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VOLUME 49 SIXTEEN PAGES
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS
Thursday, July 5, 1956
SPRUCE 10c
Number 32
Racing
Legion
Fever Hits Seminole;
Slates Tenapin Derby
Racing fever hit Seminole
Thursday as the American Le-
gion announced plana for vits
third annual terrapin derby.
The derby is expected to at-
> tract more than 100 entries of
the West Texas variety of tor-
toise.
Races will be held July 21 on
the town square, Legion officers For the first time, the Legion,
announced. Entries should be this year, will hold a junior ter-
signed in by July 20, day pre- rapin derby for children under
ceding the races. 12 years of age who want to en-
Prizes ranging from $25 to ter a "turtle" in the races.
$100 will be handed owners of New Track
terrapins winning the derby. There will be approximately
There will be smaller prizes for $100 in prises for the small-fry
C of C Shifts Dote
Of Regular Meeting
In effort to gain better at-
tendance at Seminole Chamber
of Commerce meetings, the or-
ganization's meeting dates
have been changed to noon on
the second Wednesday of each--
month.
The chamber formerly met
on the night of the second
Tuesday of each month.
Absentee Vote Set Monday in
Democratic Primary Election
the final Grand Prix event.
Rites Held for Clifton Decker,
Manager of Seminole Auto Firm
Funeral services were held
Sunday for Clifton Henry Deck-
er, 36-year-old manager of Mc-
Adoo Chevrolet Co. in Seminole.
Mr. Decker, manager of the
Seminole automobile firm since
1949, suffered a heart attack at
U Khis office at about 3:30 p.m. Fri-
day, and died shortly after being
adinitted to Gaines County Clinic
Hospital.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p. m. Sunday at the First
Baptist Church, with Rev. Hub-
ert Christian, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Seminole Ceme-
tery. Singleton Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Decker, popular in Semi-
nole business circles, was a past
director of the Seminole Cham-
ber of Commerce and was a
member of the organization at
the time of his death.
He was a member of the First
|; Baptist Church and a past mem-
ber of the Hotary International.
Native of McCattley
The young businessman was a
native of MoCauley. Fisher Coun-
ty, but moved wmTKls parents
life, and Mrs. R. H. Decker, to
Brownfield in 1930.
sponsors of terrapins.
To be eligible, however, chil-
dren must be sponsored by
adults who have entered terra-
pins in the major events.
Prizes offered in the terrapin
derby will come from donations
received by the American Le-
gion.
For the 1956 derby, a straight-
a-way track will be provided. £1^'will' sDonsm-'a seven-w^ks
The track will give the terrapins clu° wm sP0ns01 a seven weeks
a 44-foot racing strip. Hereto-
visit to the city of a 24-year-old
German farmer-student.
with the hard-shells lumbering WUhelm """
SEVEN-WEEK GUEST . . .
Seminole Rofariam to Sponsor
Visit of Young German Farmer
Participating in a program to Rotarians.
promote better understanding He will be the house guest t
between Americans and Western L. G. Daugherty, C. J. Murphrey
Germany, the Seminole Rotary Alton Freeman, Chester Browne,
R. W. Pittman, Gordon Cobb and
Mr. Whippo.
fore, the track has been circular,
toward the outer rim of the ring.
CLIFTON HENRY DECKER
Last Bites Held
★ ★ ★
Rodney and Tyra Lynn, at 503
SW 10th. Mrs. Decker ts the for-
mer Miss Dorothy Sexton «$£ -
Brownfield.
Other survivors are Mr. Deck-
son of a prom-
, ,. ., , , inent German seed farmer, is
Individuals and firms may en- . . „ . „ . ,
ter terraoins in the races . scheduled to arrive in Seminole
ter terrapins in the races. about Ju]y 20 He is from
Last year's winning time was Germany.
1 minute and 34 seconds for the The farmer is among five
44-foot distance, a pace set by a from Germany who will be
hard-shell by the name of Stan- guests of Rotarians in the Plains
ley Steamer, entered by Land area. Others will visit in Ralls,
Appraiser Seth Woltz. Plainview, Slaton, Canyoft and
Meanwhile, to accommodate Tahoka.
persons who would like to enter Hosts fflsted
a terrapin, but who do not care Utility Executive Bob Whip-
to chase them down in the sand po is chairman of the Seminole
hills,, Legionnaires pre maintain- Rotary committee in charge of
ing a stable of high-spirited ter- the German's visit. During the
rapins from which the sponsors visiting period, the guest will re-
may select an entry. side one week each with seven
DEADLINE NEAR . . .
Five Girls Enter Farm Bureau
_ A- , L
Tours will be arranged for the
visitor to give him an insight
into the farming., ranching, oil,
business, industrial and educat-
tional programs of West Texas.
Herr Schulenburg is the son
of Dr. Leo Graf von der Schulen-
burg who is president of the Ro-
tary Club of Bielefeld, Germany,
and president of the Cooperation
of the Employers Associations of
Agriculture and Forestry in Wes-
tern Germany. He owns one of
that country's most noted seed-
producing farms.
The young Schulenburg is a
student of agriculture in the Un-
iversity of Bonn. He is particu-
larly interested in American
methods of mechanized farm op-
erations and plant breeding.
Sponsor of the young man's
passage and entry into America
is the International ,
k. w. wmmxx
itaillMlimg on the ing Mr. Browne for a ballot. The
'Sanaa- Hon#" Hist off candidates voter's poll tax reoeipt must be
feu jwmunaButm ik» Sibe Ji% 28 submitted either with the appli-
naflr ffteinaoy Election notion far the absentee ballot or
wilB Ikfgjiii JfflanSiiy., County -CM when the marked ballot is re-
GteHiiHr ffinwwtae said Thursday, turned.
Persons qualified to vote in
Gaines County, but who are re-
siding temporarily out of the
county, or have moved else-
where icnd have not yet quali-
fied at their new residence, may
vote absentee by writing Mr.
Browne for the ballot and enclos-
ing the poll tax receipt.
Absentee voting will continue
through July 24.
Referendum
In addition to names of candi-
dates far state, district, county
and precinct offices, there will
be three special referendum is-
sues on the ballot.
The referendum issues pertain
(Saiinas Ctaratfy waters Who will
iratfi te its tffhe ■onuMly on ^election
(flsy mxBf absentee to Mr.
BJjiswmie'i; aflffiixa? ita the Court-
faaaaiE..
Inraaiffiife aorfT gBCHBBs snlfer-
ism£ iilEsiewe* «tttb jarewent itbem
Siuhih XMWtiksj; iin jpeEson <an -electian
nay tattlwt ft®' unall by "writ-
Fneral Held For
JaaesA, Ritchey
* # *
New Officers Take
Rotary Leadership
A new slate «f officers TTtaar*
day held the reins at tfltoe
nole Rotary ClUfc
pro/!* organization
educational
devoted to
During World War II, he serv- er's parents, a sister, Mrs. Jack
ed with the U S Air Force Key of Abilene, and two broth- Five entries in the Gaines Ing to further plan the content.
In 1946 Mr Decker was em- ers, Frank Decker of Brownfield County Farmers' and Stockmen's The county contest will be held
ployed with McAdoo Chevrolet and Lester Decker of Seminole. Association Farm Bureau Queen August 10,
Co. at the firm's Seagraves of- PallDearers were Emmitt Al- contest have been signed, with
fice. In February, 1949, he be- lison, Gordon Cobb, John Por- "ie ^7« 5 entering the con-
came manager of the Seminole ter, Joe Underwood, Ed Pullam test stl" five davs away-
division of the McAdoo company, and Bill Reber. McAdoo em- The farmer-stockmen group is
Mr. Decker resided with his ployees were honorary, pallbear- seeking a local queen who will
Girls will be judged on the bas-
is of their poise, graciousness,
charm and vivaciousness.
wife and two children, Clifton ers.
Barber, Holfon Looming as Tops
In Little, Pony League Averages
compete for a district title. The
district winner will enter State
competition, and the winner there
will vie for national Farm Bu-
reau honors.
Contestants must be 16 years . ,
of age by Sept. 1, 1956, and not Seminole post
over 22 years of age on that date,
Post Office Site
Selection Pending
Seminole Auto Supply's M. the number three slot.
Barber, with a batting average The averages for the players
.636, loomed as the top hitter of were compiled by Scorekeeper
the Seminole Little League base- Jake Collins.
j ball circuit Thursday among The .636 hitter, Barber, has
players who had gone the leag- made 18 runs, had 12 hits,
IjUe's full limit of five games. knocked two home runs in 19
In the Pony League, where times at bat, according to the fig-
more games have been played, ures.
j Jbn Graves' Jerry Holton ap- High m^n Holton of the Pony
; peared to be the top man with a League, in 38 times at bat, is re-
1.474 average among the players sponsible for 10 runs and 18 hits.
who had gone the 10-game Pony During the past week, Os- sponsored
' League limit. wait's beat Anthony's 13 to 2 in
Throughout the Little League, Tuesday night play while Jim
lof those players who have play- Graves' team doubled the Jay-
ed five games, the number two cees with a score of 10 to five
) |man is the Jim Graves team's in Monday night play.
M. Gainer, with a .588 average. White's Auto Tuesday swamp-
1 Number three man is D & A's C. ed Aryain's 13 to 2 and Piggly
j Wescott with .581. Wiggly Monday took Tower Ap-
The number two man in the pllance by three runs, 18 to 15.
Pony League is C. Norton of Os- On Friday night, the Jaycees
wait's team with a .428 batting won over Oswalt's four to one,
average. He is followed by the and the Seminole Auto Supply
Jaycees* N. Carter with .333 for (See BASEBALL, Page 4)
Selection of a site for a
office was
pending Thursday, Post Master
Mrs. Jewell Cobb said.
ILatKf Bites wx&w 'htM Sunday
Sar Jaasnes AiBaart Bitrihey. gft,
ai Beffimsefl flanmMsr tstf Sfamnale who inter-position, compulsory at-
(fiiafi FMi&ry flan <Gaimes County 'tendaxjee children at integrat-
Cffinueffikwgajiall. ed public schools, and inter-mar-
IPlraBBiall sarriiae® wrene held «t rjage between whites and Ne-
it-W jpiaa. Simfisy in She Semi- ^roes-
ante CSmtncfti <s& Ctirant wxtai Owen 13516 locaJ-level ballot will in-
MSBtei;, anniimHtiar, xaffiBirimmm.p ©ur- chide 29 names.
iafl wats m sfflw Gaines County level,
tteiy.. AnnmisaaiMm* were wjEth Sheriff V.. A. Harris and County
SisBtottfflBa IPtaHsnaH ffirame. Attoirney Stephen Haley are un-
Mfc. KBtettwy .off ^96 SE Awe. JT, 0M»»«sed- Joe Anderson of Sem-
)tad item) ai ffasoflmE afl suimmniu mole is the only candidate for
&nr «a» gaBBsf! jwaas. He eieotioin to 1he Democratic Party
The new officers ftsofe. amesr nmswwffi to SeEBiirMile SSrasn Loo§i. ,®»>n®ty chairmanship.
July 1 President is Et. W.. Pffr He was a. nnHHftiw atf tOue Oiuareii 3a Precincts 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9, A.
—. — map who succeeded CkrrML Mr. BSSMbcir mm a m- Quillan, C. ▼. Sheltam, T. O.
^ News Yari^ a non- in the position. tffiwe Wart JSauia, SB®. K Hunt, fiodd and J. C. Free-
Beoaus® Director GSea West San6*Bigr SBr. ttitetoey «re tete stam, re^peetSweJy, are unoppos-
has moved from the city, BtKaar- JSrw- Augttatars, Mix. J'ear] Sar precinct chairmanships
ians eteeted at new dlrweEar, XmxwmfS., ILw Max. 1i»ere were 110 candidates in Pre-
James Patterson, to- succeed Mr.. D®wi«, f^aartoa, Gam., Sfca. V«n- ciacrts 2. 4 and 7.
West on the 1958 bo®n# aC «st»- 4* ■rstanll,, Sgm&s;, Ittt*. Zjttit, Sim- AH county officials this year
tors. Other members of tifa? nj»ns«. Ptemytiom. Mrs. Batay Sae are net up far election. "Ihe
board are Merlin Black, Chesoa? Wb, SesBeBaweK Ew sans, Jtew- Texas Legislature iA its last ses-
Browne and Mr. W&qppai Paaat&ctu^ GeM... Boy., Lift*- sion instituted four-yww terms
Gordon Cobb was insEaHedt as Soeik, CSbhU, CStettBraa. Calil,, .Johr., for most offices. As a result,
vice president and Warren Timer E3aiJ*M asrrii iiKmw, SamraaOf; twe only about half of the local-level
■riiatHTJi, Mix. JRara CSterik and Mrs. -affioes will be voted upon this
StafflS] XMtaHi, taiflis ®ff West year.
10-Year Srnfr—rr FShuiis, Msk, wi? torotber, Boe, Throe t'aflpjwawi
_ . . _ Wac®;; '2S> ^rsiwdidiiaMreE aend 3$ Ai the district level on the lo-
ll! AsSOUlt Cost ®Tesai-®BHH&itoiMrem. oal ballot, U. S. Rep. George Ma-
IlnhaM Rw f nmiiiff PsffiteameaB wmr» C. C. OisiimBr, hfitn & unopposed, as area Asso-
JK. J. y . K. W.. BwgftawR. HSL. W. BxaBcrtncm, <cia4e Justioe of the 8th Supreme
The T«cas Court ec CanniiattE Hj^jnaErrS MWHaaa, W.. C. Carviri Judicial District Court of Civil
Appeals has upheld the li>y(*ar aza£ Jinn SereQl (See nrr°w» rafe 4)
C of C Schedules
Member Drive
Of
The Seminole Chamber a-cretarv
Commerce membership drive secretary.
will be kicked off Monday, Man-
ager H. C. Kyle said Thursday.
Aim of the chamber is to re-
cruit 20 new members — firms
or Individuals—raising the mem-
new bership from its present 114
stiU members. ^
A successful membership drive sentence against
would raise the chamber's list /Bosea, 27, the
They must be unmarried and the „ . , ,
daughters or sisters of Farm Bu- However, a postal inspector is members to an all-time record. Sheriffs office
reau members actively engaged scheduled to arrive in the city The previous high had been 120 day.
in agricultural production. En-
tering deadline is July 10.
reported TTtanw-
Entries Listed
Already entered are Billye
King, sponsored by the Mark
Allen Gin; Irene Lumpkin, spon-
sored by Loop Co-Op Gin; Nancy
Martin, sponsored by Seagraves
Co-Op Gin; Mary Lois Petty,
by the Seagraves F.
soon to inspect one proffered of- members. Hosea, convicted by a (Geewes,
fice site, a vacant lot at the T"e chamber is handicapped County jury for a July 5\, E9fS».
southeast corner of Ave. B and f lack of members, Mr. Kyle rape ^ a ii2-year-oi<i ghrii, was
Second St. Southwest. 2? Individuals, as well as back in the county ]aal Tlmirsfey
Meanwhile, Mrs. Cobb said, it tirms m®y Membership 33 a result of tSie high eaourtfs
is not too late for property own- tor individuals is $12 per puimg. He had been free am a
ers to submit their properties for year- $5,000 appeal bond.
review of the Post Office De- — —
be
Information may
obtained from Mrs. Cobb.
A new post office is planned
for Seminole, but a site first
must be obtained.
H. A.; and Nancy Hibbttts, spon-
sored by the First National Bank
of Seagraves.
Girls desiring to enter, or spon-
sors desiring to enter a girl in Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Richard-
the queen contest, were urged son and daughters, accompanied
to contact Mrs. F. L. Sneed, con- by Mr. and Mrs. Ed James from
test chairman, or Mrs. Jack O'Donnell are on their vacation
Humphrey, farmer - stockmen trip in Canada.
group secretary, before July 10.
The sponsoring organization Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Pryar from
will hold a meeting July 13 in
the Seminole Community Build-
With Tickets ond Prayer...
Patrolman is Man of Many Jobs,
But Saving Life is Prime My
Breaking through the veneer trotaian Scott is serving- M» Cost
of spit and polish of shined shoes assignment,, having joined ©fi_
and the blue and grey uniform ficer Pate only last month,
of the Texas Highway Patrol- The pair covers an area fiat-
man, it's readily seen that the eluding all or portions off five
inter-Position: Rights Versus Rights
Burbank, Calif., visited their man's j„b is bigger than it ap- counties.
niece, Charlene Potts, Tuesday, to ^ uninitiated.
By Barney Thompson '
i Of three referendum issues
vhteh will be on the Gaines
bounty July 28 Democratic Pri-
nary Election ballot, the one
jeitaljtfng to "inter-position"
undoubtedly raises the most
juegtions.
I One of the issues will deal with
/hether or not there should be
peciflc legislation exempting a
ihikl from compulsory attend-
nee at integrated schools.
Another will pertain to wheth-
r or not there should be specl-
c legislation perfecting state
against inter-marriage be-
veen whites, and Negroes.
The third 1b that pertaining to
iter-posiUoh.
The inter position question on
ie July 28 ballot is aimed large-
ly at the May 17, 1954, decision
of the U. S. Supreme Court that
racial segregation i n public
schools is contrary to the 14th
amendment of the U. S. Consti-
tution.
Aimed at Decisions
The 14th is the so-called
"equal rights" amendment which
was adopted after the Civil War
to protect for the ex-slaves their
newly-won freedom.
The inter-position move in Tex-
as also is aimed at U.. S. Sup-
reme Court decisions regarding
tklelands and other oil questions.
The key to the submission of
the question of lnter-posltion on
the July 28 ballot may be found
In the circumstances surround-
ing the establishment of the fed-
eral government, in the 10th
amendment, specifically.
The 10th amendment said:
"The powers not delegated to
the United States by the Con-
stitution, nor prohibited i.y it to
the states, are reserved to the
states respectively, or to the
people."
"Blow The Whistle"
Inter-position is a method by
which a state may challenge a
ruling of the Supreme Court
and seek, by petition to Con-
gress, a constitutional amend-
ment clarifying the Issues of con-
tested powers between state gov-
ernment and federal government.
The doctrine of inter-position as
wjjl confront Texas voters July
28 contends that the Supreme
Court, in construing the U. S.
Constitution, has, by its decrees,
created laws which did not before
exist, and which laws did not
properly originate in the legisla-
tive branch of government.
Inter-position, then, can be
looked upon as the basic right of
the people of a state to petition
against an un-checked power of
the high Supreme Court. (Pro-
ponents of inter-position more
simply describe it: "The right of
the people to blow the whistle
and stop the game while the rule
book is checked").
Bights-Versus Bights
The main controversy? Rights
of the states under the U. S.
Constitution as construed by the
states and their peoples versus
the rights of the states under
♦he Constitution as construed by
(See INTERPOSITION, Page 4)
The highway patrolman may
be chasing a speeder at break-
neck speed at 11:45 a. m. At
12:15 p. m. he may be making a
plea for highway sanity before
a luncheon club. At 1 a.m. he
may be pulling a burned and
dead body from an automobile
wreck. A half-hour later he may
be helping a motorist in distress
or courteously giving directions
to an out-of-state visitor.
He's a life guard, a speech-
maker. a public relations man
for the State of Texas, a tough
law enforcement man trained in
criminology, a first-aid man, a
direction giver, and sometimes a
complaint-taker.
To the patrolmen of the Sem-
inole substation, Jean Pate
and Roy Doyle Scott, all these
things come in stride.
Fourteen Dead
Patrolman Pate, 30, is a vet-
eran of eight years with the De-
partment of Pubiic Safety. Pa-
If the historical odds ftsMl.
they will see probably more droui
bodies this year than am under-
taker. They will drive- probably
farther than a busman. Tftey
will wear out four- sets of taimss
on their squad car,
nearly 100 accidents, and
hundreds of arrests. Officer
Pate has driven 416*068 nuiilles
during his eight yeaa?s of ser-
vice—about 20 times around the'
world.
There have been 14 persons
killed in traffic accidents ire ttseur
district so Car this year;. Ube
average for their area is about
one fatality every two vweefcr.
Jfs a grim business) and the
patrolman fight the growing- fa-
tality rate with every weapon at
their disposal, radar, horsepow-
er. safety lectures, ptow tin .firtn-
ers and prayers to God.
And (heir's often is a tlhanfe-
less job.
(See rAIMOIAJf. r*t* 4#
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