The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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Founded 1887.
Oldest Business Firm
In County.
The Panhandle Hedald
Let’s Build
That World War II
Memorial.
Vol. 62—No. 20
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948
(8 Pages Today)
Price 5«
Happy^Will Meet Panhandle Today
TRAFFIC HELD
DP WITH SNOW,
WIND SATURDAY
Hundreds of Cars
Forced to Remain
Here Over Night
A surprise blizzard blowing in-
to the region Saturday morning,
Nov. 27, left in its wake the low-
est temperature of the season, 17
degrees early Sunday morning.
This together with other low tem-
peratures of the month held the
average temperature of Novem-
ber to about 4 degrees below noi’-
mal.- The high for th'e period just
ended was 59 on Nov. 29 and
Dec. 1.
The blizzard was a total sur-
prise to • even the weather man
and caused hundreds of people
to be caught oht on the highways
without adequate protection.
Members of the highway, the
sheriff’s force and many volun-
teer workers worked until past
noon on Sunday digging people
and marooned cars out of snow-
drifts. So far as has been learn-
ed there were no casualities.
Temperatures for the past week
HERE ARE PANHANDLE PANTHERS WHO PLAY AGALNST HAPPY COWBOYS HERE TODAY
follow:
Nov. 2 5
High
51
Low
24
Nov.
26
56
22
Nov.
27
40
30
Nov.
28
40
17
Nov.
29
59
24
Nov.
30
48
24
Dec.
1
59
25
Hundreds
of
persons
stranded in Panhandle Saturday
night en route to Borger, Pampa,
White Deer and other communi-
ties east and north of here. The
highway at Cuyler became block-
ed and caused hundreds of per-
sons to stay in Panhandle.
A ambulance with a body en
route to Woodward, Okla., was
delayed several hours east of Pan-
handle. The Morrison company
took out its equipment and as-
sisted the highway department.
A driving snow, making visi-
bility zero, caused the dificulty
with motor vehicle traffic. Motor-
ists reported that even without
cars across the road to hold them
up that they could not travel
more than four or five miles an
hour.
The weather was clear Sunday
morning and there was little dif-
ficulty in traveling.
Back row, standing, left to
right: E. O. Thomas, coach;
Jimmy Naylor, End ; W. A. Mit-
chell, co-captain and tackle; Joe
Knapp, co-captian and Back; Don
Light, back; Orville Davis, back,;
Georg’e Franklin, End; Edward
Phillips, center; John Cowan,
assistant coach.
Second row kneeling: Larry
Tackitt, manager; Bobby Tucker,
tackle; Joe Pat Walker, end;
Duane Pickett, Center; Gerald
Meroney, Center; Bobby Adcock,
guard; Keet Bickerstaff, center;
Duane Howard, back; Daniel Ho- i back; Raymond Stephenson, tac-
men, guard; Joe Woods, tackle;! kl®; John Gripp, back; Jim Bon-
ner, back; Allen Kirk, guard;
Riley Bickerstaff, manager. Marvin Davi.s> back- Johnny Ellis,
Frant row seated: Donald Hud- bick; Louis Garcia, tackle;
bard, guard; Kenneth Lynch, | Jackie Rogers, guard.
Enlarged Borger
Bank Plans Open
House Saturday
Formal opening of the Pan-
handle State Bank’s new quart-
ers will be held at Borger from
3 to 6 p. m. Saturday. The bank
has doubled its size and has put
in new fixtures and office furn-
iture.
The bank is believed to be the
most modern in the Panhandle of
Texas, according to those who
have visited the building while
i. was being remjodeled.
The bank has a night deposit-
ory and a drive-in window, the
first of the latter in this area,
it is understood.
Several of the staff have had
Panhandle connections. They in-
clude: R. L. Grimes, president;
David M. Warren, chairman of
noard: W. L. Boyles, director:
Russell Downs, bookkeeper; E.
J. Bones, appraiser.
FOR DINNER ON
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gor-
don, Monmouth, Ore., are the par-
ents of a son, Phillip, weighing
7 pounds, 2 ounces, born Nov. 28.
Mrs. Gordon is the former Helen
Robinson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Robinson, Panhandle.
Other grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Jin Gordon, Mobeetie. Mys.
Emma Conner is a great-grand-
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lusk spent
the Thanksgiving holidays in
Whitesboro with relatives.
Mrs. J. E. Southwood and Mrs.
S. G. Bobbitt were hostess^ for
a Thanksgiving dinner in the;
home of Mrs. Southwood. Guests
were Mrs. C. E. Trolinger, Ama-
rillo!; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bobitt,
Carlsbad, N. M.;r Mr. a!nd Mrs.
Fredrick Bobbitt and Teresa; Bor-
ger; Mrs. Knox Whitney and Nel-
da, Amarillo; and Mr. and Mrs.
John Nunn and Larry.
Mr. ’ and Mrs. Les Driskill,
Groom, and Mrs. J. D. Wood, Lark,
entertained relatives from Ansou
and Dorchester during the Thanks-
giving holidays. Mr. and Mrs.
Wood entertained with a supper
and song-fest Wednesday evening
and the Driskills were hosts on
Thanksgiving Day. Attending from
Panhandle were Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Driskill and Larry.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McCray and
Mrs. Jim McCray and soil, Bill,
were Thanksgiving dinner iguests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Routh of
Amarillo, parents of Mrs. Jim
McCray.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Garretson were all home during
the past week for the first time
in fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. White were host and hostess
to the Thanksgiving dinner and.
had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Garretson, Panhandle; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Garretson, WTich-
ita, Kan.; Mrs. J. L. White and
Thede, Albuquerque, N. M., and
Mrs. P. M. Leonard, Wichita, Kan.
Mrs. Leonard is an aunt of Mrs.
J. N. Garretson and a sister of
the late Mrs. W. M. Bender. She
will remain in Panhandle to be;
at the bedside of Mr. Bender, who
is seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Warren
and sons, David Jr. and Randy,
had the following Thanksgiving
day dinner guests: Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Meyer, Los Angeles, Calif.;
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Phillips, Miss
Sophia Meyer and Mrs. Pauline
Little, Amarillo ; Mr. and Mrs. J.
C1. Phillips, Courtney and Gene
Phillips of Borger. Courtney and
Gene Phillips and David..Warren
Jr. are students in the University
of Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Callaghan
spent Thanksgiving Day in Austin,
where they . saw the, Texas-A. &
M. game. They were joined there'
by their daughter, Mrs. Howard
Anderson, and Mr. Anderson, Cor-
pus Christi. Both couples spent,
the weekend in San Antonio.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Robinson and Patricia
Thanksgiving were T. O. Dowlen,
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Dowlen, Pan-
handle, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Sharp
and Shirley, Hereford. The dinner
was followed by games in the
afternoon.
Miss Vivian Vance, home dem-
onstration agent, of Hansf/brd
County, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Vance.
Thanksgiving dinner guests in
the F. E. Ketchum home were
Nita Ketchum, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Ketchum, Mr. and Mrs. Elsteene
Ketchum, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Driskill and Larry Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Howe had
as their Thanksgiving guests, her
mother, Mrs. J. F. Weatherly;
sister, Opal Purvines, and son,
Deahl Howe.
Mrs. Opal Cleek and Miss Nina
Carhart have returned from a.
visit in Mineral Wells, Denton
and Dallas, where they attended
the S.M.U. - Baylor game. They
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. George
1 aylor of Pampa. Thanksgiving
Day, together with Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Carhart, they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Carhart.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Meaker Sr., Thanks-
giving were his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. Meaker; her sister, Mrs.
A1 Lethcoe, Mr. Lethcoe, Jim and
Larry, Panhandle, and Mrs. Lowell
Fitzsimmons, Glide, Oregon; their
sons, Julius, Jr. and Gilbert and
their wives and their daughter,
Clara,.
Guests in the home of Mrl and
Mrs. J. A. Broad,away were their
children, Juanna Jo Broadaway,
a student at North Texas State
Te/aehers College^ Denton, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Broadaway and
daughter, Linda Jo, Canyon. Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Broadaway are at-
tending West Texas State College.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Pemberton, Thanks-
giving, were her mother, Mrs.
Held a<nd brother, Victor Held
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCollough
and children, Randa and Gail,
were Thanksgiving guests of her'
parents at Herrington, Kan. The
McColloughs left last Wednesday
noon and returned home Sunday
night.
It was a short walk for Mr.
and Mrs. John Stone to be Thanks-
giving dinner guests of their son,
Ben Stone, and Mrs. Stone.
Lt. Jack McCarty, Santa Ana,
Calif., visited briefly in the home,
of Dr. and Mrs. O. York, Thurs-
day, Nov. 25. He was enroute to
Scott Field, 111., where he had
been called to active duty with
the Army Air Force Medical Corp.
Louis Montgomery, a student
at New Mexico University, Albu-
querque, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Montgomery.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Davis. of
McLean were Thanksgiving dinner
guests of the former’s son, M. C.
Davis, and Mrs. Davis The lat-
ter’s daughter, Barbara, was here
from McMurry College, Abilene,
for the holidays.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Milton and Newton
for Thanksgiving dinner were
Earl Botts, Oklahoma City, uncle
of Mrs. Milton,: Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Simpson and children, Mike'
and Susie, Phillips; Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Milton, Betty Jo, Millie and
J. T.; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Reid,
Luja IVParie, Christine Brenda
Louise ; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Aish-
man, Jimmy and Mary Jane, Mrs.
E. C. Howell and J. J. Reid, ail
of Panhandle and Mrs. W. M.
Dittberner, Pampa. Friday morn-
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Milton accom-
panied by their daughter, Mrs.,
Dittberner, drove to Roswell, N.
M. to visit Mr. and Ms. O. N.
Frasliier. They returned by way
of Carlsbad Caverns, returning
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Shepherd,
Mrs. Clarence Shepherd and Judy,
Panhandle, and Mrs. Ray Shep-
herd and sons, Pampa, spent
Thanksgiving weekend in Potts-
boro, Texas, where Clarence and,
Ray Shepherd and Jack At-
kins have a concession on Lake
Texoma. Mr. and Mrs. Atkins and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shepherd;
attended the S. . M. U.- T. C. U.
game at Dallas.
CHAMPIONSHIP
OF 2 DISTRICTS
TO BE SETTLED
Both Teams Will
Be Backed With
Many Fans Today
Panhandle will play Happy in
a 1-B bi-district football game
at 2:30 this afternoon on Panther
field. This will be the first time
Panhandle has been in a bi-dis-
trict game since 19 38.
Happy has gone through an
undefeated season of ten games,
but a few of the victories have
been barely won. Panhandle in
the meantime has a record of
only 5 games won and 5 gameSi
lost.
The Panthers lost four games!
to 1-A teams, but close scores in
several of the contests indicated
that Panhandle would have plenty
of power in the 1-B games.
That prediction came true, as
the Panthers won conference)
games over White Deer, Cana-
dian, Claude and Spearman.
Single loss was to Wheeler by
19 to 13.
Panhandle, White Deer and
Wheeler ended the season as 1-B
co-champions, but the Panthers)
won the toss to represent the)
district in the play-off.
The proteges of Coaches E. O.
Thomas and John Cowan defeated
Lefors, 2-A champions, for their
only 'victory over A teams. Thei
Panthers lost to Phillips, McLean,
Canyon and Hereford.
Happy is; coached by James
Peterson. Happy won the 2-B
district last year, but was defeated
by Spearman 12 to 6 in the bi-
district game. Spearman won the-
1947 district title by defeating
Panhandle 14 to 7 in an upset
victory.
Stores will close for the game
this afternoon. S'chool will close
early to permit all students to-
attend the game. It is understood
that Happy is just about closing
up the town to come here this!
afternoon.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Downs Thanksgiving
Day were her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Brittain, Quitaque, and
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Brittain, Jr., Turkey; Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Nickell and
Mr and Mrs. Clell Best and Ly-
nell, Hereford.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Held for the Thanks-
giving weekend were their daugh-
ters, Mrs. Art Brodin and Mr.
Brodin, Denver,; Mrs. Ben Cowley,
Mr. Cowley and Bennye Warren,
Goodwell, Okla. Mr. and Mrs.
Emerald Lee Held and Gerald Lee
were Thanksgiving day guests.-
Mrs. Rosa Haswell, who had been
visiting her granddaughter, Mrs.
Cowley, returned home for the
holiday.
Attending the Bazaar and
Thanksgiving dinner at St. Mary’s
Church in Groom\were Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Preusser and children,
Melly and Carmen, and Dr. and
Mrs. 0. York and Winfred.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Kammerer
spent | Thanksgiving in Flordia.
They will make a trip up the east
coast before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johnson,
visited in Durant, Okla. during
the Thanksgiving holidays with
Mrs. Johnson’s brother, Ted Ew-
ing, and family. They also stop-
ped at the concession site of the
Jack Atkins and Clarence Shep-
herd families on Lake Texoma
and visited briefly with these
families.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Carroll
had as their guests Drs. A. E. and
M. L. Gambrielle, Fort Worth;
Mrs. Francis Bauerline. Stephen-
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Billy Kimble
and daughter, Wynelle, and Thad
Qhrroll, Amarillo, and Willard
Carroll, Lubbock. Willard Carroll
is a student at Texas Tech and
Thad at Amarillo Junior College.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hughes were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
McConnell and Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Hankins, Perryton. Mr. and Mrs.
McConnell returned to Panhandle
with the Hughes to spend the
weekend.
Six Cases Closed
In District Court
Session Monday
Six cases were disposed of in
100th district court Monday by
Judge Luther Gribble of Welling-
ton. Four divorces were granted.
Austin Cotter was granted a
divorce from Izene Louise Cctrer.
Custody of a 12 year old daught-
er, Jeaun, was granted the def-
endant. Plantiff was ordered to
pay $40. month upkeep for the
daughter until she is 16 years’
old.
James Carroll Umphres received
a divorce from Gladys Umphrey
and he was ordered to pay $50 a
month for the upkeep of two mi-
nor children, Mifnnie Dell and.
AYilliam Carroll Umphrey.
Lester L. Blassingame received
an uncontested divorce from
Jonnie E. Blassingame.
In another uncointested suit,
Mrs. Chessie Binghan was given
a divorce from H. D. Bingham.
L. A. Helms in litigation
against Ben D. Rector, H. B. Gantz
R. C. Rowden and Roy S. Bour-
land received judgement of $3,-
500 and costs.
T. L. Wade of Pampa as re-
ceiver in a case of Ralph Crews,
et al, vs. Everett Crews, et al,
reported high bid of $70,000 for
working interest less certain
royalty from A. J. Johnson. Sal4
was approved of the oil holdings)
for all of the east one-half of
the southeast quarter of survey
199, Block 3, I &G. N. Survey,
Carson County.
In court Nov. 20, Judge Grib-
ble formally appoved removal of
legal disabilities of H. B. Skel-
ton, who is over 19 years of age.
B. S. Via was appointed guar-
dian ad litem and next friend foh
Joe Mike, Josephine and Petra
Garcia, minors, in connection with;
a $23,500 settlement against the
Santa Fe Railway for the death,
of their father, Ysidro Garcia,
recently.
Settlement authorized was:
Sehcian Garcia, wife, $7,500* Joe)
Mike, $4,000; Josephine, $5,000
Petra, $7,000.
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1948, newspaper, December 3, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth875020/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.