The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1952 Page: 1 of 12
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The Sentinel Is
Gaines County's
Oldest Business
Institution
The Sentinel
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Gaines County
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VOLUME 45
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1952
NUMBER 40
Parked TNM&O
Bus Blazes Up at
Station Monday
A brief, hot fire blazed out of
the motor area of a Texas, New
Mexico & Oklahoma bus about
3 p. m. Monday as the approxi-
mately 20 passengers who had
ridden the bus to town were
waiting inside the sation or sit-
ting in a cafe.
The flames were quickly ex-
tinguished by volunteer firemen.
but the firemen worried with the
bus for about 30 minutes trying
to learn if smoke pouring from
a ventilator indicated more fire
within a compartment.
Additional water was poured
in from several places, and grad-
ually the smoke diminished and
stopped altogether. Firemen
never were able to find out
where the smoke was coming
from, nor how the fire started.
The passengers waited at the
station until shortly before 6
p. m. when another bus arrived
to take them on to their desti-
nation.
No one was on the bus when
the fire started. No damage esti-
mate was available, but apparent-
ly damage was relatively light.
Insulation was burned from
many wires, and some aluminum
eastings were melted. The motor
itself did not appear to be harm-
ed, and the interior of the bus
was not damaged. dropped the mercury to the low
The most likely theory is that fifties, breaking the back of the
the motor had become overheat- hot summer weather.
ed as the bus travelled south | Thc change t0 cooler unfortun-
toward Seminole. The wind was ate] was a dry change, with
from the north, which reduced1 not evpn th(l smallest cloud ac-
the cooling effect of the radiator.; pornnanvine ihe cool front.
When the big bus finally stopped, Minimum Tuesday was 53. and
even then reduced cooling effect on Wednesday one degree cool-
was removed, allowing the flames; er__ 52 These were the lowest
to burst out. If this theory is reafl'ings snce Mav 30.
true there would have been virtu-: ,
ally no chance for the bus to Some of e \<.\rs .
catch fire in transit. weather had proceeded the cool
front. On Sundav the tempera-
j ture went to 106 only one de-
j gree shy of the highest mark
J of the summer.
! A warm-up trend already is
in swing, but it is highly unlike-
ly that anv more exceptionally
hot days will be experienced. The
thermometer probably will not
go above 100 degrees again this
School Enrollment Totals 1,220
County PMA Groups Name Otficials
For Year; Add Two Communities
The Gaines County Production
& Marketing Association, which
recently was divided into five
communities instead of the three
formerly used, has elected new
JET CROSSES OCEAN TWICE IN 8 HOURS—Cheering' crowd at Alder grove airjK»rt, Northern
Ireland (top photo), gathers around British Canberra jet bomber after sleek plane flew to
Gander, Newfoundland, and back in flying time of 1 minute under 8 hours. Lower photo: Crew,
1). A. Watson, Chief Pilot R. P. Beaumont an:l Plight F.t, P. .1. Millwood (from left) averaged
510 miles per hour.
First Norther Brings Relief from
100-Degree Hesl, But No Moisture
The first norther of the year; year.
moved in with the new month, During the entire summer to)
and by the second day (Tuesday) date the cen;ury-mark has been
had made its full force felt and passed 13 times—eight times in
August, none at all in July, four
times in June and once in May.
Glenn Poyner of
Post Buys Specks
Glenn Poyner of Post has pur-
chased Specks Department Store
at 121 East Ave. A, effective
Sept. 1, and will operate the
store as "Glenn's." — # » •« /■> n
Poyner will move here Sept. | HCX to JOll tell
Negro Wants to Take
15 with Mrs. Joe Britton to op-
erate the store until the new
owner arrives.
Bud Speck, who has operated
the store for five years, express-
ed his thanks for the patronage
extended him during that period
in an advertisement in this issue
of the Sentinel.
He and his wife, who is a
faculty member in the local
schools, plan to stay in Seminole.
Speck's future plans are indefi-
nite. ,
Doughertys Called to
Dumas by Death
J. N. Norton, prominent Moore
County farmer and stockman
and uncle to Mrs. L. G. Daugher-1 had been given to him by a man
ty, died of a heart attack in the who now has been dead two
Dumas hospital Saturday. j years. He didn't say what was
Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty and! in the bag (slightly smaller than
Nell returned to Seminole Mon-|a Bull Durham sack), and prob
day. ably doesn't know.
The Negro man had just plead-
ed guilty to a charge of assault
and battery in county court and
been fined $50 and cost as a
result of a fight with a local
Negro woman.
The deputy was taking the
man's personal possessions,
which would be locked up for
safekeeping.
A few coins, a button, comb,
can of snuff and a small, cloth-
covered bag were laid on the
desk.
The man asked to keep the
snuff, and "this bag."
"Do you believe in hexes?" the
deputy asked, and the Negro
nodded in the affirmative.
The Negro said that the bag
Last year saw 21 100-plus days,
including one at 108. June was
the hottest month, with July
and August being successively
cooler. This year June was hot,
July was relatively cool and Aug-
ust was the hottest month. Low-
er nighttime wind movement
made August seem even hotter
than it actually was.
Even though the weather has
turned cooler, the frost will not
be on the pumpkin for some time
to come. Nov. 5 is the average
date, and it has been as late as
Nov. 23.
Down-slope winds made Satur-
day and Sunday's high tempera-
tures possible. Winds those days
were from the southwest, west
and northwest, which means that
the air was moving downhill.
Air at lower elevations is more
dense, hence the air was being
compressed as it lost altitude.
As air is heated its temperature
increases, so we have what is
called compression heating. The
air was extremely dry, which
permitted exaporative air con-
ditioners to function to maximum
effciency, as well as "natural"
evaporative cooling.
High
91
95
102
106
93
86
91
Ixm
Last Thursday
65
Friday
65
Saturday
65
Sunday
61
Monday
71
Tuesday
53
Wednesday
52
Today
62
Bill J. Johnson
Killed Instantly
In Sunday Crash
Bill J. Johnson, 23-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson
(he was a candidate for sheriff
in the Democratic primary ) was
killed instantly when a jagged
piece of steel crumpled from the
floor of his car pierced his head
after the vehicle overturned three
and one-half times about 3 a. m.
Sunday.
The accident occurred on a
country road just inside the New
Mexico line across from Bledsoe
in Cochran County.
Johnson's 1951 sport model
Eord was a total loss, but did not
burn. The left front door had
to be cut away so Johnson's body
could be removed. Deputy Sher-
riff J. G. McAdoo of Tatum said
the car apparently went out of
control when Johnson went to
sleep.
Last rites for Johnson were
held at 4 p. m. Tuesday in the
First Baptist church here, with
Rev. Sam Malone, retired pastor
of the South Seminole Baptist
church, officiating. He was as-
sisted by Rev. Holland Smith,
pastor of the church.
Interment followed in the
Seminole cemetery under direc-
tio of Alpha's Funeral Home.
Survivors include his widow,
parents, brothers James C. of
Kansas City and Kack E. of
Wichita, Kans.; and a sister, Mrs.
Gladys Roach, Seminole.
Classes Begin
Monday at Loop
Classes began in the Loop
school Monday, with a 13-mem-
ber faculty beginning instruc-
tion.
The superintendent, serving
his first year at Loop, is J. H.
Kannenbert; while Cason Smith
is the high school principal.
Other high school teachers are
M. H. Ross, coach; Cassie Rober-
son, English; Mrs. Helen Grade
Gray, home economics; and Carl
O. Westbrook, vocational agri-
culture.
C. H. Gilliam is the grade
school principal. Teachers are
Isabelle Quinn, sixth; Mrs. Marie
Cole Smith, fifth; Mrs. Bettie
Kannenberg, fourth; Mrs. Nancy
C. Smith, third; Reginia Hargett,
second; and Wee Belle Hargett,
first grade.
community committeemen.
Community one, which now
includes the area bounded bv
the Andrews and Lamesa high-
ways, named Claude Fincher as
chairman, Oliver McNew as vice-
chairman; Albert McGuire as
regular member of the commun-
itv committee, Tom Hamilton as
first alternate, S. A. Pence as
second alternate, Dale Puckett
as delegate to the county con-
vention and Carl Hughes as al-
ternate.
(Each of the five communities
elected Maxwell D. Green, the
local PMA administrator, as sec-
retary to the community com-
mittee.)
Community two, bounded by
the Andrews and Denver City
highways, named Melvin Hill as
chairman, J. D. Phipps as vice-
chairman, Roy Smith as regular
member of the community com-
mittee, Joe Woosley as first al-
ternate and Frank Freeman as
second alternate, Floyd Alvey asi
delegate to the county convention
and Loyd Coats as alternate.
Community three, bounded by
the Denver City and Seagraves
highways, named Jack Harvey
as chairman, Cecil Sweatt as
vice-chairman, Odis Horner as
regular member of the commun-
ity committee, Jim Ward as first
alternate and W. L. Hibbitts as
second alternate, Cecil B. Roye
as delegate to the county con-
vention and Beryl Crossland as
alternate delegate.
Community four, bounded by
the Seagraves highway on the j
I west and a north-south line ten
miles east of Seminole and the
Lamesa highway, named Cecil
Mings as chairman, Ruben
Owens as vice-chairman, Ben
Cox as regular member of the
community committee, Joe Will-
iams as first alternate and Jack
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Berryhill, Welch as second alternate; Earl
of Denver City are the parents Brown as delegate to the county
U. S. JET DOWNS B 17—Plas-
ma is given aboard rescue boat
to Airman 2-c Peter Rosing,
Ingleside, III., crewman of B-17
bomber shot down in mistake
by new automatically controll-
ed Jet plane over Gulf of Mex-
ico. Rosing and S-Sgt. Charles
Jones of Meridian, Miss., were
saved after 24 hours in sea.
Six others are missing.
HELLO WORLD
GAINEC CLINIC-HOSPITAL
Indians to Scrimmage Seagraves
Af Wigwam Stadium Tonight
Morning and night work-outs
for the Seminole Indian gridders
are continuing, with a scrim-
mage against Seagraves from
district 4-A scheduled for 8 p. m.
tonight at Wigwam stadium.
Beginning Monday the train-
schedule will drop back to
one work-out each afternoon,
Coach Zoller said.
The first football game of the
season will be played with Den-
ver City at the local stadium
Sept 12. The first conference
game—with Pecos—won't come
untH late October.
Two players still had not re-
ported Tuesday *- end Lamoyne
* Livingston and guard Gene
Graham Livingston is out-of-
town and will report later while
Graham, who was recently mar-
ried, is uncertain whether he
will compete.
The latter was counted on to
strengthen the center of the In
dian line, and his absence would
be sorely felt.
Weights taken as the boys be-
gan practice Monday indicated
that the team would be lighter
than at first was thought. With
the exception of two players
(Kenneth Citty and Don Hasseli,
neither of which has varsity ex-
perience) the team is lighter
than last year. Citty and Hasseli
tip the beam at nearly 200
pounds.
Some good reserved seat sea-
son tickets still are available at
the high school business office.
Price is $5 for the five home
games. Fans who get a season
ticket will be assured of having
a reserved aeat in a good location
for all the games.
Matched Roping
Planned in Andrews
Ten-man roping teams from | ham's return
the Andrews and Eunice Roping
McReynolds Goes to
California for Dunham
Sheriff Bob McReynolds plan-
ned to leave this afternoon for
California to return Bob Dunham
to face charges oftat meetp oR
rape. McReynolds secured extra-
dition papers from Austin signed
i by the governor asking Dun-
of a daughter born at 4:35 p. m.
Aug. 22, weighing nine pounds
and 15 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Spurgeon
of Seminole are the parents of
convention and Clyde Blakely as
alternate.
Community five, bounded on
the west by the north-south line
10 miles east of Seminole and on
a daughter we-.ghlng six pounds, the south by the Lamesa high-
and four ounces born at 12:20 way, named Delton Mills as
a. m. Aug. 23. I chairman, Jessie L. Smith as
clubs will compete in a matched i Teacher Reception
roping in Andrews at 8 p. •** ' — -
Monday.
This will be followed by a $5
jackpot roping. There will be no
admission charge.
Members of the Andrews team
are Pete Brown, C. M. Smith, M.
Fisher, T. A. Foutch, Glen
Rowch, Tuffy Overtuff, Son Hel-
vey, O. D. Huckabee, Sam Beck-
ham and Ron Huckabee.
Members of the Eunice team
are Towhead Bingham,Bill Price,
Tuffy Cooper, Jewel Owens, Olen
Young, Jerry Dean, Dee Boyd,
Buster Lee, O. L. Harris and Jim
Cooper.
Booster Club
Makes Fund Drive
The Booster club's annual fund
drive is in progress this week,
with names of contributors to be
placed in the football program
used at the Seminole Indians'
five home games.
Money raised is used to de-
fray cost of the annual banquet
and for other purposes in sup-
port of sportsmanship and high
school athletics.
Planned for Tonight
Local residents—patrons of
the local school and others as
well—are Invited to join the
Chamber of Commerce in
greeting teachers and adminis-
trators of the local school sys-
tem at an informal reception
beginning at 8 p. m. tonight In
in the high school cafeteria.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McRey
nolds of Seminole are the par-
ents of a son weighing six
pounds and 14 ounces born at
12:31 a. m. Aug. 25.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Brian of
Seminole are the parents of a
son weighing six pounds an 1 10
ounces born at 1:37 a. m. Aug
26.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Marcus
of Seagraves are the parents of
a daughter weighing seven
pounds and eight ounces born at
4:19 a. m. Aug. 26.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sims of
Denver City are the parents of
a son weighing eight pounds and
five ounces born at 8 p. m. Aug.
30.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Grey, Jr.
of Dallas are the parents of a
daughter weighing six pounds
and 14 ounces born at 7:45 a.
m. Aug. 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Garza of
Seminole are the parents of a
son born at 1:15 a. m. Aug. 31,
weighing five pounds and 14
ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Morris of
Seminole are the parents of a
son weighing nine pounds and
12 ounces born at 2:15 p. m.
Aug. 31.
vice-chairman, Clarence Free-
man as regular member of the
community commi ttee, John
Mills as first alternate and
Charles M. Bottoms as second
alternate, Byron Jones as dele-
gate to the county convention
and W. C. Young as alternate.
First Bale Brings
A. L. Booe $445 in
Auction Sept. 3
The first bale of Gaines Coun
ty cotton produced in 1952
brought A L. Booe a total of
$445 after the sale at auction
here Wednesday afternoon.
Buyer of the bale, at 45 cents
per pound or total of $225 was
the Massey Gin Co., ginner of
the bale.
In addition to the sale price
a premium of $220 jn cash and
merchandise was contributed by
local business and professional
interests, with the project being
sponsored by Seminole Chamber
of Commerce.
Those contributing cash or
merchandise were:
Piggly-Wiggly $10, J. B. Knight
$15, Anthony's $10, Seminole
State Bank $10, B. Williams $10,
Anderson Tire & Supply $10,
Cothes Drug $5, Stell's $5, Senti-
nel $2.50, Southwestern Public
Service Co. $5, Ketner's $10.
Forrest Lumber Co. $15, AC
Gas & Appliance $10, Jame-
son's $10, McAdoo Chevrolet $10,
Aryain's $5, Singleton's $10, Ben-
nett Motor Co. $10, Shaddix Mo-
tor Co. $10. H & D $10, Seminole
Hardy Dalmont New
Deputy; Johnson with
Hughes Tool Co.
Hardy Dalmont, member of a; Truck & Tractor Co. $15, Dear-
pioneer Gaines County famjly, | ing-Alexander $10, Massey Gin
has been named a deputy sheriff $10, Smallin-Worthington $2.50.
Mr. and Mrs. Booe expressed
their appreciation for the prem-
iums in cash and merchandise
on the staff of Sheriff Bob Mc
Reynolds.
The appointment is effective
Monday. I contributed by local merchants
Dalmont replaces Sid Johnson. j *or fhe first bale, and also from
who resigned to accept a position *he bonus price paid for the bale
as special investigator for the
Hughes Tool Co. Johnson will
continue to live in Seminole, and
will be assigned to the West Tex-
as-New Mexico territory.
Johnson assumed his
position Aug. 15.
at auction by the Massey Gin
Co.
Arzie Kirk and Horace Jones i
accompanied Miss Joyce Jones to
Third and First
Grades Largest
Enrollment in the Seminole
stood at 1,220 Wednesday after-
noon, or some 50 more than the
same time last year, Supt. Joe
Young reported.
The total at the same time in
1950 was 1,094, and 1,137 in 1949.
Break-down on the enrollment
total by grades was not available,
but the third and first grades
were virtually tied for the honor
of being the largest grade, with
the third grade slightly ahead.
The first grade is much larger
than expected, and the third
grade smaller than expected, ap-
parently due to parents of the
older children moving out of
town and parents of younger
children moving into town.
"A room of third - graders
moved out and a room of first-
graders moved in," was the way
Supt. Young put it.
Two additions to the faculty
were announced by Young—
Hollis Shults to teach in the sixth
grade, replacing Sherman Tay-
lor who resigned to accept a prin-
cipal's position at Caddo Mills;
and Mrs. Roger Smith, fourth
grade.
Shults has taught and coached
juniors at Dalhart, while Mrs.
Smith is the wife of the local
gas company manager.
Mrs. Betty Golmon, wife of one
of the high school teachers, is
secretary to the superintendent;
and Mrs. J. C. Porter is the ele-
mentary school ecretary. /
Cooler Weather
Eases Wafer Drain
The city water system ap-
parently is over the hump for
another year, with the coming
of cooler weather.
With the exception of one short
period in mid-August local resi-
dents were able to use all the
water they wanted.
During that three-day period
after one well failed and before
another which was not in use
could be put back in operation
residents were asked to restrict
use of water. This request was
complied with, and the city was
soon able to refill all storage
tanks.
Pressure in high areas showed
a decline on hot afternoons of
heavy use, but was built up
again after use tapered off.
City officials already are mak-
ing plans for extending and en-
larging the city water system
before another summer, and may
be able to announce details soon.
Labor Meeting
Set for Monday
Farmers may get the latest in-
formation on the program for
supplying Mexican national la-
borers at a meeting called for
8 p. m. Monday in the district
courtroom.
Requests for additional labor-
ers should be made at that time
also.
i Mrs- Aubrey Russell, a H. D.
Tishimango, Okla. the past week; agent of Lubbock, visited with
™ Sr«he I"'5,"? Lln-r tai tat Thu™
ray State School of Agriculture, day.
Over 10,000 Paid Admissions Lead fo
Profit of $7W from Softball League
Paid admissions of more than
10,000 and a net profit of around
$700 were reported by Tommy
Roberta to the other members of
the Lions club in his final re-
port on the Softball season Tues-
day.
More than $1,200 waa taken in
taxes.
He said the league could have
made even more money if suf-
ficient manpower to continue the
advertising program over the
public address system had been
available.
The club voted to contribute
$10 to the Booster Club's annual
during the entire season from fund drive.
admissions and concession sales. Guests at the luncheon includ-
Expenaes included concession, ed James Turlock of Odessa, A
supplies, umpires, scorekoepers, S. Jones of Dallas, and Rev Sam
field maintenance and federal I Malone.
Phone Meet Monday I
Directors of the Chamber of ,
Commerce will meet with repre-j
sentalives of Southwestern Bell,
Telephone Co. at 8 p. m. Monday
night at the First State Bank to I
discuss the company's application
for a rate increase.
To Lubbock Meet
Supt. F. J. Young and Princi-
pal V. N. Keyes will go to Lub-
bock Saurday for a regional meet-
ing of the Southern Association
of Secondary Schools. Changes
in reporting procedure will be
discussed.
Sinoinq Planned
Local singers are invited to at-
tend a singing scheduled for 3
p. m. Sunday at the local Church
of Christ, according to the min-
ister. Herman Neill.
East Stands at Wigwam Stadium fo
Be Replaced, Other Changes Made
Stadium improvements costing
$30„000 are included in the bud-
get for the 1952-53 year adopted
for the Seminole schools by the
board of trustees recently.
The exact nature of this ex-
penditure has not been determin-
ed, but will include replacement
of the wooden east grandstand
Mth steel bleachers and possibly
a new press box, rest rooms, etc.
None of this work is expected
to be done in time for this sea-
son, however. Another round of
strengthening for the east stands
is planned, however. The top two
rows of seats will be removed in
order to reduce the maximum
load, with the lumber being uaed
for further bracing. New braces
were added before the start of
the last season, also.
The budget calls for total ex-
penditures of $623,759, with $466.-
308 for current expenses, $63,125
for capital outlay and $94,325 for
bonds.
Included in the capital outlay
in addition to the stadium im-
provements are paving work
around the shop building, equip-
ment. furniture, etc.
The tax rate was set at $L10,
compared to $1.05 for the pre-
vious year. Of this amount, 26
cents will go for Interest and
sinking funds and 84 cents for
local maintenance.
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