The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1947 Page: 1 of 12
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PASSING
'Out* to tif Illness of our bow
!h< Editor 'rt the Passing Day col
unm, It will no I appear -ibis week.
The flu bug moved in on him last
week and had him "feeling mighty
law" ami unable to corn*' to the
i/ffk" We are glad to report that
)»■ it: considerably Improved, and
possibly will hi- with ur, next we*-.k,
ready to give you reader# another
edition of Punting Day.)
Panthers Meet
Munday Friday
Night for Title
The basketball quintet of Key•
mour high school 1# making an en-
viable record for Ihemclven Ihl;;
year, having won 12 of 13 game#
played Such a record ha# not been
made by a ba#ketball #quad here in
quite a number of year#,
'Hie Panther# were Invited to
participate in a tournament at
Munday last week, and walked
away with the championship. The
boy# went to Crowe! 1 l»#t Friday
night and handed the Wildcat# a
defeat; then went to Munday Sat-
urday morning to win an elimin
ation contest, and back to Munday
Saturday night when they met
Sun«et in the final game of the
tournament. The Panther* took tie
tead In the flr#t few minuter of
play and Sunset wa# never within
six point# i/f tlie local cagerr. dur-
ing the rent of the game. There
might have been a alight feeling
lo-
Misses Welch and
Morton Represent
SHS at Dallas Meet
m,T M^whcj
Yvonnv Morton r Pr ' 1 - | ,-t won the Invitation tournament
Student Council of H1|J d by the Panther, la,t year
School on rhurnday and Friday of' , - ' . ,h(. S(ir).
thl, |.*t week at the Texas Am*. ^yllJplS^^ fSZ
tint"", of Mudent Count tL. whifh fjflhUng b.jrri u, (hl ia(jl The
f' %£ ' f' *fZi t'^'l score wa# Seymour X? Sun
in Dalla* More than 100 schools 23 "Butch" McWhorter'a six
wine repre^nted and each *hool f Jn,.h,,4 accmJnted for 15
-n four delegate# with the ex- . f ^ , Vandever
eeptlon of four or five school* In- , ' ,(,orlng ihreat talHcd
eluding Seymour, which sent two! J T)r(?y SamJjl„ R||Iph Culvcr
delegate#. > and B(r^, fJar/.(s divided the re
The main thing which these girl#
l< urned wax thai student partlclpa-
tion in the school management and
tuderit government i# being prac-
ticed In more school* throughout„ ,. , .
the wtate and even the nation They Munday Mogul* for the champion-
mainlng point*, between them.
A good game is corning up Fri-
day night in the local gym nasiurn
when !he Panther# will meet the
learned the value of student parti-
cipation both to the student*! them -
selves and to the community in
which they live.
Some of the panel dlwru«#iori#
attended by the girl# were;
What Type# of Projects Should
a Student Council Undertake?"
What Standard# Should be Set
for Membership in the Council'/"
"Student Council Activities and
Project# for the Betterment of the
School."
Financing a Council."
Several outstanding men were
present at this assembly and helped
the young people to understand
their responsibility as members of
the student council to the itudent
body Among these were: Dr, Hum-
phrey L«e, President of Southern
Methodist University, and Dr. T.
Q Srygley. Sponsor of the South-
ern Association of Student Coun-
cil#.
On Friday night the girls at-
tended a formal dinner and dance
given for the Association at the
Adolphu# Hotel, which they en-
joyed very much.
Saturday morning the following
ehools were ejected to supply of-
ficer# for the year 1047-4H
President — Goose Cre<ek High
School
Vice President — Honor a High
School.
Secretary-Treasurer — Thomas
Jefferson High School, San Anton-
io.
The Convention city for next
year'* rn-'Ciing will be San An-
tonio with Thomas Jefferson High
School acting as host.
Mi## Welch and Miss Morton,
whip of thi# half of the district. The
two team-, have met once before
this season, and the Panther* won
by n one point margin, 10 to 17,
From pa<ft records this will be
one of the besrt garoe# of the year,
arid ; ports fans who mls». it are
going to rnl/x a fast game packed
with thrills Attendance at th<
home game# ha< been fairly good
but not what it should be to sup-
port the kind of a team Seymour
has this year.
On Thursday February 20 S#-y
mour i# putting on an Invitation
tournanu-nt of Its own and twelv<-
team* nave been Invited Play will
start Thursday night and end with
the final# Saturday night Plenty
of fine basketball can be seen all
during this tournament and the
public is urged to attend.
Annual Red Cross
Membership Drive
Starts March 1st
The annual Red Crow member-
ship drive is scheduled to start
March J, and the quote as #et for
Baylor county is $2,570 00, approxi
rnaU ly $1,700.00 le«s than that for
mo.
Dutton J Bailes has been ap-
; pointed fund drive chairman, and
is completing plans for putting on
the drive, The quota this year
will be divided between the county
and the national organization, with
who were accompanied to Dallas I Baylor county keeping GZft per
by Miss Bettye Nelson, report that. cent or $1,634 for it* own use, and
this meeting wa» very enlightening, [ per cent going to the national
and they have returned with many I chapter
good ideas for building up <rtudent! Division chairmen appointed by
Flying Service
Holds 'Open House'
Sunday. February 10 will be
' open houfie at the Seymour Fly-
ing Service The receipt of two
new plane# prompted the manager
and Instructor to Invite the public
out to the plan* take rides,
and Inspect the flying facilities.
The Cub iraincr the chool has
been using Is being augmented by
the addition of two new Cubx. One
of the new plane;; is a Cub Super
Crulaer, a three-place #hlp. with
two-way radio and night flying
equipment, lite other Is a two-
place Cub trainer,
In the afternoon Sunday a few
pilot* //ill put on an aerobatic ex-
' hlbitlon of loopti, roll#, paper cut-
ting and other maneuver* for the
benefit of the spectator#.
The Flying Service recently re-
i reived approval for veterans traln-
< inn from the Veteran; Admlnis-
| tration, Bob Chisholrn Is manager
of the schuol and Frank McDanlel
j 1* an Instructor; ixdh bold corn-
' mercial pilot's 1 icemen, A veteran ;
[ can enroll In the flying school un-
der provision* «et up by the Vet-
I erans Administration, and can get
training through private, comrner-
| cial and flight Instructor license-
At present 13 student# are tak-
! ing training, and with addition of
ithe two new planes, many more
can take advantage of the course.
Dr. Karl Wettsone
Speaks to Kiwanis
Club on Scouting
Dr Karl Wettstone, pastor of
j the First Pr< byterlan Church of
! Wichita Falls was the guest speak-1
er at the Kiv/anf# Club luncheon
last Friday noon In the Club Caf?-
dining room
Following a plan of supporting
all current activities the Kiwanis
Club invited Dr, Wettstone to ap-
pear In behalf of National Boy
Scout Week, am he Is the commis-
sioner of the Northwest Texas
Council. He brought a very in-
spiring message on Scouting and
gave the members something to
think ihiml in the boys' program,
Dr Wettstone is a very influential
speaker and ha# devoted a lot of
hp; time to the Boy Scout program,
A!present for the meeting in
behalf of Scout Week were Clar-
ence Peden, area Scout Executive?,
of Wichita Falls; Jlmmle Hale, dis-
trict field executive also of Wichi-
ta Falls, and Gene Carter, district
commissioner, Three boy« were In-
vited to the meeting, representing
the three branches of Scouting.
Donald Hamilton, represented the
Cub Scouts; Ronald Bond, the Boy
Scouts, and Edwin Nash Tucker,
the Senior Scouting program All
three were dressed In the uniform
of their particular unit
Rev, Bill Spreen was presented
a plaque, "A Friend of Scouting",
by Chief Peden for the splendid
work he has done over the past
years for Scouting. He has been an
ardent leader of the movement In
Seymour for many year#,
The Kiwanis Club accepted the
task of raising the Baylor county
quota to support Scouting and put
it over in a big way Peden ex-
pressed hi# gratitude to the club
for their fine support
participation
School
in Seymour High
Hospital News
Baile< are as follow#; Southeast
if. C Brlggs and J W Dyer; South-
west. A, ./, Fojtik and Chas, A
Foyt; Northeast, W R Whitley Jr.,
iand E L. McNeill; Northwinrt. W.
[ A Metear and J, E. McDuffey
Bomarlon, B W Pavlleek; We#t-
. over. H. W. Hall, and Red Spring#,
I atients Dismised. A. D. F.iland, prf.fj jfat»>.r All of the Division
Mrs. J E lHunt, Warren Baccu*. j Chairmen are requested to meet
*?r*J Kenneth T1 dwell, Mr#. John wfth th<. Kur),| chairman. Mr. D. J
r Hr#dge*, O. E Brown, O. K,v' . Bailes. at the ChamlK-r of Com-
.ng, Mr^ A !/, Cook,Mr#,Ken- • ^i^re/. oftieir Thursday afternoon
rK'th D Martin, Mrs Glen I,lank- at 4:00 o'clock February 13 to
enshlp Mr# E L Jones, BobM^ ms,ke ^an§ t,n the drive
Ruth Higgins, Mrs. S. V. Gregg, j ,jfaj0 on t^e county chap
Baby Mary Helen Ramirez. Mrs. u^n fund. hav„ u.#.n qiJ(^ heavy
Seymour-Crowell
Highway Project
Looking Brighter
The Seyrnour-Cr«>w< il highway
project has come to iif< again and
prospects for Its ci/rriplftion look
good, 'fhe project flrvl took whape
about eight yars ago and quite
a bit of work whs ex|e nded at that
time and In later year; to get a
direct connecting highway from
Seymour to Crowell, lint the pro-
ject wa# never completed.
In 1040 Haylr/r county voted, by
an overwhelming majority, a
$425,000 bond l##ue t<> build the
county's part of th< highway
Foard county failed to vote a
$375,000 bund itiuui for their part
of the construction u further
activity v/a« halted at that time.
However, later the M '< voted a
gasoline tax for high v. ^ eon.--.true-
tion and thereby relieved the coun-
ties from their re ;po ability of
building the highway, li'iylor coun-
ty's bond h;Kue was ea-iceled: and
under the present *«tup all either
county will have P» furm h to
ward the construction ' > t will be
the right-of-way.
O. McIJarilel and I O Newton
of the Chamber o) (.'ornrnerce
highway committw arid Joe Cox.
cornrni##loner, are making a trip
to Austin Thursday to rr>«-t with
a group from Foard county to di; -
CUSK plans for the h ; • way and
later will meet with the 'an- high-
way commission. The commission
has given every indication they
will build the highw;. with tin-
cooperation of the two cuuntic*.
Of course no definite right-of-
way has been secured, i. .* from on
engineer's proposed course, the
roup- will be almost a M' nght line
to Crowell and will cro 1 b«- riv-'r
about a half mile upstream from
the old Margaret Cro et; Thin
route will shorten tb<- rii-Unce to
Crowell by about 18 mih , and
will direct a great deal o< traffic
from the Panhandle through Cro-
well and Seymour into Fort Worth
and Dallas
' / Wit
'47 Scout Officers
e !{ost(;r
FORT WORTH, Feb. 12.—Mi-is
Vancy Durle, 10, Baylor University
I coed, wa# announced today a« a
j rodeo queen for March 12 at the
! Southwestern Exposition and Fat
| Stock Show,
Sponsor for MIhh Durle will be
the Waco Longhorrt (saddle) Club,
of which she Is a member. More
than 150 blue-shlrted member# of
the club will be in the stands of
the Will Roger# Memorial Coll-
seum in Fort Worth when Miss
Durle rides her quarterbred pony.
Flax, into the rodeo arena for an
Introduction.
Mi## Durle 1# the daughter of
Mr. and Mr#, Roy Durle of "Easy
Acres", Waco. Her father is a for-
mer president of the Longhorn
Club. The coed queen ha# light
brown hair, brown eyes, weighs 11(5
pounds and is five feet and four
Inches in height.
II, J Huf fine#, Mrs Dal ton Gore,
W, M. Darnron, Mr#. L T. Green.
Mrs. Roy Reid, Mrs, Roy Eavonson,
Mr#. Cecil Welch, Mrs. George
f^andreth.
Present Patient* Mr# Ledlta
Rrxlriquez, Mr* Emma Overcash,
J. J. Jarr»««, Mrs. Torn MeMe/nt#,
Mrs, Stella Jeffers, Mrs. Clyde
Chapman, Mrs Roxle Morris, W
during the past year Many vet-
erans have been aided both In
grant# and loan# The first obli
gallon of the local chapter Is wrelng
that the veteran and his family,
who need a*»l*tence get it; and of
course others who are In dire need
of help can get It,
Tne committee* are making plan#
to get under way with the drive
If Franc!*, Monroe Shaw, (immediately after March 1. and
Pauline Prest/m, Mnr Jills ^u* , n^/pe the citiz' nx of Baylor county j
map*, Mrs, J W, Tldweil, Mr*. ^|j jfener&ti#ly rcif^md to this
Floyd A, Lyon#. | very worthy cause so the campaign
Births; I>oyd Kent, son of Mr
and Mrs Kenneth Martin. Janice
Kay, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
A. L, Cook Joe Wade, son of Mr,
and Mrs Dalton Gore Urslle Lee,
ks) of Mr. and Mr#. L T Green
Linda Momite, daughPfr of Mr,
and Mr* Cecil Welch. Linda Gayle,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Roy
Thomas fteid. James Alvie, son of
Mr, a no Mrs. Floyd A Lyons
Pfc. Floyd Eubank# returned to
El Paso Sunday afPr spending the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Eubank# and other rel-
ative*. He I* to receive bis dis-
charge in July.
The Plainvlew Club I# sporwor-
ing a program by the Stamps Ali-
Star Quartet of Wichita Falls,
Thursday night, Feb 20 at 7:30
at the City Hall It will be a good,
clean program of Gospel and secu-
lar songs. Come hear them. p
can be completed In a #bort time.
Cl.fl PACK MEETING
There is to be a Cub Pack meet-
ing at the First Christian Church
Thursday evening. February 20 at
7 30 Th- charter Is to be presented
and al«o the Cubs' advancements.
Parent# are urged to attend with
their ton* He there and show the
boy* that you are Interested in
th'-ir work
Life insurance Agent—"Do you
want a straight life?"
Prospect—' Well, I like to step
r*ut once in a while."
J. L. Dry has had his paper
changed from Childress to Jackson-
ville, Texas. He is not well and
teemed to think a change in cli-
matt would help him We hope
he is feeling much better by this
time
Annual Club Calf
Show Will be Held
February 21-22
Baylrrr county 4-H and FY.A
jboy* will again parade their prize
'calves and hogs on Feb, 21 and 22.
{ This show, sponsored for year#
• by the Seymour Chamber of Com-
merce, ha# some added attraction#
jthis year, in addition to fat calve#
| and fat hogs, dairy cows and heif-
jers will be showq, Also the show
jthls year Is a two-day affair, and
Ithe public I* invited Pi look the
calves over on Friday night, Feb. 21
• as //ell a* during the daytime
j 'lite judging of fat calves will be
'.at 2 'Vl p.m. on Friday, Calve# that
| are to be ^old will be #o marked
! for observation just after the'
{judging
Fat hogs will be judged at 0 00
a m. Saturday, Feb, 22 The calve#
to b»- sold will be auctioned at 11 30
Feb, 22, At t:M p.m. the dairy cat-
tle will be judged
Another added feature of this
year's show will be a contest be-
i tween exhibitors for ihe neatest
and most original sign dl (played
by the owner of th<- animal exhi-
bited
4-H and FF A members who
will exhibit calves are Jack Comp-
ton. Donald Compton, George Ed
Morris, John Alien Badgwell, Er-
nest Marik, Matthey Syptak, Jerry
Vfartln, Earl Studer, Weld on Thur-
rrian Paul Leroy Brock, Norveila
Srotk, Bobby lirotk, Jimmy Ham-
by, Stanley Ondrlcek Jr., Drm Mob-
ley
Ray C Mowery wf Texas Tech
will judge the show
Merchants Meet
To Organize Ketail
Credit Association
A group of interested business
men called a genera! meeting last
Thursday evening for the purpose
of organizing a Ite'.all Merchant;.
Association in Seymour A good
reprew ntatlon of the businesses of
the city were pr' tent, and Immedi-
ately launched into the busineHs of
electing a president and directors.
N S. Gentry wa# elected presi-
dent and chairman of the board of
directors, Those elected to the
board were: Gene Culver, Jack
Jones, Jack Knox, Rufus Whitley
Jr., arid Virgil Hall. Hal St. Clair
watt elected vice president.
Gentry called a meeting of tho
board of director# Tuesday after-
noon to start proceeding toward
enrolling member# and applying
for a state charter. The rules and
by-law# of the state association will
have to be adopted If the local or-
ganization Is to affiliate with the
state organization Some regula-
tory rul« will be set up for local
operation when the plans are com-
pleted.
Some twenty merchant# of the
city have already been contacted
and expressed their desire to join
the association In order to get the
benefits offered A manager will
ix elected by the board to take
charge of th»* files and make re-
port#.
According to the officers of the
association, when completely net up
the association will have the credit
record of '-very person in the trade
territory in its files for ready ref-
erence, it i» not the plan of the
member# to -et In any hard and
faxt credit rule? but merely for
protection to themselves In doing
credit business, and protection
from bad check- It will also serve
as a constant reminder to credit
purchaser# to keep their rating In
good standing, so that If credit is
needed it will be . .ailable to them.
Hoy Scout officer# for District
f41x huve been appointed and have
begun to function In the new year.
Several new Scouter# have been
added to the roster, to work with
other# who are holdover# from the
punt year T K. Craddock wa# ri"
iiln< d u.i district chairman for an-
other year, J. J Collier and •lurnm
H. McClaugh of Vera were elected
an district vice chairmen. Both are
old Scouter# In Troop work and
are worthy of the promotion. Gene
Carter will serve a# district com-
missioner.
There are nix operating commit-
tee# arid are headed thus: Jack
Jones, a new Scouter in the field,
chairman of finance: J. W Hamil-
ton, an old Scouter but new In this
district will head the organization
i and extension committee Rev, W
J. Spreen is again head of the lead-
ership training committee, Q.
Spradlev ha» tor many year# been
chairman of the health and safety
committee and was selected to re-
tain his place, O, K Hoyle, is almj
. a holdover chairman of the camp-
j Ing and activities committee K, F.
I Murphy did such a good Job a; ad-
j vancement chairman last year, he
was retain ad without a question.
With the present organization of
i interested Scouter# behind the Boy
I Scout program It definitely should
J make rapid strides forward this
yeai
Lions Club Make
Flans to Improve
n Pii ii n_
Mrs. W R. HiJllard of Wichita
Fall* send* in renewal for her
3anner. She likes to keep in touch
with the old home town and county
in which she is always Interested
H EATMEK C'OOf. AND CLEAR
Th/' weather haa been quiet
' pleasant lor th'- last few days, even
though It has te-'-n cold- Mr#, Claud
Daugherty r<-f>'i that Friday
night the temperature was 16 d<-
green, which wa low for the week.
Saturday night v. a* ae, Sunday
night 32, and Wedneaday night 35
Tuesday was higii with 61 degree
reading, Warmer weather is the
forecast for the next 20 hour*.
WEVTOVKR 4-If MFET
A meeting w.-s held Friday,
Jan 31. of the 4 H Club boy# of
Westever New off cer* were elect-
ed and are as follow#: president,
Donald Welch vlee president
Ernest Hrncirtk " retary. Richard
Devrow, reporter. Paul Leroy
Brock
There are ten member# The
meetinii was adj< jrned, and i-ach
boy hopes to do better things in
ihe future.
Record Number
Attends C-C Meet
Wednesday Noon
The largest attendance in Cham-
ber of Commerce, according to best
records, was present Wednesday at
noon for the luncheon In the Club
Cafe dining room. Forty-three
members turned out; some for the
first time, and others who had not
been to a meeting in six month#
or more. Dr. B. R Ezzell was the
winner of the free meal.
The meeting was presided over
by President Dick Morris. Minutes
of the last meeting were read by
O. McDanlel, manager, arid were
approved by the Chamber.
Following the luncheon the new
directors elected Thursday, Febru-
ary 6, were Introduced to the body.
President Morri# asked each di-
rector to stand as his name was
called, being L. D. J ones, C. C.
Duggan, W C, Dozler, J. W Foy.
Elmo White. W K Whitley Jr,
Dave Wirz, Robert Garlirigton, S.
A. Mitchell and Bob Worthington,
They were given a hearty round of
applause.
J, W. Hamilton made a motion
that the Chamber of Commerce get
behind their representatives in the
legislature and urge them to sup-
port the bills now before both
house# to raise the minimum wage
rate of school teachers. The mo-
tion was seconded and after #ome
discussion was unanimously pawned
by the body
Sam Jones, livestock chairman,
made announcement of the club
calf and hog show coming up Feb
ruary 21 and 22
President Morris announced that
he had received communication
from officials of the Fort Worth
Fat Stock Show relative to having
a sponsor ride for Seymour ori
March 13. on which day she would
bo designated "Queen of the Day".
Jerry Ann Portwood, who is at-
tending school in Fort Worth, wa#
selected to ride for Seymour a#
j her presence in that city made her
! readily available to appear at all
I the performance#, Jerry Ann has
j had wide experience In this event,
j having appeared in Madison Square
Garden In New York some time
ago.
Foster Bunk ley made a motion
that the members give a rl#lng vote
of thanks to President Morris for
Ithe splendid work he has done dur
Ing hi# term of office The motion
wa# immediately seconded and the
> entire assembly aro#e for an af-
; firmative vote; lo which Dick re-
' plied "that anyone was liable to
get up In a Chamber of Commerce
meeting and He a little bit,"
Morris ha# done a splendid job
while president, and groundwork
ha# been laid for firm, steady ad-
vancement in the community
Mrs W. F. H.bb* of Houston
spent last week with her sister,
Mrs W IL Franci*.
Mrs Myrtle Shawver returned
home Sunday from Seminole where
she had ipent a week with her
daughter, Mrs LeRoy Hur#t. who
underwent a tonsil operation in
Lubbock laxt Saturday. She re-
ports Mrs Hurst doing very nicely
Mrs. F A Robert#, the former
Mina Lue McLarty, renews her
Banner and tell* us that #he 1*
still teaching school at Lark, Okla,
a small community south of Madili
on Lake Texoma. She report#
.here I* plenty of fishing water
there and they catch some very
good bass and catfish.
The Lion# Club met Wednesday,
February ft for their regular lunch-
eon at the Club Cafe dining room,
with a good turnout of members
present, as v/ell an several guest#.
The Lions had just closed their
annual membership drive month,
and announced four new member#
to be added to the roster: Claude
Treat, Kloyce Owirin, Arlio Stan-
ford and Rex Felker All are local
buafnes* men and the Club wel-
comed them Into It# membership.
The guest list Included Dave
Wirz and J, W, Ward (rt Green-
ville, and Kenneth Tidwell and
George Sims, who came In the In-
terest of the Softball league being
set up by the Lions Club.
President E. F, Murphy presided
over the meeting and called on
Lion J, E, McDuffey to make a re-
port on the progre#s being made
toward a softball program for the
summer. The club has agreed to
sponsor the softball program arid
definite steps toward improving
the field and bleacher# have been
made. McDuffey had Lion Tlrey
Harrison giv- a brief discussion on,
field conditions In other townn that
he vi#ited last year, relative to
making the local field a# good m
the best George Sim# and Ken-
neth Tidwell were asked to dl#eu#«
team set ups and playing regula-
tion#.
Softball proved a very popular
summertime sport last year and
the attendance wa# too heavy for
available facilities to accommodate
so the Lions Club I# trying p> Im-
prove conditions for the next sea-
son. Bleachers have been secured
to give a seating capacity of ap-
proximately 500 which will make
the game much more enjoyable to
the spectators. Also in the plarri in
a new backstop, and wire guards
around the infield to protect the
sideline spectators and also to keep
j them off the field.
j Youth'# Fellowship Meeting
j The sub-district of the Youth's
' Fellowship Division of the Stam
! ford District met Monday night
! at the Fir#t Methodist Church In
Throckmorton with representative#
j from Seymour, Munday, Vera, El-
I bert and Throckmorton
The Youth's Division of Seymour
Methodist Church wa# well rep-
resented with 14 youths present
and their Supt., Mrs, W R Cooper,
j Miss Mlckle Smith, sub-dlstrlct
I president, presided at the business
[session, A social hour was enjoyed
by all.
< The next meeting will be at
J Vera on February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
j l ire Alarm#
On Jan. 23rd the fire depart-
' ment was called to a small house
in the northeast part of town. The
blaze was extinguished with only
mjnor celling damage
ImI Friday evening, about 7:30.
an alarm wa# sounded, but there
wa# not any fire.
On Saturday evening, about the
same hour, the department wax
called to the Buckhead Service
Station, where a ear was on fire,
Very little damage wa* don»-
S 2-C Johnny C. Cole, former
Panther football star, la making
guite a name for himself He i* a
member of the NSC- Western Pa-
cific championship ba ketball team
Cole 1# with the Naval Supply
Center Guam, The Supply five
wili journey Ut the Naval B»«e in
Hawaii where they will engage
the winner of the 14th Naval Dls.
and First Task Fit The finals will
be held at Great Lakes, III,, in
March. J C. hi the son of Mr*. J,
O. Cole. Friends here are proud of
nis success and hope his team
make* the Great Lakes finals.
TWMIiVK I'AGK
Silver Anniversary
C-C Banquet Set
For February 18
The Si I vet Anniversary banquet
of the Seymour Chamber of Com
mere* will be held February 111
at 7.30 p.m. iri the high chool
gymnasium A capacity attendance
i« expected
Rev, Homer Vanderpool, pastor
of Tyler Street Methodist church
Dallas, hir been secured an the
speaker fur the evening Rev
Vanderpool ha/, quite an extensive
speaking engagement list and come
highJy recommended
Invitation, to the banquet have
been sent out. and tickets are on
tale at all four of the drug store
In h> ymour O McDanlel, rriana
ger of the Chamber of Commerce,
stated that some may have been
overlooked in sending out invite
tion#, but he urges everyone- who
wlshe i to attend to purchase a
ticket and come anyway as It. Is
not strictly an Invitation affair,
and all are welcome, Also, those
| who plan to attend are urged to
j purchase their tickets as early an
| possible,
Thur day, February 6, directors
! were elected for the coming year,
by secret ballot Jri the Chamber of
Commerce office Fifty-four vote*
were cast and th* race was very
close in most ea <e«. Twenty names
appeared on the ballot, from which
ten were elected. Those elected
were L, D. -lories, S, A Mitchell,
Robert Garlirigton, W C Dozler
W H Whitley Jr., Elmo White
J W, Foy, Bob Worthington, C
C. Duggan and David Wir/„ The re
tiring directors are ./ E McDuffey
W. A, Melear and R. L Caldwell
The new director* will meat Mon
day night and elect a president of
the Chamber of Commerce for the
year, The president will bo elected
from the directors, and the retii
Ing president will automatically be-
come a director. The newly elected
president will be announced at the
banquet Tuesday night.
The annual banquet of the Cham
ber of Commerce is the crowning
event of the years' work for tie
1 director* and officers, And the en-
tire membership, as well as the
general public, look forward to
the affair a# the leading sociai
function of the year. Many out-of
town visitor# are alwaye among
those present,
Richard Morri#, the retiring
president, ha# been a very faith
ful worker during his tenure of
office, and the projects undertaken
for the betterment of the communi-
ty are a credit to hi# untiring
efforts
Two Seymour
Boys To Receive
Eagle Scout Award
The highlight of the Boy Seoul
Court Of Honor tonight will be fhe
presentation of two Eagle Scout
badge,4, to George Edward Morris
and Ralph Culver The Court of
Honor will be called to order at
7 30 in the city hall auditorium
The Eagle badge represents a
!ortg period of service and much ef-
fort on the part of the boys It is
fhe highest award given In Scout-
ing, and goe# only to those who
have erved the proper time- and
who have < irned twenty-one Merit
badge# after becoming a first class
scout Ralph and George Edward
joined Scout ft'top 73 four yearn
ago and have advanced together
throughout their <*ntlre period of
Scouting Both are now members
of the Senior Scout troop.
The meeting will be presided
over by E F Murphy, advance-
ment chairman of this district, The
welcoming address will be made by
./ W Hamilton Mark Tucker will
present four flr#t class badges to
boy* who have attained this rank
Ronald Bond, Jlmrny Koethe, Joe
Lindsay Keffer and Lewis Myrt
Tipton. The Eagle awards will be
presented by Donald Bond who Is
an Eagle Scout.
Other awards to be made will be
a Reading Merit badge to Ronald
Bond, and a five-year v-teran'#
bad life to Bill Can-
Rev Clarence C El rod will give
a short address on Scouting, and
will use an hi# theme, worldwide
brotherhood of Scouting
T, E Craddock, district chair-
man, will make a few closing re-
marks at the end of the program
Senior Scout* Tirey Samuill, Ro
land Starkey and Kenneth Keck
will present the flag at the begin
ning of the program, and retire the
flag at the close.
'ITle public Is cordially invited
and urged to attend the Court of
Honor
MKM. STALLING* OPENS
TINY TOT SHOP AT HOME
Mr#. L S Stalling# ha* opened
the Tiny Tot Shop in her home,
two block* ea*t of the Methodist
church. She carries a full line of
Infant's wear in #ize* up to three
years. The Shop 1# neatly arranged
and attractive display caae* are
used to show the merchandise. Mrs
Stalling# was assisted In the ar-
rangement* by her *on, John L.
Stalling*. Besides the wearing ap-
parcal a line of gift itema for the
baby is Included, mch a* comb and
brush set*, rattler*, baby book*,
feeding sets, etc.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1947, newspaper, February 13, 1947; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417156/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.