The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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time in recent memory, at least
„ r i on the County Democratic Executive
Committee will be contested at the primary
«lection this year.
Candidates for County Chairman and for
frecinct Committeeman from Precinct No. 2,
presumably representing rival factions in the
Democratic party organization, have made
formal announcements for these places and
their names will appear on the primary ballot.
This, we believe, is a step in the right di-
rection ... a direction recently advocated by
Governor Price Daniel ... of settling party
leadership disputes at the polls, where all
party members have a vote, rather than at pre-
cinct conventions attended, generally, by only
a handful.
Filing of rival candidacies for Executive
Committee posts will not, of course, eliminate
the battle for control at the precinct and
.jounty conventions . . . but it will give Hemp-
Kill County Democrats a clear-cut choice in at
least two instances to indicate the feeling of
the majority of Democrats on party policies.
It's too bad that a full slate of candidates
ibr precinct committeeman has not been filed
on the primary ballot. The Democratic Execu-
tive Committee should be the controlling or-
THE CANADIAN RECORD
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Entered as second class matter December 20,
1945, at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas,
under the act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, Texas,
by Ben R. and Nancy M. Ezzell.
Are We Too Rushed . . .
... To Stop and Think?
(From The Prairie, West Texas State
College newspaper)
To menny unavursitie and colage students
cant spel fer nuthin.
It has been brought to light recently that
too many college and university students have
not attained the standard of spelling that is
customarily required of college students.
Sadly enough, many of the words in the first
paragraph were actually taken from docu-
ments which students of a large university
had filled out.
A report on atrocious spelling was made
recently by two university professors and an
amazing problem in spelling was discovered.
Students when writing about their medical
history have listed such illnesses as measeis,
hooping-cough, rumatic feavor and diptherie.
Some even had stummach truble.
As a hobby some listed swiming and boiling,
while others listed modle airplañse and saling
Mats. Others just like to listen to musik.
A survey could be made to see if the condi-
tion is serious, but this writer's idea is that
our American way of life, which rarely lets us
*top and think, may have been the difficulty.
Picket Line
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ganization in the Democratic Party within the
county . . . and its members should be duly
elected by a majority vote at the party pri-
rilary.
We believe, along with Governor Daniel,
that this procedure should be carried a step
further, and the precinct delegates to the an-
nual County Convention should also be elected
by a majority vote of all party members at
the polls during the party primary election
... eliminating the precinct conventions which
are all too often controlled by a small faction
which may oi may not represent the opinions
of the majority.
Such a procedure, we believe, would help to
relieve much of the bitterness and suspicion
which has split the Democratic Party in Texas
in recent years, and help to make it, once
more, the party founded on majority rule.
• • •
Vertical Integration ...
. . . End ol Free Farming?
(From the Ochiltree County Herald)
A new term is being heard in farm circles
these days—"vertical integration," or contract
farming which promises to launch a new way
of life on the farm.
The nostalgic image of the farmer as a man
free to work at what he likes best and to set
his own pace is already gone—punctured by
the government farm program which of course
includes strict regulations.
Now vertical integration or contract farm-
ing is suggested as a way for the farmer to
insure a stable market for his wares.
The way it works is fairly simple—and has
been in use for several years in producing
broiler chickens.
In general, the feed dealer or processor
agrees to "stake" the farmer to feed and sup-
plies and maybe even stock, as in the case
with broilers. The farmer agrees to provide a
place for this stock, to feed and care for it
until it reaches a specified marketing period,
at which time it will be sold to a predestined
buyer, generally at a price already agreed
upon.
Michigan State economists believe the meat
industry is now on the threshold of a tidal
wave of contract production. The effect is of
course controlled production and distribution
from the time an animal is born on a farm
until it reaches the consumer's table in the
form of meat.
Thus, the stages of producing, processing
and marketing are tied together under one
centralized management control. The "inte-
grators" will be meat packers, livestock feed
manufacturers, food processors, retail food
chains and farm cooperatives.
When vertical integration becomes standard,
the farmer will cease to become a free agent,
and will become a hired hand—one of several
in the chain of production and marketing. But
maybe that's the way it will be best. Who
knows.
• • •
Don't Take a Chance . . .
. . . Take Your Polio Shots
Three minutes in a lifetime is nothing. They
pass in a flash, like the blinking of. an eye.
Yet in three minutes tremendous things, both
good and bad, can happen. In three minutes
a life can be made or broken, a city can be
wiped out by an earthquake, a whole nation
can be plunged into joy or grief.
In three minutes, for instance, a man can
be infected by a polio virus which may knock
him flat on his back for the rest of his life.
Or, in three minutes he can get three shots of
Salk vaccine—át 60 seconds per shot—and be
saved from a lifetime of crippling.
Over 65 million Americans have been wise
enough to get their polio shots. Some 46 mil-
lion are still flirting with disaster by neglect-
ing to do so.
What's more, il you're one of those 46 million
unvaccinated Americans, you're encouraging
the outbreak of new polio epidemics in your
community. Not till everybody has received
his series of three Salk shots will the dread
plague of paralytic polio be completely wiped
out in this country.
Summertime is polio time. Now is the time
to start your polio vaccination. It's painless.
It's inexpensive. Don't take a chance — take
your polio shots!
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Opportunity is whew you
find it . . . and there 1 «till
opportunity for free enterprise
for those with enough imagi-
nation to *e^ it.
For proof of this, look at the
development of the water dog
industry in Floyd County.
There's no slimier, more re-
pellent creature in existence
than the water dogs that in-
fest Panhandle lakes in the
spring, but some enterprising
persons . . . working appar-
ently on the theory that if it's
possible to create a demand
for a sack dress, it's possible
to create a demand for any-
thing . . . have actually de-
veloped a market for the crea-
tures.
Anyhow, we have the word
of Floyd County Hesperian
Editor Homer Steen. known to
us as a person of honor and
integrity and reasonably
truthful, that this is so.
"They've been seining Floyd
County lakes for weeks for
water dogs, loading them up
in barrels with enough water
to keep them from melting
and running together, and
shipping them west."
The gimmick, according to
the Floydada editor, is that
some^imaginativ; and enter-
prising souls have discovered
that water dogs are fine fish
bait ... or, at any rate, have
been able to convince a lot of
fishermen that they are. We'd
personally think several times
before eating any fish undis-
criminating enough to swal-
low a water do,'.
Editor Steen reports that
Floydada people not too
squeamish at the sight of the
critters have been seining
lake after lake for water dogs
living wages at
{notes one non-
resident who has secured
"rights" to several lakes as
saying that he would "rather
have four or five good lakes
on the plains than a half-
section of irrigated land with
two good wells on it."
So this is obviously not a
Depression story . .. although
it is somewhat reminiscent of
those tales of the dirty thir-
ties about West Texans chas-
ing jaekrabbits to put meat
on the table. These characters
are really making money out
of their harvest.
and making li
it . . . and vqu
STRICTLY FRESH
TV/TOST girls never get over one
rTA childhood habit: no matter
how old they get, they like to go
buy-buy.
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Simile: as gloomy as a busful
of commuters at 6 o'clock in the
morning.
• • •
Christ Left the Applauding
_ Crowd for Silent Prayer
Now that Easter is well
past, It's a good time to con-
sider the moving spectacle of
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem.
It raised enthusiasm for
Christ but it also stirred up
the most violent hatred and
antagonism on the part of
those who already had tried
to slle"hce His voice, to destroy
Him and to end His work.
It explains in part how that
triumphant entry turned into
the Crucifixion a few days
later. Those who cried "Ho-
sanna in the highest!" and
the mob that cried a little la-
ter, "Not this man, but Barab-
bas," were not the same peo-
ple.
We may assume from many
passages in the New Testa-
ment that there was a division
among the people concerning
Christ.
Some listened to His teach-
ings, observed His great work
and were impressed with His
gentleness and goodness. Oth-
ers were devoted to formal au-
thority and the ecclesiastical
status quo. They took the au-
thorities' part in opposing
Christ and in treating Him
contemptuously.
The entry scene stands as
one of unforgettable glory, in
contrast with the dark days
that followed. There is some-
thing miraculous in Christ's
riding peacefully into the city
on the back of an ass that
had never been broken, an
animal "whereon no man ever
yet sat." Yet that animal
peacefully made itself avail-
able for Christ.
One shouldn't miss the verse
which tells how Christ entered
into Jerusalem into the temple
and looked around upon all
things. He then went out with
His apostles to Bethany.
It is a wonder how Christ
and the 12 managed to escape
from this acclaiming crowd.
We are reminded, even in the
midst of such popularity, how
much Christ needed to pray
and meditate.
There is a suggestion for us
concerning our own needs in
days that are busy and full of
complexity. If Christ needed
peace and meditation then,
how much more do we?
VOTE FOR Edward Detrixhe
for County Commissioner, Pre-
cinct 2. (Paid Pol. Adv.) 2-tfc
Get Rid of Your
Wash-day Blues at
FISH HELP-SELF
LAUNDRY
—Phone 137—
On the Highway
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"A perfect marriage" is one in
which the man and wife do their
quarreling in private.
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Succcssful dieting requires a
great deal of won't power.
• • •
Next time you consider a para-
keet dumb, think of this: where
can YOU get three squares a day
and a place to roost just by
toe, "Pretty Boy"?
Best thing about the deal is
that the Federal government
hasn't got around yet to put-
ting an excise tax on water
dogs . . . but if th£ market
holds up, some enterprising
Congressman from a non-wa-
ter dog state is sure to see
the light.
Of course, if that does hap-
pen and the market begins to
sag, some enterprising Con-
gressman from a water dog-
producing state will get the
Department of Ariculture to
put a subsidy on 'em and ev-
erything will even up. Might
be smart to start digging some
backyard ponds so that we
can get payments for not sein -
ing water dogs.
The water dog, incidentally,
is described by our almanac
as "a species of. salamander."
Maybe soma alert free-enter-
priser ought to put 'em up in
Jars and peddle them as
"Pickled Salamander" to those
same effete Easterners who
went hog wild a couple of
years ago ever fried grass-
hoppers and rattlesnake
steaks. The Idea's free ... if
you want it, ifs yours I
Pete Morris Jokingly threat-
ened to charge us twenty
cents for a cup of coffee the
other day, on the grounds
that we'd just doubled the
price of The Record (to a
dime a copy) and so should
pay double for his fresh-
brewed java . . . but we told
him the nickel newspaper has
just gone to the same place
as a nickel cup of coffee,
which ended that discussion.
Matter of fact it takes a lot
longer to blew a newspaper
than a pot ef Java and
a good dec! more, too.
Your
Quality
Your Frie
chant
Most In
Item
Canadian Ms.-
le Peabody," the banjo pi<
the "Grand Old Opry" who used to break In on the middle of
hi? performance on the five strings and say "Lord, I feels so
Unnecessary." I don't suppose that his feelings would run
exactly^ike that, but yet I'm afraid that many times in life
this feeling comes a-steallng over many of us. We look about
and see others of our own age or perhaps yet younger who
have ascended faster than we upon the ladder of worldly suc-
cess. We look back upon years as a salaried worker with little
or nothing much saved. We try in vain to point to some great
achievement, but alas there is none. Some even begin to ask
what have I been placed upon the earth for.
I think of Paul's illustration to the Corinthians concerning
the body, as a cure for my discouragement. Paul said in the
twelfth chapter that the body just isn't all hands or feet or
eyes, but theré are some other parts that really are Just as
important to the complete body. Now there may be a need for
a great many Important people in affairs today. I'm still con-
vinced that the foundation of all good and sound systems is
the little fellow who doesn't attract much attention. If I re-
member it isn't the colorful rooster Who is always crowing
about his being that furnishes us with the eggs for the
breakfast.
We need to realize that every one of God's creatures has a
purpose. Every son of Adam has a place in God's scheme. The
part that He has for you and me may not be one that will at-
tract the fickle public eye, but believe you me it's still im-
portant. —
Sometimes I get to thinking, as my labors I review
That I should like a higher place, with greater tasks to do.
But I come to the conclusion, when the envying is stilled,
That the post to which God sent me is the post he wanted filled.
So I plod along with patience in the hope when day is through
That I'm really necessary to the things God wants to do.
And there isn't any service I can give that I should scorn.
For it may be just the reason God allowed me to be born.
"Yes, M'love, I'm coming!"
Unnecessarily yours,
The Preacher.
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IN AMARILLO
Palace Theatre
SATURDAY, MAT 10
PHIL CAREY in
"RETURN TO WARBOW"
plus — Second Feature
"UNDERSEA GIRL"
SUNDAY-MON.. May 11-12
Rock Hudson - Robert Stack
Dorothy Malone • Jack Carson
"Tarnished Anqels"
Canadian Drive-in
THURSDAY• FRIDAY. May 8-9
"Missouri Traveler"
—Technicolor—
TUESDAY-WED.. May 13-14
"Escaoade in fanan"
Starring Teresa Wright
and Cameron Mitchell
THURS.-FRIDAY, May 15-16
7 New Tunes!
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NEW EVENING CHIEF OPERATOR APPOINTED
Dee Hornback was recently appointed evening chief op-
erator for the Canadian exchange. Dee graduated from Ca-
nadian High School in 1956 and has been an operator for
about 16 months.
Most of you will remember Dee from her high school
days when she played on the basketball and volleyball
teams and the two years she was a finalist in the district
tennis meet.
Don't be too surprised if in a few days the operator an-
swers you with "que numbre por favor." — Jeanie Morris
is spending a week in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo on her
vacation.
MOTHER'S DAY REMINDER
Sunday, May 11, will be Mother's Day. Unfortunately,
we all won't be able to drop in and wish our Mother a
"Happy Mother's Day." The next best thing—as I see it—
is to call her on the telephone.
Lots of sons and daughters call home on Mother's Day.
That's why I suggest that you place your call early and
cal^by number. In that way you'll avoid delay.
So don't forget—plan now on a Long Distance call on
May 11 to make Mother's special day even happier.
ON AND OFF THE JOB
On the job, telephone people here in Canadian have a
responsible part in keeping the town's telephone system
working properly to serve you.
But. quite a few telephone people go even farther than
that in serving the community.
f
For example, Roy Yeager, our plant man, is a volunteer
fireman, ready for emergency calls day or night.
Whatever our jobs, whatever our favorite community ac-
tivities, we telephone people share a common interest with
you—making Canadian the best possible place to live in
and raise our families.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958, newspaper, May 8, 1958; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183899/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.