The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1958 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 51
Sixteen Pages
Seminole, Gaines County, Texas, Thursday, March 20, 1958
Price 10c
Number 17
Gaines Stock Show, Rodeo
Scheduled Next Thursday
A parade at 2:30 p.m. next
Thursday will launch the third
annual Gaines County Livestock
Show and Kodeo at Seagraves.
An estimated 1,000 persona
will attend the three-day stock
show and western program
which will be under way March
27-28-29.
Rodeo performances will be
held nightly at 8 o'clock and a
total of $2,380 will be offered in
cash prizes. Some 200 entries
are expected to compete for the
prize money.
The Seagraves High School
Band, featured in the opening
parade, will play for rodeo per-
formances.
A feature of the opening par-
ade is expected to be a 92-feet-
Legion Members
Set Observance
Of Anniversary
Members of the Seminole
American Legion Post Monday
will celebrate the 40th anniver-
sary of the founding of the
American veterans' organization.
A covered dish supper and
open house at the Legion Hut
at 7:30 p.m. will mark the oc-
casion. All Gaines County veter-
ans of military service are in-
vited to attend the affair. There
is no supper charge.
Past District Commander War-
ren Liner will be the principal
speaker at the anniversary meet-
ing.
, The Seminole post was found-
ed in 1921. It now has 187 mem-
bers. The American Legion or-
ganization has nearly 3,000,000
members in the United States.
First caucus of the Legion was
in Paris, France, in 1918.
'Man Extradited
'On Cheek Charge
A 21-year-old man had been
extradited from Kansas Thurs-
day to face forgery charges in
Seminole and to face police in-
vestigation in Andrews.
Rufus G. Davis was returned
to Seminole from Salina, Kan.,
last week by Deputy Sheriff L.
C. Vick and an officer from An-
drews. ,
The man is accused of pass-
ing worthless checks at the
Westside Grocery and at Webb's
Drug Store in Seagraves. He Is
being held in the Andrews jail.
long, six-car, rubber-tired scale
model of a Santa Fe freight
train. The Santa Fe, serving
Seagraves, is Gaines County's
only railroad.
•fudges Named
Deadline for entering most
livestock animals in- the stock
show is the opening Thursday.
Dairy cattle may be entered un-
til 10 a.m. Friday.
Judging of swine, lambs and
dairy cattle will be held Friday
afternoon.
Beef cattle will be judged at
9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The livestock sale will com-
mence at 1 p.m. Saturday.
T. L. Leach of Texas Tech will
Judge steers. Silas Duffey of
Lovington will judge hogs and
dairy cattle. F. J. Cauley of
Welch will be the judge of
lambs.
General manager of the show
is C. O. Westbrook of Seagrav-
es and general superintendent is
Calvin Holcomb, Gaines County
agricultural agent.
Features of the show will be
See RODEO, Page 8
All-State English
Signs Intent Note
To Play For Tech
Seminole Indian Archie Eng-
lish, 18-year-old all-state foot-
ball end, has signed a letter of
Intent to play football with
Texas Technological College
at Lubbock.
The 6' - 2", 183-pound foot-
ball and basketball star Is sign-
ing under a full four-year
scholarship with the cottage,
meaning that the scholarship 1m
good, no tang as he maintains
adequate scholastic standards,
regardless of his physical abi-
ity to play ball.
Announcement of the Semi-
nole senior's Intent to enter
Tech was made by Tech Coach
DeWltt Weaver.
It meant that Tech won out
over about a dozen schools
which were flirting with the
Seminole player.
English was an all-district
performer for three consecu-
tive years, and all-state last
season.
In addition to his football
prowess, he was a starter on
the Indian basketball teams
which entered state tourna-
ment play in 1957 and 1958.
£t Tech, English plans to
major In physical education
and intends, ultimately, to be-
come an athletic coach.
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C of C Re-Oigonization Shaping
Kyle Resignation Slated April 1
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Seminole's chamber of com-
merce re-organizatlon was tak-
ing shape Thursday following
action by the board of directors
formally' accepting the resigna-
tion of manager H. C. Kyle, ef-
fective April 1.
Meeting In regular session
Tuesday at Jo's Restaurant, the
!>oard heard screening commit-
tee chairman A. B. Taylor report
that five persons had shown in-
terest In the chamber manager's
position. Taylor stated that the
committee personally had talk-
ed with three of the aspirants,
Records Break In Third
Seminole Track Contest
Books And Reading Seen
As Weapons Against Evil
Books and reading well may
be our most effective weapons
in the protracted war against
the ism of evil, Mrs. Mary Cleve-
land, Gaines County Librarian,
said Thursday.
The statement came as the
county library and school library
systems observed National Li-
brary Week, continuing through
'58 Indian Grid
Schedule Told
Hie 1958 football schedule for
the Seminole Indians was an-
nounced Thursday by Athletic
Director Metz LaFollette.
The calendar calls for five
home games, five out-of-town
games. It has one open date.
The schedule follows:
Sept. 5: Tahoka at Seminole.
Sept. 12: Andrews at Andrews.
' Sept. 19: Kermit at Kernfit.
Sept. 26: Open.
Oct. 3: Lovington, N. M., at
Seminole.
Oct 10: Brown field at Brown-
field.
Oct. 17: Fort Stockton at Fort
Stockton.
Oct 24: Alpine at Seminole.
Oct. 31: Crane at Crane.
Nov. 7: McCamey at Seminole.
Nov. 14: Denver City at Semi-
are dls-
Hm last five
trie* games.
Saturday.
"Reading is a necessity if we
are to have an informed public
in today's complex world," said
Mrs. Cleveland.
"And through reading can we
gain truth and understanding
and the personal insight so vital
in fighting the forces of evil
and the infidel political Isms
which threaten our free way of
life."
0,000 Books
During this National Library
Week, Gaines CountianS were
urged to become better acquaint-
ed with their library and its
facilities.
The new county .library, in
the Gaines County Courthouse,
opened only two months ago. Al-
Bee BOOKS, Page 8
FIRST TRACK QUEEN — Seminole High
School's first queen of track and field events.
Queen Owen Bonner, poses after coronation
with her attendants, Lynn Scarborough, left,
and Kay Ann Whlppo, right. Track Team Co
Captain Neely Wolffarth crowned Queen
Gwen at ceremonies during- the third annual
Seminole Invitational Track Meet Saturday
night. The queen and attendants distributed
medals to track and field athletes placing in
various events.—-SenHnel Photo.
Sharpshooter Cobb Paces Indians,
Sets Record In No. 3 Cage Season
Dan Cobb, 6' - 1" sharpshoot-
ing .Seminole Indian cage star,
scoring nearly one-fourth of his
team's points in 1957-58 season
play, set a new field goal record
for Seminole High School, stat-
istics showed Thursday.
Cobb, a junior, basketed 163
of 291 field goals for a 56 per
cent completion average. In ad-
dition, he dumped in 93 of 132
free shots for a completion per-
centage of 70.
During the season, he account-
ed for a total of 419 tallies for
the Indians.
His field goal record of 56
per cent smashed that set in
1956 by Charles Benson who
basketed 55 per cent of his field
goal shots.
★ ★ *
Player Field Goals
Davis 124 of 325
Wilson 145 of 348
Doyle 108 of 231
English 101 of 200
Cobb 103 of 291
McDonald 22 of 82
Lemons 19 of 59
Anderson 23 of 49
Fleming 17 of 40
Bice 9 of 21
Junior Class Sets
Play In Auditoi
The junior class
High School at 8 p,
will present a
"Our Gal Sal,'
School Aud!
nounced Thu
TTie play
bumpkin" girt
city to "s«
suspecting
Included in
Dene Chestnut
Brown, Dan
son. Bette W<
Jack Bonner
Second high point man for the
Indians was Lynn Wilson who
dumped in 145 field goals, of
348 attempts, and sank 94 of
148 free shots to amass a total
of 384 points.
Third Best Season
Third high scorer was Bill
Davis who took 124 of 325 field
goal shots, 66 of 104 free throws
for a total of 314 points.
Team-wise, It was the third
best season for the Indians who
this season won 24 games, lost
6. Better years were 1955 when
they won 25, lost 6; 1956 when
they won 28, lost 3.
The Indians have had only two
losing seasons since Athletic
Director Metz LaFollette has
been coaching them. LaFollette,
* * *
Pet. Free Shots Pet. TP
38 00 of 104 03 314
41 94 of 148 03 384
40 51 at 74 08 207
49 58 of 118 49 200
50 93 of 132 70 419
20 21 of 35 00 05
82 19 of 35 54 57
40 27 of 43 02 73
42 5 of 8 02 39
42 9 of 18 50 27
Big Chief of the cage-wise In-
dians, took over In 1951. The
Indians had never copped a dis-
trict title until war strategy of
LaFollette began paying off.
Four-Time Winner
In 1955, Seminole won tihe
State AA basketball champion-
ship. The Indians returned to
state tournaments in 1957, as
runner-up, and again in 1958 as
a contender.
Only two losing seasons since
See INDIANS, Page 8
Records smashed like so many
pieces of glass and one athlete
turned- In one of the best high
hurdle times In the state dur-
ing the third annual Seminole
Invitational Track and Field
Meet.
The contests were held Satur-
day. Seminole, the host, placed
seventh in the meet, but two
Seminole 'men upheld the black
and gold Indian banners by tak-
ing first places in the half-mile
run and the mile run.
Thirteen schools entered ath-
letes in the contests.
Seminole's Neely Wolffarth,
co-captain of the track team,
turned in a 2:06.9 time to win
the 880-yard run and Miler Den-
nis Richardson won his race
with a 4:54.9 time.
Records broken numbered nine
and they were records set dur-
ing the past two years of Semi-
nole invitational meets.
Larry Meeks of Brown field, in
preliminaries, smashed the re-
cord for the 120-yard high hur-
dles, taking the barriers in stride
in 11*6 seconds.
Good State Time
His 14.7 seconds performance
in the finals also broke the old
record of 16.5 set in 1956 by Den-
ver City.
Meeks' preliminary time over
the high hurdles was hailed by
coaches as one of the best times
in the state for this race.
Breaking 10 seconds with 9.9,
Jerry Williams of Lockney set
Negro Boy Placed
On Probation In
Auto Theft Case
A 15-year-old Seminole Negro
boy Thursday was on probation
from County Judge Charles
Lawrence's Juvenile Court after
stealing a school teacher's auto-
mobile here and wrecking it in
Levelland.
The youth was accused of
stealing the auto of Teacher
George Hurd from his residence
in the "flats" area of Seminole
last Saturday night and wreck-
ing the car in Levelland a few
hours later.
5-AA Title Play
In Volleyball
Scheduled Here
The 5-AA district volleyball
tournament will be held in Sem-
inole Friday and Saturday with
the Seminole Maidens team rank-
ed as likely candidate for the
district championship.
Only Fort Stockton is expect-
ed to offer Seminole girls stiff
competition. Fort Stockton is
last year's state AA volleyball
champion and is the only district
team this year which has beat-
en Seminole.
The single elimination tourney
will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday
with a Crane-Denver City game.
McCamey will play the winner
of the Crane-Denver City game
at 11 a.m. Saturday.
At noon Saturday Seminole
will play Fort Stockton.
Finals will be at 4 p.m. Sat-
urday.
The Maidens are entering the
See VOLLEYBALL, Page 8
'Tis The Flowers That Bloom, Tra-la - - -
Spring Not Aronnd The Corner, It's Here
Spring will commence offi-
cially in Seminole tonight at
9:06 p.m. Central Standard
Time, but weatherwise maybe
somebody goofed.
If spring is supposed to be
the warming season scented
with aromatic freshness of a
re-awakening earth, then mld-
20-degree temperatures and ice
of Monday and Tuesday belied
the calendar. Sunday, how-
ever, was a spring day in all
its glory.
Oscillation, Etc.
Earner • in - the - week long
range weather forecasts Indi-
cated, too, that the weather-
man Is not trying to cooperate
with ,.4he vernal equinox. He
was calling tor possible con-
tinuation of cold weather
of die weather,
though, it's spring, the first
new season of the year.
Oscillation of the earth's
axis with respect to the sun
determines the seasons. These
are best defined in the North
Temperate Zone where spring
begins at the vernal equinox,
summer at the summer solsti-
ce, autumn at the autumnal
equinox and winter at the win-
ter solstice.
If the earth's axis were per-
pendicular to the plane of the
earth's orbit around the sun,
there wouiu be no change ui
seasons. Day and night would
be of equal length and there
would be equable conditions
of temperature.
Meaning Of Spring
But the axis is tilted 23 mln-
utss-37 dagre— away from a
perpendicular to the orbit and
only In March and September
is the axis at right angles to
the sun.
"Hie point at which the sun
seems to stand still and re-
verse its direction on the hori-
zon is the equinox, when days
and nights sre equal.
Since spring begins at night,
Friday will be the first "day"
of spring.
Spring, of course, conveys
different meanings to differ-
ent persons.
New litmr Sim
Milady begins to think of a
new hat and frock. The athlete
of track and field events and
spring training, young swains
of moonlight nights and ro-
mance, the farmer of ground-
breaking and planting — and
sand storms — and prospects
of summer rain.
The sportsman unlimbers,
the gardener gets busy, small
fry yearn for school to end
and the chance to go barefoot.
Nature decks out in new
finery and the world takes on
a new start In fact, It is a
new start for the Tropical
Year which begins with the
vernal equinox and lasts 365
days, six hours, nine minutes
and 9.5 seconds.
And for those interested in
the astrological, rather than
astronomical, import of spring,
it's a beginning of a new year
for them, also.
The spring signs of the
Zodiac art Aries, the Ram;
Taurus, the Bull; and Gemini,
the Twins.
a new Seminole meet record for
the 100-yard dash. Old time was
10.1.
In the 440-yard dash prelims,
Chuck Medanich of Pecos set a
new time with 52.7 seconds. Old
time, 53.1.
Jerry Brown of McCamey
skimmed over the 180-yard low
hurdles in 20.2 seconds for ano-
ther new record, beating the old
21.1 time.
The Pecos 440-yard relay team
set a record in preliminaries
with a 45.1 time. Team-men were
Cooper, Cough, Williams and
Pace. Old time was 45.8.
Big Guns Absent
In 220-yard dash preliminari-
es, Hubert Pearce of Kermit set
a new time with 21.7 seconds.
Old time 22.5.
The old record of 11' 2" in
pole vault held by Monahans fell
to Crane's Winston Freeman
who cleared 12' 2". In unofficial
practice attempts, the youth lat-
er cleared 12' 8".
Brownfield's high jumping
Bobby Jorte?/ cl*tVed the fi' bar
for a new record, .Seating the
old mark of 5' 10% .
And Mike Smith of McCamey
catapulted himself 21' I'/i" for
a new broad jump record for
the Seminole invitational. Old
S«e TRACK, Page 8
and felt confident that a suit-
able manager would be hired.
Another step in the "new look"
promised In rebuilding the or-
ganization was taken when the
board voted to accept an offer
of six months office space from
member Gordon Cobb. The new
chamber office will be located
at 113 NE 2nd St.
The move is scheduled for
April 1st to coincide with the
end of tenure of manager Kyle.
The board voted to take care of
back rent owed on the present
premises before the move is
made.
Duos Set
In other action the board mov-
ed to hire a part-time secretary
to handle correspondence and
calls in any interim which might
occur between managers.
Membership chairman A. T.
Moseley reported that Charles
Davis and Sherril Davis had a-
greed to serve as team captains
for the pending drive for new
members and increased budget.
The teams will bo acting on a
decision of the finance com-
mittee to set up a minimum of
$3.00 per month for all business-
es and $12.00 per year for in-
dividuals.
It was decided to hold off the
membership drive until a new
manager could be obtained, pro-
vided that this is accomplished
within the next few days.
In another committee appoint-
ment, president Jameil AjrJrain
named Holland Evans, J. D. Mit-
chell and Bob Whippo to set up
a new set of books for the cham-
ber and compile a list of the.
chamber's physteal lyiktljg[fc.
Attending the Tueiday board
meeting were A. B. Taylor, Ira
Elkins, A. T. Moseley, James
Kidd, Bill Oswalt, Walker Dear-
Ing, James Patterson, Gordon
Cobb, Rayford Bates, Frank Mc-
Crummen, Jameil Aryain, Ches-
ter Browne, Fred Barbee and J.
D. Mitchell.
VIC FARRAR
Alderman Candidate
Victor Farrar
Announces For
Alderman Post
Victor (Vic) Farrar, 39, own-
er of Vick & Jean's Ready-to-
Wear and store manager for
Lamm Appliance Co., Thursday
formally announced candidacy
for election as city alderman.
Mr. Farrar, of 609 SW 11th St.,
is an eight-year resident of Semi-
nole and is a former city alder-
man of Hooks, Tex., a suburb of
Texarkana, Tex.
He is a native of Healdton,
Okla., the son of an oil worker.
After finishing public schools at
Healdton, he entered the theater
business, working for Theatre
Enterprises with headquarters
in Dallas.
Mr. Farrar served as city
manager for the theater chain,
working in Texas, Arkansas and
New Mexico. He lived for 10
years In Arkansas. From Arkan-
sas, he transferred to Carlsbad,
N. M., to supervise the building
of and then to manage the
Fiesta Drive-In.
Is Private Pilot
After three years in Carlsbad,
the theater man moved to Den-
ver City but 1% years later
came to Seminole as manager
of the W. E. Cox theaters, a post
Boosters Slate
Annual Banquet
For Cage Stars
The annual Seminole Booster
Club basketball banquet at which
the "most valuable" basketball
player of the year will be nam-
ed will be held at 8 p.m. Tues-
day in the Seminole school cafe-
teria.
The "most valuable" player is
selected annually by ballot of
Booster Club members. His iden-
tity will not be revealed until
the night of the banquet how-
ever, said Booster President
Dave Henderson.
Tickets for the banquet will
be available at the cafeteria door
at $1.50 per person. All Semi iole
basketball players will be guests
of honor along with their coach-
es and Athletic Director Metz
LaFollette.
During the banquet, a motion
picture of the Seminole • Clear
Creek state tournament cage
game will be shown. The game
which Seminole lost 63-62 was
one of the most exciting games
at the 1958 state tourney.
Nearly 500 Attend
Club Charity Meal
Neerly 500 persons attended
the Epsilon Sigma Alpha charity
pancake supper, sorority officers
reported Thursday.
The supper was held Monday
night at the Seminole school
cafeteria.
Proceeds will be donated to
the muscular dystrophy cam-
paign and to the Lubbock Re-
tarded Children's Training Cen-
ter. Girl Scouts and Brownies
who sold tickets retained 10 per
cent of funds they collected for
donation to the muscular dystro-
phy drive.
Club officers Thursday ex-
pressed their appreciation for
the donations ox iooastuxa ana
other services which contributed
to success of the supper.
also went to Organfcrt
Lubbock who played
the supper and
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