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KALGARY GETS
RAINS NEEDED
FOR PLANTING
Between two and three inches
of rain fell in the Kalgary area
last weekend, the first received
in that area. The rains fell nice-
ly, Leon Havens reported, and
Kalgary farmers began planting
their cotton tills week. Havens
said fields are still a little wet in
spots.
Crosbyton received a total of
1.35 inches of moisture during
the three day period. Wednesday
night rain totaled .86 inch and
.08 inch of moisture was receiv-
ed Thursday. Friday night rain
total was .41 inch. AnothSt .05
inch fell during the night Satur-
day night.
Heavier rains were recorded on
the East Plains last week. George
Griffin reported a total of about
four inches. J. J. Griffin received
3.50 inches altogether. Mrs. J. J.
Griffin reported that, although
the rains fell'hard, their contour-
ed rows held the moisture very
well George Griffin also report-
ed the moisture soaking in
rather than running off the soil.
Temperatures for Crosbyton
have been Sunday, high, 87, low
62; Mpnday, high 86, low 64;
Tuesday, high 86, low 66; and
temperature at noon Wednesday
was 91 degrees.
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VOLUME FIFTY-SIX CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 18. 1964
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Complete purchase
of Morgan Jones
Land at take Site
Purchase of 3,745.74 acres of
land from the Morgan Jones
Estate of Abilene was completed
Friday by the White River Mu-
nicipal Water District for a total
consideration of $168,558.30.
The land purchase completes
the district’s purchase of land a-
round the lake, giving it full
recreational control of the lake’s
approximately 25 miles of shore-
line. All recreation is closed at
the dam until the plant is in ope-
ration.
The Morgan Jones Estate of
Abilene signed the contract for
the sale of the biggest of the
three dam site land - parcels to
the water district after final
terms of the sale were negotiated
out of court after condemnation
proceedings were started.
First mam site land purchase
was from Arnold Sanderson and
the second was from Mrs. Aleta
Walker.
Board of Directors will meet
Thursday night at the White
River Municipal Dam site.
Approximately one and one-
hair’ feet of water was caught in
the White River reservoir during
the rains last week, it was re-
ported. Approximately 10 more
feet are needed before munici-
palities begin using water from
the lake.
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Swimming Lessons
Begin on June 29
The swimming lessons which
are annually given as part of the
Summer Youth Program will be-
gin June 29 and last through
July.
Sessions will be held from 10
until 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday for five weeks,
according to the directors,, Mrs.
Jim Blagg and Mrs. Guy Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Blagg and Mrs. Thomp-
son urged adult workers who
may assist either full time or
part time in giving the swim-
ming lessons to contact them
right away. Any high school age
boys or girls who will help with
the swimming program are urg-
ed to do so, also.
James Sims, operator of the lo-
cal pool this year, will instruct
the advanced swimmers’ group.
New Crosby County Agent Bruce Griffith has now assumed
duties here, coming here from Brownfield. The County Agent
this week distributed five Sears Hampshire Gilts to Crosby
County 4-H Club members.
New County Agent Presents Five
Sears Gilts to County 4-H Roys
hew Crosby County Agent
Bruce Griffith has assumed du-
ties here and. as one of his first
official acts, presented five 4-H
Sears gilts to Crosby County
boys
The five registered Hampshires
were presented to Dennis and
Wayne McHam, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. McHam of Lorenzo,
Roger and Gallen Neitsch, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Melrose Neitscii
of Palls, £md Jimmy Mitchell, soi.
of Mr. ana Mrs. Henry Mitchell
of Crosbyton.
Under the Sears Gilt program,
each boy who received a gilt will
return the pick of the first litter,
which will then be presented to
another 4-H Club member.
County Agent and Mrs. Grif-
fith and their sons, William
Bret, three, and Gregory Bart, 14
montns, hope to move here soon
from Brownfield, as soon as they
can find a house,-
Funeral Rites
Held Friday For
Eantie Gene Cash
Funeral services for Earnie
Gene Cash, 16, were held Friday
afternoon in the Church of Christ
hero with Carl Maples of Broken
Arrow, Okla., officiating. He was
assisted by Bill Bryant, local
minister. Burial was in Crosby-
ton Cemetery under direction of
King Funeral Home.
Cash drowned Wednesday
afternoon while swimming at
Hulah Dam Lake about 30 miles
north of Pawhuska., Okla., where
he and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dee Cash, and a brother, Kelly,
were visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Aterbury.
The two families had gone to
the lake on an outing Wednes-
day afternoon when the mishap
occurred.
Cash, who would have been
a junior student in Crosbyton
High next year, had been elected
to seive as president of the “C"
Club. He had been president of
his ilass for the past two years
and was member of the Student
Council for the past two years.
He was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Football team members and
classmates were seated together
at tne services at which the
many friends and relatives at-
tending overflowed the seating
capacity of the auditorium and
all classrooms of the church.
Survivors are his parents, a
brother, Kelly, Crosbyton, his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. E. D.
Cash of Crosbyton, and his
maternal grandfather, Gene Starr
of Denton.
Pallbearers were Buster Reed,
Bill Marley, Carrol) Dan Robert-
son. Duward Ellison, Terry Elli-
son and Charlie Wheeler.
Three Day Circurama of Acts, Rides.
Bargains. Gowns, Fun Begins Today
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Post Office Retires
Old *Mail's Up* Bird
For Bright New Ones
The Crosbyton Post Office
is retiring from service the
“dirty bird,” as one em-
ployee termed it, that in-
formed residents whether oi
not the mail had been put
up.
The bird is being replacea
by new, brightly water color
buds painted by Mrs. Bill
Higginbotham. The new
birds have different facial
expressions and postures
with the “droopy" bird pro-
claiming, “The Mail Ain’t
Up.” A cheerful crow in red,
white and blue announces
that “The Mail Is Up.” Child-
ren who can’t read can still
know if the mail is up by the
expressions.
Jhe retiring “bird” was
bright and fresh some ten
years ago, but had faded
with use. It was made by
Rhea Campbell for formei
Postmaster Olen Littlefield.
Nearly News
BY
BILL YE
STOCKTON
Crosbyton is not alone in its
situation of selling water to in-
dividual property owners outside
the city limits. Crosbyton City
Council recently passed a resolu-
tion stating that there will be no
more hook-ups to City water or
sewer lines by residents outside
the city limits until City of Cros-
byton is involved In selling wa-
ter from the White River Water
District.
Fort Worth City Council faces
similar toqchy problems. Their
planning commission recently re-
commended that an area along
Highway 81 adjacent to the city
limits be anne^gd. After protests
from some property owners, the
Council declined to annex the
Arca>
Mayor Bayard Friedman, who
favored the annexation, said that
the city should not sell water to
the property owners until they
agree to become part of Fort
Worth. There is already a main
through the affected area and
some council members feel thai
the area should be served with
city water even though it re-
mains outside the city limits and
free of municipal taxes. They
base this on a 1961 policy ex-
pressing Fort Worth’s willingness
to sell water to neighboring com-
munities.
The clincher, however, is that
the city of Fort Worth at present
has 27 individual customers out-
side the city limits, adjacent to
existing water lines, and they are
charged DOUBLE the regular
rates, as provided in the rate or-
dinance.
Watching what Fort Worth
does about individual customers
outside the city limits could be
interesting. The rate they’re
charging the present 27 is also
very interesting.
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Local City Council undoubtedly
will have to raise fates to con-
sumers outside the city limits
when they begin selling White
River District Water. City resi-
dents. paying municipal and
White River District taxes, might
not take too kindly to paying the
same rates as those sharing the
tax burden.
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Ann Fillingim came up with a
cute idea. When Cathy Jung told
her about her new baby brother,
Kevin Reese Jung, Ann gave
Cathy a cigar box full of “bubble
gum cigars” to pass out.
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Asked Dorothy Wright how she
managed in driving down to
Houston to the Federal Land
Bans convention last weekend.
Remembering the intricate maze
of highway overpasses which na-
tives of Houston sometimes call
“The spaghetti bowl” because of
its resemblance to same, I won-
dered how she found her way
through it Dorothy replied, “1
found a Sears truck and followed
it right into the downtown area
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FU Juniors Will
Meet at Lorenzo
to Plan for Camp
All Junior Farmers Union
members from Lorenzo, Ralls,
Crosbyton and Floydada, 14 to
18 years of age, are urged to at-
tend the Junior Farmers Union
meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the
Lorenzo Country Club.
The meeting is for the purpose
of discussing plans for going to
the Farmers Union Junior Camp
in Bailey, Colorado, August 2-8.
The Monday meeting will con-
sist of swimming, recreation and
refreshments. ,
Local teenagers who would
like to attend and do not have
transportation are to meet at 6:30
p.m. Monday at the Pioneer
Memorial Building. Rides to the
Lorenzo meeting will be furnish-
ed.
ATTEND CHURCH CAMP
Junior High Methodist Youth
who are attending church camp
at Ceta Canyon this week are A-
lexa Medlock, Glen Ann Barley,
Mary Beth Criswell and Paula
McNeill.
They were taken to the Metho-
dist camp by Mrs. John Criswell.
Mrs. E. E. Medlock will go aftei
them Friday.
Review Plans To
Close For Vacation
The Crosbyton Review will
be closed the week of July 8-
11, as this appears to be the
only possible way owners
and employees of the news-
paper can get a vacation.
To avoid missing an Is-
sue an abbreviated edition
ot The Review for July 9 will
be printed the previous
week-end, on July 2 and 3.
This issue, probably only
four pages, will not be mail-
ed. however, until the regu-
lar date, July 9.
A number of newspapers
are adopting this method for
vacations since It is almost
impossible to get printers to
fill in during a regular vaca-
tion period. And on a small
newspaper the absence of
one or more regular em-
ployees throws too much
burden on the remainder.
We urge our customers to
check their printing and of-
fice supply needs now to
make sure they will not be
Inconvenienced by this clos-
ing. '
Name Committee
Heads for Lions
Rodeo in August
The Sand Hills Rodeo Com-
pany will furnish stock for the
Crosbyton Lions Club Rodeo sla-
ted August 13-14-15. Red What-
ley of the Sand Hills Company
will be producer tot the show, at
cording to Arles Graham, Lions
Club rodeo general chairman.
A Western Week preceding the
Rodeo is tentatively planned, co-
sponsored by the Lions Club and
the Chamber of ■Commerce. Biliy
Joe Thomas is Town Promotion
committee chairman.
Stanton Brunson and Tillman
Reeves will serve as co-chairmen
of the parade committee.
Grounds committee heads art
J. W. Jackson and Bart Lynch.
Advertising will be under direc-
tion of Chuck Martin and R. H.
Farris, Jr. Bob Work is head of
the finance committee.
Harry Jung will be chairman
of the gate committee and Wood-
row Robertson is head of the pro-
gram committee. Norton Barrett
and Ted Karr head the conces-
sions committee and lighting.
Graham said, “We’re planning
to put on a fine show and have
the benefit of the talent and
know-how of Crosbyton’s
Red Whatley to back up
plans.”
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Begin Plans For
Silver Falls Golf
Club Tournament
The Silver Falls Golf Club
Tournament committee has
made tenative plans for a golf
tournament at the golf course
east of Crosbyton. Date for the
tourney is tentatively set the
weekend of July <L Further de-
tail:; will be annqunccd later.
L E. Treat is Chairman of the
committee and the members arc
R. A. Paschall, Jr. and Ray Allen.
Three days oi “big doings on
the square downtown are in
store for Crosbyton area residents.
Today, Thursday, marks the first
day for the Circurama, which
consists of two free circus per
formances daily downtown on
the square and a “circus” of val-
ues being offered all day' each
day by' local merchants.
The thirty minute” circus per-
formances are free and will be
presented each day at 2:30 and
7 p ni. The performances include
a dog act and an elephant act in
which the youngsters may par-
ticipate.
Clowns will be in town all day
long each day and cages of ani-
mals will be ,on displav without
charge.
Berween circus performances
the children will enjoy the “kid-
dle’ rides, which will include
pony rides, a “bucket of fun,” a
small ferris wheel and an ele
phant pulled “safari.”
Rides will cost 15 cents and
one 10 cent discount ticket per
ride.
Discount tickets may be ob-
tained from the following mer-
chants: Abell Chevrolet, A. C.
Atchison Oil Company, Bra-
shears, Campbell’s Dry Goods,
Citizens Insurance Agency, City
of Crosbyton, Clayton Auto Parts,
Collins Jeyelry, Crosbyton Oil
Company, Crosbyton Review,
Hale and Edwards, Graham-Mc-
Dermett, Hardin Texaco, Hud-
man Hardware,
Dr. Roy Ivy, Joe’s Auto Supply,
Garnet Jones Agency, Jordan’s
Humble Station, Lowrie Drug,
May Motor, Mayes Gas, Model
Cleaners, Modern Foods, Nickson
Pharmacy, W. C. Odom, “82”
Cafe, Reeves “66” Service, Pink-
ston Grocery, Pioneer Natural
Gas, Plains Foods, Ratheal Texa
co, Southwestern Public Service,
Crosbyton Motor Company,
Thompson Cleaners, West 'Texas
Gin Company, White Auto Store,
Work Insurance Agency, Winn’s
Store, House of Ideas, Wallace
Drv Goods, and Williams Dairy
Mart.
RENAL ROSSON
State Representative
160 Carloads of
Wheat Harvested
in Local Area
About 160 carloads of wheat
two been harvested In the Cros
byton area and local grain men
expect the harvest to be almost
completed by this weekend. Ex-
ception might be terraces or low
fields in which moisture has
slowed the harvest.
About 299,800 pounds of barley
have been harvested, also.
Most of the wheat is reported
coming in dry except for some
harvested early in the morning
which sometimes contains more
moisture.
$540 Contributed
So Far to Summer
Youth Fund Drive
A total of $540, one-third of
the goal, has been raised in the
Summer Youth Program fund
drive, with a number of workers
still unreported, according to
Chamber of Commerce Manager
Billy Joe Thomas.
Workers are seeking to raise
$1550 in the fund drive to finance
the summer program this yeai
and 1o pay for construction of
dugouts, water lines and other
essentials for the Little League-
fields
Approximately $120 of the
funds collected were contributed
from the McAdoo community
with some workers in that area
still incomplete.
All workers are urged to com
plete the drive and turn in their
reports now.
Chamber of commerce
Gets 3 New Members
in Membership Drive
Three new members have join-
ed the Crosbyton Chamber oi
Commerce during the membei
ship drive now underway, a<
cording to Billy Joe Thomas, C of
C Manager.
New members arc W. F. Whec
ler, Caprock Chemical and Mos
ley Gulf. ,
Wilton Seigler
Dies in Auto
Mishap Thursday
Funeral rites were read for
James Wilton Seigler, <17, at the
First Baptist Church Saturday by
the Rev. Carl Grissom of An-
drews, assisted by the Rev.
Otis Testerman, pastor. Burial
was in Crosbyton cemetery under
direction of King Funeral Home.
Seigler, longtime Crosbyton
resident, was killed in a one-car
turnover early Thursday near
Saftord, Ariz. Medical reports in
dicated he was dead on arrival
at a Safford hospital.
A veteran of World War II, he
was a native of White Flat. He
had recently moved to Hobbs,
New Mexico.
Seigler is survived by a son,
James Henry of Crosbyton; four
daughters, Mrs. Rat Reams, Mrs.
R. W. Griffin, Jr. Mrs. Jim Heard
and Miss Sandra Seigler, all of
Lubbock; two brothers, Weldon
Seigler, McAdoo. and Alton Seig-
ler, Crosbyton; a sister, Mrs.
Georgia Mae Grace, Yucca Val-
ley, Calif.; and seven grandchild-
ren.
Pallbearers were J. J. Griffin,
John Criswell, Buddy Garner,
Will D. Griffin, Bill’Harrell and
Ruel Griffin.
Burglary Reported
at Cypert Mfg. Co.
at Ralls Junft 13
Crosbyton’s Sheriff’s Depart-
ment has arrested two persons
wanted on separate charges oi
felony theft. A juvenile was ai
rested for Sinton and G. W. Wil-
liams was jailed for Arizona.
The Sheriff’s office is also in
vesligating a break!a reported on
•Line 13 of Cypert Manufacturing*
Company near Ralls in which a
tool box and a large assortment
)f power tools, wrenches and t
lectrical equipment were taken.
The Honorable State Repre-
sentative Renal B. Rosson and
Mrs. Rosson will be here for the
Crosbyton Lions Club installation
of officers and Ladies Night
banquet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the Pioneer Memorial Building.
Rosson will be guest speaker for
the event and serve as installing
officer. Rosson is State Repre-
sentative from the 85th District.
Musical portion of the program
will be presented by Don, Jon
and Lon Sitton, blind triplet
sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sitton.
Jr. of Idalou. The boys will sing
and play the piano. Truett Mayes
is program chairman for the in-
stallation
Otticers to be installed will be
Don Anderson, president; Wood-
row Robertson, first vice-presi-
dent: Lee Suther, second vice-
president; Arles Graham, third
vice-president; John Cherry, Lion
Tamer; Jess Winn, Tail Twister;
Olen Littlefield, secretary-trea-
surer; Harold Eades, and Roy
Farris, Sr., directors; and Truett
Mayes and R. R. Jones, carry-
over directors
Retiring officers are R. H. Far-
ris, Jr. president; Don Anderson,
first vice-president, Joe Farris,
second vice-president; Lee Sut-
her, third vice-president; Axles
Graham, Lion Tamer; E. H.
Flournoy, Tail Twister; Olen Lit-
tlefield, secretary-treasurer; Tru-
ett Mayes, R. R. Jones, Hubert
Curry and Tillman Reeves,„direc-
tors. ■*-»
Representatives to
Attorney-General's
Conference Named
Misses Sylvia Curry and Janie
Hawkes, Crosbyton High School
Seniors, have been selected as
Crosbyton representatives to the
Attorney-General’s Youth Con-
ferer.ee in Austin July 10-11-12.
Members of the Crosbyton
Lion's Club voted Wednesday to
sponsor the girls as representa-
tives to the conference on juve-
nile delinquency. Delegates to
the conference are selected on
the basis of their leadership,
grade average, speaking ability
and other factors.
Those attending the conference
return to their home towns and
present the information they
have gathered to their fellow
students, civic and service clubs.
The conference is based on
causer, and means of combatting
juvenile delinquency.
Miss Curry is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Curry. Miss
Hawkes is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Hawkes.
Calvin Brints was the Crosby-
ton representative to the Confer-
ence last summer.
CADETTE GIRL SCOUTS who served as
aides for Crosby County Day Camp
week planned to spirt last Thursday
night overnight at (toe campsite. They erected
tents, set up their cots and bedrolls, cooked
their supper over campfires and swam at Camp
progr
Rio Blanco. The weather turned stormy, how-
ever, and girls were forced to break camp and
return home about 9 pm. Local girls partici-
pating were, left to right. Glen ten Barley,
Kay Brashear and Brenda Proctor.
Jacky Dewbre
Opens Radio-TV
Service Shop Here
Jacky Dewbre- nas opened
Jacky’.* Radio and IV Service in
:he building on the north side of
he square formerly occupied by
the Chieftain Drug and more re-
cently by the Hobby Shop.
Dewbre, who has been servic-
ing radios and televisions for the
past nine years, is a 1357 grad-
uate of Crosbyton High. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Dewbre.
In addition to ' offering radio
and lelevislon service, Dewbre
has for sale several good, used
television sets and wiil rent tel-
evision sets for hospital use.
Mr. §nd Mrs. Dewbre have
:hreo daughters, Rhonda Kaye,
who will be three in August, and
M'Linda Raye and L’Cinda Gaye,
live months.
Thomas Returns from
C of C Manager’s
Meeting in Dallas
Chamber of Commerce Man-
ager Billy Joe Thomas returned
June 10 from the Texas Chamber
of Commerce Managers Associa-
tion meeting at the Baker Hotel
in Dallas.
Speakers for panel discussions
at the meeting included man
agers from cities of all sizes.
Topics included "How We Made
the Downtown Merchants Re-
joice,” “How We Made the Mem-
bers Love Us,” “How We Located
Industry,” and “How We Revived
Downtown."
Among activities at the meet-
ing was a buffet supper and re-
ceptionIn the Wax Museum of
the Southwest at the state fair-
grounds.
Mrs. Thomas accompained him
as far as Granbury where they
visited relatives before Thomas
went on to the C of C meeting.
Young Evangelist
To Speak at C. A.
Service at Church
The Rev. Joe Bates, young e-
vangelist from Lubbock, will be
guest speaker for the Wednesday
night C. A. service at the assem-
bly of God Church. The service
is scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Juno
24.
The Rev. Guy Burton, pastor,
said everyone is invited to at-
tend.
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Miss Alexa Medlock spent last
week visiting Miss Paula Mc-
Neill at the McNeill Ranch
f.
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