The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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By W.H.C.
lucsuay's red dust-
Jt would put W*1 peopl?
i, the inherent. humor
'S¥exans began to show
I WeJ L clouds of sand and
nit was some tall tales
t * gone by. Understand,
25 doubt any of them and
^ helps to__kn°w that
ihere back down the line
lhv Sunty , peoPle had It
a little worse than we- did
W-
I riiu ukibllW^down to a hun-
Li feet or so for .short periods
Z afternoon, the current
j«lon was quite unfavora-
m Brownfield and the terrl-
1djwn there. The tell-tale
Jcolor of the dust left little
Eh?as to where the worst of
dol was centered. "Boy,
£d I'm not down at BrOwn-
lor Lamesa," was the com-
expresslon. "It must be a
er down there.'' Of course,
severity ~of the storm was
0f degrees and probably we
enloy It any more than
field residents. Where
coild "a 100-feet, - they catlon^for^the contest because of pioyee ef ^
couldn't see more than
«\
for
at 11
|1 be 15 o
en and I
JW.WK
|ved htn|
rtth htrf
Ice:
1 remember worse storms but
1 this late In the year," we
Garnet Jones. 'This is not
i at all," he came back- "l
nber a sandstorm back in
"early Ws down at Crowell
it made this one look like a
ng zephyr. And it was way
i in June. Cotton was . knee
and looking as pretty as I
saw it. It had rained just
j days before and the ground
.in't crusted over good? Efrly
"the morning the wind shifted
, the north and started blow-
It got sttonger and stronger
l't tied down was on
that
the
That was before the time of
and I decided to hitch
my team and * harrow the
cotton. The sand was
bad that I had to let... the
find their way down the
By the middle of the af-
my shirt was complete-
■ gone. The wincWwore out the
holes and ripped off the
"After the storm was over, 1
tl had only about 25 acres
! ootton worth leaving, and' I
nted all the rest over the lat-
part of June. But things
" out fine, as I made a
1 bale to the acre that year
everything bur the 25 acres
i left It was so badly burned
at it finally gave up the ghost
died."
We still contend, however,
it's an unusual year even
West Texas. Last week, for
the wind blew strong
of the west for 24 hours —
|and we got a .40 of an inch
right out of the west.
Yesterday morning the wind had
for 36 hours^ out of the
bringing in the worst sand-
|storm in recent years—and yet
a-Tight shower be-'
|tween clouds of dust. Do you
timers remember anything
[like that before.
and
Guy
Whitchurch
We admit, however, that the
|t*o showers lacked a long way
•Caching our prediction of two
J*es,of rain by May 1. We'll
tnat dunce-cap now, Floyd.
_>rise Party
Given
Blake Briscoe honored Mrs.
iTimf!?6 ® surPrise party
eveninB* the occasion
(W8 couple's eighth wed-
^anniversary,
ftesent were Messrs.
wsaames Lewis Behton,
nompsor^ Galen Whit«iu «i
"a Pamela, J. w. Wood, Ja<5k
*J°n and Mary, J. M. Harkins.
I "ranH " Floy<i Briscoe a d
otan<ison, Jim Briscoe.
SmM/NAGER TAKES -
Sf CO iILEE masseV
pw CO. THIS WEEK
I \fr rp
Flenniken, formerly
Way1?' fr'Vedin Crosbyton
ment of tL ^e over manage-
His wit* j ^ Massey Gin.
join hw u three children will
tods a . e Just as soon as'he
M P,place' he said.
ein ^"niken ls e;cperien-
ager 0f n .n' having been man-
H. 2avrg at "amlin.
I Bin #n°rfu mana8er of the
has moved ♦ J? past tWo years,
Uke acth?Ato. CoIoraa0 Citr to
there charge of his farm
guests of Mr. and
McDuff were Buster
-
"• 01 Paducah.
ww««k-end
fee
|^®yne BnGrand Prairie, Mrs.
JDa>°n and Mrs. Amos
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Cfwby County's Oldest Business Institution - Established January % 1909
VOLUME FORTT-FIVE
CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. APRIL 30th, 1953
Chieftain Band
To Enter Contest
At Plainview
Members "of the Crosbyton
High School Band, 40 strong,
will go to Plainview Saturday;
May 2, to compete in the Instru-
mental Music contest of Texas
Interscholastic League, Regiyn I.
The Plainview High School band
and R. C. Davidson, director, will
be hosts fojr ,,this event. ~
The Crosbyton band will com-
pete with Cl ass A schools, a-
gainst a number of strong bands
in the Region. Judges will be
Col. Earl D. Irons, Jiead of- the
music department * at N.T.A.C.,
Arlington; R. A. Dossche and Pat
Arsers, band directors of high
schools in San Antonio.
Plainview was selected as lo-
the prokimity to all the schools
of the region. The auditorium is
spacious enough to, accomodate
all the groups since It seats over
1300. The stage in the* auditor-
ium is large enough tp seat .the
bands without difficulty. i
$175 Offered In
New County
Cotton Contest
Crosby County Increased Ferti-
lized Yield Cotton Contest has
been approved by the 4-H and
A committee, according to an-_
nouncement this week by BTTT
Kimbrough, county agent. A-
wards of $100.00 for first place,'
$50.00 for second, and $25.00 for
third place are being sponsored
by The Sdrfth* Plains Fertilizer
Chemical Company of Lorenzo,
of which John McFarland is the
manager. • —
Any 4-H or FFA member is
eligible for this contest provided
he fertilizes five acres of cotton
with commercial fertilizer and
has a check plot of one acre, two
rows from his fertilized plot. He
must keep an accurate record on
his fertilized acres and on his
one-acre check plot, and have
three ' disinterested people to
certify to his record, a gjub
member can enter the Crosby
County 5-acre Cotton Yield Con-
test, and by fertilizing this five
acres B5fore**june 30, with any
commercial fertilizer a*id hav-
ing a 1-acre check plot will
qualify for both contests.
The contest winners will be
judged on the basis of increased
yield per acre over the check
plot. Fertilizer must be applied
before June 30. 1953 and reports
made to the county agent* or-his*
FFA instructor,
M. K. Thornton, Extension Ag-
riculture Chemist, recommends
for Crosby o«ur}tv for cotton un-
der irrigation; 70 lbs. of nitro-
gen and 20 lbs. phosphorus and
30 lbs. of nitrogen for cot^p un-
der dry land.
The South Plains Fertilizer
and Chemical company, Lorenzo
will furnisfcuand apply anhy-
drous ammonia for 10 cents per
pound, or . phosphoric acid for
8Vi cents per pound. They also
have available any kind of fer-.
tilizer you need for your crops,
which can be applied with your
own equipment.
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FM ROAD 651 NORTH OF
CROSBYTON TO GET SEAL
COAT IN NEAR FUTURE
Contract has been awarded
by the. State Highway Depart-
ment for the placing of a seal
coat on FM Highway 651. a dis-
tance of six miles north of Cros-
byton. This contract was includ-
ed in a total of 136.7 miles of
seal coat awarded by the de-
partment..
No date was given as to when
this work will be done, but it is
expected to be completed within
a short time. '• - ♦
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Congratulations:
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stewart
of Crosbyton on the birth of a-
son at 8:29 a. m. Apm 24, in
Crosbyton CI Inic TTospTfSl. The1
young man weighed 6 lbs. 8 ozs.
and was-named Larry* Dale. ,.
" Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKnight
of Dickens on the birth of a
daughter named Mary Lou and
weighing 8 lbs. 13 ozs., at 2:02 a.
m. April 24 in Crosbyton Clinic
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs.°Joe Elsby have
returned to Bristow, Okla., after
spending several weeks here at
the bedside of his mother, Mrs.
L. J. Elsby, who died, Sunday.
AT FORT SILL: Pvt. Dolmer
H. Gowens, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Gowens. formerly an em-
Ltchison's Service '
station, is now at Fort SU1,
Okla., taking his basic train,
ing. He has been in the ser-
vice since March 9. He would
welcome all letters from his
friends. His address: Pvt. Dal-
mer H. Gowens U.S. 54104009,
Battery A, 2nd Field Artillery
Training Battalion, 1st Field
Artillery Training Group, F.A.
R.T.C., Fort Sill, Okla.
McAdoo Music
Give Recital
Services for Mrs.
L. J. Elsby, 77,
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Eli-
zabeth E. Elsby, 77. were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
at the Crosbyton -Church of
Christ. W. A. Brown, Laredo, a
former minister, officiated, as-
sisted by Cline Drake, minister.
Mrs. Elsby, a long-time resi-
dent of this area, died about -8
p.m. Sunday, following a long
illness. Burial was in Crosbyton
cemetery beside her husband,
Who preceeded her in death in
1922. King Funeral Home was
In charge of arrangements.
Born Feb. 15, 1876 *at Dallas,
Mrs. Elsby moved to Dickens
county near McAdoo~in 1909. She
later moved to Crosby county in
ton for a number of years.
Survivors include one son, Joe
Elsby of Bristow, Okla.; and
four daughters, Mrs. Willie EI-
dridge, Mrs. E. E^.'^Buckner -and
Mrs. j. C. Formby, all of Mc-
Adoo, and Mrs. B. G. McDuff of
Crosbyton.
Pall bearers were: Chas. B.
Parker, John L. Parker, Don Mos-
es, Weldon Dendy, and Allen
Mize, all of Crosbyton, and L. E.
Bass of McAdoo. — —
COMMISSIONERS SEEK MEANS OF SECURING
RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PROPOSED 4-LANE HI-WAY
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Ruby Gentry'
To Show May 3-4
At Chieftain
Karl >Malden, who co-stars
with Jennifer Jones and Charl-
ton Heston in "Ruby Gentry", a
Bernhard-'Pidor.' production to be
seen at the Chieftain Theatre
Sunday and Monday, May 3 and
4, claims the distinction of being
Hollywood's best long-distance
Communter. After each picture,
he treks back to Ne\p York City
to await his next screen assign-
ment;- /
L9I9 and^Tad^resided inH2resby- l—^Lnc5e his Academy Award win.
McAdoo music students' of
Mrs. J. E. Berry, and the Rhythm
Band, under the direction of Ma-
bel Laughlin and Lula Dicken-
son,, will gjye a joint program
Tuesday evening, May 5, at 8:00
o'clock in the-'McAdoo High
school auditorium—
The Rhythm Band, in uni^
forms, will play the following
numbers: '!Rig a Jig Jig," "Baa,
Baa, Black Sheep,"- "Juanita"
and."Spanish Cavalier."
Piano pupils appearing on the
program include: piano solo, Ro-
bena McCoy: "The Fox Hunt"
and *"Sky Scraper'V Sandra Cy-..
{fort; .v'Narcus", Linda Gayle
Hardy: "Spanish Fiesta", Rita
Van Meter; march, Kay , Bur-
rows;. "Dream Ship," Betty Van
Meter; "Doll's Drearr^', Barbara
Boucher; "Dreamland", . Elaine
Taylor; piano duet, "Spring"
Song," Francis Ann Taylor and
Elaine Taylor; "Musette", Josie
Cypert; "Chanson," Carol Ann
Allen; "Indian Dance", Bobbie
Jo Hickman; "My First Waltz,"
Lela Beth Hickman.
"Hawaiian Love Song," Cleta
Nell Allen; . "Happy Farmer",
Joyce Morris; piano duet, Mar-
gie Allen and Carol Ann Allen;
piano duet, Bobbie Jo Hickman
and Lela Beth Hickman; "H.M.S.
Pinafore", Lindell Dennis; piano
solo, Marquita Barton; piano
duet, Barbara Boucher and El-
aine Boucher; "Fur Elise'\ Fran-
cis Ann Taylor; piano duet, Lin-
dell Dennis and Mrs. H. L. Den-
nis, and "Polonaise", Margie Al-
ien.
Awards will be given, includ-
ing the Progressive Series Theo-
ry awards.
Safety Confab ]
Set For May 8
In Amarillo
Plans are-being, completed for
a Regional Safety Conference to
be held at the Herring Hotel, at
Amarillo, on JVIay 8, it was an-
nounced recently by Mr. Victor
Shawgo, with the Southwestern
Public Service Co., and general
chairman for the Conference.
Hundreds of Texans from this
area will gather for this one day
meeting to learn how they might
make their businesses, schools,
homes and communities safer.
Outstanding speakers, national^
ly known in their respective a-
reas of safety, will be on hand
^..prnvidp information.to inter-^
ested citizens. ■
E. B. Tilley, of Houston, who
is the president ~*ot the Texas
Safety Association, emphasized
that this Conference is open, to
the general public. He-said, "We
cannot be effective in a program
of accident prevention unless
every man, woman and child is
aware of the magnitude of this
problem and wants to do some-
thing about it." v
Crosbyton is invited to have a
delegation present at the meet-
ing-.
Bank Deposits
Show Decline
Deposits in the Citizens NaT
t ional Bank dropped ..to the low-
est point in several years on A-
pril 20, when the regular Comp-
troller's report was made. At the
time the deposits stood at only
$2,688,330.01, compared with a
total of $3^72,7.94.94 on Dec. 31,
1952, the "previous call.
The drouth was given as the
principle reason for the sharp
decline in local deposit^ along
with_a big expenditure In the
past several months for Irriga-
tion wells in thetilstrlct.
Loans and discounts were also
lower on the April 20 report than
on last Dec. 31. On April 20 the
amount of loans totaled $981,-
249.11, compared , with $1,455,-
213v53 Dec. 31. The bank -has
$1,292,828.03 invested in bonds
and securities compared "vv4th
less than a million dollars the
first of the year/ ~"
, The bank still has $77,526.72
in its building fund, undivided
profits of $64,462.25 and reserve
of $13,851.79. " " ~
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Mrs. Clyde Welch of Dallas
and Mrs. Arthur Dieterich of
Dorchester, visited last week at
the bedside of their aunt,. Mrs.
L. J. Elsby, and with other rela-
tives here.-
Office Supplies At Tho Review
ningfefforFin
ed Desire" Maiden has Increas-
ed his trans-continental hops,
his latest being for a top role in
"Ruby Gentry" in which he
plays the role of a self-made
millionaire and the husband of
Jennefer Jones, who as the fiery
"Ruby" of the swamp country
in the Tidewater section, of North
Carolina treats her lovers rough-
ly.
In addition to the three stars,
the cast of "Ruby Gentfy,"
which was directed by King Vi-
dor for 20th Century.Fox release
includes Tom Tully, Bernard
Phillips, James Anderson, Jose-
phine Hutftfinson., Phyllis Avery
and Herbert Heyes.
Bryan Brock
Wins Third In
National Contest.
Bryan Brock, Crosbyton 4-H
Club boy, was notified this week
that he was third place winner
of a cotton production contest
conducted by Northern Star Seed
Farm at O'Brien. Young Brock
will receive a prize of $200 in the
contest which covered the entire
Southern cottonbelt and was op-
en, to both adults and'boys..
A Peoria, Ariz., boy, -Frances
Moore, won firstplace, produc-~
ing 7,802 pounds of lint from
five acres of cotton. John A. Dor-
man of. Lockney was second
with 5,185 pounds lint, while
Bryan's yield was 4.445 lbs. This
was on irrigated cotton.
Bryan won second place in the
county cotftest sponsored by the
co-operative gins of the county.
All of the- dry-land winners
were from Mississippi, where the
yield wSs 4,958 pounds lint for
first place; 4,492 pounds, scconcl
place, and 3,815 pounds, third
place.
o —.
Mrr and Mrs. Joe Bowles vis-
ited over the week-end with her
parents In San Angelo.
Easement contracts for 60 feet
Additional right-of-way and res-
eration contracts for 40 and 80
foot more 'Nght-of-way to. . be
purchased at sOnie time in the
future, on a 14 %tiJLe stretch of
Highway 82 from the. Lubbock
county line to four mil^s west-of
Crosbyton, were turned! over last
Thursday to County Ju$ge J. M.
Rankin, by.S. C. McCar%, Lub-
bock, district engineer.
These contracts represent the
land needed by the Highway de-
partment to construct a 4llane
divided highway over the. 14
miles of Crosby county/road,
JUdge Rankin said. The reserva-
Crosbyton Teams
FFA Contests
The poultry team placed sixth
and the cotton team second in
the Texas Tech F.F.A. Judging
Contests held last Saturday at
the Tech campus. Willie Powell
won first in stapling cotton and
Clayburn Marsh third in the
contest. —
They were served a dinner at
Aggie Grove, and the Plains Co-
op Oil Mill served a'free barbe-
cue at 5 p. m.
The poultry team will com-
pete in the state contest'at Col-
lege Station May 2. The team is
composed of Donald Sandel, Kay-
Don Spurgin, Billie Joe Boyd and
Eddie Franklin. Accompanied by
.their adviser, *H. C: Hoover, they
will make the trip in the new
chapter pick:.up, a recent "gift of
Cocke Motor qompany.
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Spring Music
Festival May 8
Crosbyton two Harmony clubs
will present a Spring Festival of
Music on Friday -evening, May
8, at 8:00 o'clock at the First
Baptist church. -- ~~ -
. This program is presented in
"connection with National Music
Week. The program, will consist
of varied-vocal aricL instrumen-
tal music.
The public is cordially invited
to attench- 1 ~_
WELCOME. NEW
SUBSCRIBERS
Mrs. John Wolf
L.. W. Banta
John J. Hicks
Ray Thedford
E. H. Dickerson
B. J. Gearner
Allan B.t Smith -
Review's Mysteiy Farm No. Eight
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Only two people qualified to
receive passes to The Chief-
-tain Theatre this "week, with
the third pass offered not hav-
ing a taker. These passes are
offered by Mr. Dona! Gowens.
Chieftain manager, to the
first tenth and twentieth per-
sons guessing the farm cor-~
rectly each week. -
O. B. Swindall was the first
and Mrs. Vemon Wheeles the
- -t
tenth person to guess correct-
ly. As there were only 16 cor-
rect guesses, the final pass,
will not be issued'. This is a
reminder that latecomers on
Saturday ' and perhaps Men-
day hare a chance Ust the pass.
Winners of Want Ads for the
week are Cecil Berry. Bill Mar-
ley. Mrs.,. D. D. Thotnhill.
Wayne Flemins. Wayne Park-
en Janelle Mayes, Troy Rich.
Mrs. BUI Hickman. Mrs. B. C.
Cooper and Mrs. O. C. Fowler.'
Others guessing correctly in-
clude: Ann Barnett. Mrs. L. C.
Hickman. R. W. Mise and Mrs.*
Clyde Starrett.
Mr. O. B. Swindall and Mrs.
Yemen Wheeles may secure
their free passes to The Chief-
tain Theatre by calling at The
Review. ■ '
tion contracts are for proposed
feeder roads along each side of
the new road, to be purchased
and bulltt at a later date.
The proposed new~4-lane road
would be the first unit of a su-
per highway between Lubbock
and Fort Worth, Mr. McCarty
has announced. It would also in-
clude the stretch of road from
Idalou to the Crosby county line.'
Under the jroad building pro-
gram of Texas, each county
must furnish the right-of-way
if the road 1^ to be built. As the
proposed road would traverse a
heavily irrigated section, and
would require the moving of
at least two houses and the re-
drilling of two irrigation wells,
the cost to the county will be
heavy, Judge Rankin said. He
that thP eppt. at a
minimum would be $40,000," "and
the figure might run higher. Al-
so to be moved would be a high
voltage line for Southwestern
Public Service company.
' The Commissioners 'Court met
Tuesday to discuss possible
means of acquiring the right-of-
way but arrived! at no decision.
Two methods were proposed to
the court, Judge Rankin said.
One was to use county licence
fee funds, which according ^o
law are available for right-of-
way purchases. This would
mean the curtailment of "most
lateral road work In the county
for two years, as the license' fee
receipts are now divided equally
among the four precincts for
lateral road maintenance.—
The second proposal was that
the county vote to assess the
30 cent ad valorem tax formerly
collected by the "state but which
was relinquished by the state to
the counties by constitutional
amendment a few years ago. Be-
fore this tax could be assessed,
a county-wide vote, would JhaVB
to" be held. A petition lo - the
Commissioners Court -hearing
approximately 250?sfgniatures Of
qualified taxpaying voters coUld-
call the election. *
"The Court "Wants: to empha*
size that we -have taken no ac-
tion in this matter and are op-
en to suggestions as to whether
you want the road now and how
it can be financed," Judge Ran-
kin said. ,j
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City Health
Officer Urges L
Fly Control
Early, spring is the best time
for a -community to st#rt a fly
control program, declared Dr.
Dale Rhoades, city health" of-
ficer. This is before .the fly p6p-
ulation has a chance to multi-
ply. It is estimated that one.
pair trf flies, under favorable
condinVis, could have countless
ancestors before winter.
Every time you kill a fly ear-
ly In "the season, and destroy
breeding places, you stop whole
colonies of flies' before they can
start. The most effective way of
preventing swarms of flies is to
destroy or make inaccessible to
flies the organic material which
attract flies by their odors, and
which are essential to them as
food and breeding places.
Individual householders ought
to make it ■_ their responsibility
to clean up their own back
yards. Garbage cans should hdVe
a tight 'fitting lid and they
should be leak-proof. Inadequate
facilities for storage of garbage
and refuse usually result in
widespread fly breeding. Uncovr,
ered or partially covered gar-
bage containers produce <5dore
that attract a large number ^f
files. Good window screens will
do a lot to keep, flies out of
buildings,-- thereby protecting
food from contamination by fly-
borne disease, organisms.
There Is no substitute for good
sanitation in fly control.' Every
spot in town must be cleaned of
garbage and trash. If a few dir-
ty places are left, swarms of
files will breed. A neglected sta-
ble on the edge of town will fur-
nish a plague of flies for the en-
tire neighborhood. After barbage
and trash have bieen remo\
insecticides will help to redv
the fly population
It is a
howe\
ed only
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are maint
year.
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