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COMMISSIONERS
NAME ELECTION
JUDGES MONDAY
Crosby commissioners named
election judges for the coming
balloting on United States Sena-
tor in their regular meeting on
Monday. Those appointed were
as follows:
Ralls: Claude Adams, Burl
Griffith, Mrs. Paul Fowler, J. T.
Cox. Crosby ton: Robert Work,
Hubert Curry, J. A. Parks, Pal
Berry. Pansy: Claude Sudduth,
W. H. Leatherwood.
Big Four: W. O. Matthews,
Don Anderson. Mt. Blanco: W. B
Allen, Frank Moore. Robertson:
H. P. Gregory, W. O. Lockwood
Caprock: J. H. Moore, Marwin
Brakebill. Farmer: P. O. Amon-
ett, J W. Payne.
Kalgary: Ralph Parsons, R. G.
Havens. Canyon Valley: J. C.
Coles, Loyd Webb. Lorenzo: R. L.
Ormon, Wayland Catching, Mrs
John R. Green, Joe Brown. Cone:
J. S. Patterson, John W. Thomas
In other business, commission
ers voted a contract with Carney
Wyrick to complete appraisal of
right-of-way from four miles
west of Crosbyton to the Dick-
ens County line.
This appraisal contract is to
cost $1,500 and will be complet-
ed within 60 working days.
Commissioners accepted the
bid of Citizens National Bank as
depository for county and school
funds. They also raised salary of
Mrs. Jimmie Traylor lo $200 as
county agent's assistant, and re-
lieved her of commodity duties.
Tax rates for 1961 were set as
follows: general fund $ .60, road
and bridge .15, jury .05, special
ad valorem .30, road and bridge
sinking .10, road district No. 1
.20, road district No. 4, .65, gen-
eral road purposes .15.
This is basically the same tax
rate as was set last year.
Rodeo Stockholders
To Try Annual Meet
Again Monday Night
Members of the Crosbyton Ro-
deo Association will try again
Monday night, Feb. 20, to have
their annual stockholders meet-
tpietar
Chiefs End District Basketball In
Third Place Tie With Rabbits
Crosby County's Oldest Business Institution - Established January 7, 1909
VOLUME FIFTY-THREE CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16th, 1961
NUMBER SEVEN
Last Rites lor Mrs. J. Frank Smith.
Area Pioneer, Held Here Friday
Last rites for a Crosby county i
pioneer were conducted at 3:30
p.m. Friday in King Funeral
Home chapel., Mrs. J. Frank
Smith, 84, died at 6:05 a.m., Feb-
ruary 9.
Mrs. Smith, one of the deter-
mined few who made a civilized
land of the high plains, had suf-
fered from serious heart trouble
since 1958. She had been in the
hospital the past six weeks in
critical condition.
Rev. J. W. Washington, rector
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Lubbock, and Rev. Allen Price,
rector of St. Stephens Episcopal
Church, Lubbock, officiated at
the funeral services.
Minnie Aiice Shelton was born,
January 5, 1877, in Navarro
county near Corsicana, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Shelton.
Her father ginned and farmed
there but later ranched when the
family moved to Jones county
about 1895.
Minnie Alice married J. Frank
Smith in Corsicana and the new-
lyweds moved west to wbrk on
the —N— Ranch in Crosby coun
ty about the turn of the century.
Moving away to a ranch near
Midland for awhile, they return-
ed to the —N— where he was
assistant foreman.
Later, Smith was foreman of
the Caprock Dairy Farm, a quar-
ter million dollar concern locat-
ed just northwest of Crosbyton
city limits.
In 1921, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
built the primary structure of
Smith House, later adding the
annex to the east and west of
the present large building. It
contains 32 rooms.
For many years, while mea's
were served there. Smith House
MRS. J. FRANK SMITH
Early Settler
hews, Arthur B. Elkins, Baton
Rouge, La.; Joe C. Elkins, Hous-
ton, Edward Shelton, Jr., Kansas
City, Mo.
Pallbearers were Bill Nickson,
Grady Evans, Glen Brashear.
Richard Proctor, Jack Hash and
Tillman Reeves.
Burial was in Crosbyton ceme-
tery. King Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Services Held
Monday for Rob
Johnson, 70
Cub Scouts, Girl
Scouts Present
P-TA Program
Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts
provided the program at the reg-
ular P.-T. A. meeting Thursday
night, Feb. 9.
The six Cub Dens presented
songs and skits. The den moth
ers were recognized for their
volunteer work. These included
Mesdames Charles Freeman, J.
W. Jackson, Truett Mann, Sim
mons, Jack Martin, Leonard
Stewart, Austin Garner, Gene
Greene, Bill Marley, Donville
Moore and T. Fillingim.
The sixth grade Girl Scouts en
acted an original Negro Min-
strel. Troop members included
Debbie Farris, Janis Justus, Ju
dy Davis, Shari Parker, Brenda
Marlor, Marsha Rich, Donna Ty-
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School Bands to
Present Concert
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Mid Winter Band Concert for
Ihe Crosbyton school bands has
been rescheduled for Tuesday
night, Feb. 21, in the school gym
nasium, Director Jesse Lancet
announced Monday. First set for
January 24, the concert was post-
poned because of a snow storm.
Tickets that have already
been sold will be good at the
Tuesday night event, the direct-
or said.. Band members will con
tinue their ticket sales this
week.
All three bands, grade school,
junior high and Chieftain, will
take part in the concert. The
high shcool program will con-
sist of highly veried selections,
and will feature a medley of
tunes from "South Pacific."
Although Crosbyton ended the
season with a double loss to
front runner Idalou, the Chief
Six New Directors
for Chamber of
Commerce Voted
Six Crosbyton businessmen
will begin terms on board of di-
rectors of Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce next month. They
will take office at the annual
Chamber banquet, February 28.
Banquet tickets are now on
sale and may be secured from
Norton Barrett or Jesse Lancet.
Pat Berry, Hulen Clifton, Jim
my Dunn, Sam Hawkes, Jesse
Lancet and Truett Mayes were
recently elected to the board by
ballots marked by members, ac-
cording to Chamber Manager
Joe Wood.
Thumbnail sketches of the
new directors will appear in the
Review. Here are two of them:
Public Invited to Hear Music of
Oscar Hammerstein Monday Night
A rare treat is in store for mu-
sic lovers of the area Monday
night when the Crosbyton Har-
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Tuesday
ing. Due to sickness and other, was the social center of Crosby-
causes, a quorum failed to show ton. The large dining room, with
up at the first scheduled meet- , the collection of antique china
ing last week. j which was Mrs. Smith's hobby
Stockholders this time will; lining either wall, was scene oi
meet in the dining room of the; most of the city's special events
Club Cafe, according to Preston during the 'Twenties and Thir
Weaks, secretary. Time is 7:30 p ties.
m. | Mrs. Smith's husband died,
Mr. Weaks urged as many June 12, 1953. Since Dec. 28.
members as possible to be pre 1958, Mrs. Mae Trulock, Mrs.
sent Monday night. It is time to Smith's sister-in-law, has assist
start discussion of this year's ed her in operating the Smith
rodeo performance, he said. House.
Several new directors will be j Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
chosen and other business at- j W. B. Elkins, Dallas; a brother,
tended to. ' C. B. Shelton, Dallas; three nop
TRENDS Hubert Curry
It's Time for New Trash Barrels;
Straight Sales Tax Looks the Best
"It's time to begin compliance
with our new trash and garbage
ordinance," City Secretary Nor-
ton Barrett pointed out this
week. City officials plan to be as
lenient as possible in enforcing
the provisions of the ordinance
to begin with, but one feature
must be complied with now, ne
said. This is the part that says
trash barrels must be in good
condition, the bottoms not rusted
out or the sides rough and jag
ged. Poor barrels, he pointed out,
slow down the trash men more
than anything else, and are ev-
en dangerous because of chances
of cuts to those handling them.
Mr. Barrett complimented citi-
zens highly on their acceptance
of the increase in the cost of
trash and garbage pick-up. Only
one man refused to pdy the
charge, he said, and naturally
city officials, in order to protect
the ordinaire, must see to it
that the account is paid even if
necessary to take it to court, the
secretary pointed out.
"fa
With both the Texas Leglsla-
ture and the national Congress
in session, some far reaching de-
cisions will probably be reached
by the law making bodies in the
next few weeks or months that
will affect every resident of Cros
byton and Crosby County. And
they are liable to affect that
which hurts the most—your
pocketbook.
Down at Austin, Texas' law-
makers are faced with the stu
pendous task of not only raising
enough money to keep the gov-
ernment running but for paying
for a deficit that is fast ap-
proaching $100 millions. Texans
have bragged for years about
the absence of both a sales tax
and a state income tax. while
other states around us have had
to adopt one or both rrtethods of
raising state finances. Governor
Price Daniel gained a record
third term by stating flatly that
Texas would have neither while
he was governor of the state.
Now the legislature is faced
with the delimma of what kind
of tax to impose on its consti-
tuents that will raise the ire ot"
voters the least. It is even highly
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Funeral services for
Lee (Rob) Johnson. 70, longtime
resident-of the Crosbyton area,
were held Monday afternoon at
3 p.m. at the Crosbyton Primitive
Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson died
at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at his
home in the Lakeview commun
ity in Floyd County.
Elder Ethridge Norman of
Childress officiated at the ser-
vices Monday. He was assisted
by Kenneth Martin, Floydada.
Burial was in Crosbyton Ceme-
tery under direction of King
Funeral Home.
Johnson was born in Johnson
County, Arkansas, and moved to
the old Four Mile Lake commun
ity west of Crosbyton in 1924.
From there, he moved to Lake
view in 1942.
He is survived by his wile;
four sons, Warner, Eugene and
Charles, all of Lakeview, and
Thilmon, Los Angeles; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Vernon Wheeless, Cros-
byton; a brother, H. B. Johnson,
Crosbyton; 14 grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Next Tuesday, February 21,
marks the beginning of the Boy
Scout Drive in Crosbyton. Scout-
ing funds were formerly raised
through Community Chest here.
Robe it ! "Give generously to the Scout-
ing program," says T. J. Taylor.
"You can see tfye results of your
generosity by observing the very
active program for boys here in
Crosbyton."
McAdoo Winner
Over Jayton
McAdoo plowed under the Jay-
ton Jaybirds in first game of the
playoff at McAdoo 61-46 Monday.
Richard Williams had 17 points
in the victory followed by Larry
Morris' 14.
The playoff was made neces-
sary when Jayton defeated the
Eagles 56-43 for district tourna-
ment crown last week. The eag*
les had won the long race, and
the Jaybirds were handing Doc
Lemley's club their first confer-
ence loss in five years.
Jayton won second game of
the playoff 62-48 at Jayton Wed-
nesday night. Sudden death fin-
al game is tentatively scheduled
at Guthrie this afternoon, Thurs-
day.
mony Club presents a memorial
program to Oscar Hammerstein,
one of the best known compos-
ers of contemporary American
music.
To be presented at 7:30 p.m.
in the grade school auditorium,
the program will feature a new
singing group, "The Harmon
aires". This group is a selected
group of voices which was or-
ganized by the Harmony Club
this year for the purpose of
"singing together the music we
love to sing," according to Mrs.
Truett Mayes, local president.
"There are many people who
find enjoyment in singing the
old favorites, and it was with
these people in mind that we de-
cided to organize this new sing-
ing group."
The program to be presented
includes:
"It's a Grand Night for Sing-
ing", "Surrey With the Fringe on
Top" and "Oh, What a Beauti-
ful Mornin' ", Junior Senior Har
mony Club Chorus.
"There Is Nothln' Like a
Dame" and "Stouthearted Men,"
Men's Ensemble; "When 1 Grow
Too Old to Dream," Mrs. W. K.
Adams..
"Getting to Know You", "Bali
Ha'i" and "You'll Never Walk
Alone", Junior Harmony Club.
"Softly, As in a Morning Sun
rise", "The Desert Song", "June
Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "All
the Things You Are", The Har-
monaires.
There wili be no charge for
this public presentation, and all
music lovers are invited to Join
the Crosbyton Harmony Clubs in
their annual celebration of Feo-
ruary as American Music Month
in cooperation with the National
Federation of Music Clubs.
boys and girls' teams finished
their most successful season in
yeWrs Tuesday nijfht.
In district play, Coach Deane
Wright's boys won three and lost
five to tie for third place in the
district with Ralls. Coach Bert
Grimes' girls won two and lost
six.
With scoring free on both sides
Idalou beat Crosbyton boys 80-
50 in the final game, with Larry
Hartsell's 13 points high for CHS.
Crosbyton girls fell 68-38 despite
Sammie Cooper's 8 points.
☆ ☆ ☆
Crosbyton junior high teams,
coached by Bill Boyd and Ben
Richardson, go to Slaton tonight,
Thursday, on the final lap of
their basketball season.
Brave boys whopped Idalou
26-10 Monday night with Wright
Henson's 12 points high. Gaylon
Wheeless gave a big boost to the
Braves with his great rebound
play.
Crosbyton girls were edged 29-
28 in a heart breaker which was
one of their best games of the
year. Sylvia Curry scored 20
points and Suzette Gallimore 7
against a team beaten only once
in past two years.
Crosbyton Junior High girls
won second in their own tourna-
ment last week end, while the
boys were beaten in the semi-
finals.
PAT BERRY: Born, March 21,
1934, in Hill County, son of Mi.
and Mrs. Cecil Berry. Graduated
Crosbyton high, 1951. After farm
ing, took position in Citizens Na-
tional Bank, 1955. Jfoirried Mary
Beth Littlefield, ivfay 5, 1958; a
daughter. Patti, 2. Methodist;
church treasurer. Hobbies: golf,
Tuinting, fishing.
Nurse Tests Eyes, Ears Of Students
"What is your name?" The lit-
tle girl answered and Mrs. Jean
Pieraerts wrote it down. "Do you
wear glasses?" The girl shook
her head, no.
School nurse Florence Pier-
aerts handed her a card, told
her to cover her left eye and
read a card across the room. Af
ter testing the other eye in sim
ilar fashion, the student tried
more complicated tests with col-
ored spectacles.
This examination was only
one of 40 Mrs. Pieraerts conduct
ed during the day as she con-
tinued the series of eye and ear
tests in which she has been en-
gaged at Crosbyton schools since
mid-November.
First in Four Tears
This is the first time a nurse
has examined all local students
in four years. She has discovered
numerous sight and sound de
fects among pupils at both the
white and Negro schools.
The eye examination is a com-
bination of Snellen test and an
addition test with special glass
es. With both tests used, not
much can go wrong, Mrs. Pier-
aerts says.
If a student fails the test, a
card is sent to his parents say-
ing he needs a more thorough
examination from a physician.
More than 100 of these have
been mailed out thus far.
Sometimes Nothing Wrong
Sometimes, of course, the child
has nothing physically
with him. Perhaps he has failed
to cooperate with the tester, oi
for some emotional reason is un-
able to give the proper answers.
There was the case of one lit-
to
f
Seventh grader Sandra Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Henry Lee, takes the vision test under direction of Mrs.
Jean Pieraerts, school nurse. All students in Crosbyton
schools are having both their eyes and ears tested this
year.
tie girl who wanted glasses be
cause a friend had them Her
teacher had noticed her squint
Ing while reading. Then the girl
t(ild Mrs. Pieraerts she couldn t
read the test card, and her pa
rents were informed.
Her mother took her to the doc
tor who found the little girl did
n't need glasses but her brother,
wrong also alonE. did. The girl cried all
the way home because she did
n't have to wear glasses; the
boy cried because he had to.
Couldn't Hoar Sounds
who said she couldn't hear the
audio-testing tones. Mrs. Pier-
aerts was led to suspect she had
been lip reading ta common
crutch in children with defective
hearing ).
The nurse tested the child a
gain In front of her mother,
playing the entire gamut of
whistles and hums from her ma-
chine. The little girl was posi-
tive she could hear only the
loudest of these.
When a physician examined
her later, he declared her ina-
Or there was the little girl blllty to hear was an emotional
reaction. Her hearing, apart from
this emotion, was quite normal
Failures Need Care
Such cases are by no means
general, however. Certainly any
cnild who has * difficulty with
passing the school's examination
should be taken lo a doctor by
his parents.
Astigmatism and faults in fo
cussing are the most common
eye faults. Ear trouble can be
traced to a number of causes in-
cluding bad tonsils, ear infec
tions, accumulations and foreign
objects in ears.
With so much dust in the air,
accumulations in ears are very
common here, Mrs. Pieraerts
says. If an ear test was failed,
the nurse waited two weeks to
allow minor Infections a chance
-to heal and tried the student a-
gain.
Teachers Cooperate
"The teachers have been re
markably cooperative," says Mrs.
Pieraerts. "Their basic interest
has obviously been with the
children. The observations of the
teachers have been quite help
ful."
Mrs. Pieraerts says the most
difficult children to examine are
the youngest. With primary
school students, she must take
each Individually up to the eye
chart and explain its function,
etc.
A registered nurse, Florence
Pieraerts took her nursing degree
at West Palm Beach in Florida.
She has a bachelor of science de
gree In nursing science and the
equivalent of a master's degree
In psychology frtfm the Univer-
sity of Missouri.
JIMMY DUNN: Born January
9, 1931, Crosbyton, son of Mr and
Mrs. F. M. Dunn. Graduated
Crosbyton high, 19-19.- Attended
North Texas State, general busi
ness major In insurance since
school. Married Mary Wisenant,
January 27, 1951, irt Denton, 2
children: Virginia Ann, 4, Jim-
my Charles, 9. Baptist.
Gulf Service Station
Has Been Reopened
Clinton Hargrove reopened the
big Gulf service station at the
corner of U. S. 82 and FM 6^1
last weekend.
Hargrove is a former resident
of Crosbyton. Mr. and Mrs. Har-
grove have moved here from
Austin. An ad is found else
where in today's Review.
Committees Are
Named for Heart
Fund Drive Here
Plans for the annual Heait
Fund Drive in the Crosbyton area
are just about complete, Mrs.
Grady Evans, chairman, an-
nounced this week. Tag Day will
be held Saturday, Feb. 25, and
the house to house campaign
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 26.
Cro. byton Boy Scouts, directed
by Scoutmaster Ted Karr, will
assist on Tag Day. Robert Work
is chairman of business house
solicitation, which will be con-
ducted about the same time.
Chairman of various streets
foi" the Sunday afternoon, Feb.
26, drive include: Mrs. Barney
Dunlap and Mrs. Eldred Mize,
Ayershire; Mrs. Joe Bowles and
Mrs. Fred Robertson, Berkshire;
Mrs. I. B. Hinkle and Mrs. S. P.
Starrett. Crosby; Mrs. Mary Lee
Chance and Mr'. Jack Conro,
Durham: ivtrs. V R. Haltom and
Mrs. Olen Littlefield, Emerald.
Mrs. Tillman Reeves and Mrs.
Dale Rhoades, Farmer; Mrs. Ar
les Graham and Mrs. Jimmy
Dunn, Grain: Mrs. Ben Richard-
son and Mrs. Guy Thompson.
Harrison; Mrs. A. B. May and
Mrs. Irvin Stegall, Ivy; Mrs. Ross
.Cash and Mrs. K. Don Spurglh,
Third; Mrs. L. B. Parkhill and
Mrs. John Portwood. Fourth; and
Mrs. Joe Farris and Mrs. Moody
Wade, Fifth.
Boy Scouts in Charge
of Program at Lions
Lunch Wednesday
Crosbyton Boy Scouts present-
ed the program at the Wednes-
day luncheon of Crosbyton Lions
Club, in observance of Boy Scout
Week. The Lions Club is the
sponsoring organization for Boy
Scouts in Crosbyton.
Ted Karr, Scoutmaster, started
the program with presentation
of the flag, a ceremony carried
out by several Scouts. Eagle
Scout Chuck Perkins presented
Scout Executive Bill McGlaun,
who showed a film on the Scout
Jamboree held at Colorado
Springs last summer.
Members of the Scout trOv>p
were guests at the luncheon.
Final Purchases of Property For
Public Housing Slated This Week
Completion of purchase of all
the property needed in Crosbj
ton's Public Housing project is
expected by this weekend, Hu-
bert Curry, chairman, reported
this week. Clearing title, making
of new abstracts and other
causes have retarded this part of
the local project about two mon
ths.
"We are only slightly behind |
schedule, however," he said.
"With final approval of the pur
MRS. R. J. COFFEY
FINDS SUNSHINE IN
CALIFORNIA PLEASANT
A note from Mrs. R. J. Coffey,
who is visiting her children in j
California, reports she is enjoy 1
ing the California sunshine and
sympathizes with people in this
area because of the cold winter.
She inclosed a clipping from a
Long Beach paper stating that
city was the warmest spot in the
nation one day recently.
Mrs. Coffey plans to return
home in March. She says she is
enjoying the Review while in
California.
chaes of I'HA which should take
only a few weeks, the project
will then be ready for construc-
tion bids. Final approval of arch-
itectural plans is also expected
within the next two weeks."
Purchase of the old Cicero
Smith property on Berkshire
Avenue was completed this week
following the removal of the
final building, the old office
structure. Joe Lemonds owned
this property. Already purchased
wpre adjoining lots to the south
owned by R. R. Jones, and pro-
perty on Ayershire Avenue be-
longing to O. B. Hefner.
Still to be purchased is proper-
ty on North Ayershire belonging
to Mrs. E. O. Burrous and child-
re^, and all signatures needed
are expected this week. Final
piece of property belongs to J. E.
Johnston on North^BtJrham Ave-
nue, and court proceedings to
clear tax title on this property
will probably be concluded Sat-
urday.
"It looks now-as if construction
can begin late this spring on the
26 public housing units alloted
to the city," Mr. Curry said.
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