The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Drug: St<>re
G. C. MICKSON
"Your Dniggrisr
15 Years on the Corner*
COPNTT, IftaCAa, FRIDAY
JUNE 1, 1945
STATE GUARD TO
& TWO DEFENDANTS
GO ON MANEUVERS
^S^TURDAT-mJN
TED A&fT
. SENT 'rf8!Ta&$EN
A good crowd of business men
and "farmers p*"j n rnnnjj .jjif ~
bandstand in the park.Jn Crosby-
ton last Saturdaya£ternoon:i to II
bedr , lsIiarr> ^errii^n, 'Lubf
auditor, discuss t^p operation
Ihe Amherst Co-operative hospi-
The local unit of the* T^xas StaJLei.. Three convictions gaming
RAY MOORE BACK
btoow.'with all the talk and,
^ action which has
f^gn already toward .the.
* Crosbyton■ Co-operative
Hospital';-the Lions Club
iy had never heard of itun-
Snesday at the register meet-
when Hugh Nation,, manager
City's light' and. power
^plained it to them: We
"boas the club evidently had
['heard about it before as not
has come from any* mem-
- the dub, so far, asking for
button endorsingthe bring-
. t vital institution, to the
'after all, this community,
'imall tcf' let petty envy
[jpj^jie^SWty of^going 10° per-
or the promotion ,of an insti-
of thia sort, that;wSll save
people of this community-ttnd
oty thousands of dollars annu-
i iwBplial^o^ts.. ^ .-j-jsr;
(la ONLY one settsHfli® way
r,§t this hospital—Jinatter,
jj, back it all, the way. . To
It is indefensible. It does
; mitten one whit" who started
| agitation for the hospital. It
Igets us just a 25 bed hospital,
Lmina too tnucji for the health'
laection, letaloiie.the saving
and cents. 7;
ilth is one of the first things
Ibe sought in life. It comes after
I and housing.
jome outsider should come
I and propose to spend $75,000
hospital, the whole town
I rise up and..a£far him a site,
out a penny's cost, just to get
why not back an institu-
! such '■ magnitude for the
nunity when it is being pro-
by a l$£gs group of our.,
t citizens, whif "certainly are:
tgetting paid for it?
$"* hear talk about there
[.factions, one group, for one
r and another for another,
i the democratic way1 of life,
i moat" certainly-want to give
man his right to say and
E as he pleases, also to act as
just as long as'he does
1 injure his neighbor.
you know you and I liked
when; they come up in
All Gi 'I.'s like an ar-
Bt and the hotter tjt e Bfttte?"
It Orie group would ar-
e tgainat the New Deal and the
► Just as hotly defended the
| P**I. That's the spirit; But
•Idea listen to logic and
Otherwise, the top kick
DUted. "Pipe Down!"
/Id this caupaign for a co-
hoapital, there can't be
' «rfument -for or against the
Wflmight'dlVide on
. in a hurry. And that
k toothy condition. It. proves we
I hive that Inherent-right under
'•nutitution.'
■<:yso know that there are
^fcga in the New Deal that
Jly don't like. But, if
out the chaff, there are
kernels left.
i proposed hospital for
is most certainly riot
Mt by use of federal funds,
i from my pocket and your
te • V : " ~*1
ret together, folk#, for Ihe
; ®hd put it over.
tte purely selfish view-
t will bring several new
to town. ^
1 Prtn>e reason for a fcivfc
^ takft the l,ead in pushing
projects for the community.
of the finest affairs of the
ii^*a ^at barbecue and pro-
by the Crosbyton
°f the Future Farmers of
&t the old reunion
adjacent to the Rock
. n 10 Bl*n<5o Canyon on rJ*ri-
."^oon last week, The bar-
been prepared by Tan ex-
®°ne °^r gut Mr. Robert-
^ toan who has been paid as
■ ** 'or supervising the
we for affairs at ' T&ias
®nuf -said-, about the food."
the feed, the bovs and
~ads formed a eifele around
tm°nument to Uncle Hank
** good wife. On this-
H, overlooking the valley
"outh, the cxaet site of
"* lK ln Which Hanw Smlth
when he settled there
®^year or more ago. "
iturini
Mr. Merriman ctime'to Croats
ton4?5 ^e tajk srt.Ohe^^eat of
members of the "board of the pro-
posed-^Jpegb^ton Co-operative Gen-
eral Ho^itfU, for which applica-
tion for"* a charter is now pending
in the secretary of state's office at
Austin. The application has been
,approved and filed hut actual...As-
suance must be delayed until 90
days after adjournment of-the pre-
sent legislative session,-according
to law.
ggst benefirjjn "belong.-
ing\to a co-oJKsratJve hospital iff
in the health program,", -declared
Merrimah. "So long as you keep
your dues paid, you can get" a phy-
sical check-up forno cost any time
you feet you need one. Paying an-
nual dfitli,eVeit though you don't
have to gQrtouthe hospital, helps
pay for' uiL' other.member's oper-
ations.^-' —
Noo-mem bers," usi ng~~the co-op -
erative hospital, are required to-
pay: just 'double what ' members
pay for service, pointed out the
Lubbock auditor, who has been
auditor for the Amherst hospital
since it was started. ~ ^
..... The Amherst hospital now 'has
"56.,bfids, or three units, an,d is out
of debt, Merriman told the group
3i«r?ie
defendant? were returned by jur-
ies iii the>f2nd district court ir
guard will go on maneuvers Sat-
>urday and'. Sunday, June 2 and-Sr
accqrding to announcement by Lt. ^CrosJjJrton 'this week.
Xioyd E. Fowler.
The maneuyer will take place
on the Johnson Ranch, eight miles
south of idaiou. The anit plans 'to.
U. S/NAVAL HOSPITAJL.' l^ong.^
Beach, Calif. Returned from two
years' service in the Pacific, Ma-
rine Private First Cla^ss Luel Ray
Moore, 21, of Crosbyton," Tex., is
| convalescing here from a tropical-
| ailment. < I'l
Moore, who served on Guadal-
canal, was present through the
1 many enemy air rai^s,. bombing
and shelling which followed .the
leave GJrj^byton -Jjj. 3 o'clock Sat-
urday 'afternoon, and; everymem-
ber is .urged.to be present; Those
who cannot get away at that hour
are urged to go to the (iamp at
any time during the' maneuvers.
Thi^-eanrjp will c^nceFthe. regUJ«l
lar drill for nextlMoriday night
"tlTe Court House.
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SING-SONG TO
BE HELD SUNDAY
CROSBYTON
The regular monthly session.of
the Crosby County Sing-Song will
be held at the high school in Cros-
hyton on next SundTay: afternoon,
beginning at 2 :30, according to an^.
-nouncement by Loyd Womack,
president Of-the group.
All singers.and lovers of "-good
singing are..invited- to attend this
session and participate itt'the pro1
Vacation Bible School
at Methodist Church
Has Good Attendance
Blank membership applications7TeaP*ure °f the Solomons strong-
passed out at^the meeting, were^.hold' He also Served on New Cale"
signed" by about hadf of the group'j '•
who heard the talk. * j A son of Mr. and Mrs..P. D. Al-
^ -r • : ■ ^ ■ | stoji, Crosbyton, the Leatherneck
attended school .in. Inglewood,. Co-
lo., and prior t oenlisting in the.
Fungal Held Here
st Friday For
^Mrs. S. E. Vermillion
. Marine?, Novemher, 1842..was em-
ploye- ilby. Irtglewood - Cap Compa-
ny- : V . ' ~
TED ANI) ROY KAKR
BOTH BAC K IN STATES
Funerai services were'held last
Friday afternoon 6 p. m. at the
(."^ii^ch of' Christ: tfi Crosbyton for^
jkr8* Sarah_ Effk; Vermillion, 61, ^
who died at hep^hroiw early the The R. *6. Karr family is re-
jsame day. ^ ' . r_. | joicing this week as they have had
Mrs. Vermillion's husband*$as- | messages 'from two of their sons,
Sed away about -two months aga Ted and Roy, which say both are
as the result of an accident when
he was fatally injured when he
struck the pavfcTttcnt. Mrs. Vermil-
lion was -ill at the time.
Survivors include: two sons', El-
mer and Otto, both^ of Crosbyton;
three sisters. Mrs, - C. F. Bradley
of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary Andesr^
son of Long Beach, Calif., and~
.Mrs. Laura ; LPveheard, also of
Long Beach; six grandchildren
arid twcK great grandchildren.
Minister W_ T. H.i.nes conducted
' the- service, with burial in the
Crosbytoni cemetery where the
Marr. Funeral Hbme was in charge.
H)~
Joe Heard, Carpenter's Mate,
with the Seabees. 'arcived .hpme on
Tuesday after having spent thirty-
tvvo months in the Pacific. He,
with Mrs. Heard and-dayghter-"of^
jftaTis, were in Crosbyton V\T«dnes-
day afternoon visiting-with friends
here. Mr. Heard has aided in trie
construction of airfields froni Gua-
dalcanal to Tinian. his .last ..base,
where he helped to construct the
B-29 airstrips now used in the
bombing of Japan. He has a 30=-
day leave, but expects to return
to the Pacific, fie says.
iuyv back in the. States.
V A telegram last Sunday notified
his parents that Roy,' who was,
wounded in EJO, was now in Mas-
sachusetts anil expect^ to b.^_sentj
to McClos&y^tJeneral Hospital at-
Temple.. r
.^ Wednesday night, Ted " teie-
^honed from San Francisco that"
he'fias"arrived in-tbat bity and
txjjects to be home m * few <?£iy3'<sfclae Tucker.
oq a furlough'kfter fifteen months' - "
J a. 1_ - O . 4 V* - Dn itfitVi ♦ Vio
in the South Pacific with the
Coast Guafft' Mrs. Rowena Posey,
a sister of Ted ond Roy, says her
husband is still in Germany but is
getting'along fine. .
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REV. T. M. (ilLIJOAM TO BE
BACK IN TOWN SUNDAY
Rev. T„ M. Gillham, pastor of;
the First Baptist church, will be
back in town for -all services next
Sunday,, it was-announced Thurs-
day. ' ...
Rev" Gillham has been conduct-
ing a revival at Allfred, Texas,
foxcthe past two weeks, r .. : .
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SUPPORT THE MIGHTY 7th
The Vacation Bible School at
the Methodist church, under the
direction of Mrs. Quincy Hames,
got off to a good start last Mon-
day morning when 31 boys, and
girls were ertroll^cL - - '
These boys and girls are holding
Bible study, doing construction
and fiand work, siij^ing songs and^
playirig games. The- school contin-
ues througb-ne^C weekt
Mrs. Quincy.aHaiu.es-is-in charge
of the school, Miss;-Wanda BrLxey
is pT£Thist_and Rev. J. W. ^atson
is directing hand«^oj ftru' instruc-
tors aTsr*t;ffildren atteii^llng are:
Begifmer&;, Mrs. Hufcert Curry,
teacher; , Jane Higginobtham, as-
sistant; Dwayne Cornelius, Janice
Cornelius, Kay Curry, Kent-"Green,
Sandra Kimbrough, Jean McDer-'
mutt Donna Rose Surginer, Cath-
erine Lodal, Laurie Johason. -and
Wayne .Fowler.- ; ^ ,,A<>
Primary: Mrs. R-__R- Greejj,
teacher; assistants Mrs: MfcNabb;
Celine. Roberts, Laura Frances Ed-
wards, Carol- Kiinbrough, Loreta
Fowler, Ronald.Dale Wassurh, Ma-
ry .Beth .-Littlefield, Lawrence Mc-
Bermett, Wayne Fowler, Ella Jo
Coyingtpn, Forrest Edler,... Verna
Records in the (SJfice of Distric'
Clerk WiM Elzell show that Wood
row Wilson, a convict'--brpiigh/:
here last'week from the Huntsvil^e
prison, was givefi five yeews i'n thr
penitentiary for. theft over $50.00,
He isv^already serving time for T
theft 'conviction.
""Wtfllarri Nelson, an Indian, waa
divert five years in each of ' two
cases, charging burglarly and
theft, the sentences to run-concur
rently. t - *
3flhn dhaney, negro, obtained R
continuance on a charge of as-
sault to (murder against another
liegro.
>T AS
r£ST ..
ABOUT TO START
"*** The harvest is almost oil ua! ..
Elevators expected to .tjujrtheir
first .new wheat this week,
In the meantime, summer weath-
er struck the South-JPlaiips oyer
the last week-end,_with; the offi-
e&t reading-in Crosby Cbtirity-iast
"^Sunday at 102. It reached 99 last
SStifrday but only reached 90 on
Monday. Tuesday it was back to
96. _ •
The outlook tat. .wheat has im-
proved somewhat "With many far-
mers expecting 15 bushels to the
acre ifi $j^e of thed^outh.
Cotton . plaintirig is beirlg de-
layed because-of the lack of mois-
ture but farmers know they can
•plant as late as June--2©th*. they
say, and make a crop. . '
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WOOD & MOODY
ANNOUNCE NEW
HEADS BIBLE SCHOOL
MRS. T. M. GILLHAM
Boys and girls, from the ages of
three throughylS, will register Sat-
urday af.tejrioon at 2 o'clock fpr
the Vacation Bible school, at the
First Baptist church^after which--
they .Will, parade through the busi-
ness section, according to an-
nouncement by Mrs. Bert Black,
church secretary.
The* school wilt officially open
Monday mcirning at 8 o'clock at
the church and -will run through
June 15th. The hours will^be -from
8:00 to 11:00 in the mornings.
There will .be four departmeivts:
beginner, primary. junior and in-"
termeHiate. . , E' ^
They dime, _ they saw TrIelSI«'"
and they talked!
Ye^ more than lOQ^et tlie >l<f"
^foneers^of C^psby County gath-
ered around the festivevboard un-
,der the trees outsicfe^pf 'the East
Church of Christ tin Ralls Wednes-
day morning-for a clay replete with
stirring memories and stories of
the olden days. ^ p -
" Soirie of the old-timers were
missing, having passed „ to , their
eternal reward jdyfirig the last 12
months. -
f "As Mrs. Nellie Witt Spikes, act-
ing chairman, quoted., "Awpt Dell"
Smyer of Lorenzo: "What's ' the ?
matter, folks? Just a short time
ago, we were all so young luid
pretty. Just look at ua-now!"
Mrs. Spikes,,,, secretary of the
pioneer group, atefeed- as toastmaa- ^'
ter jn the absence of R. L. (Bi < - ;
Travis,*-who came. early but .felfr*«,.
ill to. stay. - : "
J. Edd McLaughlin, Ralls bank-
er, d^tiyered the welcome ■talk itt
which he poirited oitt thafT "I can-
not help but think of the s&tiafac- 1
tion you 'must feeLln looking oyer--
our county today and seeing what
Has been accorttplished in the past
5ft years." .• ^ : '
In. her response, Mrs. Myrtle
Terrell PearSon of Lorenzo, de-
clared, "We are glad tobe "here.
She pointed up' the ensuing pro-
gram by asking questions: "do you
remember how the.Plains looked
when you first arrived here ? Do
you remember how you cooked
your first-meal? Do you remem-
ber how. good -rabbit tasted? Do
you remember the wild antelope?"
From then on, many others talk-
ed. recalling incident^ of the old
'i,
T'h.. fniiawin^ constitute' the fa- days, many of them hutriorous .to.
culty of the school:
Mrs. T.M. Gillham, principal;
PI PirAnvYD DBitDVGillham,- assistant prin-^
bLhwrUK KlirADl T^pal Mrs Bert Black general se-
cretary; Mrs. Herman Reeves^ pia-
nist; Mrs. Bill Reed, songTeadeif. -
Beginner Department: £>up't.
Announcement is being made
thi? w'e^k-; by D. H. Moody,
that - tee new . grain elevator,
just completed at a cost of several )
thousand dollars, next to the Gulf |
wholesale office'-south of the San- |
ta- Fe,dep6f! fs now ready for theJ
harvest season.
the extreme now. Hardships*- of"
tliosedays now have taken on an
aura of glamor arid" mellowness -
which "they certainly did not have"
at the time they* happened.
The-okF^timers began driviriff in-
to Ralls'early in .the day. They
"Our elevator-is modern through
out," says,. Mr-, M°° dy, we 11 - known
to wheat- growers of this section
a.s he lijjis -been -in business here
many years. "We have a new Fair-
Mr#K«L.W, Bertram; workers,.Mrs. 1 tame from maity places in the Pa --
Wilton Seigler, Mrs. Ruby -Sim- ■< handle and South Plains. Among
the first ones on the scene were;
George* Smith and- Mrs. Mary
Smith Kirk, children of Uncle
Hank and Aunt Hank Smith, first
settlens on„the- South "Plains, from
their homes near Mt. Blanco. M.
C. Potter, one ofJJie first county
comriiissioners, arrived with his
mons.-.-*->—""
Primary-Department: Mrs. Glen
Jortes, Mrs. Cecil Swanda, Mrs. A.
-'.V.
P. Barrett and Mrs. Lard Simp-
sorrr ■-
Junior Department: Mrs. Bill
Regd, - Stip't. Mrs. I. W. Collierr
Mi s. R. S Carte'r, - Mrs. Mag-
banks-Morse scales of l00,000-lb. I nolia Busby, Mrs. Emzy Pieratt, ^ wif,e„from Silverton. Where•_ they'
Mrs, JacIt Mayes Mrs. E. O.. Bur- ; n?w- liv%, l'. - r V
Juriiors: Mrs. 4 . 'L McDermett,
teacher;"Joyce McDermett, assis-
tant.; .Mary Evelyn Knapp, Neale
Roy, Rosalyn McDermett, ;Dorothy
McDermett, Johnriy Barnes, Ram-
on Johnston, Wanda Brixey, John
Scales, Joe Johnston Bijly Peel,
Those serving • a mid-morning
--lunch are: Mesdarnes Brixey, Pa-
trick, Billy Cornelius, Olen Little-
fjeld, W. R. Kimbrough, Quincy
frames; W- P Lamar, and Marie
Lamar. - '■> '*
0ntlm!od on Back Paget
-'^The San Francisco conference,
now in session,-cannot fail," Rev.
Wayne ^Grizzle," pastor of the
Kalgary Baptist church, ^d
audience at the Crosbyton
l
his
First
Baptist church last Sunday after-,
noon Where he appeared as speak-
er for the. Memorial Day' services
sponsored by* the American^ Le-
gion and the Legion auxiliary. ReVi
Grizzle was a private overseas in
World War I.
"We must not fail at this-con-
ference,' * Rev. Grizzle repeated.
"We must learn to get along with
the man next to us and the coun-
try next to lis and today all coun-
tries are our neighbors. Isolation-
ism is dead except for a few _ die-.
hards. . - ..
/'We appreciate the fact that
we are ytlll mindful of our d^ad.
The pra4tice of memorializing the
dead is an ol#i insUtution, as old
as mankirvd. And people wilB tfon-
tinue to do this. We cannot afford
CO have any loop-holes left in our
peace agreements^. If we fa" these
noble dead shall have died, in-
valrt."'; '
—The senrtw last Sunday was
ened by Post Comrriander Elbert
Morgan. John Davis, chaplain of
the -J. M. Brooks post of the Le-
gion, gave the invocation. Hugh
Nation was the first speaker. The
local State guard unit marched to
the. church in. a body with T,t. Loyd
E. Fowler iri charge. Members of
the Legion-also marched Into the
Chupch in a group.
..Following the church service^
the entire group adjourned to the
cemetery where a gun salute to.
the dead was "fired by a'squad of
the,State.guardsmen. Commander
Morgan introduced Editor Nugent
E. Brown of the Review who gfave
a short talk. Members of the Aux-
iliary then placed a Wreath, of
flowers on each of the 13 graves
of veterans buried there. This list
Included one Civil war veteran,
James V. Leatherwood; one Indian
wars veteran, Ewin N: McCrack-
en; nine graves of veterans of
World War I, including Malcom A.
Adams, Henry M. Nail, Odis V.
Sims,*" J. Lester McClure, Olen L.
Gilland, Floyd E. Simpson (whose
body was brought back from
France), O. Bf.^Spencer; C. L.
Edge and Thomas M. Johnson; *pd
faiiift v^erans of World War II,
namely John* O. .Hardih and Clif-
ford Shipman,
REV. WM. H. FOSTER TO
CONDUCT SERVICES HERE
Rev. Wm. H. Foster, Sr., of Lub-
bock- LPxeaJbyteriant will conduct a
preaching and' commuriion service
at the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon, June 3rd. These services
are intended for all who wish to
attend. ;"*' ^
Members of the Presbyterian
congregation attend your church
services and will] in turn .appre-
ciate your presence at their ser-
vices. And to those of you who do
not attend services elsewhere, this
Will be a good service for you.
"Whosoevef will may come.".
The Session.
capacity. You can be assured Of
the same fair and courteous ser-
vice you have received from-v us
in the past." 7 ";* .\.
Mr. R. C. Wood is the senior
member of the firm, known as the
"Wood & Moody Grain Company."
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LEO PARKER WANTS
HOME-MADE ICE CREAM
The Review is in receipt .of a
long release from the l03rd (Cac-
tuary Division of the Seventh Ar-
my,- in Australia, saying that the
ETO doughboys' thoughts turn,
sooner or later, 4,0 the first "riieal at
home. Sweethearts and families
who are pondering the matter can
assure thepiselves a mathematical
certainty of the right choice by of-
fering French fried potatoes $nd a
.siz^iling steak. Most of the boys
in the Castus division want "T-
bone" steaks, .with "dripping. gold
en brown French fried spuds".
But after quoting numerous other
boys, the publicity writer says:
"'Tee <j*ea<m took first place in
some choices. For - instance, Sgt.
Lee Parker of Crosbyton, Texas,
dreams of the hoirie-made ice*
cream he's going to get.":
Mrs. E. W. Brasch of Levelland
visited-with her parents, Rev. ana
Mts. J. :jW:< Watson, Saturday af-
ternoon and Sunday.
Misses Dimple, Lula Ted and
Mary Watson are spending part of
their summer vacation with their
parents, Rev. and Mrs. J.-W. Wat-
son. " '
Mrs. Sam Stone, and childreri of
Tahoka are here visiting her pa-
rents, Mr. and M^s. Henry Warren.
rous and M^s, Milton Hefley,. ^
Interniediate" Department: Mrs!
John Harvey, Sup£., Mrs. Eldred
Mize, Mrs. Virgil Spence, Mrs. Lu-
cy McNabb, Rev. T. .M. Gillham,
Mrs, Taylor Lowrie and Mrs. Car-
men Bembry. Mr- C. F. Boyd wilL
be in charge of the boy's hand-
work. ^ -
" All children of "the gity and com-
muhity are invited to attend. .• "
1
* Pfc. Neal" Hefner of Sebring,
Florida, spent Sunday with his pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hefner"
Neal is a flight engineer on a
B-17 '"heavy bomber and was on
at cross country flight and stopped
in Lubbock. He Came ever from
Lubbock'Wsee his parents."
The basket lunch wrgs spread"at
high noon, the food demonstrating;
beyond any doubt these pioneer
women still knOw how to prepare
the best.meal in the world. The
roll call began about 1:30 in the
church. The oi<i timers then ad-
journed to the Old Emma cemete-
-ry -to pay homage to departed loy-
ea ones.
'%Editor's note: The complete, list
or" xhose who registered will be
published in this paper* next week.
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Mr. and Mrs. D^ ,E. Aynes and
son, DaVtd, Jr:, of Roswell, New
Mexico, are spending "a few days
this week with Mr. and Mrs. J. .W.
Aynes." David Jr. is in the Mer-
charit'Marines and-only recently
atrived back in the states. .
i,000 IN BONDS SOLD
DURING THE WEEK IN CROSBY COUNTY
rf &
- FAST TRANSPORTATION
Buggies were the mode of
transportatlpn of "society" ta
the early days In Crosby Coun-
ty. sometimes, there was a team
of fast ponies but, oftentltfffcsi
*v
■f: - —
the' folks uSed a mule. The bag-
gy wm light sad,the male oould
be Vproperly urged" most of Hie
time to speed up to at least six
miles per hour. ; . v-T^
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MR. AND MBS. W. M. CURRY
^JJOff AT SANTA BARBARA
Mr. and Mrs. W. M." Curry, for-
mer-owners of the Review, .are
now at Santa Barbara, Calif., and
write they are enjoying the sights
on the West CoaSt. They and their
daughter, Mrs. Louise Goheen who
i&. manager of a P. X. at the Mir-
imar *Hotel in that city, have se-
cured a home together tliere. Their
address is 815rB E. Pedrogosa,
Santa Barbara, Calif.
They report having seen "Bob
Hope and Bing Crosby playflB^golf
match, and also got in to hear a
Kfly. Kaiser # program. Both events-
wfere for the especial benefit of
service s
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Mr. and.Mrs. A; F. Stephens and
Mrs.' Jennfe Simpson spent' last
week "Tn Lawton, Oklahoma visit-
ing with- friends . and .relatives.
They reported good crops in Okla-
homa:
. - — e-f:— —
* Mrs. Beatrice Anderson and
MiBS Mavis .Ballard left this week
for California to spend the sum-
ttier.
.
Miss Olene StegaU is visiting
.this week in Dallas and
with friends And relatives.
"w.- KLarr**
Progress* in the Seventh "War ~
Bofid" campaign in Crosby County
Showed good gatfts lrTspots during
the week ending Thursday, vfith
hiariy communities having larger •
quotas subscribed that have not
been reported, to. the three banks
In the county.
However, a clear gain of approx-
Imately $45,000 was made during
the seven days, to run the total,
so far, of all bonds beyond thr
$ 178,000mark. This leaves a to-
tal of about $20b,000 yet to raise,
to make the county's quota of
$375,000 for all bonds, of which
$275,000 must be "E" bonda^
Several communities have rals-
ed their quotas butj>no official rqy
lease has been made of them yet. -«
The Lorenzo trading territory,
which got off to ah early start, l* f'
unofficially near its $75,000 quota
already.
The Ralls trading area lub rals-
i. from sale of an
to- date, says Assistant
Cashier Bill Wicks of the Security
State Bank A Trust Company.
The Crosbyton trading area haft
raised a total of $45,000 from all
bonds, says Vlce-lPresldent Russell
McCurdy of the Clt&ens National
Bank, of which about $31,000 are
"tf* bonds.
Many farmer^ are Maying «
purchase of more bonds until af-
ter their Wheat harvest in June.
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Brown, Nugent E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1945, newspaper, June 1, 1945; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth256139/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.