Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1965 Page: 1 of 15
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SEMINOLE GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 29 1965
PRICE 10c
NO 37
Frank Nix Named
New School Head
y^ffun Seminole teacher Frank the Seminole district
Nix was elected principal of the j Salary for Nix"~vvS$' “pegged~*t"T-
new F .1 Young Elementary $8.420 per year by the school
School by the local school board trustees lie will work 11 months
at its regular meeting on Monday per year, as will all other Sent!
night ■ \ hole principals under new regula-
Ntx took over his duties on j turns by the board
Tuesday, preparing for the Sept Nix was chosen from a Held nl
7 official opening of the school j six local teachers who had applied
which will serve the west side of j lor the F J Young School’s prln
cipalshtp A number of out-of-
j town applications for the post i
, were also received by Superintcn [
■ deni James Bramlett. but the
board limited its final considers
I tion to the hall-doyen local men
At present. Nix teaches remodi- I
j al reading and speech in Semi-
nole Junior High His duties also
11 include direction of the annual
seventh and eighth grade class
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City, Educators Eye
Problems In Traffic
Around New School
Officials To Study Solutions For
No Sidewalks, Only One Street
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FRANK NIX
School Budget
Hearing Called
For August 9
A public hearing oh the Semi-
nole school system's 1965-66 bud-
get will he held Monday,, night.
Aug 9, at 8 o’clock The hearing
was set at Monday night's school
board meeting.
At the hearing, the budget will
fie reviewed and explained for the
benefit of any interested chitons,
then it will be officially adopted,
with any necessary alterations
In other action at a called meet-
ing last Thursday night and at
Monday's meeting, the school
board:
1 Took the resignations of sixth
grade teacher Miss Darlene Scott
and hired Mrs. Bessie McNabb as
a replacement Mrs McNabb is
from Wellman, a graduate of Tex-
as Tech and lias six year's exper-
ience, most recently at Irving
2. Hired Dan Florence to a
custodian’s job. to divide his duties
bctweeln the high school and (he
F J. Young School. 0, B Culp
was assigned to the Young School
as full-time custodian.
3. Okayed travel expenses to
Hobbs for J. C. Collins, summer
swimming pool operator, to attend
a lifesaving course.
4. lstted a permanent pass to
all school athletic events to Mrs.
F. J. Young, widow of the lale
superintendent
5. Instructed business manager
George Cristy to purchase two
buses, electric typewriters and
overhead projectors F*
(i. Limited use of the swimming
pool by the local Boy Scout troop
to one hour. 7 to 8 p m , on Mon-
days provided adult Scout leaders
are ou hand.
7. Rejected a request by the
school athletic department to re-
vise policies setting age limits on
junior high sports participants and
prohibiting sixth graders from
competing with the Junior high
teams.
Boys Arrested
After Break-In
Four Seminole youngsters, 13
and 14 years old, were arrested
by local police for a break-in at
Ed’s Paint and Body Shop, 500 iSE
Ave. Ci. last Thursday night
A pistol was taken in the bur-
glary, The four youths were turn-
ed over lo county juvenile offlc-
WEATHER
Date
Prccip-
High Low
July 22
96 68
23
97 63
24
98 66
25
.15
95 70
26
.56
85 72
27
93 66
28
92 66
29
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Precip. to date: 8.09 in.
plays.
He is originally from Brown-
wood. where lie graduated from
high school in 1942 After service,
he studied i^L Daniel Baker Col-
lege in Brownvvnori and received
a bachelor of arts degree in 1949
Shortly after graduation from
college. Nix was driving through
Seminole, stopped briefly to apply
for a teaching job and was hired.
He has taught here for 16 years
and has since received a master
of education degree from Texas
Tech 119571 and teaching certifi-
cates in elementary, high school,
superintendent and principal fields
Nix is 43 and is married to the
former Barbara Compton, who
has taught English here They
have two young children and live
a! 703 NW Ave J They are mem-
bers of the First Methodist
Church
Dozen Local
Lads To Vie
At Denton
jg
\ dozen Seminole youngsters
, ill icprcseni the city Hus week-
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A RARE TREAT
Water-filled streets, nearly knee-high on a
youngster, were filled with bathing suited
Seminole children Monday afternoon after
a swift half-inch of rain was dumped on the
city. Enjoying a plunge in front of their
watery yard are (left to right) Carol, Tammie,
Ron and Don Berry, children of Mr. and Mrs
Calvin Berry, 102 SW 12th (Sentinel Photo,)-
NEW SCHOOL'S
ZONES DRAWN
Attendance zones for the new
F .J. Young - Elementary School
have been set by the local school
board.
Children in the first five
grades living west of I lth Street
and south of the Hobbs highway
will attend the new school, plus
those from bus routes in the
western portion of the county.
Included will he children liv-
ing on the west side of 11th but
not those on the east side of
I lth.
Final assignment of the bus
pupils will be made when school
opens and enrollment figures are
compiled.
Condition Improved
Sunday Shower, Swift Monday Rain
Followed By Today’s Drenching Here
Following up Hie Sunday-.Mon- extreme western part of the conn- For Sunday and Monday of 125
day rains, a husky soaking this tv , inches al Gaines County Park,
morning dumped I 16 inches on George Norman’s peach orchard. ; north of Seminole
Seminole A gentle rain began fall- some 20 miles southwest ot Semi- Hut to the east o! Seminole, no
inn in the early morning hours, note, reported two and a quarter uas ,tt-tl And at Bat
ttien a heavy downpour started inches fell on Monday Bob Burns, ro,t-v Potalo Farm, northwest of
about 6:30. at his (arm and orchard just east 1<nvn |1(Sl |lk!|,| shower" tell
It didn't last long, hut for 30 ol the slate line reported ivvo -|-j1(, ,|u|v ,illM gi)Vl, ;i boost to
to 45 minutes on Monday after- incites j both dryland and irrigated crops,
noon, the rain poured on vwmilnole Hack toward Seminole Kenneth farmers and agricultural leaders
like there was no such filing as a nass p;td 1.2 inches on his farm;! in the Gaines area reported
drouth. Ben Brown three-fourths of an , Where the rain fell on irrigated
Monday's downpour was just |neb. and half-inch amounts were fields, the hard-pumping wells and
56 ol an inch, hut coupled with a noted on the Alvin Forhis, Joe sprinklers were augmented to good
15 shower on Sunday, the total • Anderson and Herman Sales (arms advantage for the growing cotton,
was 71 for the two days- -a vvel- Weldon Smith's place, about J2 soy Itcaiis.' castor beans and feed
corned amount in a dry month ol utiles west of Seminole. Had three- main crops
July. tenths of an inch There was *.35 j Dryland acreage reaped a good
The official measurements here, ()f n inch on the Dave Ridens Ideal of benefit from the rain
by Weather Bureau observet John place south ol Seminole, a quar- ■ particularly on some fields which
Moffalt brought the year s total ter-tneh at Leon Foote's home had recently been planted but not
to 6.69. ahead of last year bul northeast of Seminole and a total vel sprouted.
With the opening Ol the itevv except lot the block occupied hv
F .1 Young l-'lemenliii v School it,,- nev. .m hool so children Un-
less than six weeks ,'ivvnv Semi tail will have to walk ot iidi’j
tiole’s city and school oftieiais bnvtir-- m the specl
Monday night dtlud mUr.i Ilmins 4 Xvt, H ln n,,. ni the
.traffic problem , draw liHwren HMh Street and the!
Centei ol the r sue is SW Ave pep school is sometimes covered |
If the only traffic artery to the with mud anil water .diet a tafli !
new school it) We.tern Hill- Aflill , The Intersection it Ave B
lion ’ and the southeast cornel of the ' end al Denton in the slate Texas
\VI, |i , .pi.|,„,t street anil • hool block i- a blind one trout \malriu Athletic Federation track
there are no sidewalks along It hollt directions meet
\t Monday ni'ht’s n ul.ir meet Welch aid that lie felt that The 12 local hoys qualified for
mg ol the Seminole school hoard stop -urns and" porliap* leveling the Denton finals vvjth victories or
citv alderman <'barley Benson .mil -I dirt al the corner would ease high lineltes in a regional meet
Police chiei F.dd Welch appeared I lie problem id the blind corner last Friday in Lubbock
Indore tlie_Jj.listces and called at and. he recommended a parking The TAAF track meets art* the
tendon to Ihe pending Iralltc ban along Uc 11 ! highlights ol the summer rocrea-
problems. School trustees talked favorably program in truck for dozens
I lie school board ordered Super ol the immediate building ot a ,,| Texas cities Sponsored by
inteodenl .lames Bramlett to head sidewalk front the new school Into ,c|Mm| systems and city recrea-
a study of the situation in enopern the Seminole residential an a and (j„„ departments across the stale,
non xvitIr the city council and with 'lM,ke ol a possible sharing ,|M. track work in the summer
Forrest Lumber Co. owners of the ol r"'',s with I he city and horresl ^ provides competitive purtieipaUoo
Western Mills development Lumber '( o. on Hus sidewalk j„ t in- popular-sport for thousands
Bramlett was also instructed to Some hoard memlters lell that ((| |(,X;,S youths
take any necessary steps ill tin- ;l sidewalk up lo six leet wide |„ Seminole.' the sumftter truck
cooperative study toward solving | might
In the junior class, running a-
..... desirable all the way program )s under Ihe direciion of
the traffic problems for the new down Ave B to I lth SI reel from . )ucmI school system, with
school *(,e new si hool Bnundat v oi the • coach Tarn Rogers supervising the
Welch cited those major proh -j new school zone is 1 lth. and workouts
lents to the hoard mi the new .pedestrian and bicycle traffic Seminole' ribbon winners al
school "nu btbel dowrt A'v'e B Wk fin i .,1.i><,. , regional meel were
1 Xvo II is the only paved road *|N lil1' ail In flic junior 113 - 141 and
lo the new school all trallie in Beteon commented to Ihe hoard 12 and under' hoys divi-
the mornings and evenings must d'al property alongside Ave B i- sj()ns
j| . already owned by the city, so no,
2 Cars parked on either side ol I coni ;• ri assessment or pur^jiase • Loltlmek Ratnpa and other
\ve B eati make Ihe street too ot easements would be needed to j larger ellies. Seminole scored two
narrow lot safe pa sage, especially build .1 sidewalk ritst places in eight events. In the
w ith buses At Ihe same time, the hoard j mj(|ge, bracket, the local show-
3 No sidew alks are m ihe area *leard recomniendalions H'om j jn), was tops—five first place fiu-
Weleli for additional four-way stop ls|1|ls jn |jve events
•———————~ iiiiersei iions around the present |-|1(, individual star of the meet
-rlmol «amptis to slow traffic (Vi|s young Rodney Lunceford, top
through the crowded area hand of the midget class. All the
Welch reported a liumhei of j swift Mr Luneeford did was to
arrests for speeding in the school, wjn ofefgcy single event, including
zone since he look office in April. strorift leg on the winning Sem-
and the trustees suggested a eon- j i„„|e relay team
1 inuance ol the present 15 mile- Rodney capiured the 50-yard
per-honr school zone speed limit, ({uN,t u„h a 8.6 lime, the high
with the erection of additional iump with a 4-4 leap, the broad
warning signs Jump with a l5-5ig effort, and the
SET MONDAY
DOLLAR DAY
No Council Meeting
still well below normal for the
Condition of Mrs. Preston Flor- j first seven months of a year,
enee of Seminole, who was re-1 The path of the Monday rain
eently critically burned, is report- cut a swath across Gaines County. No meeting of the Seminole city
ed improved at Lubbock's Meth- i running roughly southwest to; council was held Monday night,
odist Hosptal. Mrs. Florence was j northeast through The county, with Ihe regularly scheduled meeting
burning out an ant hill al Iter (lie eastern portion of Gaines date The aldermen are taking a
home when gasoline flamed over [ missing most of the showers. I month's holiday from the meet-'
her. She suffered burns over 30 The top benefits in the form of ings and will next convene on
per cent of her body precipitation were received in the Monday, Aug 23, al city hall
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SUCCESSFUL CIRCUIT . . .
Seminole's Bramlett sisters, currently the Barbara, 14, (left) and Cindy, 12, grabbed
city's brightest tennis lights in recent years, titles at San Angelo, Abilene, Sweetwater,
display a host of shining trophies they won Lubbock, Andrews, Midland and Odessa,
this summer on the West Texas tennis tour. (Sentinel Photo)
21-Contest Cage
Slate Announced
For SHS Indians
A 21-game schedule, plus three
tournaments, was announced fot
! the 1965-6(1 Seminole High bask-
jelball team by Coach Paul Ingle
this week.
The slate Includes nine home
' games, plus the two-night Semi-
nole doublcheadcr tournament
The Indians will also partici-
pate in tournaments at Snyder
| and Hereford, and. the non-dis-
trict schedule includes three class
AAA/V foes an Increase of two
over last year's card These foes
j are Midland Lee. Big Sprirtg and
1 Odessa Permian of District
12-AAAA, ail expected to be lough
[ teams
Other non-district dates are with
1 Brownfield itwjeei, Lamesa.
'Crane, Denver City and Eunice,
N. M The Seminole tourney teams
are Snyder, Tuliu, Brownfield and
Seminole.
The 1965-66 schedule:
Nov 26 Brownfield; Nov. 30:
al Midland Lee, Dee. 3 and 4
Seminole Tournament: Dee, 7: Big
Spring; Dec 10 and 11 Snyder
| Tournament: Dee 14 at Lamesa,
I Dee 16 at Permian. Dec 17 and
1ft Hereford Tournament: Dee
121 at Brownfield; Dec 28 al
I Crane
Jan. 4 Kernilt. Jan 7: at Mon-
ahans, Jail. II Denver City; Jan
14 Pecos; Jan 1(1 at Ector; Jan
121 Fort Stockton; Jan 25: al
1 Andrews; Jan, 28 Monahans
Feb 1 at Eunice; Feb 4: al
j Pecos Feb. 8: Ecfor, Feb 11;
at Fori Stockton; Feb 15: An-
drews. Fch 17 al KemtH
Dollar Day will be presented
Monday by leading merchants
ot Seminole, with many attrac-
tive bargains being offered to
shoppers ot the area.
A special Dollar Dav edition
will he published by the Sentin-
el and distributed Sunday, list-
ing the special attractions of
the event, sponsored by the Re-
tail Committee oi the Seminole
Area Chamber ol Commerce.
Also to he added are lour-way
slops al SVV Ave B and 4th and
j fit It Streets, plus SW Ave I) and
4lh and 8th Streets
Tins wav Welch said, any ear
I passing 11 trough ihe school zone
100-yard dash with a 12.1 timing
In Ihe midget 440-relay, an
eight-man race, Seminole's time
was 61 8 with a team of Kregg
Pierson, Gary Six, Randy Shu-
mate, Gary Thombury, Rodney
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FREE[RAM AD A VISITS
Family Fun-Weekend
Contest Launched
'"'"I h(' "'bidrcd lo make two com Kandy Lunceford. David Bar-
plotc stops . bee and Perry Hourne.
Other Seminole place wlnnejs.
who earn flu* right to compete at
Denton, were Six, third in tho
! 50-yard dash; and Six and Pier-
; son. second and third in the high
I jump.
In tlie junior bracket, Semi-
nole's 440-relay team (four-man)
| rente through with a 52.3 victory.
Running were Jimmy Kite, Danny
Whiseniiunt, Justin Lane and
| Ricky Locke.
Lane placed second in the shot
put with a 38-7 fling, and Whisen-
liunt was third with 38 even They
will compete In this event also
al Ihe Denton meel.
Leading business firms oT •■Sent- jclition, starting with breakfast Sat-
inolc and the Sentinel, in corpora- urday . morning and continuing
(ion with Hamadu Inns of Ameri- through Sunday dinner
cu. are opening a ten-week con- [ Full use of the Hatnada Inns'
test fltis week in which local! facilities such as swimming pools,
families may win a fun-filled I private clubs, shuffleboard and
“Ramada run Weekend" [other games and children's play -
The lucky families—one to be i ground areas is at tile disposal of
chosen each week fur the ten the lucky Seminole families,
weeks may choose from a long; The package for the winners
list of participating Ramada inns ; will accomodate both parents and I past 12 months created adverse
across Ihe southwestern United tip lo three unmarried children weather conditions that will re-
duce yields of crops and livestock
In Gaines County.
The U, S. Department of Agri-
culture has designated Gaines
County as eligible for production
drop In al any of Ihe co-sponsor-; each 'week's Sentinel These bust-[type emergency, loan funds until
Emergency Farm
Loans Approved
Below average rainfall for the
States for their expense-paid week* Transportation is not furnished
end j Procedure of the contest is this:
There's no strings, no gimmicks Any Seminole resident visits a
and nnthing to huv in the contest participating business, listed below
Sentinel readers may simply and also on the inside pages of
int: businesses and register for the nesses also display red and white
context, with uu obligation 1’cr- Ramada placards about the con-
sults may register at as many dil- test
ferent places as they desire, and He signs a slip, drops it lit a
June 30, 1966.
Emergency production loans are
based on sound plans of operation
to established farmers and live-
Crusade For Chris
a drawing will be held each week box. and once each week, each j stock producers who are unable
from the registrations to deter- participating firm will hold a ! 10 obtain credit front other lend-
niinc the winners drawing, with the winner going jers to continue normal opera-
Kaeh week s contest will be a into a drawing from the other lions. Producers must have reas-
nevv one so new registrations may stores. These preliminary winners unable prospects of success,
be made every week j vv ill he announced m the Sentinel,, For additional information con-
Tlie weekend Ramada package and another drawing from these [ lael Farmers Home Administra-
Imlndes luxury accomodations on first winners will be held to select [lion, Room B-l, Courthouse, Sent-
a Friday and Saturday night of the family winning the weekend : mole. The county office is open
the winner's choice, plus the package. 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
finest of food in the Ramada tea- Set* WEEKEND. Page 5 I through Friday.
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Mosby, Joe. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1965, newspaper, July 29, 1965; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556066/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.