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Volume 50
Sixteen Pages
Seminole, Gaines County Texas, Thursday, October 24, 1957
Price 10c
Preclp. to-date—18.27-in.
Number 48
Gaines County Records Pre-Drouth Downpour
BAD WEATHER CRASH—Two persons were
injured in a two-car head-on collision on La-
mesa Highway, one mile inside the Gaines
County line. Results of the Monday crash are
shown above. Sustaining: broken ribs was Ray-
mond Calvin Helm, 52, a mill foreman from
Lemilar, N. IVI. Mrs. Helm sustained head in-
juries. Neither is critically hurt. A child in
the Helm vehicle was unhurt, Highway Patrol-
man Jean Pate said. Driver of the other car,
John Thomas Franklin, 44, a salesman-preach-
er from Corslcana, was unhurt. The wreck
occurred as the westbound Franklin vehicle
attempted to pass a truck in foggy, road-slick
weather, Patrolman Pate said. Pate discusses
accident with Driver Franklin above left.
Seminole Bank Deposits
Increase Over Last Year
Seminole State Bank deposits | ing the past three months is due
are $764,181 greater than at the
same period last year, according
to October bank call figures
Thursday.
The figures indicated a stead-
ily growing economy for Gaines
County despite a "slump" in oil
activities caused by production
allowable cutbacks.
Assets of the Seminole bank
were up $809,380 above last year's
figure for the same period.
Bank deposits totaled $4,140,-
489 at time of the October call,
at close of business on Oct. 11.
Last year at the comparable time
the deposits totaled $3,376,308.
Withdrawals
October deposits were less,
however, than deposits at time
of the June, 1957, bank call. De-
posits in June amounted to $4,-
376,095.
The decrease in deposits dur-
County Advertises
For Bids For Beds
The county, already caught
once with its beds down, was
moving Thursday to remedy the
situation.
County officers advertised for
bids for 20 all-metal 39-inch wide
folding beds with coil springs
and innerspring mattresses with
which to equip the men's and
women's jurors' quarters in the
courthouse.
A jury, detained overnight on
a recent murder with motor ve-
hicle case, was housed in a mo-
tel because the new jury quarters
did not have beds.
Bids on the beds are due Nov.
12.
Illnesses Cause
Slump In School
^Attendance Here
The common cold, influenza
and mumps were blamed
Thursday for absence from
Seminole schools of some 16
per cent of the enrolled stu-
dent body.
School Superintendent Joe
young said that authorities
will consider closing the
schools If the absenteeism
reaches the SO per cent level.
Normal absenteeism Is about
four to fN per cent of the
Approximately 800 students
were absent from school Tues-
day because of illnesses.
Of 640 students In the
school's first three grades, US
nt, Mr. Young re-
largely to withdrawals from
their construction fund accounts
by Gaines County (for the court-
house and county park construc-
tion) and the Seminole school
system (for auditorium and other
school construction).
Assets of the Seminole State
Bank total $4,413,903 for October
this year as compared with $3,-
604,523 last year.
Loans for October of 1957
showed a slight decrease under
loans for the same time last
year. On the books are $1,068,062
in loans now as compared with
$1,070,725 last year.
The bank shows capital ac-
counts totaling $273,414. Capital
accounts in June of this year
totaled $259,034.
Junior Indians
Dominate Grid
With a football vacation due
this week-end for. the Seminole
Indians high school football
squad, attention of fans focused
on junior Indians activities in
Thursday and Saturday skirm-
ishes with Brownfield.
The ninth grade teams will
play at Seminole at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday.
The seventh and eighth grade
teams played at Brownfield at
2 p.m. this afternoon.
The B-team game is scheduled
for 10 a.m. Saturday in Seminole.
Unusual schedule for the ball
games was caused by an out-
break of influenza among Brown-
field's teams and student body.
Brownfield's ninth and B-teams
will come to Seminole determin-
See JR. INDIANS, Page 4
Donation, State Volumes
Help Library Book Stock
(The Gaines County Library
was .growing rapidly Thursday
from donation of more than 700
books by the Seminole Study
Club and receipt of some 900
volumes from the State of Texas.
Librarian Mary Cleveland re-
turned from a book-buying trip
to Dallas last week with 300
more books to add to the library
stock.
The library, a county project,
will be open for business as soon
as the books can be catalogued
and grouped in the shelving, Mrs.
Cleveland said. No specific date
has been set, however.
The approximately 900 books
received from the state range
from children's books to biogra-
phies and technical volumes. It
is a general collection of books,
Mrs. Cleveland said.
"Unusual Volumes"
Dallas-bought books also are
general collection books.
Seminole Study Club's dona-
tion consisted of 793 volumes,
mostly fictional, Mrs. Cleveland
said.
"They are books that the wom-
en have collected through the
years, and among the Study Club
selections are quite a number of
unusuai volumes, saifl Mrs.
Cleveland.
One of the Study Club contri-
butions Is the two-volume "His-
torical Encyclopedia of Texas"
which was donated to the Study
Club by M. S. Does.
Mrs. Cleveland said that many
of the library books will be de-
voted to Texas and West Texas.
Already on the shelf is the two-
volume "King Ranch" by Tom
Lea.
On Sports
Among books are Ben Hogan's
"Five Lessons in Golf."
"Best Sports Stories of 1957"
is on the shelf. Van Loon's "Story
of Mankind" is another. The new
See LIBRARY, Page 4
Groundwork Laid
For 1960 Census
In Gaines County
Groundwork was under way
Thursday for taking of the 1960
census in Gaines County.
A member of the federal cen-
sus staff, Jack Burkhart from
Washington, D. C., was in Semi-
nole consulting county officials
and soliciting advice for district-
ing of the county for the nose-
counting which will be undertak-
en in 1559.
"Census County Divisions" are
being established by the Bureau
of the Census in Texas for use
in statistical reporting.
With specific boundaries, the
districts will be permanent and
are based upon the communities
which are population and trade
focal points of the counties.
Two Divisions
Gaines County's districts will
be known as the Seminole Dis-
trict and Seagraves District.
The dividing line between the
two extends, roughly, southward
along the Denver City highway
to a draw running southeasterly
and then along the draw to
Farm-Market Road 1312, thence
south to the Lames a Highway
and eastward to the county line.
This division places the north,
northeast and part of the north-
west sectors of the county in the
.Seagraves district, but the bulk
of the county lies within the
Seminole district, County Judge
Charles Lawrence explained.
"The statistical data for these
divisions will serve as a yard-
stick with Which to measure the
sphere of influence exercised by
the communities," said Mr. Burk-
hart. "It is believed that the cen-
sus county divisions will be
handy tools for use of county of-
ficials, local newspapers and
business and civic groups."
Seminole Indians
Get New Opponent
In 5-AA Circuit
Funeral Held For
Charles Mclnfyre
Funeral services for Charles
Emory Mclntyre, 52, well-known
Seminole and West Texas oil well
service operator, were held at
1:30 p.m. Thursday at the First
Presbyterian Church in Semi-
nole.
Mr. Mclntyre died at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday at his residence, 608 SW
5th St., following a long illness.
A native of Tidioute, Pa,, Mr.
Mclntyre had been a resident of
Seminole for the past 17 years.
He owned his own oil well serv-
icing business.
During World War II he serv-
ed as a corporal in the United
States Army Air Force and saw
duty at Sheppard Field at Wichi-
ta Falls.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Semi-
nole.
Final rites fop Mr. Mclntyre
were conducted at the church by
See FUNERAL HELD, Page 4
Alpine High School has been
added to the 5-AA Conference
of West Texas for the 1958-59
and 1959-60 athletic seasons, it
was announced Thursday.
Seminole High School has
been classified again in the AA
bracket for the next two sea-
sons.
Addition of Alpine to the
circuit will give Seminole In-
dians five opponents for basket
ball and football clashes.
Classification for the schools
was made by Interscholastlc
League officials.
Present 5-AA schools, other
than Seminole, are Fort Stock-
ton, McCamey, Denver City
and Crane.
Chest Members
Organizing For
1957 Campaign
Community Chest Campaign
Chairman C. D. Wickson, Jr.,
and members of the Chest group
were organizing Thursday for an
all-out fund raising drive to raise
the 1957 quota of $6,648.
A kick-off meeting, date of
which is yet to be set, will launch
the campaign officially, Mr.
Wicksbn said.
Meanwhile, appointments are
•being made of teams and team
captains to contact individuals
and business firms in the drive
for funds to support charitable
and service agencies.
The budget of the Chest was
approved formally Tuesday night
See 1957 CHEST, Page 4
SWEETHEART — Charlotte
Jane Hargis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Hargis, 617
SW 2nd St, an arts and scien-
ces freshman at Texas Tech,
has been named one of eight
sweethearts of the Air Force
ROTC at the college. The
sweethearts were elected by
AFROTC cadets.
Four-Day Rains
Peril Crops In
Seminole Area
Gaines County's rainfall for
1957 has passed the pre-drouth
annual average.
Scientifically, however, there
remained a question as to whe-
ther the eight-year drouth is
broken.
Precipitation, punctuated by
downfall ranging from two in-
ches to an estimated three inch-
es Saturday through Tuesday,
threatened grain and cotton crops
early this week.
As the sun shone Wednesday,
however, some field work re-
sumed and excessive damage
estimates on crops were ruled
out.
Official rainfall records for
Seminole show that there have
been 18.27 inches of precipita-
tion this year.
The records show that the
average annual rainfall for the
county for the years 1931 through
1956 has been 15.34 inches.
The average rainfall per year
shown in the Texas Almanac for
Gaines County is 16.37 inches.
Actually recorded rainfall for
Seminole this year is nearly two
inches greater than the yearly
average listed in the almanac,
nearly three inches greater than
the recorded 1931-56 average.
Rain And Fog
A 2.2jnch recorded fall in Sem-
inole Saturday through Tuesday
pushed the total to beyond the
pre-drouth rain level.
Heavy rains, followed by soup-
like fog, fell generally over the
county last week-end and early
part of this week.
Temperatures dipped into the
40's, and speculation on cold
fronts and a possible early freeze
added furrows to farmer's brows.
Too much rain would damage
grain and cotton. A freeze would
be virtually disastrous.
The freeze did not materialize
and Wednesday's sunshine
brightened outlooks for the farm-
ers.
The Raymond Golden farm in
the eastern part of the county re-
ported an estimated 2% inches of
rain and some damage, though
See DOWNPOUR, Page 4
County Bond Buy
Totals $111,440
Purchases of U. S. Savings
Bonds in Gaines County totaled
$111,440 through September,
County Bond Chairman L. G.
Daugherty announced Thursday.
September purchases amount-
ed to $8,852 and boosted Gaines
County to 83.4 per cent of the
county's 1957 goal of $133,584 in
bond purchases.
Bond purchases throughout
Texas for the year total $127,-
489,973, of which $14,626,573 were
purchased in September. The
state stands at 66' per cent of its
1957 goal of $193,100,000.
Constitution Changes Due Vote November 5
Gaines County voters will go
to (fee polls in 11 days, on Nov.
5, to ballot upon three propos-
ed changes in the constitution
of the State of Texas.
The proposed changes deal
with water, benefits for state
employees and Increased bene-
fits for the state's needy chil-
dren and aged or blind persons.
The first amendment on the
ballot pertains to establish-
ment of a retirement, disabili-
ty and death compensation
fund for officers and employ-
ees of the state.
Approval of this amendment
%VOUld allow the state worker
opportunity to select the high-
a technical distinction—and un-
der the new plan employees
are assured of equitable treat-
ment.
Approval of the amendment
would reduce the amount paid
for retirement by the lower
salaried workers.
It would allow a transitory
10-year period wherein no em-
ployee should be deprived of
previously accumulated bene-
fits.
' It would reduce the employ-
ee's contribution from five to
4'/j per cent for retirement
and eliminate a 93,600 ceiling.
Pmmiuwte of
The Number Two proposal,
if approved, would allow In-
creasing the limit on the maxi-
mum monthly payment to
needy aged persons from state
funds from $20 to $25 pea-
month, with certain conditions
permitting payment In excess
of $21 monthly.
It also would boost the limit
on the yearly state fund ex-
penditure for assistance to the
needy aged, needy blind and
needy children from $42,090,-
000 per year to $47,000,000 per
year.
Allocation and appropriation
of additional sums supplement-
ing current legislative appro f
priations for payment of as-
sistance grants are proposed.
The third proposed amend-
ed the lion's share of publicity
Fund which would provide fin-
ancial assistance to political
subdivisions of the state for
conservation and development
of water resources of the state.
Exponents of the proposed
amendment haH Its plan as one
to aid conservation—storage In
periods of rain, reservoirs for
use in dry periods.
The exponents point out that
the amendment will benefit the
state by helping develop 9600,-
000,000 In water storage pro-
jects; It is self-aupporting and
will not hike taxes; hard-
pressed communities will re-
ceive a financial boost: Texas'
belief In local self-government
and local control Is given ef-
fect; safeguards are establish-
ed to prevent abuses; no single
project can gobble up the state
It will not
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Halliburton Firm Begins
Major Expansion Project
A $61,000 permanent headquar-
ters construction project was
under way Thursday by Hallibur-
ton Oil Well Cementing Co. in
BOOK TALK—Mrs. Alfa Sim-
mons, Seminole High School
Student Council sponsor, cen-
ter, and Miss Frances Good-
all, Odessa, founder of- the
Seminole High School 1,1-
bboks with
i.ltar
known
writer was speaker at a Sem-
inole area meeting of high
school librarians.
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| Seminole.
District Superintendent Roy
I Raines, of Hobbs, said that con-
I struction of the new plant should
i be completed by Jan. 1.
Construction, which will more
than double the size of the tem-
porary rented Halliburton quar-
ters, ill SW Ave. D, is under
i way in the 1200 block of SE Sec-
ond St.
j Mr. Raines said that the new
plant will be a permanent instal-
lation and will be constructed to
1 allow for future expansion of
Halliburton operations out of
j Seminole.
| The $61,000 figure includes
purctta.se of a 300 by 300 foot
j tract of land for the headquar-
; ters site.
Can Expand
The new Halliburton plant will
provide a warehouse, two offic-
es, with room for a district sup-
ervisor's office if needed, a con-
ference room, garage for equip-
ment repair, a drill stem test-
ing shop and a parking area.
Mr. Raines said that the phy-
sical expansion of Halliburton's
Seminole facility does not con-
template an immediate increase
in personnel. The company has
15 employees in Seminole.
The construction* does mean
that .!£alUb>^t<m is permanent
Semyioie ini»imttioif and is one
that now can accommodate ex-
pansion when and If needed, Mr.
Raines said.
Indians On Holiday; Bone
For Toughest Grid Battle
The Seminole Indians will take
a holiday from the gridiron this
week-end following a slim victory
last Friday over Fort Stockton
in the Indians' first 5-AA confer-
ence game of the season.
Indians beat Fort Stockton 13-
12 in a home game.
The gridiron holiday won't be
a true vacation for the Indians,
however. They will be boning up
for their second conference con-
tact, with McCamey Nov. 1.
McCamey—undefeated, picked
by sportswriters for the 5-AA
football title, one of the top AA
teams in the state—will be, pro-
bably, the toughest team in the
conference for the Indians.
Even so, Indian Athletic Direc-
tor Metz LaFollette said that "it's
not impossible" to beat McCam-
ey. "The Indians will have to play
a whale of a ball game to do it,
though."
Crane Falls
The Golden Cranes from Crane
have been listed among the top
teams of the 5-AA circuit, but
the Cranes fell 28-12 to the Mc-
Camey eleven last week.
McCamey meets Fort Stock-
ton this week-end.
Seminole will play McCamey
at McCamey. Game time is
8 p.m.
Early Scoring
Seminole's gridiron Indians
romped up and down the turf of
Wigwam Stadium Friday night
for one half and 13 points to nail
down their second win of the sea-
son and the first in district play,
by downing Fort Stockton, 13-12.
After dominating play in the
first two quarters, much on the
bull-like charges of sophomore
back Carol Norton, the Indians
were forced Ho hold on and run
out the clock on a rejuvenated
pack of Fort Stockton Panthers,
to assure the 13-12 win.
Things went much to the plea-
sure of local fans in the opening
period, as the Indians kicked to
thA visiters p for downs.
The ensuing Panther punt was
scooped up by Dennis Richard-
son on his own 35 and returned
to the Fort Stockton 35 to
the Indians in business in
territory for the first of
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nullified by a clipping penalty.
Undismayed by the setback, Nor-
ton ripped off two additional
gains of 15 and 3 yards to set
the Indians up in scoring, terri-
tory.
Bill Wallace roared through a
hole off tackle for 9 yards and
the first Seminole score. End
Neely Wolffarth tacked on the
extra point and the Indians took
a 7-0 lead with some four minut-
es left in the first quarter.
The next series of downs saw
Seminole kicking to the Panth-
ers and holding for downs once
again. With Seminole receiving
the punt and setting up a pass-
ing try, things appeared to be
looking up for the locals again.
The pass, however, was swiped
by Fort Stockton's Ruben Rodri-
guez and run back to the Semi-
nole 25 yard line to place the
Panthers in scoring territory for
the only time in the first quar-
ter of play .
Tables Turn
The next play saw turn-about,
as the Indians' Hoppy Pearcy
pulled in Panther quarterback
Jimmy McAteer's pass to end the
Panther threat.
The second quarter saw Semi-
nole continue domination as they
drove to the Fort Stockton 1-
yar4 line only to lose the ball
on downs as the Panthers tight-
ened up.
On the first Panther play from
their one, Mickey Warlick pounc-
ed on a Fort Stockton fumble
to set the Indians up once again
in scoring position. Freshman
Quarterback Robert Bice went
into the end zone standing up
on a keeper play to put the In-
dians ahead, 13-0 with the try for
See INDIANS, Page 4
STATISTICS
First Downs
Yards Rushing ....
Attempted
18
Ft
11
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