The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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Founded 1887.
Oldest Business Firm
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The Panhandle Wedald
Our 65th Year
Of Service To
Carson County
Vol. 64—No. 24
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952 (8 Pages Today)
Price 5c
District Court Term Begins Monday
5 Robinson Children
Receive Deeds
Five Half Sections
Five children of Mrs. Pearl
*Robinson, widow of the late J.
Vance Robinson, each were given
one-half sections of land late in
December, subject to assumption
of moderate indebtedness.
The deeds filed Dec. J9 admit
consideration of cash paid, love
and affection and assumption of
indebtedness to the Federal Land
Bank.
^ Tracts conveyed and recorded
at the Carson county court house
follow;
To Frank Robinson, west one-
half of sec. 143, block 7, I&GN
By Co. survey, 320 acres; assump-
tion of §5,500,; approximate value
of equity, $7,148.63.
To Ardis Robinson Smith, south
one-half of Sec. 3, Block B4, H
&' GN Ry
cash paid,
C . survey, 320 acres;
>5,000; approximate
value of eq ity, $6,710.68.
To J. Van
half of Sec
Ry Co.
Federal
approximat
$8,667.69
To Flor
east one-h; f
B-4, H&G
e Robinson, west one-
142, block 7, I&GN
SPvey; assumption to
L*d Bank, $2,516.71;
value of equity,
Robinson Hammers,
of section 41, Block
Survey; cash paid
1951 Rainfall Totalled
29.84 Inches; May Set
Record For 14.27 In.
and assun tloii of indebtedness,
$5,000,; £ proximate value Of
equity, $1 500.
To Pat ibinson/ east one-half
of Sec. 14 , Block 7, I&GN Ry
Co. Surveyiissumption to Federal
Land Bankind cash paid, §2,516-
.71; approbate value of equity,
$8,770.60.
Warranty Deeds
Post Ards Now
Cost wo Cents
Syrena A. Filer and husband,
E. E. Filer, to Frank Pepple, 2
acres out of Sec. 125, Block 3,
H&GN Survey, $200. Deed made
Sept. 29,*1944,; filed Dec. 6, 1951.
E. C. Harris and wife, Minnie
Lee, to G. A. Bell, lot 7 and north
orie-^alf of lot 8, Block 5, West
addition to White Deer, $175.
Filed Dec. 13. ;
Panhandle Dry Goods Ccv_.Tr/\,
to F. Jack, and Daphne W. Grif-
fith, south 5 feet of lot 8 and all
of lot 9, block 26, Panhandle ,§10
and other considerations. Revenue
stamps, §6.05. Filed Dec. 14.
Willie Welsh and husband, T. L.
Welsh, and Ida Ellis and husband,
R. R. Ellis, of Kansas; Lee Wilks
and wife, Florence, of New Mexico,
lots 13 to 16, block 55, Ware’s
addition, Panhandle, to Ralph B.
Metcalf, $700. Filed Dec. 19.
r Trustees of Panhandle Metho-
dist Church, H. G. Vance, C. C.
Williams, James B. McCray, Minor
Simms and R. E. Randel, to Mrs.
M. M. Held and Mrs.- Ruby Pem-
berton, lots 22, 23 and 24, block
42, Panhandle (Methodist Par-
sonage) §6,0 00. Filed Dec. 19.
R. M. Hubbard and wife, Hettiej
Lois, to Phillips Pet. Co., lots 9,
10, block 14, White Deer, $425.
Filed Dec. 26.
*" C. A. Price of Hutchinson
county to J. L. Clinton, quit claim
deed to lots 10, 11, block 85,
Ware's addition, Panhandle. Filed
Dec. 27.
J. Sid O’Keefe to Glenda Dar-
ling Laminack, lots 8, 9, blocfcxis,
Panhandle, $1. Also same^ lots
from O’Keefe to C. A. Laminack
and wife, Dorothy, §1. Filed Dec.
27.
mal
Gramer, postmaster,
is week that several
been made in the
ng.
hanges were the price
s from one to two
letters from one to
third class mail to
the first two ounces,
livery prices nov uAtart
itfirU «peo>MPydee
at 3)5 cents. Return
re been raised from
s. All c. o. d. prices
ised as have fill regis-
e minimum, 30 cents.
Insurancel-ices below §50 remain
the same lith insurance of $50-
$100, SOlcents, and higher
amounts I proportion.
Weightlon parcel post pack-
ages havJeen changed and those
sending Jcels are asked to con-
tact the lice on these.
Mrs. Le
announce
changes
cost of
Princip
of post <
cents, dr
2 cents
two cents
Special
at 20 cel
parcel po
receipts j
5 to 7 c
have been
teries witl]
Banlliives $200
Eachfo Rotary
And Ions Clubs
Two lihandle civic clubs re-
ceived hllay gifts from the First
Nationallank for their activities
daring tlcoming year.
The Bk presented the Lions
Club §21 to be used for the ex-
tension Id improvemnt of the
Christmldecorations program.
Also I nank gave the Rotary
Club §Jto be used for improv-
rnents ahe softball park, which
the clulponsors.
Pampa Infant Is
feuried In City
Jessie Jean Chandler, four-
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Chandler, 732 N. Dwight
Pampa, died at 1:20 p. m. Mon-
day in a Pampa clinic.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday in the Duen-
kel-Carmichael Funeral H o m e
chapel at Pampa with Rev. E.
tbouglas Carver, pastor of the First
Baptist church, officiating. Burial
was in Panhandle cemetery.
15,000 dime;
a.
3
1 SION LSiTOGG
The
autom
Highwj
Dec. 2]
pital,
He
burgh
Bot
car ir
crash
Th
Panh
son,
coun
Th
with
>nest, 28,
>f Injuries
L victim of a head-on
collision Nov. 28 on
>0 north of Canyon, died
Northwest Texas Hos-
irillo. .
Jack Quest, 28, Pitts-
Iccuparufe of the second
red died soon after the
ere Jack D. Stone, 19, of
e, and William E. Thom-
of Progress, Bailey
The year i 9 5 i was one of
weather records, with 14 below
zero February 1. This was the
coldest temperature in 59 years
and the temperature of 39 on
Sept. 16 and 13 Nov. 2 the lowest
ever recorded .on those dates.
Moisture for the year was 29.84
inches with only 1:62 inches re-
ceived during the last 3 months
of the year.
Rainfall by months was Janu-
ary, .62 inch-; February, 1.47
inch; March, .74 inch; April, .90;
May, 14.27; June, 6; July, .63;
August, 1.53; Sept. 2.07; Oct.,
.92,; Nov., .18, and Dec., .51.
The highest temperatures ever
recorded on these dates were 81,
March 22; 91, April 24; 99 July
6; 100 July 29; 96 Sept. 26; 76
Nov. 30, highest ever recorded
that late in the year and an all
time high for October of 93, Oct.
1. The highest nighttime tempera-
ture ever recorded for December
was 62, Dec. 31.
The worst dust storm ti.S* 19
yeat'i> occurred April 20 'anA;on
May 15 8.05 inches of rain fell
in 24 hours with 11.45 recorded
in 48 hours. Rainfall for the
month totalled 14.27 inches, a
record for the month.
The month of June added 6
additional inches of moisture and
recorded a twister June 15 and
an earthquake June 20. In July
the longest heat wave in several
years occurred from July 12-18
when the average daytime tem-
perature was 93.5 and the night-
time temperature average was
67.5.
The year 1952 started off with
moisture beginning with sleet
about 2 p. m. and continuing in-
termittently through the night to
bring jlO inch of moisture. Snow
began Wednesday night and at
noon Thursday measured nearly
4 inches. While very beneficial as
to the moisture content, although
it has not been measured, it prov-
ed a traffic hazard, falling as it
did on ice covered highways. The
weather forecast was for snow
continuing through Thursday night
with clearing Friday.
After a springlike day Friday,
Dec. 28, dust began blowing Sat-
urday and continued through Mon-
day. While winds were very high
Helps Dimes Drived
no land in this parf
seemed to be bit
dust coming froi
i Temphtatures
\ 2 Deit 2b So 15
the country
all of the
places,
lged f rom
IL. ‘
Temperatures and moisture for
the week follow:
Dec. 27
High
53
Low
16
Mois.
Dec. 28
69
34
____
Dec. 29
72
44
____
Dec. 30
70
45
____
Dec. 31
66
62
___
Jan. 1
30
15
.10
Jan. 2
27
IS
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on was driving his car
ne as a passenger. Quest
e.
ody was sent to Pitts-
burgh services and burial.
was
II
HBiy guests of Mrs. S. G.
Bobllwere Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
MosAd daughter, Carlsbad, N.
M., I Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bob-
bitt,§narillo.
nd Mrs. L. C. Robinson
and Is were Sunday guests of
Mr. ( Mrs. Charles Russ.
eth Williams attended a
famlreunion over the weekend
at I home of his parents, Mr.
andf s. W. W. Williams, Lub-
bocithers present were Mr. and
Mrslrtwell Williams, Baytown;
Mr.Id Mrs. Joy Williams and
■chilien, Amarillo, and Mr. and
Mr filer' Williams, Lubbock. The
me: re all sons of the W. W.
Wi ns.
3 Dealers Will
Have Plymouth
Showings Today
Three Panhandle dealers will
have showings of the 1952
Plymouth models today.
Howe Implement Co., Chrysler
dealer, will have a Cambridge
blue 4-door sedan and a Cran-
brook light green club coupe.
Roberts Motor Co., Dodge deal-
er, will have a Cambridge light
green club coupe.
Universal Motor Co., De Soto
dealer, will have a Cranbrook
light green 4-door sedan.
All dealers extend invitations
to the public to see the models.
In a joint advertisement more de-
toils are given of the changes in
the 19ij2 models.
Christian Church
Buys McCoIlough
Home For Pastor
The First Christian Church
board voted Sunday to purchase
the J. C. McCoIlough residence
west of the high school for a con-
sideration of $12,000.
Possession will be given in
about four months or when McCoI-
lough completes a new residence
in the block in which Judson
Skaggs lives.
Rev. Barrett T. Moore, minister,
and his family will occupy the
McCoIlough residence after posses-
sion is given.
The Moores now live in a resi-
dence a block east of the Inter-
national dealer implement house.
L. W. UPHAM
SUCCUMBS OF
Panhandle Had ’HEART ATTACK
Grand Jury Called;
Docket to Be Light
One hundreth district court
January session will open at 10
a. m. Monday with a light docket
in prospect, according to Mrs.
Fannie Williams, county and dis-
trict clerk.
The civil docket has only 12
cases. On the divorce docket arq
10 cases.
Criminal docket has 20 indict-
ments, six of which were made at
the August, 1951, district court
term. One case goes hack to Aug.
27, 1946, and another to Aug. 25,
1947.
Old criminal cases on the docket
are: Murder without malice 1;
theft 6; DWI 2; swindling 3; rob-
bery 2; burglary 2; forgery 1;
The grand jury will be em-
paneled at 10 o’clock Monday
morning. Sheriff Clarence C. Wil-
liams and District Attorney Allen
Harp have several cases to he pre-
sented to the grand jury.
District Judge Luther Gribble
also has ordered a jury panel to
report at 10 o’clock Monday.
Grand and Petit Jurors Called Monday
For Opening of 100th District Court
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f
life
Miss Texas — Glenda Jane
Holcomb of Odessa —a Miss
America contestant in the an-
nual Atlantic City Pageant,
makes one of the first contri-
V buttons to) ihe 195? March oi ’
Dimes. The March of Dimes
period has been doubled to in-
clude all January because of
the record polio toll of the last
four years.
Big Delegation
At Cotton Bowl
Panhandle was represented by
about 50 fans at the Texas Chris-
tian University and Kentucky Uni-
versity football game in the Cotton
Bowl at Dallas Tuesday, New
Year’s Day.
Although the temperature was
warm in Dallas Monday, it was
aroun,d 35 to 40 degrees at game
time. The weather turned off with
sleet and snow in the area between
Panhandle and Dallas.
Most of the motorists had dif-
ficulty in returning home. It was
reported the worst place was at the
Giles hill west of Memphis. Some
motorists said they could travel
only 10 to 15 miles an hour.
As the Panhandle rooters were
unanimous for T. C. U. the 20
to 7 defeat by Kentucky was not
so pleasing.
Personals
New Year’s guestts of Mrs. Pete
Kuehler, Sr., and Genevieve were
Pete Kuehler and Joyce, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Rutkowski and Sammy,
Mr. and Mrs. Clement Labus,
Vernon and Stewart Lee.
Guests during the Christmas
holidays of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Garretson were Mrs. Zella White
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn
Price and daughter, Amarillo; Mr.
and Mrs. Don Price and Judy, Pvt.
and Mrs. Truman Price, Jimmy
White, Panhandle; Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Ware and Janice, Amarillo,
and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rorex,
Lubbock. Special events were the
tree on Christmas Eve and dinner
on Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Nichols
returned Tuesday from a Christ-
mas visit with relatives in Iowa.
Miss Jo Batttle spent the Christ-
mas holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Battle, Durant,
Okla.
Miss Charlotte Tompkins has
returned from a visit with her
mother at San Juan.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Hood were Mr. Hood’s sister,
Mrs. Burnis Vaughn, and Mr.
Vaughn, Espanola, N. M.
Word was received here this
week from James Johnson, son
cf Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Johnson,
it at his rank is now sergeant,
first class. He is stationed in
Germany.
Lyman William (P. K.) Upham,
52, Lefors, a resident of Panhandle
from 1919 to 1923, died Sunday
afternoon, Defc. 30, at 4 o’clock
in Worley Hospital, Pampa. Death
was attributed to a heart attack,
as only a few minutes previously
he had been laughing and talking
with his family.
His father, C. L. Upham, for-
merly was district and county
clerk of Carson county.
Funeral services yere held at
10 a. m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, in
the First Methodist Church of Le-
fors with Rec. W. B. Hicks, min-
ister of the church, officiating.
Burial was in Fairview Cemetery,
Pampa, under the direction of
Duenkel - Carmichael Funeral
Home of Pampa.
Pallbearers were Bill Hill, W.
C. Breining, Lefors; Ernest Van-
derburg, Charlie Thut, Oil Cross-
man, Pampa, and George Cross-
man, Panhandle. Honorary pall-
bearers were employes of the
Southwestern Production Co.
Upham was born May 2 9, 1S99,
in Ryan, Okla., and moved as a
small boy. to Texas, where he lived
in the McLean and Mobeetie com-
munities, where he attended
school.
He moved with his parents to
Panhandle in 1919 where he as-
sisted his father in the hardware
business and farmed.
He was married Jan. 15, 1922,
in Pampa to Miss Charlotte Bull
of Lefors. Shortly after their mar-
riage they moved to Colorado
where he was engaged in farming
and later to Cimarron, N. M.,
where he was foreman of a ranrh.
In 1938 'they*moved to Lefors
where he had a small dairy and
worked for the Southern Produc-
duction Co. He was a member of
the Methodist Church of Lefors.
Survivors are the wife, one son,
Maurice, Lefors; three daughters,
Mrs. Pauline Koon> Panama City,
Fla,; Mrs. Mary Sue Houchin,
Eureka, Kan., Mrs. Juanita Vin-
cent, Lefors; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Upham, Rock Springs;
two brothers, Ray, Nashville,
Tenn.; C. L. Jr., Odessa; two
sisters, Mrs. Cal Dickey, Tulia;
Mrs. Carlton Norris, Mineral
Wells, and seven grandchildren.
C. F. Hood, Sr., Panhandle, is a
cousin.
Grand and petit jury panels
have been called for 10 a. m.
Monday, Jan. 7, for the opening
of the January term of 100th dis-
trict court.
Panel of 16 men has been called
and 12 will be named to the grand
jury. The panel follows:
Otis Weatherly,. Conway; Glynn
D Harrell, Groom; Biggs Horn,
White Deer; E. A. Weichart, Gulf
Camp; J. B. Gallaher, Skellytown;
Lee Kirk, Lark; W. W. Brunais,
Groom; J. R. Nicholson, White
Deer.
Also, J. W. Richmond. Gulf
Camp; C. J. Horner, Skellytown;
George Crossman, Panhandle;
Ralph Evans, Groom; T. C. Jack-
son, White Deer; F. S. Genett,
Skellytown; J. P. Smith, Pantex;
J. C. Jarvis, Skellytown.
Forty-two members of the petit
jury panel are:
C. H. Bell, Panhandle; R. E.
Barkley, Groom; Wallace Bichsel,
White Deer; Ralph Willis, Gulf
Camp; W. F. Adams, Skellytown;
D. W. Osborne, Panhandle; Page
Blackwell, Groom; V. D. Crum-
packer, White Deer,: R. G. Hicks,
Gulf Camp; H. E. Peoples, Skelly-
town.
C. F. Hood, Panhandle; E. J.
Britten, Groom; Cliff Bednoi’z,
White Deer; J. A. Quirk, Groom;
F. N. Anderson, Skellytown,; Jim
Mecaskey, Panhandle; E. E. Bur-
res, Groom; E. L. Dittherner,
White Deer; W. F. Franklin,
White Deer; J. S. Lawson, Skelly-
town.
A. Z. Walker, Panhandle; T. C.
Goodlet, Groom,: F. E. Evans,
White Deer; G. W. Hess, Skelly-
town; W. E. Dart, Panhandle;
Alfred A. Homer, Groom; E. E.
Foose, White Deer.: A. L. Lee,
’Skellytown; Cliff Wasson, Pan-
handle; C. Knight, Groom.
R. A. Thompson, White Deer;
G. W. Demoss, Skellytown; John
Franklin. Panhandle,: Leo. Koet-
ting, Groom; C. Williams, Pan-*
handle: F. E. McCoy, Skellytown;
Groves Burum, Panhandle; S. E.
Latta, Groom; D. Wyatt, White
Deer; Tom Hall, Skellytown; G.
Gramer, Panhandle; Oscar Powers,
Groom.
Jury commission was composed
of W. J. Stubblefield, H. D.
Schmalhorst, F. J. Carpenter,
Cyril Pingelton and C. L. Culver.
Polio Campaign
To Begin About
Monday, Jan, 14
Richard Nunn, campaign chair-
man, stated that the Carson counly
polio drive would begin about
Monday, J^n. 14. The county has
no quota, hut national headquar-
ters has requested that gifts he
doubled over a year ago.
Among the workers in charge
of various communities will be:
Dalton Ford, White Deer; Carl
Kunkel, Jr., and J. B. Wilson,
Groom; Mrs. R. L. Medlin, Tony
Ridge; Mrs. Julia Thompson and
Nunn, Panhandle.
Nunn expects to obtain workers
at Conway, Pantex, Skellytown,
Gulf Camp, Lark, Pleasant Plains
and other parts <of the county
within the next few days.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Weatherly
are the parents of a son, Leslie
Ellis, born Dec. 22 in Northwest;
Texas Hos'pital, Amarillo. He
weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis Russ and Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Weatherly, Panhandle. Great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Knapp, Happy, and Mrs. J. T.
D’ellis, Amarillo.
Daughter Buys
3,970 Acres Of
Purvines Land
Mrs. Kate B. Purvines, widow
of the late Carroll Purvines, has
sold 3,9 70 acres from the ranch
northwest of Panhandle to her
daughter, Mrs. Alice Purvines
Chapman, for a consideration of
$68,000.
Deed record filed Dec. 17, 1951,
showed that $13,000 was paid and
that 11 notes of $5,000 each were
made without interest. Notes are
to be paid annually.
Land involved in the sales are:
Sec. 8, Block T. AB&M Survey,
640 acres; Sec. 9, Block T, H&W
Survey, 640 acres,: Sec. 12, Block
T, AB&M Survey, 6 40 acres; See.
13, Block T, AB&M Survey, 640
acres; Sec. 29, Block T, AB&M
Survey, 640 acres.
; Also part of Sec. T, Block T,
H&W Survey, lying east of Rock
Island Railway, approximately 310
acres, and all of Sec. 11, Block T,
AB&M Survey lying east of Rock
Island Railway, approximately 460
acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nunley, Ama-
rillo, are the parents of a son,
Fred Lee, weighing 8 pounds,
3 3-4 ounces, born Dec. 27 at
Northwest Texas Hospital. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Ketchum, Conway, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Nunley, Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete F. Kuehler
are the parents of a son, Steve
Paul, weighing 6 pounds, S ounces,
horn Dec. 31 at the Roberts &
Hessey Clinic, Panhandle. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Ilaiduk, White Deer, and Mrs.
Pete F. Kuehler, Sr., Panhandle.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. .O’Neal and
Mike of Wichita Falls have been
guests of Mr. O’Neal’s mother,
Mrs. Willie O’Neal.
Guests for the Christmas holi-
days of Mr. and Mrs. N. Taylor
were their daughter, Mrs. Vernon
Francis, Mr. Francis and Lana
Sue. Amarillo.
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1952, newspaper, January 4, 1952; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881661/m1/1/?q=ANAHUAC: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.