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On Highway 66
Groom, Carson County, Texas, Thursday, June 17, 1954.
On Highway 66
Groom Homes Flooded by Storm
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
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Funeral rites will be
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Burial will be in the Claude, Tex.,
cemetery.
moved to the former home of Mr.
friend, and...”
the city commission and Virgil Me- Medical:
eye surgery pleasant.—Bill Mc-
Dowell.
weeks of waiting to see if the crop
will make or not.
area.
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of Groom up to Conway,
Outside the city lim-
R. B. Thornton, Leo Looten, Goob
Ed Schneider of Amarillo and‘Linda, and Norbert Homer visit-
We wish to express our sincere
who helped us in any way
may God bless each of you.—Cecil and Mrs. C. D. Kunkel, Sr.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pool and and Mrs. T. G. Fields.
family.
Burgdorf" home in Amarillo Sun-
Mashburn Sunday.
Connie Beth Black, daughter of day.
Mrs. Jack West.
In reporting the arrival of the'fairly cool.
Leo Koetting employed Marvin
and the floor furace of the Leroy from College Station and Bryan,
Heston Ritter of Pampa, instead of Mr.
from the school grounds, and the
ever.
in Jack, Clay and Bowie Counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Homer.
The new concrete bridge over They attended two family reun-
the river between Clarendon and
Jericho was destroyed by raging
The water receded rapidly from flood waters.
ting it up in our new home was
Kunkel Sunday.
i Groom voters Wednesday.
washed out.
Flood and Hail
Damage Heavy
Mrs. Ledwig: “What?
o’clock in the morning?”
Oklahoma.”
Mike Homer: “What’s that?”
• Bob:. “Well yes, you see we were
using night elubs."
.The level reached by the water
at the lake north of town was
Some of these wheat farmers
are as nervous as a poker player
•with all his chips in the middle of
the table waiting for a one-card
draw. Wind, rain clouds, and what
Mrs.
high
Paul:
only
Water.’
DRISKILL FUNERAL RITES
TO BE HELD THURSDAY
Koetting, recently returned from color, starring Mitzi Gaynor, Jef-
Korea, to be the straw boss of his frey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle.
The two streets leading to the water extended back to near the
school, house are still under water Paul Clark laundry.
hot dog; it .feeds the hand that
bites it.
Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack West have
moved to the* apartment located,
north of Bert’s Garage.
hoping its not a hadderbutshegot
away year.
and Mrs. Ray Hermesmeyer north
of the Paul Homer home.
• Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Inmon have
moved to the farm of Mrs. Clay
Inmon.
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The following program of shows
will be presented at the Groom
Theatre during the coming week:
Thurs., June 17
“Three Young Texans,” Techni-
son, Walter Schneider, were visit-
ing in Groom Friday. Walter is
planning to leave for the Far East
for an 18-month tour of duty in
the near future.
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Witt and
children will leave Thursday of
this week for a few days vacation
in Colorado.
have been at Turner Falls, Okla.,
return home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans and
Friday-Sat., June 18-19
“The Naked Jungle,”
color, starring Charlton
and Eleanor Parker.
water, Okla.
Mrs. Ernest Watson, McLean.
Minor Surgery:
Mrs. Fern Ruff, Pampa.
Mrs. John T. Nelson, Amarillo.
Sue Looten, Lark.
Connie M. Ford, Pampa.
Mrs. John Allen, Claude.
Obstetrical:
Mrs. Ralph Hill, Clarendon,
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lingo
included a daughter and her hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sanders
of Detroit, Mich; Mrs. S. G. Bruce,
and daughter, of Memphis, Tex.,
Mr. and Mrs. George Lingo and
two children, Bakersfield, Cal., his
nephew; Miss Linda Ragland of
Ralls, Tex.; Mrs. Leona Ratillo,
Holdinville, Okla.; and Mrs. W. E.
Jarvis of Pampa.
Mr. and Mrs. James Oldaker and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poland of
Mt. Vernon, Ohio, visited Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Swank, Wednesday.
Mrs. Thelma Browning of Hale
Center visited her sister, Mrs. W.
C. Whatley, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Smith of Ad-
rian visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Smith and family
Sunday.
Mrs. O. R. Major returned Mon-
day from Hutchinson and Wichita,
Kansas, where she has been visit-
ing relatives and friends for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. Sidney Johnston, at Floyd-
ada, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stuart re-
this week from the Amarillo of-
fice of the Texas Highway De-
partment, dated June 10:
The Groom News,
Groom, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Finley of
the Jack Roach Ranch were vis-
iting in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hunt Saturday.
Mrs. Gene Wade left Thursday
for a two weeks vacatoin at Hot
Dewald, Box 510, Amarillo.
Very truly your,
James G. Lott, Dist. Engineer.
The news release follows:
Texas.
Mrs. Melvin Asberry and daugh-
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playing golf with a
FACTS
AND
OTHERWISE
and Mrs. Jess Ritter.
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CARD OF THANKS
Dist. Engineer Lott had met with
the Carson County Commissioners
Court Monday. At this meeting
Mr. Lott made it known that the
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Black cele-
brated her 10th birthday anniver-
sary with a swimming party at
the Youth Center in Amarillo last
Friday, June 11.
Mrs. Glyn D Harrell, Louise and
Nothing removes conceit like a
walk through a cemetery.
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PROGRAM OF SHOWS
AT GROOM THEATRE
any left to spend it.
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available to the Highway Depart-
ment for the construction of this
program of work. He further
stated that Sr. Resident Engineer
J. G. Dewald would be in charge
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During last Wednesday’s rain
Jeff Gray noticed his 6-inch rain
gauge was running over a short
We wish to thank our friends and the front yard of Mrs. Cora
and neighbors for their timely as-. Hall’s home is starting to emerge,
sistance last week when our home The Inmon, Kunkel, Stapp, and
in the north part of Groom was Brunais homes were still sur-
flooded by the lake waters. Your I round by water Wednesday after-
moving of our furniture and set- noon of this week.
winds or a small twister had dam-
aged farm buildings at her farm
Robert Boydston who has lived
in and around Groom for 65 years
had his home flooded out in last
week’s rain. Robert didn’t wait
Life’s tragedy is that we get old
too soon and wise too late.
around for the water to dry up but
moved to Pampa to make his
home. He said that he, had eat too
much dust in the time he had been
in this area to take a chance on
drowning at this late stage in life.
) this; home east of Groom Wednesday
would make necessary the pur-night. .Hail damage was reported
-------Eon .... on the north side by J. W. Angel, Phil Farley, Mrs.
Discussion of the|Clay rnmon Jim Eschle, George
Eschle, Melvin Asberry, George
deeply appreciated.—Mr. and Mrs. around the Virgil McCoy home.
W. W. Brunais. The E. J. Landrum home had 11
GOV. SHIVERS TO OPEN
CAMPAIGN MONDAY
Gov. Allan Shivers announced
today that he will open his 1954
campaign with an old-fashioned
political rally at Lufkin, his birth-
place, Monday evening, June 21.
The governor’s opening address
will be carried over a state-wide
radio broadcast from 8:30 to 9
P.M. Thirty-seven stations of the
Texas State Network and the Tex-
as Quality Network will carry the
address.
With the formal opening of his
campaign, the governor will begin
a series of trips throughout the
state during which he will review
the accomplishments of his admin-
istration and outline future im-
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tween Groom and Goodnight was of Carson County,
the last, a saving sense
about human frailty.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Black were of the work in this
ambition called early Tuesday morning to ---
making money, you haven’t got Mobeetie to be with their uncle, . ’
Paul Corcorian, who is critically Jackson of White
Coy, water superintendent, kept
the water pumped out of the sew-
er pump shed until the water re-
ceded to a safer level.
The mayor, C. L. Culver, and
commissioners Charley Fields and
James Ledwig, are studying plans
for removing flood waters from
the lake for the future welfare of
the city. It has been decided that
the constant threat of flood dis-
aster from the lake must be re-
moved if some practical way can
be found that is within the reach
of the finances of the community.
Hail damage from the storms
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
of last week has been extensive.
From 100 per cent losses on down
have been reported on a line ex-
tending from near Jericho south
Rain, hail, and* windstorm dam-
age was heavy in the Groom com-
munity and surrounding areas as
a result of the record-breaking
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make my visit to "the hospital for ning work under way in anticipa-
eye surgery pleasant.—Bill Me- tion of funds that would be made
the house Jeff said he looked over
his shoulder at the gauge and it
was running over again—so he
gave up trying to get an accurate
measure of the number of inches
of rain received and estimates
we have all we want of the stuff
for the next few days.
Also the bridge be- candidate for county commissioner Kunkel of Pampa were visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
■ ed relatives and friends at Naz-
; areth, Tex., Sunday.
Alice Evans, Ruby Jewel Den-
ton, and John Garmon are attend-
ing Methodist Youth Camp at
Ceta Canyon this week.
. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tarbox of
Joplin, Mo., are visiting in the
home of her sister and family, Mr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garmon
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Frederiksen home was flooded.
Water was partly around the C.
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ions while they were gone.
W. F. Adams of Skellytown,
Sun.-Mon.-Tues., June 20-21-2?
“Money From Home,” Techni-
color, starring Dean Martin, Jerry
Lewis.
Wed.-Thurs., June 23-24
“Creature From the Black La-
goon,” with Richard Carlson and
Julia Adams.
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T. A. Evans had business in Am-
arillo Monday.
time after the rain had started.
He waded out to it and dumped and Bessie Inmon and family, Mrs.
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“Yes,” said Tim Gibbins, “I have
the greatest admiration for wom-
en. But I won’t marry one of
them—not me!”
“I see,” said the sweet young
thing, “you not only admire wom-
en, but you have a sincere regard
for their welfare.”
was seeing
No business becomes' bigger
than the man who runs it.
hostess. Members are requested
Survivors include her husband, to be present.
Work of hardsurfacing the road
from the southeast corner of the
Groom townsite to the Gray coun-
ty line by way of the S. C. Drake
farm is about completed. This 2%2
or 3 mile strip is just fine. It is
like a man’s money. What there
is of it is just fine, only it doesn’t
go far enough.
ter, Melva, visited in the home of
her brother and family, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hunt were
Paul Homer:
other 1. W. W.
but since that is impossible, we one
will say our thanks this way and during
inches of water above the floor at
one time. The Club House lo-
cated in the park is accessible by
boat, only. The home of R. A.
Snyder had the yard covered by
water at the height of the flood
The Vacation Church School to
be held at the Methodist Church
will begin Monday, June 21 and
will continue through Friday of
next week. Classes begin at 3:30
P.M. and last till 6 P.M.
Mrs. T. Marvin McBrayer is di-
rector and Mrs. John Dwyer will
be in charge of the music.
Classes have been arranged
from kindergarten through junior
age groups according to T. Mar-
vin McBrayer, pastor.
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CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my friends and
acquaintances for remembering
me during my recent stay in an
Amarillo hospital. Friendly cards,
letters and visits did much to
has been favorable to the ripening
grain with weather remaining
and CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all who were
so kind and helpful when the flood
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Myrtle Knorpp reported
Mrs. Susie Belle Driskill, 59,
died Tuesday about 11:45 P.M. in
her home, 4238 West 14, Amarillo.
An Amarillo resident the past four
years, Mrs. Driskill moved there
from San Angelo. She was bom
Oct. 7, 1894, in Sherman, Tex. She
spent most of her life in Grayson
County.
plated in order that engineering
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCoy have work, plan preparation and speci-
thought you might be interested.
If any further information is need- about 16 inches higher than the
ed you might contact Mr. J. G.r flood which did so much damage Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. P.M. in the home of Mrs. Joe Dav-
to the sewer system in 1951.
Estimates of the amount Of rain
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boydston
who moved here seven months
ago from Pampa to make their
home returned to Pampa Satur-
day. Their home here was among
the half dozen houses flooded by
the lake water at the north end
of main street. Mr. Boydston who
is 71 years old is one of the few
old-timers of this part of the
state. He moved with his family
to the Groom community 65 years
ago when he was six years old
and with the exception of four
years spent at Childress has lived
in the vicinity of Groom the bal-
At one time the water was up
to within a yard of the home of turned home Monday from a visit
Perhaps the reason we say “it s
raining cats and dogs” is because
when it does, the street s full of
poodles. I
Mrs. Bob Ledwig: “Well, what
excuse have you for coming home
at this hour?”
Bob: “Well, my dear, I - was
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family of Pampa were visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy and family visited in the A. J.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brunais
have moved to the former home
of Mrs. Tommy Terbush owned by
Mrs. Louise Jones of Claude.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kunkel have
moved to the home of Mrs. Del-
phia Evans just north of the
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Everyone is PAUL CORCORIAN OF
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Visitors the past week in the Saturday and visited over night
with his sister, Mrs. Max Wade,
Kuehler, and Doug Wood.
North of Groom no extensive
damage has been reported.
Wheat fields are beginning to
turn brown and harvest time is
nearing. Should weather condi-
tions remain favorable consider-
able grain is expected to be har-
vested here in spite of the storm
damage.
Thursday, .3 of an inch fell in
Groom, Sunday .2 was recorded
ford Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Johnson
and daughters returned home
Tuesday from a visit in the home
of Sanford’s sisters at Bixby, Ok-
lahoma.
Father Arnold Boeding of Wash-
ington, D.C., Father James Com-
esky of Lamesa, and John Mc-
Callum of St. Meinard, Ind., were
visiting in Groom Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Temple Slay, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Slay and Theo
Parker of Wellington visited rel-
atives and friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hessey of
Pampa were visiting friends here
Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Lloyd of
Longview left Wednesday morn-
ing after a few days visit in the
home of their son. and family, Bro.
and Mrs. Bob Lloyd.
The following letter and press i
release was received by The News
Funeral rites will be held at The Nightin Gals will meet on
Griggs Funeral Chapel, Amarillo, Tuesday, June 22, at 8 o’clock
Claude visitors Sunday.
T/Sgt. and Mrs. B. J. Corbin
of San Antonio, Tex., are visiting
his mother, Mrs. H. B. Terbush
and other relatives this week.
Mrs. Bunia Kunkel, Mr. and
Mrs. Obie Kunkel and family of
McLean, and Mr. and Mrs. O. Z.
nots threaten some once-pretty
crop prospects’. Another two
the flood disaster.—Mr.
Glenda, returned home Saturday Springs, N.M.
The group of FFA girls who
County Commissioner
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Mrs. Walter Crowell is selling -
her household furniture and plans :
to move to Montague County in
the near future to make her home .
near her son, George Hare. She
is visiting this week in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Crowell l-
at Claude.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Britten and
little daughter, Pauletta, of Law-
ton, Okla., spent the week end in
the home of his mother, Mrs. Liz-
zie Britten.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Withers of
St. Petersburg, Fla., spent the I
past week with her sister, Mrs.
W. S. Jones and Mr. Jones.
Mrs. John Ray and Mrs. Les
Driskill and Elaine Pearce were
in Clarendon Friday on business.
Albert Kuehler of Munday and
Jimmy Rozussky of Wichita Falls
visited with relatives and friends
here over the week end.
Marvin Judd of Abilene, Texas,
stopped in Groom a few hours
Tuesday to visit Gene and Max
Wade. He was en route to Hans-
ford County on business.
Chas. L. Rogers, Sr., returned
home Saturday from a week’s vis-
it with relatives at Estancia and
other points in New Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown return-
ed Monday from a two week’s va-
cation trip to New Mexico.
Supt. of Schools W. G. Reno is
home from a fishing trip and va-
cation in Colorado.
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SEVERAL FAMILIES MOVE
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new- daughter born June 4 to Mr. The lake water has receded sev-
and Mrs. Jerry Carney, a mistake eral inches the past few days and
Iwas made in naming the maternal! the threat to the sewer system is
grandparents. They should have1 diminishing. Another heavy rain
Techni-ibeen listd as Mr. and Mrs. Forrest would probably put the sewer
system out of commission, how- H. James home across the street
and family. They went on Sun-
day to Amarillo to visit Mr. Vas-
sey’s mother. Before returning
home in about two weeks they will
visit relatives at Bovina and Odell.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wade and chil-
ren accompanied them to Amarillo
Sunday where a family dinner
was enjoyed at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Nichols. Another
sister of Mr. Vassey’s, Mrs. Ron-
ald Berggren, and her husband, of
Bovina, was present at the re-
union.
A group of young people from
the St. Mary’s sodality attended
a meeting at Slaton where they
were guests of the Slaton sodality
of the Catholic Church at a dance
and picnic Saturday and Sunday.
Among those attending were Ed-
ward Koetting, Ronald Kotara,
READY FOR PRELIMINARY
WORK ON HIGHWAY 66 .
present route of the highway
through Groom is the planned
All swimmers using the pool at! route. That the right of way
as co-
The 1955 - 1956 Consolidated
Highway Program approval and
। release for planning operations
was recently announced in Austin
by the Texas Highway Commis-
sion. The purpose of the program
is to set out specific projects in
which, construction is contem-
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Brown, Sunday, were
Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Angel and
children, Mary, Clifford and Ken-
neth of Canyon; Mrs. Mary Bul-
lard, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Angel
and James Wesley; Mrs. Rubye
Denton and daughters, Rubye and
Frances; Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Brown, George Shoop, C. F. Brown
and sons, Charles and Nealy; Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Cruse of Amarillo
and, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ritter
and sons Randy and Troy.
। W. G. Smith Sr., of Elk City,
Okla., visited his sister, Mrs. Les
Driskill, Wednesday.
Mrs. Floyd Lewis and daughter
Barbara of White Deer visited
Mrs. Ada Garner last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kunkel of
McLean were visiting relatives in
Groom Sunday.
I Mrs. Leslie Gordon and daugh-
ters and Mrs. J. W. Gordon of
Canyon spent Friday night with
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Swank.
Mr. and Mrs. George Baucum
and son of Amarillo visited in the
E. R. Hess home Sunday.
Bro. Derrel Shaw closed a
week’s gospel meeting at the
Church of Christ in White Deer
Sunday night.
Visiting in the home of Mrs.
Lizzie Britten the past week end
were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rutkow-
ski and Sammy of Panhandle, Mr.
and Mrs. Clem Labus and family.
Panhandle, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Sanning and family of St. Francis,
Mrs. Betty Johnson and son, Chris,
of Lockney, Rosella Kuehler, Am-
arillo, Mrs. Mary Kuehler and
Mrs. E. J. Berres, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Gasway and Brenda, of Am-
arillo.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vassey and
children, Don, Joan, and Bob, Jr.,
of Bangor, Wis., arrived in Groom
“Here comes an-ing uncle that Sam has. He is
customer from also an uncle to Mrs. Mattie Mc-
• | Adams, a brother-in-law to Mrs.
ill. Mr. Corcorian is the only liv- Groom Tuesday and reported.that
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provements which are a part of
his plans for a greater Texas.
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OLDTIMER SEEKS HIGH
GROUND AT PAMPA
The figures show that the Texas
horse population is declining rap-
idly. There were 1,240,000 horses
scattered about the state 30 years
ago. Today, there are between
300,000 and 400,000.
custom harvesting crew which is
harvesting wheat near Quanah.
Needing another hand, Leo hired
an applicant and took him out to
join the crew. Marvin and the
new man took a look at each
other and couldn’t believe what
they saw. The new man was the
former captain under whom Mar-
rin served while overseas. All ex-
servicemen can appreciate this
situation.
VOLUME 29. NUMBER 16.
that fell here last Wednesday
night when the lake went out of
bounds vary. From seven to
111 inches have been reported.
The lake water backed up into
a dozen homes along the draw and
in the north part of town. Con-
siderable damage will result to
floors, foundations, walls and fur-
niture.
Fortunately the sewer system
had been prepared for high water
and continued to function al-
though a few mor* inches in the
water level would have flooded the
power switch box.
Working night and day with
auxiliary pumps a crew of men
composed of Ernest Lamberson,
Jack Birins, Happy Watson, Ross
Nix, Jack Babcock, members of
Gentlemen: We are attaching storms of last week.
P. E. Lowrie, Wellington.
C. B. Taylor, California.
Jesse Wertenberger, Claude.
Major Surgery:
Mrs. A. C. Sams, Lakeview:
Mrs. R. C. Hill, Clarendon.
Mrs. Edward McCracken, Ama-
rillo.
Mrs. Harry Barfield, Sweet-
Among the patients at the
Groom Hospital the past week
were:
son, named Randy Joe Hill, born
June 12, weight 5 pounds.
Mrs. A. J. Gentie, Panhandle, a
daughter, named Jackie Ann, born
June 14, weight 6 lbs, 15 oz.
Mrs. Harry Barfield, Sweetwat-
er, Okla., a son, named James
Frederick, born June 15; weight,
6 pounds, 1 ounce.
Accident:
Freddie Patterson, McLean.
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METHODIST VACATION
CHURCH SCHOOL
waters moved into our home last, and Monday afternoon .5 was
(Wednesday night. Your assistance!measured, totaling an inch of rain
(was greatly appreciated.—Mr. and since the deluge Wednesday of last
Mrs. Jack West. week. Since Monday the weather
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Photo shows homes at the north end of Main street following June 9 record rain which
brought back water up around a dozen homes in the vicinity of the Britten lake.
fications may proceed and right
of way be secured, according to
James G. Lott, District Engineer
of the Texas Highway Department
at Amarillo.
U.S. Highway 66 from the
Gray County line to State
Highway 117 near Conway.
Construct four - lane highway
at an estimated cost of $1,-
350,000.
Mr. Lott stated that it was con-
sidered desirable to get this plan-
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John Clark and John Ray.
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Information, Wind and NOTICE TO SWIMMERS
the Wagoner ranch, 4% miles through Groom would be widened
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A commencement speaker at northeast of Groom, must be ac- to 100 feet.
a recent graduation program told companied by an adult swimmer, its right of way would be 200 feet,
the graduating class that three must wear bathing suits, and must The present right of way of the
qualities were necessary for get permission from either Mrs. highway measures 80 feet so 1 '
human success a wishbone, a|J- E- Wagoner or Mr. and Mrs. would make necessary the
backbone and a funnybone. First,! Vick Wagoner, before entering the chase of 20 feet - X1 "h
an ideal to work for; second, the water. The Wagoners. of the road. 1--------. __
perseverance to carry it out; and c-0OAc I route and size.fthe rightoWat Whatley, Bert Bural, John Krizan,
of humor J CARD OF THANKS Iwas about all that was covered at • B rL...+ TC r.n+. MH
We wish to express our great-i Monday’s meeting Mr. Jackson
est appreciation to all those who'said.
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encouragement when it was most MANY THANKS
needed. We would like to thank
each and everyone individually, thanks and appreciation to every
Single Copies 5 cents each Subscription Price $2.00 Per
Britten, Mildred Koetting, An-
toinette, Carolyn and Janice Wein-
heimer, Dorothy Looten, Evelyn
Hermesmeyer and Elaine Ledwig.
Miss Jerrye Wagner, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wagner, is
visiting in Oklahoma City with
her sister, Lou Nell Wagner who
is attending Draughn’s Business
College.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L, Withers of
St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Jones and Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Williams of Amarillo
visited in the W. S. Jones home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and
son, Mike, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill .
Powell and Gary of Amarillo
spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Driskill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Homer and
the water out. Starting back into Clay Inmon, Ernest Inmon
Charlie C. Driskill, a daughter,
Mrs. Eugene Brian, Amarillo; a
son, M/Sgt. Forest Driskill, with
the US Air Force in Munich, Ger-
many; three brothers, John Orr,
Howe, Tex., Paul Orr, Chickasha,
Okla., and Hubert Orr, Dallas;
two sisters, Mrs. Mae Williams
and Mrs. Frankie Mercer, Dallas,
and three grandchildren.
J. L. Case, nephew of the de-
ceased, will serve as one of the
pallbearers.
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