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Volume No. XXXIII
Seminole,Gaines Co., Texas, Thursday, May 16, 1940
This Issue No. 14
iRBECUE WILL BE FEATURE OF
G TWO-DAY CELEBRATION
lAMBLIN'
Around Town With
The Editor
Lotta' fellows around town
[thought I was haywire when I
ireported to the Star-Telegram
Ithe hail losses here at from $50,-
*000 to $75,000. Insurance ad-
justers told me the estimate was
If very conservative. One thing
about losses you want to watch.
Most of the present damage
, showed up on composition roof
shouses. The hail damaged many
shingle roof houses and the dam-
age will not likely show up un-
til the next big rain comes. You
shingle roofers better have some
pans handy when the next cloud
comes up.
* ♦ * ♦
| One of my friends up at Sea-
.aves was kiddin' me Monday
bout the storm. He claimed the
.orm we had was just a little
Jidgment sent on us for telling
^so many "Whoppers" about the
1 owth of Seminole. Maybe so,
lor maybe is was Providence try-
|ing to hold the old town back a
Jttle so it wouldn't make some
our neighbors feel so badly
lout it.
* * * *
bDid you notice that story in
_ Star-Telegram under a Sea-
.aves headline where the pub-
city man there tried to swipe
ur storm? From reading the
.ory, it appeared the storm was
jit Seagraves. It's pretty tough on
when we have to bear the
-losses from the storm and Sea-
tgraves gets the publicity. I'm
i going to ask my friend Bill
f Cooper about that next time I
! see him.
) s * * • * (•
I want all you Chamber of
r Commerce members and town
| builders in general to jump in
| and help make the big coopera-
tive meeting which starts here
Sunday a real success. You can't
build much of a town by trying
to develop the material asset
alone. If Seminole is to make a
Jjity worth living in, you must
mevelop the spiritual life of the
ommunity. Preacher Curtis and
Wie Rrmuler have given a lot of
time helping with the material
ievelopment of the city. Now,
jre are asking you "Bozos" (and
you'll know where that expres-
sion comes from) to at least
lend your presence to the revi-
val. I feel we all need our hides
_anned and from what I hear
lof the Evangelist, he can do just
jjthat.
* * * •
I went over to Tahoka Sunday
r night and delivered the baculaur-
leate address to the 35 members
, of the graduating class. There
I was a large crowd present to
: give the youngsters a little en-
couragement. It always brings
a thrill to see a class of fine
looking youngsters march down
the aisle wearing the dignified
caps and gowns. And yet, in
view of present world conditions
there is a note of pathos in a
scene of this kind. It looks to me
like the forebears of these young-
sters have made a mess of things
somewhere, somehow, and that
we are not giving these young-
L sters a square deal.
• * * *
Things are coming along fine
with the Third Of A Century
i edition of the Sentinel. I appre-
ciate the cooperation being given
.he paper, both by local friends
and our adjoining communities.
jj.We are working hard to make
s the edition reflect credit to the
[community in particular, and
^Gaines County in general. Any
Assistance given our representa-
ives will be greatly appreciated.
♦ ♦ ♦ *
Guess how many producing oil
trells we have in the Seminole
ool? If you haven't checked
lately you will be surprised
know that there are over 60
iucers in the pool. Magnolia-
ktlanti? are announcing five
ew locations this week. It looks
Ice the drilling campaign is go-
to get plenty good this sum-
er. We are still worrying about
' place for the new workers
to the town to live.
• • ♦ ♦
Tuesday and Wednesday,
22 & 23, I am going to give
Inaed on Editorial Page)
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t.nd 'Mrs. Clyde Stovall,
S Sc S Food Store, spent
ly with Mrs. Stovall's par-
at Ralls.
Magnolia-Atlantic
Makes Five New
Locations
Five new tests were reported
Monday for the Seminole pool.
Magnolia Petroleum Company,
in partnership with the Atlantic
Refining Company, staked three
of the tests. The No. 5-219 H&J
as located 660 feet from the west
line and 1,330 feet south of the
No. 4, section 219, block G, WT
survey; No. 5-265 H&J, 660 feet j
from the west line and 1,320 feet
south of NO; 4, section 265, and
No. 6-265 H&J, 660 feet from
the east line and 1,320 feet south
of No. 1, section 256.
Atlantic staked the remaining
two tests, locating the No. 7-B
Riley, 660 feet from the north
and west lines of lease in section
229, and No. 4-C Riley, 660 feet
from the south and east lines
of lease in section 249.
Several Buildings
Nearing Finish
A number of building projects
now under construction in the
city are nearing completion.
Finishing touches ar» being made
this week on V nree brick
and tile building., being erec-
ted on the Duff property, a half
block south of the court house,
on Highway 51. One of these
buildings will house the Gaines
County Abstract Company. This
will be one of the most modern
and up-to-adte office buildings
hi West Texas.„
The new Tower Theatre build-
ing, on further south from the
Duff buildings, . was hindered
last week by the severe storm,
but rapid progress is now being
made.
I The large brick and tile build-
■ ing being erected by Raymond
j Barrier, for the new Piggly-
IWiggly Store, is nearing com-
j pletion and the building will be
| ready within the next few days.
The new building, located on the
north side of the square, is 50
by 100 feet. Announcement for
the opening of the new store is
expected soon.
Work is nearing completion on
the Acme Lumber Company
yard, north on Highway 51. The
yard is now open for business,
but the formal announcement of
the opening will not be made for
a few days.
0
Mrs. C. A. McClothlin, of Lub-
bock, is here on an extended
visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Shorty Decker.
Contract Signed
With Rodeo For
Four Shows
The big Third Of A Century
celebration, to be held at Semi-
nole on June 14 - 15, is rapidly
taking shape and the Chamber
it Commerce and business men
of the city are determined to
make this the biggest affair in
he history of Seminole.
It was decided at the Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting Tues-
lay, to add a barbecue as an
attraction for the first day of
the celebration. This barbecue
will be the occasion for a reun-
ion of former citizens of Semi-
nole and Gaines County.
A contract was signed last
week for a large rodeo to give
four performances during the
two day affair. Other amuse-
ments will include an air curcus,
dancing — in fact, almost every-
thing that usually goes with a
big West Texas Celebration.
Advertising literature will be
off the press in a few days and
the business men of Seminole
will make booster trips to all
nearby towns beginning about a
week before the celebration. In
his department, Secretary Payne
of the Chamber of Commerce,
announces the committees selec-
ted to help ^ t the celebration
over.
The first section of the Sen-
tinel's Third Of A Century edi-
tion will go to press Saturday.
Much splendid historical mater-
ial is being assembled and an
effort will be made to portrav
a true history of Seminole and
Gaines County. The management
t. the paport appreciates the
yplendid cooperation being of-
fered by the business men and
the old timers, who are helping
in getting together much valu-
able history.
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Census Work Is
Near Completion
Anyone who lias not been
i counted in this year's govern-
j ment census and desires to be
| included, may do so by contact-
j ing our local enumerator, O. B.
I Annis, either in person, by mail
or by telephone. The telephone
number is 95.
Whether you live here or else-
where, Uncle Sam is anxious to
have everyone included in the
1940 count. If you live in Semi-
nole, you should be interested
in seeing your local community
make as good showing as pos-
sible. If you have not been in-
cluded in the census, contact the
enumerator today. The report
will be closed, perhaps, by Mon-
day of next week.
Evangelist Rayborn
COOPERATIVE EVANGELISTIC
MEETING BEGINS SUNDAY
Closing Program For
School Friday Night
The commencement exercises
for the class of 1940 of the Semi-
nole High School will be held at
Duff-Wharton Hall, Friday even-
ing, April 17, beginning at 8:00
o'clock. The following program
is scheduled for the evening:
Theme: "Youth's Place in
Changing America."
Processional—Mrs. Grace Wood
Invocation—Rev. R. P. Kelly.
Son*? — In Maytime — Maurice
Whitt.
Salutatory—
Piano Solo — "La Caualier
Fontasque" — Catherine Barrier.
Religion and Education —
Bobby G. Estep.
Class Will — Betty Davis.
Valedictory —
Presentation of Diplomas —
Dewey Davis.
Song — "Auld Lang Sync" —
Class.
Recessional — Mrs. Grace
Wood.
Class Motto:— "Out of Scho&l
Life into Life's School."
The Senior Class roll is com-
posed of the following:
Catherine Barrier.
Bingh&m Beal.
Charlene Burch.
William Burrows.
Suana Clark.
Betty Davis.
Nathan Emmons.
Bobby Gene Estep.
Allie Pearl Fowler
Laurette Goode.
Bill Heath.
Hobert Hickey.
Dannie Ma lone.
Upton Mathers.
Clydone Mathers.
Ralph Moffett.
J. L. Powell.
Dorothy Reese.
Lenora Richardson.
Helen Sims.
Paul Sullivan.
Elmira Taylor.
J. V. Wescott.
Maurice Whitt.
Lorena Wolfe.
J. E. Woodard, Jr.
The class sponsors are: Mbs
Louise Campbell and Horace
Jones.
The High School Faculty is
composed of the following:
Dewey Davis, Superintendent; R.
H. Davis, A. B. Jenkins, H. I.
Jones, Louise Campbell, Roberta
Reese, Marjorie Sue Stewart.
Roaid of Trustee1-: A. L. Duff.
| president; G. L. Cunningham. B.
| B. Curry, J. L. Goode, O. F. Hay-
: wood, Con Hood and J. C. Whor-
l
Banner Ice Plant
Produces First
Home Made Ice
Extra! Extra! Seminole's first
block of ice is just off the press!
It happened last Monday when
the new Banner Ice Company
plant turned out it's first :un of
ice. According to officials of the
plant, the test was very satisfac-
tory and promises > to bear out
the splendid test the Seminole
water made.
Satisfactory progress is being
made on the new Banner plant
for Seminole, which will be
larger than either the Odessa or
Big Spring plants. The operating
capacity of the plant will be
thirty tons of ice every twenty -
four hours.
Eugene R. Gross arrived here
this week from Big Spring to
become manager of the local
plant. He has been manager of
the Big Spring plant for the past
two years. His wife and twi
children accompanied him here
The plant here is now complete
with the exception of the cream-
ery d'.partri? nt. Whdfc tl^is tie-
i irtment is completed, several
hv Jred gallons of milk daily
will be used. The creamery truck
will be painted white and the
ice trucks red. The plant, when
in full operation, will employ
about fifteen men. The Banner
slogans are "Banner Products
Taste Better" and "Helping
Build West Texas."
Robert Davis, who has been
here since the plant was started,
will be assistant manager, lie
has been with the Banner Com-
pany for several years.
O. D. Dillingham, of Abilene,
owner of the string of Banner
plants in West Texas, is in
Seminole today looking over the
plant. He is very enthusiastic
jver the prospects for Seminole
and is anxious to share in the
development of Seminole and
Gaines County.
RAILROAD
Rumors have been current on
the streets this week about the
building of a railroad to Semi-
nole, which isn't anything es-
pecially new. For some time it
has been talked that one of the
major oil companies had been
planning on building a large re-
finery here and that final de-
cision in the matter would rest
on the securing of a railroad into
the city.
The Sentinel editor has con-
tended for some months that
there was a strong probability
that the Santa Fe railroad would
be built into Seminole. He has
based his conclusion on the
known fact that sooner or later
a gasoline plant will be required
to take care of the tremendous
amount of wet gas going to
waste in the field. A gasoline
plant to care for this gas would
be the one thing needed to give
the railroad the necessary ton-
nage to make the building of
the road a paying venture.
0
Mrs. Alton Freeman was a
Lubbock visitor Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. James
spent Sunday in Tahoka with
relatives.
Misses Price and Adair, teach-
ers in the Seminole school, ac-
companied Mrs. J. O. Pastel!
to Lubbock Saturday.
Mr. and Mis. Earl Kelley spent
Mother's Day with Mrs. Kelley's
parents at La mesa
Mrs. Jewell Cobb, postmaster,
and Mrs. W. A. Cox are visiting
for a few days in Dallas.
Housing Shortage
Continues Acute
In Seminole
In spite of the fact that over •
150 houses and apartments have j
been constructed or moved into j
Seminole during the past few j
months, the housing shortage j
ontinues to be acute. One of the i
big problems facing the Cham- j
ber of Commerce at this time j
is to find homes for families
•oming here, due to the in-
reased drilling activities in the
Seminole pool. Five new loca-
tions have been made by the
Magnolia and Atlantic Companies
and figuring twenty workmen to
the rig, this means homes must
be provided for approximately
100 families.
Raymond Barrier, who re-
cently completed twenty new
apartments, states that the 43
apartments in his courts are full
and around fifty applications are
on the waiting list.
It is expected that a large crew
will soon be here for work on
the Big Spring to Wasson pipe-
line and. will greatly increase
the housing worries.
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Instructions Given
On Farm Progam
To The Farmers of Gaines Co.
You are urged to read this
entire article, as it contains mat-
of vital importance to you,
relative to your complying and
recti full payments, uncjer
the 1946 Farm Program.
PLOW UP COTTON
Farmers who over-plant their
cotton acreage allotment must
pay for it being measured out
when it is plowed up.
GARDEN FOR HOME USE
You are permitted to plant
your garden or truck patch on
soil conservation land and re-
ceive a soil building payment on
same, provided that ten different
kinds of vegetables are grown,
,nd that any one vegetable
doesn't occupy more than one-
third the entire area of the gar-
den, this means that an area of
not more than one-third of the
rea of the entire garden may
be used for com — any corn in
excess of this amount will be
.•barged to your general crop
jllotment.
WHITE CANE?
The State Committee has ruled
that land planted with a mixture
of grain sorghum and sweet sor-
ghum seed, or a hybrid seed
shall be classified as soil deplet-
ing. Only when a true variety
of sweet sorghum is grown can
the acreage be classified as non-
depleting. You are advised to be
very careful about planting so
called "White Cane" as samples
submitted to the Experiment
Station shows this often to be
a mixture of different varieties
of grain sorghum. You can play
jsafe by planting RED TOP.
ALTERNATE ROWS OF
COTTON - FEED AND
FALLOW
Where strips of cotton or
I feed is planted alternated with
[strips of fallow, the fallow strip
1 must be at least 162 inches wide.
I This means that where strips
of three rows are left fallow,
the rows must average at least
j40M> inches wide to qualify,
j DESTROYING EXCESS COT-
TON AND FEED
Excess cotton may be destroyed
I at any time before boll.? are
| formed in order to be within
: your cotton acreage allotment,
j provided that you do not know-
! ingly over plant; however, noth-
ing in the regulations Provide
for destroying grain sorghum in
order to be within your feed
(general) allotment.
THRESHING SORGHUM
SEED
Sweet sorghum grown on re-
tired land, regardless of what
year grown, is not to be threshed
for seed or grain. When sold, if
the buyer threshes the seed, a
refund of payments wil' have
(to be made. In telling cane bun-
dles, it would be well to have
the buyer sign a** agreement,
not to thresh the seed; for if he
does, the buyers is responsible.
It is hoped that every farmer
I in Gaines County will make an
Auction Sale Of
Malone Property
On May 21-22
A real estate auction is sche-
duled to be held here on Tues-
day and Wednesday, May 21-22.
("9 lots in the Malone Addition
and Malone Suburbs will b:
placed on sale by the Imperial
Auction Company, with Col. C.
W. McCall as auctioneer.. Col
McCall, a few weeks ago, sold
115 lots in the Averitt Addition
Vcldition to Seminole in two af-
ternoons. Buyers were here
from a number of towns in Wesi
Texas and New Mexico.
The lots to go on sale nex!
Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock
>re the property of Sam Malone
editor of the Sentinel. There
are 23 business lots, 50 by 20!)
feet, on Highway 51, north of the
present city limits. There are
Iso 56 residential lots to be in-
cluded in the sale.'
Two years ago, Col. McCall
conducted an auction sale on a
oart of the Malone property.
\bout forty houses have been
milt or moved in on this ad-
i it ion in the past four months
A page ad m this issue of the
Sentinel carries details of the
sale.
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F. F, A. Boys Win
Honors At
Lubbock
The Seminole Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America was
well represented at the area
Racier: jiip contest Srtut-ctay,,
May 4 at Lubbock.
Out of the 44 afchools represen-
ted the local chapter won the
following honors: The Chapter
Conducting Team won third
place. The boys on the team
were J. V. Wescott, President;
James Richards, Vice President;
Garland Kelley, Secretary; Eu-
gene Cluck, Reporter; D. E
Moloy, Treasurer; Frank War-
den, Watch Dog; Perry Bowen.
Parliamentarian; Wendell Wolfe.
First Conductor; Mervin Smith
Second Conductor; Charles Winn
and Fred Knight were the Green
Hands to be initiated.
Perry Bowen won third place
on his speech entitled "Benefits
of Vocational Agriculture To The
Community."
They were accompanied by R.
II. Davis, Adviser and Mrs. Frank
Wolfe, who took some of the boys
in her car.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Pruett
were Sunday visitors at Humble
City, N. M., where they spent
Mother's Day with Mi'. Pruett's
parents.
Entire City Invited
To Hear Evangelist
James Rayburn
The cooperative revival meet-
ing, in which the Methodist
Presbyterian and Baptist churches
will cooperate, will begin Sun-
lay morning at 11 o'clock, with
.Evangelist James Rayburn in
m charge of the campaign. The
.rvices will be held at Duff-
Wharton Hall in the Grammer
School building.
A choir, composed of singers
from the churches cooperating in
his meeting met this week for
organization and practice. Every-
one willing to assist in this^
>hase of the meeting is urgedj
join the choir and help make
nusic a real attracitve feati
>f the meeting.
The cooperating churches last
Sunday began the sale of Bonds
.o help care for the incidental
xpenses of the meeting. This . .
nethod of caring for incidentals
is used by many of the Rayburn
•vangelistic campaigns. In the
irst place, it is something un-
Lsual and it gives the one con-
ributing to the meeting a nice
souvenir of the campaign.
Rev. Aubrey Ashley, R. P. Kel-
ly and O. C. Curtis, pastors of
the churches cooperating, extend
an urgent invitation to everyone
in the community and surround-
ing country to attend the meet-
ing and cooperate in every way
possible. The campaign is sche-
duled to extend through Sunday
June 2.
this.
Church of Christ
Meeting Closes
Sunday
The revival meeting at the
Church of Christ, which has
been in progress for about ten
days is scheduled to close Sun-
day. Evangelist Charles Middle-
ton, of Hobbs, N. M., si con-
dueling the services. The meet-
ing is being held in the new
Church of Christ building, re-
cently completed.
0
Mrs. George L. Armer left the
first of the week for Ranger
where she will make her home.
Mrs. W. P. Stanley, of Mid-
land, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Giddings.
Mrs. P. W. Dalmont spent the
week-end with her parents at
Mule hoe.
Miss Kunice McReynolds spent
Sunday with her mother in the
Klondike Community in Dawson
County.
Grand Jury Returns
Several Indictments
The Sirring term of District
Court .net Monday morning with
Judge Lewis B. Reed presiding.
The grand jury was organized
and put to work Monday. After
three days of deliberation the
grand jury adjourned to meet
again next week. The Gran.l Jury
returned six bills, as follows:
William Clay Huffman Ste-
phenville, and W. B. McCallis-
i ter, Loop, theft of automobile.
W. E. Lucas, Qzona, drunken
driving; Robert Shutters, Sea-
! graves, assault to murder; John
j Mason, Blacky Coleman of Post.
! Chcft of oil drilling machinery,
jpat Powell, theft of automobile,
j Powell, who has a long criminal
i record, escaped the Seminole
! jail several weeks ago, at which
ime the car belonging to A. J.
)uff disappeared. The car was
bund in Northwestern New
Mexico.
The Grand Jury returned bills
of indictment against Miss Betty
Coolidge, of Eunice, N. M., for
drunken driving and for murder
in connection with the death of ^
E. A. Neal, Seminole carpenter,
whose body was found on High-
way 51, six miles south of Sea-
I .[raves on Wednesday of last
week.
The court is busy this week
! trying civil cases. The jury for
: the fir t week of court was dis-
! missed la t Monday. The second
j week petit jurors will appear
j before the court next Monday,
and it is expected that the court
will begin on the criminal cases.
■ffort to carry rut the pr
100 per cent, not only as r
Ut <»f earning the maxima-
ment that may be
farm, but ris a matter
play. You are aluav wel
i all at the County Office
formation.
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LOCAL NEWS-
Mrs. Sam Malone, Jr., accom-
panied her Sunday School class
to the Carlsbad Caverns last
Saturday.
Mr . Hoot Hart has as her
• quests this week her parents
, Mr and Mrs. W. L. Davis, of
j Snyder.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rollins re-
turned the first of this week
mm a visit to Dallas and other
[joints East.
Mi' and Mr« O O. Goodson
M R. B. Walker and little
' a! iter. Ardis Ann, left Tues-
morning for their home in
Abilene, after a few dayr visit
here with relatives.
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