The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1954 Page: 1 of 10
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With rodeo time in Crosbyton
a thing of the past for another
year, President Stanton Brunson.
asks us- to thank the many, ma-
ny people who had a hand in
putting, on this year's show. Al-
though not financially success-
ful due to the weather and the
times, it was a good show and
the association just about "broke
even". "Thank -those who helped
us -in any way," said Stanton.
"Those who helped at; the arena,
bought advertising in the Pro-
gram, took" part in the parade,
and any of the other things thai
are. necessary to stage a rodeo."
And while we're on the sub
ject of thanking people, we
would like to extend , our per-
sonal thanks to all you mem-
bers of the Band* Boosters Club
for the fine manner in " which
you worked the concessions at
the rodeo. We can truthfully say.
that we have never seen a finer
example of co-operation Jn get-
ting the job done, and as a re-,
suit your high school band will
have new uniforms next year.
Of course, these uniforms won't
be entirely paid for—not by -a
long shot—but we Will have
three years in which to pay the
balance. With |ust half the en-
thusiasm and cooperation you
demonstrated at the concession
stands, theftraising of the Vest of
this money should be a fairly
minor matter.
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CROSBTTON, CBOSBT COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 10th. 1954
NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
FIRST CARLOAD OF 1954 WHEAT
RROUGHT TO CITY MONDAY
The first load of 1954 wheat
was brought to Wood & Moody
Graip Company Monday . after-
noon by Mr. C. A. McClure and
Mr. W. B. Allen of the Ait.'Blan-
co community, according to an-
nouncement by Mr,D. H. Moody,
manager.
The wheat was exceptionally
good for the first load, Mr. Moo-
dy stated, having a 63 test
weight. A 10 cent premium wars
paid for the wheat. A 20-bushel
per acre average was secured, on
the patch from which the load
was cut.
Several more loads are ex-
pected during the week, Mr.
Moody said, but it*will be the
last' oTThe week before the crop
starts coming to the elevators
in, much quantity.
Catching & pines Grain Com-
pany received "their first load of
the new. wheat early Wednesday
morning, with Mr. Thomas Wal-
ler who lives north of Blanco
Canyon, bringing in the "Joad.
Test weight was 60 and moisture
content 12.70 percent, Pete Bell,
manager, said. Mr. Waller did
For many years we have heard
parents wish for a summer re-
creation program for their chil-
dren. Well, folks, you have it!
There is no reason why the sum-
mer program -in Crosbyton
should not be successful, be-
cause it is being supervised by
the schools and is being well
planned. It is entirely free to
a.ll children, including the swim-
ming and transportation , to the
swimming pool. You as a parent
have only one obligation — en-
courage your children to take
a part. If the program is success-
ful, we have an idea that it will
,'be 'a regular annual program
for the city. So send your chil-
dren to\the gymnasium Monday
afternoon at 1 p. m.
Have you noticed that pair 01
fancy boots in Wallace's show
window? They are quite some
boots, containing leather from
every part .,of .. the world and
covered with hand-tooled pic-
tures made by the craft's best
workers. We knew they were ex-
pensive but didn't realize just
how much so until Mr. Wallace
told us. Those boots, Cowboy,
will cost you x>ne thousand dol-
lars.
> r We are indebted to one of our
exchanges for this item on "Life
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Lions Club To
Play Donkey
Bal l Games
Ralph Godfrey's famous don-
keys in America's funniest game
will come to Crosby County next
week for two games between
Lions Clubs of the county,,Fred
Cunningham, president of the
Crosbyton,,Club, announced this
week.**• - t
Monday night the^rosbyton
Lions go to Ralls to "battle the
Ralls Lions Club at the Jackrab-
bit football field. Tuesday night
the Lorenzo Lions come to Cros-
byton for a game with the local
club'at Chieftain Park. Both the
games will start at 8 o'clock,
and the admission will be 50c
for adults and 25c for children-
Members of 'the Lions Clubs
riding these stubborn, tricky
donkeys furnish the funniest
gafhe eVer played. "Better than
a rodeo^—funnier than a circus,"
the .advance billing states.
Also on the program will be
a special act by a trick mule.
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PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
NOW HAS FULL SCHEDULE
OF SUNDAY SERVICES
Services are now being held
each Sunday at the Primitive
Baptist Church, it has been an-
nounced.
Elder H. H. Garrett of Lubbock
will preach the first Sunday tn
each month at the 11 o'clock
hour.
On the second Sunday night
of each month at 8 o'clock Elder
E. J. Norman of Wellington will
preach. He Is to be here this
Sunday, June 13.
Elder Kenneth Martin of Ralls
preaches each third Sunday
night at 8 o'clock.
On the fourth Sunday morn-
ing at 11 o'clock, Elder Jesse
a, local pastor, will do the
preaching.
not know ^ust how much the
patch was cutting as he was
picking the dry spots and skip-
ping over the field. It is pretty
good, though, he told Mr; Bell.
This, week the estimate pf the
wheat crop had- - taken another
nosedive, due to the week of hot.
dry Winds which have prevailed.
The winds have damaged the
young wheat which is in the
dough stage, causing it to blis-
ter and swivel. Older wheat has
not been damaged much, and
has matured earlier because of
the winds. "
Wheat farmers1 have been up
and down on estimates of the
wheat crop for two ^months now.
Two months ago before the re-
cent rains, most farmers didn't
give the wheat much chance to
make anything. Then came the
rains, and the prospects looked
brighter than in many years!
But along came the hail storms,
followed by the hot, dry winds,
which have cut into t*he produc-
tion. But a fair crop is still ex-
pected from the acreage .which
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Roy E. Hillin Cites Record In Asking
for Re-election to Sheriff's
Roy E. Hillin, candidate for
re-election to the office of sher-
iff and tax assessor-eOHector,
makes the following statement.
. During the past four years the
liquor traffic in Crosby County
has been brought to a practical
standstill. Through efforts Of the
sheriff's office and with the fine
cooperation of our courts, liquor
law Violators, for the first time,
have been arrested, convicted
and sentenced to stiff fines and
long imprisonment.
There is no Vice problem in
Qrosby County. It has been pos-
sible for the sheriff to answer
any and all complaints from all
parts of the county, swiftly and
effectively, with new police ra-
dio equipment provided by the
Commissioners Court. You have
found the sheriff's office ready,
night and day, to render assis-
tance to any citizen within a
matter of minutes.
This has been • done without
establishing resident deputies in
Crosbyton, Ralls and Lorenzo. A
deputy cannot confine his work
to one town, but must be on 24
hour call to all parts of
county where his services are
needed. Qtfr\ reduced , deputy
force effects a great saving to
taxpayers.
Another way to save taxpayer
money is getting by without
employing a full-time male jail-
er. The system now in use saves
approximately $200 per month,
and there has been no escaping
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SPUR-CROSBYTON GOLF
CLUBS TO PLAY TOURNAMENT
ON LOCAL COURSE SUNDAY
The Silver Falls Gntf Club will
be host to the Spur Golf Club
in a tournament Sunday, June
the [13, All members wishing to par-
ticipate in the tournament are
asked to be at the goif course at
1:30 p. nn. Handicaps of all mem-
bers, must be turned in to Joe
Blocker by Saturday night.
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Mr- and iftrs. -Hulen Clifton
and'son have returned from a
month's vacation at Corpus
Christi, other points in Texas,
and Mexico' City.
School Board
OK's Purchase of
Band Uniforms'
The. Crosbyton School Boaricl,
in session Tuesday night, voted
to purchase .new uniforms for
the Crosbyton High School band
in cooperation with the Crosby-
ton Band Boosters Club. Several
members of the club met with
the board.
The pew uniforms, which are
expected to*be here in time for
ihe opening of school in Septem-
ber, will have a royal blue coat
trimmed in white ^and red, grey
trousers with a royal blue stripe,
shako cap with ostrich plum,
white shoes and gloves. They
are expected to be the most at-
tractive uniforms ever owned by
the local band.
Seventy-five uniforms are to
be purchased and will be fin-
anced on a three-year plan. The
Band Boosters Club has assumed
the responsibility ofr raising the
money for the payments each
year.
Principal reason for the deci-
sion to buy new uniforms was
that the present uniforms were
pusjpbased for students in the
fifth through the jeighth grade.
SiffCe that time tfie members of
the band have advanced to the
eighth grade or above and have
outgrown, their uniforms. The
oUl«(*inifprms. will be given to
the ,Junior High ^School Band,
which at the present time has
about 50 members/ . 'w'"
Measurements fof the new
uniforms will be taken Monday,
June 14, from 8 a. mi to noon,
Jess Lancet, director, has an-
nounced. AlKband students in
the eighth grade and above who
can possibly do so are urged to
come in during these~hours for
their measurement.: However,
students who will be out of
town on that date will be con;
tacted and arrangements made
to get theif 'measurerjent later.
Summer Recreation Program To
Hold First Sessions Next Monday
Two Crosbyton young men were among the 642 students at
Texas Tech who received their degrees at graduating exercises
held at the college last week. Receiving his degree of Bachelor
of Business Administration with a major in accounting was Dav-
id Aubrey Collier, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Collier, Crosby-
ton. At the right is William Arnold Ratheal, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Ratheal, .whor6ceived a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
with a major in agronomy and farm machinery. Both young
men did all their elementary and high school work in Crosbyton
and Crosby County, getting their high school degrees here.
Quite a number of Crosbyton people attendee the Baccalau-
reate service May 30 Ohd the Commencement exercises May 31.
Final Rites for J R. Bell To Be Held
Friday at 3 p. m. First Raptist Church
MASONIC LODGE TO ELECT
OFFICERS AT REGULAR
MEETING JUNE 12TH
Annual election of officers will
be held at the regular meeting
of the Crosbyton Masonic Lodge,
No. 1020 A. F, & A. M., Saturday
night, June 12, ^beginning at 8:30
p. m., according to announce-
ment by Sam Brown, Worship-
ful Master.
All Masons are invited to at-
tend this "important meeting of
the lodge. -:
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TO DIRECT YOUTH PROGRAMS
Miss Virginia Davis will di-
rect the summer youth program
at the Petersburg Methodist
Church, and will leave this week
end To take up her duties there.
John Davis will conduct a simi-
lar program at the Lamesa First
Methodist Church. These young
people are both students at Mc-
Murry College, Abilene.
Review's Mystery Farm No. Sixty-Six
Giro Crosbyton cod Crosby
County people half a break on
these Mystery Farms and they
will guees them. Last week's
farm No. 65. although not lo-
cated on Highway 82, Is so
dose that people passing a-
long the highway eee it. It is
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Mar ley on the East Plains.
This week the Chieftain
Theatre management awards
two passes for the fLrst time in
several weeks. One goes to
Trey Webb with the first cor-
rect guess, and the other to
Mrs. T. E^ThomhUl with the
10th coned guess.
Others guessing correctly In-,
eluded: Mrs. fade Davis. Cecil
Berry. Beanie Mason. Bill Mar-
toy. Patsy Wheetoss. Mrs. Hoyt
McClure, Mickey. Cooper, Don-
ald Wayne Thocnhill. Mrs. L.
B. Marley, Mrs. Ray Ware and
Ronnie Marley.
Here's a farm that*s not tee
far from Crosbyton because If
you look real doeely you will
see Crosbyton in the upper
tofthand corner of the picture.
See If yon oan guess Mystery
Farm No. M.
J. B. Bell, agent for Continental
Oil Co. in Crosbyton since 1939,
dled^ about 8 p. m. Ihst ni^ht,
Wednesday, in the Crosbyton
Clinic Hospital from a heart
attack suffered two weeks ago
today.
Funeral services have been
set for 3:00 p. m. Friday, June
11, at the First Baptist Church.
Oth^r funeral arrangements nad
not been completed early this
morning. Burial 'will he in Cros-
byton Cemetery Under direction
of King Funeral Home.
Mr. Bell had been an active
■eiVic and church leader until he
suffered his first heart .attack
seven years ago, in September
of 1947. He served for two terms
on the Crosbyton City Commis-
sion and was an active member
of the Crosbyton Lions Club un-
til that date. He was a member
of the Crosbyton Masonic Lodge,
the Chapter and Council at
Brownfield, Commandery at
Lubbock and of the Kiva Shrine
in Amarillo. He was also a mem-
ber of the Eastern Star, and a
Past Patron of the Crosbyton
Chapter.
He was a member x>f the First
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Mr. arid Mrs. Kelton Tidwell
are spending the summer in
Hobbs, N. Mex., where he
employed by an oil company.
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Spending the week-end in the
A. W. Wallace home were Mr
and Mrs.- A. F. Stalcup of Fort
Worth.
Drillers Have
Hard Luck On
New City Well
Drillers of the new water well
for the City.of Crosbyton had
hard luck Tuesday when casing
they were lowering Jn the well
stuck at 240 feet, and,, they were
unable to remove it. The drillers
are Joe Lemonds and Tom Con-
dron.' The well is located in the
northwest part of the city across
Jaycees Appoint'
Committees at
Tuesday Meet
The appointment of a new
treasurer and the selection of
three important committees con-
stituted the bulk of the business-
at the Tuesday noon meeting of
the newly organized Jaycees,
held in the dining room of the
Club Cafe. The' Jaycees meet
each Tuesday at the cafe at 12
the street northeast of the W. JMjitwn*.,-
Wren residence Farmer Ave-
rJiue.
In an attempt to break -.the
casing loose, five successive
charges of dynamite were
toilfcfted off in the hole below
tTie casing, which finally broke
at the 200 foot level. The 200
feet of casing were pulled from
the well, leaving only forty feet
which was lost.
Wednesday morning the drill-
ers moved 10 feet east of the
old location and started a - new
hole. This is expected to be com-
pleted within/ another day or.
t*vo.
Sand formation In the well is
good, ?ity officials report, and it
is hoped that a good well can
be developed at this location.
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ENROLLS AT CAMP *
Cathryn Lodal has enrolled at
Camp .Mystic near Hunt where
she will spend the summer. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lo-
dal, took her down Thursday,
then went on to San Antonio to
visit his brother, Mr. and Mrs. O.
T. Lodal. They returned home
Friday night '
Jack Brashear will take the
place of Joe Farris as treasurer.
Mr. Farris has resigned as his
job wiH not allow him to attend
meetings regularly.
The three committees ap-
pointed were: , .
Swimming -pool committee:
James Feazelle, Jim Karr and
Jack Beeson.
Park Clean - Up Committee:
Neale Hefner, Jack Brashear and
H. W. Anderson.
Profit Making committee: Bill
Adams, Jack Brashear and Eldon
Reynolds.
Guests were Ralph Krebbs of
Lubbock, Bill Mayes, Art Hamil-
ton and Bill Click of Ralls.
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Weekend guests ih the S. P.
Covington home were Mr. and
Mrs. Marcus Phillips of Klngs-
vllle, T/Sgt. and Mrs. Compton
CbmelitHhof Roswell AFB, Sam
Covington, Jr., and Bennett Cor-
ley, students at Texas* Tech. Mr.
Phillips Is on uncle of Mr. Cov-
ington.
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Week-end guests In the Grady
Evans home were Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. McCrtfmmen of Seminole.
Crosbyton's Summer Recrea-
tion Program, sponsored by the
Crosbyton Chamber of" "Com-
merce and conducted under the
supervision of the schools, will
begin Monday, June 14, Supt.
Fred Cunningham, 'announced
this week.
Entirely free to all children of
the entire territory who Want to
participate in any or all of the
activities, the first session will
be held at 1 p. m. Monday at
the new gymnasium, with Mrs.
Jim Blagg in charge. During the
first week ,nature study, story
telling, quiet games, and arts_
and crafts ."will be offered. Hie
program will be elastic ahd will
be changed to fit the "needs of
the children attending,-Mr-Cun-
ningham said.
Softball Meet Friday Night
All players and managers of
the Adult Softball League are
requested to attend a meeting
at the school lunchroom Friday
night, June 11, at 8 p. m. At the
meeting the league wilt be or-
ganized, schedule drawn up and
the first game set for Monday
night, June 14.
New lights have been install-
ed at the Softball Field "by the
Chamber of Commerce. This year
t'he concessions will be operated
by the Chamber of Commerce,
and profits plus occasional pass-
ing of the hat is. expected to
make this part of the program
self-sustaining. '
Midget softball will be.played
each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons from 2 to 4 p. •
m., with Coach Kenneth Payne
in charge. A Midget League will
be organized if there are suffi-
cient players.
Swimming Twice a Week
Two swimming sessions will
be held each week, on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings from
9:30 to 11 a. m. at the Spur
Swirpmlng Pool. A bus will.
l.eave the school on these morn-
ings at 8:30 a. m. and return to
Crosbyton by 12 noon. There
will be no charge either for ad-
mission to the swimming pool
or transportation, this being ta-
ken care of by recreation'funds..
During the hour and a half
swimthing period, 45 minutes
will be devoted to swimming
instructions by Coach Payne and
the remaining 45 minutes will
be for swimming. /'>
The $600 fund needed for fi-
nancing the summer recreatjon
program is still $75 short of the
goal, Chamber of Commerce
Manager Bob Work points out,
with only $10 donated in the
past week. No one is being solr
lcited to contribute to this fund,
but those who think it .is "a
worthwhile program are asked-
to assist by turning theit money
in to the Chamber of Commerce.
Donations to last week $515.0©
J. A. Parks 5.00
Leon McPherson $5.00
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Total
$525.00
Milk Ordinance
Passed Tuesday
by City Council
The Crosbyton City Council, irr"
regular session Tuesday night,
adopted an ordinance to con-
trol the sale of raw milk and
dairy products within the city.
. "We are placing enforcement
on somewhat of a volunteer ba-
sis," said officials, "asking that
every person who sells raw milk;
butter, or sweet cream within
the city have their cows tested
once a year for tuberculosis, and
twice a year for Bangs disease.
"There are still lots of cases
of both diseases in Texas, and
raw dairy products are one
source of tuberculosis infection
and the principal cause of Bangs
disease. It will pay purchasers
of these products to be certain
that „ they come from tested
cows." * >
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PTA BAKE SALE TO BEGIN
AT NOON SATURDAY AT
M. & M. FOOD STORE
The first of a series of Sum-
mer Bake Sales will be held by
the Crosbyton Parent- Teacher
Association Saturday, June 12,
starting at noon, at M. k M.
Pood Store. The Crosbyton Harm-
ony Club will assist with the
•ale. ' .
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