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The Archer County News
VOLUME 39
PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY
ABC BEER C2TY, TMXAS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953
Eual Ray Bullard, 15, Killed
Today In Highway Accident
Wheat Growers
To Help Decide
Support Rates
Wheat growers of Archer County
will help decide whether the Com
modity Credit Corporation loans
on the 1954 wheat crop will be 90
per cent or 50 per cent of parity.
According to Robert M. Harmel,
chairman of the Archer County
Proluction and Marketing Admin
istration committee, this is one of
the questions which will be an-
swered in the coming wheat mark-
eing quota referendum. As the
chairman explains, if two-thirds of
the wheat growers voting in the
referendum are in favor of it, the
wheat marketing quota proclama-
tion made July 1 by Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will
be in effect. The present 90 per
cent of parity Commodity Corpor-
ation wheat loan then will con-
tinue for the 1954 crop. If the vote
is unfavorable, the loan will drop
to 50 per cent of parity.
These support rates will be
available, however, only to wheat
growers who do not exceed their
wheat acreage allotment, the chair-
man pointed out. If marketing quo-
tas are approved in the referen-
dum, growers who plant more
than their acreage allotment will
be subject to a penalty on their ex-
cess wheat unless it is stored or
disposed of as directed by the Sec-
retary of agriculture. If quotas are
disapproved there is no assurance
of any price support for growers
who over plant.
All the preliminary work for
determining farm acreage allot-
ments has been done .the chairman
explains. When the national acre-
age allotment is determined by
the secretary, this will be divided
among states and counties based
on 10-year production records. The
county acreage then will be divid-
ed among farms based mainly on
wheat acreage figures recently ob-
tained for each wheat farm in the
county. Each farmer will be noti-
fied of this allotment before the
referendum is held.
A sort of “Old Home Week" was
celebrated the July Fourth week-
end by a bunch of Archer City
folk at the horse races at Raton,
New Mexico. Among those enjoy-
ing the holiday were Messrs, and
Mmes. John Blackman, J. W. (Peck)
Heard, Shorty Hickman, and J. W.
Covington, as well as Jim Neville.
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Mrs. R. L. Moody of Kamay left
last week on a three-weeks' vaca-
tion trip to the Pacific Northwest.
She will visit in Portland, Ore.,
with a sister, Mrs. Alta Davis, who
will accompany her to Othella,
Wash., to visit another sister, Mrs.
J. J. Simpson.
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Joe Woods arrived home Wed-
nesday of last last week after re-
ceiving his honorable discharge
from the Navy June 29.
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STATE BAR PRESIDENT
NAMES AREA LAWYERS TO
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
AUSTIN, July 16 (Special)—
State Bar President Everett L.
Looney has announced the appoint-
ment of several lawyers of the
13th Congressional District as
members of the district grievance
committee of the State Bar of
Texas.
Purpose of the committee, as
explained Loouty, ia io inves-
tigate alleged cases of profession-
al misconduct and establish bet-
ter understanding between clients
and attorneys. Aggrieved clients
may make complaints against a
lawyer and be assured of a fair
and impartial hearing. Appropri-
ate disciplinary action will be tak-
en against erring members of the
legal profession, the Bar president
indicated.
Committeemen named by Loon-
ey include:
Chauncy E. Penix, Graham.
John A. Storey, Vernon.
H. M. Muse, Wichita Falls.
Milburne E. Nutt, Wichita Falls
T. H. Yarbrough, Bowie.
Leslie Humphrey, State Bar di-
rector for the 13th District, will
serve as an ex-officio member of
the grievance group. Complaints
against attorneys should be reduc-
ed to writing and forwarded to
Humphrey or to State Bar of Tex-
as, Austin 15, Texas, for action,
president Looney stated.
Archer Loses
To Nocona In
Oil Belt Game
Teams of the Oil Belt baseball
league opened their third round of
play last Sunday and results of
games played that day left Burk-
burnet in the lead with an unde-
feated record of 11 wins and no
losses. Four teams including Arch-
er City, Windthorst, Nocona and
Iowa Park are in a dead heat for
the runner-up spot, each boasting
5 wins and 6 losses. Midway is in
the cellar with 2 wins and 9 set-
backs.
Bill Holder’s Archer City club
took it on the chin Sunday when
Nocona plastered them with a 10
to 4 defeat. Halter, Nocona pitcher
who went all the way, halted Arch-
er City with only safeties.
Archer City’s pitching chores
were split between Danny Powell,
Quan Elliott and Ray Holder.
Powell was touched for two hits
in his 3-inning effort, holding No-
cona without a score. Elliott, in
four innings gave up 6 runs on 5
hits and Halter in 2 innings allow-
ed 4 runs on 3 hits.
The league will hold a tourna-
ment Saturday and Sunday at
Spudder Park in Wichita Falls
with Archer City meeting Nocona
in the opener at 6:30 p. m. Satur-
day to be followed by Windthorst
vs. Iowa Park at 1:30 Sunday. At
3:30 the winners of the first and
second games will meet and at 8
o’clock the winners of the third
and fourth games will meet.
“♦ Eual Ray Bullard, 15, was killed
at about 11:15 this morning in an
automobile-scooter collision a t
about midway between the two
concrete bridges in the Bluff Creek
bottom about 9 miles north of
Archer City on Highway 79.
The tragedy occurred when the
motor scooter ridden by the vic-
tim swerved in front of a car
driven by Mrs. Don (Whitey) Roun-
saville, of this city. According to
a report given us by Highway Pa-
trolman D. W. Cooper, who inves-
tigated the tragedy, it appeared
the scooter went out of control on
the pavement made slippery due
to light rains that had been fall-
ing. Both vehicles were coming to-
ward Archer City and Mrs. Rounsa-
ville was passing the boy when the
accident occurred. She pulled her
car off the pavement on the left
in an attempt to avoid hitting the
boy. The left rear fender of her
car was caved in when it struck a
guard rail post. Only other damage
to the car was a slightly dented
front fender and a headlight
knocked out.
Mrs. Rounsaville remained at the
scene alone until the boy’s parents,
the first car to come along, arriv-
ed.
The victim lived with his parents
on an oil lease a short ways south
of where the accident occurred.
Patrolman Cooper stated to us
that, in his opinion, Mrs. Rounsa-
ville, driver of the car, was not
at fault.
Funeral arrangements are in-
complete.
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Archer Man’s
Mother Dies
In Archer Hospital
Funeral services were conducted
today, Thursday, in Blum, Tex.
for Mrs. Rosie Jane Darr, 89-year-
old mother of Jap Darr, who died
Tuesday night in the Archer Hos-
pital. The elderly woman became
ill while visiting Jap and wife
here.
The deceased was born in Dallas
County August 11. 1865. Since the
death of her husband nine years
ago, she had made her home for
the most part with a daughter,
Mrs. Myrtle Hill, in Fort Worth,
visiting at intervals with her other
children. She had visited also in
the home of a granddaughter, Mrs.
Monte Moore, in this city.
Other survivors include another
daughter, Mrs. L. T. Applegate,
Blum; two other sons, Otis Darr,
Midland, and Jack Darr, Cleburne;
22 grandchildren, a number of
great grandchildren and two great,
great grandchildren.
Services were conducted from
the Baptist Church in Blum, with
interment in the Derden, Texas,
cemetery.
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ANNUAL SCOTLAND PICNIC
PROVES HUGE SUCCESS
Phillip A. Brenner, New York
York City; Arthur E. Skeats, Mt.
Pleasant, Mich.; Ernest W. Veigel,
Jr., Rochester, N. Y.; W. C. Woody,
Waxahachie; Don Woody, Dallas,
and Tom Peery from here and
there, were T-bone guests at the
City Cafe Wednesday of Bill Young
of this city. From the gist of the
conversation that went on in our
presence these gentlemen have in
mind going into cahoots with
Young in the search of some Arch-
er County black gold.
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McAlister motors
WINS FIRST PRIZE
IN DISTRICT CONTEST
City Council Votes To Allow
Water For Trees And Shrubbery
Ina Adams was crowned queen
which is the highest rank to be
achieved by Junior Girls Auxiliary
at the Junior G. A encampment
in Vernon. Girls Auxiliary is a
young girls’ missionary organiza-
tion of the First Baptist Church.
Other who took part in the coro-
nation service were Shirley Craw-
ford, Nancy Moore and Lillie Ruth
Vestal.
The annual Scotland picnic yes-
terday, Wednesday, was a glorious
success, especially from the stand-
point of the sumptuous food served
in the evening by the Scotland
women.
A large number of Archer City
folk attended as well as people
from Wiiuiiiiom, Wichita Falls,
Judge Louis T. Holland from Mon-
tague and Representative Tony Fe-
noglio from Nocona.
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WICHITA FALLS HUMANE
SOCIETY SEEKING HOMES
FOR UNWANTED DOGS
Wichita Falls Humane Society
has a good assortment of dogs for
adoption at this time. Rex is a fine
registered two-year-old male Ger
man Shepherd and can be seen at
Barrington’s; a good one-year-old
male Doberman Pinscher at Bur-
rus’ and a registered year-old Dal-
mation, slightly deaf. This Dalma-
tian would be fine for breeding
purposes, or as a pet on a farm
or ranch, off the traffic lanes.
The Society also has several spay-
ed female dogs and other small
types, also a number of cats and
kittens looking for homes. There
is no charge for these animals.
Please call 2-5088 at Wichita Falls
for information as to where they
can be seen.
Sam McAlister and Day Came-
ron, co-owners of the Dodge-Ply-
mouth house in this city, are the
recipients of a handsome Wheary
two-suiter traveling case as the re-
sult of a new-car-selling contest
in the Fort Worth district. Dur-
ing the month of June, the part-
ners sold 18 pew cars, or 340 per-
cent of their quota. There are 23
Dodge-Pdymouth agencies in the
district.
At the close of the contest, the
McAlister agency gave away a TV
set of which Leroy Lindsey was
the happy winner.
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A group of Archer City oil field
workers left this week bound for
an Indian reservation near Farm-
ington, New Mexico, to drill for
gks.
Among those who left were J.
D. Richey, Carrow Gholson, Bobby
Roderick, Bud Scott, Bill Matthews
and Morris Cooper.
Accompanying them to serve as
chief cooks and bottle washers are
Mmes. Richey and Gholson and the
former’s sister, Miss Pat Ballard
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Messrs. Tomie and Wallace Es-
till were over from Megargel, mak-
ing conversation Monday.
Dallas Firm To
Drill In Archer
Osage Exploration Company,
Dallas, will drill two oil tests in
Archer County. Two miles south-
east of Anarene the firm staked
location for No. 1 Olin Calvin, a
5,300-foot project which will be
2,196 from west line and 2,743
from the south of Horation Grooms
survey, abstract 155.
Seven miles northeast of Ana-
rene. Osage will drill No. 1 L.
Ikard. 330 feet from north line
and 990 from the east of J. Levine
Survey, Abstract 260. It carries
a 4,500-foot contract.
John Schenk of Scotland was a
business visitor in The News of-
fice Monday at which time he in-
formed us his youngest brother,
Earl, better known as Pat, return-
ed home Sunday from a 1-year
stint with the Army in Japan. Pat,
a career soldier, has been in ser-
vice 18 years.
PMA Office
Gathering Cotton
FarmFigures
The work of gathering acreage
and production figures on farms
growing cotton in Archer County
is under way, advises Robert M.
Harmel, chainnan of the Archer
County Production and Marketing
Administration Committee. The
records are needed, the chainnan
explain^, in ca.«, cotton marketing
quotas are proclaimedTBr the 1954
crop.
Chainnan Harmel points out that
the survey will be completed by
September 1 and the figures and
information for each farm will be
assembled so that if and when
marketing quotas are proclaimed
the acreage for each farm can be
determined. If marketing quotas
are proclaimed, the law requires
that this be done not later than
October 15 and that a referendum
for cotton growers be held on or
before December 15.
The information being obtained
in the survey includes the 1953
cotton acreage, the acreage devot-
ed to other crops specified by law
to be used in determining the ad-
justed tilled acreage, the acreage
devoted to com and other crops
used on the farm and the 1953
acreage that is tilled anually or
in regular rotation.
Scotland Rancher
Injured In Fall
Joe K. Coleman, who resides at
the old Coleman headquarters
ranch house north of Scotland, was
seriouslv injured Friday or Satur-
day of last week when he fell from
a ladder leading to the loft of his
huge ranch barn.
Injuries consisted of a break at
the elbow of his left arm, three
broken ribs and painful head in-
juries. Coleman was taken to a
Wichita Falls hosnital in an am-
bulance summoned by Mrs. Cole-
man and their son, Joe, Jr., who
was assisting his father in cleaning
the bam loft. The injured man ao-
peared on the streets here Wed-
nesday generously qprathed in plas-
ter paris and bandages.
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ARCHER MENS' BROTHER
DIES IN ARKANSAS
Austin Moore, brother of Monte
Moore of this city and Ben of the
Windthorst sector, died suddenly
at his home near Bentonville, Ark.,
last Friday night.
The 65-vear-old victim of a heart
attack had never had heart trouble
before the fatal attack.
Survivors are the wife, three
daughters and one son; two other
brothers. Luther of lone. Ark., and
Fave Moore, Waldron. Ark.; four
sisters: Mrs Bertie Sanford. Bar
bara. Ark.. Mrs. Jimmie Mullins
and Mrs. Alta Mullins, Booneville.
Ark., and Mrs. Ella Pennington,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Mr and Mrs. J. W. (Peck) Heard
and children, Phyllis and Phillip,
left Saturday on a two weeks’ va-
cation trip to Denver and other
Colorado points.
Muenster Woman
Died Saturday
Archer Hospital
Mrs. Mary Bendle, 72, a resident
of Muenster for 55 years, died in
the Archer Hospital Saturday aft-
ernoon. She was bora in Minnesota
August 11, 1880.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Mrs. John Grewing and Mrs.
Bill Derichsweiler, both of Muen-
ster and Mrs. Fred Steinherger,
Windthorst; two sons. Frank Ben-
dle, Muenster, and Herman Ben-
dle. Pilot Point, Texas; her father,
Frank W. Eske, Denver; two broth-
ers, Frank Eske, Denver, and Leo
Eske, Jal, N. M., and one sister,
Mrs. Hattie Savoie, also of Jal.
The body was taken Sunday
morning by Owens A Brumley
Funeral Home to the Miller Fune-
ral Home at Muenster.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hart re-
turned Wednesday night from a
two-weeks’ vacation trip which in-
cluded a visit with their daughter
and husband. Pvt. and Mrs. Oral
Lee Haigood and infant daughter
at Columbus, Ohio, a tour of Chi-
cago, and visits with the lady’s
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Deward Norman and son, Billy,
former residents here, at Valen-
tine, Nebr., and Roger’s aunt, Mrs.
Lillian H. Kerr at Colorado Springs,
Springs, as well as his two other
daughters and two other grand-
children, also at Colorado Springs.
They were accompanied to Colum-
bus by Mrs. C. L. Haigood, mother
of Oral Lee.
The Archer City Kid baseball
team won two games last week by
scores of 13-7 and 13-2. Lonnie
Wilson and Pat Knox were pitch-
ers.
The Kids will play the Leghorns
Saturday at 3 p. m.
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ARCHER WOMAN'S BROTHER
DIES IN OKLAHOMA
Mrs. Elmer Jones was called to
Elk City, Okla., last Thursday on
account of the sudden death of a
brother, L. D. Corkins, that morn-
ing.
The deceased man, 45, who had
been in good health, died in his
sleep. Doctors diagnosed his trou-
ble as a clot on the brain.
Funeral services were conducted
at Elk City Saturday with inter-
ment in Arkansas City, Kan., his
former home.
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Bill Coleman was in Tuesday
from his ranch home located on
the north bank of the Little Wichi-
ta river about 10 miles northeast
of this city.
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Ben Moore of near Windthorst
underwent an emergency appen-
dectomy last Friday in Jacksboro.
He is reported convalescing nicely
and it is expected will be removed
home today, Thursday
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Mr. and Mrs. Ves Morris vaca-
tioned last week in Cool Colorado
While viewing the Royal Gorge,
the couple ran into Archer City
Scout Master John Hopkins and
Scouts Zack Burkett and Danny
Howard, who are en route with a
few hundred other Scouts to the
Jamboree in California.
First Disaster
Livestock Feed
Arrives Here
Archer County farmers and
ranchers have filed orders for
7725 tons of cottonseed pellets, 115
tons of cottonseed meal, 12 car-
loads of oats and 2 carloads of
corn through the local Production
and Marketing Administration of-
fice under the drought disaster re-
lief assistance program.
E. T. Bledsoe, PMA official, said
262 orders will be filled in the or-
der in which requests were receiv-
ed. Reviewing the applications by
the Drought Emergency Commit-
tee was begun on Wednesday, July
8th.
Delivery was made on Monday,
July 13th. of one carload of cot-
tonseed pellets. The car contained
40,000 pounds and was distributed
to J. E. Smith. Antelope; George
Gant. Route 2, Wichita alFls; T. S.
Ikard. Archer City; S. A. Frerich,
Scotland; J. D. Bloodworth, Scot-
land: Mrs. O. T. Anderson, Olney.
and Edmund Conrady, Windthorst.
Feeds available are cake and
meal at $35 per ton; shelled corn
at $1 per bushel and oats at 50c
per bushel. Applications for more
than a 30-day supply of feed can-
not be accepted, Bledsoe said. An
allowable has been set so more
stockmen can take advantage of
the relief program, which they
could not do if orders for large
quantities of feed were filled.
Since the corn and oats are to
be shipped in bulk, a loader will
be available at the railroad siding
to facilitate the unloading. All
shipments for Archer County will
be made to Archer City.
Stewart Grocery'
Open For Business
As will be noted in an ad in
this issue of The News, Charlie
Stewart has opened a grocery
store and market at his home on
West Main. Stock includes every-
thing from groceries and meats to
fishing tackle, flashlight batteries
and carbuncle ointment.
Also located in the Stewart home
is the lady’s antique and hobby
shop collection.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jennings and
daughters, Dorothy and Margaret,
of Abilene visited last Friday with
the lady’s sister, Mrs. George Ab-
ercrombie, and family in this city.
The Jennings were en route
home after a vacation trip to New
York.
Visiting Sunday in the Aber-
crombie home were the lady’s
brother and family, Rev. and Mrs.
Perry E. (Tinker) Herron and Mar-
ilyn.
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Mrs. Willetts Rogers, recently
moved from Wichita Fails to Fort
Worth, was a Wednesday business
attender in this city.
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Mrs. Mattie Jaco of Wichita Falls
spent several days this week in
the home of her son, Louie Peyton,
and family.
Final Rites For
Mrs. W. D. Liles
Set For Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. W. D.
Lyles will be conducted tomorrow,
Friday, July 17, 2 p. m. at the
First Baptist Church in this city.
Interment will be in the Archer
City Cemetery under the direction
' Owens & Brumley Funeral
Home.
The deceased, 57, died Wednes-
day in a Wichita Falls hospital
after a month’s illness. She was
bom Sept. 18, 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyles had one time
lived at Mankins but at present
were residents of Skellyton, Tex.
Survivors, other than the hus-
band, are one daughter, Mrs. W S.
Shipley, of Phillips, Tex.; three
sons, Leon Lyles of Pampa and
W. C. and C. R. Lyles of Midland;
and one sister, Mrs. Frank Rober-
son, formerly of Archer City and
now resident of Wichita Falls.
Pallbearers will be Paul Patter-
son, Ray Hester, Eldrige Garvey,
Howard Lyles, Joe Frank Roberson
and Mark Lyles.
B. D. (Zeke) Robertson,
water superintendent,
night’s city council meet, it
this week that in last
decided to allow the water MR
suming public to water their treiig
and shrubs, one day a week.
This release is on a strictly Mai
basis. If the water consumption
at the city reservoir shows aa as-
justified increase, the order
be rescinded, forthwith.
The order stipulates that tl
must be no grass-watering,
ing or spraying. In other
you are to water at the base af
your trees or shrubs where it will
do the most good.
Remember! It is up to each in-
dividual whether or not this water-
ing may be continued, so let’s bn
conservative and at the same time,
keep our trees and shrubs alive.
Honest Man Is
Found In City
Mrs Mae Baird has discovered
an honest man, with the aid of, in-
stead of a lantern, the telephone.
Mrs. Baird lost a coin purse a
few weeks ago with a goodly
amount of cash in it—and a key.
As there was no identification in
the purse, the lady decided it wa»
useless to advertise for it. But a
friend persuaded her last week to
at least try that means of regain-
ing her lost money. She called us
to place an ad and we recalled
that Zeke Robertson had told ns
some three weeks ago that he had
found something of the sort, so we
referred her to Zeke. And sure
enough, her returned the parse
and its contents to her intact, re-
fusing even the generous reward
she offered.
Mrs. Baird, however, showed her
appreciation nicely, not only to
Zeke but to us as the “go-between."
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Mr. and Mrs. Mutt Jansen and
children, Karen, Billy and Betty,
will leave this week-end on a vaca-
tion trip to points in New Mexico
and Cool Colorado. Their itinerary
will include Eagle Nest, a visit
with Mutt’s brother, Lawrence, and
family in Denver and perhaps a
view of Yellowstone National Park
in Wyoming.
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Pvt. James Adams arrived home
last Friday on furlough until July
20 from Camp Hanford, Washing-
ton. James’ job is helping guard
the atomic plant there.
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ARCHER HOSPITAL
Ernest Hoff of Windthorst was a
Sunday and Monday patient at the
Archer Hospital.
Maxine Thoele of Windthorst
was hospitalized Friday and Satur-
day for blood transfusion.
Mrs. Dave Washburn was dis-
missed last Friday.
R. A. Debler was a Wednesday
to Friday patient with foot infec-
tion.
Mrs. Bettie Jeffries was dismiss-
ed Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Bendle was admitted
Thursday and died Saturday.
Lloyd Crawford was dismissed
Saturday.
Mrs. J. D. Nix of Electra was
dismissed Friday.
C. E. Parks was released Thurs-
day.
Mrs. J. B. Duckworth and infant
daughtp- Vsgjj^gBMI
James (Jiggs) Goodwin of Rede-
sa, Calif., was treated overnight
Monday for dysentary.
Mrs. Luther Key was dismissed
Tuesdd^.
Mrs. Rosie Jane Darr was ad-
mitted critically ill Sunday and
died Tuesday.
Bobby McGriff was a Tuesday
and Wednesday patient.
Mrs. George Coffelt was admifr
ted Wednesday for treatment.
Jo Ann Beller was admitted to
the Archer Hospital Saturday to
recuperate after mouth surgery in
Wichita Falls.
Entries this week have included
Mrs L. L. Hayman, Sunday; Mrs.
Lewis Metcalf. Monday; Mrs. Tom
Eustace, Monday; Mrs. Morris Ver-
non, Sunday; Mrs. Goldie Williams,
Antelope, Saturday, and Mrs. Paul
Edge, nurse, Tuesday.
Visitors in the home of Dr. and
Mrs. H. L. Smitson this week are
his mother, Mrs. Warner Moon,
and husband and Mias Betty Bice
of Cathedral City, Calif.
Miss Bice was resident hot
when she was head nurse at the
Archer Hospital in about 1941
when Dr. Smitson first e*m» hern
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