The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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back to school again this
I "k for some seven hundred
Serof the Crosbyton school
U rict As school didV not start
until yesterday, Wed.
■*.. the usual enrollment
published the first week
(School, were still incomplete,
hut from all indications the en-
Sment willbe as good, per-
K better, than last year Al-
5Srh the school lost quite
number Ml
rgnpt. Fret
Sdwol Buses Travel 1,603,800 Miles
'o. Students
^tigb the excellent teachers,
Cunningham .has
Transportation of school chil-
dren, once considered the pro-
blem of each child and liis pa:
rents, has now become one of
the chief concerns of the Texas
Public School system. Where
''Old Dobin" used to earry-~from
done an excellent, job in round- one to four children to the little
hne mrreplacements. ^The 1952-(red schdol house, today modern
'gfterm should be an excellent ' • -
Coach Bob Erwin also reports
[that he hasn't had enough time
-to know just where h|s -Cros-
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jf'-tgltreas
vear About thirty boys are re-
iDorting for practice and some
i them are looking, very good,
he said. But since practice could
not begin until last Monday, ev-
en positions have not been de-
termined yet. "We're trying to
get the boys in shape now," said
lie Coach.
"With our high school enroll
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15 more boys out to practice," he
said. "Some of the best looking
athletes just don't seem to be
interested."
Three teams stand out in the
I district this year. Abernathy,
despite losing a large number of
[men from their championship
im last year, still has a good
e. ThgXOekney LonghornS are
ieame shape but still have
excellent ball club. And over
Ralls, the Jackrabbits, who
! are back in the same conference
I with the Chiefs this year, have
a strong club. There could be
| some real competition develop
in the district.
Band Director Kenneth Walk-
'.migtit be getting- his band
members ready for the draft
from the amount of marching
they are doing this week, but in
reality they are preparing for
a good appearance at that first
[ football game. Kenneth did an
excellent job on the Crosbyton
band last year—this year he will
have one of the best in the dis-
[ trict
Trends enjoyed a long talk
t Morris Ledger, Crosbyton's
high school principal, Mor-
' was a senior at McMurry Col- hnfnrP ^ntitlrri to drive
when we entered that in-
stitution as a freshman. Also he
was business manager of the
school buses transport large
numbers of youngsters over ma-
ny thousands of miles each
school year.
Here in Crosby county, for in-
stance, some . 1,500 children ride
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Week Ushers In
Cool Weather
ButNoRain
few of them ride as much as 100
miles each day to get to school
and back, while the average stu-
dent makes a 55 mile round-
trip each school day. The
transportation of these students
requires 27 buses serving Crosby
county's nine schools. There is
in addition one private bus car-
rying colored_ st udents from Cone
to the colored school in Ralls.
The cost of all this transpor-
tation is partially paid for from
state school funds. However, a-
bout one-fOurth of it represent-
ing roughly the cost of the buses
are paid by the school districts.
Total transportation expense is
usually about $65,000 in Crosby
county, and the state pays close
to $50,000 of this amount.
Kalgary Longest Route
Buses are owned by the dis-
tricts as follows: Crosbyton 7,
Ralls 5, Lorenzo 5, Robertson 2,
Cone 1, Farmer 2, Self .County
Line 2, Big Four 1 and Caprock
2. Two new buses were purchas-
ed this year by 4he Robertson
district, one each by the Caprock
and Self County Line districts.
Longest school bus route in
the county is from Kalgary to
Crosbyton, this bus covering 108
miles on each day's round trip.
Even at that, the route is ' now
considerably shorter than it once
was, having" been 126 miles in
length at one time. The avefage
route Is 55 miles, with 45 per-
cent of it being on.pavement.
Under Texas' new motor vehi-
total of 1,603,800 miles each year.
this huge mileage,
Considerin
county has
newspaper. He must have
badly in need of an assis
t, as he offered the job to me,
rt*Shmari: When stuc
tion time came around in the
ing, Morris boosted me for
job, and somehow I got by
otft opposition. As the busi-
ness manager's job was quite
lucrative in those days—in the
eyes of a college student-1- and
as I had not seen Morris in the
tliterveining 25 years, I hereby
express my belated thanks for
his assistance. Incidentally, Mor-
ris will be in charge of the high
school paper this year, which
will be a memeog|-aphed sheet.
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Lions To Honor
Teachers Sept. 16
With Banquet
i Annual ladies night honoring
'•members of the Crosbyton school
their husbands and
I *jves, will be given Tuesday
j«8ht, Sept. 16, at the school
•unch room.
h ^ a*fair *s given each year
| y the Lions club, in order that
teachers and Lions club
members may become better ac-
quainted.
Directors of the rlub also an-
"*wiced that Tuesday night,
14, will be Big Four night
-Club. Onthatdate mem-
of the club and their wives
.S° out to Big Four for a
[ ™eai prepared by the Big Four
I tho'es' The Lions Club pays
mvT meal and also furnishes
•'"'gram for the occasion. >.
SSS? 4 BELL LUMBER
company to give away
IWLEMAN floor furnace
for
; given
r furnace will
at Willson &
14.1,°:'"" away-
KL. Liu|mber company Thursday,
11. at 4 p. m., Perry Bell,
| nounced °* the y rd' has an-
in^ie"ds are asked to drop by.
LJrPsct the Coleman stove line,,
register for the free draw-
J[Jw. Amos Ellison
famu ^ith her daugn
m . V
visited last
her daughter and
J. Smith
cle .inspection Jaw, school buses
are inspected" just like any oth-
er vehicle. But in addition, each
driver is u-nder contract and
must have a chauffeur's license
a
bus.
Public Must Stop
D. A. Edwards, county super-
tliat the
county's school buses "travel a
een extre:
lucky in having had only one
fatal accident, one accident in
which a child was permanently-
maimed, and another in which
'a child received injuries from
which he has recovered. ,
All three of these accidents,
Mr. Edwards points out, were"
caused when motorists failed to
observe the law requiring all
vehicles to stop when a school
bus has stopped orr the road, re-
gardless of whether you are ap-
proaching or passing ' the bus.
If the public would observe this
law, there would be very few
accidents involving school chil-
dren who rjde the buses.
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Quarterback
Club Urges Big
Attendance
More attendance at regular
meetings of the Quarterback
Club each Monday night at 8 o'-
clock was urged this week by
John Davis, newly elected presi-
dent of the organization.
- "We only had about 15 out
Monday night, and wejpeed;a
lot more than this to make our
club the supporting unit for the
school football squad that it
should be," Mr. Davis said.
In addition to regular business
of the club, a picture of an out-
standing 1951 footbajl. game will
be shown each Monday night,
the preside^ said.
At the meeting Monday night,
books of season tickets were dis
tributed to the members to sell,
committees were appointed to
sell adsvfor the football program
and a report on the season's
prospects was made by Coach
Bob Erwin- The problem of keep
ing spectators off the sidelines
at football games was also dis
cussed. *
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MASONIC LODGE TO HAVE
CALLED MEETING SAT.
Members of Crosbyton Lodge
No. 1020, A.F.&A.M., are urged
to attend a called meeting on
Saturday night, .Sept. 6, starting
at 8 p. m. Purpose of the meet,
ing is to confer an Entered Ap-
prentice degree. *v:
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A drop from 102 degrees on
Sunday to a low of 55 degrees
here Monday night, reminds the
people of Crosby county that fall
is here and that the hot, murky
weather of August could not
|ast forever."- The
norther was ushered in Monday,
with light dust* and no signs of
moisture.
In the meantime, the drouth
continues to cut into Crosby
county row crop production. Al-
though 2.47 inches of moisture
were received in the city last
month, many parts of the terri-
tory received little or no rain.
This week, come farmers are
plowing up their cotton, saving
as much of the precious mois-
ture as possible for another crop.
The average dryland farmers
who.c^n look forward to har-
vesting a bale of cotton from 6
to 10 acres are better off than
many of their neighbors.
Some fields of dryland cotton,
however, still look good and will
produce from a quarter! to half
bale per acre. AH of this is " on
land, planted to wheat last year
or which had been summer fal-
lowed.
Irrigation farmers report that
they will make from three-quar-
ters to^a bale and a half per a-
cre. The drouth, plus the good
showing of the irrigated farms,
is resulting in more wells being
drilled throughout the territory.
The cotton is beginning to ar-
rive at the gins this week, gin-
ners report.
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Mrs. Dorris
Flemmons Takes
Mrs. .Dorris Flemmons, super-
intendent of nurses at Crosbyton
Clinic hospital pribr to her res-
ignation about a year ago, has
accepted .the position of Crosby
County School Nurse, D. A. Ed-
.—comity, ^superi nt en d ent.,.
announced this week. She takes
the place of Miss Lena Bryles,
School nurse for three years, who
a similar position at Seminole.
- Mrs: Flemmons is thoroughly
qualified for the position and
will work with all the schools of
the county with the exception of
Robertson, which has not enter-
ed the program this year.
Mrs. Flemmons began her du-
ties the first of the week, visit-
ing the schools of the county
that are open. She will follow
the same type of program set up
in the eounty for former years,
giviiig T-B patch tests, and eye
and-ear tests. According to a rul-
ing of the state - department,
however, school nurses will no
longer give smallpox vaccina-
tions. She will examine the chil-
dren and those who have not
received the smallpox vaccine
will be referred to their family
doctor.
Mrs. Flemmons will have an
office at the Crosbyton schools.
Legion Auxiliary
Installs Officers
At Monday Meet
The American Legion Auxilia-
ry met Monday night, Sept. 1, to
install Officers for the coming
year. Mrs. Cora Lee Duff of Lub-
bock, the 19th District president,
was the installing officer, and
Hazel Hinkle acted as her ser-
geant-at-arms.
The group presented Mrs. Duff
and Mrs. Hinkle a lovely gift.
The out-going president, Mrs.
Lecy Mae Whitchurch, was pre-
sented a past-president's pen.
The officers installed were: Alice
Marie Greene, president; Geor-
gia Fay Morgan, vice-p/esident;
Tellie Wheeles, secretdry-treas-
urer; Lillian Artley, chaplain,
Ola Dickerson, historian; Grace
pioud, sergeant-at-arms, and
Macel Harkins, parliamentarian.
- Refreshments of cake and ice
cream were served.'
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Mr. and-Mrs. Claude Flemifts
and granddaughter, Claudia, of
Ralls, spent last week at Com-
anche as the guests of their son
arid father, Mr. and Mrs. Harrold
Flemlns and children, Harrold,
r., and Melisa. V t „
Wanda and Linda Justus,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Eural
Justus were first place winners
in a recent baby picture con-
test staged here by J. Winston
Lucas, photographer. Mr. Lu-
cas the prizes were awarded
on the basis of "who took the
best pictures." Judges
other protographers.
Other winners were: Glenn,
Reed, second; Judy Holland,
third, and David Zinn, fourth.
All the winners are pictured
below, and other pictures will
be published tiext week.
£ m — ■
$100 From Lorenzo Job Recovered
£
THE YOUNGER SET—Pictur-
ed. above, left to right, are en-
tries in the recent baby con-
test: Wanda and Linda Justus,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Eural
Justus; Glenn Reed, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Reed; Judy
Holland, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Holland.
Second row: David, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zinn; Judy
and James, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Eural Justus.
Third row: Ruth, daughter of
Mrs. -Fred Zinn; Theresa, the
daughter of Mr; and Mrs. A.B.
May, and Gary, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Reed. *
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THE YOUNGER SET—Pic-
tured, above, left to right, are
children entered in the recent
photograph contest:
« Top row: Phyllis Diane Brix-
ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank N. Brixey; Buzz Cooper,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Cooper, and Michael Weldon
Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Lee.
Middle row:' Dale, son of
Mr. and > Mrs. John Seigler;
Barbara Jean and Cheryl Ann,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam R. Smith.
Third row: Paula Sufe, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Harvey; David, son of Mrz.
Leonard Stewart, and Danville
Dewayne, son of Mr. and Mrs.,
O. D. Moore.
THE YOUNGER SET—Pic-
tured, above, left to right, are
children entered in the. recent
photograph contest:
Top row: James and David,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Ware, and Judy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Benton.
Second row: Angela, dough-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ron-
ton; Barbara and' Ann, chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Parsons, and Kathleen Phil-
lips.
* Dr. M. R. Snodgraks left Mon-
day night for Dallas where he
}s attending a clinic conducted
by Dr. GoOde, head of the De-
partment Ojf SMrgery at South-
western Medical School.
MRS. TEMPLE ELLIS
Co-Author of History
History of Crosby
CountyReceived
From Publisher
The authors,-Nellie Witt Spikes
and Temple Ann Ellis, have re-
ceived a limited"'shipmeht of
their book, "Through .the Years,
a History,of Crosby County."
A premier showing will be held
at the Little Gift Shop, Ralls, on
Monday, Sept. 8, beginning at
9:30 a. m., where the authors
will autograph books.
Everyone who would like
see and own one of these beau
tiful historical books of more
than 500 pages of Crosby county
history, with its putstanding re-
cord of cattle brands, court pro-
cedure, early land owners, all
veterans of both World Wars,
those who went and did not re-
turn, Gold Star Mothers, and
some forty -pages of pictures, are
invited, as well as the general
public.
early settlements, the' keys
the.other prisoners, offered to
pay Green $100 "now" and $300
more after Green secured a key
and opened the jail. Green told
Sheriff Roy Hillin of the offer,
and the sheriff, thinking the
$100 bill might be part of the
;Q-4aOFenzo loot and that it might be
possible to find the rest, urged
Green" to accept the offer while
officers stood guard.
Green went into the jailhouse
yard about 9 p. m. Sunday, after
Sheriff Hillin and Deputy Slim
Ottwell had driven off from the
jail. He accepted the offer, talk-
ing to the prisoners through the
second story window bars. Cleve-
land then threw down the $100
bill, and' Green promised to "get
hardships of the pioneers, the
churches and schools are some
of the outstanding things jn the
book.
The Naylor Publishers of San
Antonio has this to say: "The
History of Crosby County will
y<5u down through "tl|e
years, and is a veritable encyclo-
pedia of West Texas History. It
is a must for every resident of
Read and enjoy it.
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Sears'Gilt Show
Slated For City
On September 13
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The annual Sear's Guilt Show
for Crosby county will be held
Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Cros-
byton Show Barn, at the rodeo
arena, according to announce-
ment this week by Bill Kim-
brough, county agent.
Judges for the event will be
Johnny. Mitchell and L. D.
Whitehead. The judging will be-
gin at 9:30 a. m. r'
There will not be a pen of
three fat hogs, one of the fea-
tures of former shows, but a hea-
vy fall litter contest will be held
again later this year.
Boys to have entries at the
gilt show include: Weldon Flet-
cher, Pete Richardson, Don K.
Spurgin, Dale Hill, Joe Hayley,
and Clyde Hayley, jr., all of
Crosbyton; Jimmy Thomas and
Max Gallimore, both of Ralls.
At the spring heavy litter con-
test, Kenneth Harroll of Ralls
won first place and a prize of
$30; Marvin Hill of Crosbyton,
'"H nnH 50 Trvin Brewer
and Dayton Parker, Crosbyton,
also placed in the prize winning
group. . ' ,
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TWO LUBBOCK MEN ARE
FINED SUNDAY FOR
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Two men, who pled guilty to
charges of driving while intoxi-
cated, another who paid a fine
fot being drunk, and several
traffic violators, sums up the ac-
tivities of the sheriffs depart-
ment for the past week.
Both drunken drivers were ap-
prehended Saturday night, and
were tried before County Judge
J. M. Rankin Sunday. Emery
Hall Fralin, of Lubbock, paid a
fine 'of $101.05, while Jesse
James Parker was assessed a
fine of $103.05. Parker had fail-
ed to'faise the fine and was still
in jail Wednesday.
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Office Supplies At The Review
A wholesale Jail-break of pris-
oners in Crosby county jail was
foiled Sunday- night, due to the
assistance of a ne;
Charlie Green, who
out a term for bootlegging.
Involved in the attempted jail
break were five prisoners, three
of them held on charges of bur-
glary of a grocery store in Lor:
ertzo; the - other two on forgery
charges. Bond has been set in all
five cases, but none have been
able to raise it.
The prisoners are
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Melviri
and Billy England, held on the
Lorenzo robbery charges; Olen
Jesse McKaughan and Ernest
Cleveland, both held for forgejry.
Two other prisoners, Margaret
Collahan, also charged "in .con-
nection with the Lorenzo robbery
and Jesse James Parker, a Lub-
bock man convicted on a DWI
charge Sunday in county court,
were not involved in the at-
tempted break. The men Inten-
tionally meant to leave the wo-
man behind, "and Parker "slept
like a log" through the whole
affair, one officer stated.
The .prisoners tried to < gain
"their freedom by bribing the
trustee, Charlie Green who helps
in the jail kitchen and works in
the jailhouse yard. One prisoner,
later identified as Cleveland by
Sheriff Hillin and Deputy Ott-
well picked up two highway pa-
trol officers, parked un the east
side of the courthouse, and gave
the keys to Green. While the ne-
gro went lip the stairs to unlock
the coll doors and try -to get the
rest of the Lorenzo "loot", the
four officers stood at the bottom
of the stairs. The prisoners re-
fused to pay the remaining $300
setT
the jail door. This he did, then
he became frightened__anri ran
down the steps ahead of the
prisoners.
The five men were about half
way down the steps when they
saw the officers at the door,
and "bumbled all over themselv-
es getting back upstairs."
Following the attempted jail-
break, the officers made a thor-
ough search of the entire jail,
making each prisoner remove
his clothes for a minute search.
Still the money missing in the
Lorenzo safe cracking did not
show up.
P.-T. A. Reception
For Teachers To
Be Friday Night
The annual Parent-Teacher re-
ception for the faulty of Crosby-
ton schools will be held tomor-
row night, Friday, Sept. 5, in the
school lunch room at 8 o'clock.
Those bringing food are asked
to come early so that serving
can begin on time.
Patrons, wives or husbands of
teachers, members of the Board
of Education,' and other adults
interested in the school, are in-
vited to attend.
The program will include spe-
cial music, introduction of the
faculty, ~ and get-acquainted
games.
"There are several new teach-
ers with us this year, so let's
give . them and our resident
teachers a warm welcome Friday
night," Mrs. Hubert Curry, pres-
ident of the P.-T. A., urged.
The program is as follows:
Special music, high school
girls; welcomerMrs. Curry; res-
ponse,. Mr. Fred Cunningham;
introduction of faculty and the
school board; introduction of P.-
T. A. Executive committee; re-
creation period, directed by Miss
Virginia Davis. <
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Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
and daugt
Lenka, of San
guests last week <
Mr. and
other rel
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