The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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are the Cardinals, cn-
ly Mm to have completed their
schedule.
Final action In (ha circuit will
take place tonight.
Awards will be presented at
All' Star Game, which will be
played August 18. Each manager
frill choose his beet six player*
«nd thaw will t divided into
two teams of l5 players for ihla
climatic game.
Standings and records pptor to
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Cardinals
Yankees
Giants
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Demon Sum had its represen
Catives in court as the principal
police business of the week.
Deputy Sheriff Walter Crout
looked into the famous Lorenzo
Mexican Dance over the week
and. He roped in five drunks for
fines. A sixth drunk was also
arrested at Ralls.
Deputy Sheriff L. T. Starkcy
arrested Larry Castaro Sunday
for DW1 between Crosbyton and
Balls. Hauled Into court Tues
day, he waa fined $130 and sen-
tenced to three days in jail.
Fiaal Rites for
Thomas Johnson
Final rites 1* Thoosaa L
Johnson, 71, were held In the
first Baptist Church at 10:30 a.
m. Saturday. Rev. Wayland
Boyd, pastor, officiated.
Johneoiv died at 12:45 a. m.
Thursday in his home here. He
had been 111 tor several months.
Bom in Johnson County, Ark-,
Johnson moved to Croebyton
ftom the Lakeview community
in 1M6
Burial was in the cemetery at
Hollts, Oklahoma, at 4 p. to.
Saturday. King Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangement*.
Survivors Include his wife.
Pearl; seven daughters, Mrs. L.
D. lfelson, Amarillo, Mrs. F. K.
Gregory and Mrs. Giles Chum-
lay. Hoi lis, Mrs. T. E. Anderson,
Anaheim. Calif., Mrs. C. W
Creek, AltaAena.- Calif., and Miss
Diane Johnson, Crosbyton.
Also two sons, L D. Johnson.
Brawley, Calif., and Teddy La-
dell Johnson, Crosbyton; three
itm-daughters, Mrs. Bryan Mar
lar, Tlaniainentn Calif., Mm.
Marvin Bstell. Childress, and
Mr*. SB—Ml Mathews, Warner
Bobhis, Ga.; a step-son, Russell
Hunter, Corpus ChrtstL
Also two brothers, B. L. John
son and H. B. Johnson, Crosby-
ton; 15 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Don Mooes,
Milton Hefley, BUI Holder, Galen
Whitchurch, Don Harrison and
Alton Stroud.
Huston Walker Will
Caodaet Herbal at
Pansy Baptist Church
A revival will begin tomorrow,
Friday, at Pansy Baptist Church.
Rev. Huston Walker, pastor of
First Baptist Church of Morton,
will preach at morning and r.v-
enlng services. L. A Coward,
Lubbock, will direct music.
An invitation is extended to
everyone in the area to attend,
says Rev. G. W. Fine, pastor
o
fimcci SaJdrnni hy fait
OKxnsvmc ooki in uosDyion
1 could shed team over sell-
ing it," aaid Mrs. John K. Fui
lingtm in discussing the recent
business deal which gave Mia.
Eula Jones, Floydada, owner-
ship of Crosbyton's historic City
notti,
Tve had lots of pleasureand
lots of sadness here," added
Mis. Fullingim in an interview,
seated hi a room of the old
wooden building owned by the
Fulllngims for almost half a
century ,
The (?fty Hotel was originally
built at Bhnma around 1908 by
A. ft Myers. He pulled it to Croe-
byton With a single tractor when
that early day cowtown disinte-
grated.
John and Emma Fullingim
bought the practically new
structure, October 1. 1913. "A
bowl and pitcher hotel" when
it, the Fullingims in-
baths, electric lights and
other conveniences.
"Emigrant trains used to come
here In the early days," reminis-
ces Mrs. Fullingim. "and we'd
have the best time- We'd split
the emigrants with the Croshy-
ton Inn.'
"Sometimes the men would
pull Jokes on them. They'd put
something under a bucket and
say it was a badger they caught
out in the canyon.
Mrs. Fullingim remembers at
least two exciting episodes In
the hotel's history.< In the first
case, a man burned up his ma(,
tress.
Shot Out Miner
"One man shot a mirror out,"
laughs the Crosby County pion
eer. "He looked at himself in the
minor and |ust thought he was
so sorry he'd shoot himself "
Mrs. Fullingim. who was bora
Emma Farmer at Colorado
City on October 22, 1871, mar-
ried John K. Fullingim in Floyd
County during 1891. Her hus
Band was ihertff at Emma for
4 eight years.
m
After living seven years on s
ranch near Robertson, the Ful
lingtm family moved to Crosby,
ton and bought the hotel. FuL
lingtm, who died July 9, 1928.
would meet early day train*
with a bus drawn by four horse*
and carry visitors to the hotel.
Cuntl—ad To Operate
With her daughter and late
her son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs-
Guy Denton. Mrs. Fullingim has
operated the hotel from 1928 un-
til they sold it, August 3.
Although they served meals
for many years, the Fullingims
discontinued the practice in 1<)49.
The hotel itself was painted and
sheet racked inside only five
years ago. It formerly had a
third story which was removed
a number of years ago.
Mrs. Jones plans to continue
operating the hotel.
As for Mrs Fullingim. she has
moved to her duplex on South
Berkshire, where she will live
with her memories, 1
Watch Tkw Dance
Around Campfire
Devotees of exotic forms
in The Dance will have op-
portunity for a rare treat
Monday-
Indian dances will- be per-
formed by the Nocona Danc-
ers at 8 p.m. Monday in Rio
Blanco Girl Scout Camp.
Camp Director Mary Ander-
son invites outsiders to come
and see.
The dance group is com-
posed of Lubbock members
of the Order of the Arrow.
Leader Taftard Blessing,
who is part Indian, is noted
for his hoop dance.
"This group gave a won-
derful performance here ear-
lier in the summer," sayt
Miss Anderson-
Dances will be performed
around a campfire and spec-
tators are warned to bring
something to sit on. The
director Invites them to
come early and look around
the camp. .
Crosbyton Lions
Visit Scout Camp
in Lunch Hour
Lions Club members ate lunch
at their regular nlace In Pione<n
Memorial auditorium Wednes-
day. then piled Into a new school
bus driven by Supt. fam Hawkes
for a hurried sightseeing trip
to Rio Blanco Girl Scout Camp
Mary Anderson, camp director,
outlined plans for the camp and
showed the men through the on-
ly completed permanent build-
ing on the grounds.
Crosbyton Lions will vote soon
on sponsoring the building of
the infirmary at the camp, a
proposed 15,500 project. Directors
of the club unanimously endors-
ed the proposition Ivt week.
Jurors Return Lengthy Report
Crosby County grand Jury met
last week to study the now fam-
ous audit, consider what to do
about ex-Sheriff J. T. Herring-
ton and look at another case or
two on the side.
As was expected, jurors were
righteously indignant when tliey
peered at the fine collecting s>lt
uation during the final four
years of Herrington'a stay in
office.
After some cerebration, they
indicted Herrington on ehsrge*
of theft over ISO and misappli-
cation of county funds involving
$72.50 on October 19, 1957.
The sheriff, who has contin
tied in his post as Lorenzo city
marshal despite recent ill health,
was already under five Indict-
ments for theft and mlsapp'r'.ca-
tion of county funds.
He was also reindicted on one
of these; that la, an additional
count was added to one of the
former indictments, explains
County Attorney Harry Jung.
Also indicted were Negro Otis
Bryant. 32, and Daniel Homo. 24.
both on forgery charges.
Judge Victor H. Lindsey re-
ceived the Juror's report at 6:15
p-m. Friday after the group had
been conducted through lengthy
audit by District Attorney Geo-ge
Gilkerson and Jung.
The Jury was cofrtposed of
Foreman Wright Carlisle, Robert
H. Swetnam. Jack Mayan, Ernest
Harris, Mrs. Dorothy Fowler, C * ••
Cypert. Willsrd Richardson. Mrs.
J. W. Grizzle. James Logan and
Harold Trull.
In an extraordinary appen-
dage to their indictments, the
jury made the following state
ment to the court:
"As to the personnel of the Jus-
tice Courts holding office during
the period from January 1. 19fW,
to December 31, 1958, we found*
"(a) That the persons holding
these positions were In most in-
stances physically unable to
cope with the problems present
ed due to a(;e and physical Inca-
pacity; and
"(b) That the Judges of these
Courts had very little knowledge.
if any. of the laws under which
they were operating.
As to the operation of the Jus-
tice of the Peace Courts of Cros*
by County, Texas, we found:
"tsl That persons appearing
before such Courts were pre-
sumed guilty contrary to the
basic laws of our country and
In numerous instances, fines
were assessed before the accused
person appeared;
"(b) That In many cases, fines
which were assessed were never
collected and cases are still
pending on the criminal do< K-
ets;
"(c) That many cases were
dismissed on motion of the jus-
tice of the Peace or of some
peace officer who actually lock-
ed authority to make such a
motion for dismissal;
"(d) That in some Instance*'
favoritism was shown In the
assessment and collection of
fines;
"(e) That Court was held at
times in unusual places not in
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MfBPOH
WILL START SUMMZB
REVIVAL ITODAT MIGHT
The summer revival at the
McAdoo Methodist Church will
begin Friday night Aug. 14 at
8 pin. and continue througn
Sunday, Aug. 23, with week day
morning services at 7 o'clock.
Bev. R. I* Kirk, Jr., Amarillo,
wfll bring the messages The
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by BOBEBAL
geH Conservationist
Conservation of water Is the
keynote In the conservation plan
followed by Don Anderson. Don
is Crosby County Soil Conserva-
tion District's outstanding con
servatlon farmer for 1938, and
winner of one of Texas' fifteen
picture awards sponsored by
Great Southwest Life Insurance
Company.
"We've got to move - water or
we'll go out of business", says
Don. "and that Includes rainfall
as well as irrigation water." A
look at Don's farming operations
will show that he Is using every
practice he can to accomplish
.this.
Don's enterprises include cash
crops of cotton and wheat, pro-
duction of certified seeds, and
cattle feeding. Thla diversifica-
tion plays a big part In the suc-
cess of his operation. All this Is
carried out on approximately
2550 acres of land In Crosby Co.
on the Texas South Plains. Don
owns 320 acres of this land; the
rest he-rents from various peo-
ple-
Cotton Irrigated
About 1900 acres of the land la
Irrigated, fmm 17 wells. All of
the cotton is on Irrigated land.
Don uses his 'dry land primarily
for the production of sorghum
grain, which is used for live-
stock feed.
The certified seed production
*njV\ „ > i,
" ' , " ■ , ■
Den Andersen stands by his
field of Scnrt swsst sorghum.
estimates It will
90 toas of silage per acre
after the heads are harvsstsd
for certified seed. This is type
of erep be sometimes uses to
put organic residues back
Mn. Allen Explains Method of
Learning to Bead by Woid Sonnd
Fifty seven Interested tetchcrs
from many school systems in the
area attended the reading work
shop sponsored by Crosbyton In-
dependent School District Tues-
day and Wednesday.
Sam T. Hawkes reports vblt
ing teachers from Fioydads, Lo-
renzo. Ralls, Idalou, Robertson,
Bmwnfleld. Meadow, Ropes and
Olton.
During the two day workshop,
conducted by Mrs. Gladys Allon
who Is a teacher at Sulpht-r
Springs, the teachers—studied,
discussed and observed class-
room techniques of a new
outstanding phonic reading pro-
gram, "Phonic Keys to Read-
ing."
Local teachers and school ad-
ministrators are enthusiastic a
bout the outstsndlng results in 1
accomplishments of children u*
ing the new method.
Learn Letter Sounds
Briefly, the new spproach U a
balanced reading program that
alms to develop independent
snd good comprehension In read
ing as well ss word recognition.
McADOO SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN FOR
NEW TERM AUG. 31
The McAdoo School will begin
the 1959-60 term Monday, Aug
31, ssys Superintendent Henry
Teague.
There will be a short program
In the auditorium at 9 o'clock
and sfter thst the students jviil
be issued books, arid classes will
begin. Lunch will be served the
first day, and classes will be dis-
missed at 3:35 o'clock In the af-
ternoon.
The person ned Is as follows.
Henry Teague, -superintendent
and business administration;
Fabian Lemley, high school
principal, coach, history and
math; Joe McGlaun, grade school
coach and science; Ruth Carpen-
ter, speech and high school Eng-
lish; Hazel Brown, homemaking;
Mr, Joplin, 7 and fc grade*; Mrs.
Eldon Williams, 5 and 6 grades.
Mrs. John BelAska, 3 and 4j
grsdes; Kathryn Dlllard, 1 and 2
grsdes; snd Mrs. H. L. Dennis, j
music. ;
Mrs John E. Woolley and Mrs. I
J. B. Barton will be in charge of'
the lunchroom. Prices will be the
same as last year, 30 cents p< r
meal.
Mr. Early Fuller is custodian |
and bus foreman. Other bus
drivers are Fabian Lemley, Joe
McGlaun and Mr. Joplin. New
busses have been purchased and
will be ready by the beginning
of school. Miss Opal Nickels is
tax-assessor-collector for the Mc-
Adoo School District-
There will be a public hearing
of the McAdoo School budget lor
the 1959-1900 term Thursday
night, August 30th, at 8:00 p.m.
The public is urged to attend.
Members of the local Board of
Trustees are: Clyde Crausbay,
president; Co# Jfewers, secretary;
Noble Naff, Bw i MtfWiuisms.
Jim Griffin, K. Edinburgh, and
Earl Van Meter, Jr.
The Equalization Board will
meet Monday morning, August
building.
fnl* wllf take place af-
ter the opening program.
The child learns the vowels
first, then the consonants. Slnc ?
the- child is given n very thor-
ough foundation In using the M
letters of the alphabet and the
40 sounds they -represent, he is
taught to "sound out" words
and does not have to memoitxe
words in order to read.
It eliminates tiraaome woid
drills and needless repetition of
the same stortes. phrase* nnd
sentences found in many flr.it
grade book* In use today.
—Mrs. Allen pointed out tho
new method begtfle-iltith v n*cl
sounds,sincer\hey jggg i* e3 Inali
words. Wh< h the long and srlui
sound* of vowels are learned
and consonants mastered, i pit
tern of word analysts and study
at word forms, including a nys-
tematlc prog rum of syllabication,
prefixes and suffixes are taught.
Develop More Mowly
As far a* reading of pre-piiin
ers lit concerned, this metnod de-
velops the child's reading sk lis
more slowly than the jl<h' me-
thod. However, as soon as the
child Is ready to read, no r>* d.s
all the pre primers of sny reri'-s
of readers Independently and
gains momentum from thst time
on.
Many schools throughout Tex
as and the nation are most en-
thusiastic over the reading me
thod, says L. E. Treat, gra le
school principal. There are out-
standing reading accomplish-
ments, improvement In spelling
and speech
They point out that reading is
the very basis of all education
and that children using the new
program will not have the break
down that often occurs In the
upper elementary grades with
the traditional sight method
slid only occasional phonlfe in
struct Ion.
Tfc* hofly debated JttbM
Plan" for redrawing Croat*
etnet lines was defeated in
mlssloners court Monday . _
Cecil Berry broke a deadlodr
with dcclaive "thumbs downft
vote.
BUI Odom, who argues that
Precinct 2 has over s third of tfur
county roads but only a fourth
of the money, Introduced the r*
form motion. Lorenzo Commis-
sioner Jack Henry, who says bin
constituents are also getting ,*
raw deal, seconded it.
Voting against it were Rags*
dale Davis, Ralls, and LMju
Caddell, who says his precinct
has less but rougher* road mil-
eage. The Odom proposal coutdl
have given Crosbyton two oort-
mlssloners' a "factor Ralls feared.
Wasn't Bight
"In my opinion, the division
wasn't right," says Judge Bterry
In explaining his important*
negative vote.
"Dividing Crosbyton half amB
half might give Crosbyton tois
much power,", the judge enlarg-
ed. "If you /re going-to divkto
it. you ought to divide it up bet-
ter than that"
Berry said he was no expert bjr
any means and had no propoaat
of his own. "But we've had an
much trouble." he said, "I dont
think we ought to split the com-
missioners' court."
Seeing his proposal defeated*
Odom Introduced a second mo-
tion that his precinct receive flvn.
per cent more of county road
funds than it gets at present.
There was no second.
Parliamentary Shennanftgon
Voting on exactly the same
lines, commissioners passed mo-
tlon to keep precinct lines whenr
they now ate.
Although this latter was Intro-
duced after the original Odon*
Plan proposal, there was an un-
successful attempt to get It vot-
ed upon first. Odom himself ob-
jected to this breach of parlia-
mentary procedure.
Commissioners voted unani-
mously to raise their travel ex-
pense allotment from $90 to fIS
per month as avowed by a re-
centy enacted 1%xas law
Phone Mbr WW Be
Placed in Crosbyton
for f•
General Telephone Company
Is planning to station a mainte-
nance man In Crosbyton, anaai
Ing to ctMMffiy employees. He
*MMB«NNt)>- are expected In
Crosbyton by the start of thn
school term August 29.
The city has long urged thn
company to place a full tttmr
man here, There has been In-
convenience Involved In the dis-
tance which a repairman had to
travel to Investigate phone^mal-
functions here.
Boy Scouts' Parents
To Discuss Camp at
Meeting Tonight
All parents of Crosbyton Boy
Scouts are a*ked to meet In the
Club Cafe at 7 p. m. today*
Thursday, says Terry Edwarckfc
Scoutmaster.
Purpose of the gathering la ta
discuss plans for summer campt
COUNCIL KBABB MO
OBIPES, LOWEBS BATE
City councilman heard no
complaints on the recently paaa-
ed paving ordinance In a meet-
ing for public discussion of U
Friday. However, they did vote
to allow Southwestern Puhlie
Service to offer a special 1our
rate on electric heating • cooling
units.
REALITIES
Pat Bennett
Method in Marky Mexico Madnea:
Oris Want All of the Advantages
Some of these afternoons have
bf'-n .ibomlnably hot. To make
matters worse, there's a cricket
in the Review office.
We hit here, trying to give
birth to a Deep Thought. He sits
there (wherever he ls singing
a lullaby.. Our eyes droop, our
brain kIow* to Idle, flur jaw
gapes open in a monstrous yawn.
It's a pretty fair exctiw for the
muddled thinking In this comer
today.
☆ ☆ ☆
The great Bracero blacklisting
in Lubbock county has put area
editors' pens a-scratching. Every
plan,,to thwart the Mexican gov-
ernment has been' met with
cheers and Across-the-Border
razz berries.
But to be fair, the thing must
be examined from both ends.
Let'a just suppose a group of
Mexican employers hsd lured
United States citizen* into our
neighbor republic. Dangled be-
fore the Americans were hope# of
Juicy gain. „
After they got there, auppoto
the Mexicans refused to let them
eat, get haircut* of slffp In
first class
might have to enter at back
doors and sit In the worst thea-
tre seats.
Further, officers might arreat
them without warants and hold
them in jail without charges.
Even in some cases, they might
be arrested because- they tried ta
quit their Jobs.
All of this hae happened at
various places over Texas.
It was crud like that whldt
made Texas shoot itself loooa
from Mexico, If you'll recall.
Outrages against Americana
have recently led the state de-
partment to deny visas to a lot
of communist countries.
The Mexican government In
fond of its citizens too. even if
some of them can't read or don't
bathe regularly.
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The friction la caused, to n
large extent, by simple-minded
rules. Left face tt, certain busl-
nesses do not cater to certain
■nmuinli clawaa.
A great number of Mexican*
we sad timing harvest season are.
hardly university graduatm.
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