The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1947 Page: 1 of 2
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New War Secretary
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Located Largely in Gaines County is the Famous Wasson Oil Pool—The Third Largest Producing Oil Pool in The World
The Seminole Sentinel
The Sentinel Is The Oldest Established Business Institution In Gaines County
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VOLUME 40
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947
NUMBER 28
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(Sound-
photo ^ — Robert P. Patterson re-
signed as Secretary of War and
President Truman named Kenneth
C. Royal, above, Assistant Secre-
tary of War, to succeed him. The
resignation was announced by the
White House. The new Secretary
is shown at his desk answering
calls of congratulation.
Its A Bad Day
For Road Hogs
Garrison says
By Col. Homer Garrison, Di-
rector Dept, of Public Safety
The new Texas traffic law,
going into effect Sept. 5, will
make things rough for those
people who think they are the
only ones on the road.
The person who drives up In
the middle of the road, or wand-
ers from one side to the other,
will noow be liable to arrest So
will the person who passes one
vehicle when another is coming
to meet him.
A driver must stay on the right
except when passing, when driv-
ing on a one way thoroughfare,
or when the right side of the
road is blocked.
The middle lane of a three
lane highway is to be used only
for passing and for making left
turns, and then only when no-
body is using it from the other
direction.
One vehicle may not pass an-
other when they are at, or ap-
proaching, an intersection or
railroad crossing; when ap-
proaching a bridge, viaduct or
lunnel; or when in a designate-
ed No Passing zone, marked by
a broken stripe or any other
means.
The question of ngni of way
is clearly defined in the new law.
The vehicle that gets into an in-
tersection first has the right of
way. If two vehicles get there
at the same time, the one on the
right has the right of way. In
other wqqIs, if the other car is
oil youi right, you must let it
go ahead.
When you are making a left
turn at an intersection, you must
nut cut in front of other vehicles
so as to create a hazard. But you
turn ahead ot opposing traffic
afier you have signalled for your
turn and let the cars by that are
in, or right, at the intersection.
Observance of rural stop-signs
whether on highways or coun-
ty roads has never been enforc-
ed, because the old law did not
actually make it a violation to
run a rural stop sign. But it's a
different story under the new
Seminole Booster
Club to Elect New
Officers Monday
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First Bale of 1947 Cotton
is Ginned Here This Week
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An important meeting of the
^Seminole Booster Club has been
called for Monday night, Septem-
ber 8 at the high school auditor-
ium at 8 o’clock. This is a very
important meeting as new offi-
cers for the year will be elected
and several matters discussed.
The Booster Club was organiz
ed in the Seminole high school
backers last year, to lend all the
help possible to the high school
activities. The club is not limit- Photo by Huberts Studio,
ed to membership. Any man, Shown above is the seventy-five foot front of •!. B. Knight Hardware A Furniture store which
woman or child that is interest- will celebrate its first year In business in Seminole beginning Saturday, Sept. <>. In one year this
ed in the Seminole h<gh school has become one of the largest small town hardware und liirnltii re stores in West Texas
athletic program is urged to join.
There is no membership fee or
financial requirements.
The club members feel that
they had a small part in
the district championship team
turned out by the coaches last
year and they hope to help in
every way possible to make this
year even more successful.
The present officers are W. E.
Cox, Jr., president; Charlie Greg-
ory vice president; Omar Greg-
ory, secretary-treasurer
Every old member is urged to
attend the Monday night meeting
and bring someone with them.
Football season is here, the team
is getting ready for their games.
It is past time for the fans and
backers to start preparing for
their part.
Knight’s Celebrate First
Anniversary With Big Sale
The J. B. Knight Hardware
Furniture will celebrate its first
anniversary as a Seminole busi-
ness institution beginning Sat-
urday, Sept. (i. A sale beginning
on that date will continue thru
Saturday Septemhei 14.
It was on Tuesday, Sept. (1
1194(5, that the new store first
The Indians of Seminole high I'°Pe"ed »’• ,to<,,s '» lh<‘
Parking Plans
Given For New
Football Field
President Baptist
World Alliance Is
Midland Speaker
Recently elected president of
the Baptist World Alliance, Dr.
C. Oscar Johnson of St. Louis
will he tlu* principal speaker for
an all-day stewardship rally at
the First Baptist Church of Mid
land Tuesday, Sept. 2.
One thousand church officers
representing .14,285 Baptists in
this area will attend the meeting
Hunters Asked
Not To Shoot
At Phone Lines
With 2,500 telephone wires shot
out of commission last year, the
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company today urged hunters to
use care in shooting at or near
>ts pole lines in the coming hunt
ing season.
About one-third of all cases of
trouble on open wire long dis-
tance telephone lines last year
was traced to gunshot damage,
H. F. Fox, telephone company dis-
trict manager said.
“Even good shots missed occa-
sionally," Fox said, "and a shot
at a bird on a telephone line, or
flying in front of it, may cut a
wire and interrupt telephone ser-
vice between towns until we can
get men out there to repair it.
Some important messages could
be delayed.”
school will be playing their home
games on a new football field
this year.
Word was received Monday by
Superintendent Edwards, that the
materials for the new' stadium
were to arrive the first of next
week. An erection erew has been
employed, and it ts hoped that
some of the new stadium will
he ready for use for the Morton
game here September 12.
The lights have been movrd
and erected, some of the old
public of Seminole and surround
ing territory. In just one year il
has become a popular place to
trade, not only for Gaines co rn
ty hut the surrounding c..ui;iie
as well.
When the store opened it . .>
one of the largest and best stock
ed hardware and furniture store
to be found on the South Plains
Today it is even hotter stocked
and carrier, some of tho n. mo i
,most widely advertised lines,
j During the past ye »r Manage
Earl Denton has been iortunatt
Seminole ginned the first bale
iof 1!M7 cotton Tuesday afternoon
when I’. J. Stanley drove up to
[the Seminole Gin with the first
1 bale of the season and told Ed
I ! vans to come and get it. The
same day another hale of 1947
cot Ion was reported to have ar-
il ived in Seagraves and the grow-
Oneicr, whose name was not made
known, reported by telephone,
but Mr. Stanley vs as first to get
his gin ticket to llie Seminole
Chamber of Commerce.
Gaines county's first bale of
cotton for 1917 will tie auction-
ed oil on the lawn of the Gaines
County Courthouse, Seminole,
Texas, at 2:.40 p.‘ in., Saturday,
September li, 1947, according
reports from Homer W. Porter,
Seminole Truck and Tractor dis-
tributor, who is chairman of the
Agricultural Committee of the
Seminole Chamber of Commerce.
The bale was ginned shortly
afternoon, Tuesday, September
2, by Ed Evans, owner-operator
of the Seminole Gin, from cotton
ham, and M. C. Compton, 23, of j grow n by P. J. Stanley on his
Celeste, Tex., all of whom were I farm six miles from Seminole,
riding in Prater’s 1947 Chrysloi Stanley presented his ginning
convertible. Each sustained cuts ticket to H. B .Cates, president of
One Dead Four
Injured As Auto
Crash Jesuit
HOBBS. N. M., Sept. 1
. man was dead and four others
] injured, one seriously, today as
(the result of a headon collision
near here early Sunday morning
between automobiles driven by
Robert C. Prater, Jr., 22, of 20-1
W. Clinton, and Isaac N. Love
lady, 30, of Seminole, Texas,
Lovelady was killed instantly
Norman Norfleet " of Brown-
field, Tex., a passenger in Love
lady’s 1937 Ford Tudor, sustain-
ed a skull fracture and fractur-
ed left leg. He was reported in
“fair" condition, recrovering to-
day at ilobhs General hospital.
Three Others Hurt
Also injured were Prater, Mur-
ray Martin, 23, of 109 W. Dun
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bleachers have been moved, and ^ securine v such well known
erected, and the outside all-steel|lpadm j • jaytag vv,..,_0, *p ,l
fence is completed. i i ranges, \im a? Chef r.ingf*. Alad
A ticket office is being hwilt din lamp/ Electro, ;x icnigcra
on the south end of the football I tors and the great nationally
grounds. Parking space is pro- known line of living room fund-
vided on the south and east sides ture manufactured by the Kroc-
Admltting that it might take
law. Those stop signs now mean I a lot of will power to pass up a
STOP. Furthermore, after stop- “‘fat’ shot, Fox said, “care and
pmg, you must be careful not thoughtfulness on the part of
start up again in such a way as hunters now will go a long way
to interfere with other traffic, toward protecting the commun
thereby creating a hazard. lily's vital telephone service."
Hay-wagon turns are outlaw
ed. To make a left turn, you must BUILDING PERMITS
start the turn from the position INCREASE IN JULY
nearest the center of the street -
or road. A right turn must be L A j i ,, 1fx“8’ bept- l, 1
made only from the lane near- Second half ol 1947 was ush*'red
est the right side of the street in on a wave of promise and op-
or road. Turns should lie short, tht* building industry
not a wide angle such as one « spite of "bottlenecks and ns
must make when he’s driving a .™s,s harassing the trade
hay-wagon with a double span of Building pwmits reported by The
horses University of Texas Bureau of
‘ Definite signals must be given Business Research advanced 12
before a driver turns, slows P*.’* «?nt above the June level, ex-
down, or stops. feeding seasonal expectations.
Most of us will use the pre- A mid summer slump anticipat
scribed hand and arm signals. *d In the building industry fail-
But butftfis and trucks will have I*° materialize in rexas as
to be equipp'd with electrical or Permits stood 100 per cent above
mechanical signalling devices if Jul> IHtmita iast year to chalk
they are builtV* that hand and K a mon,hl>' tolal ol $J'J’009’-
arm signals edwot readily be I
seen. Owners of rtrm trucks with Almost every Texas city Iig-
wide, blind bodies Ot narrow cabs ured in the increase,
should checks us on this matter Prospective home builders
right away * seem to be tired of holding out
Hand and arm signals are giv- tor lower costs and businessmen
en in this manner: the hand and are inclined to go ahead with
i rm are extended out and up are building programs to relieve pent
up for a right turn; straight out up demands lor more space. Ab
« d pointing to the left for a left I ruptly mounting costs of build-
firn and out and down toward ing materials, coupled with the
/ fie ground for a slow or stop. steady gains in wage rates and
/ Vnolher article next week will high prices of real estate, contrib-
£ ‘Ujcuss the equipment required ule to the unprecedented high
^ ljr cars, trucks and busses un- costs ot construction.
*%- the new law. two major strikes ol gyp-
—,---sum piams in Texas and Ukiatio-
lr and Mrs. Robert W. Pitt- nia sent contractors scurrying
n Mr and Mrs. Cecil Hoi- tor suosmuie materials, but the
k Mr. and Mrs. Thomas bast nan ot tbe year u scheduled
now. and Mr. and Mrs. L. to «*e a idling up in the tight
Henson and their families material situation.
of the field outside of thp fence.
All people who buy "season re-
served seats" may park on the
east side and enter at the east
gate. All other who do not have
season tickets will find it more
convient to park south of the
field which is near the ticket
office and main entrance.
Season reserved tickets will he
on sale nekt week at a place yet
to he designated. Those tickets
will be one dollar each or six
dollars for a hook containing six
tickets, one for each home, game.
General admission tickets will
be one dollar each, but will not
be choice seats. Tickets for high
school children will be 50c and
elementary children 25c. Reser-
ved seats will he the same price
to everyone .children as well as
adults.
The price of adm'ssion is the
same that has prevailed in the
new district for several years..
Other schools in the district are:
Kermit, Wink, Monahans, Pecos,
McCamey, Seagraves, Andrews,
and Denver City.
T, Oscar -Johnson
and bruises and had been ideas
ed today from Hobbs General
hospital.
State Policeman J. G. McAdoo,
who investigated Ihe tragedy,
said Ihe collision occurred when
| Hie Prater machine (raveling
j west on highway 180 two miles
east of hen?, collided with Love
lady’s vehicle, which was going
east, on the fist curve north of
La Miradora night club.
No Charges Filed
I
| 'The victims were taken to the
(hospital by Nelson (been and
, .iiilith Funeral home amhulanc-
| os and McAdoo.
The officer said tha^no charg-
es had been filed in connection
’with the accident. I(
Lovelady was an oil fie
cr and had been workin
ye returned home from a most
rrful vacation spent in the
ltains weal ol Law
M.
The John B. Curry umuy vu
Vega*.I?led with relative* m l ahoka over
Lite week end.
TEXAS TEUII WILL
EXHIBIT LIVESTOCK
LUBBOCK, Texas, Aug. 30.
Texas Technological College will
again have an exhibit of repre-
sentative livestock at the Pan
handle South Plains Fair which
will be held in Lubbock, Sept
tier 2 through Oct. 4. The last
such exhibit by Tech in 1941 was
one of the biggest drawing cards
of the Fair.
From 3G to 40 representative
animals will be shown accord
ing to Dean W. L. Stangel, heac
of the Department of Animal
Husbandry at Tech. These will
include Atierdeen-Angus, Here-
ford,, Jersey, Holstein Friesian
cattle; Duroc, Hampshire, and
Poland China hogs; Hampshire;
Kamboulllet and Southdown
sheep; and Angora goats; quart-
er horses, American Saddle
horses, American Jacks, Per-
chons and mules.
The entire exhibit will be hous-
ed in the Livestock building on
the Fair grounds. .None of the
animals will compete for prize*.
Other features of the Fair are
a giant balloon parade opening
hler company.
The unusually complete line of
spoiling goods lias brought to
Knight’s the title of "Sports-
man’s Paradise,” in spile of the
fact that sporting goods are slili
hard to get. Mr. Denton states
lhal Knight's buyers will con tin
ue their efforts until the store
will carry the most complete
small town sporting goods line to
he found anywhere
In order to better accomodate
spoilsmen of the area, the store
is now headquarters for the pm
chase of hunting and fishing li
censes.
Mr. Denton is now assisted in
the business by Ar/ie Kirk, Mac
Curruc, George Cartwright and
Mrs. Ira Likins. Only one change
has been made in personnel since
(he store started, that was when
Mrs. Alpha Singellon resigned to
go into business for herself and
was succeeded by Mrs Likins
Dui mg this one short year Mr.
Denton, in addiilon to his store
duties lias become a member and
director in (he Seminole Chambei
of Commerce, where lie serves
on important committees. He has
also been elected to membership
in the Seminole Lions Club. Olli-
er organizations and activities
have claimed Ins valuable time.
Elsew where in tins newspaper
will be found a picture of the
large Knight store located oil the
north side of the courthouse
square in t his city.
to hear reports on the World Al
liance meeting in Copenhagen
and to plan their church financial
Programs to meet Increasing
world needs.
One of the most popular speak
ers foi club and civic meetings
as well as for Ihe pulpits of the
nation, Dr Johnson has been
u i mod "The Will llogei s of Bap
list Circles.” He is pasloi of the
'Third Baptist Church of St
Louis.
Dr. J. Howard Williams, cxecii
live secretary of the Baptist
General Convention of 'Texas, re
.rally returned from the World
Alliance, will descriin* Ihe rela
lion of the Texas Baptist pro
gram to world evangelization.
To aid Individual churches In
financial planning, deinonstra
lions and conferences led by out
standing laymen and ministers
will be featured in the rally. A
large evening mass meeting, es-
pecially for men unable to at
lend tin' day sessions, will have
as speaker A. D. Foreman, Sr.,
prominent Houston business man
and past president of the Baptist
General Convention ol Texas
iSerninole off and on for t
out of
several muni Its. He had nV‘‘ *’’IS
lives residing in the Scni .*c j*’
community according to officif?® *
DU. IIAKKISON JOINS STAFF
OF TOMB (’LINK'-HOSPITAL
Ihe Seminole Chamber of Com-
merce, and was declared the win-
ner in accordance with the regu
lations published last Friday, re-
quiring that tin* cotton must
have been grown and ginned in
Gaines County, must be a nor
maI sized 450 pound bale, and
I lie gin ticket presented to the
committee for inspection and ac-
ceptance.
'The hale weight was 5(51 pounds
and tin* seed weighed 770 pounds.
Many valuable prizes, totaling
hundreds of dollars have been
pledged by Seminole merchants
and professioj^sfj*^; which will
he award|^Stanll.y during tl,‘‘
cel°!S^ion, which will include
e,(ffertalnment and u short con
S* rtulalory speech by Floyd A.
‘ybrk, retired Seminole ntep*
chant. .
*T|ie auction will Ik* conducted
by H. A. Kyle, also of Seminole.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dow re
turned Monday from Colorado
City, where they attended a fam
ily reunion of Mrs Davis’ rela-
tives, ihe Dorn family. Mrs. W.
E. Thrailklll, a sister, who lives
in Seagraves was also present
Mrs. J. li. Fry, of Greenville,
is here visiting with hei sister,
Mrs. E. C. Nix, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs Floyd 'Dbbets and
son, Bill, two daughters Lu Ku*
and Shirley, left Saturday for
Lubbock where they will reside
in the future. Mr. Tibbets is as-
Mrs. Sharpe Sullivan, of Jack
sonvillc, Fla., who is guest of hei
son in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Hardy Dalmont, spent the
week end in El 1'aso with a sister,
Mrs A F. Ripley.
Misses Dorothy Ann and Jo
Nell Sikes, of Big Spring, were
guests over the week end in tin
home of their sister, Mrs. Lillian
Gilmer and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Franklin
and daughters, Jean and Betty
Sue, were guests at the Nesm'th
Coffee weeding held at t In* First
Methodist church In Lubbock, Sat
ut day at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Lillian Gilmer, of the
Southwestern Bell 'Telephone Co,
has moved with iter two sons,
Bill It., and Tommy, to the Flor
ence residence recently vacated by
Mrs. Grace I*. Wood.
Mrs John Tldrow and son Dick
Dr. Dan A. Harrison, Jr., a
native Texan, is a recent addition
to the staft of tin* Andrew S.
Tomb Clinic Hospital Dr. Harri-
son was born al Dallas and lias
lived in Texas most of his life
where his father practiced medi-
cine for many years.
Dr. Harrison completed his
medical education at tin* Untvci
sity of 'Texas and served his in
terniship at tin* Celevand City
Hospital .He lias taken intensive
post graduate courses at the
Cook County Hospital in Chicago
and at Ihe Massachusetts Gen
rui Hospital, lie has done grad
note work in both places in in
lernul Medicine and Cardiology.
He lias also taken graduate
work at the Oehsner Clinic in
New Orleans. Dr. Harrison sei
ed in tin* armed forces during
the war, In-ing discharged lrutn
ilie medical corps with the rank
ol major. He will do general med-
icine and particularly diseases
of the heart. He is equipped to
do complete elect i a cardiograp
hie studies This will fill a vital
need in this a tea as formerly
it was necessary to send patients
loi woik ol tins soil to Lubbock
oi to Dallas and Ft. Worth. Tht
doctor's equipment lias just re
eently been moved to Seminole
Mom Waco where tie was engag
ed in private practice and was
also consulting lardiologlst for
the Veterans Administration
there. Hanison is a member of
I lie Texas Stale Medical Associa-
tion, the Ametican Medical As-
sociation, tin* Southern Medical
Association, and the ’Texas Heart
Association. He is a memlier of
the Methodist Church.
■lions Club Set
Montiiy .Program
Another good meal enjoy-
ed by tin* Lions Ciub Tut
ilie Methodist special of
chicken was very tasty,
sweetheart Mary McAdoo playl
a few Important piano selectioi
Superintendent Edwards sal
that bleachers at the new foA
ball field will arrive Monday
should be ready for the firJ
home game on September 12t j
Harking and main entrance wiT
be .it the South end of the field
however, parking space und en
trance will Ire available to the
east. Season tickets including a
reserved seel will be on sale soon
at $100 pn home game. If the
ticket includes a reserve seat
the price of $1.00 will be standard
whether child, student or adult.
Lions in charge ot September
programs was announced and 1*
as follows;
Mr Wood, high school coach,
will have the program Sept. 9th
at which time the football team
will Im* guests of the club. The
coach promises to discuss a few
formations, and it promises to be
interesting. ,
Lion Alfeck lias the pro^Hbn
Sept. Kith Some have suggectad
lie hung a program on “The Aw
ciage Citizen and Law Enforce*
inent."
Sept. 23rd will lie a surprise
program in charge of Lion Al>
yain
Sept. ,iuth L-ion Bennet promis-
es a program of interest and
states lie wants all Lions to be
present.
sociated with tlu* Magnolia i’e-1 were business visitors in Lubbock
troleuin Corporation. It is with (Tuesday,
sincere regie) we note the do i
paituie oi the Tibbets family. Peonies last longci il the stems
| _________________— I are split at the tuition with a]
midge* auto racing and the Hth In the Orient a panot design sharp knife tadoie they .im- pla> i
Shows on the Midway. , | symbolizes ol lose. «*i m w«u?<
Mr. and Mis. L W Jones ate
here from lais Cruces, N M. They
are guests in the home of Mr
and Mrs John Tldrow.
day, the Buck Steiner rodeo,
T. II. Payne, Jr. left Tuesday
foi fus home in Wichita, Kan.,
aftei visiting wttli his wife and
baby gul wlio ate licit* conval-
escing hi (tie home of Mrs.
Mis W. K.
SWIMMING CAT
Tin* versatile jaguar of South
America, unlike other cats, like*
to swim, and preys upon fish la
the rivets as well as upon mao*
keys high in the tree tops.
Natural gas can be converted
lo chemicals for solvents, anti-
Breeze, plastics, rayon, fertilizer,
and other products.
Coronado, the Spanish explorer,
is teputed to tiave traveled as far
. I not th as Nebraska in 1641
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