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W. E. Cox and Vic Farrar, lo-
cal theatre magnates, made a
trip to Big Spring a couple of
weeks ago to witness the Big
Spring-Breckenridge ball game.
They arrived early and enjoyed a
meal at a cafe and leisurely
drove out to the football stadi-
um. They were surprised to find
the field completely dark. When
they returned to town and in-
quired, they found that the game
was being played in Brecken-
ridge. We have discussed this
event with local citizens and
find that the concensus of opin-
ion te that they should have
stayed In; Big Spring, where
ade^y|j*facilities are provided
for — them.
WsTS . .
Throuft. jjnis column we have
been urging the county to pur-
chase automobiles for the sher-
iff's department and thereby
eliminate abuses of an expense
account allowed deputies under
the present setup. We were sur-
prised at the amount of interest
shown by local citizens in the
matter, and all expressed opin-
ions that something should be
done about it. It is surprising
that something has not already
been done about it, because the
abuses are glaring.
During recent discussion on
the subject, the opinion was voic-
ed that perhaps the purchase of
automobiles would not reduce
the expense of the sheriff's de-
partment, as far as automobiles
were concerned. It was pointed
out that in at least one instance
a sheriff's department resented
action by the commissioner's
court in eliminating use of per-
sonal cars and set out to make
the commissioners sick of their
bargain. In our opinion, that line
of reasoning is foolish. In the
first place the sheriff-elect is not
that kind of man. In the second
place the court will get mighty
suspicious if department cars
turn up with big garage bills for
repair of wrecks, etc. In the past
we haven't heard of any great
damage done to cars owned by
the deputies. In the third place,
deputies services, like those of
newspaper people, arc expend-
able.
Again we would like to makf
it clear that we are not interest-
ed in the amount of salary paid
the deputies. We are Interested
in a system which allows abuses
of privileges in government.
Half of the investigations held
by government agencies during
the past few years are the result
of abuses by certain departments
of government. This couldn't
happen when department heads
or those responsible take an in-
terest in seeing that abuses do
not get started. In the local in-
stance the practice of submitting
excessive expense accounts could
and should be stopped.
If the commissioner's court
doubts that the people want a
change in the present setup, we
would be glad to furnish them
with petitions.
Holiday Services
Begin at 10:30
The special Thanksgiving ser-
vices, sponsored by the Seminole
Ministerial Alliance, will begin
at 10:3:0 a.m. next Thursday
morning in the First Presbyter-
ian Church.
Rev. D. Burke Kerr, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will de-
liver the sermon, assisted by pas-
tors u' other Seminole churches.
Subject of the sermon will be
"TkgfcaKternal pilgrims,"
Janet Marie Deskins,
dau#^r of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Deskinr., will sing a solo during
the program.
Every person, regardless of re-
ligious beliefs, is invited to at-
tend the Thanksgiving program.
It's easier to try to do a good
Job than explain why you didn't.
VOLUME 47
SIXTEEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
SEMINOLE. GAINES COUNTY. TEXAS
THURSDAY. NOV. 18, IBM
PRICE
NUMBER 51
Chamber
For New
Ballots containing the names
of 10 candidates, five of whom
will serve on the board of direc-
tors of the Seminole Chamber of
Commerce, wer<? mailed Wednes-
day by Manager H. C. Kyle.
All members of the Chamber
of Comrrterce will receive ballots
Merchants to Take
Holiday Thursday
Paper to Be Early
Practically all local buain-
«aa firms Mill be closed next
Thursday In observance of
Thanksgiving and The Semin-
ole Sentinel will he pobllahed
next week on Wednesday In
order to take part In the holi-
day observance.
The Sentinel urge* the co-
operation of advert!sera and
person* reporting new*. It
wilt br necessary to have aii
advertising and news stories
in the office one day «—•*—
than usual In order for
to appear in neat week's
Ivlitg Day hi a** of
ARLIN A. BEAVERS
Beavers Resigns
Position to Enter
Private Business
Arlin A. Beavers, Seminole
representative of the Tretolete
Company of St. Louis for the
past five years, has resigned
from that post to enter the in-
surance business here.
Beavers has established head-
quarters in the Tower Theatre
Building, where he is represent-
ing the Farmers Insurance
Group. He will handle all types
of insurance for the company.
Beavers described the Farmers
Insurance Group as the largest
insurer of automobiles west of
the Mississippi.
Home office of the company is
Los Angeles. Beavers said the
company specialized in fast
friendly claim service, pointing
out that local customers received
payments for hall claims last
spring on April 14, three days
after the storm hit Seminole on
April 11.
Beavers explained that the
Farmers Insurance Group, in
business for the past 25 years,
had recently purchased the New
World Life Insurance Co., one of
the largest life insurance firms
on the west coast.
Martin Rabb of Midland has
replaced Beavers as local repre-
sentative of the Tretolete Com-
pany. Beavers has been with the
company 15 years, moving here
five years ago "from Ruston, La.
He expressed his appreciation
to all the people of this area who
had cooperated with him during
his tenure with the Tretolete
Company.
Mrs. Beavers, manager of the
Retail Merchants Association
has also established offices in
the Tower Theatre Building and
will continue to serve in that
capacity.
Talent Review to Be
Presented Thursday
The Youth Fellowship of the
First Presbyterian Church will
present a talent review in the
Duff-Wharton Auditorium Tues-
day, Nov. 23, beginning at 8
p.m. Admission is 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
Proceeds wilJ go to the build
ing fund of the church.
Is Voting
Directors
through the mail, Kyle said. The
names of the 10 candidates will
be looked over by the person re-
ceiving the ballots and he will
then vote on five of the men.
Tlie five persons with the great-
est number of votes will become
directors for a period of three
years.
Names appearing on the ballot
are those of Chester Browne, Bill
Curry, L. A. Reddell, James Phil-
lips, A. T. Mosely, Glen P. Cain,
Thomas Worthington, H. N.
Stone, Holland Evans and R. L.
Jones, Jr.
Kyle explained that the elec-
tion was being conducted this
way for the first time. In the
past, members of the Chamber
of Commerce were mailed a rost-
er containing the names of all
members and they were able to
vote for any five persons from
the list. Space for write-ins ap-
pears on this year's ballots and
persons may still add the names
of anyone they would like to
see selected.
A nominating committee of the
Chamber of Commerce selected
the candidates after conferring
with each one of them and be-
ing assured they would accept
the positions and take an active
part in the Cahmber's work. Pre-
sent directors decided that in
this way the group could be as-
sured of good cooperation.
All ballots must be returned to
the Chamber of Commerce im-
mediately. They must be mailed
by Nov. 27 in order to be count-
ed, Kyle said. Each ballot mailed
by the Chamber was accompan-
ied with a special envelope to
make returns easier.
New directors will take office
shortly after the election, prob-
ably on Nov. 30. At that time
they will elect new Chamber of
Commerce officers. Present offi-
cers are Jess Carroll, president;
C. V. Singleton, first vice presi-
dent; C. P. Alexander, second
vice president, and Thomas Wor-
thington, treasurer.
The five directors whose terms
expire this year are Joe W. An-
derson, Reeves Cothes, J. D.
Mitchell, Leon DeWald and Wor-
thington. Of fhese, only Wor-
thington Is a candidate for re-
election. Five of the Chamber's
15 directors are elected each
year for a term of three years.
Those still having one more
year on their present terms are
L. G. Daugherty, Bob Whippo,
Chester Roberson, C. P. Alexan-
der and C. V. Singleton.
Elected last year and still hav-
ing two years to serve are Ross
Moore, E. M. Moore, Joe Svacek,
Jess Carroll and Brom March-
banks.
20 SHS Students
Named to NHS
Twenty Seminole high school
students have been selected for
membership In the National
Honor Society. Students were
chosen on qualities of leadership,
service, character and scholar-
ship.
Those selected were Frances
Briggs, Herron Nelson, Joan Tes-
ton, Norrice Ann Rash, Charles
Aguilar, Juanell Allison, Alber-
nita Braden, Pat Billings, Juana
Marie Browne, Allen Burke, Mol-
ly Estep, Joan Grass, Shirley
Grayson, Birda Hamilton, Glen-
na Mayfield, Barbara Mustian,
Lois Brock, Sue Seasum, Ruth
Vassar and Berta Glover.
Plans are now being made for
an induction ceremony. The new
members will be recognized In an
assembly program to be held the
last of November or during the
first week of December.
Indians Tackle
Browntield In
Season's Finale
Seminole entertains the
Brownfield Cubs at Wigwam
Stadium Friday night in its fin-
al game of the 1954 season.
Although both teams have
been out of the district cham-
pionship race for some time, the
Indian-Cub battle will determine
which of Friday night's oppon-
ents wind up in the district 6-AA
cellar. Both are winless in three
conference starts.
For Coach George Zoller's
Warriors, Friday's game will af-
ford them one last opportunity
to better the record of the 1953
club which won three and lost
seven. Brownfield, winner of
three non-conference games, will
be trying to match last season's
record of four wins and six los-
ses.
No fewer than five Indians
who started the season's first
game against Denver City on
Sept. 10 will be out of action for
the season finale. Edwin Gist,
Charlie Benson and Charles
Crain, all injured in the Kermit
game two weeks ago, will not
suit up for the Brownfield game.
Johnny Speer, recovering from
the mumps, will miss his second
straight game. Bill Burnett, who
was the team's quarterback at
the outset of the season is the
fifth player who will not be in
action. Burnett was stricken with
polio shortly after the first game
and has not played since.
The Indians opponent Friday
must be considered a hot and
cold team. Last Friday the Cubs
lost a 10-27 decision to champion
Littlefield, but played the Wild-
cats on pretty even terms, trail-
ing only 33-27 until late in the
fourth quarter.
The Cubs also looked great in
holding highly-favored Kermit to
a 7-6 decision several weeks ago.
At the same time, Brownfield
has been guilty of playing to
the other extreme, dropping a
50-0 decision to Andrews a week
after the Kermit game. The Cubs
have played a very strong sched-
ule, opening against powerful
Phillips and then meeting Class
AAA Levelland. They lost both
of those games before hitting the
victory trail and scoring three
consecutive triumphs over Mule-
shoe, Hereford and El Paso Jef-
ferson. They lost to Tahoka be-
fore starting district play.
Brownfield has saven starters
back from its 1953 club which
dumped the Indians, 13-0. Quar-
terback Addison, a left handed
passer, put on a good aerial
show against Littlefield Friday
and was ably assisted by the run-
ning of Halfback Scott and Full-
back Jones. The Cub line is led
by Greer, son of Coach Toby
Greer.
Comparative scores mean no-
thing in this traditional battle
between neighboring schools, but
even if they did there would be
no way to pick a favorite. In ad-
dition to conference teams the
I Cubs and Indians have met one
! rommon opponent—Tahoka. The
| Indians edged the Bulldogs by a
touchdown while the Cubs lost
by the same margin.
But the Cubs' one-point loss to
Kermit is 27 points better than
the Indians did in their 34-6 loss
to the Yellow Jackets. Both
teams played great against Lit-
tlefield ,the Indians losing by on-
ly three points. But that was be-
fore the Wildcats really began to
roll and also before the wave of
injuries struck the Indian camp.
Zoller's biggest problem Fri-
day night will be replacements
for his injured players. He faced
the same situation last week for
the Andrews game since all the
men were out for that contest
too.
Every time a man smiles and
much more when be laughs, It
adds something to his fragment
of life.
Pecos, Crane, Monahans, Alpine
Scheduled to Join District 6-AA
Negro Pedestrain
Is Killed Here
Sunday Evening
Charlfe Holmes, 61-year-old
Negro, was struck and killed by
an automobile on the outskirts
of Seminole about 7 p.m. Sunday.
Holmes, who moved here about
two months ago from Beasley,
Texas, was employed by a local
farmer. He and a companion,
Robert Steven of Waldo, Ark.,
were returning to Seminole after
visiting friends in the colored
section of town.
Holmes started across the
highway and walked into the
path of an automobile driven by
Mrs. Flora Smith of Amarillo.
Steven said he called to Holmes
when he saw the car coming, but
the warning was too late.
The accident occured on the
Hobbs highway, just a few hun-
dred feet west of the city limits.
Mrs. Smith was traveling east
toward Seminole. Several other
persons were in the car. The
group was returning to Amarillo
after a weekend trip U> Carlsbarf.
An investigation was held, but
no charges filed.
Graveside funeral services for
the victim were held at the local
cemetery Wednesday afternoon
with Rev. Horace Brooks, pastor
of the First Methodist Church
officiating. Burial was in the
Seminole cemetery, under ar-
rangements of Alpha's Funeral
Home.
Holmes is survived by three
brothers, Thomas Holmes of
Midland, Jimmy Holmes of Bay
City and Bill Holmes of Chapel
Hill, Texas.
JOHN BEN SHEPPERI), Texas Attorney General, studies
a comic strip with .ludjre ( buries .Murphy (right), administrat-
or of the code of comic book ethics for the nation. In Murphy's
New York office. Shepperd conferred Wednesday with Murphy
to sck a Texas answer to the nation-wide "objectionable comic
book" situation.
Enrollment Rises 12.5 Per Cent
Enrollment in Seminole compared with 1,420 on the nine colored.
Journalism Class
Enters Newspaper
In Tech Contests
Seminole high school's news-
paper, The War Whoop, is enter-
ed in high school journalism con-
tests at Texas Tech's annual
Journalism Day Saturday.
West Texas and New Mexico
students attending the meeting
will participate in clinic sessions
to develop their skills, with ex
perienced high school advisors
as leaders. They also will have
an opportunity to question a
panel of professional news, radio
and television men on opportun
Hies in those fields.
Students and their faculty
] sponsors will be guests of the
I college at the Texas Tech-lJnl-
versity of Houston football
game. The game will follow a
luncheon at which will be pre-
sented certificates for the best
school newspapers, and ribbons
for the best news stories, sports
stories, editorials, feature stor-
ies, columns, photographs and
advertisements.
Seminole has entries in all the
individual categories. Editor of
The War Whoop is Cassandra
Cobb, and faculty sponsor is Mrs.
Bernice McElroy.
Organization of area students
with journalistic interests will be
effected, In order to provide con-
tinued and systematic assistance
by the college. A special session
on adviaors* problems will be in-
cluded in the Saturday meeting.
A variety of visual displays is
being arranged.
On the same day, Tech's de-
partment of speech will be host
to high school students interest-
ed in that field.
Seminole Fire Department's Annual
Turkey Shoot Is Saturday and Sunday
The Seminole Volunteer Fire
Department will hold its annual
pre-Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot
this coming Saturday and Sun-
day, it was anounced Wednesday
by Fire Chief Charley Benson.
The event will be held in an
area just across from the airport
on the Lamesa highway, Benson
said. The Turkey Shoot will be-
gin each day at 1 p.m. and con-
tinue until dark.
All proceeds from the shoot
will be used to buy equipment
for the Seminole fire depart-
ment.
Persons will fire at regular
bulls-eye targets with .22 caliber
rifles. The targets will be placed
a distance of 50 yards from the
point of firing. Weapons will be
furnished by the fire department.
A fee of $1 will be charged for
each person wishing to shoot at
one of the bulls-eyes. Winners
will be awarded free turkeys.
As a means of raising money
to keep fire equipment up to
date, the fire department holds
t he Turkey Shoot each year prior
to Thanksgiving.
schools has increased by
•lightly more than 12.5 per
cent during the past year, it
was announced this week by
F. J. Young, superintendent
Young said there were IJH
In the five
> at the and o< lm
same date in 1953. Net gain
during the past 12 months ia
17K students.
Included in the enrollment
totals are 30 colored students
studying at the Negro school
and ! .§7*1 in the othei school*
At this time last
wm* 1411
The first, second and third
grade >s continue to pace
the field in enrollment with a
total of M4 The fourth, fifth
and sixth grades at* next with
the high vhtml has JMW
Bay Injured Thursday
In Car-Bike Collision
Roy Glasscock. 7-year-old boy,
was injured slightly Thursday
Two Pay Fines
On DWI Charges
Two persons have paid fines in
county court after pleading guil-
ty to drunken driving charges
and a third posted a $500 bond
after pleading not guilty, accord-
ing to records in the county
judge's office.
James Ray Hand of Levelland
was arrested Thursday of last
week and brought into court the
following day. County Judge
Arzie Kirk set fine at $150 and
costs, plus the mandatory three-
day jail term and six month sus-
pension of license.
Lemma Groves Rector of Ros
well, N. M., was arrested Tues-
day. She was also fined $150 and
costs, plus the jail term and driv-
er license suspension. She is
serving her term In the Andrews
jail, since facilities for women
are not available here.
Ed Arlidge of Seagraves enter-
ed a plea of not guilty Monday
and was released on $500 bond.
Assembly ol God
Program Tonight
Rev. Martin McDonald, field
representative of the Latin Am-
erican Bible Institute at Ysleta.
will be a guest speaker at the
Seminole Assembly of God
x -1*6.
by Jack Wolf
with the Mcyrie the boy
Church tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. McDonald, in adition
non. will
to
bringing the serine
cuss activltiM and
of the arhei
from Pmei9 HJeo. Cuba |
and !« Mates of the United
18 Game Schedule
For Indian Cage
Team Announced
Metz LaFollette, Seminole high
school basketball coach, this
week released an 18-game sched
ule the Indians will play this
coming season.
The season will open on Sat
urday night, Dec. 4, when the
Denver City team comes here. It
will be the only home g^me for
the Indians until a Dec. 31 date
with Lovington.
In between these two home af
fairs, the Indians will meet Ta-
hoka there on Dec. 7, Monahans
there on Dec. 14, Lovington
there on Dec. 17 and compete In
the Brownfield tournament on
Dec. 9, 10 and 11.
Sudan will play a return game
here on Jan. 4 and then the In
dians will take part in the Odes
sa tournament on Jan. 6, 7 and
8 before opening their district
schedule.
First district opponent will be
Littlefield, which plays here Jan
14. The Indians will then play
Monahans here the following
night before meeting Kermit
there on Jan. 18,In the first of
three consecutive district games.
They host Brownfield Jan. 21
and play Andrews there Jan. 25.
A couple of contests with Sea-
graves, one there on Jan. 28 and
the other here on Jan. 29, will
close out Seminole's non-district
schedule. After those games the
schedule calls for games with
Littlefield there Feb. J, Kermit
here Feb. 4, Brownfield there
Feb. 8 and Andrews here Feb.
11.
In addition to the Denver City
opener, the Indians will play
here on Saturday nights against
Monahans and Seagraves. All
other games are scheduled to be
played on Tuesday and Friday
nights.
The complete Indian schedule
follows:
December — 4 Denver City
here; 7-Tahoka there; 9-10-11-
Brownfieid twwiawn* • uum.
ahans theje; 17-Lovingion
21-Sudan there: 31-Loi
here.
Tentative S-Team
Circuit Approved
By State League
Plans to expand football dist-
rict 6-AA, Incorporating the four
schools of 7-AA, were revealed
this week by Supt. F. J.
Young. The Seminole superinten-
dent said he had received notifi-
cation from Rhea H. Williams,
athletic director of the Texas In-
terschoiastic League, that a ten-
tative realignment had been
made.
Young said the letter explain-
ed that the new district forma-
tion was tentative, but he expres-
sed the opinion that it would be-
come official. Representatives of
each of the eight schools will
meet in P.'onahans Sunday after-
noon for organization of the new
district. Plans call for the new
district, to be known as 6-AA, to
be in operation by the time the
1955 football season begins.
Included in the proposed dist-
rict will be Seminole, Kermit,
Brownfield and Andrews of the
present 6-AA, and Alpine, Mona-
hans, Pecos and Crane of dist-
rict 7-AA.
Merger of the two districts
will renew several keen rivalries
among the teams. Seminole, for
instance, will again be playing
Pecos, a team which was a mem
ber of this district a few years
ago. As a matter of fact, all of
the eight teams, Alpine except-
ed, were members of this district
four years ago. Crane and Mona-
hans, although in the present
7-AA setup, have both been met
by the Indians in recent years.
Alpine, unofficially reported
as dropping near the Class AA
enrollment minimum, Is about
250 miles from Seminole, but all
other teams are within reason-
able distances of here. Enroll-
ments at McCamey and Fort
Stockton are rapidly approach-
ing the AA class, and there is
the possibility that either or
both of them may join district
6-AA in the near future, -espe-
cially if Alpine is forced to drop
out.
School officials as well as
fans hailed the new district as
a definite advantage for * the
See NEW DISTRICT, Page 4
Oldsmobile And
Buick to Be Shown
Two more 1955 model automo-
biles make debuts in Seminole
Friday when McAdoo Chevrolet
Co. will show the new Oldsmo-
biles and Bulcks for the first
time publicly.
Both automobiles present
many new features on their new
models. Buick lias a new front
end with a wide-screen grille,
new rear fenders, tail lights and
new interiors among other im-
provements over former models.
The Oldsmobiles present a
more advanced concspt of two-
tone body color, Important engin-
eering improvements and a com-
pletely re-styled appearance.
New Chryslers and Plymouth*
went on display at Partain Motor
Co. Wednesday. Earlier the new
Chevroleta and Fords were
shown by McAdoo's and Bennett
Motor Co., respectively.
Free Chest X-ray
is Now A)
1-Lovington
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