The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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Let’s Build
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Vol. 61— No. 41
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948
(8 Pages Today)
Price 5c
Recall Carson Grand Jury
CARSON PEOPLE
LEARN METHODS
TO RILL WEEDS
Use of Chemicals
Has Problems in
Providing Safety
Carson countywas well repre-
sented at the West Texas weed
control exhibit and conference
held in Amarillo Thursday, April
22.
Judge O. R. Beddingfield went
to secure all available informa-
tion on handling weed control
problems on public owned land
as well as to study weed control
machinery and materials fob
spraying and dusting.
Chairman J. W. Everly of the
Staked Plains Soil Conservation
District heard the noted speakers
talk on weed control as a conser-
vation measure.
Other land owners and land
operators presented themselves to
learn all they could about this,
important, problem because they
and their neighbors are coopera-
ting to rid the county of weeds.
The county agent believes this
was one of the very important
conferences of the year and that
much good will come from it
Chemicals Not New
Dr. C. E. Fischer of the Spur
Experiment Station said that the
use of chemicals in fighting weeds
was not new, for they have been
used for generations. He spoke
of the good work being accom-
plished through the use of chemi-
cals but warned that the 2-4-D
, combination as well as other
chemicals must be used properly
and with caution. He also said
there still was no easy way to
control weeds.
Talking on the control of bind-
weed, Dr. Fisher spoke in a force-
ful manner when he stated bind-
weed should not be sprayed when
the plant is not growing rapidly.
Little stinted plants with little
or no foliage cannot be handled
with 2-4-D' or other sprays.
Right now, after the recent
good rain, bindweed will be grow-
ing well and with a fair amount
of humidity conditions should be
right for spraying. He further
stated that bindweed seed has the
ability to stay in and on the
ground for 20 years. This is rea-
son enough for the need of more
than one spraying to kill tbe
weed, he said.
Kansas Fights Weeds
Ted Yost of Topeka, Kalnsas
weed supervisor, told how Kansas
has been fighting bindweed. He
made it clear that the fight is a.
tough one and a loug one and
the best kind of cooperation from
all concerned is needed.
Dave Savage of the Woodward
Experiment Station talked on me-
chanical and chemical control of
brush and weeds. Much of the
\vork at Woodward concerns prob-
lems found in Carson county. He,
reminded his listeners that they
must work in suitable grasses
where brush and weeds have been
removed to keep the land from
blowing and eroding and to pre-
vent the introduction of worth-
less plants.
All three speakers mentioned
the alamage to other crops that
could result if weed spraying with
2-4-D was handled in a careless
manner. This chemical should be
used in a separate sprayer.
The same sprayer could be used
to spray cattle and other live-
stock with DDT but it should
not be used on garden crops or
fruit trees. Just a trace of 2-4-D
left in the sprayer could kill to-
matoes, beans and other wide
leafed plants. It would also injure
the leaves on fruits trees.
Beware Of Stoi’age
The chemical 2-4-D should not
be stored in buildings where seeds,
fertilizers or insecticides are
handled because there is a very
good chance the 2-4-D will ruin
th’em. On a windy day, both spray
and dust could drift from the
area being treated with 2-4-D
to other areas causing consider-
able damage.
We have, in Carson county,
men that have had excellent suc-
cess spraying bindweed and other
harmful weeds with chemicals/’
(Continued on page four)
Panhandle Wins Regional Track
Meet, Lubbock, With 52 Points
Panhandle Opens
Caprock League
Schedule Sunday
Caprock League will have its'
opening Sunday and Panhandle
will play its first league game
here at 3 p. m. with the Superior
team of Amarillo as the opponent.
The Superior team is regarded
as one of the best in the league.
Players are said to be young men
who have outgrown Kids, Inc.,
and the Maverick Club.
Panhandle won a big scoring
game Sunday afternoon from
Washburn 17 to 16 in 10 innings.
Panhandle made 12 hits and sev-
en errors, Washburn 13 hits and
eight errors.
Jesse Feaster gave Washburn
8 hits, struck out 9 and gave
4 bases on balls, Guy Wester re-
lieved him, giving 5 hits, striking
out 6 and walking one man.
Starting line-up Sunday for
Panhandle was: D. Smith, catcher;
Feaster, pitcher; Moore, lb; Hen-
drix, 2b(; Wersonick, ss; Wester,
3b; N. Sparks, If; Ramey, cf;
Herndon, rf.
Score was tie 16 at the end
of the ninth inning. Wester held
Washburn scoreless in the 10th
inning.
Feaster and Wester have been
named co-managers to replace
Tom Castleberry, who resigned.
Admission for Sunday’s game
will be 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for children. Season
tickets will be honored.
Voice of The People
APPRECIATES ARTICLE
ABOUT E. M. HOLMAN
Editor, The Herald:
Thanks very much for a copy
of your paper with the nice piece
about the passing of my dear hus-
band, Eben M. Holman, on April
11. I appreciated it very much.
I would like very much to have:
four or five copies of that paper.
Are you the Mr. Warren, who
worked here in Amarillo when
Millard Ensign worked with The
News about 26 or 27 years ago?
If you are, we are friends and
know each other, as Ensign mar-
ried our daughter, Katie Ola Hol-
man. I’ve thought of you since
we moved back here and won-
dered where you were.
Millard died about 20 years ago.
He and Katie lived in Oregon.
They had two dear little children
and it was quite a blow for Katie.
Millard was still a U. P. operator.
If you aren’t the Mr. Warren
I thought you were, please ex-
cuse me for writing you this. En-
closed are stamps for the papers.
It’s quite a sad affair to lose
my dear husband. We’d been mar-
ried 52 years Dec. 22, 1947.
I’m wondering who quoted the
piece in your paper. It was all
very true and nice. Might have
been some of our old friends.
Respectfully,
MRS. E. M. HOLMAN.
50 7 Mississippi St.
Amarillo, Texas
April 25, 1948.
Editor’s Note: The Herald edi-
tor was employed at the same
time as Ensign on The Amarillo
Daily News. He also was a guest
at the Holman-Ensign wedding,
which was 30 years ago this fall,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. Sam R. Hay, who later be-
came a Methodist bishop.
Panhandle astonished North-
west and West Texas by running
away with Region 1 Class B track
meet at Lubbock Saturday. The
track team of Coach D’oyle Chris-
man and Assistant Coach Bobby
Doyle won the Class P. meet, get-
ting 52 points compared with 16 y2
for White D'eer, runner-up 15 for
Hale Center and the remaining
points among 21 schools.
With about 100 B schools en-
tered the regional meet, the large
lead made the victory one of the
most outstanding ever achieved
by Panhandle High School. The
Panthers took seven first places.
The Panthers took first and
second in the 120-yard high
hurdles, first and second in the
440-yard dash, 440-yard and mile
relays, first in the 880-yard run,
first and second in the 220-yard
dash and the three top places in
the 200-yard low hurdles.
Records Set
Times, distances and heights
established Saturday will be con-
sidered new records of Region 1
in all events in A and B division.
Winners of first and second places
qualified for the Texas Interscho-
lastic League meet at Austip May
7 and 8. Only the winning relay
teams, though, qualified.
Nelda Higginbotham was sec-
ond in girls declamaton and qual-
ified for the state meet. Nita,
Ketchum was first in typewriting
and als-o will go to Austin.
In the girls tennis singles Shir-
ley Davidson of White Deer de-
feated Patty Pipkin of Matador
6-0 and 6-1, but she defaulted in
the second round to Betty Brooks
of Hart.
Lose Tennis Round
Betty Naylor and I d a b e t h
Broadaway defeated Frances Bell
and Jean Hennigh of Booker 7-5
and 6-2 in the doubles. In the sec-
ond round the Panhandle girls
lost to Navelle Hunt and Agnes
Slodek of Spade, 6-2 and 6-1.
Deral Murphy and Hilin Fowler
of Shallowater defeated Roland
Skelton and Gehn Farlow of Pan-
handle 6-3 and 6-2 in the opening
doubles round.
White Deer in Class A literary
competition won second in the
one-act play.
Wright’s 52.6 in the 440-yard
dash equaled the AA record at
the meet. Panhandle’s 3:40.7 in
the mile relay compared with
3:33.1 for AA and 3:37.1 in A.
Most of the B records were under
those set by the A and AA
schools.
Lubbock Wins in AA
Lubbock won the AA meet with
53 1-3 points. Amarillo with 38
and Pampa with 19 were second
and third. Other AA points were:
Childress 15, Plainview 10, Wich-
ita Falls 9 1-3, Borger 3 y2, Ver-
non 2y2, Larnesa 2, Braham 1.
In the AA meet Seminole won
first with 34 points. Phillips with
24 points was second and Pecos
With third with 18 points.
With so many men qualified
ROAD PRECINCTS
TO GET $7,626
OF EXCESS CASH
Carson county has $7,626.89
excess funds in the road and
bridge refunding fund in excess
of money needed to pay maturi-
ties and interest.
Maturities and interest due;
total $10,875.93 and the amount
in the fund is $18,484.82.
The commissioners court there-
fore has voted to take the amount
in excess of requirements for ma-
turities of the 1939 issues of road
and bridge refunding bonds and
distribute the money to commis-
sioner precincts on the same per-
centage basis as paid into the’
fund.
Seniors To Make
Trip to Carlsbad
Dates for commencement ac-
tivities of Panhandle high and
grade schools were released this
week by Supt. R. E. Byrom as
follows:
May 14-15-16, Carlsbad trip for
high school seniors. They expect
to go by chartered bus and will
be accompanied by Mrs. Gary
Simms and! Miss Betty Jfp Cone,
sponsors, and some of the parents,
as yet not selected.
May 21-—Eighth grade gradu-
ating exercises with J. P. Smith
as speaker and a program pre-
sented by members of the class.
May 23—Baccalaureate sermon
with Rev. Herbert Brown, pastor
of the First Baptist Church as the
speaker.
May 25—Commencement exer-
cises.
Further announcement will be
made next week as to the pro-
grams for these various activities.
Hale Center; fourth, Olton. Time,
46.8.
88 0-yard run; First, Don Light,
Panhandle; second, T. Herring,
Union; third, Jack Barker, Lake-
view,; fourth, Avis Robinson, Hale
Center. Time, 2 minutes, 10.9 sec-
onds.
220-yard dash: First, Charles;
Wright, Panhandle; second, Car-
roll Herring, Union; third, Jack
Barker, Lakeview; fourth, Billy
Stafford, Hale Center. Time 22.4.
Mile run: First, Joe Lee, Hale
Center; second, Cecil Reed, Flo-
mot!; third. Donald Christian;!
Oklahoma Lane; fourth, Gene
Thompson, Panhandle. Time, 5
minutes, 2.1 seconds.
Mile relay: First, Panhandle,
team members, George Franklin,
Joe Knapp, Don Light, Charlie;
Wright; second, New Home; third,
for the state meet and with com- Hale Center; fourth, Miami. Time,
FLY TO SOUTH DAKOTA
J. Floyd Howe and brother, El-
bert of Hayden, N. M., left Tues-
day morning for Pierre, S. D. They
went in J. Floyd’s plane. While
they are away, Mrs. Elbert Howei
and sons, Lynn and Vern Dee, are
visiting Mr. Howl’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Howe. The first
of the week Mrs. Elbert Howe un-
derwent minor surgery at North
Plains Hospital, Borger.
petition against schools in size
with Panhandle, local fans are
quite optimistic over the pros-
pects for the state meet.
Conference B Results
High hurdles: First, Gene
Thompson, Panhandle; second,
James Clinton, Panhandle; third,
Lawson Smith, Peacock; fourth,
Carl Arms, Newhome. Time 16.5
seconds. *
100-yard dash: First, John
Shinn, Meadow; second, Billy Joe
Greenwood, Hale Center; third,
Jesse Hall, Panhandle; fourth,
Buell Wynn, Shallowater. Time
10.4.
44 0-yard dash: First, Charles
Wright, Panhandle; secondv John
Franklin, Panhandle; third, J. W.
Grissohm, Oklahoma Lane; fourth,
William Hendricks, Lakeview.
Time 52.6.
200-yard low hurdles: First,
Larry Tackett, Panhandle; sec-
ond, James Clinton, Panhandle;
third. Gene Thompson, Panhandle;
fourth, Lawson Smith, Peacock.
Time 23.9.
44 0-yard relay: First, Panhan-
dle, team members, Larry Tackett,
James Clinton, Joe Knapp, Jesse
Hall; second, White Deer(; third,
3 minutes, 40.7 seconds.
High jump: First, Kenneth
Means, Ropesl; second, tie between
J. R. Hinson, Meadow, with L. W.
Utley of New Deal; fourth place
five way tie, Gill of Miami; Tay-
lor and Harvey of White Deer;
Calver, Flomot; Reed, Mobeetie'
and Adcock of Panhandle. Height,
5 feet, 7 inches.
Broad jump: First, Jackson
Dodd, Olton; second, Bob Sport,
Shallowater; third, Ivy, Pettit;
fourth, Thompson, Stinnett. Dis-
tance, 18 feet, 6 y2 inches.
Pole vault: First, L. W. Utley,
New Deal; second, three-way tie
between Larkin Cheatam, Estel-
line; Jim Harris, Vega, Lawson
Smith, Peacock. Height, 10 feet.
Shot put: First, James Wether-
all, White Deei\; second, Cacil
Wynn, Follett,; third, Bob Sport,
Shallowater; fourth, Donald Bag-
well, Claude. Distance, 43 feet,
3 y2 inches.
Discus throw: First, James
Weatherall, White Deer; second,
Ethelred Ross, White Deer; third,
Charles Bruce, Union,; fourth,
SEVERAL CASES
TO BE BROUGHT
UP HERE TODAY
Time to Regular
Term in August
Given as Reason
Carson county grand jury,
which was empaneled in January,
has been ordered to report for
duty at 10 o’clock Friday morn-
ing, April 30, to consider a num-
ber of emergency matters.
Grand jurors are: J. R. Ster-
ling, foreman, W. H. Barkley, J.
H. Wigham, F. B. Kuns, V. B.
Grumpacker, Julius Meaker, Sr.,
Alvin Williams, Fred H. Ander-
son, J. T. Crawford, Leo F. D’et-
ten, Billy A. Cunningham and Lee
Kirk.
Sheriff Clarence C. Williams
has two negro prisoners and he
feels that the state and county
should get rid of these cases as
soon as possible. The regular term
of court does not meet until
August.
Under the continuous court
court term, the 100th district
court may meet at any time. Judige
Luther Cribble has recalled the
grand jury. District Attorney
Leonard King will be here Friday
to present business to the grand
jury.
R. H. Taylor was indicted in
January in connection with the
theft of two tires, tubes and jack
from C. L. Garner Oct. 21, 1947.
It is understood that Taylor may
plead guilty when court meets
Friday.
Joe Barber, negro, has been
held since January 31, 194 8, in
connection with assault with in-
tent -to kill Sebastian Agerria,
Mexican. Sheriff Williams says lie
understands that Barber snapped
a shotgun and later used a knife
on Agerria.
Another negro, Richard Stewart,
is being held under $5,000 bond
on a charge of sodomy, recently
alleged to have been committed
in the county.
Williams also said there is a
case of child desertion that needs
to be presented to the grand
jury.
Democrats Will Meet
Saturday and Tuesday
To Select Delegates
Precinct meetings Saturday and
county convention Tuesday, May
4, will start the Democratic party
on the way for nomination of
president.
Panhandle precinct convention
will be held at 7-: 30 p. m. Satur-
day at the court house, Chairman
A. J. Weiser announced.
County Chairman" F. F. Ferrell
has called the county convention
for 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 4,
at the court house.
The county has been asked to
endorse the reelection of Mrs.
Hilmar H. Weinert of Seguin as
Democratic national committee
woman from Texas.
Myron G. Blalock, Marshall at-
torney, has announced that he is
not a candidate for reelection as
Democratic national committee
man on account of ill health. He
has suffered for several years with
heart trouble.
Another important problem con-
cerning the precinct meeting and
county convention will be action
on uninstructed delegates, as re-
quested by Governor Jester, or
instructed delegates.
Mrs. Willie O’Neal is secretary
of the county committee. Any pre-
cinct chairmen desiring informa-
tion about methods to hold their
meetings and preparation of min-
utes may consult with her.
Unless precinct meetings are
held and minutes prepared, such
precincts wik be ineligible to have
a part in the county convention.
Carson county delegates will be
elected Tuesday for the Brown-
wood convention, Tuesday, May
2 5. Delegates will be elected at
the state convention. to the na-
tional convention to be held in
Philadelphia in July.
Herald Receives
12 Subscriptions
The Herald has received a doz-
en subscriptions the past few days.
Subscriptions have been received
from Arkansas, Montana, West
Virginia, Texas, Canada and over-
seas.
The large diversity of subscrip-
tions shows that The Herald goe£
all over the nation. Many readers
have expressed appreciation for
the list carried last week. It gave
addresses of persons largely of
former residents and many readers
appreciated knowing where many
subscribers are now living.
Recent subscriptions follow:
Jerome J. Byrne, Lampasas, Tex.
W. E. Poage, Ola, Ark.
Information Service, University of
Texas, Austin.
T-5 Earl N. Meaker, APO 403A,
c-o Postmaster, New York, gift
of grandfather, O. Meaker.
Mrs. Clarence Ashby, Busby,
Mont., gift of mother, Mrs. H.
R. Courage.
All-Texas Press Service, Dallas.
Prank Sparks.
J. P. Calliham, Conway.
Mrs. A. L. Stevens, Wayside, gift
of daughter, Mrs. Richard Orr,
J. F. Ellis.
Mrs. C. M. Hoylman, Union, W
Va., gift of father, J. F. Ellis
Mrs. Ernest Wilson, Fisk, Sas-
katchewan, Canada, gift of J.
F. Ellis.
of last week and hopes are
for a fairly good crop.
held
Temperatures for the past week
follow:
Date
High
Law
April 22 ______________________
68
54
April 23 ______________________
80
51
April 24 ......................
73
54
April 25 ......................
16
43
April 2 6 ______________________
78
47
April 2 7 ______________________
89
54
Readings and Songs
Given for Rotarians
Mrs. Kathleen O’Keefe gave
several readings and she and G.
O. Pruitt sang several numbers
at the Rotary Club luncheon last
Friday noon. Miss Mary Ewing
was accompanist for the vocal
numbers.
Visiting Rotarians were O. B.
Hunt, Jack F. Allen and Boh
Scotty Grone, Stinnett. Distance, ? Linclsey of the Borger Club. C. H.
122 feet and 1 inch. Bell was a guest of Alton Moore.
High Winds Hit
Area Saturday
In spite of the rain of last week,
Saturday saw high winds and
blowing dust. Winds of cyclonic
proportions were present around
noon.
Sunday the winds were not quite
so high and the rest of the week,
there has been comparatively little
wind. High thin cloudiness
Wednesday held out hopes for
more moisture. There was a trace
of moisture April 2 2.
Crops and rangeland have bene-
fitted immeasurably from the rain
Light Bulb in
Use 22 Years
Bill Mitchell and the late John
Doucas opened the Public Eye
Cafe in a building the second lot
north of the M. Heflin Grocery
& Market April 22/1926.
In the building there was an
electric light bulb in use. They
moved to the present location
later and took the light bulb with
them. The bulb, one of the old
fashioned type that shows the wire
distinctly is still in use.
It is believed that there are few
bulbs that have ever been used as
much as this bulb, which has
.given more than 22 years of sat-
is factory service.
County Appoints
School Trustees
No elections were held for five
rural school districts and the com-
missioners court recently ap-
pointed the following trustees:
Pleasant Plains, Leo F. Detten;
Deahl, Tom Deahl; Hobart, Carl
E. Metcalf; Cuyler, Wayne Beider-
well and Kermit Lawson; Conway,
Otis Weatherly.
COTTER CHASES
PAMPA ROBBERS
90 MILES HOUR
Deputy Sheriff Tex Cotter losti
a 90 mile an hour race with three
men in a stolen car about noon
Sunday.
Cotter had thrown a road block
at Highways 60 and 117 and the
men traveling west in a Buick,
stolen at Tulsa Saturday night,
saw the car and turned hack,
taking off on the Borger high-
way.
The deputy sheriff was staying
behind them for about five miles,
but one of the two filters on his
car fell on the ignition, cutting
his speed down to about 60 miles
an hour.
Ike Hanson saw the Buick go-
ing north and Cotter right behind
him. He phoned Sherff Hugh An-
derson of Hutchinson county, who
threw a block and stopped the
Buick south of Borger.
Cotter was not far behind and
helped to put the ha.ndcuffs on
the men, • who are said to have
robbed the H. C. Simmons grocery
at Pampa at 11:07 Sunday morn-
ing.
Sheriff Clarence C. Williams
said he understood that the Sim-
mons grocery is owned by the
son of W. W. Simmons, former
White Deer editor.
Rods were burned out of thet
car, which the men had taken
from a used car lot at Tulsa.
One man 28 was from Brockton,
Mass., and two youths, each 19,
said they were from Detroit and
San Francisco. The prisoners were
taken to Pampa.
Sheriff Williams said the men
had no guns, he understood. Re-
ports were they obtained about
$30 in the Pampa robbery.
NEED OPERATOR
FOR SWIMMING
POOL SHORTLY
The new swimming pool will be
completed within a few weeks.
The big problem now will be op-
eration of the pool.
The War Memorial committee
wants to receive bids from per-
sons interested in operating the
pool. They may see Elmer Padget,
A. J. Weiser and others interested.
Leasing probably will appeal to
the committee, informal discus-
sion at a recent meeting indicated.
Widow Suing for
Share in Estate
Of Tomlinson
Mrs. Laura Tomlinson of Ama-
rillo has filed proceedings claim-
ing a widow’s share in the estate
of the late W. S. Tomlinson of
Panhandle, who died in an Ama-
rillo Hospital April 1.
Tomlinson’s will made Nov. 2S,
194 5, named Vern Wisdom execu-
tor without bond. Witnesses were
James C. McDaniel and J. Sids
O’Keefe.
Tomlinson’s will directed that!
all debts be paid, that his real
property be willed to his daugh-
ter-, Mrs. Josephine Spaulding,
and his personal property to his
son, Earnest Earl Tomlinson.
Joe Rorex, D. C. Stone and
R. F. Sussatt were appraisers for
the estate, which consisted large-
ly of several residences here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson had
not lived together for several
years. Both had been previously
married and had phildren by their
former spouses.
Merrill Barker and Jeanette
Butler were married April 24 by
S. R. Lannjng, justice of the*
peace.
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