The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1973 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBY COUNTY'S OLDEST INSTITUTION-ESTABLISHED JANUARY 7, 1909
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Thursday, August 30, 1973
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Number 35
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Voting Precincts
Due Realignment
Post Office
To Distribute
Food Stamps
Food stamps will be issued
at the Post Office here begin-
■nber
C r o s b y County voting
precincts must be re-aligned to
comply with a law change passed
during the last session of the
state legislature.
A communique received by
county officials states:
"This memorandum will serve
as formal notification of the
change in the size of election
precinct have a voting box.
"We don’t relish this situation,
because we realize their voting
box is highly important to most
people/' Judge Work adds.
through Friday.
Stamps will not be available
on federal holidays.
Postmaster J. M. Harkins
advises eligible persons that
they must nave "an ID card
with your name on it and your
your
ATP card."
27, 1973.
"Heretofore, election
precincts were required to have
resident therein a minimum of
50 registered voters. This
minimum has been raised to
Buaaay
Campbell
MILO HARVEST officially startsd Monday
afternoon^ when the first load arrived from the W.
B. Allen farm. Mrs. Allen and her poodle, Corseur,
brought in the grain sorghum to American C etton
Growers. Hulen Clifton is testing the first load.
He also asks that individuals
( have the correct amount of
I money. No checks of any type
will be accepted.
100 registered voters. In'pre-
cincts which use paper ballots
the maximum number of regis-
W.B. Allen
Harvests
First Milo
W. B. (Brice) Allen crossed
the American Cotton Growers
elevator scales about 1:10 p.m.
Monday with the first load of
milo produced this year.
Hulen Clifton reported the test
weight at 60 pounds and the
moisture content at 13.40.
Clifton believes that the major
portion of the grain harvest "is
still two or three weeks down
the road."
Crosby PCG
Director To
Be Elected
Crosby County cottonmen will
elect a businessman director to
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.,
during a meeting tonight
(Thursday) in the Pioneer
Memorial Building party room
in Crosbyton.
The session is scheduled to
begin at 7:30.
Maurice Goodwin of Ralls is
the county businessman direc-
tor, and the producer director
is Gary Ivey of Ralls. A director
is elected for a two-year term.
In addition to the election,
Ivey says a member of mem-
bers of the PCG staff will
"be on hand tp bring us up to
date on cotton activities and to
answer any questions concern-
ing the recently passed farm
bin for 1974 through 1977."
Directors to PCG determine
the organization's policies and
actions on legislation, re-
search, promotion, finances and
other matters vital to the cotton
economy of Crosby County.
"All cotton people" are invited
to make a special effort to be
present tonignt.
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Textile Heads Visit Here Briefly
Daiwa Off idols Hear Crosbyton Proposal
Crosbyton was one of six South
Plains town which "presented
its case" Monday to repre-
sentations of the Daiwa
Corporation, a Japanese firm
which plans to construct a
"showplace" textile plant in
Texas or Louisiana.
Bill Marley made the pre-
sentation in the Texas Tech
Textile Department. Slides of
White River Lake, proposed
site, American Cotton Growers
gin and other items were shown.
Marley gave the summation.
Others representing Crosby-
Labor Day
No Holiday
For Most
It will be "business
(and school) as usual,"
Monday for most Cros-
by tonites.
Crosby County Court-
house, City of Crosby-
t o n, Southwestern
Public Service Co.,
Pioneer Natural Gas
Co., Citizens National
Bank and the Post Office
will observe the Labor
Day holiday.
Two or three down-
town stores were un-
decided early this week
about their closing
schedule for Monday,
but most firms will be
open that day.
Supt. Sam Hawkes says
Crosbyton Schools will
not observe,the Labor
Day holiday.
Up 13 Oxer 72 Figaros
ton at the session were: Robert
Work, Norton Barrett, Alfred
Moody, La wrence McDowell and
Jim Reynolds.
Congressman George Mahon
and officials of the cotton in-
dustry spoke briefly during a
luncheon, in Lubbock.
A portion of the Daiwa group
visited here that afternoon.
Other South Plains towns bid-
ding for the plant are: Lubbock-
Slaton, Plainview, Floydada,
Lamesa and Levelland.
No decision is expected until
the Daiwa officials visit all
proposed locations in the tito
states and return to their home-
land for consultation.
Luncheon speakers expressed
an opinion that "the textile
industry will rapidly move into
the South Plains." Open end
spinning process, which can
utilize a shorter staple cotton
typical of varieties grown on
the South Plains, is believed to
be the prime reason for textile
plants coming to this region.
tered voters per precinct "re-
mains at 2,000."
Only five of the county's
present 11 voting boxes meet
this requirement.
The commissioners court
must re-align voting precincts
to have a minimum of 100
registered voters.
This action must be taken
before Oct. 1,
The chairman of each Crosby
voting precinct will be invited
to meet Sept. 10 with the com-
missioners court.
"We want to seek their
(chairmen) counsel concerning
the re-alignment," Judge
Robert Work said Tuesday. Tne
court will pass a resolution
during the session.
The law stipulates that each
Chiefs vs. Kress
'Soap-Towel' Striaiaiage Here Friday Night
Bussey Will
Lead Revival
An Oklahoma City evangelist,
Nathan Bussey, will be leading
a revival which starts Sunday
and extends through the week
at First Baptist Church in Cros-
byton. Song services will be
under the direction of Richard
Campbell.'
Rev. Ernest D. Stewart Jr.,
pastor, says the week day sene-
dule will be: morning worship,
7:30 a.m.; noon fellowship and
prayer; evening preparation, 7
p.m.; evening worship, 7:30
p.m. The regular Sunday sche-
dule will be followed.
Thursday, Sept. 6, has been
designated as Youth Night. A
special event is designated for
each evening service.
A graduate of the Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
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W eather
24-Hour w % -3
Chieftain football fans will get
their first chance to analyze
their team on the home field
against outside competition
tomorrow (Friday) night when
Kress comes to town.
Junior varsity squads start
action at 6:30.
Varsity gridders then take the
field for a scrimmage which
will be "played under game
conditions, except for kicking
and punting." Ten - minute
quarters are scheduled.
A week from tomorrow night
the Tribe starts playing For
keeps. And they have drawn a
toughie for the season opener.
They will be making the short
jaunt to Floydada to match
skills against the traditional
AA powerhouse Whirlwinds,
who have won their district the
past three years and are picked
to repeat.
SOAP-TOWEL ADMISSION
A towel and/or a bar of soap
will be the admission to the
Kress scrimmage. (We prefer
purple towels,' says one coach).
All contributions will be used
by the football team.
Not unusual for a first scrim-
mage, the Chiefs "looked good
in spots and poor in spots,"
at Olton believes Coacn Don
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Lawson after the matchup at
Olton last Thursday night. We
have an>wful lot of work ahead
of us." \
The AA Mustangs crossed the
goalline twice, and the Chiefs
pushed across'once.
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PERIOD
ENDING 7 A..M.
Thursday
Friday I
Saturday I
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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MOISTURE
Family Hobby For The Birds
Enrollment Climbs
NomEConilng Expanded
To Two-Day Event
Homecoming'73 for Crosbyton
High School nas been expanded
to a two-day affair. It Is
scheduled for Oct., 5 and 6.
Registration and the
traditional homecoming football
game will be Friday, the fifth.
Coffees and main dinners are
^being planned for Saturday, Oct.
Crosbyton schools had 13 more
students enrolled Friday than at
the end of the first week of
classes last year, according to
Supt, S. T. Hawkes.
The count Friday stood at 869,
compared with 856 the previous
year.
A total of 44 kindergarten
pupils has necessitated employ-
ment of a second Instructor.
This is (he first year that all
five-year-old youngsters could
attend the public school
kindergarten.
The breakdown of enrollment
by classes as announced by
Supt. Hawkes:
Kindergarten; 44
First grade: 67
Second grade: 62
Third grade: 57
Fourth grade: 54
Fifth grade: 68
Sixth grade: 75
Seventh grade: 79
Eighth grade: 78
Ninth grdde: 59
Tenth grade: 59
Eleventh grade: 57
Twelfth grade: 50
Special education: 53
Mark Odom had a problem
not uncommon to "town" boys
who enter Future Farmers of
America. He needed a live-
stock project and had no ready
facilities for a calf or sheep
or hogs.
But there was a solution to
the problem. Mark and his
dad -- Bill Odom -- converted
a portion of Pop's workshop
into a parakeet nouse. Mom
purchased 22 "young birds"
from Carroll Hirst of Ralls
in April '72 . . . and the CHS
sophomore had a project.
Since then the parakeets have
become somewhat of a family
hobby.
BIRD WATCHER
"Bill likes to go out there
(to the bird house) and watch
those birdsforhoursatatime,"
Betty Odom says of her spouse.
The family hopes eventually
the parakeets will turn into a
profitable venture.
To date the Odoms have "sold
only three or four birds to
kids" while building up their
flock to "about 90 birds."
With laying ahd production of
baby birds at its best now,
the family anticipates being able
to sell in volume next summer.
FLOCK GROWING
With careful breeding, the
flock would grow rapidly. But,
experienced birdmen advise
"breaking up pairs" for three
months each year. This allows
for production of healthier off-
spring.
Another thin;
mother bird wli
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is that the
"literally work
herself to death" caringforher
young. She is capable of laying
four times a year unless she
is removed from male com-
pany and nesting boxes are
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house. The Odom flock has increased
from 22 to "about 90” birds.
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Reynolds, Jim. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1973, newspaper, August 30, 1973; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519221/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.