The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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11 Stales Represented:
392 £x-Studen!s And Formei Teachers
Stage Gala Reunion In Old Home Town
The seventh biennial Homecom-
ing of ex-students and former
teachers of shamrock Public Schools
held here Friday and Saturday
drew a registration of 392.
It is estimated that wives, hus-
bands and children of the "exes"
swelled the crowd of visitors to the
third with five, There were four proximately 2,000 miles by train to
"exes" here from California, three renew acquaintances with her
from Missouri, two each from Ari- former classmatis and other friends,
zona and Washington, and one Mrs. Carter, sister of Chester Beas-
each from Louisiana, Michigan and ley of this city, is now the mother
Nevada. of five children. It was her first
One hundred and ten registered visit In Shamrock in 20 years,
from Texas cities and towns, other Mrs, Nina N. Qorak, the former
SHAMROCK
TEXAN
predicted 1,000. than Shamrock. Miss Nina Ledgerwood, class of 1932,
Represented at the two-day Re- Honored for traveling the great- !|ew in from her home In Oakland,
union were 11 states, including est distance to attend the Home- Mich K. P. Schoonover, Jr. class of
Texas. coming was Mrs. Dorothy Beasley W38, made a last minute decision
Oklahoma led in the out-of-state Carter of Port Orchard, Washing- t0 attend the Reunion and flew
registration with 12. Kansas se- ton. The former Miss Dorothy here from his home in Brawlej,
cond with six, and New Mexico was Beasley, class of 1942 traveled ap- California. It was the first time
- -———---------, —---either had attended a Homecoming
here.
Miss Jakie Clide, class of 1934,
flew In from Shreveport, La. ar-
700 Persons Attend
Homecoming Banquet
YOU MK (i2
SHAMROCK. WHEELER COl'NTV, TEXAS, 70070 THCRSDAY, JI NK
17. 1005
NUMBER 11
Oil-Gas Field J
lerrv Hrnciar Wins Chamninnshin
Oil Pipeline
Activity Brisk
'mu t j in iiviai vviiit# viiiisiiifivllOllip
Will Be
Laid
In Local Area (j
If Invitational Golf Tournament
To Local
1 Reid
Making us state-Une area filings
last week with the Pampa office
,, , °f the Texas Railroad Commission - -........... ..... ... u.
v n~ Jls 1 ‘lss pal |l“vuu was one location, two applications medal play to win tile champion-
ending at. the Armory on Friday
Jeny Hrnciar of Shamrock fired
a one under-par 215 in 54 holes of
evening. It was the first Homecom-
ing Miss Cude had attended since
tlie first one in 1954.
The first classes held in Sham-
Some 700 persons gathered at. the rations at 112 North Main Street; rock, 1902 and 1903, were repre-
Natlonal Guard Armory on S.itur- second place went to Sanders Men's sented by Mrs. Ola Gragg Wall of
diy at 5:00 pin, for the banquet, store and third place to Louise's Wellington, and Mrs, Leanna Jones
business session, talent show and Flowers.
free barbecue for all Shamrock ex- President-elect, Bi b Roach, Jr.,
students and their families who was presented. He expressed appre-
were In Shamrock for the Seventh elation in behalf of the Associa-
Homecoming. tion, to Harry Wofford for his gen-
Harry Wofford of Wheeler, pres- erous check toward the barbecue,
ident, presided. to Ben Skidmore, Virginia Clay,
The invocation was given by Di. Ramah Hollabaugh and students
who assisted with the registration.
Mrs. Bernice Stevens Hall of
Ray L. Zetgler.
Mayor Seibert Woricy gave the
welcome address.
Dinner music was provided by
Mac Yarborough at the piano,
Robert Meisch, base viol, and Jim
Coffman, guitar.
The business session was con-
ducted by President Wofford, when
officers for 1966-67 were elected.
Wofford expressed apreciation for
the fine cooperation lie had received
during IPs term of office, and also
also expressed thanks to The Sham-
rock Texan, Johnson Radio and TV,
Community TV, business men of
Shamrock, Louise's Flowers. Edith
Hardy Restaurant, National Guard,
Harry Clay, Mrs. Violet Cantreil,
Mis. Virginia Clay and all com-
mittee chairmen, and to John Hor-
an for his fine foil of preparing
the barbecue
Mrs. Helen Linkey conducted
the Memorial Service and intro-
duced Holmes Brannon, who gave
;> dramatic porn in memory of
do'' . members. •
Cash awards were presented to
Dorothy Beasley Carter, of Port
Orchard, Wash., class of 1942, who
came the greatest distance; Mrs.
Ola Gragg Wall, who was a student
in Shamrock Schools in 1902; A. C.
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
BOB ROACH, JK.
(Continued on Page 8. See. 1)
Farmers Warned
To Be On Alert
For Grasshoppers
Bv CHARLES I). JACKSON
County Agent
Grasshoppers are beginning to
appear in Wheeler County, accord-
ing to recent reports. Heavy infesta-
tion has been repotted In the Lola
and Kelton areas.
Grasshoppers can become serious
pests of rangeland as well as culti-
vated crops.
Grasshopper control should start
when hoppers become noticeable.
Determine the location ot threaten-
ing infestations of young grasshop-
pers in relation to the location of
cropland. Look for signs of tn-
lestation along roadsides, canal
banks, In idle land bordering cul-
tivated fields and in the fields
themselves
Grasshoppers that
crops usually hatch in
to re-enter old wells and two com-
pletions.
One application was made to drill
a salt water disposal well and two
wells were plugged.
Investment Oil Company, Inc. of
Wichita Falls announced plans to
re-rnter No t ivy e Duncan and
deepen it to 8,008 feet to test the
Granite Wash, Douglas and
Missouri. The re-entry is a deep-
ening project of the Cree Drilling
Company-No, 1 Duncan which was
plugged and abandoned at a total
depth of 4,300 feet in the Brown
Dolomite on April 22, 1956. The
ship of the Shamrock Invitational
Goll Tournament held at the Coun-
try Club couise here last week-end.
Hrnciar, former member of the
8h, nirock High School golf team
and now a member of the Texas
Tech team, had a one-under-par
107 in Sunday’s 27-hole round to go
with his even par 108 Saturday.
Hack Cogburn of Amarillo, took
the runner-up honors in the
championship flight witli a 219
total Hereford's Don Kaplan came
in third with 221; Marvin Dick. Jr.
of Amarillo posted a 225 for fourth
pine, and tying tor fifth place
well is approximately three miles with scores of 226 were Buddv
•south of the Mobeetle area and Hamilton and Ken Hicks, both of
five miles north of the Panhandle Amarillo.
Field. 1 he operator plans to begin Hrnciar and Hicks tied for medal-
operations in about two weeks. 1st honors pn Friday, each shoot-
In Collingsworth County, Concho tug an even par 72. Hicks is golf
Development Company of Pampa coach at Amarillo's Ta.seo.su High
plans to re-enter the Humble-No. school.
1 Scruggs and deepen to 6,100 feet. This year's tournament was dedi-
The old total depth is 5,988 feet, cated to the memory ot Clayton
(Continued on Page 8, Src. D
Red Cross Asks
Donations For
Tornado Victims
Bob Roach, Jr.
New President
Of Ex-Students
Shamrock Red Cross
along with other chapters in the
d Tun* f0W Panhandle a,ld South Plains, is ap-
i field mai- for contributions to aid
gins Early treatment of such areas the lornado vi<.Ums 0, Hale Center
before the young hoppers move
from their hatching ground will
Sanders, long-time membei and
former president of Shamrock
Country Club, who died recently of
a heart attack.
A perpetual trophy has been
given to the Country Club by Mrs.
Sanders and son, Gene, and daugh-
ter, Mi Pat Seward The trophy
will remain in the club house
here, and each year the name of the
tournament champion will be en-
Chapter, graved upon it.
Jerry Angelcy served as tourna-
ment director.
JERKY llltNCI VR
Preliminary steps are under-
way to lay a pipeline to trans-
purl nude oil out of the rapid-
ly developing field east of
Shamrock.
Coates Field Service, Inc.,
Oklahoma City, established an
ofiit e in Shamrock Iasi week-
end and began buying right-
nt way for Tulsa Crude Oil
I'tu chasing Company, which
will lie the owner and operator
ot (hr pipeline. Both companies
are olfieing at 1100 North
Missouri Stieet.
The Texan was unable to contact
officials of either company author-
ized tn make announcement of the
project.
It is believed the line will origi-
nate in northeastern Collingsworth
County and extend in a north-
westerly direction to the Keller-
vtlle urea, a distance of approxi-
mately 40 miles Size of the line
could not be learned.
Oil has been transported out or
the field east of Shamrock In tank
trucks since tlie field was discov-
eied more than 00 years ago. Most
of it has been hauled by Tulsa
Crude Oil Purchasing Company
during the past few years.
With the recent drilling of many
add/ioual wells, production has
tie rea a d sufficiently to make a
pipeline feasible.
Pipeline facilities will decrease
the cost of transportation which
will mean an increase in revenue
for producers nnd royalty owners.
“It is now known that the tor-
greatly reduce the amount of acre-
age that might otherwise need to
be treated.
Grashoppers can be controlled by
applying insecticides in the form
flight. R. If Barnett, Jal. N. M , Scores of the top oilers In the
Flight winners, other Ilian (lie fifth flight; Bob Henderson, Winei- championship flight were:
championship, were; Ray Davis, er, sixth flight; Gene Sniders, Hrnciar 35-37-36-35-37-35 _ 215
, , , , „ Berger, tost lllght: Bobby Scott, Dallas, seventh flight Robert r(1„hurn •u;-'t4-'trl-96-'is-4n _ ~>iu
uado which hit Hale Center result-^Auairtno. second flight; Rev Hart- Whittaker, Amarillo, eighth tlmlit, K' 37.3K 37 37.36-36 22l'
flight; and Steve Fuller, McLean, ninth _______ ... ...........
........- ...................... fourth flight (Continued on Page 8, Sec. D
ized, and 175 families suffered loss ________________
1 Inches
" i
(d in lour deaths. Thirty-seven Tnan Savre, 0k)a.. mird
persons were injured and ho.spll.il- Monte Rrtach, Ama„llo.
The home of 66 of these families
were completely destroyed and 35
ot sprays, baits or dusts. Sprays hom,,s had n|lljor danlage,"
,, , , , Bob Roach, Jr., class of 1939, was give higher initial kills tha 1 dusts , ,, Q , . "' ,
Brown, first place for window deco- elected presjdent of shamrock ......- - ....----- -------- !>’ud Sam Pllkan' chairman of (he
Students Association at a bushu" ^Htme^pJaySi Cr^" Ch^pTer
meeting held Saturday evening replaced baits; however, baits may
during the 1965 Homecoming. still be used to control grasshop-
Eiectcd to serve a two year term, pers in situations where spray or
Roach replaces H irry Wofford of leaf surfaces are not sufficient to
Wheeler, class of 1919. who headed prevent grasshopper migration from
Elijah Levi Bumpers, 87 a res!- thf/ association of “exes" during nearby untreated vegetation. An
dent of Shamrock for 37 years, dud 19(34 and 1965- example of such a situation would
Roach had served two terms as be a fall-seeded grain when the
Rifes Conducted
For Levi Bumpers
nt 12:30 p.m. Monday in Shamrock
A number of chapters immediate-
ly made available their resources
for help Some have voluntarily
sent financial contributions.
Local residents who would like
to send contributions for the rebel
of victims of this tornado should
mail t.'iem to: Mrs. Mary Pace,
Chapter Secretary, % Draper's
General Hospital, where he had n,st vice President, and has been plants are only a few inches high J(,wt.lry shamrock,
been a patient since April 27. artive *n various committeemen as-
Funeral services for the retired siBnments-
school teacher and farmer were 13''3 Setzler, who served Ihe past
held at. 4 p.m. Wednesday In the ,wo >’l’ars ;IS second vice president,
First Methodist Church. Officiating was e,0Va,ed lo 1(rsl vice president,
were the Rev Lyman Wood, pastor J”*111 Ra* Christner replaced Seiz-
or the First Methodist Church: the (Cr as second vice president,
the Rev. Frank Beauchamp, pastor ■vlrs' ^'o3e(; Parrish Cantrell was
of the Fundamental Methodist re-elected recording secretary, and
Church; and the Rev. Dan Hoover, Mrs Virginia McPherson Clay was
pastor of the Church of the Naz- returned to the office of correspond-
ing secretary.
Mrs. Frankie Henry Pepper
Sprays that are recommended for
grasshopper control are Malathion
(51bi at the rate of 1 pint pet
Texas.
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
arene.
Serving as pallbearers were: L.
E. Clay, John Ambler. C. A. Mason, e.'ec^ed treasurer,
L L HUtbrunner, G. L. Darrow and
Frank Solomon.
was
succeeding Ben
A. Skidmore.
Roach became the seventh pres-
Clav Funeral Home was in charge *deMt ol tl,e Association, which was
of interment in Shamrock cone- organized In 1954. Seibert Worley,
Baptists Elect
Interim Pastor
Rev.
elected as interim pastor of the
First Baptist Church at the Wed-
nesday evening meeting last week,
as announced by Robert Clements,
Minister of Music
Bible School
Set June 21-25
tery.
the first president, served during
Mr, Bumpers was born January 4wo Homecomings. Other
12, 1878, near Mobile, Alabama. He
came to the Shamrock area in
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
presidents arc; Harry Clay, Harry
Wofford. A. F. Wischkaemper, Jr.,
Harold Williams and Mrs. Merita
Bumpers.
Vacation Bible School at tilt
Eleventh Street Baptist Church
will open Monday, Juno 21, and
continue through Friday. June 25
_ , _ . _ according to C. V. Wood, Sunday
Earl.?ort of. Cfnyon: w“ school superintendent.
Pre-registration will be held
Friday morning at :30 o'clock.
Classes will be In session from
8:30 am. until 11 a m. daily Th"
Tbe Rev. Fort will fill the pulpit program wiU delude Bible study,
craft work, recreation and a story
telling hour for children four
through 12 years of age. Refresh-
ments will be served.
Mrs. Clois Hanner of the Lela
Texas State University while work- Ba»»,ist Church wUI serve ** SUP"- ciiTls for
lntendent of the Bible School She
.Miss ELSIE SLA I (iHTI.lt
Wheeler Schools Seek Reversal
Of Decision By County Trustees
Attorneys fur Wheeler Independ- chan ■ The petition was filed with
cut School District have appealed president of the board on May 20.
to Commissioner of Education Dr. The board met Tin ,day, June 1.
J W Edgar to consider reversal and ' oli d three to two in iavor of
of a recent decision of the Wheeler the petitioners.
County School Board to driattarh Sr ntn: the petition were: Mr.
a hi-1 ration tract of land from the and Mrs George Reneau. Mr. and
Wheeler District and attach It to Mi . .1 W. Daughtry Mr and Mrs.
the Lela School D Cai P llip and Mi ant Mri T
Action on the ippeal is expected II. hi kett
within I lie next few weeks. ---------
Tlie lti sections under considera-
tion are n part of the old Keller-
villc S 'liool District Kellervibe was
consolidated with Wheeler on June
12 of last year.
A group ol property owners In
the lli-.MCtioii arm petitioned the
county school board to make the
at both morning and evening serv-
pa^' ices each Sunday until a new pas-
t< Is called toy the church.
The Rev. Fort is teaching speech
courses on a fellowship at West
Is Worthy9Advisor jSen? £
Of Rainbow Girls
big on his Masters Degree.
Catholics Slate
Summer School
Mi- Georgia Howe Summer, 58,
of Monroe, Ln,. shier of Bill Howe,
Miss Elsie Slaughter, daughter of n owner and advertising manager
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Slaughter, was of Hie Shamrock Texan, died ut.
Installed as Worthy Advisor ot 2 45 pm. Saturday 111 Lincoln
Shamrock Assembly of Rainbow for General Hospital. Huston, La.
the summer term, on Death came two days after she
, . . , , ,, Thursday evening, June 10, at 7:30 became critically 111
bC aMi8ted ,by lad,eS of ,tbe o'clock, in the Masonic Hall. She was Ihe wile of Dr. W. Car-
Pink and white were used in roll Summer, director of the Qua-
decorntions. accented with sprays chita Parish Health Unit in Mon-
of apple blossoms. roe. La.
Installing officers entered, fol- Mi . Summer was a graduate of
Wheat Remains <
In Fields As 4
Rain Continues '
Shamrock received 8.29 Incites ot
rain during the first 15 days or
June, according to the records of
Roe Davidson, local representative
ol the U. S Weather Bureau.
Davidson gauged moisture rang-
ing from 04 of an inch to 1.87
inches on 10 of the first 15 days of
Ihe month His records show a total
so far this year of 13.59 Inches.
Tills compares with 13 30 Inches
through June of last year.
Up through Mny of this year,
Shamrock had received only 5.30
inches of moisture, compared with
9.31 Inches during the first five
months of 1964 The heaviest rain
of the year. I 87 Inches, fell on June
1 Since that time, Davidson’s gauge
has shown: June 2, 91; June 3,
1.74; June 4 1 20; June 7, .04; June
10, .25: June 11, .05; June 12, 1.51;
June 14, .10; June 15, .62.
While the rain fell, a better than
avei ne wheat crop remained in the
fields, only a few acres having been
(Cen tinned on Page 8, Sec. 1)
Eleventh Street Baptist Church,
who will serve ns teachers and ln
oilier capacities.
All children from beginners
through juniors are invited to at-
tend, Mr. Wood said.
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
REV. DORIAN BIASING,\ME
Pastor Of Local
Church Resigns
„ (Continued on Fage 8, Sec, 1)
Summer school for all Catholic ______
children of Wherler County will _
commence Monday, June 21, at ot. 0 — 11 * _ R1 _ WIT______ Ttle Rr'v Dorliln Blastngame has
Patrick's Church located on Soul It WwlUlIUl MmOillliU A IfllllS W n f) If fl A A3 1A Hie Elevei.lh
Main Street in Shamrock. 3 wuejJVtt* **** ** Street Baptist Church, effective
'Two Sisters from St. Francis ■ __ B _ _ July 1.
Convent In Panhandle, will arrive ||ftAt»«II*»wl m fl M* M |u % M /*a BWt vAf (e In tendering his resignation Sun-
in Wellington on Sunday evening. Jk AlwAlVlV VVCHIIUIII VQ AKIU AH M AiUlla lU Vn day, tlie Rev. Blasltigame said lie
June 20, and will begin their classes ^ * had been called to pastor the Holly-
here on the following afternoon at The Rolling Plains Wagon Train Heritage Center ln Oklahoma City. 300 mile trip. Tile group will arrive wood Bal)tlst Church in Amarillo.
2 o clock. from Spearman rumbled Into Sham- 'The 20 wagons, ail pulled by lu Oklahoma City the afternoon
Classes will be held every day, rock at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, treat----of June 25, and will camp on
Monday through Saturday, from big a colorful and exciting atmos- MIRES OF CONGRATULATIONS grounds cast of the Cowboy Hall of
SHAMROCK KID-LETICS PROGRAM received a ‘shot
in the arm’ last Meek when the Jaycees presented the
organization with a $.'100.00 check to be used to help
finance this year's activities which have been expand-
ed and now include softball for Kiris and swimming
as well as baseball. Hill Burden, left, president of the
Jaycees. presented Ihe check to Bill Rushing, president
of Kid-I.etics Association. On the right is Jerry Stub-
blefield, first vice president of the Jaycees. and in the
background is Jim Standridge, inter-club director. The
Jaycees expressed their appreciation to residents of
the Shamrock area for cooperating with them in their
activities which made the contribution possible.
2 to 5 p.m., with a break for refresh- phere In this Irish City.
menU at 3:30 p.m. The refresh- Stopping overnight here, the
ments will be served by the ladles mule train camped on the grounds
of the Altar Society. of the Community Building, sub-
Fathr Pat, Burke, the parish stltutlng that site for the Shamrock
priest, hopes that all Catholic par- Sheriff's Posse rodeo arena be-
ents of school-age children will cause of the recent, heavy rains,
send them every day. Children from One hundred and seventy-live
first grade to a senior high school personr. enjoyed a chuck wagon
age are Included. supper at the camp site Tuesday
"At, the close of the summer night. Breakfast was also serve’
school, those children who quallly chuck wagon
will be allowed to receive the Body morning,
and Blood of Our Blessed Lord for The wagon train left Spearman
the first time in Holy Communion on June 10, on a 15-day trek to the
on Sunday, June 27, at 11 a.m
Mass," Father Burke said.
was
style
Wednesday
Shamrock merchants are
urged to send telegrams to the
Rolling Plains Wagon Train
congratulating the group on
the completion of one-half of
tlieir trip. The telegrams will
lie encased in plastic and placed
on permanent file in the Cow-
hoy Hall of Lame in Oklahoma
City. The telegrams should be
addressed: Rolling Plains Wag-
on Train, Elk Cltv, Okla. They
should be sent bet ore 6 a.m.
Friday.
A resident of Amarillo, t,he Rev.
Blastngame became pastor of tlie
Baptist Mission here in June ol
Fame, on Highway 66 at Eastern las( U’f’r' alld *1:ld pastored the
They will join m the Parade of Eleventh Street Church since it was
the 17 Western States In downtown 0,'Kunlzed the first Sunday of last
Oklahoma City, at 10 a.m. Satur- November.
day, June 36 Sunday, June 27, at, w 1,1 Pleach at the local
7 p m , the wagon train will serve church the next two Sundays, June
rn old-time chuck wagon meal with ‘(l and and assume his new
all the flavor of the old West. duties July 1.
Everyone is invited to participate
tn the colorful week-end festivities.
In addition to the Saturday morn-
ing parade, the Memorial will be
dedicated at 2:30 p.m. Saturduy,
High School Rodeo
Will Be Held Here
Saturday, July 3
A rodeo with high school students
competing for honors will be held
In Shamrock on Saturday night,
July 3, under (lie sponsorship of
the local FFA Chapter.
Tlie show, consisting of one go-
round, will toe held at the Shamrock
Sheriff's Posse arena, starting at
8 p.m.
Events will Include: bareback
bronc riding, calf roping, ribbon
roping, bub riding, girls barrel
racing nnd girls pole bending. Stock
to be selected will be within high
school boys’ ability.
Trophies will be awarded to first,
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. D
June 26 dedication of the National mules, average 20 miles per day, or Western States represented In the 9 a m Tuesday, June 22,
Cowboy Hull of Fame and Western about four miles per hour on their Cmter. Important meeting.
Meeting Scheduled
For Band Member*
All members of the Shamrock
June 26. Ceremonies will feature Irish Band are requested to meet
the raising of the Flags of the 17 in the high school band room at
lor an
VBS Will Begin
Monday Morning
Vacation Bible School will open
at the Bible Methodist Church
Monday morning, June 21, at 9
o'clock, for all children from two
to 14 years.
The sessions of each department,
nursery through young teen, will be
centered around the Bible, with
the general theme of “Proclaiming
Christ Our Peace." The activities
of each department will be especially
geared to Its own age group with
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