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VOLUME 58
TWELVE PAGES
SEMINOLE GAINES COUNJZ. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 1965
PRICE 10c
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Heavy Rains Brighten Local Farm Economy Picture
Two To Three-Inch Showers Fall
Last Week Across Thirsty Gaines
Now. bright mercury vapo
sheet lights will gradually be
installed ull ovei Seminole, the
City cod'ncil send Monrloy ntqiu
(liter negotiations with South
western Public Service
Bob Wlnppo, Semmole mun
age' foe the utility firm, met
with the council in ironing out
details of the improvement onrl |
changeover plan
The council volet! In begin the
•conversion from Ineadescent Jo
mercury vapor lights on .1 uly I *j
The project is expected to take
■ImhiI two years, with half of the |
lights slated In be converted b>
July 1. 1006 . —
Mercury vapor lighting has i
crown rapidly in municipal anil ,
commercial usage during the past j
few years These type lights are ;
presently used in downtown Sem-
inole. particularly around -the
courthouse square
The mercury lights give a
brighter, bluish tuned light a
txMit three times the amount nl
light—while using less current
Wliippn told The aldermen and city j
officials
Tlic conversion to mercury va
por lights will entail an increase ol
11 per cent in the city's monthly |
service by the electric company
This will amount to around $100
per month, the counollmeti were :
told
Wlijppo explained to the council
dial no adjustment in service hv ]
his firm to the city of Seminole
had been made in flic past JO,
years. L
He recommended the conversion
In the mercury vapor system aS
a'means for economy in the long
run plus much more efficient
over-all lighting.
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UNCOMMON SCENE
You won’t see this picture often here in Sem-
inole—cars ancf trucks- splashing through
ankle-deep rain water. This view is on South
Main Iasi Thursday afternoon during a spell
of nearly two inches of rain here. The pre-
cipitation was ci liooii to the agriculture, of
the area, although high winds and hrnl
caused some nop damage* around the
county.
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Local Trackstcrs
Enter Saturday
Andrews Event
Hoys participating In Seminole's
Upcoming Tech Sports Offer Real
Potentials, Coaches Tell Boosters
flu* hiss ifutiird Seminole
M v .is (he hr ! uenei «it i Mil
_h«!v simi* 1<« t SrpIrmlH i And
TliUiMluv's I'ii7 f»llunl III*' t 'li.
jiu iii hi SrlUTilolf "as Iln* inn l
yt i v t h.id in I'm tlav line iMn<
HliJ.’i win n Hip Iff! m ;♦ d.Tv K'Us
lilt- wnf’k Sem.juOhy hail I 1C m
ami lids i nr.utv n* .mm h
its Irll ill *thf In
ol tin V»all
CnnfiituinK with tin hi'in
Seminole ba nm< u t I'jvril *1 j
untie ol ram l'nv~ Ibe * yfsii unf
i -achy a rnonsuon ra mi bid 'ill
v HI ahead uf Iasi vrai's *\ MO at !
Iliis same* date
riw* ram, fiillm.1 eynily around
tin* iillmedial e. Si iiimoli- an a ex
M'ol for a 10 rnmuh* spur! Iasi
Thursday allenmnti pul < mine
( oimlv fields in pond eOpditlnn
for ofiily siimmei plantHm And
il pavi* pmls to newly spmuh*d
i eotfon, lend grains and pastiiii*
i hinds
A drive about the cnimh,\ id<
j alter the I am bowed find f h«
j brown and pl ay dominated binds
I Luis limied uicen ui hiohI sectors
Slihr lof at aui irwItiM al obsei v
ei dmi’l feel the drotitb fs biok
Ui'm
i but lia 111. a t t .i m iiot I It t i ( I.due,'
! l l'llfU lcd .fI (MiniI loin 1111111* of
j lam wMb tuir farmer iii'lm :
sIlHdlv*'t»w i live’ in* be* Wafei
! vv«i* sllll 1 .ill*fill III field'* t ails
(ins \Ti-ek .uitl dui mi; !'•* I.e i-
it** t (Inw itpniii r h 'spi.fol I'M
I7;»V. Iln l.iiMMi-'b'M ml oil. vven
iindei wafei
v*
i It.dder ( lull cxecutivi"
noli and Sea graves
II began wit,b the
'flic, basketball and football pic
lure at Texas Tech is bright for
next year Willi some key posi-
tions clicking, the view could lie .
come the rosiest ever ispldimg (or lunch hall With the {said
This'was the gonet-a! tone of ............ UunS Ci*'aiui half vyith| Inuun
prcsciison preview given (Iain Scagraves civic oi ,nii/.a.lion-- i I Kuo; took Ibe flooi and 11
!cs County fans of the Red Raid- : Then came a golf tourney at the! |S»iled lo Hie Her).. Raider late-
,v Gaines course and Hie day was | Hod Tocli , nl'lensive hacklielri this
summer track program will get a "s 0,1 ■
chance lo test their abilities' a- occasion
gainst other South Plains*runners, j *,v lc<^' eoarlips and Red
jumpers and throwers. - | “ . •
Saturday a meet of several cities
wtll be held at Andrews. Likely
participants include Seminole, An-
drews, (Xlessa. Midland. Kermit
and other communities.
The trials will begin nt 2 pm
ami tlic finals at 7 p in on Hie
Andrews High School track. Com-
petition will be in three divisions
—juniors, intermediates and prep
(high school age).
Gaines Drilling
Rigs Up By One
Watch Funeral
Procession, Warn
Seminole Police
to Semi Hus seiisbn by muiles Glover's
|milconii' with Ins spiini* si'inesler
(lelt'Kaf ion j rnursE's isn i yet known, (iibson
(7*nuly picked up a (Krill
to football head enach i ,,f; in 'operation during the
’ past week with ciiflit i*jl;s report
ad. cotnpfired lo seven for flu*
previous week
. deed Hoiler lid Co., imtrd a'
w j|M. mm,-,| capped wifli bailieeue. films and \ lull should be a dandy, u db vef
eoae-buiu repurls Thai night at Theiciaos Ibiirme A inter.son; l.eo I tiw
. county park's party bouse. I ery .IHmii.s Agan and Turn Wilson j
Haskelball Coach Gene: Gibso'n h ading a pack ol up ami coining
tT-ttvc muiithaj |.,.i.,,,, r;i,n> northwest
| *.i Seminole irpoiied l.wo pud a
half mein**; ol lain. «t4*in;'. witli
jdania uir wind and hail* Hulb
julical and about bull Ibe potalu
imp wen* Topol led liainaged. a
j Ionl; uith soiiu* roltoii loss
'Iln* T K Spark . plane/ lb rutles
Miiltlmc (, of Srmi»M»b> rollot tori
au hu h and *a halt .nl wob nnu fi
mm ■ III* o
At iTto V;,nm*'. Couid' Park
midway between .Seminole ami
Sea graves, lim 'retry measured
two and t hi no bun (hs imhe1. of
rain, slightly rrmrn 'Mian was re
ported id Seagraves
I, 0011 Poole bad a good gentle
lam of two and I him* (rid ks in
flier, at Ins fariii nortlieasl of Sem
inole
On flu* f)uve Hjrlf*ii‘' plane ttidli
ol Seminole on flu Andrewi. In-It
way. all ' filch aiul^'lfiicn (|liar!i*i .
ol lain tell
II, nl d.iiua; < aloe dh fli.it
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ill op ol Hii rc. i ig:. iii S liiikum
County, frdui nine In six Otlici
nciglibm ing cnuntjc-, included
Dow mi with six ugs. s.imc .i
reported'Hint hls'elub could range j Hi.lent. 'hast week, Andrews with III, also]
anywhere Irom good In great in King said Hint Ins defensive line ,|l(, S.|M1<. •|,,ny V\i01 tun. down
the 1963-66 season depending oh j w ill hove -,111111' prohlcm spots. | j,y atl(| |,ci County. N M I
tlic breaks. including players'| with several sii|Smmuie , lagged M („|a| of :<4, ,m inerease ol j
schotnftic work. | Ini: heavy duty throe.
Gibson told tlie audience that Tech -.'ill have an advantage- Hi - ,
'Don't Ineak into a I'um-ial pro 1 Kemimile's Bob Mea a'1- has liic playing sl'Ven ol its ten games inj
cession. Seminole’s police depart polential lo iM-eome one oi Hie, Irieiirily' Jones Siadiiim nl Luh
ihcnt warns local motorists. j truly great Tech stars: Gibson | hock Bill the three ' oul-oMown •
The police said they had spv-1 cited iniprovenient on defense as | games will be Texas, Arkansas,
Next Saturday tunc 26 a multi I'’1'*1' recent complaints ol motor- the key lo Measels’ success in tlie and s:\II a Ibrinidable tain ol
cltv track meet will tie held here driving through or. passing coming.two -seasons, as tl„- Semi-; conleience lues
at Wigwam Stadium funeral cmloui.iucs Loral mdin Mi»le hid will In* a junior at lech; ’Ihc annual y\ i! uf flu TitIi
■ ■ anees, along wiTh -slate taws, rc : "lig hill • ' ><-icltes v»a- directed by Hicluml :
qlire drivers lo slop for a limuVal Anolher major ' tjucslion mark j Hlaekomi e ol Seagi avev head of '
Bnrrrff Attends lo pass. ; for Gibson is big Mob Glover., the 1 tlie Gaines County Red Raider
t In tli'eii weekly rej»ort of ac- tall standout who was sidelined , Clu.l,.
Fire Convention [tivities, the Seminole police said
Garnett Barrett, Seminole's Tire [.11 traffic tickets had been writ- j ¥ ¥ ¥
marshal, has returned from Late-(ten and 11 persons ar.rested
do where ho attended tlie Texas J The arrests ■ included five for
Stale ' Firemen's Association con-1 iW drivers license, two drunks, one
vention. I alien, one lor - a misdemeanor
Barrett reported some 1,970 lire j theft, one sleeper and one, lor vag-
offieials on hand for the meeting j raney.
Next year's convention w ill he in Tickets written -were six lor no.
Fori Worth, then it Will Come In j drivers license hud live for 1 un-
Lubbock for 1967 1 ning stop signs.
Miles Of Footwork By Local Officers
Ends In Arrest Of Car Thief Suspect
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Kruiiuth h«ss I ;< • in 10 mil<
immMiwi',1 nl Smmuolb .uifl «»n tin*
( luuh's liruci* plpru TTisVi llir.pin
both it m
Felix Kun M’II hum hi ml I ' m ,iuH
mu hi ten tlis ifiolie > uf r.iin al bis
Farm aboii 1 III miles moi ll»u( .1 uf
HeiiMiiuh* - .
Trustees Reject
Athletic Blazers
In Divided Vote
DID HE HELP? ...
fVi t
This little sculplm, (! gentleman is laljOC.,Ihc Atlec rain god
t- 'ooy Maine, S--mmole High student shown here, brought
I tailor bark from' Monterrey, Mexico, Inst week -and the next
three days found rain soaking Seminole Benny doesn't claim
all the tain credit for Taltoi but still, those Arelrs trad some
mysterious powers (Sentinel Photo)
Clovis Man Is Hired As
. a u?r •
New SHS Band Assistant
Dick ’ Seminole youngster at a Shi Itrxss
idgid I College hand camp, no-v under-
tor way, iii Alpine
In, ,d :i Set Isliuei Six' .alary as as
' i laid wimmini' p»iol operator al
Ma . !$!«,» per day Six had previous-
, fit ulii, M-, -ntK II- I lied in ,i>- I.V •" i-n liired on a temporai*y
repr a hand diie.tlm po lit u al i'-c-i- lad no -alary had been fix-
Mpilir Nil , - 1
IP- V. ill He Iimh-I band ,Iim elni '• Authorised "imming pool
l e, d I Mm, la III aril dll tin ; operator .1 (' ‘ Collin a to attend a
lour loi.il mica, -,oil|■ iar-.it> -dety com e in Hobbs June
(.'old I adci and itegitniHi" band , 2H .Inly 2 .in receive a Red Crosa,
I- eluil- I 1,0111 Clovis and gi a j ilisliuelor'-. eeriilicate
dua'led III M, lion, I ., tern-New a f'Laved pucelia-e ol two I It VI
Mexico I'liiiei .Ill with a uia let jeh'i'lnc typewriter , and several
dro in lb , loo nr,I I:,.| Mm j band instriRffeid . plus, new class
loom tin mfiire lor rime rooms of
tin Young Fli'ineiitjiiy Si-bool and
A \ lump.
Me\lean.
I'iChnl U.i,
bn ed
Monday
<i - .i jsishitil
band
dit crifii
Scmiimle «
brink.
by hie
bo.iid u! hu
f»»(»S
Kelml- '• lit'
nee ei
“I
I day and will ■ reporl loi work here
{on An ' I I a ln'il ' dal \ - a set
-vt-Ti-VT.-: r-;-7TT~-.—~;,T“pnr
I’reeip |u date 4 211 in
II look all night and Three pail
uf extremely weary feet, hul Sem
inole lawmen finally ran down n
scampering suspccled car thief
early Sunday morning,
Highway l alrnlman I’al Handel
and Gaines deputies Ward Chris-
tian and Glen Roberts were the
liner tired gentlemen who logged
Mcfjlcndin was hack al the stale
line, unaware that his ear had
been taken
Handel radioed for Christian lo
help him drive In the vehicle and j.
prisoner,’ hid when Christian ur- j
lived. Ai villa jumped mil and
scooted oil into the brush
Roberta was summoned to help, ;
miles of cross-country distance in i -‘iwt tlie three began I lacking Ai-
tlie pre-dawn hours Sunday,
And in Gaines County jail
villa by flashlight and by ear
smith' in a meandering trail In-
ward tlie Frankcl City highway,
Oilamlo Rodriguez Aryllla 18, of , jn „„ arc l)jJck towfu,| SenV
San Antonio, cliarged with car j j
Miles and miles were covered,
then the Irail was lost Back to
Seminole for breakfast came tlie
officers. I lien a cheek wittl a local
construction crew revealed Hod a
Latin laborer was missing from j
theft.
The story began Saturday night
when Handel stopped motorist
Jackie McClcndin and issued him
a citation ,1'or faulty tail lights
McClcndin was headed Inward
Hobbs on U. S, Hit) west ol Semi , vvm k and lie was reported stay
nolo. lug a| a local motel
Not long afterward. Handel Sure enough. Arvllla was al tlie
RED RAIDERS
stopped McCIcudin's ear again
stilt' with mi tail ligliis and this
lime headed Inward Seminole But
McClendin wasn't In II. Arvllla
w as under Hie wheel,
motel room sound asleep ARei :
a brief Interruption, Arvllla went
hack to sleep, this time in -Hie
county .lull. And three lawmen
massaged some aching feet.
Richard Blackmore (left) of Seagraves, head
ol the Gaines County Red Raider Club, pie-
sents golf ball prizes to Texas Tech basket-
ball coach Gene Gibson at the right, with
head Tech football coach J T King in the
center. Thu Red Raider delegation visited
here Tuesday for civic club talks, a golf tour-
ney and an evening meeting with fans
(Sentinel Photol
Suin(’ Seminole m'IiooI uIIki.iI
wauled K> “nu lu’ bla/.eis" Mini
d;«\ until!. Mil tlie srluml board
> topped l hem
In a ‘L2 .plil vole, Ibe local
hoard of hushes i ejected a re
r|ijesl by athletic duecloi .lake
Harrell lo purchase WV sport jack
els in HI IS school ( film s willi
* identifyuij4 emblems, lor Ibe loot
ball team Ibis tail
The laekel n under IJanell*
proposed, would also be us**d for
oilier Indian alblelu trams arid ^
lot vaiioiis oilier * Indent aelivili j
es, Mich, as debate h am compeli i
(ion
llai rell had e .lmnded Ibe < *»»l ;
ol the blazers a! $2.'» each or $!»0U
lor 25 of them
Some (d (he board member oh i
jcelcd slinnulv ln l hr evpemllhne
m the lac(‘ ol Hie local dLLiie!'* :
lie,nun/ the maximum lax h'
Thp $1100 for Hie blazer, had been j
included, in the athletic seehon nl
jhc board's IlHi!) (id pinpOsed bud
nt * I. bid'* linal approval of the
buducl has not been diven
Al'ler considerable discus urn of
the blazers,' in which il was point
i\d old Ilia! most area' schools, in
chid inn some as small as ela • A
have Hu* hla/ers, board niembri
| Hill ('in rv made mid II H I'al
I it i ,oiij, .Ir , seconded a niolion lo j
| nT*et fbr.....blazer refpiesl
<'ifft >. I’allerson. I.eoii I’onle ;
and Floyd f oals voted Inr Ihc it 1
I In ,al. W. K C’ii.v, »li . and HayIm(I i
Hales voted' iHprlti,' t tlic rejection j
and the seventh board inejnbei
haymoud Golden, was ah.cnl
The blazer proposal had been j
hmindit up and cepectecl then
about two and a half yealt* aMo.
also ‘
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Adder Is Stolen I
An electric adding mat lone j
valued, at $1115 was reported slot j
eii Wednesday morning al radio!
station KTKs0 .The machine an j
11nderwoml-Olivetti. was listed b\ j
city police as taken trhm the sla j
Jinn’s trout office. \
I * acmi
bonus
hon i‘l il Motidax
hie smninole »luud
“jrTT.7"
,i $:mu ye.c I
hi of her
mpht ineefin
Ijoard
1 A( < cpb *1 m i nal ion*, h um
Mis. iJointh. r.n If hi-’li cliool
pannall m and I .a. •Ic h b aehci
and W i, i»** '.J.i ell »* i .1 aid
band (bieT lfji %e ■ * iiot i mi• icleid
dame lit aodeh reporh >1 ,lo hie
board IhaJ.jfji vatam uw u.u v e xi .♦
Ifl hie 107 ’ n l ■ i 111 it l I • Mi ; ur ,i | f
Six o! hie vaeanele me al the
priiiuri y eh no ml a* y h \** I oiiv io
immu liijTh and tluTe in hi;di
■clerifl’*
2 Agreed Jo pay Mi*, all 12
da', salarv lor* snpcivi ion of
Krozy Doze To
Moke Seminole
Scene Once More
Mod /mile's! uf events. Krazy
lia/Tj will once ar.ioi pi a lie its
opepanim c on the Siuiiuolr
scene next I i ifl.iv June ’5 when
loc d men hauls will (tv lo ou(-
do one mioho i with Rooiy dress
and lidirulnuslv low prices.
This will he the third time
around for he naln event in
Seminole with-Nu bed one rrnii-
ili;; oh r.t .1 vi ,o .»:;(» Iltose
uho i at li' iji th*(l in .it will n
Cidl he ltd,). " ll * Mho had by
one iiiel ail noiehaiit^ clerk,
atid ('u .bout i
This will he a one (lay event
mid will he heralded by a spec-
ial section ol ly|( V/V hA/l,
advet fl >emi'ul In the June 2i
Seiiiinolf’ yeuliiiH as well a * on
(he spot mmoiiiM'iments on
Karlin Stuliou KILO.
The even,I bs a srlierKitleU pro
motion of (tie retailer’s com
miller of the Sem inole Area
Chamber nl ( ounneree and all
Seminole businesses an* heimt
ilt ftcd (o pal (ieipate both in the
Krazy dies * mid with outst.oul
inr. values on that day
thr hirdv I'H/i/ii id dm on ihr me*,
m.ilia ei fTeoij|c C'l Jy re|»or1ed
pint nil tin* lunului" .were be-
lovv i tim.des mhde m thr current
blidpel
6-'.Approved some $;» IMK) worth
of hooks for Ihe new* Voting
,♦ hool 11 br.ii y
Gaines Placed
Under New Game,
Fish Regulations
Guihe.s futility Ija:. hi'i'11 i>lacrd
• i now hunt lug 4igi<l ti-Jiiiig rr-
Mitatiun.s, with llio roooiil. siigning
-J a h- 'l-.lativo lull hv Gov. Joint
i imnally
i ho hill wa 1IH 'J'iB, whloh |>lao-
cd Gaiuo.i ami 17 other Texas
onuiitu-, nndor (ho ■ irgnlalory
authority of thr Tox.i Parka and
Wildlife Do|iaitment
In tiller. Hu- effect Is to pro-
vide lull state emiti nl ovm local
limiting seasons, bag limits and
other regulation:. I’icviomJy,
there, hail In-on .mije degree of
local cimlrol on the dates for1
hunting anti 'li-hiog, itumber of
iiidmal:.* and bird pcrmjttod lo be
taken and othei rtiles, giving a
ouuiity lo county vaiialion in
■mhiiv game iogidallon
Now oa-ions and bag lililita
- ill ho ,ol-from An .liu Im Gaines
old lIm oilier regulatory coun
lit Hul open imbiie hearings will
ho hold emit year in Bern inole and
olliei eounly seal loi: local s'pgrts
men and-.property owner.', lo ex
pii their vlewn nil M-gid a I lops
helm o Hip-' final rule , arc passed.
the III new oountle undo' the
,-iilial rogulalioli mo all In West
IVxas except Im Rec County, In
ihc loidliern pari oi Ihc laic A
Ipug with Gidjies and Bee, tliene
Counties, in<-luilo Andicws, Daw-
son, Yoakum, Terry, Crosby, Fish
or, Garza, GlasMtick, Hockley,
Howard, Irian, Lubbock, Lynn,
Martin, .Sterling and Stonewall
j.
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