Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1961 Page: 4 of 8
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'he Throckmorton Tribune THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
V -O NEWS . ,
The first of the series of five
stamps marking the Civil War
"Centennial will be released at
Charleston, South Carolina,'
April 12, 1961, .according to Re-
master General J. Ed-vapa Day.
This stamp will est/fnish the
general pattern xpf the other
dkrar stamps, anjxnineed for iss-
uance over a/iour-year period,
1S62 to
C3S3 «$5 --f_SZl==
HALF GALLON
Ice Cream
Any Flavor
Our Street Club
Meets In
^Crawford Home
Our Street Club met this week
with Mrs. Leonard Crawford,-
Hill Newton showed pictures
•of the Homecoming Rodeo and
•the F F A boys outing at the ri-
ver.
Refreshments were served to
Amt member’s. Some were out of
Hrn and some were sick. The
Hr> will meet next with Mrs.
Hka Hargrove.
M
AQUA-VERSARY
Aquarena. San Marcos, Texas—Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and
daughters, left to right, Barbara Ann and Cathy Lyr.n, shown
here can no doubt boast the title of the most aquatic family in
America if not the entire world. Seven years ago Bob and Mary
Beth accomplished the unbelievable when they were married
underwater in the headwaters of the famed Sah Marcos River
Life magazine, newsreels and newspaper headlines across the
country carried the story of their unique marriage which stem-
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5 LOofTight Crust FLOllFlS
of these drives reveal that the was crossed and Bill’s herd ha)
violence was neither serious nor nhw gone a few day’s drive inti
occurred as often as sometimes the Indian Nation. One afternod
supposed.
a band of about 40 Indian wail
The usual crew for one of these riors, including their squaws, rod!
drives was from 10 to 20 men, and up to Bill Jackman’s herd and thl
letter whiej
j Pray for one another.
—(James 5:16).
Prayer is a power because
through prayer we reach past
human thought, past human
limitation and touch the in-
visible source of all life, all
energy, all substance. Our
prayers help and heal another
because they awaken the
Spirit of God in him,
a review of the “happenings” on Chief handed him a
these 92 drives revealed that only read as follows,
four of the more than 1,000 cow- T ‘-t0 All Trail Bosses:
boys hired.for these drives had , “This-man is a good Indian;
seen killed. _ j know him personally. Treat hir
One had been killed in a drunk- 1 give him beef, and you wii
en brawl at a saloon, presumab- have no trouble in driving
ly by some other cowboy, and gh his country.” Signed,
three had been killed by Indians, pry or.
Altnougn Indians were a prob- After reading the letter, Bi:
:em at times, most of them could rode into the herd, and cut ou
be handled without resorting to iko*s ss<51; for the Chief. The
MRS. JOE FONVILLE
Mrs. Joe Fonville, formerly Miss
Wanda Pannell, was married in
February. Mr. and Mrs. Fon-
ville now live in Ranger.
N\J WE'RE .
WilflSTiHG
C/S PRICES!
Twisted History
P (A story of the cowboy as he
H was, and as he is pictured today.)
jl Fort Worth, Texas, March 1961.
gj Famous names in Texas his-
s' tory will live again in the meraor-
§| ies of old-timers attending the 84
r. th. annual convention of the Tex-
|| i as- and Southwestern Cattle Rai-
: ssrs Association in Fort Worth.
If j March 20--22.
r'L.-- A ..coUr-cCon of el: borate .con-
' in.....mi •'
there to remind taring of
|: ekply days in the cattle business
| and of the men who' Were active
I in these days.
1 The activites of such
PRICES!
Elbert News
Mrsi Emma Cummings return-
ed home Sunday after spending
the week end in LirDjsfjeld. Wh-
ile there she attended a family
reunion at the home of Mrs. Jack
Hicks. Those attending were Mr.
and, Mrs. C. B. V-’fV-q-:
Mr. and Mrs. I . R of R:kT
hester, Mr. and Mrs, /W. D, White
of Lawton, Ckla-, a>oi Mr. snd
Mrs. Paul White o.\ Amorifio. I
Mr. and fdrs. Roberts j
-and family visited Mr.' and Mrs, |
-Merle Lawson in Throckmorton i
£ and pa ms olcptds w»i
, .. . men as
y|R. J. : Kleberg, I. T. Pryor, Ed
h j Charles Goodnight, Dan Wagg-
ly*: oner, and hundreds of-others who
|! j carved cattle ranches out of fron-
fe | tier country will be recalled by the <
if J sons and .grandsons of the cattle-
|v men of that era.
i The hardiness of these men
: might bo illustrated by “Ike”
jp! Fryor, an -orphan at five years of
kge. . !
p Although .he hdeame one of .the I
ll must influential'men in the cattle j
H industry cf his day, Pryor never !
dreamed of becoming, a, cowboy j
& and owning his owntjierd until :
ij j he was IS years’ of age.
K I Following' this decision, Pry-
Pudding With Built In Sauce
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most like the Yankees finishing
■in last place . . . even their
opponents would be numbed.
Seeing Louis stretched out on
the canvas.was a blow to every-
one. There were no cheers.”
In . covering well • over 700
-fights and other sports events,
Don's voice has become' one
■of the most familiar • sounds
■on the air to millions of sports
fans. This spring he begins his
• 21st year at ringside for the
weekly Cavalcade of Sports
- boxing shows now; seen Satur-
day nights on ABC-TV.
What’s the most exciting
fight he’s seen?. The Zale-
Graziano middleweight cham-
pionship bout in 1946, says Don, !
with the Louis-Conn heavy-
weight title match in 1941 a
<close second. i
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were interviewed, just one had
ever-killed a man, arid the victim
was a cow thief.
In these days there often is
not much effort to distinguish
between cowboys and the badinen
of early day frontier
1 here s an element of surprise in this brownie-date pudding
that sets it apart fi’om the usual run of recipes. After the rich
chocolate batter, studded with dates and nuts, is placed in the
pan, a chocolate sauce is poured atop it. But when the baking'
as done, behold! they’ve changed places ... the cake is on top
a creamy-rich chocolate sauce below.
DATE BROWNIE PUDDING
3 squares unsweetened eho- /2 cup milk
colate i teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons shortening >/, cup chopped dates
1 cup sifted flour y3 cup chopped nuts
2 -teaspoons double-acting 2 cups waiter
baking powder J y4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt i square unsweetened cho-
Vi cup sugar colate
Melt 3 squares of chocolate and shortening together. Cool. Sift
flour, measure, add baking powder, salt, and % cup sugar and
sift again. Add milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Stir in cooled
chocolate mixture, along with dates and nuts. Pour into greased
8 x 8 x 2-inch pan.
Combine water, 1U cups sugar, and 1 square chocolate in
a saucepan. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar is ;
of early day frontier Texas.!
Fort, Griffin, for a time the last
! town out west of all the Texas
cattle country, is usually repre-
sented as a village given over to
much lawlessness. But the fact
that the old town was in the cattle
country does not necessarily con-
vict its cowboys of playing a
major part in its list of crimes.
Henry Herron, who was'a peace
officer during most of the time
when Fort Griffin was at its
worst, listed 11 persons, includ-
ing himself, who were either kill-
ed or seriously wounded in gun
fights that were connected with
his duties as an officer. Only two
of the 11 casualties wrere inflic-
ted by cowboys.
Many of the present tales of I
violence also corker on the old I
trail drives to the; north, but a'
look at factual accounts of 92
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Hewitt, Joe B. Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1961, newspaper, March 9, 1961; Throckmorton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874432/m1/4/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.