The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1957 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 50
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SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS Thursday, June 27, 1957
PRICE
This Week's Weather
Date Preclp; HI Lo
June 20 92 59
21 100 64
22 101 64
23 92 64
24 91 58
25 105 63
26 104 66
27 66
Precip. to Date—8.10 in.
Number. 31
SKY-WATCH PERSONNEL—Members of the
Seminole Ground Observer Corps demonstrate
equipment for tracking aircraft across the
skies in connection with the nation's air de-
fense program. At left, Air Force Sgt. Way-
land Sanders points toward an airplane as
Mrs.' E. H. Mays, assistant observer, prepares
to Identify the aircraft with binoculars. Be-
hind them is an all-direction acoustical sound
pick-up device which detects planes 15 miles
away. At right, Assistant Observers Mrs. A.
F. Howeth, standing, and Mrs. Noel Head dem-
onstrate operation of plane detecting equip-
ment which may be housed hi a home, office
or observation post.—Sentinel Photos.
Attorney General Ruling
Asked In Park Vote Plan
A county-wide election to auth-
orize use of tax funds for main-
tenance of Gaines County's pro-
jected $250,000 park might not
be necessary, County Judge
Charles Lawrence said Thurs-
day.
There is possibility that in vot-
ing the $250,000. t»rk bone1 issu-sf
last year the Use of tax Amda*
for park maintenance was auth-
orized, the judge explained.
The county has requested a
Interest Lags As
Few Entries Show
For Farm Queen
Entries were dragging Thurs-
day for the Gaines County Farm
Bureau Queen Contest. Few girls
thus far have shown interest in
the contest which annually sel-
ects a queen from among Gaines
County's farm families.
The admission requirements of
the contest state that the en-
trant must have a brother or
father who makes at least 51 per
cent of his income from agricul-
tural interests and be at least
16 and not over 22 years of age
by Sept. 1.
Girls entering the contest
should contact Mrs. Jack Hum-
phrey, P. J. Stanley or John
Upton.
Aryain To Assume
Top Masonic Post
Seminole Merchant J a m e i 1
Aryain will be installed as wor-
shipful master and five other
< men as lodge officials July 1 at
the annual installation meeting
of the Seminole Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Aryain will succeed W. E.
Samples in the top post.
Jerry Ball will become the new
senior warden, succeeding Mr.
Aryain. Mr. Ball will be succeed-
ed as junior warden by Wayne
Thomas.
Bud Winks will take office as
1 secretary, replacing Arzie Kirk.
Mr. Samples, the retiring wor-
shipful master, will assume the
post of tiler, succeeding Thomas
Worthington.
Treasurer F. D. Stark was re-
elected during the balloting held
June 3.
Miss Oswalt Named
Entrant In Contest
Miss Betty Oswalt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Oswalt,
612 SW ~6th St," has been select-
ed as a candidate for "Miss Sky-
watch" honors at a Ground Ob-
server Corps area meeting July
13 in El Paso.
Miss Oswalt, a 1957 graduate
of Seminole High School, will re-
present the Seminole Ground
Otaerver Corps unit In the beau-
ty contest.
legal opinion on the matter from
Texas Attorney General Will
Wilson.
Whether use of the tax funds
has to be voted upon or whether
it does not, the park mainten-
ance work is not expected to
create a tax increase.
Cot'rity officials simply wu
use part of the constitutional 80
cent tax levy for park mainten-
ance.
A review of county finances
and the estimated 1957 tax roll
show that normal increases in
tax valuations will more than
make up for the amount of
money necessary to maintain the
park.
The maintenance estimated is
around $10,000 annually.
If Attorney General Wilson
rules that Gaines Countians
must ballot on the use of tax
money for maintenance, the elec-
tion likely will be called for July
27.
The proposal, would require a
two-thirds majority to become
effective.
Increased room rates at
Gaines Clinic-Hospital will be-
come effective Monday, hospi-
tal authorities announced
Thursday.
The rate Increase is necessi-
tated by higher costs of medi-
cines, supplies and salaries,
they explained.
A $2 per bed Increase will be
posted, bringing to a total of
$11 the rate for semi-private
room, $12 and $14 for private
VF rodtas.
Nureery charges will be in-
creased from $2 to $3 per day
for care of new-born infants.
Burglars Strike
Calderon Home
Burglars, apparently not satis-
fied with their first theft at the
N. N. Calderon home, 219 Ave.
I, NW, are believed to have brok-
en into the home a second time
to complete the theft of $97 and
women's clothing valued at $35.
Mr. and Mrs. Calderon and
their three children were on
vacation when the burglary oc-
curred last Friday and Saturday.
Neighbors reported to police
that they noticed the door of the
Calderon home open on'Friday
and they discovered a window
open'on Saturday. Windows and
doors, had been locked when the
Calderons left on vacation.
Mrs. Calderon reported to Of-
ficer James Denton that the $97
belonged to the Guadalupe Soc-
iety of the Seminole Catholic
Church.
Hospital Rates Due
Price Hike Monday
Oil Supply Firm
To Locate Here,
C Of C Man Says
Location of a major oil field
supply firm warehouse in Sem-
inole is definite, A. B. Taylor,
member of the Chamber of Com-
merce's new business committee
said Thursday.
Representatives of Murry-
Brooks Oil Field Supply Co. were
in the city Thursday making ar-
rangements for lease of a build-
ing.
The company, handling a full
line of oil field tubular equip-
ment, maintains seven outlets in
Louisiana and one each in Mid-
land and Snyder. Seminole will
become the firm's 10th outlet.
"We are happy to have Murry-
BroOks locate in Seminole," said
Mr. Taylor. "And we are confi-
dent that the firm and its em-
ployees will be pleased with Sem-
inole."
Rites Held For
Johnny McAdoo
Funeral services were held
Friday at First Methodist
Church for John Olen (Johnny)
McAdoo, 13-year-old son of Mrs.
Mary McAdoo, 500 SW 7th St.
Young McAdoo died in Fort
Worth while visiting relatives
there. Death followed a brief
and sudden illness.
The youngster was born Nov.
6, .1943, in Seagraves. He was in
the seventh grade at the Semin-
ole public schools.
funeral services were held at
3 p.m. last Friday with Rev. Hor-
ace Brooks of Quanah, assisted
by. Rev. Lester Hill, officiating.
Burial was in Seminole Ceme-
tery under direction of Singleton
See RITES HELD, Page 4
Traffic Crackdown Is Scheduled
As Auto Accident Rate Increases
Only 20 Days Mowed To Destroy
Excess-Of-Allotmenl Cotton Crop
Farmers have only 20 days in
which to destroy cotton growing
in excess of their cotton acreage
allotments, Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation office
officials said Thursday.
The farmer has 20 days from
the date of his ASC office notice
on how much cotton to plow up.
If through some act of nature,
such as rain, he is prevented
from plowing the cotton within
the 20-day period, he may obtain
one seven-day extension.
ASC notices are going into the
mails this week, Office Manager
James Evans said.
Mr. Evans urged farmers to
assist ASC reporters measuring
Mail Delivery
Expansion Due
Extension of postal mail de-
livery will begin Saturday for
residents of the 100-600 blocks
on Southwest 15th and 16th
streets in Seminole, Mrs. Jewell
Cobb, - postmaster, announced
Thursday.
In announcing the extension of
the service Mrs. Cobb requested
that all patrons living In the
area give their new address to
the post office, see that their
houses are numbered and pro-
vide a receptacle for mail.
It's That Season Of Year
For Hay Fever Sufferers
It's the season in Texas for
the swollen eyes and the red
nose—hay fever time.
While health authorities ex-
plained that Gaines Countians
are not as hard hit by hay tevqr
producing pollens as are some
sections of uw state, soins of
the county's grasses and weeds
can cause trouble.
And to make matters worse
for the hay. fever suffers, there
has been rain. Abundant rainfall
means abundant growth and mat
means abundant pollen-laden air.
Hay fever Is caused generally
by sensitivity to plan? pollen.
Three different groups of plants
can cause the malady.
Trees produce pollen that
causes hay fever in April and
May .Various grasses are respon-
sible for much of the trouble
In May to July. Then, in August
to October weeds are the cul-
prits.
Bermuda grass is a big offend-
er In Southwest. Ragweed and
thistle are the main culprits,
however.
So, If you've started sneezing
for no apparent reason and if
your throat is stuffed up or eyes
swollen and red, maybe you'd
better check with your physici-
an. You may have
cotton acres. He asked the farm-
ers to point out all cotton land
for measurement so the report-
ers may complete their work in
one trip to a farm.
The official also asked farm-
ers whose cotton has been com-
pletely destroyed to notify the
ASC office at once.
Heart's Desire
Winners Named
The three winners of Aber-
nathy Furniture's Heart's Desire
contest this week were enjoying
prizes they had carried home af-
ter a drawing held Saturday
nighj: at the store.
First prize winner Mrs. Doro-
thy Whelan won a carpet plus
an additional $100 worth of mer-
chandise for her choice as a
bonus. She had purchased a car-
pet Saturday morning, then tag-
ged it as her Heart's Desire
item. When her name was drawn
she was given a full refund plus
$100 in merchandise of her
choice.
Mr. M. E. Davis of Lubbock
won a $239.50 bedroom suite that
he had tagged just 3 hours earl-
ier, as second prize.
Mrs. Betty Dicks taking a third
prize in the contest won a U. S.
Koylon Foam Rubber Mattress
and box spring unit worth
$149.50.
Approximately $800 worth of
merchandise was awarded to
winners of the contest.
Trio Wins $200 In
Gift Certificates
Three Seminole residents held
gift certificates totaling $200
Thursday after winning a draw-
ing held last week-end at Jim
Graves Jewelry.
Mrs. Ada Munnerlyn won $100
ijn a china certificate. C. R. Can-
field won a 530 certificate for a
Wyler watch and Mrs. C. D.
Wickson won a $50 certificate
for an Omega watch.
The store announced that $500
In certificates would be given a-
way during June.
Persons wishing to register for
the certificates should do so at
the store. No purchase la
sary to register.
A police crackdown on traffic i ing laws as the city's accident
violators is scheduled to get un- record began to grow.
der way in Seminole immediate- "There have been too many
!y- accidents, and there are too many
Officials ordered stricter en- complaints about fast and care-
forcement of city and state driv-1 less driving," officers said.
Officers estimated that the
number of automobile accidents
in Seminole is up 15 per cent
over last year's figure for the
same period.
Speed is the most common
Golf-Recreation Group Organizing
To Finance County Course Lease
The Gaines County Golf and
Recreation Association was or-
ganizing Thursday on a fiscal
basis to lease the county's new
projected golf course midway
between Seminole and Seagraves
if the county does not maintain
course operation.
Members of the association
will meet July 9 at 8 p.m. in a
public meeting to complete their
organizational effort.
Spearheading the golf move-
ment In Seagraves is L. M. Mc-
Adoo and Horace Taylor, In Sem-
inole, leaders are Seth Woltz,
George Zoller and Joe Dennis.
Fees Explained
Preliminary effort on part of
the association is to sell charter
memberships at $60 per member.
The group plans to obtain 100
to 150 charter members.
Charter membership would en-
title the member to play golf on
the course for a flat $6 per
month fee. The tentative green
fee for non-members would be
fl on week-days, $1.50 on hofl-
iys and Sundays.
. Nearly 50 charter member-
ships already have been sold in
Seminole and Seagraves.
Tiie golf association's member-
ship fees and monthly dues
would go for maintenance and
operation of the golf C9urse un-
der such terms as may be pre-
scribed in a county lease.
Spokesmen for the association-
emphasized that the group is not
Intending to operate as a private
club. It is simply an association
of responsible persons to see
that the course is operated and
maintained.
If the county commissioners
court wants to lease the course,
then the association has organiz-
ed for that purpose, they said.
County officials are consider-
ing the practicability of leasing
the course.
Rig Crewman Dies In Night Crash
Of Vehicles On Farm-Market Road
Disaster Workers
To View Silverton
Salvage Program
Members of the city's disaster
relief committee on salvage work
will go to Silver,ton to study first-
hand the organization used there
when a tornado struck the town
recently.
The Seminole , committee is
headed by County Commissioner
Brom Marchbanks. A definite
date for the group to go to Sil-
verton has not been set, but it
will be soon, officials said.
Injured Man Taken
To Vets' Hospital
Harry C. Byers, 57, of 300 SE
Second St., injured in a June 14
traffic accident, has been trans-
ferred to the Veteran's Hospital
in Big Spring for treatment.
He was taken to the Big Spring
hospital in a Singleton Funeral
Home ambulance for treatment
for a shattered left leg.
City Hall Remodel
Project Under Way
Remodeling of the City Hall to
make room for expansion of
municipal offices was underway
Thursday.
Workmen were pouring con-
crete to raise the floor level of
the old fire station portion of
the municipal building and were
remodeling the front of the
building.
The city's fire department
moved three weeks ago into new
quarters at SE Ave. C and Sec-
ond Street.
Vernon Henderson
To Sunday
Rev. Vernon N. Henderson,
superintendent of the Brownfield
District of the Methodist Church,
will conduct the Sunday morn-
ing services at the Seminole
First Methodist Church.
Pastor Lester Hill urged all
members of the congregation to
attend the Sunday morning serv-
ice* to hear Rev. Henderson.
W. T. Ballard, 51, an Andrews
oil field worker was killed at a -
bout 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in a
head-on automobile crash on a
farm-market road about six miles
southwest of Semlnqje.
He is Gaines County's eighth
traffic victim of the year.
Four others were injured in
the collision.
Ballard, a member of an oil
rig crew, was traveling enroute
to work with three other mem-
bers of the crew in a vehicle
driven oj Clarence Edward La-
tham, 54.
The Latham vehicle was in
collision With a car driven by
Carl Eugene Anderson, 15, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond An-
derson, Seminole, Texas High-
way Patrolman Martin Exum re-
ported. Young Anderson was a-
lone in his car. He sustained
head lacerations and minor chest
injuries, it was reported.
Rites Pending
Mr. Latham had some teeth
knocked out and received head
cuts and lacerations.
Two other passengers in the
Latham car were Melvin William
Lee, 26, and Curtis Edward Lee,
Applications For
Training Courses
May Be Filed Now
Applications to attend the
special course in effective busi-
ness conversation, scheduled July
8-11 in Seminole, may be filed
with the Chamber of Commerce,
Chamber Manager H. C. Kyle
said Thursday.
. Classes will be held at the
Seminole High School and will
be conducted at 8 o'clock night-
ly by Arthur M. Brown, retail
training specialist from the Uni-
versity of Texas.
The course will treat effective
business conversation as one of
the important techniques of
modern day selling and service
to customers.
Enrollment will be limited to
25 persons. A $2 registration fee
will be required.
21, both of Andrews. Melvin Lee
sustained a fractured left leg.
Curtis Lee received severe bruis-
es.
Ballard who was killed in the
wreck was riding in the back
seat of the car. Patrolman Exum
reported. The victim's body was
mangled, the officer said.
Funeral arrangements for Bal-
lard are pending with Singleton
Funeral Home in Andrews.
FAVOR SUPPORTS
G'.ines County's wheat gi
er« voted five to nothing in f<
or of wheat price supports in last
Thursday balloting at the Agri-
cultural Stabilization and Con-
servation office.
violation. Running of stop signs
and failure to stop at a red
light before making right turns
were listed as other most com-
mon violations.
License Suspension
Drag racing on city streets is
another violation for which the
officials promised "lowering of
the boom."
Minimum fines for speeding is
$1 per mile over the legal speed
limit. Running a stop sign can
cost a minimum of $3 and fail-
ure to stop at a red light before
turning right can cost $5 mini-
mum.
Suspension of driving licenses
also will be a weapon with which
police will try to curb careless
driving and traffic violations and
wrecks.
The licenses of minors can be
suspended under new law with-
out a decree from a juvenile
judge.
"A crackdown on traffic viola-
tors is coming," officials warn-
ed. "We're announcing it now so
it will be no surprise. And some-
thing has to be done to halt our
accident rate."
Hail. Wind, Sand
Destroy Estimated
10,000 Crop Acres
Hail, wind and sand storms
striking Gaines County last
week-end destroyed an estimated
10,000 acres of cotton in the
•unty .Agent
northeast Gafnes County-, an
area near Hlgginbotham, and
some areas near Seagraves, he
said.
-1$ —-
Needed For Youths
Entering Junior Olympics Meet
Sports - minded Seminole
youngsters desiring to partici-
pate in the Southern A.A.U. Jun-
ior Olympics at Odessa July 19
should contact Coach Jake Har-
rell at the Seminole swimming
pool immediately.
Administration of the junior
Olympics this year will be differ-
ent from that of past years.
Heretofore, winners in the Odes-
sa meet later would participate
in a Gulf Association meet in
Houston.
This year, however, the Odes-
sa meet is a sanctioned one and
winning participants will not
have to enter the Gulf associa-
tion tournament.
Seminole entrants in the jun-
ior Olympics are sponsored by
4-H Girls Busy In
Dress Workshops
Seminole's junior 4-H Club
girls Thursday were completing
a dress "workshop" preparatory
to entering clothing items made
during the workshop clinic in a
county dress revue July 22.
The Seminole clinic was held
in the courthouse.
Mrs. Charlene Hicks, assistant
home demonstration agent, will
be in Seagraves next week con-
ducting a workshop for 4-H girls
there in the homemaking cottage
of the Seagraves school.
All-Stars, Major Teams
To Meet In Peewee Ball
The top teams in Little Lea-
gue and Pony League baseball
as of the end of June will play
especially selected all-star teams
July 13 in exhibition games, it
was announced Thursday.
ExiW'tM to rn®6t th.6 £dl*5t&r
teams are Dealing's Super Mar-
ket team in the Little League
and Taylor Bit Service in the
Pony League. ,
All-star players will be named
by the baseball fans themselves.
The fans will vote for their fav-
orite players at little and pony
league games July 1 through
July 5. Each paid a'dmiasdon en-
titles the ten to a vote.
Admission for the top team-all*
star exhibition game on July 13
will be the regular 10 cent fee.
There will be no increase in
price.
Meanwhile, regular play-offs
for Iaa^ua championships will
begin J*uly 22.
In the Pony League, Taylor Bit
Service and Jo's Restaurant are
leading the league, each with
wins and two tie* and no
Seminole Auto Supply has
one, lost two and tied one.
American Legion team has
three and tied one
Dearing'a Supei
the Seminole Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Coach Harrell will
train the youths for the tourna-
ment. Any boy age 11 through
17 is eligible to participate in
See OLYMPICS, Page 4
Two Indictments,
No-Bills Listed
By Grand Jurors
Two indictments and two no-
bills were handed down to Dis-
trict Judge Louis Reed by the
Gaines County Grand Jury.
Four cases were passed by the
grand jurors, who met Monday.
Jim Brown, 69, Seagraves
farmer, was no billed by the
grand jury after being charged
with assault with intent to mur-
der. Also no-billed was Coy Lee
Ashley, charged with murder
with a motor vehicle.
Cases passed were W. C.
Green, driving while intoxicated\
second offense; Edward Carper,
passing hot check; Kenneth Ozzo
Burke, driving while Intoxicated,
second offense; D. B. Hobson,
removal of mortgaged property.
Indictments delivered were a-
gainst Ronald Speery, forgery;
and C. R. Meeks, passing hot
check.
"Dog Days" Here;
City Planning To
Hire Dog-Catcher
"Dog days" really are here,
and to cope with the situation
the city is going to hire a dog-
catcher, Mayor W. E. Denton
said Thursday.
Complaints of dogs running
at larra and of Str-y iss J-
every section of
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