Sunday.
WE APPRECIATE
YOUR PATRONAGE
BOY SCOUTS WILL
ORGANIZE TROOP
HERE TONIGHT
S. T. Herrod and son, Sam, of Lub-
bock county were in Crosbyton Sat-
urday on business and meeting old
friends. ]
Sam George To Be Scout-
master; Boys Urged
To Attend
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'WflSSs;
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j4< s;
All bays between the ages of 12
and 18 years who are interested n
the formation of a Boy Scout Troup
for Crosbyton are urged ot be at the
High School building tonight, Friday,
at eight o'clock. , _
* Sam George, manager of the mar-
ket at Mallory Grocery, has volun-
teered to take charge of the Troup
and act as Scoutmaster, Mr. George
will meet with the boys tonight
has been secured from
es to use tjie high
school gymnasium as a regular meet-
ing place for the troop. Tiv
ing tonight will be held there.
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The people of the Crosbyton Trade
territory have made it "possible for
us to operate our theatre every night
in the week for which we are grate-
ful. More so, as the larger towns
around us have not run their, thea-
ters full time.
Spur , runs four days a week; Floy-
dada runs five days a week, Tahoka
runs 3 days a Week, Ralls runs five
days a week.
Crosby county has 48 rural teach-
ers this year, according to B. F.
Hicks, county school superintendent.
Following is the list of the teach-
ers, their school and postoffice ad-
dress:
C G. Rankin, W. C. Willis and Mrs
Madie Rankin, Mt Blanco, P. O.
Crosbyton.
R. L. Gibson, Mrs. Edna Phillips,
Mrs. Frances Mara, Mrs. 1 Ozelle
Wishard, and Mrs. H. F. Jackson,
Cone, P. O. Cone. ~
L. H. Alldredge, MTss'CbfTrie""W'
vard and Miss Floy Velma Rogfers,
Fairview, P. O. Crosbyton. - —
J. B. Johnson, Mrs. Stewart, Miss
Edna Loe, Wake, P. O. McAdoo.
A. N. Boyd, Miss Evelyn Wright, •
Miss Ina Smith, Miss Allye Bell Cow-
ling, Farmer, P 0. Ralls.
L. W. Tucker, W. R. Dunlap, Mrs.
H A. Sessions, Miss Ava Tucker,
ine, P. O. Kalgary.
Geo. Gilpin, Mrs. ,W. B. Burton,
Leatherwood, P. O. McAdoo; Mrs.
Johnye Nation, Leatherwood, P. O.
Crosbyton.
O. L. Sanders, Mrs. Ola Frank
Byrd, Big Four, P. O Crosbyton. '
i Miss Christeene Sh&w, P§msy, P. O
McAdoo. 11.
B. F. Matthews, Mrs. BiSiufye Ste-
wart, Webb, P. O. Crosbyton.
Clide Head stream, Miss Katheiine
Odom, Pleasant Hill, P. O. Ralls.
J. M. Bo&tiok,. Miss Ruth Buie, Can-
yon Valley, P. O. Post.
Homer E. Barnes, Miss Kittie Ma-
rie Hull, Mies Opal Phillips, Gaprock,
P. 0. Ralls.
M. G. Cooper, Miss Idell Portei,
I Crosbyton runs 7 days a week, and
tW? SLnfe New Hon^To. R^lls.1
M. W. McConnell, H. L. Williams,
was
October 3 last year, and that
due to .train regulations.'
Beginning with the week of Oc-
tober 1st we are going to run four
pictures a week instead of three..
The schedule will be as follows:
Preview Saturday night, Sunday
and Monday; complete change Tues-
day and Wednesday; complete change
Thursday and Friday, and a good
western picture oh Saturday Mat-
inee and night.
This is your gift picture, only 10c
to everyone. ^
Again we want to thank you fi
your patronage and will appefca!
any suggestion you may have to of-
fer. We must all pull for Crosbyton
as this is one of the best towns injjf
Texas. .. "r..
Yours for bettor
QUEEN THEA1
Miss Imogene Gordon, Miss Mary
Beth Sheely, Miss Bobbie Lee Rhodes
Miss Katherine McGlothlin, Miss
Carra Guice, Robertson, P. O.
enser-
C HAMBER. OF COMMERCE
SCHEDULE FOR NEtfT
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The Crosbyton
merce will carry its i
to Rogers on
ht, Sept. 22.
The, good
Owens
will
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