The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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i, is Brotherhood Week.
,.«he you're tired of "weeks"
this is one we'd all—better
,^e attention to if we
^Lve our skins. America
>% * Utile like Noah's Ark
lfinff some uncharted and
-""' seas. And the passen-
f ;re an assortment of folks
every land in the world
America, the promotion of
f utfhood is a necessity. With
Heterogeneous population we
ively try to be tolerant,
EL others' point of vi^f or
r .iriii oji bG in peril. ^
1S5 can the average citizen
i about this? A vast amount of
' :eVs would be made if every
Hran would make a point of
one good deed, or saying
> kind word, to a fellow citi-
L who is "different" because
Uce creed or ancestral back-
Und Even refraining from
Ikind deeds and acts would
|lp considerably. If each of us
suld make such an effort this
ek we would feel a lot better
: 0'ur kindliness, and patrio^-
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CfOfby County® Oldest Busitieee Institution - Established January 7^ 1909
Noted Texas Educator To Speak At
Annual C. Of C. Banquet Friday
bust why Texas legislators
nt to repeal the new Motor
icle Inspection Law without
fmg that law a chance to show
at can be accomplished is be-
Mid us. There are some defects
I the law, and these should be
nected, but it seems to us to
I a very foolish thing to even
repealing the law
at
Iflie law has and will work- a
1 of hardships on some Texas'
otorists." We realize that it will
lit in the junking of some
which are the sole convey•
of the owners. We know
some inspection stations are
g a racket out of inspec-
a means of gouging the
g public. But we also know
for the first time in Texas
fifteen years the percentage
deaths on Texas highways,
with the number of
driven, showed a decline,
we are prone to believe that
law which will reduce these
c deaths, regardless of
pStneh—inconvenience—it
it cause, is a good law. Let's
H another trial. ^
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W.Hayley
lis 2nd Place
| A, Crosbyton boy, Joe Wayne
won second place in the
ad division of the South
4-H cotton contest held
4ay at Lubbock. Young
Jrley, who received an award
[$150 from Plains-Co-operative
i Mill, had won first place in
Crosby county contest the
rious week, winning a beau-
1 loving pup and $100.
|Dona)d Williams, Tahoka, won
place in the dryland con-
with a yield of 2,112 pounds
t lint, or an average of 422 lbs.
acre, on his five acre plot,
bnnie Stanton. Star Rt. 1, Lo-
who; lives over in Lub
irrigated division with a to*,
of 6,507 pounds of lint from
i five acres, an average yield
1,301 pounds per acre on ir-
* land.
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:ause of You
lb Show In City
oretta Young made her screen
J at the tender age of 14 when
!lnR as a young miss of 18,
.was assigned the role of a
ftt rope walker in "Laugh,
R Uugh" filmed in 1928.
I® the years that followed M.iss
""g has remained a-tof film-
star and is now sharing ho-.,
with Jeff Chandler in Unl-
Inational's dramatic
You," showing at
ChWtaln Theatre Sunday
' Monday, Feb. 21 and 22.
lnn„ 01nR S CU Slan? ^IirtTTTT
8 tenure as a reigning
nave included such
as Clark _ Gable, Cary
tie' Cotten, John Boles,
\ Flunks, jr., predric
and .Robert Mitchum, to
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P* Nicof Prf YoU' featuring
S^-Scotirh ces ^ee> Alexan-
idir^tij vnd Lynne Roberts,
ted by Joseph Pevney.
ATM A,f,ENNINGTON
AT HAMLIN FEB. 10 ,
KS^vicesforM^rlw;
^ Feb in .Wwre held Tues-
!* church m M<£aulJey Bap-
^'of Mr TMrps- Mahaffey, a
Aire?,,?
ughter TrSf' PennIn«ton and
^s TWmye' attended the
bythe?r^Wer®metat Ham"
daughters and
Approximately 150 persons, in-
cluding members of the chamber
of cojnmerce, their wives and
Husbands, are expected for the
annual Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce banquet, which will
be held Friday evening, Feb. 20,
at the Crosbyton SchoolL'Uhch
room. There will be a number of
Special guests.
Fred Cunningham, 1 retiring
president, will act as toastmas-
ter^forthe occasion. Kenneth
Walker, band director, will sing
during the program.
Hester Is Speaker
George C. Hester, professor of
history and government, South-
western University, Georgetown,
will be the speaker at the ban-
quet, offering Crosbyton people
one of the most noted speakers
ever to appear in the city. He
has had experience on all three
levels of government, as mayor
of Georgetown, former member
of the Texas Legislature and a
former consulting economist in
Washington in the 1930's.
Dr. Hester is an economic ad-
visor for various Texas business
groups, and. at present'is .econo-.
mic consultant for Texas Asso-
ciation of Commerce. He is a
member of Federal Finance com-
mittee, National Association "of
State Chambers of Commerce.
The author of two text books in
government and history, he is
listed in "Who's Who In Amer-
ica."
New Offiecrs Introduced
New directors and officers for
the coming year will be intro-
duced by Mr. Cunningham. The
new directors, elected recently
by the members are: Joe Lem-
onds, Perry Bell. J. B. Crawford,
Jack. Beeson, Nolen Miller—and
Jim Cocke. They will take ^Uhe
place of retiring members, J. W.
Carter, Burt Flowers, Fred Dines,
R. H. Farris, jr., Bill McCray and
F. M. Dunn, who have served
two year terms.
Hold-over directors with ano-
ther year yet \o serve are: Fred
Cunningham, L. H. Finch, Jim
Reed, Leon McPherson, Leslie
Mitchell and Bill Bell.
Another highlight of the ban-
quet will be the introduction of
Crosbyton's most outstanding ci-
tizen of the year. Selected last
year for the first time by an un-
named committee, this will be
an annual event to Recognize
publicly the person whom ..the
committee-thinks -ha^-done -the
most for the community during
the year. J. W. Carter was chos-
en as the outstanding citizen of
1952.
Sixteen Teams Ready for Opening
oi Volleyball Tournament Monday
Miss Crosbyton
Miss Virginia Davis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, is
the new "Miss Crosbyton of '53".
A senior student, Virginia won
the title, in a contest sponsored
recently by the senior class at
the Chieftain Theater.
Miss Davis takes the place of
Miss Cecilia Puckett, "Miss Cros-
byton of '52", who presented her
successor with " a bouquetof
roses.
Wearing a white, strapless
ballarina dress and silver slip-
pers, Virginia was selected by
the out-of-town judges on beau-
ty, poise, tact and dress.
Runners-up in the contest were
Jean Ann Smithee, a sophomore,
and Sarah Ratheai,*a junior.
Sixteen teams will compete
for the two championships offer-
ed in the Second Annual P.-T. A.
Volleyball Tournament to be
held here next week, starting.jjn
Monday night, FebT^23, Bill
Mann, general manager; said
Tuesday.^ The games will be
played in the school gymnasium
starting each night at 6:00 p. rt.
There are two divisions in the
tournament, one for women and
the other for men. The Women's'
teams entered fncTudeT Lunch-
room Women, Crosbyton P.-T. A..
Ralls P.-T. A., Ralls Jackrabbits,
McAdoo, Kalgary, Faculty team,
and the Floydada Butane .Gjrl|?u
The men's teams are: Mc-
Gaugh Motor and Clanton Trac-
tor, both of Ralls, Kalgary, Mc-
Adoo, Miller Drug, Plains Food
Store, Crosbyton P.-T. A. and G.
I. Country Boys,
"We have Some good teams
entered in the tournament this
year," Mr. Maim said. "They are
all practicing t'o get in shape,
and the public can be assured of
plenty of entertainment every
evening.-We invite you to come
out and see" the games."
Proceeds from the tournament
will be used to place asphalt
tile on the lunchroom floor.
'** Committees in charge of the
tournament, appointed at an ex-
ecutive meeting of the P.-T. A.
last, week, are as follows: gate,
Mrs. Travis Sursa; posters, Mrs.
N. L. Barr; Cokes and candy.
Mrs. J. M. Harkins and Mrs. No-
len Miller; pop corn, Mrs. N. L.
Barr and Mr. Sam Davis; hot
dogs, Mrs. Walter Crawford and
Mrs Hubert, furry. Thn-<p . who
can and wish to help with con-
cessions for one or two nights
during the week are asked to
contact Mrs. Hubert Curry.
"The P.-T. A. urges everyone
to attend," Mrs. Curry said. "You
will enjoy the fun and fellow-
ship and at the same time help
the organization finance som£
very worthwhile projects for the
school."
Admission will be: adylts and
students above 12 years of age,
25 cents; children 6 through l£
15 cents, and pre-school chil-
dren free. .
county, won first pla<T In AC6
Killed As Chute
Fails To Open
Relatives here this week re-
ceived word of the death or Oapt,.
Hamp Boggs, 31, of Idabel, Okla..
who was killed Saturday at the
Truax Air Force Base, Wis., when
his chute failed to open. The bo-
dy was returned to Idabel for
burial.
He and three other pilots were
forced to bail out of a damaged
plane while on a routine flight.
The other men parachuted safely
to earth, but Capt. Boggs was
found later on a hillside with his- -
chute only partly opened.
Capt. Boggs, nephew of Melvin
Boggs of this city, was one1' of
Oklahoma's most decorated
fighter pilots of World War IL
He" was officially called the
"Number One Trouble^ Cause" for
the Japanese Air Forces. He was
the first ace o>f the 10th Air Force
and was officially credited with
13 Japanese planes.
/ Capt. Boggs received such out-
standing decorations as the Brit
ish Burma Star, British
gulshedJF.lylng Cross, American
Bronze Star,"the Air Medal with
four oak leaf "trusters, Distin-
guished Flying Cross wtth=^two
clusters, Silver Star, .Distinguish-
TOfService Cross, arid the Asiatic
Theater Ribbon with three bat-
tle stars.
He is survived by his mother
and a sister, both of Salt Lake
City, Utah; his wife, the former
Melba Thompson of Harris, Ok-
la., and a son, Billy.
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Mr. and Mrs. i. L. McCrummen
ct Seminole visited with friends
here over the week-end.
WELCOME, NEW
SUBSCRIBERS
Mrs. J .A. Greene
Mrs. F. A. Greene
Lewis Mize
Elmer Mitchell
Mrs. Tandy Smith
Clayton Sellers
A. T. Pratt
Perry Bell
I. B. Hifikle
Eddie Harkins
W. T. Scott
E. L. Roberts.
Mrs. Cecil Simpson
Mrs. Dixie Jones
Gomer Alsup
Mrs. B. C. Hardin
Mrs. CalMin Smith
J. E. Collier
Mrs. Gail J. Ray
T. R. Jones
J. M. Bennett
Mrs. Mary Seipt
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SERVICES FOR AUNT NETTIE
HIGHT SET FOR FRIDAY AT
2:30 P. M. KING CHAPEL
Aunt Nettie Hight, long-time
Crosbyton resident; died at a
convalescent home in Abilene
Wednesday night at 10:55 p. m.
Funeral services will be held
here Friday at 2:30 p. m. at King
ra^lnrfChapel, with Cline Drake, min-
ister of the Church of Christ, of-
ficiating. Burial will be in Cros-
byton cemetery %ith King Fun-
eral Home in charge. _
Mrs. Hight was born ^an. 11,
1878 at El Campo and came*'
Crosbyton in 1916., where she
lived untirfour years ago. There
are no survivors.
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Mr., and Mrs. Bill Dunn have
moved back to their farm home
southeast of the city after mov-
ing into town some two years
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Simpson
and children who have been
liying there, have moved back
to the city.
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Many Students
Are Entering
Spelling Bee
Spelling books have been pass-
ed out to Crosby county students
planning to enter the County
Spelling Bee, which will be held
at 2:30 p. m. Mardh 26 in the
court house at Crosbyton.
Two contests are open to stu-
.d£nteL,Qt-ihe_CQimly^ They m ay.
enter the regular Spelling Bee
if they are in the eighth grade
or-under, and the county winner
will enter the district contest at
Lubbock. Or they may enter the
Junior Spelling Bee if they are
in the sixth grade are under. The
latter contest does not go beyond
the county.
Awards will be made to first
and second place winners in
both contests.
. ..The"District Spelling Bee at
Lubbock will"'be held April 18.
A long list of..prizes are offered,
including a 20-vclume set of the
Encyclopedia Britannica, a pla-
que to the county champion of
each of the 14 counties, and 'sev-
eral cash awards.
The winner of . the district con-
test will enter the National
Spelling Bee at Washington on
May 18:23, receiving with their
sponsor an all-expense paid trip.
Approximately $3,300 in prizes
are awarded the winners of the
national contest.
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FOWLER BROTHERS CHANGE
PLACES IN JAPAN, PARENTS
INFORMED THIS WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd A. Fowler
have two sons^ln* th^ service.
Last week they received word
that Pvt. Leslie -L. Fowler had
sailed from California to Jap-
an. At the same time the second
son, Gwin Dale Fowler, who is
i ~fhe Navy, sailed from Japan
to California. Leslie arrived Irr
Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 6. On the
same date Gwin Dale arrived in
San Diego.
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WESLEYAN SERVICE BUILD
MEETS MONDAY WIGHT
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the First Methodist church will
meet Monday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. C. E.
Fisher. All members are invited
to be pcesent.
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WSCS TO HAVE LUNCHEON
AT "REPORT DAY" NEXT
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 .
The~Women's Society of Chris-
tian Service of the First Metho-
dist church will have a covered
dish luncheon at 12 noon Mon-
day, Feb. 23, preceeding the te-
gular meeting.
This will be "Report Day" for
the society.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowles visit-
ed over the week-end with her
Sa rents and brother in San An-
elo. VA \ \
ONLY 1562 PERSONS ARE
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN
COUNTY DURING 1953
Crosby county can figure
on the usual "light vote" on
any issue that might cbme
up during this offryear- for
elections.
- Final check at the office of
the" tax assessor - collector
Wednesday revealed that a
total of 1,562 poll taxes had
been paid. This was approx-
imately 1100 votes below the
record established- last year.
Voters will probably get to
cast a ballot this fall on the
average crop of constitution-
al amendments. In addition,
there could possibly be a-
county-wide bond issue for
the purpose of securing right
of Way for a proposed super
highway. The off-years gen-
erally give the voters who
pay their poll tax an oppor-
tunity to "get their money's
worth".
Rev. Yeager Will
Conduct Revival
At Kalgary Ch!
Rpv Orvillp Ypagpr, .professor
of social science at Wayland
College, Plainview, will be with
Watson Baptjst church of Kalga-
ry in a revival meeting' March
2 through March 8.
Rev. Yeager recently resigned
as pastor of First Baptist church
at Blanchard, Okla.. to take the
position at Wayland college. Be-
ginning last fall, he teaches
courses in philosophy; Bible and
American history. For the past
two years he taught history at
the University of Oklahoma,
while continuing work toward
the doctor of philosophy degree.
He has also taught at Mississip-
pi college, Clinton, Miss. t
Among his writings are listed
"Am I Ordained," a study of
Baptist church government. For
three years he edited, "The Bi-
ble Expositor" at Princeton. Tnd..
where he was also pastor of the
First Baptist church.
His undergraduate work was
done in Syracuse University from
which he received the B. A. de-
gree. He has also attended De-
-~Pauw University, Wheaton Col-
lege and Northern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary.
Although a young man. Rev.
Yeager has been in demand for
a number years as speaker
for evangelistic services and ra-
dio programs in 42 states.
Jack Williams of Wayland
will lead the song services.
CROSBYTON PEOPLE URCED TO
ATTiS) LIVESTOCK SHOW SAT.
Speaks Monday
FORMER CATHOLIC PRIEST
. TO SPEAK HERE
Antonio Ochoa, ex-Roman
Catholic Priest, now a minis-
ter of the gospel for the Church
of Christ in New York City,
will , apeak for the Church of
Christ in Crosbyton next Mon-
day evening at 7:30. The mem-
bers of the CrosBytam church
cordially invite the public to
Hear this outstanding preacher,,,
as he brings a message of yi-, -
tal importance to every'free-
dom-loving citizen. He' will
reveal some startling facts a-
bout some very real dangers
that confront the world.
Stores Pleased
With Openings
Past Week-end
Two Crosbyton businesses were
well pleased with their formal
openings held on Saturday and
Monday of the past week.
The South Side Grocery and
Market, recently purchased by
"Botrttaierhe1d"'its grand opening-
Saturday, and Mr. Hale reports
a good day. "I didn't realize
there were as many people in
the Crosbyton territory as we
.had in our place of business on
Saturday," he said. Mr. Hale fea-
tured a Libby sale and other
special prices.
On Monday, McCray Brothers,
Stud^baker and MM dealers,
had a double event that attract-
ed a good crowd. The occasion
was the formal opening of the
business following a fire in Dec-
ember and the showing of fhc
1953 Studebaker cars.
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First Korean G. I.
Enters Ag. School
The first Korean veteran to
enroll in the Crosby County Vo-
cational School started his class
es Monday night. Feb. 16, ac-
cording to D. T. McVey, veterans
vocational teacher. He is Billy*
Bob Wright, who lives southwest
of Crosbyton.
The Crosby county school has
recently received approval to ac-
cept Korean Veterans, Mr. Mc-
Vey said. These veterans may
enroll either in the agriculture
courses or in the bookkeeping
and accounting Course.
Crosby county residents are
urged to attend the annual Cros-
by ton ^Livestock Show, which is
to be held Saturday, Feb. 21, at
the show barn on the Crosbyton
Rodeo grounds, officers of the
show said this week. Qrosby
county 4-H Club and F.F.A. boys,
along with a large number of
adult entries in the Hereford
breeding class, will show stock
that will be rated anjjpnif—ttte
top animals in this area.
All entries to the show must
be at the show barn Friday ev-
ening, officials said. The judg-
ing vyill begin at 10 a, m. Satur-
day, giving the boys plenty of
time to get their animals in rea-
diness Saturday morning. The
swine division Will be judged at
10 a. m.; Breeding Herefprds, at
1:00 p. m.; sheep, 2:30 p. m.' and
Baby Beef Calves, 3:00 p. mti
The complete program for the
show, with classes, superinten-
dents, and premiums offered,
may be found in an advertise-
ment in this week's Review. Al-
so listed are those who contri-
buted to make
ble. —
the show p'ossi- '
Trustees To Meet
At Lorenzo Mon.
A joint meeting of the Crosby
Coupty Teachers Association and
the school trustees of all the dis-
tricts of the county, will be held
Monday night, Feb. 23, starting
at 7 p. m. in the Lorenzo school
lunch room.
A banquet at the lunchroom
will be followed by business ses-
sions and an instructive pro-
gram.
This is the regular spring
meeting of the teachers, who
have Bill Dunlap of Farmer as
president this year; John Jen-
kins." Lorenzo, vice-president;'
Mrs. Pauline Winningham, Ralls,
secx£ta^--aad._Mxs_.„Haixy~-Sh^L
wood, Crosbyton, treasurer.
The school trustees Will
cuss joining a State School Tju^""
tees Association that has recent-
ly been formed, it was reported.
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Morris Ledger
Given Contract
Morris Ledger, Crosbyton high
school principal for the past
year, was given a two-year con-
tract by the Crosbyton Board of
School trustees at a recent meet-
ing, according to announcement
this week by Fred "Cunningham,
superintendent. "
Mr. Ledger, who received his...
B. A. degree from McMurry and
his M. A. from Hardin-Simmons,^
both Abilene schools, is doing
work toward an advanced degree
«t Texas Tech. Along with other
Crosbyton teachers, he is taking '
work on Saturdays.
Crosbyton's two other princi-
pals. .C. L: Bt?rFy of-junior, high,
and W. L. Mann of the elemen-
tary school, both have one year
left on two-year contracts given
last year.
Teacher election will be held
at a future meeting of the board,
Mr. Cunningham ssftd.
Sen. Lyndon Johnson Introduces Bill
To Make SmaltDams Possible
The possibility of a lake in
Elanfo Canyon rniKlil be embed*-
ied in a bill which has been in-
troduced in Congress by Senator
Lyndon B. Johnson,^-which would
authorize direct local-Federal
cooperation on flood prevention
plrbgrams in small, upstream wa-
tershed areas. .....
The measure is sponsored In
the .House of Representatives by
Representative W. R. Poage. • An
identical bill passed the House
during the last Congress but it
failed-of passage in the Senate.
Under the terms of ttye bill, tht
Agriculture Department would
be authorized to assist local ag-
encies in land treatment and
flood prevention programs in
watersheds not exceeding 250,000
acres in area. The local agen-
cies must take the Initiative in
proposing programs.
Once the Secretary of Agricul-
ture has approved a. program, It
will be submitted to appropriate
Committees of Congress. If they
do not disapprove within 60 days
or if they grant affirmative
approval—actual work can get
under way as soon as funds are
available.
''In Texas, as in so many oth-
er states, water is all too fre-
quently a feast or famine propo-
sition," said Sen. Johnson irt in-
troducing his bill. "In times of
flood, water falls upon our land
by the-ton, washing away pre-
cious topsoil and smashing pro-
perty and equipment. In times of
drouth, we turn to our reservoirs
only to find tha,t they are too
few and depleted too rapidly.
"Both national anflhlikial gov-
ernments have taken important
steps to meet this problem In the
past two decades. Huge works
have been constructed. But there
is an important gap,,
"At present, there irTio auth-
ority for direct local-Federal co-
operation on flood-prevention
programs liusmall, upstream wa-
tiiyshed areas."
March Is School
Census Month
Parents with children,Qf school
age are being reminded by D. A.
Edwards, county superintendent,
that Marrh is school census tak-
ing month.
Last year the county enumera-
ted'2?419 students, upon which
the schools received a per capi-
ta apportionment of $68 for each
child enumerated. The per capi-
ta payments for ' 1953-54 have
not yet been set. ~~ •
Mr. Edwards again urged the
co-operation of parents in see-
ing that their child is counted.
If the census takers miss a
child, parents are asked to re-
port them either to Mr, Edwards
or the superintendent or princi-
pal of their home district.
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Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. McDuff were th(
children, Mr. and Mrs. Rol
Bowers of Houston, Buster
Duff of Grand Prairie, and
and Mrs.
children of
sons also
and Mrs. Amos Ellison.
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