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Gov. Daniels, Page 2
35 Years Ago, Page 7
TB Seals Aid, Page 8
The Panhandle Herald
Our 70tK Year
Of Service To
Carson County
OL 70—21
Published every~friday—panhandle, carson county, texas Friday, December m, i9S6 —s Pages Today
PRICE 5c
Letters to
SANTA CLAUS
Via THE HERALD
Elmer Padget
High Masonic Honor
Ljear Santa:
I would like to have a baby doll
with a bottle for Christmas. Please
remember all little boys and girls.
I have tried to be a good girl
all the time.
Love
Geneva Fern Richardson
Age 4
Dear Santa:
I want a record player, walking
doll, doll house, I am 3V2 years
old. I am a good girl. Bring Dar -
rell some trucks and some cars.
Please come to see me Christmas'
eve.
Love you very much
Leslie Pruitt
Lots of W—
\But No Moisture
mmm
Easonic Lodge
Names Padget
.District Deputy
Panhandle’s Masonic Lodge was
honored this week when Elmer
-Padget, secretary, was named Dis-
trict Deputy Grand Master for the
99th Masonic District, by Most
Worshipful Grand Master Paul
'Turney.
Padget is only the second dis-
trict deputy grand master from
the local lodge in the history of
the lodge. W. E. Dart served as
iuDDGM during 1953.
The new DDGM will make his
first official visit after January
1. He will serve the three lodges
in* Amarillo, Palo Duro, Amarillo
and San Jacinto; and lodges at
. White Deer, Groom, Claude and
'Canyon.
Padget, who is secretary-man-
ager of the Panhandle-Claude Na-
tional Farm Loan Association, has
been secretary of the local lodge
the past four yars.
Others from Panhandle who at-
tended the annual Masonic meet-
ing at Waco last week included:
Gene Skaggs, worshipful master;
Dart, Padget and Louie F. Cleek.
Carson Lodge No. 1167 is honor-
ed to have one of its members
named to such a high place of
| trust and work by the Grand
I *! Masonic Lodge of Texas, we add
our congratulations and pledge
. our cooperation to assist Padget in
having a successful year,” Skaggs
said.
Herald Will Aid
Persons Desiring
Hungarians Here
Persons in Carson county inter-
ested in aiding Hungarian refu-
gees will want this information
from Congressman Walter Rogers.
If you are interested in aiding
the aduit refugees, you should
furnish the following information
to The Herald and it will be for-
warded to the correct agency.
1. Your name and address:
2. Housing available for refu-
r^gee (give detailed description):
4. Other particulars (how many
refugees you can help, and any
other information you might think
helpful in your offer of assistance).
If you are interested in the ehil-
' dren, you should furnish the fol-
lowing information:-
1. Your name and address:
2. Family status including chil-
dren, ages and sex:
3. Age and sex of children de-
sired by you:
^ 4. Brief detailed description of
your home and facilities to assure
the children of care and school.
“The response to the call for
help for these unfortunate Hunga-
rian people has been tremendous.
It proves to me that all Americans
are willing to^ help unfortunate
fellow beings if they know of their
misfortunes. It is my hope that
more effort will be made in this
*•* country to apprise the people gen-
erally of the sad plight in which,
many of our own American citi-
zens are existing,” Rogers said.
Dear Santa:
I would like to have a train and
track and a cowboy hat for Christ
mas.
There will be cookies under the
tree for you. I’ve been a good boy.
Love
Joel Wayne Richardson
Age 2
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a football, roll-
er skates, a bouncing ball, and a
doctors kit.
I am 6 years old. My brother
wants an electric football game
and leather working tools.
Love j
James Driskill.
Dear Santa:
Please send moisture, in the
form of rain, snow or even slee+
Please don’t wait,
Carson County Farmers
Dear Santa:
I am a big boy 9 years old. I
would like for you to bring me a
BE gun and a model boat. Also
an electronic loud speaker truck.
I would like jrou to remember
ail the other boys and girls too.
Love
Doyle Fuller
1505 Park
Piper’s Death
Ruled Accident
At a coroner’s inquest in Pan- i
handle last Friday, Justice of the 1
Peace K. K Melton of Skellytown
ruled that Eugene E. Piper, 39, a |
Borger attorney, died from shoot-
ing himself accidentally.
Piper wah found dead on the
morning of November 23, about
3(/2 miles northeast of Skellytown.
He was found lying face down at
the side of his car, with a .38 cal-
ibre snub-nosed revolver still
clutched in his hand.
Two empty cartridges ware
found in the cylinder of the revol-
ver, plus three unfired rounds,
and there was one wound on Pip-
er’s body. The bullet was deter-
mined at the autopsy to have en-
tered his chest at about two inches
left of center, and travelled up at
an angle to the base of his spine.
In rendering his verdict, Judge
Melton staged, “After viewing the
scene, the position of his body,
then going to the undertaker’s and
watching the autopsy from begin-
ning to end, and after hearing the
evidence presented by the witnes-
ses, It is my duty to announce that
I have determined that hp (Piper)
sho himself, but accidentally.1”
Basketball
Schedule
Coach Lewis Martin released
me following basketball schedule.
The- first conference game will be
at Sunray and the first home con-
ference game is scheduled here
with Gruver Jan 22.
The game with Groom on Dec,
18, if possible, will be changed to
ar; afternoon contest.
All games start at 7 p.m. with
tat Pantherettes playing first. In
case of a B team game, the start-
ing time will be 6 p.m.
Panhandle Basketball Schedule
1956-57
Daie Day School Place
Dec. 4 Tues. Claude Here
Dec. 8 Sat. Phillips Here
Dec. 11 Tues. Canyon There
Dec. 13-14-15 White Deer Tour. T
Dec. 18 Tues. Groom (aft.) Here
Dec. 20-21-22 Tulia Tour. There
Jan. 1 Tues. Happy Here
Jan. 3-4-5 Panhandle Tour. H.
Janu. 8 Tues. Sunray* Thera
Christmas School
Holidays Start
Friday, Dec. 21
School will dismiss for Christ-
mas holidays shortly after 3 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 21 and students will
not return to classes until Jan. 2,
James R. Cox, superintendent, an-
nounced today.
Hungarian Relief
Quota Near Goal
More than $190 has been donat-
ed toward a goal of $203 for aid
to Hungarians, ,Judge Asbery A.
Callaghan, county Red Cross
chairman, announced.
White Deer residents have al-
Mrs. Willie O'Neal
. . . reappointed audiior
Willie O’Neal
Reappointed As
County Auditor
Mrs. Willie O’Neal was reap-
pointed Monday for a two-year
term as Carson county auditor by
District J Judge Luther Gribble
of 100th district court.
Her salary was set at $4,600 a
year, the same as it lias been dur -
ing the past two years.
Mrs. O’Neal was appointed coun
ty auditor in January 1941, by
District Judge Jack Alien when
Carson county was attached to the
84th district.
Postmaster Miller
Aiding Santa Claus
There’s still time ...
.... to get your letters off to
the North Pole for Santa Claus.
And if you don’t have a stamp
handy, just t-:ke your letter to
Postmaster Lloyd Miller at the
Post Office ar.d he will see that
your letter reaches Santa Claus.
The Herald will accept letters
Is Santa Claus from children 7
years old and under. No letters
Will be published from older chil-
dren, however, they will be for-
warded on to the North Pole.
Children Will Re
Guests of Firemen
Friday, Dec. 21
Pre-school children, and first
graders through the eighth grade
students will be guests of the Pan-
handle Volunteer Fire Departmen*
Friday afternoon Dec. 21 at 2:30
p.m. on the East side of the court
house lawn.
Santa Claus, if possible, will be
ready sent in their quota of $68, | present to visit with all guests,
Stadium Will Be
Local GOC Post;
Trip Announced
About 30 Panhandle citizens got i
first hand practice on how to turn j
in a Ground Observer Report Sun- j
day afternoon at Panther Stadium j
as the final Civil Defense meeting !
came to a close.
,Sgt. W. E. Swope, Amarillo
Ground Observer Unit, presented
the demonstration.
George Roberts, county agent,
and Civil Defense director for the
Panhandle post, said that final ar-
rangements had been made for use
of the Stadium for an observation
point at Panhandle.
Drouth Hay-Grain
Program Extended
A telegram from State
ASC headquarters informed
the local ASC office that ap-
plications for Drouth Emer-
gency hay or grain-could be
acepted through Feb. 15 for
-needs to March 15, Louis
Grayson, ASC manager, re-
ported today.
Warm Clothing
Sought For Poor
Panhandle Children
The Herald knows of a family
that needs warm winter clothing
for girls, age 10, 3 and IV2, ai:d
also for a boy, age IV2.
Persons desiring to give clothing
may bring them to The Herald.
Toys for the children will be
Members of the local post will i furnished by Glen Phillips, Frank
Wilson, and Harold Penington,
members of Amarillo’s Central
Fire Station.
The firemen heard of the need
through a letter written to the
Amarillo Fire Department..
On investigation, these “three
men of good will” found that the
children were actually in need.
Weather for the week has had
its ups and downs, winds, blow-
ing dust, and even a few flakes of
snow, early Saturday morning.
Temperatures have ranged from
12 on the 1.9th to 68 on the 6th.
Readings for the same period last
year were 60 and 17, with .09 inch
of moisture from a 2 inch snow
,on the second of December, the
second of the winter.
There was no moisture this
week.
The long range forecast from
the Amarillo Weather Bureau is
not promising for snow for Christ-
mas, and has hopes for very little
moisture.
The weekend forecast is for
colder, with moderate winds and
no moisture. The high for Friday
is expected to be in the low fifties,
and the night readings near 18.
The low at 7 o’clock Thursday
morning was 17.
Temperatures for the week fol-
low:
meet at 12 noon at the Court House
Jan.' 12' for a visit to the Amarillo
GOC headquarters and the Ama-
rillo Weather station.
and other completed quotas are-
expected this week, he said; . ..
Persons desiring to- donate to
the Hungarian Relief cause may
leave their contributions at Groom
with Cecil Culver, or at Panhan-
dle with Callaghan or the First
National Bank.
however, each child will receive a
sack of candy.
The gala affair will be high-
lighted by an appearance of the
Pride of Panhandle, the Panther
Band, and a big parade featuring
all students of the elementary
and junior high school.
Traffic Counts
May Determine
New Highways
The state highway department
has notified County Judge Claren-
ce C. Williams that traffic counts
will be used on proposed farm-to-
market roads in the future.
Roads that have been partly
built will be completed, it is un-
derstood by Williams.
However, new projects will be
subjected to closer scrutiny, as the
state does not want its funds ex-
pended on roads that have ex-
tremely light traffic.
Groom Here For
2 Games Dec. 18
Efforts to change the Groom
basketball game from Dec. 18 to
another date failed, and the game
will be played as per schedule,
Jerrel Julian, high school prin-
cipal, announced today.
The girls game starts at 7 p.m.
with the boys game following.
Another date had ben sought
to keep from conflicting with the
annual Lions Club Christmas par-
ty, however, this change could
not be made and both events will
proceed as scheduled.
Daie
High
Low
Dec
. 6 _
_ _ 68
47
Dec.
7
33
17
Dec.
8
33
20
Dec.
9
_ _ 50
12
Dec.
10 _ _
57
24
Dec.
11
_ 60
32
Dec.
12
_____54
37
Dec.
13
17
Post Office Open
Saturday Afternoon
-.n't
I..........t /
To' aid in the Christmas,
mailing rush, Postmaster
Lloyd Miller annaunoced to-
day that the Post Office
would be open all day Satur-
day, Dec. 15.
Open hours at the Post
Office are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 22, the Fes’1
Office will close at 12 noon.
Durrett Re-elected
By Grain Group
Jan.
11
Open
Jan.
15
Open
.Ian.
18
Fri'.
White Deer*
There
Jan.
22
Tues.
Gruver*
Here
Jan.
25
Fri.
Dumas
There
Jan.
29
Tues.
Sunray
' Here
Feb.
1
Fri.
Stinnett*
Here
Feb.
5
Tues.
White Deer
* Here
Feb.
8
Fri.
Gruver*
There
Feb.
12
Tues.
Groom
There
Fob.
15
Fri.
Stinnett*
There
Conference Games
Mrs. A. A. Armstrong is in Am-
arillo receiving medical attention.
She is visiting in the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Charles F.
Hood, Jr., and family.
Fashion Shop
Is New Firm
For Panhandle
A new business firm opened in
Panhandle Wednesday morning
and will handle a complete line
of lingeroie, accessories, -blouses,
dresses for ladies, Mrs. June Buc-
cola, owner, announced.
The store has been named thg.
Fashion Shop and is located at
213 Main.
Mi's. Buccola said that she plan-
ned to stock a line of clothing for
children soon.
“I chose Panhandle to open this
new store, because I thought shop-
pers of this area would appreciate
a store that catered to women, and
because I had always wanted to
operate such a firm,” the new Pan
handle merchant said.
The Buccolas have moved to
Parihandle, and Ted Buccola, is
driving to and fi'om Amarillo,
whbre he is a brick contractor.
More than 130 stockholders and
guests attended the annual meet-
ing of the Panhandle Wheat Grow
ers Monday night at War Memori-
al Building.
In the business meeting, stock-
holders re-elected R. C. Durrett,
as member of the board of direc-
tors. This year Durrett had serv-
ed as chairman of the board.
Members also aproved a report
of the audit committee.
H. M. (Jack) Babcock, Groom,
was introduced as the new man-
ager who replaces O. M. Terry,
manager since last May.
Terry has acepted a position
with the Producers Grain Corpor-
ation and will continue to be ac-
tive in the local concern until
Babcock becomes more familiar
with the operation.
Early next year, Terry will
move to Colton, Calif., where he
will continue his work with PGC
at the Colton Grain Terminal.
Mrs. George Roberts has been
hired as office secretary and
bookkeeper, Durrett said.
FFA Parent-Son
At War Memorial
Monday, Dec. 27
Court House Will
Have Short Vacation
Offices in the court house
will be closed for the Christ
mas holidays from noon Sa-
turday, Dec. 22 until 8 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 27, Judge
Clarence C. Williams an-
nounced today.
“We of the court house
would appreciate your co-
operation, and please plan
your business at the court
house with this schedule,”
he requested.
5 NEW WATER
WELLS STAKED
DURING WEEK
Soil Conservation Service techni-
tions made irrigation well locai-
tions for C. J. Kuehler. Robert
Kuehler, Leo Looten, John Krizan
and George Eschle last week.
A dam was staked for Mrs. Fan-
nie Barnett and one was finished
for C. A. Benr.ett. J. E. White,
conservationist of the SCS office
''enorted.
Row directions were run for
^eoree Black, O. V. Emberton,
Eddie Kalka. and L. L. Stalls. El-
evated ditches were staked for L.
L. Stalls, and Eddie Kalka.
SCS personnel ran irrigation
Hitches for George Black, L. L.
Stalls and Fr^.nk Evans.
R. A. Thompson. Jr., and Frank
Evans have completed their con-
crete ninelines,' White pointed out.
C. J. Kuehler, Leo Looten, Rob-
ert Kuehler, Clinton Freeman, and
C. A. Bennett have recently be-
come new eooperatovs with the
Staked Plains Soil onservation
| District, White concluded.
Lions Ladies NigLt
Set December 18
Future Farmers of America.
Panhandle chapter, will b'e hosts
to their parents and guests at the
annual Parent and Son FFA ban-
quet Monday night at War Memo-
riail Building, Clodus Smith, in-
sturctor, reported.
More than 160 fathers, mothers,
club members and guests are ex-
pected. The banquet will begin at
7 p.m.
Quentin Williams, real estate brok
er, Pampa, and former soil special
ist and stock judge, will be the
principal speaker. Members of the
Panhandle Junior chapter will be
in charge of the event.
Entertainment will be furnish-
ed by the popular music-makers,
Mrs. Douglas M. Smith, Mrs. Vern
Wisdom and G. A. Mahler, Jr.
Icons Club Ladies night is
scheduled at War Memorial Build-
ing at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18, Jack
Ramey, president, announced.
Tickets may be obtained from:
O. Z. Light, Sam Lanning, Dr. J
L. Frendergast, Wayne Driskill or
Jerrel Julian. A report on those
who will attend is needed by noon
Saturday, Sam Lanning said.
Members may bring guests and
dress will not be formal.
Tickets are $2 each.
The commissioners court Mon-
day ordered a strip of Third street
75 feet wide and 125 long, closed
in Skellytown in order to provide
extra building facilities for the
First Baptist Church of that com-
munity.
WHITE DEER
BASKETBALL
TOURNEY OPENS
The annual White Deer basket-
ball tournament started at 3 p.m.
yesterday with Panhandle playing
Groom, followed by another boys
game featuring White Deer and
Leila Lake at 4:30 p.m., T. W.
Laycock, superintendent of Whice
Deer schools, announced today.
Last night Panhandle girls play-
ed Leila Lake at 7 p.m.
Friday’s schedule:
Girls start play at 3 p.m. Fri-
day afternoon with winners of
Thursday’s games meting the los-
ers.
Boys play at 7 p.m. with Thurs-
day winners meeting Thursday’s
losers.
Saturday’s schedule:
Girl’s consolation game starts
at 3 p.m.
Boys consolation game starts at
4:30 p.m.
Saturday night:
Championship girls game begins
at 7 p.m. with the boys champion-
ship game following.
Admission prices, according to
Supt. Laycock are: adults, 50 each
session and students, 25c each
session.
MINISTERS ON
PTA PANEL FOR
DECEMBER 20
Ministers of local churches will
form a panel at Parent Teachers
Association’s December 20 meet-
ing at the school auditorium
Thursday night. Dec. 20.
The panel will discuss The In-
separables—Character and Educ-
cation, Mrs. Alton Moore, PTA
president reported.
General theme of the meeting is
“We, the people, link the schools
with life.”
Teachers, and parents of the
second grades are hosts for the
refreshment hour that will follow
in the school cafetorium.
A Christmas program will be
presented by the 7th and 8th
grades to camplete a full evening.
Cotton Farmers
Approve Quotas..
Carson cotton farmers approved
the cotton marketing quota refer-
endum 34-0 Tuesday, according to
Louis Grayson, ASC office man-
ager.
Since quotas were approved for
1957 price support will be avail-
able to eligible growers at a level
between 75 an<} 90 per cent of
parity.
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Loftin, Paul A. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1956, newspaper, December 14, 1956; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881204/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.