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THERESA CLOYD receives the crttted Abraham Cup at Junior
High School promotion exercises Wednesday night at the high
school auditorium. Making the presentation is Supt. Woodie
Beetle. —Photo-by Malouf. Abraham jr.
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Theresa Cloyd
Is Cup Winner
Junior High Promotion Exercises Are
Held Wednesday Night at Auditorium
Theresa Cloyd. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cloyd, became
the sixth winner of the Abraham Cup . . . given annually to the
outstanding Junior High graduate of the year ... at Junior High
School Promotion Exercises last night (Wednesday) at the high
school auditorium.
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CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, May 24 — V. F. W.
meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Commencement Exercises, 8:00
p. m., High School.
FRIDAY, May 25 — Lions Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
Boy Scouts meeting, Legion
Hall, 7:00 p. m.
SATURDAY, May 26—Apprecia-
tion Day Drawing, City Hall,
2:00 p. m.
MONDAY, May 28—Eastern Star
meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Christian Men's Service Club,
7:30 p. m.
TUESDAY, May 29—Rotary Club
meeting, noon, WCTU Bldg.
WEDNESDAY, May 30—Memor-
ial Day Parade, Main Street,
10:30 a. m.
Memorial Day Services, Ceme-
tery, 11::00 a. m.
Swimming Pool Dedication . . .
Concert, 2:00 p. m. Dedication,
3:00 p. m.
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Nearly all Canadian busi-
ness houses . . . including the
banks, post office, grocery
stores, and other retail stores
. . . will be closed all day
Wednesday in observance of
the Memorial Day holiday.
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Supt. Woodie Beene issued an-
other warning this week that
June 1 will be the deadline for
student transfers for the 1956-57
term of school.
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Jack Inglis is anxious to
contact any Naval Reserve of-
ficers located in the Canadian
area. His telephone number is
663-W.
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Evening worship services at
the First Baptist Church Sunday
will be two hours early—at 6 p.
m. instead of 8 p. m. Training
Union will meet as usual at 7
p. m. Rev. and Mrs. Hardy Chil-
dress are leaving Sunday night
for Kansas City, where they will
attend a meeting of the South-
ern Baptist Convention next
week. They plan to return to
Canadian Saturday, June 2.
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New Arrival Out-of-Town: A
son, James Robert, born Wed-
nesday. May 23. at St. Antho-
ny's Hospital in Amarillo to
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mat-
thews of Dumas. Proud grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. N.
Matthews of Canadian . . . and
a son. born Thursday. May 17.
at Norman, Oklahoma, to Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hlnes. Proud
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Rayburn Hines and Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Schaef, and Mrs. W.
jit Hlnes is the proud gnat 
tnamoratr.
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The big trophy, awarded each
year to the Eighth Grade's "best
all-around student," was given
to the schools six years ago by
Malouf Abraham. Last year's
winner was Kenny Abraham,
nephew of the donor:-
A crowd of more than five
hundred parents and friends of
the Junior High graduates filled
h-  auditorium for the Wednes-
day night promotion exercises,
v.'hon forty eighth graders re-
ceived certificates of promotion
and became, officially, next
nr's freshmen.
Theme of the program, which
was presented by the students,
was "Today Ends; Tomorrow Be-
gins." The processional march
was played by Jimmy Cline, and
the invocation was given by Jack
Porter.
The class sang "God Bless
America," and Carolyn Sutton,
class valedictorian, made the in-
troductory speech. Betty Lee Ab-
raham, salutatorian, spoke on "A
i Symbol of Our Heritage," and
Johnny Glenn talked on "Onward
to Greater Achievements."
Tommy Waters gave his dis-
trict-winning declamation, "I Am
An American," and Carolyn Sut-
ton and Judy Jackson played a
cornet duet, "Stardust," accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs.
Hardy Childress.
Presentation of the Abraham
Award, climaxing feature of the
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Champion Ropers
Compete Here ior
$1,000 lackpot
A pair of champion calf rop-
ers, Toots Mansfield, seven-
times World Champion, and J.
D. Hollyman, top-notch rodeo
performer, will be featured
Sunday, June 10, at the Cana-
dian Rodeo Arena in a $1,000
matched calf roping contest.
Each man will rope ten
calves, and the roper with the
best average time will eollect
the $1,000 purse.
Mansfield, who hails from
Big Spring, and Hollyman. now
of Ysleta, are both renowned
ropers on the rodeo circuits.
The big match i s being
staged here under auspices of
the Canadian Roping Club.
As added attractions on the
afternoon program, the feat-
ured roping match will bo fol-
lowed by a $25 jackpot calf-
roping contest, open to all
comers, with the Jackpot going
to the roper with the best two-
calf average; and a $10 Jack-
pot Barrel Race.
The program will get under-
way at the Rodeo Arena here
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
June 10. Admission to the
grandstands will be $1 for ad-
ults and 75 cents for children.
8 p.m.
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Sixteen Baker School
Students Recognized
Sixteen top-ranking students
from four elementary school
classes were singled out for
special honors Tuesday after-
noon at the annual Baker
School Recognition Assembly
at the High School Auditorium.
Principal Jack W. Sutton
presented certificates of merit
to the top-ranking boy and
girl in each section of the four
grades, 3rd through 6th.
Receiving the awards were
Rush Snyder and Sharon Pe-
tree, Hugh Wilson jr. and Dar-
la Prater from the two sixth
grade classes; Betty Duniven
and Philip Rogers, Eric Mad-
sen and Lela Kay Ballard from
the 5th grades; Terry Higgins
and Nancy Inglis, Carolyn Har-
rington and Eddie Snyder frorn^
the 4th grades; and Charles
Logan Kessie and Tressa Ann
Davis, Marian Ezzell and Craig
Owens from the third grade
classes.
Also cited was Sixth Grader
Tommy Waters, who won the
District Junior Declamation ti-
tle in this year's Interscholas-
tic League Meet.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
SET AT WASHITA
Annual Memorial Services
will be held Wednesday
morning. May 30, at 11 o'-
clock at Washita school-
house.
Details of the Memorial
Service have not been an-
nounced.
All persons who are inter-
ested are asked to bring or
send flowers to be placed on
the graves at the Washita
Cemetery.
Liske Award to
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Be Announced
Thirty-nine Canadian High School seniors will receive diplomas
at annual Commencement exercises tonight (Thursday) at eight
o'clock at the High School Auditorium.
Climaxing the all-student prog am will be the presentation of
the Liske Cup to the member of the graduating class selected by
a faculty committee as this year's "Most Outstanding Student."
This year will mark the 27th
annual presentation of the Liske
award, which was won last year
by Dona Ramsey.
The Liske Cup, given to the
schools twenty-seven years ago
by the late Albert Liske, is pre-
sented each year to the out-
standing high school student.
Name of the winner will be a
closely-guarded secret until the
moment of the presentation.
Theme of tonight's Commence-
ment program will be "We
Choose the Future." Dale Cain,
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
VOLUME 67 — NUMBER 21
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1956
New Pool to Open Wednesday
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Memorial Services, Parade to
Be Held by Canadian Veterans
A Memorial Day parade by Canadian's war veterans next
Wednesday morning will be led by the Amarillo Air Force Band,
American Legion Commander Bill Hodges announced today.
The parade will start at 10:30
o'clock Wednesday morning from
the American Legion Hall, and
will move up Main street and on
to the Canadian cemetery where
annual Memorial Day services
are scheduled to start at 11 o'-
clock.
Major E. J. Cussen will deliver
the Memorial Day address this
year at the cemetery. Rev. A.
Burr Morris, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, will give
the invocation.
Memorial Services will be con-
ducted by members of Canadian
Air Force Band Features Former
Radio-TV Orchestra Players
A big attraction at next
Wednesday's swimming pool
opening . . . and at the annual
Memorial Day services Wed-
nesday morning . . . will be
the Amarillo Air Force Band,
a top-notch musical organiza-
tion.
The 22-member military band
(formally known as the 3320th
Air Force Band) is the official
band of the Amarillo Air Force
Base, and is under the direc-
tion of Lieutenant Milton Stern.
Lt. Stern, who holds a doc-
tor's degree in Music, is a
graduate of Oberlin Conserva-
tory in Ohio and an accom-
plished musician.
Among the featured mem-
bers of his band are Airman
First Class Kent Stickelman,
lead trumpet, who was once a
featured performer on the Mil-
ton Berle show; and T/Sgt.
William Dries, who plays the
bassoon, formerly a member of
the Bell Telephone Company's
radio-famed Bell Symphony
Orchestra.
The Air Force Band is in
constant demand and has trav-
elled widely in this section of
the Southwest, playing at par-
ades and in other civic cere-
monies.
The band's director, Lieuten-
ant Stern, said this week that
"we are very happy to have
the privilege of taking part in
the Memorial Day Service and
in the opening of the new
swimming pool in Canadian,
and hope that the whole affair
will be an outstanding suc-
cess."
The band will arrive in Ca-
nadian at about 9 a. m. Wed-
nesday, and will remain here
until after the pool dedication
ceremonies Wednesday after-
noon.
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■REV. DON V. R1CHEY
CLYDE RAY CAIN
Revival Services at Glazier and
Locust Grove to Start Friday
Revival services open tomor-
row night (Friday) at the Gla-
zier Mission in Glazier, with Rev.
Don V. Richey, pastor of the
Grace Temple Baptist Church at
Waco, as the evangelist.
Evening services are scheduled
each night at the Glazier church
at 8 o'clock, continuing nightly
through Sunday, June 3, accord-
ing to Rev. Vernon Rowley, pas-
tor of the Locust Grove Baptist
Church, which is sponsoring the
revival.
Beginning next Monday, and
continuing through next week,
morning services will be con-
ducted each morning at 10 o'-
clock at the Locust Grove Baptist
Church.
"Assisting Rev. Richey and Rev.
Rowley in the series of services
will be Clyde Ray Cain, minis-
terial student from Wayland
College of Plainview, who will
be song leader.
Regular services will be held
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American Legion and VFVV Posts,
with the uniformed veterans un-
der the command of George Earl
Tubb.
Plans are for a squad of more
than forty local veterans to
march with the color guard and
firing party for the annual Mem-
orial service at the cemetery.
Members of local Boy Scout
troops may also join the march,
and a detail of Scouts, under the
direction of Scoutmaster J. C.
Bernson, will handle traffic con- i
trol assignments along the line '
of march.
The Air Force Band will lead
the march to the corner of 6th
and Main, where the band will
halt and continue playing as the
color guard marches past.
At the service at the cemetery,
Air Force Band trumpeters will
play "Taps" and "Echo" during
the service.
All local veterans are asked to
assemble ... in summer uni-
form or khakis ... at the Amer-
ican Legion Hall at 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. A special
drill which all veterans who can
are asked to attend will be held
Friday night at the City Audi-
torium, when assignments for
the firing party and color guard
will be made.
Public Ceremony
Begins at 2 p.m.
Formal opening of Canadian's new S50.000 municipal swimming
pool is scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon. Memorial Day,
beginning at 2 o'clock with a concert by the Amarillo Air Force
Band.
Highlighting the program will be a beauty contest in which
twenty or more high school girls from ten Panhandle towns are
expected to compete for the title of "Miss Splash" . . . with a
boquet of roses and a season ticket to the .pool to be awarded the
winner.
Quarterhorse
Show Slated
Here luly 3
Plans are being made for
Canadian's First Annual Quar-
terhorse Show to be staged at
the Canadian Rodeo Arena on
July 3, in connection with the
annual Canadian Fourth of Ju-
ly Rodeo celebration.
Tommy Mitchell, who is in
charge of plans for the Horse
Show, announced last week that
the show has been approved as
"official" by the American Quar-
terhorse Association.
Classes will be open only to
registered quarterhorses. Eleven
Quarterhorse Association tro-
phies, plus an array of ribbons
and other awards, will be offered
winning entries in eleven classes
of competition, including rein-
ing and roping classes.
The show will be staged under
auspices of the Canadian Rodeo,
with the opproval and some fi-
nancial assistance from the Ca-
nadian Chamber of Commerce.
"We hope to draw Quarter-
horse entries from a three-state
area," Mitchell said, "and to
make the show an annual af-
fair."
There will be three classes of
marcs, with trophies and ribbons
awarded to the top four winners
j in each class and trophies for
i the Grand and Reserve Champ-
ions in the division; three class-
es of stallions and one class of
geldings, also rating trophies
and ribbons plus trophies for
Grand Champion and Reserve
Champioji stallions; and Rein-
ing and Roping classes in which
belt buckles will be given as
first-place awards, with ribbons
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Invitations have been extend-1
ed to nine neighboring towns,
including Wheeler, Mobeetie, Mi-
ami, Briscoe, Allison, Higgins,
Darrouzett, Follett and Booker,
to send entries for the contest;
and a dozen Canadian civic or-
ganizations will also sponsor
entries.
A "Little Splash'' contest will
also be featured on the program,
but it is open only to youngsters
of pre-school age and will be
restricted to Canadian residents.
Featuring the dedication pro-
gram will be diving and swim-
ming exhibitions by a team from
Amarillo Air Force Base.
The swimming pool will be
open to the public immediately
after the dedication program and
exhibitions.
The new pool is located in
downtown Canadian, on property
adjacent to the City Auditorium.
A modern design, the pool is
wedge-shaped, measuring 30 feet
in width at the deep end, 70
feet at the shallow end, and is
80 feet in length.
A 11-foot concrete sun-deck
surrounding the pool is enclosed
by a cyclone fence.
The pool has a re-circulating
and purification system, and wa-
ter is heated to swimming tem-
perature. Modern bath houses
and concessions building, and a
separate wading pool for chil-
dren are located at one end of
the pool.
The pool is lighted for night
swimming with fourteen 400-
watt underwater lights, and four
1,000 watt overhead floodlights.
Designed by Hatfield Engineer-
ing Company of Amarillo, it is
being built by Bert Babitzke of
Canadian.
Legion to Open
New Skating Rink
Saturday Night
Opening of the newly complet-
ed American Legion Skating
Rink, located at the Legion Hall
at 1st and Purcell, has been set
for Saturday night at 7:30 o'-
clock. 1 4
The rink will be open three
nights a week . . . Mondays, Fri-
days and Saturdays . . . and
matinee sessions are planned on
Saturday and Sunday afternoons
through the summer.
A new plastic-surfaced floor
has been installed, and both
shoe-skates and clamp-on skates
are available.
VETERANS TO MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT
All Canadian ex-service-
men who will participate in
next Wednesday's Memorial
Day service have been asked
to meet tomorrow night (Fri-
day) at 7:30 o'clock at the
City Hall for a short drill
session.
American Legion Com-
mander Bill Hodges and
VFVV Commander R. T. Smith
joined this week in urging
members of both posts to
turn out for the Friday night
drill . . . and for the Memor-
ial Day parade and service
Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Teas will
leave Friday morning for Albu-
querque. New Mexico to visit
their son, Charles Teas jr. and
family, and to attend the high
school graduation exercises
there. Their granddaughter, Mar-
ilyn, will be among the gradu-
ates.
First Hobby Show
Planned Here on
Saturday, June 23
Canadian's first "Hobby Show,"
under auspices if the Canadian
Chamber if Commerce, is planned
for Saturday afternoon, June 23
at the Canadian City Auditorium. 1
If there is sufficient interest
the show this year, the sponsa. .
plan to make it an annual af-
fair.
Anyone interested in showing
samples of pet hobbies is in-
vited to enter an exhibit in the
show. There are no admission
fees, and there will be no
awards.
Hobbyists who are willing to
prepare exhibits should contact
some member of the committee,
which includes Mr. and MrK.
Warren Pickens. Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Rivers, Mrs. Arline Hext,
H. S. Wilbur and Mrs. Walter
Killebrew.
Exhibitors in the show will be
required to have exhibits' in
place at the City Auditorium by
2 p. m. on the day of the show.
Show cases and tables will be
provided.
Junior Westminster
Fellowship Elects
The Junior Westminster Fel-
lowship of the First Presbyterian
Church elected new officers at
its meeting Sunday afternoon.
Newly-elected were Rush Sny-
der jr., moderator; Kay Abra-
ham, vice-moderator; Bill Ed
Abraham, secretary; Eddie Sny-
der, treasurer; and Susie Owens,
song leader.