Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1968 Page: 1 of 12
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(VOLUME 61
PRICE 10{
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, • 1968
12 PAGES
NO. 45
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By HOY McQUEEN"
Good morals are nobler
than good manners -- but
not as popular.
President Johnson took
a verbal slap at Chrysler
Corp. for announcing a
price increase in 1969
models.
A spokesman for the
President promptly issued
a statement calling Chry-
sler's action "a severe
setback to the cause of
price stability."
It might be well for the
! President's cabinet com-
mittee to take a look at
what necessitated the price
increase — a boost which
is expected to be followed
by other auto makers.
• The auto industry -- like
any other business in
America — has been put
into a squeeze by the John-
son Administration. It
would be interesting to see
how the President explains
how business can pay in-
creased taixes without
additional revenue.
Essentially the govern-
ment is asking business
to plow more into the pub-
lic treasury despite little
if any increase in revenue.
Add in inflation factors
caused mainly by in-
creased spending by the.
federal government, and
the American corporation
will probably end up with
less than he did a year
ago.
It appears that we're
fast approaching a situa-
tion where there will be
more taxeaters than tax-
payers. When the incen-
tive to produce and pay
f'the fair share of taxes is
gone, we wonder who's go-
ing to pick up the tab.
We're certainly —not
opposed to taxes and admit
that taxes help make this,
country great. We just
wish that governmental
agencies would use the.
same restraint and good
business judgment that
persons in private enter-
prise are required to use
if they are to survive.
We noticed that the
President soon will wheel
around in a classy $500,000
automobile manufactured
by Ford Motor Co.
The government, how-
ever, is quick to point
out' that the car will be
leased for $100 per month.
The new car will be a
Lincoln limousine equip-
ped with two tons of ar-
mor on the six-ton car.
The Wall Street Journal
said the car will be "per-
fectly safe from a small-
scale military attack."
The window glass as well
as the plastic bubble-top
canopy are bullet-proof.
I he limousine runs on
four heavy-duty truck
tires. Inside each tire
is a large steel disk with
a hard-rubber tread which
would allow the limousine
to be driven up to 50 miles
at top speed with all four
tires flat.
Inside the car is like
a communications control
room. A back seat radio-
telephone will link the
President to emergency
defense hook-ups. There
is also a public address
system that the President
could use to speak to
crowds around the vehicle.
I he auto is equipped with
three television sets so
he can tune into all three
major networks.
Our grid guesses were
j poor last week that
we'll take advantage of an
open date and take a rest
with the Indians before
taking to the battlefield,
again next week.
Local Firemen
Answer Calls
For 3 Blazes
Local firemen had an
unusually busy day Tues-
day as they responded to
three different calls. The
siren blew" on five differ-
ent occasions during the
day.
The first and largest
fire was in an apartment
house owned by Mrs. Jim
Graves on SW 14th St. It
was occupied at the time
by two families, but all
escaped in time to pre-
vent injury.
Firemen battled the
blaze for three hours, dur-
ing which time another call
was made to enlist more
help. The building used
to be the Seminole Mason-
ic Hall.
Cause of the fire was
not known with certainty,
but Chief Jimmy Pierson
reported that it started in
an upstairs bathroom
where cans of paint were
stored.
The second call came
at 11 a.m. and involved a
gas pump at Buddy's Fina
Station on North Main.
There was no combustion,
Pierson said, just smoke
caused by the pump's
freezing over.
At 7 p.m. the whistle
blew again, this time a 1964
Falcon on fire owned by
Jerry Rawlett. The car
and an adjoining haystack,
both in the 800 block of
NE 5th, were burned up.
The fifth siren of the
day came at 8 p.m. It
called the weary firemen
to their regular practice
session.
'■VV.V.V^X"
WmjTTTJTi i
atrrm
Gaines
Slated
Farm
For
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE.
Volunteer -i ire men battle a ilre which
destroyed apartment house jpn ,16th
street early Tuesday morning. The
.building, belonging to Mr*. Jim Graves,
was completely gutted, hut no one was
hurt.
Consistent Offense
Is Indian Objective
Hard work and consis-
tency were the objectives
Monday as the Seminole
Indians took to the prac-
McDonald Wins
1st Football Poll
J. A. McDonald, 602 SW
17th, is the first weekly
winner in the Seminole
Sentinel's football predic-
tion contest.
McDonald missed only
two games of the nine on
the slate. First place win-
ner was decided by the
score predicted on the tie-
breaking Welman - Cotton
Center game.
Milt Fitts, 909 SW. Ave.
J, also had only two miss-
es but was farther away
on the 'game prediction.
Third place winner was
Loyd Livingston, 408 SW
10th, with three misses.
As first place winner,
McDonald re'eeived $10.
Fitts and Livingston re-
ceived cash prizes of $5
and $2.50, respectively.
. There will be no con-
test this week because of
City Receives
First Quarter
lax Deduction
The city of Seminole re-
ceived $10,868.49 for its
first quarter rebate on the
city sales tax inaugurated
this year.
City secretary Ruby
Frost released the figure
after receiving the check
Monday, morning. It was
somewhat higher than ex-
pected, she reported.
This revenue cam2 from
city sales in January, Feb-
ruary and March of 1968.
The amount does not in-
clude 4.76 per cent of the
original total, the* state's
share of the income.
Officials had estimated
$31,000- for the year to
come in from the sales
tax and had drawn up next
year's budget accordingly.
A third of that total has
wow been reeelvod in only
the first three month's re-
sults.
Seminole's open date. Next
week's paper will carry
full details and a ten-game
slate from which to enter
upcoming contests.
Persons may continue to
register for the two free
tickets to the Cotton Bowl
game New Year's Day. All
participating sponsors
have official entry blanks
for both contests.
Registering posts are at
Treadaway Pharmacy, An-
thony's; Jim's Superette,
A. C, Gas and Appliance,
Stan's Fine Jewelry, Wes-
tern Auto, Williams F.nco,
Forrest Lumber Co., Jor-
dan Furniture, and the,^
Seminole Sentinel.
Ken Dearman
Recuperating
Pvt. Kenneth E. Dear-
man, U. S. Army, is now
in a San Antonio base hos-
pital recovering from
wounds he received re-
cently in Vietnam.
Dearman went to Viet-
nam in July. He is sche-
duled to be flown to
Reese Air Base in Lubbock
next week for two weeks
home leave.
He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Dearman,
515 NW 2nd, and the grand-
son of Mrs. J. O. Hobbs,
708 SW Ave. B. His wife
is the former Debbie Cur-
ry of Levelland,
WEATHER
Date Precip. High ,Low
tice field following a 15-7
lofcs to the Denver City
Mustangs.
The Indians have an open
date this- weekend and
Coach Jack liar re II and
his. staff were . at . work
in an attempt to over-
come 'the problems which
led to the opening-game
loss last Friday.
"We're real pleased that
•jur open date felI w'rien4t-
iid," llarreli said. "It
jives us an opportunity to
vork hard and develop in
areas where we were
weak."
I he I ribe's next oppo-
nent is Sept. 27 in Here-
ford. The non-conference
tilt fs'scheduled for*8p.m.
against the highly-touted
Whitefaces.
Harrell lauded the In-
dians for their workout
Monday. "Hard work has
a way of helping Overcome
the disappointment that we
naturally had after the loss
to Denver City.
"Our big motive offen-
sively is to develop a con-
sistent punch in order that
• we can move the ball con-
sistently rather than spas-
moJ „ 1 iy."
Harrell said the defense
must improve in each posi-
tion in order that better
restriction can be given
in certain areas..
" To meet these objectives
the Indians ate experi-
menting with several posi-
tion changes. ( enter Joe
Coffman will be switched
to tackle and tackle^ Randy
Barnes will be moved back
to center-. David Shuler
is being trietr&t wingback
while 1 averne Bennett will
switch to tailback from
wingback while Bruce Ag-
new will go from tailback
to split end.
Harrell said the posi-
tion changes will permit
a new offensive Series, and
are hoped to be a fet-
ter utilization of per-
sonnel.
Two changes were also
made on defense. ,.Steve
Jones was moved from
outside to inside line-
backer and Frank Gady,
the inside linebacker will
move to the outside. The
See FOOTBALL, Page .8
. The annual Gaines Coun-
ty Farm Tour is scheduled
to begin at 8:30 a.m. Fri-
day at the Seminole Com-
munity Building, an-
nounced county agent Cal-
vin Holeomb.
Sponsoring and directing
the tour will be the Gaines-
Andrews Soil and Water
Conservation District, In
cooperation with the. Ex-
tension Crops Subcom-
mittee. Travel will be
by private, cars.
Representatives of the
Soil Conservation Service
and the Extension Service
will be on hand through-
out the tour to answer
questions and explain con-
servation practices at the
various stops.
First visit on this,
year's tour will be the
Big Four Farm, where
participants may see a
dryland pasture planting
of weeping lovegrass. A
collector irrigation sys-
tem on the Johnnie Jones
farm will be the next stop.
At the'l roy Martin farm,
milo fertilizer and cotton
variety will be demon-
strated. Cotton fertilizer
will then be demonstrated
on the Wylie Hudman farm
operated by Jack Saunders.
Also on the Hudman
farm, tour members will
see an irrigated pasture.
Final stop will be the l iar-'
mon Mills farm, where
nematode fumigation in
irrigated cotton will be
observed.
One.of the highlights of
the tour will be the pre-
sentation of the Out-
standing Conservation
F'armer Award. I'resent-
Open House Slated
For Highway Dept.
To commemorate Texas
Highway Week, Sept. 22-
28, the local station ware-
• house will have an open
house all next week, an-
nounced Jesse Hale,
Gaines County supervis-
or. '
"Our entire plant will
be open to anyone who
might want to come by
and inspect our facilities,"
Hale said.
The local division is in
charge of the maintenance
of all state, national and
farm-to-market roads in
Gaines County. There are
17 employees under Hale.
The plant is located on
the Lamesa Highway.
Tour
Friday
this club goes to farmers
who produce in excess of
4,000 lbs. of peanuts.
"Everyone, is invited to
attend the tour and take
a first-hand look at the
crops and conservation
practices being applied in
the county," Holeomb said.
Refreshments will be
served at a mid-morning
break.
4-H Clubbers
Dominate Meet
ed in. cooperation with the
Fort Worth Press Awards,
this recognition carries
with it a plaque donated
by the Seminole Noon Lions
Club.
Also to be . awarded Is
a Southwest Peanut Pace-
setter Club Award, given
to a Gaines County Far-
mer for the production of
peanuts. '■ Membership in
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Gaines County young-
sters chalked up 194 points
to lead all comers at the
annual county 4-H Invita-
tiona I PI ay day Sat ur day a t
the 4-H arena east of Se-
minole.
Forty boys and girls re-
presenting five counties
competed for awards in
the horse competition.
1 vents included Western
Pleasure, Reining, Pole
Bending, Barrelrace, Key-
hole Race, Potato Race and
Goat Tying.
For the second straight
year, Ector County won
the traveling trophy pre-
sented to the visiting
County compiling the best
score. The Ector county
group compiled 107 points
with Andrews, Yoakum and
T erry Counties netting 26,
Holeomb Cites
Tick Danger
Fever ticks have spread
outsidet, the South Texas
guarantiee Zone and have
been found as close as
—Brewnwoedy—county—ageni^
Calvin Holeomb has been
advised.
Dr. James B. Hender-
son, executive director of
the Texas Animal Health
Commission, made the an-
nouncement and urged
stockmen to send a sam-
ple of ticks found on either
cattle or horses to Aus-
tin for Study.
Ticks should be placed
in a via l of commercial al-
cohol and mailed to the
State-Federal Laboratory,
Third Floor, Western Re-
public Life Building, Aus-
tin, Texas "8701. A label
or memorandum should
accompany the sample
li ni- g the name oi the
owi-r, mailing address,
location of the farm or
ranch, and type of animal
from which the tick was re-
moved.
Holeomb said the vials
used for submitting sfcrew-
worm samples for identifi-
cation may be used. They
are available at his office
and from Dr. A. J. Ma-
bry, local veterinarian.
13 and 7 points respective-
ly-
High individual in the
Honorary Group (ages 8
and under) was Mark Par-
rott of Seminole with 35
points.: Malcomb Petty
was second with 24.
In the Junior Group (ages
9-13), Terry Cox of Ector
County had 31 points for
first place with Tracy
See 4-H, Page 8
SHS Classes
Elect Officers
Seminole High School
class officers were elect-
ed last weekduring pfcial
called meetings.
Chosen to lead the sen-
ior class for the coming
year was David Thomp-
son. Vice president is
Tommy Bean and secre-
tary is C. J. Danley.
Senior representatives
to the Student Council are
Mollie Malone, Bruce Wil-
liams and Kenny Powers.
Leland Coffey is senior
class sponsor.——
Bobby Whippo is the jun-
ior class president. Frank
Gady is vice president and
Becky Webb is secretary.
,SC representatives are
Sharon Bell and David Hen-
derson, and Miss Sharron
Culpepper is sponsor.
Sophomore class presi-
dent is Russ Mabry, vice
president is James Mar-
tin and secretary is Bev-
erly Hill. Everett Haller
as the lonfe representative,
and Mrs. Joyce WaTtfs -is
sponsor.
Tommy Shuler was
elected freshman class
■president. Gary Don Ray
is vice president and Rel-
da Houston is secretary.
Cossette Nolen is fresh-
man representative, and
Jack Cato is sponsor.
Class favorites selected
at the same time are Mark
Martin and Sandra Flud,
seniors; Vicki Wallace and
David Henderson, juniors;
Mike Lewis and Karen
Rhea, sophomores; and
Benny Drennan and Cos-'
sette Nolen, freshmen.
Chamber Goal
Is 90 Members
MO GUESSER.
Preclp. to date; 21.75 in.
J. A. McDonald, right, receives $10
check from Ann Dyess, an employee
"of T readaway ftiarittacy, aa hits rewind
for coming' closest in the first week
. A . concprted effort to
increase membership in
the Seminole Area Cham-
ber of Commerce will be
launched here today, ac-
cording to Earl Bartley,
manager.
"Ninety members in 90
minutes" is the theme of
the membership drive
which will be held from
10:30 a.m. until noon. The
chamber hopes to secure
90 members during the
short drive.
Two teams have been
chosen to conduct the
of the Sentinel football prediction con- drive. The team that signs
test. Second place winner was Milt up the most members will
—and—third p1a<w> wpnr to Lovd be treated to lunch by the
Livingston. losing team.
will have steaks while the
losers will eat ham-
burgers.
Individual memberships
in the chamber are $37.50
per year or $3.15 per
month. Business invest-
ments are $75 per year
or $6.50 per month.
Team A is headed by
Reeves Cothes. Team
members are Roger Pool,
Joe Smith, Dave Sooter,
Dwayne Herman and Dr.
E. M. Wright.
Team B captain is Judge
Charles Lawrence. Mem-
bers are Jack Jordan, Gene
Hawkins, Dan Martin,
Richard Watts and Bert
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