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Founded 1887.
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Vol. 61—No. 43
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948
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Tribulations of Early Banking In
Panhandle Shown in Paul Letters
EUBANK ESTATE
DISTRIBUTED TO
EIGHTEEN HEIRS
Estate of W. P. Eubank, farm-
er, who died April 4, 1946, has.
been distributed to IS heirs with
the exception of $139.58, accord-
ing to a report filed with Judge'
O. R. Beddingfield of probate
court."
V. D. Biggs was administrator
and reported that he received a
gross sum of $5,686.72, including
^ the 194 6 wheat crop.
Expenses totalled $2,037.14 as
follows: Funeral, $3 80; harvest-
ing 194 6 wheat crop, $577.13;'
income tax paid, $183.4 7,; local
taxes, $3,54; premium on admin-
istrator’s bonds, $83; grave stone,
$65; attorney’s fees, $460; ad-
ministrator’s commission, $26 6.24;
probate costs, $19.76.
Eubank had no immediate fam-
, * ily, all his brothers and sisters
being dead. He is survived by a,
number of nephews and nieces
and grand nephews and grand
nieces.
One brother, J. P. Eubank,
bachelor, died in 1943. Another
brother, Albert L. Eubank, who
had 11 children, died August 12,
I 19 22. This brother had eight liv-
ing children and a deceased son
t. of A. L. Eubank had one daugh-
’ter. These nine persons received
$234 each as follows:
Mrs. Donie Adams, Bryan f
i Clifford L. Eubank, Houston;
Minnie A. Eubank, Charleston, S.
C.; Tommy W. Eubank, Houston;
John Weldon Eubank, Mrs. Nita
May Terrell, Walter and Albert
L. Eubank, all of Route 4, Waco;
Mrs. Lona May Mize, Bryan,
daughter of J. P. Eubank, de-
ceased son.
Three children of another de-
^ ■ ceased son, William D. Eubank,
received $78 each as follows: Wil-
liam D. and James R. Eubank,
and Mrs. Katherine M. Fletcher,
all of Clifton, Va.
A half sister, Mrs. Julia King,
who died in December. 1945, left
five children and each received
$19 5 as follows: A. K. King, Aus-
tin H. L. King, Carbon; Mrs.
Ethel Harrell, Gorman; C. S.
King, Stephenville; Joe Carl King,
Kingshead, Calif. Mrs. King’s son,
Fred R. King, died in 1911 and
left one child, Mrs. Freddie Car-
men, Burbank, C’al., who also re-
ceived the same amount as her
. uncles and aunt.
A
Basis of distribution was 1-10th
of 2-3rd to nine heirs,; 1-30th of
2-3rd to three heirs and l-6th
of l-3rd to six heirs.
After final court costs are paid
the balance from the $139.5 8 is to
be distributed to the heirs propor-
tionally.
Eubank died alone at his farm
*, home northeast of Panhandle and
it was several days before his
body was found.
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James Mecaskey’s
Body Will Arrive
From Africa Soon
The body of the late Lt. James
Mecaskey, who was killed in
North Africa in the fall of 1942,
is en route to the United States
and will be buried at Decatur, the
old family home.
Press dispatches state that the
Barney Kirschbaum is scheduled
to arrive Friday morning from
North Africa with 2,500 bodies.
The body will be sent to Fort
Worth and will be turned over
to a Decatur funeral director.
Notification will be given three
days before the burial date at
t Decatur. Rev. James Todd, pastor
of the First Christian Church here,
will conduct the rites.
Lt ‘ Mecaskey, who was in the
Army Air Corps, was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mecaskey and
the brother of Lt. Robert Me-
caskey, who served in the Marine
Corps. James was a graduate of
Panhandle High School and a for-
mer student of Texas Christian
fMl University. He was the first Pan-
’ handle boy to lose his life in mili-
tary service.
LIONS SKIP MEETING
The Lions Club skipped its
meeting Tuesday noon on account
of the dstrict conference at Ama-
rillo this week.
The 60th anniversary of bank-
ing in Panhandle was honored at
a joint meeting of the Lions and
Rotary Clubs at the Panhandle
Inn Friday, May 7, with Frank
A. Paul, chairman of the board
of the First National Bank, as the
speaker.
Around 100 persons were in at-
tendance at the luncheon, includ-
ing the bank’s officers and em-
ployes, also directors and their
wives and many other visitors.
David M. Warren, president of
the bank, presided and introduced
the bank staff. The bank closed
during the program.
Recalls Anniversary
Warren recalled that on the1
Golden Anniversary in 193 9 that;
W. H. Patrick of Clarendon and
W. H. Fuqua of Amarillo were
the speakers. He also recalled that
E. E. Carhart. J. E. Southwood,
J. S. Wynne, Ray Weatherley, J.
F. Weatnerly, O. P. Russ and J.
Lill, who were present 10 years;
ago, has passed on.
W. M. Bender and J. N. Free-
man. present 10 years ago, were
unable to come on account of ill-
ness. Charley Wright, another
pioneer, is staying in Waco now.
T. M. Cleek was introduced as the
only adult, who came to Pan-
handle in 1887, the year the city
was established, as living here
now.
Frank Evans of White Deer1
and C. L. Culver, cashier of the
State National Bank of Groom,
were among the many visitors
Based on Letters
Paul’s address was based pri-
marily on correspondence his
father. Judge J. C. Paul, carried
on with various persons in the
early days. The first page of the
book showed that the old Pan-
handle Bank, which closed in De-
cember, 1942, after being in op-
eration since May 6, 188 8, had
begun business.
Scarcely had the bank begun
than Judge Paul wrote on June
12, 1888, to E. B. Purcell of Man-
hattan, Kan., associated with the
Santa Fe Railway townsite, that
people had become discouraged
and that around 20 farmers had;
taken land in adjoining counties,
primarily because of the difficulty
•of drilling wells here.
A long in July, 1888, Judge
Paul was writing about the is-
suance of $5,000 to $6,0 00 of
court house and jail bonds at 8
per cent interest. The county had
been organized in June, 18 88, for-
merly being attached to Donley
county for judicial purposes.
Considers Clarendon
Business was dull in Panhandle,
and on Oct. 19, 1888, Paul wr-ote
to friends at Clarendon about es-
tablishing a bank there. He had
been asked to establish one there,
stating that about $10,000 would
be sufficient. He also wrote that
the Rig Arnold section, in full-
view of Panhandle, could be
bought for $640 and that “baby”
(referring to Howard Paul) had
been ill for two days.
Along in January, 18 89, Paul
wrote that deposits were low and
that the Frisco railroad would
come through Panhandle, bonds
having been sold. An artesian
well would revive drooping spirits,
he also commented.
March 23, 1889, Paul wrote
H. B. Sanborn about establishing
a bank in Amarillo with $5,000
to $10,000 capital. The bank Paul
mentioned did not get started, the
First National there starting a
few months later. Later Paul be-
came the first president of the
Amarillo National Bank in 1893.
Run Made on Banks
In a letter in July, 189 3, to his
associated, John M. Moore, Wich-
ita, Kan., Paul referred to a test
run being made on the two banks
at Amarillo. He mentioned that
banks in Henrietta, Vernon and
other cities had closed up.
Mention was made later of the
Amarillo bank being hard up and,
apt to need money.' Also, he said
that he had thought of going to
the Oklahoma strip to Woodward
to see about opening a bank. He
held the treasurership of the
Southern Kansas Railway Co. here
and thought he could get a clerk
to do the -work.
The crowd laughed about a let-
ter written Oct. 12, 1893, to a
Springfield, Ohio, distillery ask-
ing for three gallons of Harvest
Home whiskey, two gallons in one
jug and a gallon in another with
a promise to pay upon delivery.
Billy Dixon Letter
An early letter was to Billy
Dixon, noted Indian fighter, re-
garding his overdraft of $73, en-
closing a note to cover same and
suggesting that some one else*
sign the note with him.
The bank had $2,73 3 deposits
May 12. 1888; $3,336 deposits
May 31. 1889 and in 1908, $81,-
00 0. The two story bank building
was valued at $1,748.88. Paul’s
salary in the early days was $40
a nronth plus his house rent
valued at $10 a month. J. L. Gray
later became cashier at $65 a,
month.
Records showed that the four
partners distributed $43.42 profits
on August 1, 1888. Deposits Jan.
15, 1907, were $133,000 and Dec.
17 that year after the panic they
were $70,800. They went to $81,-
300 April 3, 1908. When E. E.
Carhart became cashier Jan. 1,
1906, deposits were $75,400.
Chea;) House Repairs
Under date of Jan. 25, 1895,
he referred to J. N. Freeman
planning to marry. He said that
J. L. Harrison owned a home
which could be repaired for $15
and made suitable for Freeman.
Another letter Feb. 1, 189 5, told
about Charley Wright getting
married and referred to J-ohn
Haggard being in Hot Springs,
Ark.
Paul mentioned about becoming
agent for White Deer lands at $100
a month. Under date of Oct. 15,
18 94, Paul wrote J. G. Williams
that the Tommy Lawrence sec-
tion three miles west could be
bought for $30 0 cash and that
the J. W. Thomason section in
four miles could be purchased for
$200 cash, less 4 cents per acre.
Williams was also told that a
cash customer could buy 1,0 00
head of yearlings in May for $7
a head, which should be worth
$12 to $14 a head in December.
Early Deposits Given
Paul brought records to the
meeting to show the names of
many of the early depositors such
as F. H. Hill, J. Lill, $. H. Mad-
den, O. H. Nelson, G. T. Oliver,
A. Schneider, Burns Walker Co.,
Bank of Clarendon, T M.~ Cleek,
J. L. Gray and others.
Frank Paul closed with a state-
ment regarding the confidence
that depositors had had in the
old private bank and the First
National. The National Bank had
$350,000 Dec. 1, 1927, and grew
to more than $6,000,000 for a few
days during the harvest movement
last year with deposits now around
$5,000,000.
President Mason Lemons of the
Lions and J-ohn O’Keefe of the
Rotarians presided. Members of
the two clubs and visitors said
Frank Paul gave one of the most
informative addresses on early
day history of Panhandle ever
heard here.
“I believe I knew personally
the name of every pioneer men-
tioned in Judge Paul’s letters,”
said T. M. Cleek.
Historical Group
Will Hold Annual
Program Today
Annual meeting of the Pan-
handle Historical Society will be
held at Canyon today. Directors
will meet at 2 p. m. and the
annual meeting will be held at
4 p. m. with the banquet at 7
p. m.
Dr. W. C. Holden of Texas Tech
will be the principal banquet
speaker. A short farewell talk
will be made by Dr. J. A. Hill,
retiring president of West Texas
State College, and the president-
elect, Dr. James P. Cornette, will
be introduced.
A writers’ research conference
will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday
with Dr. Holden and J. Evetts;
Haley as the speakers.
The Herald editor is Carson
county director and first vice-
president of the society.
5 RESIGNATIONS
ACCEPTED BY
SCHOOL BOARD
Group Includes
H. S. Principal
And Two Coaclies
Five resignations were accepted
by the board of trustees at the
monthly meeting Tuesday night.
Resignations were offered by
and accepted from PI. W. Cross,
principal of the high school,; Mrs.
Emma Cross and Miss Ruth Kem-
per, grade school teachers; Coach
Doyle E. Chrisman and Bobby W.
Doyle, assistant coach.
C. O. Hinshaw, high school cus-
todian, was reelected at a salary
of $3,000 a year for 12 months.
F. W. Nichell of the grade school
was reelected at $1,800 for 12
months.
Principal Cross announced that
he had accepted a position as
superintendent of schools of Quit-
aque beginning July 1.
Panthers Take Fifth
In State Track Meet
Dumas Man Heads
Lions of District
Panhandle was well represented
at the District 2-T-l Lions Confer-
ence at Amarillo Sunday to Tues-
day when W. R. Rutherford, pub-
lisher of the Moore County News,
Dumas, was elected district gov-
ernor over K. L. Riggs of Lub-
bock.
Panhandle has had two district
governors, Ralph Randel and Jack
Griffith.
Lubbock was selected as the
next district conference city.
Vocational Ag
Students Given
Several Honors
Vocational agricultural students
of Panhandle high school under
the supervision of their teacher,
Alvis Tabor have been busy for
the past three weeks.
First, there was a meet at
Lubbock, the last week in April
in which fou'r teams were en-
tered: livestock judging, com-
posed of Kenneth Lynch, W. A.
Mitchell and James Cummings;
dairy cattle, Clifton Dowlen, Roy
Mitchell and Joe Pat Walker ;f
dairy products, Donald Detten,
John Gripp and Riley Bickerstaff;
poultry judging (freshmen boysi
only), Bobby Morgan, Jimmy
Williams and Melvin Williams.
Out of 60 teams, Panhandle*
placed sixth in dairy cattle judg-
ing and dairy products judging.
Kenneth Lynch was 10tli in live-
stock judging out of 210 boys;
Donald Detten was third in dairy
products judging, and John Gripp,
10th.
April 30, the boys went to Col-
lege Station wThere they competed
with all of the high 10 per cent
boys of the state for state honors.
High points for the state were
1,606 and low 1,025, with Pan-
handle making 1,4 07; 56 teams
were entered. Boys making the!
trip were: livestock judging, Ken-
neth Lynch, Don Detten and Bob-
by Harbison,; dairy cattle judging,
Clifton Dowlen, Roy Mitchell and
Joe Pat Walker; dairy products,
John Gripp, Glen Whitlow and
James Cummings.
Friday, May 7, the boys went,
to Lake McClellan for an over-
night camporee and meet, with
teams from Shamrock, Wheeler,
McLean, White Deer, Claude and
Panhandle competing. Panhandle
won third in this meet with Sham-
rock first, and Wheeler, second.
Panhandle won first in junior
chapter conducting with boys
from vocational agriculture serv-
ing in the following capacities:
Bobby Morgan, president; Gehn
Farlow, vice-president; Jimmie
Williams, secretary; Maurice Cleg-
horn, treasurer; Durward Lynch,
reporter;; Henry Leven, advisor;
Daniel Homen, sentinel; Melvin
Williams and Tommy Skidmore,
first and second greenhands, and
Johnny Ellis, parliamentarian.
First place was also won in
senior chapter conducting with
officers of the Panhandle chap-
ter of the F.F.A. serving as the
following: President, Don
Ketchum; vice-president, Kenneth
Lynch; secretary, Clifton Dowlen;
treasurer, W. A. Mitchell; report-
er, John Gripp; sentinel, Bobby
Adcock; parliamentarian, James
Cummings, advisor, Glen Whit-
low, and first and second master
farmers, Riley Bickerstaff and
Charles Burrows.
The softball team from Pan-
handle placed second with the
following members: Kenneth
Lynch, Gehn Farlow, Glen Whit-
low, Bobby Adcock, W. A.
Mitchell, Jimmy White, Roland
Skelton, Don Detten and Johnny
Ellis.
Donald Detten won third place
in public speaking and Melvin
Williams and Riley Bickerstaff
won third place in horseshoe
pitching. The boys returned to
Panhandle, Saturday afternoon.
Panhandle, which was co-fav-
orite with Junction to win the
Class B state track championship
at Austin last week-end, weak-
ened in the finals Saturday and
took fifth place with 21 points.
The Panthers did extra good
in the preliminaries Friday, May
7. Charley Wright and George
Franklin qualified in the 440-
yard dash.
Larry Tackitt qualified in the
120-yard high hurdles and also in
the 200 yard low hurdles. Don
Light qualified in the 8 80-yard
run. Wright also qualified in the
220 dash. The Panthers also qual-
ified in the 440-yard relay and
in the mile relay.
Panhandle’s time of 3:40.3 was
the best time in the mile relay,
run by Wright, Light, Franklin
and Knapp.
James Weatherall, White Deer
huskie. placed last in the pre-
liminaries in the shot put with
41 feet 8% inches. In the finals
he was fourth with 44 feet 2%
inches.
In the finals Panhandle placed
second in the mile relay, fourth
in the 44 0-yard relay, Tackitt was
sixth in both hurdle races; Wright
was fourth and Franklin was sixth
in the 440-yard race.
The weather was much more
sultry the second day and Pan-
handle was also weak in the field
events, having no entries in thej
finals.
Junction was first with 58
points. Others,-were Pearsall 36
1-11; Richland Springs, 30: Hobbs
(near R-otan) 24; Panhandle, 21;
Splendora, 18; Deer Park, 14-35;
Bastrop, 12,: Alvarado, 12; Wal-
ler, 12; Lytle 12; Fioresville 12;
Bloomington, 10; Orange Grove,,
10 3-5; Buena Vista, 10.: Port
Lavaca, 10; Waskom, 10; Marfa,
10; Halletsville, 10.
Even in taking fifth place, Pan-
handle thus took high honors,
considering that there are several
hundred B schools in Texas.
Another' West Texas school,
Seminole, led Conference A with
40 points. Others were Humble,
38; Mexia, 2 6(: Carthage, 24;
Karnes City. 24; Alice, 23; Car-
lisle, 20; Uvalde, 17-.; Cameron
16 1-5; De Leon, 16 Pecos, 16;
Edison, 15%; Andrews, 11;
Brady, 10 1-5; Ballinger 10; Ros-
coe 10; Sundown 10.
Class AA practically had no
meet with Austin taking 104%
points,: Beaumont, 41; Corpus
Chri,sti, 39%; Brownwood. 34;
Kerrville, 23; Odessa, 22%;
Bowie (El Paso) 20; Pampa, IS;
Lubbock, 14%; Childress 12;
Abilene, 11.
White made all 24 points for
Hobbs, the consolidated school
near Rotan.
VFW Post Plans
Barbecue To Get
Building Funds
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
met Wednesday evening, May 5,
with Francis Holcomb, com-
mander in charge.
Charles F. Hood, Jr., and Har-
old Sutton were accepted as mem-
bers.
Plans were made to have ai
countywide barbecue and dance
in Panhandle June 5, to raise
funds to assist in building a per-
manent home for the organiza-
tion. Wayne Driskill was appointed
general chairman with George!
Rohan in charge of barbecuing
the meat. Tickets will be on sale
by all members of the organiza-
tion at $1 each.
A women’s auxiliary was dis-
cussed and plans made to organize
one, if enough interest was shown
among those eligible to be mem-
bers.
Men Injured in
White Deer Car,
Truck Collision
Four Panhandle men were in-
jured in a collision between their
passenger car and a truck a few
blocks east of Main Street in
White Deer late Tuesday. The car
was owned by Henry Haiduk, who
was thrown from the automobile
and received head injuries and
bruises.
Earl Cox received a broken left
leg and Was taken to Worley Hos-
i/tal, Pampa, but is expected to
be brought to his home today.
Ralph Pryor received broken ribs
and an injured foot. Carl Metcalf
suffered a Mused knee cap.
L. W. Tomlin was in the truck.
He is International Harvester
dealer at White Det,r It is under-
stood he sustained severe injuries
and was taken to an Amarillo
Hospital.
The Panhandle men had been
fishing northeast of White Deer
and Tomlin was preparing to turn
off the highway to his place of
business, it is understood.
Panhandle Gets
.15 Inch of Rain
Panhandle weather has been
more pleasant the past week than j
it had been for some time, al-1
though temperatures have fallen \
to the low 40s several nights. !
High winds and blowing dust |
were prevalent the first of the
week, with more pleasant weath-
er prevailing after a shower of
.15 inch of rain Monday night.
Additional rainfall is needed at
once in most parts of the county
in order to insure a wheat crop.
H. M. Nichols, county agent, re-
ports however, that there has been
little plowing up of wheat, as the*
farmers, for the most part, were
optimistic for their crop outlook.
Pligh temperatures for the past
week was 90, May 7, and the low
was 41, May 6. Temperatures for
the past week follow:
SHORT ILLNESS
FATAL TO LONG
TIME RESIDENT
Mrs. Beiderwell
Survived by Three
Sons, Daughter
Mrs. Dora May Beiderwell, 69
years old, who had lived in Car-
son county since 1913, died at
2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
at St. Anthony’s Hospital follow-
ing an operation. She had been
ill a week.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Metho-
dist Church by the pastor, Rev.
W. E. Fisher, and burial will be
in Panhandle Cemetery.
Mrs. Beiderwell’s husband, Ora
Beiderwell, farmer and stock
raiser, died Feb. 9, 1946. She was
a life long member of the Metho-
dist Church and wras a charter
member of the Cuyler Study Club,
serving as reporter for many
years.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of Boxwell Bros, at Ama-
rillo.
Survivors include three sons.
Donald L., John M., and Wayne
A. Beiderwell, all of Panhandle;
one daughter, Mrs. Stella Mildred
Dickson of Lovington, N. M.; five
granchildren; one brother, Bert
Armstrong of Antwerp,'Ohio, and
one sister, Mrs. Julia Banks of
Hickville, Ohio.
Mrs. Beiderwe 1 lived five miles
east of Panhandle!
May 6 ...
High
___________ 70
Low
41
Rain
May 7 ...
___________ 90
48
May 8 ...
___________ 89
56
May 9 ...
___________ 86
53
May 10 .
____________ 65
45
Tr
May 11 .
___________ 60
42
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May 12 .
_______* 69
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Mrs. C. H. Huff’s
Father Succumbs
A. T. Burleigh, descendant of
British royalty and father of Mrs.
Cl H. Huff, died at Sunset, La.,
April 29 and burial was at Opa-
loupas, La., May 1. He was almost
80 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Huff and daugh-
ters, Suzie and Billie, attended
the services. Survivors include the
widow, five daughters and three
sons.
Burleigh was a native of Louisi-
ana. He visited some years ago
with the Huffs’ when they lived
at McLean.
The Editor
The Local Newspaper
Panhandle, Texas, U.S.A.
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you a strang-
er, in so far as we have never
met, but not a stranger, as I am a
fervent admirer of all that is
American and Texan, and feel a
warmth toward you which brings
the relationship very close.
I wish to open up correspond-
ence with you, or if that cannot
be, with somebody willing to
write a short letter occassionally
There is plenty of news which I
could give you, without any need
for payment, about this country,
about Kent, about our people,
about our customs, our Yatest
fashions, our present talking
points, in fact, first hand infor-
mation that you can rely upon.
Secondly, I should be open to
receive every postage stamp, off
letters, you can lay your hands-
on.
Please send me a copy of your
newspaper and let me know if I
can correspond with you or a
friend.
With good wishes,
Sincerely,
COLIN H. S. WILSON.
Lane End, Gordon Road,
Whitstable, Kent, England
April 25, 1948.
FEASTER BEATS
SI FRANCIS IN
CAPR0CK GAME
Panhandle reached the 500 per-
centage point in the Caprock
League Sunday afternoon with -a
16 to 9 victory over St. Francis.
The game was played here with
Jess Feaster pitching for Pan-
handle and letting the visitors
down with 9 runs and 9 hits.
Panhandle made six errors and
St. Francis made seven runs off
him in the third inning, one in
the fifth and one in the eighth.
Dees pitched the first two in-
nings for St. Francis, Panhandle
getting four runs in the first in-
ning and five in the second. Dees
gave three hits and struck out
two men.
C. Neusch relieved Dees and
allowed ;15 hits and struck outi
two men. He walked one. St.
Francis made 9 errors and Pan-
handle made IS hits.
The Panhandle team scored 3
runs in the fourth, two in the
fifth and two more in the sev-
enth. Feaster hit a home run and
Wersonick and Hendrix each hit
two two-baggers.
Panhandle will play in Hedley
Sunday, May 16, and the follow-
ing Sunday will play here against
Vega.
SPEAKS AT HIGGINS
Supt. R. E. Byrom went to
Higgins Thursday evening to de-
liver an address to the graduating
class of Higgins high school, in
which there are 11 members. By-
rom was formerly superintendent
of Higgins schools, coming to Pan-
handle from there Dec. 1, 1947.
Mrs. Ina Cochran
Of Groom Dies
Funeral services were held
Thursday evening in the Metho-
dist Church at Groom for Mrs.
Ino Faye Blackwell Cochran, 23
years old, who died at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. P.
Blackwell, Groom.
Her death came at 11:45
o’clock Tuesday morning. She had
been in failing health for five
years.
Rev. J. B. Stewart, pastor of
the Methodist' Church, of which
she was a member, read the serv-
ices, assisted by Rev. Carl String-
er, pastor of the Baptist Church
there.
Mrs. Cochran had lived at
Groom all her life.
She is survived by her parents;
two brothers, Guy and Page.: three*
sisters, Evelyn, Clona, and Ruth,
all of Groom; a niece, Marieta
Paige Blackwell; and a grand-
mother, Mrs. W. A. Moore, Cle-
burne.
Pallbearers were Gus Koetting
Benton Moreman, G. E. Lingo,
Frank Koetting, S. K. Roach and
Vick Wagner.
Burial was at Groom Cemetery,
under the direction of Murphy-
Spicer Funeral Home, Groom.
RETURN FROM CRUISE
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Randel and
daughter, Margaret, returned
Monday night from a month’s
Caribbean cruise.
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1948, newspaper, May 14, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591245/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.