The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1949 Page: 1 of 16
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TEbe ®a?lor County ^Banner
lOLUME W, NUMHKli .54
SEYMOUR, BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, ABRIL 21, 194!)
SIXTEEN PAGES
FAMOUS SAYING: "If Id a
Imade that putt I’d have beat him.”
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| In a 20-hole match at golf the
I defeated player can look back and j drive
Cancer Drive
Starts Monday
D. J. (Bill) Brookreson, county
campaign chairman, today announ-
ced appointment of an executive
committee, members of which will
head committees for the active so-
licitation next week of funds to-
ward Baylor county’s $585.00 quota
of the American Cancer Society
see where he threw away the
game all over the lot. Of course,
the other man may have been do-
ing some throwing away himself,
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The same goes for everything
else. And a person could run him-
Those selected were: H. W. Hall,
Westover; Mrs. A. M. Huskinson,
Bomarton, Mrs. E. P. Vaughn, Red
Springs; and Mrs. J. M. Edwards,
Seymour.
"It is our purpose to contact ev-
eryone in this community during
self crazy with that little word ! April,” Mr. Brookreson added. "The
“if”. The trouble is, you can | spirit of participation in the drive
look back and see how things' against cancer has been demon-
could have been different, but strated satisfactorily in other years.
there is really not much you could
have done fcbout it.
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Suppose you are in a car, and
the workings of your mind went
a certain way. The other driv-
er’s mind was also working, and
the result of the combination did
not turn out well. But how could
you have kept your mind from
working that way?
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Speaking of driving, you have
heard this many times before, but
it will always bear repeating: If
you are not in such a big hurry,
you may get there quicker,
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The moral to this business is tint
you can’t argue with facts. May-
be what happeened was not sup-
posed to happen; but it did. and
what is it that you can do about it?
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The matter of rainfall is some-
thing that does not always happen
just as we would like. It’ll rain
so long and hard you can’t get
in the field, and then it looks like
it never would rain any more,
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However, just at this time may-
be we can’t criticize the weather
man too much. If he always timed
his rains as well as he did this
week, this country would get a-
long pretty well. Of course, there
are other countries that are pret-
tier than this country is right
now—but not much.
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West Texas is not the only place
where it gets dry, anyway. From
Venice. Italy, comes a dispatch to
the effect tthat they are having
a very bad drouth, with forest fires
caused by the dry timber,
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It is an old saying that a Baptist
meeting in Seymour nearly always
brings rain. But it has failed at
times, and the rain this time was
not local. Surely they were not
having Baptist meetings all over
Texas.
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The national baseball season has
opened, and they are off to the
races. A lot of people have not
learned how to be very much in-
terested in the game, and it is a
matter of indifference to them
whether New York wins or Chi-
cago. Maybe we ought to have a
preference. Sorter lends spice to
life.
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The editor of the Huntsville E-
cho is short a sports editor and a
few other useful men around the
shop. In fact, in the last issue
the Echo man was so worried that
he said that noise we heard was
him stripping his gears. The Echo
editors had received pardons or
paroles, or their time was up. Per-
haps if all the newspaper editors
got their just desseilP’there would
be plenty of help down at Hunts-
ville for running the prison news-
paper.
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For a wonder, there has been a
little worrying going on lately in
We know that practically every-
one is willing to make his contri-
bution to this cause. We must make
sure that no potential giver is over-
looked. That is why we will soon
be calling for many active volun-
teers to aid in reaching the goal
set for this county. We are trying
to attain this goal next week, and
we feel that with the full coopera-
tion of every citizen of the county
it will be over the top in a few
days.”
FIFTH SIX WEEKS
HONOR ROLL
First Grade, Mrs. Haddock:
Thurmand Aylor, J. II. Bigger-
staff, Elton Glaze, John Conner,
Jimmy Donnell, Lyle Hamilton,
Richard Knezek, Elmer Morgan,
Bob Melear, Ralph Malone, Larry
Norman, Doyce Reid, Frank Si-
maichl, Patrick Hyland. Paul
Wood, Austin Ramirez, Glen Gleg-
horn, Carol Briggs, Ysleta Beall,
Rinda Donnell. Peggy Hicks, Judy
Higgins, Geraldine Hajek, Janice
Hurst. Linda Morton, Mary Motl.
Jane Petty, Janette Roden, Jerry
Rogers. Clarita Wallace.
First Grade, Mrs. Burnett:
Honor Roll — Becky Haynes,
John Baccus, Jack Crain. Milton
Dta. Wayne Elliott. Larry Machen,
Robert Malone. Dick Norton. Jim-
my Vaden, Charles Ray Tucker,
Jerry Underwood. Bobby Battles,
Johnny Byrket. Don Black. Ann
Blankenship, Kay Eubanks, Ann
Crawford, Barbara Goodwin, Don-
na Hogue, Virginia Jones, Nancy
McCauley. Barbara Lou McGloth-
en, Bobby Morland, Nancy Porter,
Jerry Ann Rogers, Dorothy Sim-
mons, Gayle Sprowls, Martha
Wright. Nancy Luttrell.
First Grade. Mrs. Crouch:
Honor Roll — Joe Bob Chandler,
James Kessler, Tracy Hay ley,
Mack Kessler, Don Mooney, Chas.
Moorhouse, Jerry Roe. Billy Sten-
nett, Mary Balch, Reda Boone, Lon-
na Kaye Brashear. Sandra Bryan,
Carolyn Cook. Beverly Couch, Su-
san Flewharty, Carolyn Gilstrap,
Sue Guthrie, Emily J. Hejl, Jerry
M. Hodges, Charlotte Hurd, Ko-
rene Kiser. Susan Mahan, Kay Mc-
Kiski, Linda Nickerson, Joanna
Partridge, Jackie Tipps, Jerry Ann
Weckar.
Second Grade, Mrs. Tidwell:
Honor Roll — Loyd Lemons,
Charles Wayne Montgomery. Ward
Shamblin, Paula Bryan. Gwenith
Jo Crawford, Beth Howry, Joyce
Marie Hurst. Wanda Thorn. Billie
Joyce Thornhill. Gene Douglas.
Honorable Mention — James
Karr.
Second Grade, Mrs. Shawver:
Honor Roll — Carlton Brock,
John Lewallen, Teddy Moore. Ruth
Brown, Molly Pearl Clifton. Linda
Hines, Patsy Peters, Sarah Joe
Stevens.
Honorable Mention — Patricia
Ann Miller, Glenda Stone.
Second Grade. Mrs. Fritz:
Honor Roll — Billy Baines. Bill
Harmel. John Hogue, Dean Loving,
Charles Partridge, Johnny Quisen
Rankin Tries
Sprinkler Svstem
On Alfalfa Field
A very interesting sight has be<: n
seen this week on the Benjamin
highway three miles west of Sey-
mour, where Robert Rankin is
irrigating 32 acres of alfalfa by
the sprinkler system. The sys-
tem was put in operation about the
right time, as the alfalfa was at
a stake when it was going to make
a crop or make only a piece of one.
Mr. Rankin operates the place
belonging to his mother-in-law,
Mrs. George Knight of Seymour, j
The farm is near the Brazos river. |
and all the year water seeps into |
the first bottom of the river from i
springs coming out of the low
bluffs. The water supply is tap-
ped at this place. A dozen wells
were sunk, five feet deep and 12
feet apart, and connected by a
feed pipe. Then a jeep motor was
hooked up to a centrifugal pump
that throws 300 gallons per min-
ute. and the start was made.
Then a deal was made with the
Irrigation Equipment Company of
Littlefield for 1800 feet of alumi-
num pipe. Of this amount 400
feet is 5-inch pipe and 1400 feet
is 4-inch. The pipe is connected
by clip joints, and it can be mov-
ed easily from one location to !
another. And it does not rust or j
corrode.
The equipment company had a |
couple of men here to get the
system started. The pipe connects
up with a sprinkler system with
17 nozzles, which rotate the show-
ers and cover the ground uniform-
ly. The spot watered at one time
is 80 feet wide and 700 feet long,
making approximately one acre.
The system puts out water amount-
ing to one-half inch of rainfall per
hour. Mr. Rankin started out to
put 3 inches of rainfall on his
field, which, operating day and
night, would water the alfalfa in
six days.
Mr. Rankin planted his alfalfa
last September, and it had been
doing very well until the recent
spell of dry weather. Bob thinks
he will get a lot of good out of his
sprinkler system, and intends to
irrigate 10 acres of cotton with it
this summer.
Baylor County
Getting Several
Deep Oil Tests
All of a sudden Baylor County
is getting a heavy play in testing
for oil. And this time the drillers
are going to tap the earth's in-
nards for a distance of a mile or
Congress oxer the cost of govern-j berry, Wayne Winn. Billy Hender-
ment. Representative Richards of | son, Glenna Baldwin. Lana Beas-
Pennsylvania said Congress had i ley, Mary Economidy, Dorthy Heg-
spent 29 billion dollars in three
days, which was a heap of money
in any man’s country. They have
hit up the taxpayer till he hollers,
but there never seems to be e-
nough funds coming in.
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A cartoon in one of the papers
the other day showed a worried
wife making many figures and she
appealed to her husband: "George,
wood. Cornelia Knezek. Alyce Ann
Martin, Jo Lee Morris, Trixie
Stout. Judy Young. Sylvia Willett.
Honorable Mention — Bobby
Boyd, Wayland Jones, David Free-
man, Gene Don Thompson, Alice
Dell Bullion, Mary Sue Hailey.
Third Grade, Mrs. Reed:
Honor Roll — Cecil Forester,
Junior Harvey, Wanda Biggerstaff.
Nancy Blain, Glenna Chandler,
Rain Comes at
Good Time to Give
Grain Needed Boost
It was not a very large rainfall
which Baylor County got this
week, but it was exceedingly time-
ly. and did a moximum of good.
Mrs. Daugherty reports a fall
of .40 of an inch at Seymour. In
the Mary’s Creek community Lowe
Stout says they got right at an
inch; while Will Henson of Rich-
land reports only about a quarter
of an inch. The moisture was ac-
companied by cool, damp weather,
which helped almost as much as
the rain.
A heavier rainfall was received
over most parts of the state, and
we could have used a bit more
here, but it will keep the wheat
going for several days. It is the
time of year when more liberal
rainfall can be expected. ♦
The spell of dry weather would
have been bad on the wheat, per-
haps fatal, had it not been for a
liberal supply of moisture earlier
in the year. The month of March
gave us only .40 of an inch of rain,
and April had brought only .25 of
an inch before this week. But
the records of Mrs. Daugherty in-
dicate a rainfall of 1.91 inches in
I February, with an unusual fall of
4.44 inches in January, That set
us up for the dry weeks.
Sunday was spring temperature,
with 81 degrees. The low was 39
on Friday night.
is it me, or are budgets supposed j Neva Jo Hogue,
to be balanced?” j Honorable Mention — Dan Flexv-
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Bank statements are being pub- | Hayley, Tommy Holman, John Ed
lished all over the country, and
they are showing up with a lot
of money. For instance, the First
National of Dallas has individual
deposits of $209.0(H).000. What
makes us wonder is, how can
the country have that much mon-
ey and some of us not have any?
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Claude Callan: “Dad sometimes
wonders if he is really a human
being or just a mechanical toy that
fate is playing with.”
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John Gould: *Tt would be a
good idea for April to get itself
identified. Some of the time it
acts like February and some of
the time like July.”
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Mr. Gould quotes Secretary of
Defense Johnson as saying he will
bring about unity in the armed
forces. John says Johnson will
have the help of everybody ex-
cept the army, navy and air force,
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COLLOQ: “That butter has
come of age.”
Mooney. Tommy Morris, Carl Quis-
enberry, Johnnie Rogers, Eddie Joe
Syptak, Willie Joe Duncan, Glen-
na Gaines, Charlette Starr.
Third Grade, Mrs. Dickson:
Honor Roll — Jerry Hayley,
Joyce Webb, Sue Reeves.
Honorable Mention — Johnny
Adkins. Billy Ryan, Jim Tom
Hicks, Ralph Bedell, Nancy Jo Sny-
der, Jocelyn Reed. Sandra McKin-
ney, Joy Ruth Keller, Theresa Con-
ner.
Third Grade, Miss McGlamery:
Honor Roll — Charles Arm-
strong. Lyman Arthur. Jimmy
Couch. Royce Glass, George Hogue.
Jimmy Kittoe. Donald Martin, R. L.
McClung, Bobby Plummer, Danny
Ryan. Diane Dunford. Margie Kay
Teague. Helen Vickers, Ruby Wood,
Billy Joe Wright.
Honorable Mention—Nancy Pat-
terson.
Fourth Grade, Mrs. Harlow:
Honor Roll — Robert Brown,
Glen Allen Sprowls, Charles Fer-
rell Wright. Janice Bohannon. Ruby
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
W. E. Burkham, Evangelist
Lord's Day Bible Study 10 a.m.
Worship 10:45 a.m.
Young People’s Class 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship 7:30.
Ladies’ Bible Class Tuesday 3:00
p.m.
Mid-week Bible Study Wednes-
day 7:30 p.m.
Grocery In New Location
As will be seen from an ad in
this issue, the Nolan Davis Gro-
cery has opened up at its new lo-
cation, just across the street north
of the First Baptist church.
The building has been entirely
reconstructed, and is one of the
nicest places in town. The stock
has been attractively arranged, and
the place is one of the best sub-
I urban stores to be found.
A more complete description will
be given later.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Franklin of
Belleflower. Calif., have been vis-
itors here in the home of the for-
mer's father, George F. Franklin.
They were accompanied by their
8-year-old son. From here they
went to Fort Worth to visit Sam's
brother, Wesley, and his sister.
Mrs. Raymond Gafford. Sam was
born and reared in Baylor Coun-
ty, and he very much enjoys the
opportunity to visit back home.
more.
The American Liberty Drilling
Co. of Dallas is moving in a rig
and crew and has set up derrick
for a rotary rig on the J. S. Cris-
well ranch, eight miles southwest
of Seymour. The location is 2,310
feet from east and 990 feet from
south lines of block 97. T&NO sur-
vey. a 5,700-foot wildcat. This is
12 miles southwest of the Rendham
pool in Baylor County. The test
will be for W. P. Carr of Dallas
and the leased block consists of
about 3.000 acres. Drilling will
be in three 8-hour shifts.
The Cox Drilling Company also
has a crew her# for putting down
a 5.500-foot hole on land of Harry
H. Portwood, about 8 miles south
of Bomarton. The test will be
drilled for the Warren Petroleum
Company of Tulsa. The location
is in Section 21, H. & T. C. R. R
Co. The site has been staked and
the rig is moving in.
Another location has been stak-
ed for a test 9 miles east of Sey-
mour on a 320-acre tract owned
by E H., R J. and Lemuel Balch
The hole will be drilled 660 feet
from the north and east lines of
the south one-half of the west one-
half of survey 221, T&NO RR Co.
Drilling will be for the Humble
Oil & Refining Co. The leased
tract consists of about 2,500 acres.
The two drilling crews already
here, together’ with two seismo-
graph crews located here, has put
a new crimp in the housing situa-
tion here. Happily, places have
been located for most of the men
and their families.
Since the above was written still
another test has showed up, which
is reported in the Wichita Record
News as being in the Canyon lime.
"M. L. Richards staked location
for No. 1 C. H. Taylor, a 300-foot
Canyon test to be drilled 330 feet
from north and west lines of his
120-acre lease, which is in section
10. H&TCRR survey, abstract 847.
a wildcat seven miles southeast of
Seymour in Baylor County. Tools
are moving in."
Golf Tournament
Promises to Be
Best in History
The Seymour Golf and Country
Club is having its annual tourna-
ment, and it promises to be one
of the best yet. Much interest
is being shown in the matches, and
many of them have had good gal-
leries. #
One of the matches on Wednes-
day afternoon was good enough
to have been the finals. The de-
fending champion, Byron Shupee,
was playing Jim Morris, and it
was largely pure luck that carried
the champion through. Morris had
a 38 on the first nine, with two
out of bounds. Both these strokes
cost him holes, and he lost stil!
another on the same way on the
second nine. It was necessary to
go 20 holes for a decision, and
"Shoop” wound it up in a great
way on the last hole, which was
the 295-yard No. 2. Byron hauled
off and drove the green, about 8
feet from the cup.
And the tournament has pro-
vided a lot of other matches that
could as easily have gone the oth-
er way. The show began with the
annual party and Calcutta Friday
evening. The play will be com-
pleted with the 36-hole finals on
the 24th. Consolation matches are
being played out slowly, and re-
sults of these will be given next
week. Results of regular play are
given below:
Softball Season
Opens This Week
The annual softball program in
Seymour is getting under way in
grand style, with four teams or-
ganized and ready to start the
series.
In the past softball games have
afforded many hours of pleasure
during the summer to hundreds of
people who witnessed the games
faithfully.
This year an entirety new group
of sponsors are behind the teams.
J. O. Butler & Son, Willett's Va-
riety. McWhorter's Grocery of Me-
gargel, and Keystone Exploration
Co. have teams ready to field.
The first game was to have been
played Tuesday night but was
rained out and will be played to-
night (Thursday).
The schedule follows:
April 19—Ford vs. Keystone;
40 Blocks of City
Streets to Receive
Paving Soon
About 40 blocks of streets in
Seymour are in for a paving pro-
ject soon, according to a notice to
bidders appearing elsewhere in this
issue.
Approximately two years ago a
bond issue was adopted by the citi-
zens of Seymour in the amount of
$75,000.00 for street improvement.
Of this amount about $35,000 has
been expended in the street widen-
ing project of last year, and for a
new grader and street sweeper.
This leaves near $40,000 to be used
in paving.
As outlined by I. N. Ronhovde,
city secretary, the business dis-
trict, schools and churches will be
given first consideration when the
April 22—Willett vs. McWhorter; | project gets under way. As it is
April 26—Ford vs. Willett; : now planned, property owners on
April 29—Keystone vs. McWhor- the streets to be paved will be pay
May 3—Ford vs. McWhorter;
May 6—’Keystone vs Willett;
May 10—Ford vs. Keystone;
May 13—Willett vs. McWhorter;
May 17—Ford vs. Willett;
May 20—Keystone vs. McWhor-
ter;
May 24—Ford vs. McWhorter;
May 27—Keystone vs. Willett;
May 31—Ford vs. Keystone;
[ June 3—Willett v's. McWhorter;
j June 7—Ford vs. Willett;
June 10—Keystone vs. McWhor-
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HOSPITAL NEWS
Present Patients: Geraldine Gor-
don, Henry Maasen, W. J. Karr,
Mrs. Minor Coffman. Jim Haskins,
Myrtle Thorn, Mrs. Edith Heron,
Mrs. Maude Shumate.
Patients Dismissed: Mrs. Louis
H. Johnson, Mrs. L. B. Donehoo.
O. E. Brown, Mrs. G. A. Buie. Mrs.
E. S. Biggerstaff, Mrs. Tom King,
Mrs. Clarence Robertson. Sue Tuck-
er. Mrs. Albert Wirz, Jim Henslee,
Victor Kotulek, Carolyn Stingle.v,
Mrs. Avie Hughes. Mrs. Claude
Miller, Jack Kelley, Mrs. Arlie
Stanford. Mrs. C. E. Powell. Jerry
Ewing. Mrs. Bill Thurman, Ima
McCoy.
Births: Randy Earl, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Pow$l.
BAPTIST MEETING HOLDING
GOOD INTEREST THIS WEEK
This is the second and last week
of the revival meeting being held
at the First Baptist church. Some
fine preaching is being done by
Rev. Otis Strickland of Cisco, with
good singing led by Bill Simpson.
To date there have been forty
additions to the church, 29 for
baptism and 11 by letter. Wed-
nesday night two graying men pro-
fessed religion.
The new additions bring the
church’s membership up to about
900. Of this number there are a-
bout 150 or 175 non-resident, leav-
ing a probable 725 as the resident
membership.
Fish Day Due to
Draw Usual Large
Crowds to Lake
Championship flight. Lindley June 14—Ford vs. McWhorter;
Carter won from O. K. Hoyle, 6 I June 17—Keystone vs. Willett,
up and 5 to go: L. P. Nolen beat I Games will be played each Tues-
T. E. Craddock. 4-3; T. J. Hooser I day and Friday nights, starting at
Jr. defeated Bill Brookreson. 2-1; 8:(K) o’clock. A small admission
and O. C. Harrison lucked out on charge of five cents for children
David Moorhouse, 2 up. | and fifteen cents for adults is be-
In the lower bracket. Jim Mor- | *n6 made to offset expenses of
ris won from Bernice Tucker. 4-3; j playing equipment.
Byron Shupee beat Curtis Thur-
man, 2-1: Deaton Moorhouse out-
lasted Lloyd Jones, 4-3! and C.
F. Richmond won from Travis
Martin by 4-3.
In the second round matches.
Carter beat Nolen. 3-2: Hooser de-
feated Harrison, 2-1; Shupee won
from Jim Morris. 1 up in 20 holes: j
Richmond beat Moorhouse, 5-4.
In the first flight: George Mor-
ris beat Jack Jones. 2-1; Jet Bur-
net won from Mark Tucker. 4-3;
G. II. Jones beat Oren Beall, 5-3
and W. A. Melear took out Billy
Golden, 1 up.
In second round matches. Mor-
ris beat Burnett, 5-4: and Jones
won from Melear, 2 up.
In the second flight. John Young
won from Lawrence Harmel; Mud
Dickson took J. W. Hamilton. 3-2;
Lee Morris won over Bill Robin-
son. 2 up: Roy Quisenberry and
Rufus Whitley are still playing:
and Ed McNeill beat Virgil Hall,
1 up.
In second rounds, Bud Bledsoe
won from John Young on the 20th
hole, the first time Bud had been
ahead in the match: and Dickson
outlasted Lee Morris. 3-1.
Come May 1st and the big Lake
Kemp Fish Rodeo will be on full
blast. There will be 200 tagged
fish turned loose, with heavy re-
wards for the anglers who catch
them.
A meeting of directors of the
Anglers Club was - held in Sey-
mour last Thursday night at the
Club Cafe. The meeting got off
to a good start with a big steak
dinner served in the banquet room
of the cafe.
Present for the meeting were the
following: Mr. and Mrs. Roger
King and W. C. Cave from Wich-
ita Falls. James Weiss and Tom
Abstan from Crowell, W. E.
Browley from Munday; Bruce
Campbell from Knox City: with
Jess Meads, O. McDaniel, George
Sims, Curtis Thurman, Tate Pitt-
man and O. C. Harrison from Sey-
mour.
After the feed the directors gath-
ered around a table and worked
until 12:00 o'clock on the big job
of cataloguing the fish. When this
job is completely finished, each
donor will be notified of the num-
ber which his prize rides on. A
copy of the catalogue will be put
in the hands of each gatekeeper,
and the lucky fisherman will not
have to hunt everywhere to locate
his prize money.
There are eight towns partici-
pating in the rodeo, all of them
two-thirds of the cost, and the city
will pay one-third. Cost of paving
will be figured on the square yard
basis and where curb and gutter is
necessary they will be figured on
the running foot basis. The
owner will pay his share according
to the number of feet of property
on the street to be paved.
It has not yet been determined
whether curbing and gutter will
be put in or whether the street
will be paved without curbing and
gutter. Bids are being taken on
both plans and the cost will de-
termine which method will be
used. Mr. Ronhovde stated that
after bids are opened all property
owners along the routes to be
paved will be called in for a meet-
ing to explain the cost to them
and see if any cannot or will not
cooperate on the project. Should
this be the case, then other blocks
will be substituted to make up the
40. He also stated that the paving
will be done according to state
paving laws, and property owners
will be given terms in paying their
part if desired. Everyone in a block
must come in on the project or the
block cannot be paved.
Street paving will go a long
way in modernizing the city, and
will aid materially in keeping down
dust along the paved routes.
offering substantial prizes. They j 1945.
PVT. JOHNNY BROM BURIED
APRIL 12 at SAN ANTONIO
Reburial services were held or.
Tuesday morning, April 12th, at
the National Cemetery, Fort San'
Houston, Texas, for Pvt. Johnny
J. Brom. who was killed on O-
kinawa May 23, 1945.
Those attending the reburial
services were: his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Brom. and his sis-
ter, Mrs. William Hons, of West-
over; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prickett
and John J. Sykora of Olney; Mr:
and Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Darnell. Darrell Mar-
tin and Johnny Martin of West-
over; Miss Frances Brom and Mrs.
Charles Cizek and daughter of
Hermleigh: Mrs. Christine Bow-
en and Charlie Krupalla of San
Antonio,
Pvt. Brom was 21 years old. He
was born at Flatonia, Texas, but
came to Baylor County with his
parents when he was only six
months old. He and his parents
lived on the farm of his mother's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sy-
kora. Johnny graduated from the
Westover High School, and then
helped his father on the farm un-
til he went into the service. Sept.
20, 1944. He trained at Camp
Hood, and went overseas Jan. 28,
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Ida Red and Her Kentuckians,
popular hillbilly musicians of Wi-
chita Falls radio fame will appear
at the Seymour City Hall Monday
night. April 25 at 8:00 p.m. under
auspices of Boy Scout Troop 73.
Otho Harrison, Scoutmaster, stated
that the Troop is sponsoring this
show in a money-raising campaign
to help complete the cabin they
hax'e started at Lake Kemp. Ac-
cording to Scoutmaster Harrison,
the walls are up and windows in.
and ready to put the roof on the
building Saturday. It is 18 by 30
feet in size, ample room for Troop
outing at the Lake, and they plan
to use it for the first time May 1.
The Troop will be out selling
tickets in advance of the show.
NEW PASTOR FOR THE
SEYMOUR CHURCH OF CHRIST
W. E. Burkham of Fort Worth
is the new pastor for the Church
of Christ here. He is already on
the field and is rapidly becoming
familiar with his new situation.
The new pastor takes the place
of Minister R, L. Roberts, who has
gone to the church at Alvord. Bro
Roberts had been here about a
year, and together with his wife
and baby had lived in the church
parsonage. He and his wife had
made many good friends here who
deeply regret his departure. All
hope for him and his wife the
best success.
For the past three years Bro.
Burkham has been minister for the
Prince Street Church of Christ in j it is planned to have no one of
Fort Worth. Before that, he was j the tagged fish to carry less than ! been in the fighting for 13 days.
with the Broadway Church in j $35 to $40 worth of prizes. The |---
Gainesville for four years. He was contest is open only to members I SHRINERS HAVE SOCIAL
born at Mt. Vernon In East Texas, ( of the Anglers Club, and member- 1 MEETING HERE LAST WEEK
and attended school at Talco. His j ship costs only $1 per family, of
wife is also an East Texan, and j parents and dependents. Probably °n Wednesday evening of last
they grew up in the same com- ! more than 1.000 members will be
munity. They have one son, Leon. | enrolled. The prizes are donated
who is 13. | by business men of the various ! and dad a big dinner at the
The new citizens have made a j towns. The membership fees are i Club Cafe. There were 64 in the
splendid impression upon all whom j to be used in paying expenses of I Parly- including Shriners, their
they have met here. They are ! the Club and in building up good wives and guests,
given a cordial welcome to our j fishing in Lake Kemp and Di-' There were eight from Wichita
city, with the hope that they will ! version Lake. The contest con- Fa,Is- including the Pote ntate. E-
nos Burt, and the Recorder, Al
Ellis. A rather informal program
are Seymour, Wichita Falls, Burk-
burnett. Electra, Vernon, Crowell.
Munday and Knox City.
In arranging the prize money
Johnny went at once to the South
Pacific, and shortly was engaged
in the fighting on Okinawa. He
was killed instantly by a Japanese
sniper. May 23, 1945, after having
week a group of Shriners gathered
in Seymour for a get-together con-
like us here, and be with us for ] tinues until Dec. 31st.
a long time. j--
EASTER SERVICES
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bench were
Easter visitors at Fayetteville.
Ark . to visit with their son. Son- 1
ny Bench, and his wife. Sonny
is attending school there. The trip
was pleasant enough, except that
traffic in Oklahoma slowed them
down to a walk.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Goxvin of
Edinburgh. Texas, have been brief I Sunday was the prettiest day
visitors in Seymour, on their way ! imaginable, making it an ideal |
home from Wichita, Kans. Mrs. j time for the observance of Easter. :
Gowin had gone there on account ! All the churches here had special •
of the illness of her brother. Mr. ! services, and large crowds were |
Coffield, and it is with much re- had everywhere,
gret people here learn that he died. ; The day began with a well at- j
The Gowins lived here for a num- | tended sunrise service at the park, i
ber of years, and they have lots This was in charge of Mrs. Bruce
of friends at this place. They I Parks of Abilene, and it was very
were guests of Chubby's sisters, j impressive. The Sacred Heart
Mrs. A. J. McNeill. Mrs. T. J. I Catholic Church had a big crowd.
Hooser and Miss Lorea Gowin. j and the attendance at the First j
was carried out. including talks
j by the potentate and recorder.
Mrs. M. M. Harrison has been
having a little trouble with her
heart Thursday morning, and is
under the treatment of a physic-
ian. Mrs. Harrison is past 95
years old, and she does not have
much strength left.
On the way home they were ac-
companied by Mrs McNeill, who
will visit ber son, W G. McNeill
of San Benito. Mr Gowin is in
the farming business near Edin-
burgh. and has In 1200 acres' of
cotton. He said 400 acres of it
was about a foot high and 800
acres was six incites high.
It is a pleasure to report that
Mrs. C. M. Randal is able to be
back at the store, after having
been absent for several weeks on
account of illness.
Baptist church in Seymour was i
the largest crowd ever had at a !
regular service of this church 1
I E. and Travis Martin were in
Hillsboro yesterday, where their
aunt, Mrs. Will Garrison, was at
the point of death. They were
accompanied by their mother, Mrs.
W. E Martin, who remained down
there, and word came from her
that Mrs. Garrison died at eight
o'clock last night. Several mem-
bers of the family here will at-
tend the funeral Friday afternoon.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, for many years
the citizens of Seymour and
Baylor County have recognized
that a state of hostilities exists
between them and the fish that
live xxithin the waters of Lake
Kemp, and
WHEREAS, during all of said
period of time it has been the
eustom lor said citizens to des-
ignate a day on whieh all la-
bors and business will cease and
all people will equip themselves
with the necessary lines, poles
and tackles and repair to said
lake and there mateh skill with
said fish.
Now, therefore, I. S. A. Mitch-
ell, Mayor of the City of Sey-
mour do hereby proclaim Mon-
day. May 2nd, 1949. as Eish Day
and request all citizens of Sey-
mour and Baylor County to gov-
ern themselves accordingly.
S. A. MITCHELL. Mayor.
(34-35)
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1949, newspaper, April 21, 1949; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505617/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.