The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1953 Page: 1 of 16
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Residents Asked To Restrict Use Of Outside Water To One Day A Week
The Seminole City Council was
still at the task of handling the
available water supply so that
every citizen In the city would
have sufficient amount last
night as the group met In spe-
cial session In the City Hall.
For the past two weeks dif-
ferent conservation plans had
been tried—with the result that
the systems used were Inade-
quate to meet the demands.
Wednesday, the council tried
again.
In a message which will be
placed In every home In the city
the council Issued the following
statement: This morning:
"In order to maintain pressure
In city water mains and have a
reserve supply, the following
schedule must be observed: Mon-
day only—homes In the South-
west area of town from Soutn
Ave. C east to Main Street,
Wednesday only — Northwest
from South Avenue C and North
Main; Thursday only — all of
the area East of Main Street."
The first plan adopted by the
city called for a similar proce-
dure except that the division
line began at Avenue A west of
the city with the result that the
load In Southwest Seminole was
too great to carry. The second
proposal allowed for alternate
days on even and odd numbered
homes, with similar result.
"We must have 100 per cent
cooperation from the public on
this other plan that must be tried
and proven before the situation
will be eased sufficiently," mem-
bers of the council said. "While
we are requesting the plan on
a voluntary basis at this time
it may be necessary to take
further, more drastic steps to
maintain the health of the com-
munity," they added.
The plan will have a further
chance to succeed If everyone
will stop all but household water
uses effective today, the council
further stated.
Attending the council session
Wednseday nlRht were: Mayor
W. E. Denton, Aldermen C. O.
Wright, Lovel Stell and Marlon
Brown.
Gaines
County's
Oldest
Business
Institution
me
en
mo
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e
* * *
Let's Cooperate
100 Per Cent!
Begin Today To
Conserve Water
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SIXTEEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1853
NUMBER SO
COUNTY STOCKMEN DRAFT RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL AID
Five-Point Program
To Be Presented.
By Delegation
Thirty-five Gaines County Live-
stock producers representing ap-
proximately 150 persons in the
county drafted a five-paint reso-
lution to Secretary of Agricul-
ture Ezra Taft Benson and ap-
pointed'a committee to present
It Saturday at the annual Ameri-
can Cotton Congress which Is
meeting In Lubbock Saturday,
Stressing the dire circumstan-
ces under which the livestock
producers are operating in this
drouth-stricken area the resolu-
tion followed through with four
of the same resolutions that
were sent to President Elsen-
hower last week from the Texas
Farm Bureau Meeting In Waco.
The fifth point stated: "A
price support on livestock not
considered foundation herds be
based on 00 percent of parity."
The two-hour session last night
saw many of the present prob-
lems faced by ranchers and live-
stock farmers as the result of
three years of poor growing
conditions, When most of the
Jfliscussion had died out and
Pahout every point covered, the
producers settled down to fill
out their needs to survive the
Immediate situation.
Committeemen who were
selected to present the resolu-
tion to Benson are Dale Puokett.
rSeminolo, chairman; John If 111
and T. B. Fulkerson, Seminole;
R, R. Stewart and Jim Brown,
Seagraves; and Ray Medlin,
jLoop.
Slate Farm Bureau Sends Message To President
Asking That State Be Declared Disaster Area
Ramblin'
'Round
Town
Dale Puokett, Gaines County
farmer and former president of
the Farm Bureau here was
among the delegates at a state
meeting of the body In Waco
at the Roosevelt Hotel last
Wednesday and Thursday, Puok-
ett attended the meeting as a
District (5 delegate on the con-
stitution committee,
While the state meeting was
in progress the state officers
and directors drafted an emer-
gency message to President
Dwight D. Elsenhower asking
that the drouth-stricken live-
stock raising counties be de-
clared a disaster area. Purpose
of the message, according to of-
ficers of the state farm bureau
was to secure the same aid to
carry foundation herds through
the drouth without having to
sell them on an open market.
One of the points of the tele-
gram to the President requested
long-term credit for livestock
owners as well as making avails
able to them through the De-
partment of Agriculture a por-
tion of feedstuffs at the same
price levels that foreign markets
may purchase It;. The foreign
feed aid Is being handled through
the Commercial Credit Corpora-
tion.
As a final request the mem-
bers asked a thorough investi-
gation be made In recent, dis-
parity of producer and consumer
prices in Chicago as of last
week.
The telegram to President
Eisenhower follows:
Texas is subject to drouths.
The livestock producers and the
credit agencies of this State pre-
pare for ordnlary drouths, but
this unprecedented drouth has
not only depleted the ranges of
forage, but has depleted the
sources of credit. The situation
Is so drastic that It has caused
a near panic in the movement of
livestock to market.
The panicky situation In the
drouth stricken areas, along
with the decline in the market,
has reachor into other areas and
stimulated the movement of
cattle to market. We feel that
this situation is temporary and
U not halted Immediately will re-
(See STATE Page 8)
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Mahon Urges Counties To Send Local
Delegates To Confer With Benson
Congressman George Mahon
advises from Washington that
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson Is most anxious to
get a firsthand report on the
Texas drougth situation when he
visits Lubbock on June 27 to
speak to the American Cotton
Congress. Mahon has been work-
ing with the Secretary on plans
for the Lubbock mooting.
In summarizing the situation,
Mahon said: "The Secretary,
through various agencies of the
Department which he heads, has
been keeping In close touch with
the situation. He has discussed
the drought problems with the
President and members of the
Cabinet, He has called upon me
and others to suggest Ideas as
to how to meet the problem, and
ho wants to get the considered
Judgment of the people in the
drought areas as to what they
think the Government can best
do to aid farmers and ranchmen
In the drought-stricken country.
"I have suggested to the Secre-
tary that a program of more
ampel credit to the formers on a
long-term basis is essential. This
could be done through the Farm-
ers Home Administration which
Is already in operation In all
farm areas. I have Joined with
other congressmen in asking
Secretary Benson to try to work
out a system of making avallabfe
to farmers and ranchers on some
practical basis some of the gov-
ernment-held stocks of grain and
cottonseed meal. This would
have to be done in a manner
that would avoid further depres-
sing the price of farm crops.
"The Secretary plaits to bo In
Lubbock throughout the day of
Juno 27, and he assures mo that
he will be available to receive
reports and recommendations
(Hen MAHON Page 8)
'/<*. with The
Editor
United Press News release
ifrom Laurel, Miss,: Police here
raided a moonshine whiskey still
■■ the basement of the First
■Baptist Church. The Janitor had
liooked the illicit distillery up
o the church furnace," The Item
vas turned in to this depart-
lent by a minister's wife
I(wouldn't, tell WHO for any
fimount of Inducement) with .the
i-omment, "Of course It If nodi
been found In MY church . . . .1
(wouldn't have mentioned It!'1
★ ★ ★
Clipped from an Exchange:
"From Death's Cook Book —!
(Take one reckless, natural-born
]fool, three drinks of bad liquor
md a fast, high-powered car.
Soak the fool In liquor, place In
f ar and let him go. In due time,
Remove the fool from wreckage
ind place In a black satin-lined
ax and garnish with flowers!"
★ * *
The "other editor" In Seminole,
|County .ledge Arzle L. Kirk Is
spreading HIS BULL thin It
ems to us. This week he show-
ed us a Rotary Club Bulletin
|from Calgary, Alberto, Canada
vhlch quoted one of his (the
[ledge's) quips. "Grandma was
,'lving advice to the bride-to-be.
H (lope your lot will be easier
jthan mine,' she said. 'All my
Iwodded life I've carried two
Iburdens ... pa and the fire.
y lime I turned around to
■look at one, 'touther had gone
lout!' " Yup, pretty thin. The
Canadian civic group announced
n the same bulletin that two of
Itheir members had made up at-
tendance in London and Essex
BAMBUN' Page fl)
Notice To All Citizens
It has been necessary for the Health of the community to set up
a new schedule for water conservation in Seminole.
In order to maintain pressure in city water mains and have a
reserve supply the following schedule must be observed:
MONDAY ONLY - Southwest from Ave. C and South Main.
WEDNESDAY ONLY - Northwest from South Avenue C and
North Main
THURSDAY ONLY - East of Main Street.
%
Southwest Seminole
1
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NORTHWEST
SEMINOLE
WATER MONDAY ONLY
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■j.
WATER WEDNESDAY ONLY
TO ODESSA
MAIN STREET
TO SEAGRAVES
EAST SEMINOLE
' '
WATER THIJIMDAY ONLY
>
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
The program is set up on a voluntary basis. With 100 per cent
cooperation on the part of all citizens the situation should be
eased to care for essential needs and limited outside watering.
If not, it will be necessary to take more drastic steps.
CITY OF SEMINOLE
Lions Club Officers Installed Tuesday
All-Star Softball Team Announced
Here By Commissioner Poyner
Seminole, Seagraves)
Civic Groups
Hear Governor
"Lions International Is in the
business of making friends,"
District 2-T-2 Governor-elect Ro-
land A, Lipscomb told some 75
Lions Club members Tuesday
night in a bl-clty installation
and Ladles night program. "So
long as something needs doing
in a community—there Is a need
for a Lions Club," he added,
pointing to the 44 nations repre-
sented In the International pic-
ture, 10,000 clubs with a mem-
bership of approximately 500,-
000.
Gov. Lipscomb who Is superin-
tendent of schools at Wink in-
Seagraves and Seminole clubs
following his ddress. The Sea-
graves club had been invited
several weeks ago to be guests
for the ladles might banquet.
The Tuesday meeting was pro-
sided over by J. D .Mitchell, vice-
(See LIONS CLUB, back page)
Church To Pay
Tribute To Its
Founder Sunday
Members of the First Meth-
odist Church will celebrate the
observance of 250 years as an
organized church Sunday, June
28, Rev. Horace Brooks, pastor,
said today. The special service
will i)o conducted *to honor the
great Portestant. denomination
and Its founder, John Wesley,
"Our meeting Sunday, in a
modern, air-conditioned church,
with a full vested choir and a
eompetltent church staff to care
for the physical plant and pro-
gram will be a far cry from
the humble beginning of Meth-
odism 250 years ago," Rev,
Brooks pointed out.
"On this day, 250 years ago,
the devout John Wesley sat In
a small prayer room located on
Aldersgate Street on the out-
skirls of London and felt his
heart 'strangely warmed.' He
was listening to a reading from
Martin Luther's preface to one
of the Epistles In the New Testa-
ment of the Holy Bible, From
this small meeting place Wesley
went out to set the hearts of
two continents aflame for
Christ," Rev, Brooks continued.
A special request to Meth-
odists everywhere to attend their
church this Sunday has been
made by the College of Bishops
of the Methodist Church. Ser-
vices all over the world will pay
tribute to the founder of the
second largest Protestant de-
nomination In the world.
Survey Reveals That
Stores To Close
AH Day, July 4
The results of a telephone
survey made late Wednesday
by The Seminole Sentinel in-
dicates (hat Seminole will re-
main at home In front of the
air conditioner, drinking lemon-
ade or something Saturday,
July 4—at least a majority of
business men and women have
made plans to remain closed
all day.
With restaurants, service sta-
tions and other necessary pub-
lic servtCM remaining open
Ahe city evidently plan* to ob-
serve Independence Day with-
out the usual day-to-day sweat-
ing.
The Seminole Indians placed
four players on the All-Star team
of the Seminole Lions Softball
League, according to a ballot
count by Baseball Commissioner
Glenn Poyner Wednesday. Phil-
lips players rated a close second
in the popularity contest with
three. Other teams and their
fan-favorites included: Denver
City Jaycees, 2; T&P Coal and
Oil, Denver City, and Bennett-
Benson one each with Amerada
placing one player and their
manager, Reginald' Prather.
Manager-Flrstbaseman M e t z
LaFollette led the balloting
which was conducted last week
as the first round of tournament
play got underway, The big
former basketball star of West
Texas State Teachers College
collected 117 votes In a position
(hat had .some of the best soft-
ball talent in the country play-
ing at the slot.
Players who were named to
the Ail-Star nine and their lea-
gue team and batting averages
for the season are: catcher, T-
Bone Jones, 225, Phillips; pitch-
ers (two)3 Olln Moore, 440, T&P
Coal and Oil and Bert Thomas,
265, Phillips First Base, Mete
LaFollette, 310, Seminole In-
dians; second base, Doyle Scott,
385, Denver City Jaycees; third
base, Howard Hassell, 310, Semi-
nole; shortstop, Charlie Ward,
315, Jaycees; Utility, Bobble
Hurst, 235, Amerada . Fielders,
★ ★ *
Seminole All-Stars
To Play Phillips
66 Oilers Saturday
A softball game has been
scheduled between the Seminole
All-Stars and a team of All-Stars
playing for Phillips nines in
West Texas and New Mexico, It
was announced here this morn-
ing.
Members of the local All-Star
group were eletted to the squad
by softball fans attending tha
games In the Seminole Lions
Softball League.
Game time will be set for ?
p. m., Commissioner Glenn Poy-
ner said today. The regulf-r ad-
mission of 25c for adults will
remain the same, he added.
Children of school-age are ad-
mitted free. •
Jake Harrell, 125, and Marcus
Crow, 360, both of Seminole;
T. C. Young, 410, Phillips; and
Danny Phillips, 300; Bennett-Ben-
son.
In the pitching position Willie
Holder of Frontier Chemical re-
ceived 44 ballots to take thrld
place for the position. At the
second base position Seminole's
Tommle Roberts was second
with 35 votes.
A tentative game for the Semi-
nole All-Stars had been set for
Saturday with the Lubbock Ava-
lanche-Journal team but the visi-
tors had a conflicting date and
had to cancel the game. Arrange-
ments are being made with an
All-Star team from Eunice, N.
M„ but, a definite date has not
been made through Wednesday
afternoon.
The Seminole All-Stars will
play the Saturday night dates
here throughout the balance of
the season, Poyner said.
200 Area Residents
Predict Inch Of
Rain In 1953
I,
Twenty-four of bettor than
200 persons say It will rain
at least an Inch sometime dur-
ing the day or night hours
Saturday, July 4, according to
the register book at (lie Collies
Itexall Drug,
There seems to be a note of
oplmlsin too, in the "Kaln Pro-
nogisca tor's Contest" being
sponsored by Reeves Cothes
In that all of the guesses
through Wednesday varied
from the past week ihrougli
Oct. 15—but, in each Instant
the pronoglscators predict that
It will ralu in 1053.
"if, and when it, does ralu
we will be more than happy
to present, I he lucky contest-
ant with the*$25.00 cash prize,"
Cothes said Wednesday. When
asked which dale lie had en-
tered on the hook, he replied,
"Nope, been In Gaines County
too long!"
Contestants whose dales have
"expired" may enter a second
guess at any (line, Cothes said
COUNTY COURT JURIES MAKE HISTORY
The county court Juries this week made a bit of history
for Gaines County r— for the past few years at any rate.
The occasion was two separate DWI trials, on Tuesday and
Wednesday whereby verdicts of guilty were returned in both
canes. The subsequent fines of $50 and costs in one case and
$100 and costs plus a 30-day Jail term in the other, fades Into
the background for the moment, in light, of the event that
was enacted.
Most Important is the fact that a Jury actually saw fit to
hand down verdicts of guilty — when time after time in the
I tost (lie accused were released following the trial without
any punishments nor fines. Some cases, true, the circumstances
left reasonable doubt that the drunk driving charges were
warranted. This could not |K>ssibIy be the case, however IN
EVERY INSTANCE!
Recently In a discussion in the courthouse the courtroom
remarks of a lawyer were rehashed. "How on earth could you
tile Jury convict, the defendant when the only witnesses were
law enforcement officers?" In this particular case the remark
must have stuck, too, because the Jury returned a verdict of
"not guilty" In the face of four direct statements that the
accused was drunk!
A glance at highway fatalities Is not even necessary anymore
In modern-day America and this particular portion of Texas
to see what drinking and automobiles are doing in kllllng-off
the excess population. Every time a drunk is arrested on the
highway the protest Is always the same, "I only had a couple
of beers." But nevertheless, the "coupla cans" are killing about
as many as whole bottles If (he figure* are correct*
That Gaines County Is finally taking the matter to heart In
trying to stamp uui tin- Irinia&e — uirn jfvwrr to rVnj
and law enforcement officers—and Jury—In the aera.
ROTARY CLUB TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
HERE TONIGHT
Annual Installation and ladies
night for the Seminole Rotary
Club has been slated for tonight
nt 8 o'colck in the School Cafe-
teria, Allison Gainey, president
said this morning. Plans have
been completed with Carroll
Cobb, state representative sche-
duled to make the principal i.d-
dress.
The officers who will take over
the civic club reins tonight in-
clude: L. G. Daugherty, presi-
dent; C. J. Murphrey, vice-pres-
ident; Holland Evans, Secretary-
treasurer; Jack Regan and Tom
LeBleu, new directors.
Reeves Cothes, charter mem-
ber of the Rotary Club and first,
president of the group wi!l be
installing officer. Alton Freeman
also a charter member, will in-
troduce the speaker.
Mrs, C. J. Earle serves the
civic group as pianist while
George Walker is song leader.
Approximately 90 members
and their guests are expected to
attend.
TODAYS SENTINEL
City Shoppers
Find Bargains
Cool Foods for Summer arid
double S&H Green Stamps every
Tuesday sire a fine combination
shopping at the big, new Piggly
Wlggly Super Market. Among
the host of specials for Friday,
Saturday and Monday are found:
Chuck roast, 29c; T-Bone, sir-
loin or club steak, 39c; fresh
ground veal, 25e; orange juice,
12Vjc; Plains ice cream, quart,
37c; Modart Shampoo, 75c-size,
29c and beautiful assorted waste-
baskets, 19c each and Darlcraft
milk, tall can, 12'/jc, *,
Building Problems? ... . solve
them at Forrest Lumber com-
pany. From the free estimates
to the finished product the build
Ing service is complete.
You can get ready for the
Fourth If you'll drop the ladies
of the family by Keiley's this
weekend, The bang-up values In-
clude: One group of shantungs,
linens, paper taffeta and crepes,
one-half price; skirts, $5.00 and
one group of blouses, $3.98,
Dearlng-AIexander Food Mar-
ket is having a big Dollar Day
Jamboree this weekend with
some outstanding specials offer-
ed, Readers of today's paper may
clip the coupon today and buy
a 12-bottle carton of Coca Cola
for only 30c Carnation milk,
tall can, 7 for $1; Maxwell House
Coffee, 77c; Sugar, 5-pound bag.
39c; Golden Brand oleo, 5 for $1;
Kim Dog Food, 12 for $1; Del
Monte Catsup, 6 for $1: U. S.
graded veal, ground, 29e; fore-
(See ADVERTISERS, Page H)
This Week's
WEATHER
WEEKS WEATHER PI
PI ♦*
HKill
U)W
99
Thursday
70
95
Friday
55
101
Saturday
56
104
Sunday
63
104
Monday
69
105
Tuesday
57
107
Wednesday
55
Thursday
74
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