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Paducah “The
Friendliest Little
City In Texas”
The Paducah Post
12,775 Bales
Ginned Here
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 38
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS. THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1959
TEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY
By KENNETH TOOLEY
You never miss the weekly
newspaper until you fail to get
one or .it happens to be a day
late.
That was the response we got
this week when our 50-year-old
press began to give us a little
trouble.
We finally managed to get
papers to everyone on the mail-
ing list. Since we generally
“lail out the city first, it was
ie subscribers in the rural area
that had to wait' and' they uid
not receive their copies of the
Post until Saturday morning.
Things moved pretty smooth
until Thursday afternoon and
the old press tried to give up
the ghost. We were about half
finished with the press run and
it took us some 24 hours to
complete the last half.
Some few readers came in
to purchase a copy, but those
were the “lucky” ones. We soon
ran out and already a Dec. 10
copy of the post has become
antique.
We want to apologize for be-
ing late with last week’s Post
and hope that we have things
repaired now where everyone
will get this week’s copy on
time as usual.
IS CHRISTMAS SPIRIT FORGOTTEN? 2-DAY HOLIDAY
ISPLANNEDBYl
SOME STORES
Funds that will allow some needy family in Cottle County
a wonderful Christmas are lagging, said Rev. Joe P- Self Jr.,
representative of the Cottle County Pastors Association.
Around 20 families have made application to receive one ol
the certificates that will permit them to have a Christmas dinner
like most families here will have.
Approximately $160 is available for the project, far below the
amount that should be given. The amount of food each family
will receive will depend on contributions made by civic organi-
zations, business firms, and individuals.
The ministers of this county are making an appeal of local
firms and individuals to make donations to this project and help
some needy family enjoy the Christmas season as others.
Contributions may be left at the office of Afton Willingham
or at the Paducah Post.
Families in need of food may make application at Willing-
ham’s office no later than Friday, Dec. 18. All applications will
be screened by the ministers and only those truly deserving and
in need can participate.
It was noon Monday be-
fore we were able to get the
old press back in good running
condition again.
We have had many sar-
casms about the weekly news-
paper poked at us in fun, but
just let a reader miss a copy
and you’ve ruined his whole
week. Believe me, we heard
from them this week.
Actually it made us feel
pretty good inside, because now
we know that the public de-
pends on the weekly newspaper
J’or th£k local i.^ws' a*vL local
advertisements. We know that
they read it each week, and we
know that the paper is a part
of them and this community.
Once again Christmas has
slipped up on us. Whether you
realize it or not, there are only
six more shopping days left. If
you haven't finished your gift
buying, you’d better hurry.
Four Dragons Named
On IA-II Ail-District
Four Paducah Dragon grid-
men were named to the official
1959 All-District 1A-11 football
team which was released this
week.
The 23-man squad, as select-
ed by coaches of each team in
the district, chose Doyle Beau-
champ as an offensive back,
while Johnny Worley, Mike
Smith and Terry Brooks received
assignments on the defehsive
alignment.
It was the second consecutive
year for Beauchamp to receive
the honor. Last year, however,
he was selected as an end.
Both Worley and Smith were
honorable mentions last year,
but moved up to the top spots
in the 1959 selections. Brooks
was an understudy to All-Dis-
trict Charlie Johnston during
the 1958 season.
All four of the All-District
Dragons are seniors at Paducah
High School.
While Beauchamp was the
only gridder to take an of-
fensive backfield slot, Smith’s
selection was for a defensive
tackle, Worley as a linebacker,
and Brooks as a defensive half-
back.
Crowell, which went to the
semi-finals in the state play-
offs before taking a 27-12 de-
feat from Sundown last Satur-
day, completely dominated the
All-District selections this year.
The Wildcats placed six players
on the offensive team and three
on the defensive contingent.
The district’s second place
. team, Iowa Park, had only four
Winter begins next Tuesday, | players named All-District.
Dec. 22, and weathermen have j Holliday, who placed third in
been predicting a white Christ- | t^e fjnai standings, got three
mas this year. At least the positions, Archer City two, and
from the group of coaches mak-
ing the selections.
The complete list is as fol-
lows.
Offensive Team
Ends — Bill Graves, Crowell,
Larry Seale, Holliday; Tackles—
Jimmy Potts, Archer City, Gary
Carpenter, Crowell; Guards —
Joe Barry, Crowell, Ray Bout-
well, Iowa Park; Center—Tom
Crowell, Crowell; Backs — Jim
Henry, Crowell, Wesley Cum-
mings, Crowell, Bobby Gilbreath,
Iowa Park, Doyle Beauchamp,
Paducah.
Honorable Mention: End —
Herman Beavers, Iowa Park;
Tackle — Bob Almond, Iowa
Park; Guard — Tommy Hudson,
Continued on Back Page
Many Paducah merchants are
planning a two-day Christmas
holiday here which will allow
employers and employees a
long week-end this year.
Nearly every business firm
will be closed on Friday,
Christmas Day, while many
plan to be closed on Saturday,
Dec. 26, also.
Paducah schools will dismiss
classes Friday, Dec. 18, at the
regular time for a two-week
holiday, Superintendent H. C.
Reynolds announced. Classes
will resume on Monday, Jan. 4.
Dunbar Negro school will
close at the regular time Fri-
day, Dec. 18, and will resume
classes on Monday, Dec. 28
Since the school was turned out
for the cotton harvest, they are
allowed only one week at
Christmas in order to complete
the term on schedule, the super-
intendent added.
Courthouse offices will be
closed three days, taking Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday, while
city offices will take only Fri-
day and Saturday. City Man-
ager Clyde Smith said a stand-
by crew would be ready to
handle emergencies that might
arise.
The post office and the bank
will close only on Christmas
Day. No mail will be delivered
on rural routes that day.
Firms planning to close for
two days are listed in an ad-
vertisement on another page in
this edition of the Post. Other
firms may also take the two-
day holiday, but have not made
their decision as yet.
3.98 Inch Rainfall
Makes Dec. Record
Farmers and ranchers in Cot-
tle County got their Christmas
present this year in the form of
a life-bearing rain which has
fallen steadily since Monday.
A total of 3.90 inches of rain
has fallen since the steady
downpour set in Monday to run
up the December total to 3.98
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
At the same time, the 3.98
inches so far this month have
made December one of the eight
Decembers in the past 46 years
to exceed the two-inch mark.
Rain this week is believed to
be the first time in 46 years
that more than two inches of
rain has fallen in any one con-
Christmas Edition
Of Post to Be Out
Wednesday, Dec. 23
The Paducah Post will be
published early next week due
to the Christmas holidays.
The Dec. 24 edition of the
Post will be in the mail Wed-
nesday, Dec. 23, to allow read-
ers in the city and in the rural
areas to receive the paper be-
fore Christmas Day. Next week’s
edition will carry numerous
greeting ads directed to custom-
ers of nearly every merchant.
Paducah Post will be closed
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
however, the Western Union of-
fice will be closed only on
Christmas Day.
Grand Jury Strikes At
Liquor Violations Here
tinuous period during December,
according to C. ... M. Grayum,
Price Sandlin and Jimmie Wil-
cox, who compiled rain figures
for the Post.
The amount of rainfall this
wet weather that started off this
week showed some indications
that the weathermen could be
right for a change.
Speaking of Christmas, brings
up the subject of holidays a-
gain. At least some of the
merchants got an early start
this year on planning the
Christmas holida„ „ and a two-
day holiday is in sight for
many employees, even though
that second day falls on a
Saturday.
Most stores will take both
Friday and Saturday. This will
give everyone a long holiday
week-e ad.
An advertisement concerning
the Christmas holidays appears
on another page in this edition
of the Post, and each business
firm listed in the ad plans to
take the two days for Christ-
Henrietta one.
Munday and Chillicothe play-
ers got honorable mentions
which took at least three votes
26 Dragon Gridmen
Awarded Letter
Jackets Monday
Letter jackets were awarded
20 Dragon footballers this week,
announced Head Coach Ray
Isaacs.
In addition to the 20 letters,
reserve jackets were awarded
six Dragon players.
The jackets, which arrived
Monday, are orange, trimmed
in black and white.
Receiving the letter jackets
were Gene Heatly, John Davis,
These merchants are listed Kenneth Matney, Loyd Brown,
for the benefit of the public Richard Cranford, Mike Smith,
A crackdown on bootlegging
of intoxicating beverages in
Cottle County stemmed from in-
vestigations by the Cottle Coun-
ty grand jury when recom-
mendations were released Tues-
day along with a request that
the grand jury reconvene on
Jan. 21, 1960.
Tuesday’s session was short
compared to the two and a half
days of investigations made by
the grand jury when the De-
cember term began here last
week.
charges were filed in county . a rigid enforcement of the law
court — against Tom Colbert, against bootlegging and stress-
Clara Colbert and John Neely i more raids on known boot-
for sale of intoxicating beverag- L . .
A11 were re. I leggers. At the same time, the
es in a dry area,
leased after posting $500 bond
each.
The recommendations reveal-
grand jury recommended that
county officials who are charg-
ed with the responsibilitiesi; of
ed, “Your grand jury finds that i enforcing the law in the coun-
there appears to be a consider- j ty, desist from having any busi-
able amount of bootlegging of t ness transaction with known
intoxicating beverages in this
county. We’ further find and
it further appears that in -over
90 per cent of the cases brought
In addition to considering all f before the grand jury there was
matters presented them, the
grand jury began an investiga-
tion into the bootlegging situa-
tion here and recommended
that the county attorney request
the Attorney General to send in
a special prosecutor to give him
assistance in prosecuting such
cases.
Resulting from grand jury
investigations, three separate
excessive drinking of alcholic
beverages involved.”
The grand jury further rec-
ommended that all pending
cases on the county criminal
dockets be disposed of as quick-
ly as possible.
Finally, the grand jury rec-
ommended that the law enforce-
bootleggers.
Paducah Native Is
Appointed Grand
Orator of Masons
Henry Will Fullingim, a Pa-
ducah native, is the new Grand
Orator of the Grand Lodge of
Texas, Ancient Free and Accept-
ed Masons, it was announced
this week.
He was appointed to the post
by Grand Master Bean who was
elected at the recent state
Grand Lodge meeting held at
Waco.
Fullingim, an Odessa mil-
lionaire, was reared on a farm
in the Salt Creek community
six miles south of Paducah.
He attended his first school at
Salt Creek, a school that has
not been in existence for 20
years, and later attended ele-
mentary school in Paducah.
His sister, Mrs. Carl Finke
of Galveston, was an English
teacher in Paducah High School
from 1923 to 1929. She estab-
lished The West Wind, high
school newspaper, while teach-
ing here. She is now an in-
structor at John Sealy Hospital.
Fullingim is a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Full-
ingim. Another son, Archer, is
publisher of the Kountze News
in Hardin County, Texas.
Fullingim was graduated
from Pampa High School in
1933 and attended Terrell Mili-
tary College and the University
of Oklahoma. He was employ-
ed in the office of Congressman
Gene Worley in 1940 and re-
turned to Texas in 1947 to enter
the oil field supply business.
He is now president of five com-
paines at Odessa.
The new Grand Orator is a
32nd degree Mason and is a
former Worshipful Master of
McFarland Lodge in Odessa.
He has also served as district
deputy grand master at Odessa.
6 Paducah Bandsmen
Selected All-Region
Six members of the Paducah
ment officers of this county j Dragon Band won seats in the
exert every effort to bring about
so buyers may plan in advance
and purchase needed merchan-
dise and services before the
long week-end begins.
TAX-MAN SAM SEZ:
The Texas Society of Certi-
fied Public Accountants are i
working with school teachers
again this year on teaching
taxes. Our Texas schools are
doing a very fine job of train-
ing our young high school and
college taxpayers on how to pre-
pare their tax returns. The
teachers take the material pre-
pared by Internal Revenue Serv-
ice and teach the students. The
Certified Public Accountants in
Roger Holley, Bill Heatly, Gary
Park, Larry Fitzgerald, Herman
Fox, Terry Brooks, Doyle Beau-
champ, Johnny Worley, James
Hanks, Wayde Cowart, Tommy
Taylor, Butch Yarbrough, Bob
Shavor and Charles Neskorik.
Reserve letter jackets went to
Robert Worley, James Rekieta,
Bryan Tye, Durvis Taylor, Rich-
ard Gibbs and Burl Hollar.
Don Brothers Is
Graduate Student
At Oklahoma State
Water Pipeline Construction Due To
Begin on City Project Here Tuesday
Construction of the water order to complete the entire
pipeline from the city’s five new $52,850.40 projects.,
water wells into Paducah is ex- J The new wells were brought
pected to begin Tuesday by the (in last summer by the city in
Foran Construction Company of a venture to obtain an addition
Don G. Brothers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arlie Brothers of Pa-
ducah, is one of 10,298 on-
many areas are volunteering to ] campus students at Oklahoma
visit the school or class at the state University this fall, Reg-
end of the income tax training i istrar Raymond Girod has an-
to answer questions. This was nounced.
a popular program last year.
The accountants usually had as
much fun as the students. The
CPA’s reserve a pat on the
head for good public service
to our leaders of tomorrow.
Brothers is a graduate stu-
dent at OSU. He was graduat-
ed from Paducah High School
and holds a degree from Texas
_ Technological College of Lub-
i bock.
Amarillo, City Manager Clyde
Smith said today.
All other construction has
been completed, Smith said, and
the entire project is expected to
be completed sometime around
the first of the year.
A 150,000 gallon water stor-
age tank was finished last week
at the new well site about one
mile north of Paducah. The
first part of this week, Peerless
Pumps of Plainview set pumps
on the four good producing
wells and city employees set
houses on a concrete founda-
tion over the pumps.
Only the pipeline is needed
from the site to city mains in
Wanda Sue Sandlin
On Honor Roll At
Wayland College
Miss Wanda Sue Sandlin,
senior student at Wayland Col-
lege in Plainview, is among 90
students to make the honor roll
for the first nine weeks.
Miss Sandlin, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sandlin
of Paducah, is doing student
teaching in Plainview Public
Schols, while working toward
a degree in education.
al water supply. It paid off in
two ways, developing an ex-
cellent water supply source and
in finding soft water.
Water at the new source con-
tains one-fourth to one-third
the hardness of Paducah’s pres-
ent supply of gyp water.
Dumont Community
Christmas Program
Scheduled Dec. 21
A Christmas program will be
presented at the December
meeting of the Dumont com-
munity, John Scott, president-,
announced today.
The meeting will be held
Monday, Dec. 21, at the Dumont
school.
Gilft will be exchanged at
the Christmas tree. Each person
is asked to bring a gift. Men
are to bring gifts for men, wom-
en bring gifts for women and
children are to bring children’s
gifts. Prices to be paid for
gifts are not to exceed $1.00
for adults and 50 cents for
children, the president said.
Plenty of popcorn and drinks
will be available and everyone
is invited to attend.
Region 14 All-Region band in
competition at Graham Monday.
Ronnie Richards, cornet; Ron-
nie Parks, bass; Herky Killings-
worth, cornet;' Jack Long, trom-
bone; Jerry Floyd, drums; and
Jimmie Oberwetter, French
horn, were the six Paducah stu-
dents to win the honor.
Floyd garnered a first chair
position which qualified him for
an area tryout that determines
whether he plays in the All-
State band. Floyd’s area try-
out will be held in Stephen-
ville in the near future, while
the All-State tryouts will be
held in Austin in February.
Over 200 bandsmen from 20
schools in Region 14 competed
in the event conducted by the
Texas Educators Association.
A 92-piece band was selected
for All-Region honors Monday
and rehearsals were conducted
December topped all other De-
cembers of the past and became
a record - breeaking rainfall
month. It topped December 1932"
when 3.95 was recorded during1
the month.
Last May, a total of 12.82
inches of rain was received
here which topped the total
amount for any month during
the 46-year history of rain
records here.
The other seven years over
two inches of rain was received
here were 1914, 2.04; 1918, 2.50;
1926, 2.82; 1930, 2.09; 1932, 3.95;
1943. 2.03; and 1944, 2.43.
Not only is December going
to be a recrod- breaking month,
but the total for the year has
already made 1959 the third
largest rainfall year in the last
46 years.
The wettest year on record
is 1941 when a total of 42.76
inches was received in the-
county. 1957 was the second
largest total with 38.01 inches.
So far this year a total of
36.74 inches have been gauged
here.
The driest year on record was
1956 when only 7.73 inches of
rain fell through the year
Falling slowly at times, and
heavy at intervals, this week's
rain will be great benefit to
area farmers and ranchers.
Much of the water soaked deep
into the ground, yet some of
it was allowed to run off, fill-
ing stock tanks and reservoirs.
JAYCEESPLAN
MERCHANDISE
SHOOT SUNDAY .
A merchandise shoot will be
conducted here Sunday, Dec. 20,
under the sponsorship of the
Paducah Jaycees.
Shooting competition will
begin at 1 p.m. at the Rod
and Gun Club range just west
of the Paducah city limits an
U. S. Highway 70.
Plans for the shoot were com-
pleted Tuesday by Jaycees la
regular session at the Cottle
Hotel Coffee Shop.
A variety of items are being
made available as prizes for.
the shoot. Only merchandise
prizes will be given.
Events for the shoot will in-
clude big bore rifle, trap shoot-
ing, lucky shot, .22 rifle and
pistol shoot.
This is the first shoot; con-
ducted here this year by Jay-
cees. The organization has
held an average of two turkey
shoots annually, however, this
Tuesday by Dr. Ted Crager of
West Texas State College in , .
preparation for a concert Tues- j year the group changed to m r
r r . ! nkonrlioA nrnnc hnPflllSA nf Tilf^TI
day night.
Paducah’s other two entries
in the competition were Ken-
neth Shavor, saxophone, and
Mary Jo Adams, clarinet.
The band students were ac-
companied to the contest by
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Floyd and
Rosemary, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Long, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neal
Parks and Katy, Mrs. C. A.
Killingsworth, Mrs. T. J. Rich-
ards and W. H. Adams, Paducah
band director.
Holy Land Slides
To Be Shown Sunday
At First Christian
Slide pictures of the Holy
Land will be shown at the First
Christian Church here Sunday,
Dec. 20, beginning at 7 p.m.,
announced Ivan Adams, min-
ister.
The slides were made by Dr.
and Mrs. W. E. Harrison of Pa-
ducah during their tour of the
Holy Land last summer;
Rev. Adams said, “They have
a wonderful group of slides that
include the traditional place of
Christ’s birth. The public is in-
vited to attend this service and
take advantage of this first
hand visit.”
4-H Junior Leaders
Put Holiday Wreath
On Hospital Door
A Christmas wreath has been
placed on the front door of
Richards Memorial Hospital
here by members of the 4-H
Junior Leaders.
Assisting with the decoration
were Tommy Isbell, Donald
Mack Smith, Gene Latham,
Claudette Covington, Herky
Killingsworth, Ronny Parks, and
Joyce Wilson.
The group met Sunday after-
noon in the Killingsworth home
to plan a program for the fire-
men’s banquet Thursday night,
Dec. 17.
The Junior Leaders’ Christmas
party will be held Sunday
night, Dec. 20, following church
services. The group plans to
exchange gifts and go Christ-
mas caroling after the party.
chandise prizes because of their
late start in the season and
availability of turkeys.
Christmas Program
Presented tor P-TA
By Alamo Students
Students of Alamo School
presented the annual Christmas
program for the Paducah P-TA
Tuesday in the school’s audi-
torium.
Santa Claus, portrayed by-
Terry Piper, a third grade stu-
dent, and Mrs. Santa Claus,
played by second grader Judy
Hamilton, discussed prelimin-
aries of his annual visit to chil-
dren.
As they talked, other stu-
dents were performing as elves,
fairy dolls, clowns, and a choir
composed of second and third
graders who sang Christmas
carols.
The program was written,
and directed by Mrs. Boyd Loar,
music teacher at Alamo School.
Mrs. H. B. Leathers, president
of the P-TA, dispensed with the
business session, due to length
of the program, and stated that
business would be taken up at
the January meeting.
Coke parties were awarded
Mrs. Felty’s first grade class of
Alamo School, Mrs. George Dea-
ton’s fifth grade class of Good-
win School, and the freshman
class of high school for having
the most parents attending
Tuesday’s meeting.
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