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VOLUME 54, NUMBER l.r»
SEYMOUR. BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1949
SIXTEEN PAGES
YES, INDEED: "Christmas will
will soon be here.”
zzzzzz
There's a lot to do between now
and then, and some will not be
ready when it comes. Others of
us, with fewer resources, will be
able to get everything done with-
in a few minutes.
ZZZ2ZZ
It’s a great time in many ways.
One of the ways is that it gives
you the opportunity of doing some-
thing out of the ordinary for the
folks you like. And maybe some-
times, for the folks you don’t es-
pecially like, but who would not
be having much Christmas without
a little help.
zzzzzz
It looks now like cotton pulling
will practically be over by Christ-
mas. Somehow, we did not figure
on the weather being quite per-
fect, which it has been. Some of
these times, if that kind of weath-
er should continue, we may not
call it so perfect for the wheat,
zzzzzz
And maybe it would be best not
to mention that occasionally there
will be a sandstorm to accompany
the dry weather. This was brought
up by Wayne Sellers in Sunday's
Star-Telegram. He quoted the
Slaton Slatonite as fearing the
plains country is going tame,
zzzzzz
Editor A. M. Jackson says the
Plains country seems to have lost
its ability to produce man-size,
black-as-night, teeth-gritting sand-
storms like we used to have. "All
we can produce now,” says Jack-
son, "is a few of last week's news-
papers that come blowing down
here from the back alleys of Lub-
bock, only 16 miles away.”
zzzzzz
The plains editor goes on: "What
is this compared to pieces of
shingles from Albuquerque, old
clothes from Hereford and prairie
dogs from Tucumcari that Used to
come sailing in on clouds of mid-
night colored dirt in the good old
days?”
zzzzzz
Give the weather man time,
Jack. What has happened once
can happen again, and West Texas
needn’t think it is through with
drouth. So far as this country is
concerned, the government would
not need to cut us down on our
cotton yield. The weather will do
that.
zzzzzz
Another thing some people evi-
dently think will never happen
again is hard times and low prices.
Maybe they won’t, but the fellow
who is looking out for something
like that to happen sometime in
the future is not treading on dan-
gerous ground.
zzzzzz
(After this column was written
a mighty fine winter rain has fal-
len. “Another million-dollar rain.”
And, Jackson, don't look for an-
other one of those good old sand-
storms before Christmas, anyway),
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Well, that’s about all for football
until Jan. 2nd. Texas was in the
nation’s sports limelight Saturday
when we put Southern Methodist
up against stout Notre Dame. The
results surprised even the Irish and
Father Cavanaugh. And no won-
der. The Mustangs had finished
up in fifth place of the Southwest-
ern conference. In winning this
modest place they had Walker,
and he was out Saturday. Must
be they might have underrated us.
zzzzzz
The foreign front remains fair-
ly quiet, although with enough
happenings for the newspapers to
make big headlines out of it. A
quiet little dispatch came out of
New York, which may be a little
disquieting. In Sweden it is said
the insurance companies are put-
ting a clause in their contracts
that relieves them of liability in
case of damage by atomic bombs,
zzzzzz
Maybe a special policy could be
taken out atomically. But there
are already so many things to in-
sure against that it keeps lots of
us broke, and we are not very
safe yet. Seems there are too
many ways of getting hurt or kill-
ed. It’s simply not safe.
zzzzzz
Speaking of being broke, it does
seem to be almot a normal condi-
tion. The other day a fellow here
said his wife wanted to make n
purchase of some kind and said
it wouldn’t cost much, just $50
"Yes,” the hubby replied, "but tho
trouble is there are so many other
things that cost only $50. When
you put ’em all together it would
take a fortune to pay you out."
zzzzzz
Maybe what the most of us will
wind up doing is buying just the
necessities, and sometimes it is a
bit hard to make the grade even
at that. Especially with Christmas
coming on, and tax-paying time in
January. And sometimes when
you renew the note they want you
to pay the interest, instead of just
adding it to the principal,
zzzzzz
Well, for One thing, Vice Presi-
dent Barkley and his bride are out
of the picture, now that they are
married. It’s kindo like the stock
love story that ends by saying:
"And they were married, and lived
happily ever afterwards.”
zzzzzz
COLLOQ.: "He did it, mind
you, with his eyes open.”
Ip i
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SCOLDS RED UN DELEGATE
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Speaking at
the International Exposition here,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt lauds con-
tributions made to this country fcy
displaced persons of all faiths and
nationalities. This speech followed a
verbal brush with Ukranian Dele-
gate Ivan P." Demtchcnko in UN
•iebate earlier in the day. Mrs.
Roosevelt repudiated Demtchenko’s
charges that the Western Powers
vote training DPs to fight Russia
Basketball Season
Opens Friday
With Benjamin
Seven seniors, eight juniors, one
l sophomore and nine freshmen re-
ported to Coach Oren Beal for
Basketball practice, Monday, No-
vember 27. While most of the boys
have been out for football, none
of them have had enough exper-
ience on the court to boast a let-
ter.
“The boys reporting were: Doug-
las Nix, Leonard Mocek, Leon
Moeek, Billy Blankenship, David
Lane, Joe Neskorik, Melvin Motl,
Johnny Flewharty, Richard Cox.
Herman Hostas, Sarq Murphy Ro-
bert Bartley, Lloyd Elliott. Willie
Jones, Dick Warren, J. R. Sum-
bero, Nolan Abshier, Jerry McLe-
more, W. M. Robinette, Marion
Martin, Bobby Lawson, Billy Bre-
land, Jimmy Blankenship, Edwin
Holub and Bobby Norman.
The first game will be playec,
here Friday night with Benjamin.
There will be two games; the first
will be the Seymour ninth graders
versus the Benjamin "B" team, fol-
lowed by the Panthers and the
Benjamin "A" squad.
Next Tuesday night the Panthers
will go to Munday for a game. The
regular schedule calls for two
games each week, on Tuesday and
Friday nights.
An invitation tournament will
start in Seymour Thursday. De-
cember 15 and run through Satur-
day. Eleven teams have entered
this double elimination affair and
a lot of good basketball is in store
j for basketball enthusiasts. Entcr-
i ing are teams from Chillicothe.
! Holliday, Crowell, Iowa Park. Al-
| baby, Munday, Archer City. Val-
ley View. Olney, Burkburnett and
Seymour.
The first session will start at 7:00
p.m. Thursday, pitting Holliday
against Crowell. This game will
be followed by Archer City versus
Valley View, then Seymour versus
Albany.
There will be other games Fri-
day afternoon, Friday night. Sat-
urday afternoon, and the finals and
consolation matches coming Sat-
urday night.
The Seymour Chamber of Com-
merce is furnishing the trophies to
the winning teams.
Following the tournament, on
Tuesday, December 20, Munday
will come to Seymour for a re-
turn match, and Friday, December
23, the Panthers will play Goree
here.
The Panthers will then take a
holiday until after Christmas. Jan-
uary 3 they will go to Iowa Park.
January 6 the club will attend
a basketball clinic in Wichita
Falls. The regular conference
schedule will start about January
13.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ATTEND
FOOTBALL MEETING
Supt. J. W. Hamilton and Coach
T. B Little attend an organiza-
tional meeting of this football dis-
trict at Iowa Park Tuesday and
report a few changes that will af-
fect Seymour when the 1950 foot-
ball season opens.
The most important change was
the addition of Electra to this dis-
trict, which was also changed
from 9-A to 10-A. Electra will fill
in the place on the Panther sched-
ule occupied by Valley View in
1948, and will eliminate an non-
conference game at the close of
the season. ,
The Panthers will open the 1950
season with Ballinger and then
Munday as the only two non-con-
ference games. The remainder of
the schedule will follow the same
order as this year with the excep-
tion of Olney, and they will play
in Seymour again* next year.
The meeting was well attended
and all schools were represented
except Chillicothe. Supt. Grady
Graves of Crowell was elected
chairman.
Paving Project
Starts With Four
Blocks <Jn River St.
Work was started Tuesday morn-
ing preparing four blocks on River
I Street for paving. This is the first
I phase of a paving project that was
i undertaken last summer by Hurd
& Luce and it was doubtful for
a while if enough property owners
! would cooperate in the deal to
! make the project feasible.
The River Street paving will ex-
I tend from the intersection of Pecan
Street north to the Lubbock High-
way, or California Street. The first
work being done is curb and gutter
I building and putting down a base.
> The paving proper will be of as-
I phalt and cannot be poured during
; cold weather so this part will have
j to wait until next spring. How-
ever this wait will probably make
| a better paving job as the base
! will get several months traffic and
j will be thoroughly settled before
the asphalt is poured.
Howard Hurd, of the Hurd &
| Luce firm, spent quite a bit of
j time last summer trying to get
j property owners signed up to pay
I for the paving in front of their
I respective property. The city has
| enough money in their street im-
! provement fund to pay for the
1 paving of street and alley inter-
j sections but it is un to the pro-
I perty owners to pay for the paving
r in front of their property.
It is not definite yet what street
j will be next on the list. It will be
necessary to have several blocks
joining before it is practical to
! pave, and no gaps Will be left in
a block.
I. N. Ronhovde, city secretary,
i says he has all the necessary fig-
j ures on paving costs in his office
| and will be glad to help the prop-
| erty owners with any questions
i they may have, and urges them to
j take advantage of this paving pro-
! ject while available.
Seymour’s Largest
Crowd Sees Santa
Come in Saturday
What is thought to be the biggest
crowd ever in Seymour was here
Saturday to greet the arrival of
Santa Claus by helicopter The
event had been appropriately ad-
vertised, and they came from far
and near. The general estimate is
that 3,000 people were lining the
streets around the court house
when the copter landed on the 100-
foot wide Main street, east of the
court house.
Santa disembarked and stood on
the fire truck as the parade pro-
ceeded up Washington Street. He
greeted the crowd* lined up there,
and distributed large amounts of
candy as the truck made its way ...
slowly up the street. Afterwards f Columbia South America will
he mingled with the (Jrowds along ‘he speaker. He is one of the
the streets, meeting ttib youngsters , a"d
BROTHERHOOD SPEAKER
The Baylor-Knox Brotherhood
will meet at the First Baptist
Church Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7:30
p.m. Rev. Harry W. Schweinsberg
and finding out what many of them
1 his talk will be exceedingly in-
wanted him to bring for Christ- ‘cresting. In order that everyone
“ may hear him the meeting will
mas' be held in the auditorium and the
The bringing in of Santa by ]adics, children, and all are invited
plane was the first time such a j (0 come
stunt has been pulled off here, and ( Wesley Harrison, Associational
few other places can report a like ! president,
event. Also, a thing of that import-
ance was not managed without
any effort. A number of enter-
prising citizens were involved, in-
cluding O. McDaniel, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
contacted the proper authorities
for bringing in the helicopter. He,
found out that the matter was in M orPtllTltf I OTlTOCt
charge of the commanding general ifldl Vi I 111*?, vUlllCol
of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam
Houston, who granted authority to j The Seymour High School Band
the commander at Fort Sill, from t.„tereci Region Ten Marching Con-
which the plane wjis sent, Paul j test at Wichita Falls Tuesday night
Buck and Charles Johnson had I aiul came out with a Class One
made a trip to Fort: Sill to find j rating, which is the highest rat-
Band Gets First
Place Rating in
HOBBY THORN HILL HAS LEG
OPERATION IN DALLAS
Bobby Thornhill was carried to I
Dallas Tuesday where he under- :
went another operation on his leg |
at Baylor Hospital Bobby received ]
a broken ieg. just above the knee,
in Seymour-Burkburnett football
game in 1948 and it has never heal-
ed properly.
Last week Coach T. B. Little car-
ried Bobby to a specialist at the
Baylor Hospital. An x-ray picture
showed a screw had been left in
the bone for some unknown rea-
son and an infection had set up
around the screw which prevented
the healing. The screw evidently
had been left there when a metal
plate was removed which had held
the broken bone in place while it
was knitting together.
Coach Little got word from the
Thornhills after the operation
Tuesday and they reported Bobby
doing fine. He will have to stay in
the hospital for a wek and then
will return to Seymour. The doc-
tors feel now that the screw has
been removed and the infected
area cleaned out. Bobby will soon
be well again. His many friends
in Seymour are pulling for him.
Rain Beneficial
To Winter Grain
Baylor Cotton
Acreage Due Cut
For 1950 Crop
The cotton reduction program
has a good many people worried
over the State of Texas, and con-
gressmen are beginning to hear
from their constituents. Mani-
festly, a good deal of Injustice is
going to result if the stiuation is
carried out as now ordered! The
method of allocating acreage could
be changed by Congress, and cer-
tainly it should.
The Banner has contacted the
Triple A office in an effort to
get the facts before our readers,
but the method of computing a-
creage sounds like it was gotten
ufr by a crazy man, and anybody
who is sane can hardly understand
what it is all about. About all
we learned for certain is that the
rules by which cotton acreage is
established are entirety different
to those used for wheat. In fact,
they are different from anything
else.
To start out with, the cut in
acreage is apparently no great
hardship. The amount allotted is
based on the amount of cotton that
a farmer raised in 1946, 1497 or
A letter from Mrs. W. C. Wil-
liams of Lamesa encloses a check
for their renewal, and she states
they very much enjoy receiving
the home paper. She sends their
i greetings of the season. Mr. Wil-
liams is doing fine, after his fall
last year from an icy telephone
poll. He is in the office, helping
with reports, keeping up the
switchboard and general work of
that kind.
■a
Mr. R. H. Henson Jr, has return-
ed to his home from McKinney.
Texas where he was in the Vet-
erans Hospital for the past 6
weeks. Mr. Henson was in the
hospital here for about seven
weeks. He seems to be doing pretty
good but has to rest a lot.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Underwood
and son and Mrs. R. H. Henson and
sons went after Mr. Henson.
BOMARTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen and
Children. Jerry and Jane of Dal-
las spent the week end in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy McFarlin.
Mr. and Mr*. William Thomas
of Gorman, Texas visited In the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Thomas
Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coldwell
of Wichita Falls spent Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Thomas.
Mrs. Flora Westerman and Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Wisdom of Seymour
visited in the home of Mrs. Bill
Braxton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Huskinson
spent Sunday in the home of her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ray
Snyder. Sandra Fran Snyder re-
turning home with her grandpar-
ents for a weeks visit.
Mrs. J. R. Snyder returned home
Sunday from rtasca, Texas where
she has been for the past two
weeks visiting relatives.
BAGS 200-POUND BUCK
MILO, ME. — Ken RafTensbergcr,
who in the summer time pitches foi
the Cincinnati Reds, stands proudly
over the whitctail buck he shot in
the woods near here.
out the preliminary6: information.
There were a number of details to
be taken care of, including the
taking out of a big insurance pol-
icy that relieved the army of re-
sponsibility for any accident The
expense of this was not great, and
was paid for by the Chamber of
Commerce. The plane was furnish-
ed by the Fourth Army Ground
Forces Recruiting service
There were so many involved in
the success of the enterprise that
it would be difficult to mention
them all. The high school band and
the fire department co-operated
in a splendid way. Pence officers
were entirely co-operative, and the
Boy Scouts were very useful in
the matter of patrolling the streets.
Many who came Saturday had
never before seen a helicopter, and
its operation was a -ource of sur-
prise and satisfaction This machine
drops almost straight down, and
in taking to the air it needs no
runway. Also, it lands and takes
off without speed. The machine
was in charge of a skilled operater
Arrangements have been mac e
for Santa Claus to be on the street
of Seymour the next three Satur-
day afternoons, in preparation /or
the celebration of Christmas. This
time lie will come by his own con-
veyance.
On Santa's last Saturday visit
to Seymour, December 24. he will
give away five turkeys for the
American Legion on the court
house lawn at 3:00 p m.
A PRACTICALLY NEW HOUSE
Jack Henderson directed work
on remodeling a residence in South
Seymour, which belonged to the
late Mrs. S. O Homra. It is on
the east side of the railroad, in
the block south of the block where
the railway station is located. The
place was inherited by the sons
of the late Ed Homra. who live
at El Paso, and they had the work
done.
Not much remains of the original
house, ew joists were put in and
a new roof, and the outside walls
are now finished in white stucco.
One new room was added on the
northeast, 15x16, and the south
wall was extended eveen with the
concrete front porch on the west
side. As now constituted, the place
has two complete apartments. One
of them is occupied by Mrs, Ben
Tucker, who has been living there
ever since :942 She has a bedroom,
living mom, kitchen and bath,
with the latest fixtures in bath
room, as well as the other bath
room. The kitchens have plenty
ing given. Winning this rating en-
titles the band to participation in
the state contest next year.
The band is directed by R. E. Mc-
Kiski, with Miss Peggy Carter
leading the band as drum major.
It is a distinct honor to place in
the first division. This is Mr. Mc-
Kiski's third year as high school
band director and he has done
a remarkable job in developing the
band to this point.
Eighteen bands participated in
the contest which was held in Coy-
ote Stadium. Bands getting a first
place rating were: Seymour, Arch-
er City, Znudy Junior High of
Wichita Falls, Iowa Park, Bowie,
Electra. Gainesville, Denton, Mc-
Kinney. Vernon and Wichita Falls
Senior High. Those getting a second
place rating were: Electra Junior
High, Reagan Junior High, Holli-
day, Henrietta. Jacksboro, Nocona
and Olney. Burkburnett was the
only band that did not show up
for participation.
13,658 Bales Ginned
In Baylor This Year
The big cotton production re-
mains top news here, although in
a short time the ginning season
will have become spotted. At Red
Springs, a big production center.
Manager Hatter said they had
caught up with ginning before the
rain of Thursday morning. Mr.
Hatter predicted that they will
turn out no more than 500 or 600
additional bales. In some fields
there will be no more boll pulling
until the last of the bolls have
opened. This rain assures some
cotton to be still in the field un-
til first of the year.
The ginning record is given be-
low. And don't watch for much
change next week. In a lot of
fields no more cotton will be got-
ten by the time this paper goes
to press again.
McNeill Gin 4750
Farmers Gin .............. 3723
Red Springs Gin 5185
A more timely rain could hard-
ly be imagined than the one that
is falling here Thursday. After
falling for most of the morning,
the amount registered by the fed-
eral gauge at 1:00 o'clock, as re-
ported by Mrs. C. Daugherty, is
.55 of an inch, and it is still com-
ing down. There was lightning
and thunder about noon.
Mrs. Daugherty reports freezing
temperatures two mornings the
past week. The mercury went down
to 30 degrees Saturday night and
29 degrees Sunday night. Wednes-
day night the low reading was 36.
High for the week was 71 degrees
on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday
afternoon was 64.
The rain is accompanied by a
norther, and has fallen slowly. It
has gone into the ground, and it
will make the top moisture and
the lower moisture meet. Cotton
gathering has been brought to a
standstill, but the biggest part of
it was over anyway, and farmers
have had a record-making season
for getting in the staple without
damage to the grade
Wheat had not especially suffer-
ed for moisture, and the little
spell of dry weather has had the
effect of driving the roots deeper
into the ground. During Novem-
ber no rain had fallen, and none
so far this month. Had it not
been for a good season in the
plants would have suffered for a
drink. As it was, the surface
growth had been checked, and the
cattlemen who had depended on
wheat pasture for grazing their
stock had become worried. Some
had bought stock especially for
wintering them on the wheat. The
situation will be greatly changed
by the rain. Whenever it warms
up again the wheat should grow
by leaps and bounds.
A telephone call at noon to
Fred Hatter, manager of the Red
Springs gin, ascertained that trees
and wires there were covered with
ice. No such situation existed at
Seymour, only 10 miles distant.
The forecast for Friday is warmer
and more rain.
Another deer hunt which has not
been reported is the one by Burrell
Lee, Bill Walker, Leonard Me-
1948, and he is allowed to claim
his greatest acreage for any one
of these years. It has been pro-
posed that the overall cut will be
about one-fifth, but they tell us
Texas will be cut only one-sixth.
We go farther and learn that in
1947 Baylor County had in 14,200
acres of cotton. 13,800 acres in
1948. and we are to be allowed
13.421 acres in 1960. That does
not sound so bad. But when it
comes to assigning the individual
growers their rations, the farmers
find they are cut down so low
they won’t be able to make a liv-
ing.
Robert Austin. AAA supervisor,
says Baylor County will get the
13.421 acres, although some farm-
mers may be allowed cotton they
don't want; and some of the cot-
ton farmers may get a wheat al-
lotment which they cannot use. It
is too much for the average per-
son to understand. If the matter
is ever cleared up any, this paper
will take another crack at it.
But this much more is certain—
Baylor County will not have an-
other cotton crop like this one at
any time in the early future. The
yield per acre will not be like
this year, and we will not be al-
lowed this much acreage, unless
we want to sell the stuff on the
New York Stock Exchange. This
year our farmers were ambitious
and put in 20.847 acres of cotton.
Besides that, we had 5,000 acres
of stubble cotton that is making
half a bale to the acre. That gives
us nearly 26.0(H) acres this year,
which will have to be cut nearly
in half. And unless the figuring
is done on a different basis, the
cut will amount practically to a
good deal more than that.
Total
13.658
HOSPITAL NEWS
PRESENT PATIENTS: Emery
Smith, Billy McElroy, F. A Robi-
nette. Mrs. Carolyn Hooser. Jim
Bumpass, Pablino Martinez, Geo.
of cabinets and other equipment, j Shawver, Mrs. Warren Baccus.
and the kitchen on the south side i Mr9- Walter Fancher. Mrs. Maria
is 16x20 feet, big enough for a i Martinez, Omar Cure, J. M. Ed-
dining room in connection. wards, Mrs. Charles Cockerell, Mrs.
The south apartment has a large
living room, two bedrooms, kitchen
and bath. It is occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Garrett. Mr. Garrett
being manager of the Perry Bros,
store here They have two children,
a girl and a boy. The new home
is completed in modern style, with
hot and cold water and all the
utilities. On the north side all the
floors are of hardwood. A concrete
walk leads to the front, and a
separate walk leads back to the a-
partment of Mrs. Tucker. The out-
side grounds will be beautified,
beginning with the spring season
Walter Patton of Weinert renews
his paper, and says they find much
in it of interest. Walter is the
son of the late J E. (Jack) Patton,
who settled on Miller Creek in
Throckmorton County in the year
1882. Since that time Walter has
lived near the corner of Baylor,
Throckmorton. Haskell and Knox
counties, and knows a good many
of the old timers in this section.
He says his paper rarely reaches
him in the wrappers, and some-
body else must be reading it, too
He would also like to get it earlier
than it has been coming in the re-
cent past.
Frank Hons, Mrs. A. E. Boyd,
Jim Holmes, Baby Bibbs, Mrs. Lau-
ra B. Brookshire, Mr. and Mrs, G.
K. Parker, Clifford Gilstrap, Har-
ley Covington, Billie Goodwin,
Watt Tannahill, Walter Miller. Mrs.
Morris Randal, Mr. and Mrs. Noll-
ner, Mrs. A. Starkey, Mrs. Corrine
Inman Springer Allen.
PATIENTS: DISMISSED: Mrs.
Lupe Valez, Billy Jack Richard-
son, Randy Powell, Mrs. Stanley
Ondricek, T. R. Nix, Mrs. Chester
Blankenship, Mrs. Turner Pray-
tor, Mrs. Alton Thurman, Jerry
Ann Thurman, Mrs. Tom George,
Bobby Norton, Mrs. John Rhea,
Mrs. Joe Woods, W. J. Townsend,
Miss Evelyn Treat, Vera and Ol-
ga Rodriguez, G. L. Wright, El-
mer Killion, L. T. Vincent. Rob-
ert Rosales. Durhl Caussey, Mrs.
Charlie Kotulek, Mrs. Glen Plum-
mer, Jimmy Meyers, R. J. Hayley,
Mrs. Burton Sprowles
Births: Frances Gayle, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Turner Pray-
tor;
Gary Lynn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Burton Sprowles;
Jose Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jose Barrios;
Rose Mary, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lupe Valez.
Cotton Growers to
Vote on Marketing
Quotas Dec. 15th
On Thursday, December 15, 1949,
the Nation’s Cotton farmers will
vote in a Referendum to decide if
Whorter and Lawrence Keck. This j Marketing Quotas will be used for
party went to Magdalina, which is j the 1950 crop. When the supply of
near the Arizona line, and spent j cotton exceeds the normal supply,
about two days. Although a num- ! the Secretary of Agriculture is
her of deer was seen, they brought | required by law to proclaim Mar-
back only one buck. This was a j keting Quotas for the next crop,
very large one but no one has been I Quotas for the 1950 crop were pro-
able to find out who "bagged” him. | claimed by Secretary Brannon on
- I October 13, 1949. But Quotas will
not be used in 1950 unless approved
by two-thirds or more of cotton
gf'owbrs who vote in the Refere-
dum. Any person who had an in-
terest in a crop of cotton grown in
1948 is eligible to vote.
If quotas are approved, farmers
will be entitled to 90% of parity
price support if they seed within
their acreage allotments.
If quotas are not approved, price
support to cooperators is limited
by law to 50% of parity.
Every eligible cotton farmer
should vote in the Referendum,
December 15, 1949.
Morris Gilbert, manager of the
Seymour Steam Laundry, left a
little after noon Monday for Los
Angeles, in answer to a wire that
stated his mother was very low.
He took a plane at Abilene, reach-
ing Los Angeles at 1:00 o'clock
Tuesday morning. He wired back
that his mother had suffered a sec-
ond stroke and was unconscious.
All of the children were there. B.
B Bridges of Olney, a former part-
ner of Mr. Gilbert in the laundry
here, has come up from Olney
to be in charge during the ab-
sence of Mr. Gilbert.
WELCOMED BACK FROM BIG THREE CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President Truman and Mrs. Acheson* greet
Secretary of State Dean Acheson as he arivea at Washington Airpor t
from Paris. Acheson had been attending s Big Tl vee conference in
Paris.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1949, newspaper, December 8, 1949; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505642/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.