Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1961 Page: 1 of 20
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Volume 55
Twenty Pages
Seminole, Gaines County, Texas, Thursday, December 21, 1961
Price 10c
No. 5
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A Tom S. Lubbock Westerner, in dark suit, hits
the deck, and Seminole Indian Walt Billings ap-
pears to dribble the basketball right across the
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DRIBBLE-PUSS . . .
Westerner's face in the game the Indians won
69-66. Indian at right background is Bob Measels.
(Sentinel Photo)
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High Flying Indians Taking A Recess
From Court As District Games Pend
More Residences
Entered In Yule
Season Contest
Two new imUiovt have -been...re ..L
joeivt-d in the Chamber of Com i
: Pierce yule decorating contest foi ;
j bellies
I'ho new entries are the rest ;
j deuces of A B Taylor, t.,00 SV\
| 14th St. and ISddie Jameson. lido ■
MV Are K__
P revinus entries included the 1
(tomes of C V Singleton, 801 S\\
Ave I); John Wright, 101 SW 14th
St H I. Davis, 1003 N\V \ve
1. ahd Tommy Phan . 203 ’SW
; mb st
Fifty dollars in prizes will be
awarded in the contest which is
Open to any householder simply
through listing the name and ad
dress with the Chamber of Com
me roe.
Fi'st prize will be a $25 *a\
iocs bond. Second and third priz
.-j os will be $15 and $10, rasper-1
: lively.
Deadline for entering is Friday
.titdcmr b> a special committee
i will be on 11)“ night of Dee, 22
and the prizes will be awarded
Saturday,
"Treasure Hue!"
Gels "OK" Sign
Frera Sponsors
Seminole's Treasure Hunt, which
! attracted throngs of persons into
| the city last Thursday night, got I
j.a "thumbs up” sign from the city’s
Chamber of Commerce today.
A C of C survey of participat-
ing merchants indicated that the
majority was pleased with the
Treasure Hunt,and would like to
■;e it continued
Although treasure hunters
swarmed into (he city’s business
City Puts Wrap
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CRACK-UP
A Midland salesman tor the I'urina to., Johnny
Williams. 35. w as injured slightly Saturday when
his Cessna Sky Hawk, alley , cracked up at the
‘I'agravc- Airport. Ills two sons. Inis, It. and
Buddy, 11, were unhurt. Bobby Nichols. Hi. Sca-
grav es, plowing in a ticld near the aw port, tv it
‘Hustle, Bustle’
Precedes Magic
Christmas Day
with hustU* and bustle
Hr i liluL \M .T| ';
tie,. ed the crash, lie said lVilliams was ccwaing
in for a landing and missed (lie runway by about
It) feel. Williams suffered a minor back injury
' in', the crash. Was'treated at Seagravcs hospital.
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Gaines County Is ‘Over Top’
In Savings Bond Purchases
F' the first time-vat least since i in exceeding the savings bond j petcTutaoe"of 145.7 ■pet*' cent
district in search of free prizes World War 11 day*—Gaines Com, goal during tlie first II months Dau.son County’s bond buy
lvj offered by 40 business.firms, only ty has exceeded its goal for the of 10(11.
| nine prizes were claimed, purchase of United States Series Yoakum County went over its cent of its $110,000 goal for'1001.
Successful treasure hunters and E and II Savings Bonds $70,000 goal with sales amount-! In Andrews County, eumulativi
The Seminole Indians, 11-1 for and Frank Bice with 12 were the' gathered in 10 points The tribe-- |hp si(p. t|ieir --r jn(ts” included A United Slates Treasurv lb in- to $102,007 for a campaign See HAINES. Page 8
the season and with three tourna- other Indians hitting in the double men scored a .oust Winters 220'. |.al \\ iU-«>x at Vee’s Department partnient report showed today that
ment trophies to show for it, are column. in the first quarter. 14-12 in the ■ s,ore ,i,,hnnie Morris at Vee’s cumulative sales of savings bonds
taking a Christmas holiday from Jerry Jones and J B, Wilson second, 11-8 in the third, and 2ti-f)IS|1IU, <j-rw \j,,, jrj Woodard at in Gaines County through Nov-
HnJ basketball arena. paced the Cowboys with 12 points in the final frame. Collie, llexall Drug; Aubry Mays ember totaled $126,803, or 105.7
Last victories before taking the each. Against Snyder Jim Lining Basham’s Jewelry; Mrs Jarties per cent of llie county's goal oi
recess came last week-end at Sny- Seminole's Indians also took the emerged a- the tall man with tit Turner ;it Packer's Mrs. James $120,0011
.1er when the tribe beat Winters'B game victory, 49-33, with Larry, points. Bob Measels hit 17 and Taylor at Grayson’s Fabric Mart; December bond sale ate c,
73-35. Snyder 90-46. and Asper- Cates taking lead honors with 10 llugghins hit Hi. Again, all Indian jr;in pa)r Benson's Humble 1 pec ted to push Gaines Comity eve a
mont 83-70 to win the Canyon Reef points. players tipjied the basket for talli-: station: an unidentified winner larthei: over the -top-m the
Tournament:• and Tuesday night Tourney Play • ‘‘s • nt Western Auto Store: and John- ino-s campaign sponsored by tin
when Indians beat Plains 65 to 37. ,\t Snyder last week-end. a- Quartcu'scores lavoiwi Seminole n)B Morris at Abernathy Fucni- l-nited Stales SuyejJUJU’iU
Next | * for the Indians will gainst Winters. Coach Neil Lainin-, 22‘K- Hi-12. and 24-12. Ua.,, • 1 County Bond Chairman I
be at .Sa,^ tgelo on Dec .29 -That. aek played everyone except the hi, the championship, game a-
tilt will he the final non-eonferen- managers, ahd all Indian players gainst Gpennont. Weasels led
ee game before formal district • scored against- the boys -from Win-. Seminole s scoring attack, garner- . . u-irticioatinu merchants least since World War 11 day
AA.A play 'begins. ‘n*28 p inDu Aspormont’s John. ' louml' a prize with a that Caine County l.a top e« t
District play will open Jan. 2* at ■ Ken iTugchins paced -the Tpdians ,ot U N 111 nl u <)s<ts number corresponding to the num- (lun''1 rl u-' S,ts m-L:s bomi
Ail See Action bpr on their tickets, tliey won the d'v*s,,,n 9f 2?‘‘
Indians jumped to a 21-15 ad- ))rj7es fre(. , ment
_ ,, , .. j. Daugherty
. The, Treasure 1
Seminole
, , pin mr ; Pc i mnl..vv rap - clt the
: i'liristmas season today, with the
' magic day'only hours away
The youngsters were to get out
of school at 3 p.m. today not to
eliitn until Jan. 2
Harried, even frustrated, last-
; n.mite yi.f, hopper., weic mat ,
•ill? mi.I and scurrying home to
wap packages and put the finish-
ing touches oh the Christmas
in perhaps calmer homes, house-
. fill iii
1 (’hi i '.l tmc, day meals, open hous-
es. parlies, and company. In oth-
er homes, entire families hurried-
ly were getting ready to make
! holiday trips to spend the yule
villi relatives or friends.
The exodus' of the (ravelin:
: Igpitlltc , I c\ec ■ ed to start to-
-V *K- , Ac | Ice ' 1 ion of col
lege students returning to their
Seminole homes lor Christmas
: vva-- getting into full swing
'Santa Visit
Churches already have held, or
are scheduling, special yule serv-
. icc.,. And .Sunday .services, on
Christmas lave, will hold special
significance for Seminole’s devout.
With Christmas only hours a-
Santa Chius will make a last;
minute visit to Seminole Saturday
to talk 'once again with the city's
small fry Santa's headquarters is
at his candy house on the court-
house lawn
The youngsters, themselves,
meanwhile, are filled with the ex-
citement >f ’ hi gay season.
They'.e shaking package” under
the Christmas trees, prying into
Businessmen, Sentinel Join In Fun
Offering Cash Prizes To Everyone
mounted to $119,954. or 109 per closets and drawers in search of
the special cache of gifts or good-
ies which might have been hidden
there The happy anticipation of
the children will reach n peak
Sunday night, the night jolly St.
Nicholas will make his appear-
ance to appeal to the wants and
See CHRISTMAS, Page 8
In -''treasure hunting'the hunt-! r!" thaT rsreedins (hr
! ers had numbered tickets! obtain-1 <i!l" yef";..,s
:ed from participating merchants
Odessa when the Indians meet, against Winters, scoring 16 points.
Odessa JEetbf Eagles. The second Brasfield was the other warrior
conference battle will be Jan. 5,
with Andrews, on the warriors’
home court..
At Plains Tuesday night, the i
Indians clobbered the host team
thoroughly holding the Cowboys to j
four points in the first frame, 14
in the second, seven in the third
and 12 in the final. Tribesmen,
meanwhile, ran up quarter tallies
of 14, 17, 18 and 16.
Measels High
Indian Bob Measels was the
high-scoring player of the game,
basketing 21 points, 18 from the
field and three from the charity
line; Tommy Patton with 10 points
hitting in the double figures, lie
never w ere headed.
Hunt promotion
Weather
Statistics
was sponsored by the C of C and
Again, all of the 10 tribesmen (-Seminole’s merchants to 'attract j
'-ave action in the tourney title shoppers’ and prospective shoppers
was named county
bond chairman during WW II and
has been bond chairman since
Shooting Gaines County over
the goal line in the savings cam-
Date
Prccip.
High I.ow
Dec 14
57 23
15
51 29
16
.04
63 ' 34
17
.02
55 37
18
57 28
19
,
50 23
20
64 22
21
30
Prccip. to date: 15.53 in.
game, and four hit in the double into the city’s retail area and ...
column. Behind Measels’ 26 points 1 acquaint them with the com-1P®1*® W8& Whe Purchase during
were Walter Billings with 13. Hug- • nuuii'ty’s wares and services. ; November of $16,450 worth of the
ghins with 11, Vining with 12, and .__■ J government-guaranteed securities
Patton with 11. The purchase raised the total foi-
Quarter scores all favored the HOSPITAL TALK j 11 months of the year to the
tribe, 21-15, 20-16, 22-21 and 20- Seminole's Memorial Hospital \ $126,803 mark, according to the
18. Administrator Gerald Geyer was Treasury Department report.
Robt. E, Lee Rebels came from; principal speaker yesterday at a Gaines County's goal for 1961
behind to win over Snyder Tigers meeting of the Andrews Hospital was set at $120,000 at the begin-
59-55 to tike the third place posi- Auxiliary at Andrews. Geyer ning of the year.
Winters spoke on fiscal operations of a j Three of four neighboring Trx-
lion in the tournament.
See INDIANS, Page 8
hospital.
I as counties joined Gaines County
Ad Rimes, • the brain-teasing
fun game for the entire family
with weekly cash prizes at
lake, makes its debut in today’s,
sentinel la,ok foe it on Page-
a. see. 2. .
Ad Rimes offers you a chance
at a $10 cash prize each week,
plus $50 for the best entry dur-
ing Ad-Rimes’ 26 weeks of fun
DupficaH- prizes are offered in
ease of a tie.
The complete rules appear.on
the Ad Rime* page of today’s
Sentinel. Check the rules, then
join in the fun of playing Ad-
Rimes Keep up with the game
each week
Ad-Rimes is sponsored by the
Sentinel and Gaines County’s
business firms, Anri the game
tests your skill as a poet. You
supply rhyming lines to a week-
ly "guideline.” This week’s
guideline is “Satisfaction Guar-
anteed." A sample Ad-Rime
could be "That’s the local mer-
chant’s creed."
should boost
Your Ad-Rintc
I rade in (use mamiei
\nri don’t' forget (He hidden
slogan
’A" iurd i "hidden” m each
Column of the Arl-Rimes game
Hunt the six words, .starting in
the left column The- .“hidden"
slogan comprised by these words
must appear on your entry
Use a plain post-card or a
separate sheet of paper for each
entry‘Write or print on it the
followim.' four things: U:> The
correct Hidden Slogan, < 2 > Your
Ad-Rim- ' rhyming with Guide-
line,, (3, Your name and ad-
dress, 4' Your occupation. All
entries must bo in the Sentinel
office before 5 p m next Mon-
day. C”
You will have a lot of fun
writing Ad-IUirles and we will
get a big kick reading them.
Remember that the best one of
the 26 weekly winners gets a
$50.00 cash prize at the finish,
Good luck!
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A Sein.inuU school sUuleJll suf-
fered a head (fit and a Seminole
bankt: sti taintd n. -, hefl Hand
in n two-car collision yesterday
at tlx- intersection of West Ave.
A and filh St.
'.Neither. victim required hospi-
talization.
Paula Warneke, 15, a high
school freshman enroute to school
with Her mother, Mrs. Jack War-
neke, received a head cut as the
cars collided at about 8 a.m.
Doyle Hankins, 54, president of
Seminole State Bank, enroute to
work, suffered a gash in his right
j hand
The Hankins auto was traveling
eastward on Ave. A and the
Warneke Car was traveling south-
ward across Ave. A into 6th St.
when the .collision occurred.
Both victims were taken by
private vehicles to Memorial
Hospital where they were treated
and released.
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Eleanor Barbee
Barney Thompson
Juanita Morgan
Bill Sandel
Weldon Martin
John Moilatt
Johnnie Morris
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Thompson, Barney. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1961, newspaper, December 21, 1961; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth555897/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.