The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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MlcrgfUm Ser. & Sales
Dallas, Texas 75205
John Pinkston
Announces New
Store Plans
John Pinkston is in process
this week of purchasing pro
perty on Ayrshire Street, four
blocks south of Highway 82,
cn which he plans to build a
new building to house hts
grocery store. Estimated value
of the building is $40,000.00.
Pinkston said construction
of the new building is expect-
ed to get underway as soon as
purchase of the property has
been completed and construe
tion is expected to be com
pleted in 45 to 60 days.
The building will be of
steel construction and will
contain 5400 square feet of
floor space. It will be 60 x 90
feet In size and will be locat-
ed on the southeast portion of
the lots being purchased for
the site. A total of 25,000
feet of paved parking area
will provide ample parkinfi
space In front and north of
the new building. Contractor
for the building will be Stout
Steel Builders of Lubbock.
Plans call for refrigerated
air conditioning, wide aisles
and Pinkston stated, “The ad
ditlonal space will enable me
to carry more stock."
Pinkston's Grocery is cur
rently located on Berkshire
Street just north of Highway
82.
Ctwfty County* Oldwot » Initiation - Established January 7, 1909 10c Per Copy
Crops in County Look Good,
Reports Co. Agent Griffith
volume nrrr-EiGirr
crosbyton. crosbt county, tezas. Thursday, june 2. i%6
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
Drawing at Lake Saturday Will
Determine Cabin Site Selections
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Fire Destroys
Farm Dwelling
Tuesday Night
A farm house south of Cros-
byton owned by Ross Cash
and occupied by the Homer
Betancourt family was total-
ly destroyed in a fire Tuesday
night. Crosbyton Volunteer
Fire Department answered a
call to the farm house about
8:30 p.m.
The Betancourt family was
in town and not at home at
the time of the fire and cause
of the fire had not been deter-
mined Wednesday. All of the
Bentancourt family’s person-
al items were destroyed in the
fire.
Local fire department had
answered a call to the Dee
Cash farm about 5:45 a.m.
Saturday when a box car
owned by Dee and Ross Cash
caught fire. The box car, used
lot storage, continued to
smoulder and the fire depart
ment was called back again
about 5 p.m. Saturday. Dam
age was reported heavy.
The Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment also answered a call on
a truck near the Arron Justus
farm Saturday.
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Sportsman Club
Members To Have
Trap Shoot Sun.
A trophy shoot for members
of the White River Sportsman
Club will be held at the club
trap shoot site Sunday after-
noon.
Perry Tillson is chairman of
the shoot and assisting will
be Jack Brixey and David El-
lison.
Qualifying time will be
from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday
with finals beginning at 3 p.
m.
Nine trophies will be given,
with three to be given in each
class, A, B and C. A consola-
tion prize, a fishing reel, will
also be awarded.
Coolers Can Be
Cause Of Death
A serious precaution con
cerntng evaporative -coolers
was urged here last week
by Ed F. Nauert of Munlcl
pal Electrical Training, at
Texas A t M Engineering
Extension Service.
Nauert said, “All evapor
-< ative coolers installed in
windows where children
standing On the ground
can reach them must have
a ground wire connecting
to the cage of the cooler to
either a driven ground or rt
water pipe ground. If eith
er the water pump or fan
motor shorts out it wfll
cause the cage to be ener
gized to line voltage."
Nauert emphasized that
this is very deadly to man
or beast.
City Secretary. Norton
Barrett urged all residents
to take the precautions out
lined by Naueert.
Elect Ellis
Director of
Fuel Co-Op
Roy Lee Ellis of Crosbyton
was elected a member of the
board of directors of Crosby
County Fuel Association and
Harold Joyce was re-elected to
the board at the stockholders
meeting in Ralls Monday
night.
Other nominees were Ver-
non Wheeless of Crosbyton
and R. E. Guess of Ralls. The
meeting was attended by the
largest crowd since the opera'
lion was organized, it was re-
ported.
The audit report showed as-
sets of the association at the
present time totaling $353,-
891.17 and a total in sales
during the fiscal year ending
March 31, 1966, of $599,664.19.
More than $31,000.00 in di-
vidends was distributed to the
stockholders. '
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List Vacancies
on Faculty for
Coning Tear
Drawing for cabin sites at
the White River Lake will be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June
4, at the White River Munici-
pal Water District office at
the lake, reports Manager A1
O'Brien.
O’Brien reported that only
about 25 persons from the
four member cities have put
the money In escrow to be eli-
gible to participate* In the
drawing for cabin sites. About
175 more cabin sites are a-
vailable.
O’Brien reported that ap-
proximately 4,200 people fish-
ed at the White River Lake
during the month of May, In-
cluding an estimated total of
1,000 fishing there during the
Memorial Day weekend.
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Commissioners
Inn-Off Races
Are Saturday
Two races for Crosby Coun-
ty Commissioner posts and
the run off between Crawford
Martin and Franklin Spears
for Attorney General will be
decided in the Second Demo-
cratic Primary Saturday, June
4.
Candidates seeking the post
of Crosby County Commis-
sioner, Precinct 2, are Lee
Suther and Incumbent Henry
Higginbotham.
In the Commissioner's race
in Precinct 4 are Ralph Par-
sons and Audy Bryan.
County Clerk Floyd McGin-
nes reported Wednesday that
42 absentee ballots have been
sent out or voted in personal
appearance.
JUNk 5 is the date these boys leave to
spend a week at the Salvation Army Camp
Hoblitzelle near Midlothian Mrs. Linnie
Hardesty, local camp chairman, is shown
with local boys who will attend the camp.
They are, left to right, Ruben Acevedo,
Larry Mason, Benjie Michulka and Heber
Caskey. Staff Photo
County Agent Bruce Grif*
flth gave an optimistic report
cn county crops Tuesday, sta-
ting that crops In Crosby
County "look good." r
Griffitn estimated that 90
percent of the cotton planted
Is >ip and "looks real good,
He added that some dry land
County Historical
Survey Committee
To Meet Saturday
^Crosby County Historical
Survey Committee will hold
an important meeting at 2 p.
m. Saturday in the Conference
Room of the Pioneer Memor-
iat Building here, reports Mrs.
John Harvey, chairman.
All members are urged to
be present.
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PEE WEE GAME
First Pee Wee League game
will be held at 5 p.m. today,
Thursday, at the Held near
the West Texas Gin, announc-
es Dr. John Cherry. Two teams
ere the Yankees and the Dod-
gers.
cotton was not up as of Tues-
day.
He said. "With the
weather, the cotton Is
warm
grow-
ing off good. A little rain
would be welcome now.”
The County Agent reported ]
that Irrigated grain sorghdm _
which will be harvested In •
late summer or early fall, In
‘growing real well” and add-
ed that the county has “some
■eal good irrigated wheat.”
He stated that a lot of the
dryland wheat burned up, but
added that the rain helped
the Irrigated wheat. Wheat
harvest should be the latter
part of June.
The acreage planted In on-
ions and potatoes In Crosby
County got off to a late start,
Griffith said, but is having a
rood growing season since the
■sin and following warm
weather.
Total cotton allotment for
Crosby County was 118,616
and cotton program signup
figures from the ASCS office
showed a reduction of about
31.9 percent for about 80,500
acres planted in cotton In
Crosby County.
Local Yonngsten May Attend
Headstart Program at Lorenzo
Stanford, Vera Named To Attend Heimon Reed
Institute at Texas University
Several vacancies still exist
cn the local school faculty for
the coming year, reports Supt.
Sam Hawkes.
These include a sixth grade
teacher, band director, Junior
High and Senior High history
teachers and two special edu-
cators for special education
classes.
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NEARLY NEWS
By RILL YE STOCKTON
Well, we’ve been watching
rc-runs on TV so long now I
thought that holiday Monday
wfus Labor Day and It was
time for school to start again.
Come on now, do the TV
executives think they can
keep on shortening the sea-
son more and more each year
and keep their audiences?
Even the toddlers know when
they're watching cartoons
they've seen before. Looks
like adults would be credited
with being swssnastt.
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- Kids think they have It
rough these days. One adult,
hearing a complaint that a
youngster’s glasses had to be
changed before he could pass
fh£ driving test, commented,
“Well, maybe they could have
his prescription ground Into
the windshield for him."
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' Gene Richardson says the
newest in convention Is
giving an answer you least
expect Like you ask, “How
are you?"
The answer is. “Just won*
derful!”. instead of relating
all your troubles and ail-
ments. Novel, Isn’t It?
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News. Item in the dailies
are going
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my senior year in high school
were just above the knee.
Came summer we began get-
ting the clothes ready for col-
lege that fall. Then the Fash-
ion Dictator* lowered the
boom on ui and skirt hem-
lines dropped to Just above
the ankle. By September my
college roommate’s mother
had a solution. She Just sewed
a band of material In match
tng or complementary color
onto all the skirts.
Local Roys To
Attend Camp
Hoblitzelle
Four local boys will be a-
mong approximately 800 boys
from 299 Salvation Army Ser-
vice Unit Committees operat
ing in Texas cities and com-
munities who will attend
week at The Salvation Army’s
Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas.
A total of 2600 campers will
enjoy the facilities of Camp
Hoblitzelle during the 13
week-long sessions this sum-
mer. .......................-
Local boys who will attend
the £amp June 5-12 are Ruben
Acevedo, son of Mrs. Lupe
Acevedo; Heber Caskey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Olen Caskey;
Larry Mason, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Mason; and Benjie
Michulka, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Michulka.
Mrs. Linnie Hardesty, R. N.,
is camp chairman for the
Crosbyton Service Unit Com-
mittee.
The local boys will go to
camp by bus.
Located on a rolling, heavi-
ly wooded tract of 340 acres,
(Continued an Png* S)
Gills Softball
Meeting Sated
Friday Nigh!
Kjfcsm • -y^ Eweryoae interested in as-
Dollie Richardson, fishing
at Benjamin, found she could
n’t walk on water either.
Edging around the bank hold-
ing onto a tree branch
suddenly went backwards and
-found' herself sitting in the
water, still holding the
branch, which had broken off.
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Teas Flournoy said their
family recently went to
Brownwood and each son took
a guest She added that J»#r
son John, 12, took along ano-
ther boy, while the ocher
There will be a meeting at
7:30 p.m. Friday in the Cham-
ber of Commerce office of all
persons interested in helping
with the girls softball pro-
gram here, announces Hulen
Clifton, head of the girls soft-
ball program.
MIS. GEORGE STAMFORD
BENJAMIN VERA
sistlng in conucting the pro
gram which is part of the an-
nual Summer Youth Program
la urged to attend the meet
Purpose of the meeting is
tr organize the 1966 Girls
Softball Association.
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Vacation Church
School June 5-12
at First Methodist
Date for Vacation Church
chool j$v the Methodist
hutch wiO bo June 8 through
Church
will be held
.48 Inch Of
• ev *
Rain Here in
Past Week
A total of .48 inch of rain-
fall was recorded here during
the past week by weather ob-
server Benard Parker, with .24
inch during the 24 hour per-
iod ending at 7 a.m. Friday,
22 during the 24 hour period
ending at'7 a.m. Saturday and
.02 during the' 24 hour period
ending at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Temperatures during the
week were;
High Lc
72
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87 I
88 l
88 i
Two Crosbyton School fa-
culty members have been se-
lected to attend a nine week
Institute at the University of
Texas this summer. Selected
as two of the 30 teachers from
over the United States to at-
tend the Institute were Mrs.
Madeleine Stanford, Crosby-
ton School Counselor, and
Benjamin Vera, first grade
teacher.
Mrs. Stanford and Vera ap
plied as a team to attend the
Institute, which is a school
fbr teachers ami supervisors
who work with disadvantaged
Latin-American students.
The University of Texas In
stitute is the only one of this
kind in the United States this
summer. It is offered under
the National Defense Educa-
tion Act.
The Institute will begin
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Bobby Britton
Bunted Thurs.
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at South Plains
Bobby Britton of South
Plains, formerly of Crosbyton
and the brother of Mrs. Roy
Lee Ellis, is hospitalized in a
Lubbock hospital after being
seriously burned in an explo-
sion last Thursday afternoon
at South Plains.
Britton received second de-,
gree burns on his face and
arms when ah explosion oc-
curred at the gin office at
South Plains.
Rites Read
Here Tuesday
Funeral services for Her-
mon E. Reed, Crosbyton resi-
dent since 1937, were held at
3 p.m. Tuesday in the First
Baptist Church here.
Reed, 74, died at 5:30 a.m.
Sunday in the Crosbyton hos-
pital.
The Rev. Carl Grissom of
Andrews officiated, assisted
Ly the Rev. Wayne Grizzle of
Crosbyton. Burial was in Cros-
byton cemetery under direc-
tion of King Funeral Home.
Foy Hudson of Idalou,
long-time friend of the f*m
ily, was soloist at the service.
Born In Marietta, Ga„ Reed
moved to Texas In 1901, set-
tling in Bridgeport where he
lived until moving to Crosby-
ton.
Reed had been a member of
the First Baptist Church here
since 1937.
He is survived by his wife.
Lucille; a son, W. H. “Buster"
Reed of Bridgeport; three
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Wood,
Mrs. Joe Fa*Tis and Mrs. Du-
ane McClure, all of Crosbyton;
two sisters, Mrs. Rex Wheeler
and Mrs. Otis Brown, both of
Crosbyton; four brothers, Jim
and Bill Reed, both of Crosby-
ton, Elmer Reed of Lubbock
and H. M. Reed of Idalou; and
ten grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jimmy
Karr, Eugene Woodard and
Ronald McClure, all of Ralls,
Bud Kelly of Petersburg, and
Barney Dunlap, Woodrow
Robertson, J. C. Smith, Jr„
and Jim Holman, all of Cros-
byton.
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RED MUD CEMETERY
The annual Red Mud Cem-
etery working will be held
Monday, June 6. Everyone is
asked to come and bring a
basket lunch.
Crosbyton children who will
enter nrst grade next fall
may participate in the Opera-
tion Headstart Program at Lo-
renzo this summer provided a
ous driver is found and e-
nough children are interested,
announces Supt. Sam Haw-
kes.
Supt. Hawkes stated that
parents who would like for
their children to participate
should register their children
at his office at the school.
There will be no cost to the
children participating In the
program, which Is financed
by federal funds. The pro-
gram begins June 6 and lasts
through July.
The children will be taken
by bus to Lorenzo and will be
returned by bus each after-
noon. Breakfast and lunch
will be served to the children.
They are to be in Lorenao by
9 a.m. and the classes win
end about 1:30 or 2 p.m;,
Hawkes said.
The course usually taught
by Ben Vera during the sum-
mer for beginning students
who do not speak English
will not be offered this sum-
mer due to the fact that Vera
has been selected to attend an
Institute at the University of
Texas this summer.
Further information on the
Headstart program to be told
at the Lorenzo school may be
secured by contacting Supt
Hawkes.
Disabled Persons Should See
John Brown for Easter Seal Aid
John D. Brown of Crosby-
ton has agreed to serve as the
8 faster Seal Representative for
Crosby County. As the Texas
Easter Seal Society for Crip
pied Children and Adults’ Re
presentatlve, Brown is the
person to contact to request
assistance or services from
tiie Texas Easter Seal Socie-
ty-
Brown’s appointment was
Lee Murrell Is
Back in States
From Viet Nam
Lee Murrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Murrell of Cros-
byton, has returned to his
home in Greenville after be-
ing wounded in Viet Nam.
Murrell Is a Chief Warrant
Officer in the First Calvary
Division and ha* been serving
as a helicopter pilot in Viet
Nam. After being wounded he
was returned to the United
States May 1 and was hos-
pitalized on the West Coast.
He returned to his wife and
two children In Greenville
Friday.
Murrell served a year In
Korea prior to serving nine
months in Viet Nam.
announced by Robert W. Mi-
lam, M. D., of McAllen, Tnas,
SSSBL?
Brown urged that any par-
son needing assistance from
rig Mm
the Easter Seal Society con-
tact him at Citizens National
Bank In Crosbyton. There is
no charge for these service*
he added.
Disabled Texans are aided
by the Texas Easter Seal So-
ciety for Crippled Children
an Adults regardless of age,
tace, cause or disability er fi-
nancial status. Mr. Brown said
that to secure services a dis-
abled person or their family
should contact him.
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mpnday
Tuesday
Wednesday
WBSBW
Don’t Put City
Mail in Letter
Box Outside P. 0.
The letter drop outside the
osbyton Post Office is for
out of town mail only, an-
nounced the Poet Office De-
partment
testdenU are urged niver
to put city mail in the letter
box outside the poet office
Crosby County
Day Camp Set
Jane 13-17
Crosby County liny Cams
will be held on the English
Ranch near the old bridge
east of Crosbyton June 13-17.
Mrs. Marvin Heinrich wiU
serve as Day Camp Director
this year.
All Brownies and Scouts
planning to attend Day Camp
should register and pay the
$3.50 registration fee to Mrs.
E. E. Medlock.
Bucks’ Grandson
Receives High
Honor at Hereford
;ip
Wynn Alex Buck, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Winard Buck of
Hereford and grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Buck of Cros-
byton, was named the Out-
standing Student in the Class
of 1966 at Hereford High
School at graduation exer-
cises in Hereford last week. ,
Wynn Alex Buck was
.■In Init aJ /afe * "*
cipieju o
to Southern Methodist
versify and a plaque
him as 198$ Outs*
dent wiU be plan
school. His
.
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THE ARRAY OF TROPHIE* shown by,
to right. Weldon Fletcher, Don Spi
d Jackie Hamersley has been earned
thletlc citizens. The t
of focal sthl
teem.
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Curry, W. H. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1966, newspaper, June 2, 1966; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519313/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.