The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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NEWS
By BILLYE STOCKTON.
Linda Brown’s a pretty hard e?
mpl^f to follow, but her younger si!
EBBIE, is dojjig a pretty good
of it. Linda wpfi an All-Tourna-
ment trophy at/McAdoo when she
was a freshman, sar last Saturday
night freshman Debbie Brown’s name
was called As An All-fournamoiit
player. Looira like Lester ftnd Wanda
may have to build a trophy case,
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Certainly surprised a lot of folks
to meet VIRGIL CHRON in town this
week. The Baptist preacher flew in
Monday evening from his home in
Alaska on a business trip and was
downtown with his daughter, Jana. * •*
Tuesday. Said he left wife June home
taking’ care q^djoings for the church
as wives sl^Atila.
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City mdtftlA vou may have noticed,
are getting bigger and fancier and
more complicated by the day, ‘offer-
ing all sorts of things to beat, the com-
petition . . . such as suana baths. No
longer is it enough for the motel to
advertise "TV and phone in room
They have to have swimming pools,
playgrounds, room service, gift shoj
hairdryers and more conveniej
that you have at hbme.
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Mr. and Mrs John Criswell attend-
ed a dealer’s meeting in Dallas last
weekend and came home comment-
ing. “Boy, I’m a country boy and it’s
pretty hard on me to put me imone of
those 500 or 600 room motels where
you have to have a road map to find
your wav to vour room.”
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Remember triat Woild War II ad-
vertisemjps* “Lucky Strike Green has
gone J/rspir7 ? Would someone tell
me jflMMhey meant? I was very im-
prsariwfcith their patriotism, but nev-
er HgtfVed out just what the cigarette
company was doing for the war ef-
fort.
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That a war is in progress naw isn’t
felt much here, but a few are notic-
ing ... for example, it’s hard for Jot ^
Bowles to get in orders on staiijJb»«S
steel.
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I’d almost trade ’em bark those
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565 TEACHERS ... and at least 60(1 carsfor it ap-
peared that way when educators from around Cros-
byton jgCt here last Thursday afternoon for a PESO
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Unit 8 meeting. Demonstrations and lqptu
ncluded in the meeting as well as <U6pla;
teaching materials.
res were
well as displays of new
(Review' Photo)
Candidates May File Now
holes in the paved stj^Sfs/o get that
asphalt off my floosOV/en the fam-
ily misse s a spot of srfuniy asphalt on
the pavement. thejUnt some in the
garago brought in on the car tires, so
eithet way they’ll track it in. On
warm days it gets all gummy nguin,
to the housewives’ delight. There are
First Aid Kits for Carpets, though,
available locally, which will remoye
the stuff from your carpet. Thjtf're
also good for removing almosB any
other type stain or soil.
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The children tell me it’s easier to
tell PAT AND JQK, the Farris twins,
apart now that one has decided he’s
a cat and tltprother has decided to be
a dog ()piy catch is 1 don’t know
which J Yea/ old decided to be w hat.
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Tw4ns Usually turn up with w haK
ever thev catch at the same time, but
RUBY KAY DEW RE couldn’t be so
lucky. They’ve had chicken-pox at the ,
Jacky Dewbre home since Christmas,
due to the fact that Cindy and Mindy
“took turns” on chjFk#n pox (father
than be like mos{Ajft\j/k and have it
together) and tfjsdr shared with their
brother and sisfer^Ruby Kay said
that was the onV thing the twins
hadn’t caught within 24 hours of o#e
another, sort of the exception that
proved the rule.
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ALBERT BUCK sipped the
in a local establishment We
and said. “Th^y make the c
here as if they didn’t have^o
water bill .’ . . very free wi
ter.” '
I think maybe Albert likes his cof
fee stronger than I do, but he has a
subtle way of pointing it out.
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Bond Election Abs
Voting Is Now Underway
Absentee ballot!
derway Mondav
ty Clerk's otlid
000.00 school Wftd Issue.
Approval by the voters of the
sale of $130.000 00 In school
bonds Is needed for a pro-
posed remodeling program
for the Senior High Build
Ing, old Junior High build-
ing and Elementary/ build
Ing.
It has been pointed out
that the present Senior High
building cai\ be remodeled
now. with afvd wiring, new
windows and. heating sys
a And heating
terns, and Also remodeling
done on. the other two build-
ings for approximately this
amount, whereas waiting
several years may mean the
necessity of a complete new
building costing considerab-
ly more.
Absentee voting will end
four days prior to the elect-
ion Feb. 11 in the Pioneer
Memorial building.
School Board Posts
Election of three persons
to serve on the Crosbyton
school board will be held
April 1. Those Interested In
Title 111 Conference
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Attendance Was 565
running for these positions
may file as candidates
through Thursday^ March 2.
Absentee voting in the sch-
ool board election begins
March l^rihd lasts through
March 29 Board members
whos&4ama expire are Don
AndqfhAtyJ. W. Jackson and
Comptort Cornelius.
Those eligible to vote in
either election are’ those who
have ^voter’s Registration
Slips Jbr are 60 or older or
will become 60 this year;
who own taxable property In
Crosbyton Independent/ Sch-
ool District and have’render -
ed this property for taxa-
tion; have lived in Texas 1
year and In Ci«Sby County 6
months; aadron the date of
the eleqtfbn are residents of
Crosbyton Independent Sch-
ool
Dry January
Reminder Of /
Past Years
A Weather Observer Benard
Parker, noting that no rain-
fall was receivejjpy January,
1967, points
show no ra;
celved in
years of
1904, 191:
Total
Crosby Coui
Fletcher Stark
Scott Thornton to the Crosby
County Jail Saturday after
trailing him to Chickasha,
Okla. Thornton, had escap
from the Crosby County
here sometimes after mid-
night Jan. 24. A metal bar
over the inside of the south
window of the jail was saw-
ed in two and bent aside,
apparentl^/'glvlng enough
apace for Whomton to escape
through the window.
Sheriff Stark had alerted^
sheriff's department aheapr
Giv<
To Salvatl
Army Drive /
A total of $719.00 was con-
tributed to the Salvation
tlon Army fund drive here,
reports Pat B^fy, finance
chairman. Any'person wish-
ing to make further contri-
butions mavA contact him,
Norton IJprfm or
May<
Ited that
stll/s61b|F workers w(i£7Mve
noCjtirtumed In thev en
velopes. Officials ask that
these workers turn In the en-
velopes whether they havi
collected contributions
not, since the
needed to completi
cords for the yei
Goal for the
$1,000.00. The amount col-
lected this year la over the
total for last year which was
about $600.00.
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uiai x mu 11 iuii
motels In all tl
is^reported to
edrunder the
of him In trailing Thornton
through Dickens, Spur
Childreaa, and Hollis, Law-
ton and Chickasha, Okla.
Sheriff Stark followed a
trail of bad, checks from
Crosbyton to A Chickasha,
where authorities Stark had
alerted picked Thornton up
at the Holiday Inn where he
ylng. It was reported
trail of checks in-
ed checks to hospitals at
Hollis, Lawton and Chicka-
sha, Okla., and Stark learned
that Thornton had stayed in
In all three towns. He
have register-
name “Glen
Crosby’’.
Sheriff Stark’s success in**
* returning the escapee to the
Crosby County Jally he at-
tributed to “determination
and cooperation . . . with
all officers along the route
cooperating in the effort”
Thornton, 46, la In Crosby
County Jail awaiting trial
on a charge of forgery.
other action this week
r officials charged Betty S.
Alexander with driving
while intoxicated Jan. 30
and fine (Mid coats assesseed
~ Court were $129.65
days in Jail.
Muftis Siogers
la tor tala Lioas
Lionesses Han
ringing group,
the Klesis (Clay-see)
at records
was re-
in the
1901, 1902,
and 1942.
for those
Attendance nt the Title III
Study Conference here last
Thursday surpassed the ex-
pected 547, with more than
565 teachers present ' from
schools in PESO UnR VIII.
This was the largest meet-
.1m
ng, of it$ kind ever held In
years range from 13.27
ches to 27.06 despite the Jai
uary lack of precipitotlon.
Totals for the yearsjinthout
Janary rainfall qiAy 1887,
17.23 inches; 19fl£, 15.40 In-
ches; 1902, 16-VQAAhes. 1904,
/18.90 inches; 20.08 in-
^ ches; 1924, 135trinches; and
1942, 27.06 inches.
Parker's father, Johnrfy
Parker, related the follow-
ing story: "In the year of
1902 we did not receive rain
in. Janary or February and
only .20 in M$*rh and .30
Volley/fiall
Tourney Sat
Hare la M
Crosbyton Vol
Department w:
volleyball toum
March 6-7-9-10*11
and women,
Hardin.
Fire
a
nt here
for men
announces Bob
un. y
Ther/wlll be a $5 en
ofjea
April, but
3.20 lr
L
ches of
‘breal
rainfall in
the drought’.^
January
.Henry Ayers
Rites Held
Here Tuesday
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Iside services for
T. Ayers, pioneer
ton area resident,
teld at 2:30 p. m. Tues-
ln Crosbyton, with the^
Ernest Stewart, First
Baptist Church pastor, offi-
ciating. A [
Ayers Afled at 10:30 Satur-
day In San Antonio after a
lengthy illness. He was 68
^Burial was under direction,
of King Funeral Home. ,
Services were held ln'fAn
Antonio Monday. yW
Ayers had rOalded/on ' the
East Plains, in Cfbebyton
and In Lubbock before mov-
ing to San Antonio.
He is survived by Jtta
wife, Wlnnlei..n son, Junior
Ayers of Lubbock; a daugh-
-ter, Mrs. Dorothy , Orms of,
San Antonio; a brotl\wr
Jamcf SammucL Ayers
»; two alsi
ater of McGre]
Smith of Waco;
and five grandchildren. ......
Pallbearers were Bob Che- jA\-
»m and Ray Franklin or to
Lubbock, Alvle Ratheal,
Crosbyton.
The study conference was
composed of 10 study groups
\xif which an overview of new
things in education was pre-
sented and new equipment
and methods were displayed
and demopstratedj^ After
this first study conference It
Is expected that small study
groups will develop and la-
ter study conferences will go
in depth (isto up dating of
educational/ materials and
Informjnlo,
Unjt VJTI Coordinator Hen-
ry Fortf said, "Officials were
very pleased with the great
turnout for the confer-
ence and amagd at the ef-
ficiency In arrangements by
the Crosbygbn School hosts
for the
Each of the teachers at-
tending the conference had
i t JWeeri furnished, In advance,
, y^a.map of ■ the Ctosbyton
>^school plant with location, of
each study group listad In
order that each rieacher
could arrive and gq/ directly
to the session he or she
planned to attend. Thus the
study sessions could begin
if «_ p, m Tdln f ^ minimum
of wasted time ahd could be
concluded promptly
Ikms To Sead Handicappe
Children To Summer Cam
>A Appllcatiqgi
Junior
%pt.
_ te in
of arrangementp^for
forcnce, weft praised by con-
ference officials Uu the
smoothness of the XSp|rstlon.
Appllcatiqn lor a summer
vacation fgll At fun for
handicappe^,children in the
Crosbytdfc area are now be-
ing accepted by members of
the Crosbyton Lions Club.
This unique Teyfh Lions-
Camp for Cripple# Children
at Kerrvllle will/ open its
first two-weeks session Sun-
day, June 4, 1967. Five ses-
sions wiHJbe held this sum-
mer for^oungsters from 7
through 16 years of age.
The Camp Is free to^ellgl-
bllnd. deaf, mute or
ppled children. Transpor-
tlon to and from the Camp
supplied by the J^oc#
Lions. All requests tor
mer camp are handled,loehl-
ly by Lions.
For more detailed Informa-
tion about the Camp, contact
Truett Mayes of the Crosby-
Cfconge Of A ddress
Oi facial Security
kecks Reg
itfMster He
reciple
hecks tho4yDO 1
correst addlwfi
JFritft the blanks
ton Lions Club, business
phone 5591, residence phone
4131.
In the past years, Lloi
have sent over 9,000 you
sters to Camp.
fee fof^ach team, which
be returned after completion
of the tournament
All interested parties
write Bob Hardin, P. O.
755, Crosbyton, giving
of team an<Lmddre*s
to receive jacket
Hardin said pi
the tournament will be used
by the Fire Department to
pay expenses for restoring
the pld Seagraves, fire truck.
Johnston lias the truck
working order now and
all it lacks, Hardin said, is
>c touch up paint Ex
penses include parts and
bor.
The Seagraves is now
shape for actual uae on
with all parts,
pumps, etc., working.
A Lubfock
terined
Singer* entertained the
Lions and their wives at
ladles Night here Tuesday
V1 night
f Klesis, according to a
spokesman tor the group,
Archie Huckabe, means “God
Called”. y
The group, all members of
the First Baptist jOiurch in
Lubbock, got together at
^ Glorletta, a Baptist Encamp-
ment in New Mexico, and
formed the group there.
The tunes varied from
group singing to solos and
from/Green, Green”, to sa-
tire/6n "Tiptoe Through The
Tulip*”, and a ballad about
a very unusual rooster.
The musical instruments
i consisted of guitars and a
banjo, plus a rather unique
Instrument made, . from a
wash tub. A strong cord con-
nected the center of the bot-
tom of the tub with one end
of a broom handle. The mus-
ician placed the remaining
end of the broom handle on
the riln of the Aub, as it was
turned upside/down, and by
exerting preaure on the
string and drumming the
string gave the same effect
aas fiddle.
About 75 Lions, their wive*
guests attended the
lt ^ ' Jg a bas
tnd la- AJAbout
i°w to* / meeting.
>n iilfyA ^
motors, ing tfl
re next Lions Club meet-
ing upll be next Wednesday
•t noon- . ,
ivesfe
Postmaster Harkins today
urged all recipients of Social
Security checks thMJDO NOT
have the correct address -on
them, fUVarift the blanks on
the back of the envelopes
containing their checks and
TRASH FIRE—Members or
Horace
#>- ^mwga
Gene
Ford said, “Majority of the
acuity members with whom
1
eased with the conference
and are eager for depth
study in some of the fields.”
............. “““ i naan riivc,—xneniuers
return them to the p*L-**^‘ Crobyton Volunteer,Fire
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personnel at the post
office will send the enve-
lopes in and the next checks
should have the correct ad-
dressee
Crobyton Volunteer, Fire Deport-
ment are shown putting a fire un-
der control that broke out Thurs-
day morning behind the buildings
being razed for the construction of
the new p6st offic
Ice on the south
ftllOWCICU OllvVlIOl m MW U1II1-
utes later when some furniture oh
the back of a pickup caught on fire
in Blanco Canyon north of Croeby
ton.
(Review Photo)
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Blessing, Jedd. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1967, newspaper, February 2, 1967; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519584/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.