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Volunteers Ire Needed To Work On
South Wheeler County United Fund
Organizational plans for the lorw . .
South Wheeler County United Fund i T ‘ t0t“' °f *1'488
Citmralgn are progressing nicely drive". ^ 1 U"‘l<,(l ^l‘"d
-At the present time, the main T "
objective is getting people to agree , "IV ^
to work This is always the harSesl! 'fj.? J°T ^ D'"
part of any fund drive," said Harry nionev^in'h^ ,n 8l“mr“*’ ™'
Clay, campaign chairman. ™ney wU1 * administered by Sam
Pakan, coordinator of the local
• It is a process of asking ff they | Civil Defense, and is for the pur-
will work and receiving an tccept- pose of determining Shamrock’s
nnee—or sometimes, a heart, cuss-'needs and capabilities for Civil De-
ing On Just one fund campaign I
would like to have the novel ex-
perience of having someone ASK
to work on It,. I can assure you there
would be no rejections," the chair-
man stated.
Actual solicitation of funds will
begin Monday, October 16 As in
past years, tile drive will begin with
a breakfast for all team captains
and workers. Time and place of the
breakfast will be announced later
Seven organizations and agencies
will sharp in the funds secured this
year They are:
Salvation Army ...... $1700
Girl Scout* sot)
Bed Cross ..A. 1453
Gonzales Warm Springs 303
Shamrock Good Fellows 200
Muscular Dystrophy 200
Shamrock Civil Defense ... 300
Miscellaneous 400
Total ....... $5,350
The original budget approved by
the budget committee specified an
amount of $1,125 for the Red Cross
Since that time howevpr, Hurri-
cane Carla caused millions of dol-
lars damage and left thousands of
people homeless and an addition-
al $331 was added to the Red Cross
Shamrock Pastor
Named Moderator
North Fork Grouo
Rev Meredith E Wyatt, pastor
of the First' Baptist Church of
Shamrock, was elected moderator
of the North Fork Baptist Associa-
tion for the 1931-62 term, at the
4Hth annual meeting of the group
held Thursday of last week at the
Fii-1 Baptist Church in Wheeler.
Other officers elected were: Rev.
Glen Hickey, Wellington, vice mod-
.rator: Rev. Frank Ross Wheeler,
clerk: Harry Wofford. Wheeler
treasurer; Rev. Dan Beltz, McLean,
chairman of evangelism; Rev. Glenn
Hickey, Wellington, [ussoc tat tonal
Sunday 8ch0©l fctuper intcndenc and
Rev Wally Shelton, Allison. . Vsciu
lior.al Training Union director.
Some of the highlights of the
annual meeting included the an-
nual 3ermon, “The Universal
Christ," brought bv Rev Glenn
Hickey. ‘'Christian Education and
Our Statewide Campaign" by Dr.
Lee Hemphill of Abilene, and “The
Dry Rot of Modernism vs. Our Great
Bible Doctrines" by Rev, Neil Jones
ot Vernon
The next Workers Conference will
be held at the First Baptist Church
in Shamrock on Thursday, October
13 The conference will feature a
clinic for all Sunday School work-
ers.
fense The Boy Scouts will conduct
their own fund drive.
Officers and directors of the South
Wheeler County United Fund this
year are: Ernest Henderson, presi-
dent: R L. Roberts, vice president;
Mrs, Neva Neely, secretary; Gerald
Mayfield, Ell Smith, Shirley Draper, j
Mrs. George W. Davis, Glenn Rich- I
erson, Sam Pakan, Mrs. R. W. Ca- j
perton and Jim Itschner, directors
Each year the agencies and fund !
resues ts are considered by the bud- j
get committee of the United Fund,
After this screening, th« budget
committee submits their figures to 1
Hie bjard of directors for accept- :
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TAeSHAMROCX
TEXAN
VOLUME 58
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1961
NUMBER 25
Four New Car Models On Display This Week-End K"?Smen
From White Deer
Jim Moore Named Chairman
0! Boy Scout Fund Drive
Jim Moore, manager of the J. C.
Penney Company, was named com-
munity campaign chairman to dir-
ect the Boy Scouts of America fund
drive in Shamrock and South
Wheeler County, Dr. E. Byron
Range, Jr. and Tom Deck, local
members of Adobe Walls Council
Executive Board, announced today.
Other key members of the fund
dtlve organization already named
are J. C McClesky, general solici-
tations chairman; Glenn Clifton,
prospects chairman; and Tom Deck,
publicity and arrangements chair-
man; Robert Laycock, audit chair-
man.
"Sitecial Gifts chairman will be
named at a later date," Mr Moore
stated,
The drive will begin with a kick-
off breakfast at 7 o'clock on Oc-
tober 17, and campaign officials
hope that it will be possible to com-
plete solicitations by the evening
of the 18th.
The Boy Scouts, which has been
one of the South Wheeler County
J1A1 MOORE
United Fund agencies in the pas.,
will conduct its own finance drive
'Continued on Pane 8, Sec li
Shamrock Bowlers Win Top Honors
In Tournament At Tucumcari, N. M.
A Shamrock bowling teum brought
back a lion’s share of trophies and
cash awards presented last week-end
at the close of the Tucumcari
Bowling Tournament.
The tourny, held at the Thu net or-
bird Lanes in Tucumcari, N. M .
doubles, receiving $100 in cash and
first place trophy. They posted a
1,351 hadicap total. Stone won
■second In singles with 699 and Cox
third with 694 First place in singles
was won with a 700 total. Stone’s
second place award will be 20 per
Chevrolet
Chevrolet's passenger car line-up
lot 1962 features extensive restayllng
and motor mechanical changes tor
Us standard models plus a new
complete line of smaller cars to be
known as Chevy II,
This will bring the company's
1902 passenger car line - up to 32
models highest in its history —
available In the Corvalr. Corvette,
Chevy II and standard Chevrolet
lines. The new Chevrolet will be
displayed at Blakemore Chevrolet
Company, 400 N Main Street, be-
ginning Friday. September 29 Blake
and Jim Blakemore. agency owners,
announced today,
Tbe pew Chevy II is larger than [
the Covair but smaller (hu.i Chev-
iot t.'s regular car Station wagons,
f hardtop sport coupe end a con-
vettible are included among nine
models In tlv new line which
emphasizes Simplicity In styling
and maximum functionalism in
'Continued on Pare 8, Sec 1)
Irishmen Make It
3 In A Row With
Win Over Wheeler
By NORBFKT SCHLEGEI,
G. C Baker. 160-pound Wheeler
I Mustang back took the opening
j kick-oif by the Shamrock Irishmen
last Friday night at El Paso Stad-
! ium untl returned it 85 yards to
"core the first six points in the
I traditional game between the wo
I Wheeler County teams.
i Conch David Kelley’s lads quirk-
) ly recovered from the shoes, how-
j ever, scoring eight touchdowns and
making 10 extra points to post a
final score of 58-6
Ford . . .
Featuring a crisp, fresh approach
to Ford’s classic straight-line styl-
ing, the 1962 Ford Oalaxle Incorpo-
rates major engineering advance-
ments that reduce recommended
owner maintenance to a convenelnt
"twlce-a-year" level,
Dodge . . .
Dodge today unveiled a drama-
tically redesigned 1902 Dnr; which,
according to company officials,
provides "a real combination of,
not Just a choice between, action
and economy.”
The popuiar-priced Dart features
Ford Oalaxle is being offered In
12 models in two series. The Galaxir
, , , „ new, classical, functional styling
For the first time, the^popular and ,m imprel>sive series of engl-
I neering advances.
The car went on display at Deklc
and the new Oalaxie ".500" series. • M Compnny. 2n west Highway
The 1962 Galaxte is the first
regular production vbhfale In
automotive history to hnve a factory
recommended 6.000-mtle service
interval.
Le A Tacocca, Ford Motor Com-
pany vice president and general
manager of the Ford Division, said
that in addition to the many self-
Motor Company, 211
06 today (Thursday).
Jack Dekle, agency owner, said
the newly designed Dart is "all
muscle."
"There
this car,” Mr. Dekle said "All of
it has been engineered out by tak-
ing advantage of new materials
Pontiac Tempest . . .
Following a highly successful
fiist year In the automobile market
the 1962 Pontiac Tempest series
will now be offered In five popular
priced models with the addition of
a (invertible coupe,” tt. was an-
nounced by Jack Gibson, owrnr of
Jack Gibson Pontiac, 105 W. Hlgh-
i way 66.
"The new Tempest Is now on
l display at Jack Gibson Pontiac,”
he said.
| Featuring many engineering Im-
provements that contribute greatly
to driving pleasure, the HM2 Tem-
pest models have an entirely new
no useless weight In r#ditt‘or ”rlllp rear end styling.
new interior styling, smoother and
quieter perfoimance and greater
riding somfort." Mr, Gibson said.
maintenance features Introduced j and new design techniques.”
on the Galaxle last year, the 1962
Galaxies will offer:
-30,000 mile lubrication for wheel
bearings.
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. It
As a result, the 1962 Dart is
slightly shorter and lighter titan
the 1161 models, but both headroom
and legroam dimensions have been
'Continued on Page 8. Sec li
Fund Drive For Hurricane Carla
Victims Is $213 Short Of Quota
Introduced less than a year ago
the Tempest became an Immediate
success and was universally recog-
nized as the outstanding engineer-
ing achievement of the year. Origi-
nally the series consisted of a four-
door "edan and a four-door Safari
| station wagon Pontiac's new line
of family-size cars now includes
&■> well as a smartly styled con*
(vertible a two-door coupe and a
tw.i-door sports coupe.
Shamrock Chnpler of tbe Red
Cross is $213 50 short of its share
of the emergency quota needed to
aid the victims of Hurricane Carla.
Snm Pakan, chapter chairman,
said earlier this week that contri-
butions totaled $11750. The quota
assigned to the local chapter Is
S331 OO
Shamrock Rotary Club donated
$5000 to the fund Other clubs and
organizations are invited to make
contributions of tome size.
"The appeal Is Issued to persons
j in all income brackets," Pak-
an said “Small contributions
will be helpful. We want the people
lo know that all donations — re-
gardless of how small or how large j Thp lM, Tm rptains lu
- W|H bp appreciated," the chair- ; wlclply acdalnwd {ront engllie.rfar
men declared ! transmission power train nrrange-
Donations can l» sent, or taken, j ment xhe heavy duly (0ur.cyilllctei.
to Mrs Mary Pace chapter treasurer, (,IUi|,1(,g nulge from up t0 igg horse -
at Draper’s Jewelry, or to Mr, I----------... ....
Pakan. at Shamrock Auto Supply.
The emergency quota has been
Included in (he United Fund drive
winch will open next week Persons
making donations now will be given
ciedit by the United Fund.
power wttli a chuice of either auto-
matic or synchromesh
slons Also available is
V-8 aluminum engine rated at 185
horsepower
The Fighting Irish of Shamrock
will host the White Deer Bucks at
El Paso Stadium. Game time Is 8
pm.
The Bucks, coached by Colie Huff. ,
man, Wayne Tipton. Roy Simmons
and Kenneth Frlemel, have a reo-
ord of three victories and one tie,
and are ranked as the fifth team
In the state class A ratings.
They will invade the territory of
the Irish fresh from a conquest of
the McLean Tigers by a score of
21-6. McLean had previously de-
feated Shamrock, 28-22,
Other mutual opponents were:
White Deer 19, Canadian 0 Sham-
rock 24, Canadian 0.
While Deer 6. Lefors 8. Shamrock
6. Lefors 0.
On paper, the teams appear to be
'Continued on Page 8. Sec ]i
Six Locations
Staked In Area
continued for three week-ends and cent of the entry fee, which had
was participated in by 28 teams
Local bowlers were there only for
the final week-end of play. Sep-
tember 23 and 24.
Shamrock bowlers placed In the
teams event with a thrae-game
not been figured earlier his week
Cox placed first in the all-events
competition, which was figured
without handicap. He posted a
nine-game total of 1 805 for an
handicap total of 3,137. Prizes were i avpra(,p of 30(1 Pllls His award W‘U
$250 in cash and first place trophy : be 40 Ppr PPntJ°f the_™try fpp
A team from Dalhart won second •
Rites Today For
Amarillo To Host
Oklahoma-Texas
Singers Oct. 7-8
Five local delegates have been
named to the 31st annual Okla-
homa-Texas Gospel Singing Con-
vention to be held at the Amarillo
High School building, 1210 Polk
Street, Saturday and Sunday, Octo-
ber 7 and 8
Elmo J Hudgins of Pampa, presi-
dent. of the two-state association,
will serve as master of ceremonies,
assisted by H. C Nelson of Vernon
and Andy Lynch of Rocky, Ok la
There will be no admission charge
The public is invited to attend
and participate or listen.
The convention will attract sing-
ers from all parts of the nation.
Some 3,500 to 4 500 singers are
expected to be on hand to partici-
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Brother Local
Resident Dies
Willie Orem. 61. of Rising Star,
brother of Mrs. J. P, Hall of thri
cifv. died Friday, September 22,
following an illness of to months!
Funera’ services were held Sun-
day at the First Baptist Church ir.
Rising Star and burial was in the
Rising Star Cemetery.
Survivors are: his wife of Rising
Star, two daughters, Mrs Sidney
Rosette of California and Mrs Eddi ’
Tomchark of Amarillo; two sons
Marvin Green of Stamford and
Orville Green of Odessa; five grand-
children; three sisters, Mrs. j. p
Hall of Shamrock. Mrs Roy Kirk-
land of Colorado City and Mrs j
p Kirkland of Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall attended the
funeral service*.
place with 3,052.
Members of t,he Shamrock team
are; Kenneth Harris, Ponca Whole-
sale route salesman; Ralph Stone,
rook at El Rancho Nuevo Restaur-
ant: Jim Hensley, manager of
Wrangler Restaurant; John Cox.
Jr, employee of Shamrock Bowl;
and Norbert Schlegel. local fanner,
Harris, Cox and Schelegel bowl for
Aubrey’s Dairy Freeze. Stone and
I Hensley are members of the El
Rancho team.
Stone and Cox won first place in
(Continued on Page 8. Sec 1>
AO Attend P-TA
Meet At Norwood
Snmnorwood Parent-Teacher As-
| "Delation met for an interesting
i program Monday evening. Septem-
! her 25. at the Samnorwood School.
Mrs. Edgar Wlschkaetnper. Jr.,
president, presided at the meeting,
A panel discussion on "Teen
Town" opened the program. Mrs.
J M Morgan s»rved as modera-
tor Taking part on the panel were:
Supt Orville Cunningham, repre-
senting the school; Rev. J B North,
representing the ministry; Don Van
Pelt, representing the teachers;
Janice Roundtree and Pete Smith,
student representatives, and Mrs.
j L, Alexander and A. F. Wisch-
kaemper, represented the parents.
Students ol the first and second
grades entertained the group with
Indian dances, under the direction
of Mrs. Velma Heitt.
Connie Knoll and Debra Deger
plnved piano selections.
Mrs. Marvin Knoll and Mrs. Don-
zil Deger were room representa-
tives and worked in cooperation
with room mothers who served re-
freshments to the group
Approximately 60 patrons and
students attended the meeting.
TEMPERATURE
Bv DICK WEST
Chemist. United Carbon Co.
Mrs. Jim Howell
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim
Howell, 53. of 806 North Arkansas
SIreet., were held at 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon (Thursday) in the First
Baptist Church of Shamrock, with
Minister J Loyd Rice of Twitty
Church of Christ, officiating, as-
sisted by Rev Meredith E Wyatt,
local Baptist pastor
Mrs. Howell died at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in Shamrock
General Hospital. She had been in
ill health for the past 15 years and
her condition had grown worse
during the past year.
Serving as pal'bearers were: Mel-
vin Hill. Jerry Allen, Billy Pike,
James Pike, Bill Satterfield and
Roscoe Miller.
Interment was in Shamrock
Cemetery with Richerson Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements
Mrs Nellie May Howell was bom
January 8, 1908, In Little Rock, Ark.
She came to Shamrock in 1923, and
later in the same year moved to
Tacoma, Wash. Ten years later,
she returned to Shamrock and on
November 9, 1934, was married to
Jim Howell of this city. She had
resided here since.
Surviving are: her husband of
the home; six daughters, Mrs Gar-
land Johnson of Pampa, Mrs Wayne
Yeager of Waco, Mrs. Arlon Kidd
of Shamrock. Mrs, Marvin Wright
of Memphis, Linda and Minnie
Sharron Howell, both of the home;
four sons, Buddy, Billy Ray and
Jackie Lee Howell, all of the home,
The Irishmen scored three of their |
■ counters jid mu te four extra points
in the first half for score of 22-6
| at intermission time Quarterback j
Larry Reeves passed 11 yard." to,
End Tommy Scrivner for 'he first
tally, and Pullback Bill McBryde j
went up the middle for the two- !
; pointer.
It was Reeves to Halfback Oray i
Benson for 15 yards for the sec-
ond touchdown, with Benson go-
j ing over right guard for the extra
• two points.
It was still another p,vs, Ron-
nie Rainey to Bill Billingsley for
16 yards, that scored tile tlvrd
touchdown, McBryde failed In the
attempt for the two-pointer.
Five Irish touchdowns and six
extra points were scored in the
second half McBryde powered his
way ove- from the one-yard line
early In the second stanza, and
Reeves recovered Jerry Campbell’s
fumble aad made it good for the
extra two points.
It was McBryde again a few
plays late- as he went 21 yards up
the midrib for pav dirt Reeves
pass attempt for the
Free Information
Now Available On
Fallout Shelters
Government booklets giving spec-
ifications for constructing fallout
shelters are available here, says Sam
Pakan, co-ordinator of the Sham-
rock Unit of the Civil Defense,
Pakan has received 50 of the
booklets, and they may be obtained
by interested persons, free of charge
at Shamrock Auto Supply.
Persons planning fallout shelters
should follow government speclfi- ■
cations In some areas, "fly by night" J
contractors are attempting to sell
citizens on building shelters which
do not meet safety requirements I
specified by the government
"This is one thing in which false
economy certainly would not be \
wise." said the Civil Defense co-
ordinator.
At least a few local residents are
It Is two weeks since Hurricane
! Carla brought devastation to the
Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast,
tnd the Red Cross disaster relief
i operations have changed from pro-
; t iding shelter for people who fled
their homes in the largest evacua-
: (Lai In tl\f history Of the United
States to the long-range task of
helping Carta’s victims return to
| normal living
Red Cross surveys show 66.371
j families suffered losses as a result
of the hurricane.
All up and down the Gulf Coast,
and inland cities affected by the
hurricane, thousands of families
have returned to homes they left
(Continued on Page 7, Sec. 1)
, -wg- f
m
Six locations —- five in Wheeler
County and one In Collingsworth
County — made up the state-line
urea filings last week with the
Pumps office of the Texas Rail-
road Commission.
Locations I' heeler County
Rov Barker — No 3 H. L. Hi e —
transmis-j J30 fee( from the SOuih line and
an optional j 33,, jrorn 1w,,sj ijn<, 0f s«<..
lion 55, block 13. H&GN Survey —
7 m'les east, of Shamrock — pro-
posed depth 2.2aO feet.
El Paso Natural Oa.s Co No. 2
Dekle _ 660 feet from the south
line and 2.265 feet from the west,
line of section 59, block 17, H*ON
Survey — 2 miles east of Sham-
rork proposed depth 2,150 feet.
El Paso Natural Gas Co. — No 1-A
Martin *• 2.310 feet from the north
line and 330 feet from the cas.
line of section 59 block 17. HA-ON
Survey 3 miles northeast of
Shamrock — jjroposed depth 2.000
feet
Sprudllng Drilling Co.. Inc. —
No. 1 Brndshaw — 3SO feet from
the north line and 330 feet from
the east line of section 34, block
13. HAON Survey — 7 miles east
of Shamrock — proposed d»pth
%
(Continued on Page 7. Sec 1)
two-pointer considering building fallout shel-1 pastor of
tors. Anyone Interested is Invited
1 to pick up one of the booklets.
7™
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■Continued on Pave 8. Sec. 1)
Date
Hlirh
Low
September 20
90
56
September 21
95
63
September 22
94
76
(Trace of moisture)
September 23
97
54
September 24
70
45
September 25
72
53
September 26
•2
84
Three More College
Students Are Listed
The names of at least three per-
| sons were overlooked by The Texan
last week in listing students from
here now enrolled in colleges
Sue Ann Benson is a student at
Texas Women’s University a'
Denton; Dennis Pasley and
j Glenn Neuhaus are attending Fort
Wort It School of Electronics at Fort
Worth
This brings the iota! to 79 stu-
dents from Shamrock attending 36
different colleges and universities
In eight states.
—Texan Staff Photo
SHAMROCK’S VOLUNTEER FIREMEN USE FOG . . .
to pul out an oil pit fire. This action was part of a two-
hour Tuesday night practice session which also included
butane, automobile and rubber fires. The practice dir-
ected bv Hose Captains Don Carlton and Hud IiOwe,
was designed to familiarize fire fighting personnel with
various h-pes of fires and the best methods of exting-
uishing them. Thf firemen used steady streams, fog,
and chemicals. In the picture can be seen Dwayne Ha-
ger, Chauncie Clay, Lloyd Braxton. Buster Frnilev and
Henry Darling.
Services Held For
Former Resident
Funeral service* for Jeff Davis
Harrison, 69. of Clarendon, former
long-time resident of this city .were
conducted at 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon in Richerson Chapel
Mr Harrison died of a heart at-
tack at 11 o'clock Monday morning
while en route to the Clarendon hos-
pital.
Elder M L. Dobson of Erick. Okla .
the Advent Christian
Church of Shamrock, was in charge
I of last rites
Pallbearers were Judge Lewis M
: Goodrich and Jack Lisle, both of
Shamrock; A H Moore. Flave Hod-
• ge and Walter W Taylor, all of
/Clarendon, and Buck Young of
Amarillo.
Richerson Funeral Home was In
j charge of interment in Shamrock
; Cemetery
Mr. Harrison was born March 19,
1892. in Dallas County. He lived in
j Shamrock from 1916 to 1936. when
he moved to Hedley In 1940, he
moved to Amarillo, where lie lived
until taking up residence in Clar-
endon three years ago.
He was a member of the Second
Advent Christian Church
Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Betty
Harrison of the home, 314 South
Capehart; three daughters, Mrs.
Fred Pierce of Salem. Ore . Mrs.
Travis Bland and Mrs. Edgar Roach
of Amarillo; two sons, Herbert H
Harrison of Amarillo and Billy Bob
Harrison of Apple Valley, Calif ;
three sisters, Mrs. Oeorge Grooms
of Shamrock, Mrs. Emma Ponds of
Amarillo and Mrs Louelia McPher-
son of Rogers, Ark ; 16 grandohil-
dren and five great-grandchildren.
REV. ASHLEY LOVETT
Revival Meeting
Slated At First
Christian Church
A series of 10 sermons on the
subject of "Love" will be delivered
by Rev. Ashley Lovett, pastor of
the First Christian Church, during
a week of revival preaching, Octo-
ber 1-8
Services will be held at 7 30 o'clock
each evening and 11 o’clock Sunday
mornings. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Beginning Sunday. October 1 the
morning sermon subject will b"
"If I Have Not Love,” and the
evening topic will be "Patience and
Kindness."
Subjects during the week will be
entitled:
Monday. “The Green Sickness;"
Tuesday, "The Self-Centered Spir-
it;" Wednesday, "Rejoice and
Weep;" Thursday, "Burdens of
Life;" Friday, "Faith in Others;"
Saturday, "Hope of Love,' Sunday
morning, October 8, "Endurance;'
and Sunday evening, "Love Eternal "
Gasoline Refund
Deadline Nears
'Continued on Page 8. See l>
Shamrock Men
At 66 Meetinq
A five-man delegation is repre-
senting Shamrock at the Nation'll
j Convention 0/ U i> Highway 6t;
Association being held at. Flagstaff.
Arizona. >
Attending the convention, which
opened Wednesday and will close
with a banqupt at 7 o'clock thl -
evening are: Tom Harrison, newly
elected president of the State Uni*
of Highway 36 Association, Buster
Mosteller, R C. Lewis, Ford New-
kirk and Chamber of Commerce
Malinger Bob Douglas.
Among the featured speakers a
the annual meeting are Paul Fan-
nin Onverno, of A.l.-ma, and Will
Rogers, Jr., humorist and star of
motion pictures and television.
Attending the meeting are rep-
resentatives from cities along "The
Main Street of America” from:
Mis ouri, Oklahoma. Texas. Ari-
zona, California and New Mexico.
Saturday, September 30. is the
deadline for farmers to file appli-
cat.’ona for refunds of the four
cents per gallon federal tax paid
on gasoline which has been used in
their farming operations.
The refund, which is applied for
through the director of internal
revenue, covers the period July 1,
1900 through June 30. 1961.
Rainbow Open Installation will be County Agent Bryan Swaini said
held Monday evening, October 2,: records of fuel purchases should
at the Masonic Hall when Miss j be kept, to verify the request for re-
Charlotte Harbour will be Installed j fund
as Worthy Advisor of Order- of | He also stated that farmers who
Rainbow For Oirls. Shamrock As- j have not received a form on which
Rainbow Girls To
Install Officers
sernbly 109, State of Texas.
The public is cordially invited
to attend
to request, the refund, or misplaced ;
the form can secure one from his 1
office in Wheeler.
Winner Of The
SILVER HARVEST
Treasure Chest
Last Saturday
HELDA F.
WALKER
411 S. Wall
Shamrock, Texas
YOU
MAY BE NEXT!
BE ON HAND FOR THE
SILVER HARVEST
AWARD
SATURDAY
SEPT. 30 —SHAMROCK
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1961, newspaper, September 28, 1961; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529553/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.