The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1964 Page: 1 of 28

                                
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Herd Defeats
ofter 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Mora than 300
hogs were in the barn during the fire and
perished in the blazing inferno.
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Willie Kliewer, 65, whose on-
ly address was listed as Box 1, ,
Hereford, remained in fair con-
dition in Deaf Smith County
| Hospital late Wednesday after ;
he was struck by an automo-i
bile at the intersection of Park
I and Highway 3»*5 shortly after i
I 8:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Kliewer wa» rushed to the
hoapial In a GIMliand Ambu
lance after he was struck by
; a car driven by Mark Anthony
I Koenig, Kt. 3, Hereford.
Kliewer was attempting to i
cross Park Ave. on the south
side of the intersection as Koe-
nig was making a right hand
turn.
According to officers of the
| Hereford Police Department
■ who investigated the accident,
i Koenig had stopped at the
SMOLDERING BARN — This smoldering hog
barn it shown in an early morning photo-
graph Wednesday after the barn caught
fire and was completely destroyed shortly
imously by the commissioners,
tn
Elliston has
The Whiteface "B" Team edg-
nucleus of a local museum
ElUatoa told Use rout) com-
<nl«*iunm that Texas In laming
Texas Needs More Museums, Dimmitt 53-48
County Commissioners Told
tensive collection of Indian artt- tone al Survey Committee, also
facts and could make up the siMJke tu ;be court, telling of her fort is now being made by the
trip to the state Historical So- Stale Historial Society to eslab-
ciety meeting in Austin. Mrs. lath museums throughout Texas.
opponent's home court.
The Herd varsity led in every
quarter to defeat the Bobcats
53-48 as the final buzzer sound-
ed.
Robert Strange led the Scor-
A Deaf Smith County Histori-
cal museum and the Child Wel-
fare Board took equal billing
Monday as the Deaf Smith Coun-
ty commissioners court met in a
lengthy session
Apjiearing lietore the
Monday morning were
Bill Watts was high-point for
an effort needed to be made now
to gather items for these mus-
eums. "Many of these things will
!>e lost forever if we don't pick
them up pretty soon.'* he said
io other bualnesa of the coun-
ty court, a rotation plan set
up approximately two years a-
go tor members of the Ooun
ty Welfare Board came under
fire Monday due to the fact
that the plan threatens to re-
tire the “experienced mem
bera” of the board.
Jewell Smith, county welfare
officer, met with the commis-
sioners asking that they recon-
sider their decision to rotate the percent,
older members off the board
Due to an unexpected resigna- ed the Bobcat "B" team by the
don last spring and the loss of same margin, of five points, with
one member who has been elect-, a 35-30 score,
ed to serve on the County Com-
missioners' Court, the plan, if the Herd team as he hit for
followed, would leave the board
with too many members with on-
ly one year of service or less.
i he court was told.
Two of the older member*
were due for rotation in Jan-
uary, while Bruce Coleman, who
has been elected to the County
Court, would automatically be
replaced in January.
Commissioners did not take
1 action on the request however,
trending further study of the
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nine i>oints but was followed
close by Oscar Holmes who hit
eight points. Larry Champ chalk-
ed up six followed by Felix Al-
biar who had three. Mike Davis,
Nate Stark, Donnie Welty and
Brant Knox all hit for two points
and Dennis Sutter had one free
throw.
The Bobcats were led in the
scoring column by the only boy ;
in the game to reach double fi-1
gures, Ronnie Kenmore, who
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this field for many the Deaf Smith Historical Sur-
vey Committee. The committee
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been active in this field for a cently been a(»potnted chairman ditures encountered in gathering
number of years and has an ex- (,f the Deaf Smith County His- museum pieces.
tensive collection at Indian arts- torical Survey Committee, also The court was told that an ef-
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a Deaf Smith County Mexico has made a concentrated but will be administered through         scoring with 17 points.
Forward Joe Chikiers nearly
crashed into the double figures
as he chalked up nine points
for the Herd eagers, with Kenny-
Justice and Robert Lemons trail-
ing close with eight points each.
Gary Robinson hit for four
paints and Roger Ovens. Steve
Hodges, and Charlie Moreno ail
Patterson is incoming president Patterson also pointed out that hit for two each. Gene Duvall
chalked up one free throw at-
tempt for the Herd.
Robbie Lindsey paced the scor-
ing column for the Bobcats as
he racked up 14 points for Dim-
mitt, trailed by Steve Hutton,
who hit for eight points.
Hereford made 15 out of their
19 free throw attempts, while
the Bobcats hit 20 out of their
30 free throw attempts.
The Herd led 36-24 at half-
time and pulled ahead to 41-35
at the end of the third quarter, i
Joe Childers completed all
three of his free throw attempts
to be the only man to hit 100
team
l>egan rhe season with a bang
at ti»e Deaf Smith group. Both Tuesday evening as they put
attended the recent meeting in down Dimmitt Bobcats on their
Austin.
and Patterson also
asked the help »t the county
court In their effort* to gather
arUfauU and antiques for the
proposed museum.
Thu aid was approved unan- ing tor the HeTd and was high
imously by the commissioners, [X>int man in the game , as he
millions of dollars of tourist
money each year by not hav-
ing enough local museums
scattered throughout the «late.
He pointed out that last year
Texas garnered only 5 million
court from the tourist traffic while
Elmer our neighlxtring state of New-
Patterson and J Byrle EMiston Mexico tallied nearly 150 mil-
. who expressed their views, (on-,bon from tourist trade. New
ceming t ~
museum. Elliston has been ac- effort
tive concerning a Deaf Smith years.
County museum. Elliston has Patterson, whose wfr has re-
ft
Police Tipped Off,
Burglar Captured
"Without the help of these
Members of the Deaf Smith
glary, solution* and arrests can
always be made with much less
Selected were Neil Cooper,
Pete Caviness, Johnny Pool and
Dub Hair.
The directorv-elect will meet
with the present board early in
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almost Impossible to capture
this mao." Police Chief Mar-
shall Padgett said yesterday.
“Many times citizens notice
sistance in the investigation.
A grain truck driven by Jerry
Dean B u r k h a m, Stratford,
slammed into the rear of a car
belonging to Donald Seaver Tay-1
lor, 3226 Taylor, Amarillo, which 1
in turn struck a station wagon ,
driven by James Patrick Sen-
nett of Hereford.
Burkham told officers, as he
approached the intersection. (
where the other two cars were
stopped waiting for the light to
change, he discovered his brakes
had failed.
Burkham said it was too j
late to avoid a collision.
red light, heading east on Park
Ave. and was making a right
hand turn onto Highway 385,
when he struck Kliewer
Officers said Kliewer is partial-
ly blind and was about 10 feet
off the curb at the time he
was struck by the car.
Koenig told officers that the
sun was shining from a pool
tion that prevented proper ob
servaace of the intrrseettoa.
Less than 10 minutes after
Kliewer had been struck by the
vehicle, a truck collided with the i
rear of a car, which in turn >
struck another vehicle driving J
it through the intersection and
around the comer.
, Padgett said.
Hereford Police Department window on the doors and un-
arrested a 22-year old Farwell locking the doors from the in-
man Wednesday and charged, side
him with burglary after he was "Without the kelp of theae
caught inside Orsbom Chevro- local men, it would have been
let-Oldsmobile Used Car Lot of-
fice by three alert Hereford re-
sidents.
William Hughey was arraigned
before Peace Justice C. B. Miles strange happenings around busi-
and charged with burglary . He, nesses after hours and fail to
is currently being held in Deaf. notify the police department un-
Smith County Jail in lieu of m several hours or days later.
$1,000 bond.                    When we have aid like we had
Hughey, who han been con from these men on this bur-
victed of auto theft la New
Mexico and is preoently serv-
ing out a suspended sentence, trouble to everyone Involved,
admitted the burglary of the ~ •
Foxworth Galbraith Lumber
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Hughey took about $6 in | AAlWr PAAi
change at the lumber yard, he vWwvl » IvVli
admitted to officers in a signed '          ■
StHughe"' was obseiwed in the          f □ VinAfC
used car lot office by Sam Long. ■ "Wil f WW w IIIvww
Richard Clark and Warren O-!        
wen. The men were working on ! II D/h"ha*g|
the lights outside the used car Illi II □0(110
lot and noticed Hughey inside W         a^vwsaa
The men contained Hughey Members of the Deaf Smith
until one of them could get to County Chamber of Commence
Hereford Police Deportment. have named four new directors
When officers arrived at the to serve during the 1965 year, it
lot they searchd Hughey and was announced Wednesday, fol-
found the keys to one of the lowing the canvassing of votes
pickups on the lot in his pocket, late Monday. (More than 300 bal-
Officers said he had apparent- lots were cast, and candidates
ly taken the keys while he was in receiving the greatest number
the office.                         were elected.
Hughey admitted three bur-'            ---- ---
glaries in Farwell, while under-
going interrogation by the local
police department
Hughey gained entry to both
buildings by breaking open a
Damage to Tayor’s car was
estimated at $200 and damage
to Sennett's station wagon was
set at $25.
Burkham was cited for negli-
gent collision by following too
closely and operation of a com-
mercial vehicle without commer-
cial operator's license.
A third accident occurred
shortly after 5 p.m. Monday at
i the intersection of Sixth Ave. and
| Lawton.
Vehicles driven by LouHla Fin-
ley Cochran and David Alien
Green collided at the intersec-
tion.
According to officers. Green's
X chicle struck Mrs. Oochnui's
The officer investigating the vehicle from the rear an it
accident involving the pedestrian waa stopped for a stop alga,
called the police station for as- Damage to the vehicles waa
light. Green was cited for neg-
ligent collision by following too
closely.
In the final accident of the
week. Juanita Y. Rodriquez and
Alva Lester Crissy were involved
in a collision at the intersection
of Park and Main.
According to officers, Miss
R xkjiquez ran through the stop
Sign, colliding with the Crissy
vehicle.
She was cited by investigating
officers for failure to yield right
| of way.
Damage to the vehicles was
I estimated at $200 each.
More than 300 hogs perished
when s bam caught fire on the
| Alton Fraser farm south of West-
way Community Tuesday shortly
'after 7:30 p.m. climaxing a
i series of fires this week, which
kept the Hereford Volunteer
Fire Department hopping.
Forty-five brood sow* and 265
pigs were trapped in the blazing
bam on the Fraser farm and
all perished in the blazing infer-
no
A complete estimate could not
tie made of the loss on the
farm, as insurance adjustors
had not arrived at the fire scene
late Wednesday.
Fraser said the heating furn-
ace was placed at the south end
of the bam and the fire started
at the north end of the struc-
ture
Farm hands were plagued with
pigs from the other barns try-
ing to rush into the burning
structure, and could not save
any of the pigs trapped in the
, bam or attempt to fight the
blaze
Fire Chief Dub Reeves said
the cause of the blaze was un-
determined at this time, as of-
ficials continued probing the fire
scene
The bam was completely des-
troyed and an estimate of the
value of rhe structure was not
available.
TWo fire trucks of the Here-
ford Volunteer Fire Department
were on hand at the scene as
well as an auxiliary unit of the
department, which provided
. lighting for fighting the blaze.
Anottier fire was reported at
124 Greenwood shortly after noon
Sunday, where a house was raz-
ed by a hlaze Water, smoke,
and fire damage figured almost
$5.0UU at the structure.
The Dairy Mart, located on
i U. S U east, received heavy
damage in a blaze Sunday, short-
ly after 10:30 a.m., which ac-
counted for more than $3 (XM)
damage, according to fire offi-
ials.
The final blaze of the week
occurred at 13th and Ave. J.,
shortly after 10.30 p.m. Satur-
day. A small house received mi-
nor smoke, fire and water da-
mage. which was estimated at
nearly $1,000
Hereford (England, That Is)
Seeks Aid For Its Oldsters
mas Fare and comforts for the
lonely old people who cannot
afford to buy anything but the
everyday necessities of We. Ma-
ny of these oki people are now
without families of their own,
and so have no one to give them
the little extras which help to
make Christmas so enjoyable . .
This year I am very keen that
her of donations from Ameri-
cans who 'tilled me whilst
they were In England on oc- j
raalon of the Hereford Herd
Book Society's annual confer-
enre. I am really moat grate
tied by U»elr kind thought. . . (
“Thank you for sending your
paper to me. I fimi this most
interesting and after reading it
I pass it on to the agricultural they shall have just as much as
I can possibly given them,
i but. of course, to do this 1 need
extra money I shall per-
sonally acknowledge all dona-
tions which are received.
"The citizens of Hereford,
England, send you all thetr
lieal wishes for a Ha(>py and
Joyous Christmas.** The let
ter Is signed G. Eicon, mayor
of Hereford.
Contributions should be sent as
follows: The Right Worshipful
the Mayor of Hereford. Mayor's
Parlour, Town Hall, Hereford.
England.
correspondent of our Hereford
Times.*’
The letter tor the appeal, ad-
dressed to the "Citizens of Here-
ford. U S. A.,'* reads like this:
"May 1 first of al) intro
duce myself. 1 am the mayor
of Hereford, England. 1 have
taken the liberty of asking
your edltlor If be would be
•« kind as to allow me to tell
you about a (hriatmaa appeal
which Is made each year by
the Mayor to raise money to
help the old people of our city.
“The money raised for the
fund is used to provide Chilat-
Like to do something to make
Christmas merrier for oldsters
of Hereford*
You can You can contribute
to the mayor s Christmas fund
Only it's the mayor of Hereford,
England, not Hereford. Texas
In a letter to The Hereford
Brand (which the mayor re-
ceives regularly, by the way)
the Right Worshipful Mayor of
Hereford. England whose office
11* in the Mayor’s Parlour
I English si>elling), says
"As mayor of the City <d Here-
for, England, I am taking the
liberty of sending you a letter
regarding my a(>peal for funds
for my Christmaa funds I win-
der whether you would consider
publishing this letter in your
newspaper It has been suggest-
ed that perhaps the people of
i your town W Hereford might like
| to send donations to this fund
"Ynu might like to know that
I have already received a num
Are Destroyed
Blaze Levels
Barn, 300 Hogs
Around
Town
With Th« Brand Staff
Boots & Bells Square Dance
club at Hereford will begin
giving square dance lessons at
7:30 Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the
Community Center here Dusty
Randell, nationsliy-known caller
and recording star for Square
D records, will do the teaching.
Interested persons may caH Ran-
dall. EM 4-1544 after 6 p.m.
t^essons will be held each Wed-
nesday.
U.S Department of Commerce
Wednesday announced the names
at three enumerators for Deaf
Smith county to take this year’s
"Census of Agriculture " Crew
leader is Mrs. O. Cullender Ap-
[minted to take the census were:
Mrs Vena Guseman, central and
northwestern part of the county;
Mrs. Rosalie Burris, southwest-
ern and Mrs Wanda Rbbinaon,
northeastern part Hie census is
taken every five years and data
gathered include the number
and size of farms, acreage and
harvest of crops, livestock, in-
formation on farm equipment
and improvements, farm pro-
ducts sold and. on some, pro-
duction expenditures Use of
fertilizers, insecticides ami her-
Modes also is included
Lt. Col. Bill A Montgomery,
former? ot W9 Ave. G., Here-
ford, has l*en awarded the sel-
dom-achieved number of six oak-
leaf clusters to the U. S. Air
Force Medal tor meritorious
achievement In aerial fkghta in
Viet Nam He is the grandson
<f Mrs J. W Alexander at
King s Manor. Hereford, and
flew 156 combat support mis-
tium while assisting in the fight
■gainst communist aggression in
Viet Nam. Col. Montgomery is
now serving >> operations ser-
vices division chief tor the 13th
Air Force with headquarters at
Clark AFB, Philippines
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Weeleyae Service GutM M
i'lral McUmmIM < Kar< h la »ell
lag Ciusatoeaa fniM eakaa to
1, 1 and h pound cakna. ranging
from M. 14 to S».»4 Gootact
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THANKSGIVING MEANS THIS — Fuplls in Central Elementary school let their Sha's in Avgusta McCarley's room And Dora Cento, 7, a pepH I" Helen Coffman's
hair down Io draw (or tear ovt) these Thanksgiving pictures. For example Lilia
Zamora, using only her hands, “tore ovt” the pattern for the picture at far left
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room, come vp with her impression of Indians around their tepee on Thanksgiving
day. The rother stem-looking Filgrim was drawn by Manuel Zssmora In the some
room. Teer-ovt at the far right was mode by Zonta Umas, also a pvpM
McCarley's room
Central Small Tots Go All Out To Portray Thanksgiving
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Season’s Grid
Leaders Named
Greg Hemng, 220 Star, was
this week s winner tn The
Brand s weekly football enntest.
and Billy IBM. Route 1. placed
second. Jim Curtxinger. 1614 Lin-
dy. Lewton, Okla., finished
third.
Herring guessed 16 out of 20
and HUI and Curtsinger picked
14 out of 20 Hill won on the
second tie-breaker. TWi> games
were listed that weren i played
— Army vs. Navy and Arizona
v*. low a - but theiw were
not counted in figuring scores.
Thia will be the final week
<4 games played Saturday and
Sunday The total winner for
the most games right after 12
wreks uf guessing will be de-
termined after this week's con-
test ends.
To date, leaders are as fol-
kwvs. Botibie Kitchens and Leon
McCutchen, 146 each; Wendell
Burdine and George Lierwald.
144 each; Roger Oven, 143; Jbm
Curtainger. A. J. Schroeter and
Charles Smyrl, 142 each, Frank
Caln, Joan Hopper, Raynxmd
Lu«<> and Ansel McDowell. 141
each and Dale Blakney and E.
H. Loerwald, 140 each Thus Kit-
chens and McCutchen are ahead
at the moment.
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