The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954 Page: 3 of 16
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FOR SALE
WOPTH KNOWING:—Don't get your feelings hurt
it one of onr leading insurance agents refuses your invi-
tation to dinner. He can't sit down. While delivering a
very important instrument to one of his clients the other
evening about dusk he was met about half way between
his car and the house by the family dog. He made a val-
iant attempt to regain his car but didn't quite make it
He lost the seat of his pants, had to make two trips to the
clinic, and changed his shorts throe times before going to
bed. Can't dogs do the darnedest things!
Brick homo, four bedrooms, two baths, large living room,
den, basement, all built-in features of tho latest kind in
the kitchen; alBo, two-room servants house and three-
room tenant house situated on Washington street. Im-
mediate possession. Will make a large, long time loan.
This property is priced to sell. Doublo garage attaohed
to the house.
180 acres with good improvements on the Red Springs
hy-way, also on black top farm market road. Immediate
possession. Will make $75.00 per acre loan. Price is $165
per acre.
I have a good farm, highly improved northwest of Bom-
arton. Can give immediate possession and will mako a
large long time loan.
Have a buyer for a farm east of Seymour. Will pay cash.
Pour bedroom home within easy walking distance from
down-town Seymour. Priced to sell and can give immedi-
ate possession.
Have a good five hundred acre stock farm; good im-
provements and 160 acres in cultivation. Price per acre
— $75.00.
Can use a good farm somewhere between Seymour and
Bomarton. No improvements necessary. Will want poss-
ession by January 1, 1955.
Well improved 40 acre irrigated Baylor county farm. All
in cultivation. Can give immdiato possession. Will trade
this farm for a larger farm and either give or take diff-
erence. Not priced too high for what you get.
10 acres with large rock home, modern. Irrigation well
just across tho fence produces full eight inch well. Has
full ten acre cotton allotment. Will make two to three
bales per acre if irrigated. Price is $9,500.00 (tho house
alone is worth this much), and I will mnke a largo loan.
Situated in the ed»;e of town.
INSURANCE: We will insure you against every-
thing but the Grim Reaper,
LOANS: On city property to assist you in buying
or building a home, for improvements, or to refinance
your home at lower payments, and the interest rate is
only 5 per cent.
Mrs. Mary Oh Standridge is now connected with
this business and invites all of her friends to visit with
her during office hours, or at home later if they prefer.
She is also a licensed insurance solicitor and will bo glad
to tako care of your insurance requirements.
Our language has developed to the point where no
matter what stand you tako on any public question, there
is a dirty name for it.
J. E. Culver, Seymour, Texas
W. E. BLANKINSHIP, Goree, Texas
bV«e „
Swing into fall in this
full cut duster with
all the fashion features.
two roomy pockets
dolman cuffed sleeves
... rhincstone trimmed
collar. Sizes 10-20. Teal
rose or olive green
$Q98
WITH T1IE SUBSCRIBERS
For ses-eral months we have
been try mis to catch up on thl»
column, ttnd have been setting
aside the names about which there
was uncertainty. Finally. the
harder ones were tackled, and not
all of them have been jjoten yet.
l.u boys over at the post office
have been very co-operative, and
were able to give valuable infor-
n.utlon Data has been secured
from other sources; and still there
are smie names that will have to
be Just quoted. And some of the
number we really should know
about.
One subscriber to renew is well
known in Seymour, She is Mrs,
C. L, Whitfield, and she lives in
her nice homv near the George
S. Plants place. But there is Mrs.
C. H. Stallard of Dallas, and we
can't recall who she is. And the
same for D, Daniel of Texaikana.
It seein's that Mrs. Jos. F. Ku-
ban of Fort Worth is the daugh-
ter of Mrs Barbara Novak of the
Ogden community. E. n Brom
and family live on the good farm
I they bought from K. P. Kin#, in
the Itichland community. Denver
Carlye and fam'iy, foruierly lived
at Red Springs. They are now in
Seymour, and Denver is with the
Wichita Valley railroad. Dick
Waidlaw and family came from
Monday, and Dick is with the
highway department here, Mrs.
U. H. Hall of Bomarton is the
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, W. O.
Bart os.
Mrs. W, .1. Perry of AmariUo is
the lot"ner Nina Claire Gray, dau-
ghter of Mrs. J. C. Gray of Sey-
n.Mur. Ernest Blaekman of Carls-
bud formerly lived here, and he
is a nephew of the Laney broth-
ers. Mrs. Marion Corn of La
Me.-:a, Calif,, is the daughter of
Mrs. Burnett Self, and the sister
of Mrs, Jess Harkness, Mrs. Jack
Bentley of Dalhart is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Christ-
ian of Vera. Mrs. J, W Hale of
Clovis gets away from us for the
moment. H. J. Bradley is a re-
tired ranchman, and he and wife
live in the home they bought in
the northwest part of town, the
former S, Gorman place. Kddie
Fa re It ol' Sinton Is a familiar look-
ing name, but can't recall him.
Frank Storek dnd family live
on the place they bought on the
nort'hesat edge of town, the place
where the Vaughn Owens lived
for a good while. Frank Simaichl
and f:,inlly are on Houte 1, on a
place they bought In the Plain-
view cotv.'munity. It is the for-
mer 1... D. Miller farm, near the
old schoolhouse location. J. li,
Thornburg bought the Buford El-
liott place in the Mary's Creek
community. Kitting his mail on
Houte 1!. A. B. Wilde Is a fanner
of the Munday country, and ho
probably lias relatives in BayVr
County.
Seer us that we should know Mrs.
Norwood IMttman of Orlando, Flu,,
ami we fee I sure she is n very
fine lady. Mrs. Burton Christen-
son of Odessa is the forn.vr Mo-
zelle Chandler. W M. Dip-
prey of 'Dallas probably lived in
the Hound Timber community at
one time. 11. E. Jones of Dallas
is a son of Hie late Mr. and Mrs,
J. F. Jones, and he operates a big
landscaping business there.
Jean C. Moore of Fort Worth
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
W. K. ill man of this place. Buck
Jones of Seymour Is foreman on
the 'Lincoln Burns ranch. John-
ny Martin and family live in the
fom.'er residence of Ids brother,
Travis Martin, the home being In
tihe northwest part of town. Joe
Bob Norwood works at Perry's,
and he and family live In the
east part of town. Mrs. E. C.
Hardin of Vera renews the Ban-
ners going to her son, Bill Hardin
of Portland, Texas, and Mrs. Ver-
non J. Polzin of Forsyth, Mont.
Mrs. Bill Hardin is a sister to Mrs.
Doc High of Seymour.
J. II. Crawford has been living
around here for a good while.And
for several years John has been
operating a septic tank cleaner. G
C. Scott Is a native of the Vera
community, and thinks that is a
good place to keep on living. An-
other native there is Cecil Traln-
htirii, who still lives on the R. J.
Trainham farm, where he hns liv-
ed the 11,'ost of his life. Ilarlin
King of Seymour has been work-
ing in the ginning business for a
number of years, and this fall he
has been on the plains in that line
of work.
Henry Stavinoha grew up In
the Mary's Creek community, but
is working now for Charlie Foyt.
Some time ago he and wife pur-
chased the O. F. Temple home, in
the west part of town. Cpl. Robt.
L. Lunsford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Lunsford of the Howe
ranch, is doing his stint in the
arn.'y, and is located now at Col-
umbus, Ga. Pvt. Delrnar D. Nix,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nix, is
getting his mail through the San
Francisco post office. M. L. Ma-
elm of Houston married the dau-
ghter of Mr and Mrs. Lester Burk.
J. E. King of Seymour is eng-
ineer for tho highway construc-
tion in this county. Ella Barnes
of Seymour is the daughter of Mrs.
Louise Peters of Cache Creek.
Clarence Hay Tucker of San An-
gelo Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. Tucker, 'ounerly of the Red
Springs comnMnlty. Ills wife is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry G leghorn of Seymour. Sam
Brothers of Fort Worth was here
for a long time His health now
is not good, and he is in a hospit-
al at Fort Worth (tight new we
can't recall just why it is that
Mas, George C. Valek of Dallas
gets this paper, but it's fine any-
way.
Dean Wood, son of Mr, and
Mrs Marvin Wood, i> a mechanic
at the Chevrolet agonc\ W A,
tVnykal has been agent for the
Burroughs machines at Seymour,
but we understand he is to move
away fron? here. Melvin Morgan
has the Dixie Dog Drive Inn Al-
vin II, Jungman and family live
on the farm they bought in the
Plalnvlew community, Just south
of the old schoolhouse. In addi-
tion to fanning. Alvln works at
the Western Auto. Mrs. Jung-
man is the former Glenna High,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hcrshel
High. Mrs. J. G. Drown, former-
ly Mrs. Lub Faneher, lives with
her husband at her residence in
northwest part, where she
been for many years.
C. Orsak and family live on
Calvin Christian place, north
the M. B. Cocklofts. M. J,
llostas and family have been for
many years In the Mary's Creek
civ.munity, Mrs, William Mann
has a beauty parlor here, and her
husband is with the highway de-
partment. Dale A. llipkc of Soy-
n.vnir is with the exploration de-
partment of the Sun Oil Com-
pany, and has been with the crew
at this place for some time. Roy
Pe'.ty of Benjamin probably mar-
ried a Seymour girl Wayne Moore
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Moore of Red Springs, and is parts
iinn for the Butler Motor Com-
the
has
K
the
of
pany. His wife is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Grady Shaw,
Loyd H. Laney and family live
in the northwest part of town,
and Loyd is with his father. J
R. Laney, in farming operations.
J D bonus of West Paducah, Ky.,
is a native of Bomarton, and his
subscription was turned in by our
Bomarton correspondent. Mrs C,
A Snyder Bobbv H Banna Is the
son of Mrs Jack llanna of Wlch-
i.a Falls, Ho married Patsy Blau-
kenship
A F. Moore of Fort Worth is
another subscriber who has got-
ten away fron,' us, Mrs Paul
Gregory of Wichita Falls is the
former Madeline Puff of Sey-
mur. Hcrshel Bailey of Salinas,
Kans; George Parrish of Hous-
ton; and 11 II. Williams of Eunice,
N M„ are a'l very fine people,
we feel certain. James Sprovvls
was born and reared here, but is
now in Olney, we hope only tem-
porarily. Mrs. Morris Christian
of Wichita Falls is the daughter of
Mrs. Sallle Ellis of this place.
Mrs Geneva Jackson of Wich-
ita Falls is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrrs, Harvey Baxter, and has
been here most of her life. John
Allen Badgwell of BrowiUfleld is
the son of Mr, and Mrs, Clinton
Badgwell, and he is with the tel-
ephone company there, Pvt. Mor-
ris Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
A Welch of l.evelview. Is located
at Camp Chaffee, Ark. Let's see,
did W. M Matula of Rungc, Tex-
' as, luirry a sister of the Kulhan-
ek brothers of Westover?
Maybe some of you would know
about Virgil T. Smith of Ft. Worth
or Doris Nivens of that place.
Murray Winn lived for some time
at the Turn McClelen place. He
is now at Lubbock, but maybe he
will be back. Mrs, Douglas R.
Da11forth of Lawton is the dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Warren of Seymour. Henry King
of this place has been working
part of the year at Allen ton, Wis.
Should to about tiiiiV for him to
come back.
Grady Underwood of Olney is
the son of Mr and Mrs. Dewey
Underwood Maybe he will be
back here Bill E Reeves Is the
son of Mr and Mrs. Lester Reeves.
He is in the service and he and his
wife are located at Stockton, I'll
The Cherry twins. Vane and Van,
are both in the army, and both
located at Fort Bliss They are
sons of Mi and Mrs V V Cher-
ry Mrs George T Skinner lives
at Pittsburgh, and we surely are
glad she wants The Banner to go
to her address Roy Conner of
Plains, Texas, married a daugh-
ter of Air. and Mrs, Baxter Prld-
dy, and that would be reason
enough for taking the home paper.
Melvin Morgan of the Dixie 1 "or j
Drive Inn says he is getting ulotu: |
all right so fur na his health 1*1
| concerned, hut some of the mem j
j hers of his family are not doing so j
| well. His mother, Mii. D, I', Moi |
gun, has not been well, and is stay
ing for a while in a rest home at
Vernon Ills brother at Hereford
has been ill and in the hospital;
while his brother's wife at Wash
Ingtmi, D <\, litis been hospitalised
with some kind of ailment.
, BAYLOR COUNTY BANNER
Seymour. Texas
f AOS 3 Thunday, IHc.7. l»S4
C.W.K. MEMBERS II.WE
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Christian Women's Fellow-
shin in«*t Wednesday, December I,
at ,t:IH1 o'clock in the home of Mrs.
\V B Ciaddoek. with Mrs, J T.
ft. i*1>»I»• as eo hostess The vloe
president, Mrs. J. M. Ttainhnni,
opened the meeting with prayer,
Mrs Trainham then ^nve the de-
votional, "Christian Spirit is thu
Christmas Spirit".
Mis Morgan Bowman was lead-
er for the Christmas program, and
gave an Inspiring introduction. Mrs.
Claude Dauirheity told the Christ-
inas Story, "The Star from the
Wishing Well", with Mrs I.ee Coy
at the piano playing Christina*
enrols, The meeting w.»» closed with
a Christmas pnyer bv Mis W ft.
Whitley.
Coffee and cake were served the
following Misses Lorene tlowln
and Anne Boone, and Mines K. A.
Jones, Morgan Bowman. O. A.
Buie, A, .1 McNeill, ,l M Train ham,
Lee Coy, Claude Daugherty, G. H.
Wtlllaroa, I tea klelnfeldl. W It.
Whitley, Lowe stout, J, T St. Clair,
W. B. Ciaddoek, C. l<\ Johnson,
Ueorge Franklin and D. L. Kenan.
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RAY M. GOLDEN
Tax Consultant
Phono 3224 or 2108
Seymour, Texua
Prospective Piano Buyers
Our (l4,vpJ<iv win will It# In t/iix i ii uiifv shortly with such Imi f/nin.i
(i.i (hv followinij:
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new at nearly ONIC 11ALK original cost.
Wl'KI.ITZKB HI'INICT. Beautiful all wood finish. New guar
antee, ONLY $38(1.00.
Uuaranteed Uprights and Studios $H,"i 00 and up Katnnus
makes of new I'lanos up to ON 10-THIRD off. Trade Ins welcome.
Convenient terms arranged.
Write or phone Immediately If Interested lu seeing these
pianos as our van will he here a short time only.
THE McBRAYER PIANO
Box Hi! CHILDRESS, THXAM Phone WK 7 2«82
Pre-Christmas SALE Entire Stock
WOMEN'S LONG COATS
Styled and made by California Make rs
l ite finest values we have ever had at the original
price of $39.95 — are offered in this pre-Christmas
SALE —
• Colors Red — Brown — Grey — I an
• Materials — Boucles — Fleeces
• Lining Millitim ,
29.95
Second group fine coats priced originally at
/
$27.95 on sale today
• Colors — Red — Grey,— Beige — Brown
• Materials — Fleeces — I weeds
• Lining Rayon Satin
19.95
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1954, newspaper, December 9, 1954; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430019/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.