The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1952 Page: 1 of 16
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SHIP SINKS, 54 SAVED — In dramatic photo, prow of Nor-
wegian motorship Fernstream tilts up in San Francisco Bay
after collision in fog with freighter Hawaiian Rancher, All 54
on sunken ship were saved.
Indian Basketball Squad Opens
Season Today; Meet El Paso
Basketball Coach Metz LaFol-<
lette and his basketball squad
treked to Odessa this afternoon
to enter the annual Odessa In-
vitational roundball tournament,
playing Thomas Jefferson of El
Paso in their opening game this
afternoon at 6 o'clock. Win or
lose, the Indian courtmen will
play again Friday, meeting an-
other of the 16 AAAA Class
teams entered in the meet.
They were originally scheduled
to meet the El Paso quintet at
9 a. m. but the time was changed
late this week since completing
the football season. Two sched-
uled games with Denver City
were postponed since both
schools were still in their re-
spective races for State Inter-
scholastic League football play-
offs.
The Indian schedule, released
this week place the Indians in
another tournament, at Leveiland,
January 2 and 3 following a
game with the Lobos at the lat-
ters home court Dec. 30. The
rest of the schedule is as follows:
Brownfield Tour Jan. 8, 9, 10
Pecos, Here (C) Jan. 13
Kermit, There (C) Jan. 16
Monahans, There (C) .... Jan. 20
Andrews, Here (C) Jan. 23
Pecos, There (C) Jan. 30
Kermit, Here (C) Feb. 3
Monahans, Here (C) Feb. 6
Andrews, There (C) Feb. 10
Delbert Downing
Booster Club
Speaker Jan. 5
Delbert Downing, manager of
| the Midland Chamber of Com-
| merce, will be the speaker at
| the Booster Club banquet honor-
ing the bi-district champion Semi-
nole Indians Jan. 6.
Time of the banquet will be
at 8 o'clock in the school cafe
teria.
About 300 persons. Booster
club members and gridders, are
expected to attend.
Dougherty Conducts
Question, Answer
Progrom Thursday
L. G. Daugherty conducted a
question and answer program on
operation of the Federal Reserve
Banks system at the Rotary club
last Thursday noon.
A film on the Federal Bank
was shown to the club Dec. 4.
Rainfall Nearly .10
Of Inch Thursday
Rainfall Thursday morning to
t 11:30 a. m. amounted to
:le less than one-tenth of
ch, according to Soil Con-
ion Service office.
overcast skies, more
moisture was expected during the
day.
Especially farmers and ranch-
• are hopeful of more moisture
for an underground season.
WKATKZS
High
64
M
52
74
Last Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tueaday
Low
24
24
23
26
34
Seminole Merchants
Offer Holiday Sales
For Xmas Shoppers
This Issue of the Sentinel car-
ries an unusual number of ads
for local merchants proclaim-
ing; special prices for Christ-
mas merchandise and food-
stuffs. Local drygoods, hard-
ware and Jewelry stores have
special prices and are offering:
suggestions for Christmas giv-
ing. Grocery stores are run-
Ing prices from Friday thru
Wednesday of next week, and
are offering specials on every-
thing that goes to make that
Christmas dinner a big suc-
cess..
We urge our readers to read
all the ads and make their pur-
chases here in Seminole with
local merchants. A glance at
the ads will convince anyone
that any conceivable Item of
merchandise can be bought
right here at home and at
prices lower or comparable
with those to be found else-
where.
Shoppers Active As Ynle Season Reaches Peak
Seminole Merchants Report Business
Firemen Get Paid, Extinguish Oil Rig Fire In One Night
Mrs. Fambrough's
Students To Give
Trees To Children
Mrs. Evelyn Fambrough's
eighth grade social science groups
have been enjoying making
friends with the great democra-
tic leader, Thomas Jefferson.
They have seen a movie about the
statesman, and are completing an
extensive study of the back-
ground of the period which pro-
duced the man who created —
from a wilderness—a strong and
free nation. A study of Jefferson
is necessarily a study of Ameri-
can ideals and principles.
Most students felt a better way
of observing Pearl Harbor day
could hardly have been devised.
Carolyn Sneed
Honored With
Gold Star Award
Four-H Club girls met at Semi-
nole Junior High school, Wednes-
day, December 3 at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Warren Liner, home dem-
onstration agent for Gaines
County, presented Carolyn Sneed
with a Gold Star award, which
she received for outstanding work
for the year.
Mrs. Liner demonstrated the
art of making Christmas bows.
Barbara Ridens and Carolyn
Sneed assisted. Some of the bows
made were the rosette, the pin-
wheel and the tailored bow.
The club decided to have a
discussion of copper craft for the
next meeting.
Santa Clous Letters
Deadline Tuesday
Noon At Sentinel
Children of the Seminole area
are urged to mail or send their
Santa Claus letters to The Semi-
nole Sentinel by Tuesday noon
for publication fn the Christmas
edition.
The Christmas edition will be
mailed Wednesday. Dec. 24 next
week Instead of Thursday after-
noon, the usual date of publica-
tion.
Letter* sent to The Sentinel
Volunteers Receive *
$1,363.50 For Yeor
Thursday night was big doins
for the Seminole Volunteer Fire
Department. They received a
year's pay—planned a benefit to
raise funds for additional oil-
fighting equipment—and put out
an oil well fire—in that order!
Ironically enough they had
need of the equipment which
earlier they had planned to pur-
chase in snuffing out the rig |
blaze.
Meeting in the city hall, 21 of j
the 25-man department attended I
and laid plans for a rifle compe- j
tition in which the public is in-
vited to attend. Proceeds from j
the benefit are to be used to-
ward purchasing two new foam
nozzles to be added to the stand-1
ard equipment (of a type to be j
used in oil or gas fires), three
additional gas masks and weather
proof jackets.
Fire Chief Charlie Benson dis-
tributed yearly pay checks to at-
tending firemen totaling $1,363.30
which includes the total pay re-
ceived by the firemen since
December 1, 1951. The $2.00 for
reporting at an alarm and $2.50
for every fire drill attended prior
to May of this year.
Amounts of the checks ranged
from $9.00 to $101 and were pre-
sented to the firemen by City
Councilman Lovel Stell, who is
also a member of the depart-
ment. The volunteers meet on
the first and third Tuesday
nights of each month.
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Iron Lung Fund
Nearing Goal,
Only $100 Short
The Iron Lung Fund sponsor-
ed by the Seminole City Forum
is reaching toward its goal, with
hitherto unreported donations
bringing the total to $780.68 with
other amounts yet to be receiv-
ed." according to the treasurer.
Rev. Ed Mulliner.
So it seems that an iron lung
for the new Seminole hospital is
assured in the very near future.
Rev. Mulliner, reports.
'The Seminole City Forum, of
which Mrs. Jamie McAlpin is
the president, is composed of
presidents and in some cases
other representatives of every or-
ganization here." "It is hoped
that every civic group will be
active in making the Forum a
force in the community for a
wide-spread interest in a num-
ber of worth-while projects for
the benefit of the city." One of
the future projects of the Forum
has already been cared for in
part by the Lions club in the
provision of new shrubbery for
the Lions City Park.
Contributions sent to the City
Forum for the Iron Lung project
££e wei* M. S. Doss,
W- E-Cox $100, The Rotary
Club, the Seminole High School
•Student Council, and the Dozen
Sewing Club.
Sue Ellen Malone
Born In Biloxi
A daughter, Sue Ellen, weigh-
ing 7 pounds and 5 ounces, was
born to S/Sgt. and Mrs. Jerry D
Malone, December 16, at the
KeMier Air Force Base hospital
in Biloxi, Miss. v '
Rev. and Mrs. Sam Malone,
fni'« . Pa^rnal grandpar-
ents. Maternal grandparents are
H MrS- S,d Wade' ot Den-
ver City.
Marriage License
Issued To Coupie
Only one marriage license was
issued from the office of County
Clerk Cheater D. Browne to Wed
neaday noon, according to rec-
ords in that office.
Tfce license Want to Hilario
Banns and Reyes Arte®*, Dec.
15.
FIRST METHODIST CHERUB CHOIR—The youngsters pic-
tured above will conduct a special Christmas program Sun-
day evening at the First M thodist church, at 7:30 p. m.
Under the direction of Mr. ani Mrs. Sam Malone, Jr., the
group will present a series of.navatity scenes, with Christ-
mas music, vocal and organ an their contribution to the Yule-
tide season. They are, from lert to right, (first row): Sam-
ye Joyce Malone, Lee McEl oy, Ann Brooks, Becky Hill,
Ix)la Ball, Mike Malone, May Whippo, Tonie Patterson, Mar-
garet Beard, Tim HUl. Seeonl Row: Mary McAdoo, Patricia
Ragan, Martha Wolforth, Donna Patterson, Johnnie Lynn
Elam, Kenneth Huggins, Johnnie McAdoo, Kay Ann Whippo,
Lynn McElroy, Kay Baldwin. Third Row: James Jackson,
church organist, Glenn Hugghins, Joe Young, Janice Young,
Marka Brooks, Cella Holbrooks, Sam Malone, Jr., Deann
Dow, Jackie Pittman, Jane Rush, Ann Tyer, Nancy Johnson,
Malone, Jr. --+• -
Capital Stock In Seminole State
Bank Doubled; Dividend Declared
RUSSIA'S ONLY PRIEST—
Father Georges Blssonette, col-
lege teacher of Worchester,
Mass., displays Russian visa
on his passport to Moscow.
He'll be the only Catholic priest
in anti-God Russia, serving
mainly foreign diplomats and
visitors.
Cub Scouts Furnish
Toys For Children
Seminole Cub Scouts under the
leadership of their Den Mothers,
Mrs. H. D. Dow, Mrs. H. K. Deen
and Mrs. Metz LaFollette, with
the Cub Master, Mr. Howard K
Deen, are responsible for help-
ing to make Christmas a little
brighter for some boys and girls
of needy families.
The boys gathered up broken
toys and good toys, put them in
good order and have passed them
on to Mrs. Ann Foster, county
health nurse, for distribution.
Mrs. Foster has indicated that
there is a great need In many
of the rural homes of our county
and adjoining counties, and said
«he wfuiM be happy to have
these reconditioned toys to paaa
on to those who would enjoy
them.
HELLO WORLD
A daughter waa born to
and Mrs. L. V. Hester, of
note. December IS, at 1:30 p.
4 pounds and lOoui
Mr.
For the second time since the
Seminole State Bank was organ-
ized in 1940, the institution has
declared a 100% stock dividend.
The bank announced this week
that it had raised the capital
stock from $50,000 to $100,000 by
the stock dividend, following a
meeting of directors Tuesday.
In addition the bank paid stock-
holders a 10 percent salary
bonus.
The growth and success of the
bank reflects the progress and
prosperity of the community it
serves. It has kept abreast of
the times and its growth is an in-
dication that it serves the com-
munity well.
L. G. Daugherty is president.
He came to Seminole in 1940 as
vice president and in November
1950 he purchased controling
stock, at which time he was
elected president.
Directors are M. S. Doss, A. L.
Duff, Jess Carroll, J. D. Mitch-
ell and L. G. Daugherty. All of
them express their most since
thanks and appreciation for the
patronage and confidence shown
by patrons and friends of the
bank.
Damage Slight In
An Area Blaze
The Seminole Volunteer Fire
department was called a second
time in ten days to the Amera-
da-Matthews lease at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night to extinguish a
rig fire five miles out on the
Denver City highway and one-
half mile east.
The drilling crew worked on
the fire several minutes before
calling the fire department. Semi-
nole's firemen had the fire un-
der control in two minutes and
the fire out in 30 minutes.
Only a drilling indicator was
lost in the fire that was caused
when a light bulb in the derrick
exploded from the gas escaping.
Twenty-one of the 25 firemen
attending a meeting reached the
scene of the fire in record time.
Seminole's firemen were called
to a fire about ten days ago on
the same lease and saved a tank
and separator.
* * *
Turkey Shoot Set
For Saturday, Sunday
A turkey shoot to benefit the
Seminole Volunteer Fire depart-
ment will be staged 2'/a miles
south of Seminole and east of
the roadside park Saturday and
Sunday from 2 p. m. until dark.
Tickets are being sold in ad-
vance and may be purchased
from any member of the Semi-
nole Volunteer Fire department
or at the shooting grounds.
Fire Chief Charlie Benson said
that they could purchase tickets
at the Benson Humble station.
Money derived from the shoot
will go to purchase fog nozzles,
slickers and gas masks for the
fire department.
About Same, Santa To Be Here
Most Seminole merchants con-
tacted in regards to Christmas
business in comparison to other
years, reported about the same.
The J. B. Knight Hardware
company will have Santa Claus
in their store from 2 to 7 p. m.
Friday, which is the only schedul-
ed appearance of Saint Nick dur-
ing the holidays, according to
reports.
Businesses did not set a clos-
ing time for the last few shop-
ping days. Closing time wiil
range from 7 to 10 p. m. from
now until the night of Dec. 24.
A grocery store manager said
that his business waS 15 or 20
per cent above last year.
Some firms reported that they
had a better November business
than any time since they had
been in business here.
Also, most of the firms expect
a "last minute" rush for two or
three days before Christmas.
Supt. Joe Young reports the
school will close Friday after-
noon and reopen Dec. 29, giving
the students nine holidays.
Most of Seminole's business
district is well lighted and deco-
rated for the holidays and most
residences have some kind of a
display In their living rooms or
doors.
Churches and other organiza-
tions have already given Christ-
mas parties and others are be-
ing planned during the next few
days.
District Governor George W. Spence
Speaks On Lions Theme Tuesday
Two Men Charged
Here With DWI
Two men paid drunk while
driving fines in County Judge
Arzie L. Kirk's court during the
last seven days.
Calvin Phillip Ticer of Lub-
bock, paid fine and court costs
of $120 and Santos Galbon a $70
fine and court costs on the same
charge.
Christmas Greeting
Issue Of Sentinel
Slated Wednesday
The Sentinel's regular Christ-
mas edition containing Christ-
mas greeting ads will be is-
sued Wednesday of next week
and be delivered In time to
reach all Seminole residents
before Christmas day. A large
number of ada have already
been sold, and local merchants
and business men want their
customers and friends to con-
sider the messages contained
hi the
The ( pt to
In
Commnity Chest
Workers Urge
Residents to Give
"Some businesses apd individu
als in Seminole and immediate
area have not yet made their
contribution to the Community
Chest," said Rev. Ed E. Mulliner,
general chairman of the drive.
Others perhaps might be able
to give more than they have
given to date. "The year rapidly
approaches its end, and the Chest
campaign should also be brought
to a close in order that the year
1953 might find all requests for
aid from the various agencies
represented in the budget and
all the services that may be
rendered put into operation. The
Community Chest, a combination
of eight different agencies, is de-
ductable from your income tax,"
Rev. Mulliner continued.
'The Community Chest is still
short about $1,000 or perhaps a
little more. What a shame for
Seminole to have to admit that
the community couldn't stir up
enough spirit to complete this
job of raising a total of $5,575.00."
"Give another thought to
Christmas giving and give to
the Seminole Community Chest.
Some of our citizens, men and
women alike, have worked mighty
hard to try to achieve the goal.
Let us get the Community Chest
off our chest' and put it over
the top!" so says the general
chairman. Rev. Ed Mulliner.
Mrs. Bobby Holmes
Resigns Position,
Miss Compton Elected
Mrs. Bobby Joe Holmes, seven-
th and* lan£u*0» arts and read-
ing instructor has resigned ef-
fective at the end of the first
semester, Supt. Joe Young of the
Seminole Schools, has announc-
ed.
Miss Barbara Compton ot Bun-
rifitB - .i n,,
replace aj Till?
g*Ti
Okla., win
of
S.
L-I-O-N-S, Liberty. Intelligence,
Our Nation's Safety," was the
theme of District Governor
George W. Spence's talk at the
Seminole Lions club Tuesday
noon. '
Lions has a full meaning for
all of us, the district governor
of 2T2 from Ysleta, told his
audience.
"The Lions club is built on a
foundation of friendsh'ip — as
friends they praise one another
for the fine work that they are
doing."
"The Lions club is able to ac-
complish a lot with members of
varied opinions, many creeds and
live in peace and communion."
"Lions are civic leaders and
CASUALTY OF DEBATE —
Democracy—with gestures—re-
sults In possible brain concus-
sion for Carlo Morelli, of the
Italian chamber of deputies.
..Wife applies cold compress af-
ter Morelli was injured ..In.
chair • throwing, fist - swinging
battle royal accompanying de-
bat# on new election law, Com-
munists lost vote—and brawl.
St. Nick To Open
Tower Theatre For
Free Matinee Show
Saint Nick make3 an unofficial
gift to Seminole kids next week
with the showing of a free fea-
ture and comedy at the Tower
Theatre Monday afternoon, be-
ginning at 2 p. m. All kiddies
are welcome to attend the fea-
ture, -an annual gift to his pa-
trons from Theatre owner W E
Cox, Jr.
At the same time Cox an-
nounced that the Chief Drive-in
ThMtre will be closed during the
Christmas holidays so that the
employees may enjoy a short
vacation.
The drive-in win be closed from
Sunday, Dec. 21 through Sunday.
•Jan. 4. Present plans call for
the theatre to remain open
throughout the winter months
tog special features,
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Post Offic. Open
All Day Saturday
are experienced in civic work. If
we have a Job to do, we turn It
over to the Lions and they do It
well."
The governor pointed out that
"more than 450,000 Lions are
doing our duty throughout the
free world."
For an illustration, he said
that there is a small town of 350
persons that organized a lions
club and revolutionized the whole
town. They built a swimming
pool and completed many other
projects and organized a club.
"Lions is broadening and
strengthening. Lions develop
community leaders."
"Our members are of all faiths
and our (International board of
directors are of all nationalities."
Lions meet people in friendly
atmosphere and guard against
building a. shell around them-
selves," the speaker said.
In conclusion, he pointed out
that Lions are chosen men.
Rev. Ed E. Mulliner, chairman
of the program committee, in-
troduced President J. D, Mitchell,
who in turn introduced Governor
Spence.
Mrs. Mary McAdoo, Lions club
sweetheart, was presented with
a large floor lamp. Rev. Mulliner
made the presentation.
Following the meeting, Gover-
nor Spence' talked to the board
of directors on the operation of
the club, possible projects and
programs.
He stressed the importance of
attending the annual district con-
vention to be held in Odessa,
Friday and Saturday, April 24
and 25.
R. P. Lipscomb of Wink and
Jack Smith of Big Spring, are
the district governor candidates.
He also announced that the state
convention would be held in
Borger after the district conven-
tion.
Tommy Roberts introduced
Porter Giles of the Lubbock
Lions club and Alton Freeman
and L. P. Smallin of the Semi-
nole Rotary club.
Former Seminole
Resident Burled
In Odessa Today
Last rites for Troy Warner.
21, formerly of Seminole, who
was killed to the Korean conflict
to October, were to be held at a
Church of Christ in Odessa
afternoon.
His body was to arrive
this mornin
in the Odm
A brother of Mrs.
Weiss of Seminole,
about 11 months
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