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R.G. LeTourneau Will Dedicate Garretson Center Here May 31
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city
R. G. Le Tourneau,
well known philanthro-
pist, of Longview will
dedicate the new $150,-
000 Garretson Senior
Citizen Center here May
31 at 2:30 p.m. accor-
ding to Claude Zevely,
publicity chairman for
the center.
LeTourneau first
drew national attention
as a small manufactur-
er when he introduced
a number of “ first
of its kind principles”
in earth moving equip-
ment and his fame
quickly spread as his
“first” came into
general use. Among Le-
Tourneau’s first was the
use of the bulldozer,
rubber tires and two
wheel tractors, accord-
ing to a committee.
LeTourneau is recog-
nized as the founder of
LeTourneau College in
Longview. The college
was founded in 1946 and
is chiefly an enginee-
ring and liberal arts
college. It is well
known throughout East
Texas for its high ac-
ademic standards and
work study scholarship
plains, a spokesman
said.
Groom 4-Her
To Attend
State Round-Up
Canyon—Miss Sandra
Kotara of the Groom
Town and Country Com-
munity 4-H Club won
top honors with her de-
monstration on clothing
here last week and will
participate in the state
4-H Club Round-Up in
June at College Station.
Miss Kotara will be
representing Carson
County in the state e-
vent. She won the right
to compete in the dis-
trict event here in com-
petition at Panhandle
last month.
Miss Kotara will be
accompanied to College
Station for the state e-
vents by her mother,
Mrs. Sam Kotara, ac-
cording to Mrs. Sybil
Stringer, Carson County
home demonstration a-
gent.
Other Carson County
youths who placed in the
district contest here and
their demonstrations
included Mary O’Neal
and Patrice O’Neal, beef
cattle business; Becky
Martin, foods and nu-
trition; and Clyde Ket-
chum, tractor; all of
whom won red ribbons;
and Stephen Warminski
and Randy Warminski,
electric; Galen Phillips,
favorite foods show; and
Kathy Looten, public
speaking; all of whom
won white ribbons.
WEATHER
Max. Min.
Wednesday 70 41
Thursday 76 42
Friday 81 52
Saturday 89 43
Sunday . 85 52
Monday 89 47
Tuesday 93 58
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ESTABLISHED JULY 22. 1807
Volume 78
Thurs., May 7, 1964
Number 43
Incumbants Get Nod
As Demo Nominees
Nunn, Dove
Win County
Contests
Carson County Demo-
crats picked incumbants
in county offices as their
party’s nominees for
those offices in the No-
vember 3 general elec-
tions in Saturday’s pri-
mary election.
On a state-wide le-
vel and a district le-
vel, the county sup-
ported the incumbants
as the party’s nominees
with one exception, that
of Jim C. Langdon, the
state-wide choice for
the unexpired term on
the railroad commis-
sion.
Locally, John Nunn
was picked as the
party’s nominee over A.
J. (Andy) Atkins about
two to one, 1,108 to
630, for county sheriff;
and Frank Dove was e-
lected the party’s no-
minee over Marshall
Sherwood for county at-
torney by a vote of 1,-
127 to 628.
Nomination to these
two offices was taunta-
mount to election as
there is no Republican
Party opponent in the
November 3 general e-
lection.
Uncontested primary
county races were for
county tax assessor-
collector where C. L.
Sterling received 1,750
votes; county commis-
sioner precinct 1 where
Frank E. Sparks receiv-
ed 823 votes and com-
missioner of precinct
3 where Elten Vance
received 57 votes.
I n the only contest
on the district level,
Charles Reynolds of
Childress was elected
district judge over Al-
len Harp of Childress.
Both were seeking the
post left vacant by the
death of Luther Gribble
earlier this year. Judge
Gribble had filed for
reelection to the bench
one week prior to his
death.
Reynolds carried all
five counties in the dis-
trict with Carson County
being the closest race,
866 for Reynolds and 820
for Harp. The vote in
other counties was Chil-
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REMOVING VAULT— -Workmen were busy yes-
terday at the First National Bank breaking loose
cement surrounding one of the money vaults so
that it could be moved into the new bank build-
ing soon. The vault was one of the original pieces
of equipment put in the present bank building in
!928. (Herald Photo)
dress County, Reynolds,
1,649; Harp, 1,071; Col-
lingsworth County, Rey-
nolds, 971; Harp, 792;
Donley County, Rey-
nolds, 962, and Harp,
816 and Hall County,
Reynolds, 1,057; and
Harp, 820.
County Democrats
gave Gov. JohnConnally
their support about
three to one in his bid
for nomination and ree-
lection as he received
1,202 votes to Don Ya-
rborough’s 490 votes.
The other two gubina-
torial contenders,
Banks and Hackworthe
received 28 and 10 votes
respectively.
Lt. Gov. Preston
Smith received the large
share of Carson County
Democrat’s vote, 1,502
to Albert Fuentes Jr.’s
166.
Sen. Ralph Yar-
borough carried the
county, 1,112 over Gor-
don McLendon who had
560 votes.
U S Congressman Joe
Pool carried Carson
County in his bid for
the nomination as he
received 900 votes.
received 900 votes,
received 900 votes. Dan
Sullivan pulled 257 votes
in the county and Ro-
bert Baker, who will
be in a run-off elec-
tion with Pool, received
202 Carson County
votes. Others in the race
and their local vote were
Bill Slkins, 99; and Bob
Looney, 62.
Agriculture commis-
sioner John White car-
ried the county, 1,339
over Millard Shiver who
had 295 votes.
In the battle for land
commissioner^ Jerry
Sadler carried the
county with 1,318 vates
as Fred Williams netted
315 votes.
Jim Langdon, incum-
bant railroad commis-
sioner who was appoin-
ted to fill an unexpired
term was nominated
state-wide to be the
party’s nominee for the
remainder of the unex-
pired term, failed to
carry the county as
Jesse Ownens received
949 votes to Langdon’s
658.
Jack Pope who was
seeking the party’s no-
mination for the su-
preme court carried the
county 1,108 and was the
state-wide choice over
Sears McGee who re-
ceived 407 votes locally.
Ernest O. Northcutt
received 975 votes in his
bid for the Democratic
Party’s nomination to
the court of civil appeals
from the seventh dis-
trict over Herbert C.
Martin who had 596
votes in the county.
Fire Damages
Universal Motor And
Equipment Building
A fire caused minor
damage to the Univer-
sal Motor and Equip-
ment Company at 201
E. First Tuesday at a-
bout 6:15 p.m.
According to Montey
Bell the fire started
from a trash barrell
that had been left as
extinguished. The fire
then moved to the north-
west wall of the buil-
ding and there caused
approximately $250 da-
mage to the wall, win-
dow casing and the door.
The flame was extin-
guished by the fire de-
partment before serious
damage could occur,
Bell said.
Republicans Turn Out
For Second Primary
Republicans, in their
second primary election
to be held in Carson
County, turned out in far
smaller numbers than
two years ago to help
decide the two contested
races for their party’s
nominee for the Novem-
ber 3 gemeral election
and to express their op-
inion on their party’s
cnadidate for president.
Robert D. (Bob) Price
of Pampa became the
GOP nominee for U S
Congressman for the
18th congressional dis-
trict and was supported
in Carson County 179 to
38 for his opponent
Frnak Hinkson of Las-
buddy.
A state-wide race in
the GOP primary went
into a run-off as four
candidates sought the
party’s nomination for
U S Senator. George
Bush who received 182
votes in Carson County
and Jack Cox who was
given 46 votes in the
county will be in the
run-off. Dr. Milton Da-
vis received one vote
and Robert Morris re-
ceived 15 votes in the
county in their bid for
the GOP senatorial no-
mination.
In the presidential re-
ferendum in the prefer-
ence primary, a non-
binding straw vote, Sen.
Barry Goldwater ( R-
Ariz.) carried the sup-
port of Carson County
Republicans with 204
votes of the nearly 250
who voted in the GOP
primary. Harold gta-
ssen of Pennsylvania
received nine votes;
Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith (R-Maine) seven;
Ambasator Henry Cabot
Lodge, seven write-in
votes; and Gov. Nelson
Rockfellow of New York
three.
Cars Collide
North On 15,
No Injuries
Highway 15, two miles
north of Panhandle, was
the scene of a two car
collision Sunday night.
No one was seriously
injured although one car
was completely demoli-
shed, according to in-
vestigating officers.
The collision occured
as a foreign car driven
by Frank Willaim Vance
of Panhandle attempted
to make a left hand turn
and Hershel Madden of
Borger in a car began
to pass. The cars colli-
ed and the foreign car
was expensively damag-
ed although neither of
the drivers were not
seriously injured, ac-
cording to investigating
officers. The Madden
car was only slightly
damaged.
The collision was in-
vestigated by an officer
,^of the Texas Highway
patrol.
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Band To Leave For Six
Flags Contest Events
Demos Back Johnson For
President At Precinct Level
Those attending De-
mocratic Party Conven-
tion of Precinct 1 in
Panhandle Saturday af-
ternoon, voted unanim-
ously in favor of send-
ing an expression of
sorrow over the death of
the late President, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, to
the county convention
which meets on Satur-
day.
They unanimously en-
dorsed the nomination
of President Lyndon B.
Johnson as nominee of
the Democratic Party
for president.
Selected as delegates
under the unit rule were
Clarence C. Williams,
A, J, Weiser, county
chairman; Jack Griff-
ith, Lloyd Sterling, John
Nunn, Bob Mecaskey,
George Graves, T, C,
Castlebery, Jim Mecas-
key, Frank Dove, John
O’Keefe, J. C. McColl-
ough, Hugh Johnson,
Mrs. Oneta Hanson,
Mrs. Peggy Bulter,Mrs.
Fannie Williams, Mrs.
(Cont. on page 6)
Precinct GOP Supports
Goldwater, Second VP
A dual resolution in
support of pending leg-
islation in Washington,
D. C., for the creation
of the office of second
vice-president and a
candidate for that office
was approved at the Re-
publican Party precinct
1 convention here Satur-
day evening.
The precinct 1 GOP
convention supported
Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith (R-Maine) for the.
party’s office of second
vice-president if it is
created.
A second resolution
was to encourage all
county excutive commi-
ttees to strive to have
a qualified candidate for
each major office in ev-
ery election.
The precinct conven-
tion then approved a re-
solution to be sent to
the county convention to
have delegates take to
(Cont. on page 6)
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FIGHTING BLAZE-----A member of the Panhandle
Volunteer Fire Department is shown standing in a
smoke filled area at the rear of the Universal
Motor and Equipmetn Company garage where a
trash fire spread into some old tires and to the
building causing heavy smoke and about $250 da-
mage, (Herald Photo)
Ninety-six members
of the Pride of Panhan-
dle band will journey
to Six Flags over Tex-
as next week to compete
for honors with bands
from over a three state
area.
The group will leave
next Thursday at app-
roximately 8 a.m. on
chartered buses and ex-
pect to arrive in Arling-
ton that night. Contest
will began the following
day, according to Ger-
ald Smith, band dir-
ector. The band mem-
bers will stay at the
Forest Park Motel in
Arlington and will leave
for home late Saturday
afternoon.
The contest is spon-
sored by Six Flags Over
Texas and the Panther
Band will enter in both
the concert and march-
ing contests. The con-
cert contest will beheld
in the lobby of the Six
Flags Inn, according to
Smith.
Panhandle will com-
pete with 14 other Class
1- A bands scattered
over a three state are
consisting of Arkansas,
Texas and Lousiana.
Judges for the concert
contest will be Clarence
Sawhill, director of
bands, University of
California; William Rh-
odes, director of bands
Legion To Pick
Officers Monday
The American Legion
will elect officers Mon-
day night at 8:30 p.m.
in the regular monthly
meeting according to
Jack Griffith, post com-
mander.
Officers elected Mon-
day night are tentatively
set to be installed at
the next meeting accor-
ding to Griffith.
‘Toffee and donuts
will be served and all
members are strongly
urged to attend this im-
portant meeting,” said
the post commander.
Piano Given
To GSCC
The Garretson Senior
Citizen Center has re-
ceived as a gift a new
console piano.
“The piano, is beau-
tiful and brings much
injoyment to the resi-
dence of the center,”
Mrs. R. W. Calliham,
spokesman for the cen-
ter said.
Although the piano has
not been in the center
long a resident has been
found that can play the
instrument. The resi-
dents listen to her play
many of the old time
folk songs and join when
she begans to play
hymns, according to
Mrs. Calliham.
April 28, Mary
Ruth Smith and some
of her students en-
tertained the group
by presenting a musi-
cal, a small scale mus-
ical performance. Par-
ticipating in this pro-
gram were Bill Smith,
David Smith, Nancy
Garner, Carol Lynn
Williams, and Ricky Wi-
lliams along with Mrs.
Smith.
The piano presented
as a gift by the family
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Calliham.
The Country Parson
University of New Me-
xico; and Gene Braught;,
director of bands, Uni-
versity of Oklahoma.
Judging the marching
contest will be James
A. Jacobsen, director
of bands, Texas Chris-
tian University and Gene
Witherspoon of Arkan-
sas Tech.
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Teenage Dance
To Be Saturday
A Teenage Dance will
be held at the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars
Hall from 9 to 11 p.m.
Saturday night under the
sponsorship of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary.
Music will be provi-
ded by the Holiday’s,
a local dance band.
An admission will be
charged for the dance.
Mike Eklund, Glenn Armstrong
PHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Mary Ann Bonifield is
High Girl In Class Of '64
Mike Eklund has been
named as valedictorian
of the graduating sen-
iors with a grade point
average of 93.631.
Eklund is a four year
letterman in football,
basketball, track, golf
and tennis. He has been
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named all district first
team basketball and all
district second team
football player during
his high school career.
The valedictorian is a
member of the student
council and is president
during this school year.
He has been a member
of the national honor
society since his junior
year and is vice-presi-
dent this year. He is a
member of the Thes-
pians, Spanish Club, De-
votional Club, and Am-
erican Field Service.
Eklund plans for the
future is to attend Ar-
lington State College in
Arlington, where he will
najor in pre-denistry.
Glenn Armstrong, the
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dj C. Armsrtong, is the
1964 salutatorian of the
senior class with a
grade point average of
93.333.
Armstrong is a two
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year letterman in foot-
ball and track; he has
received academic ho-
nors through UIL con-
test in the slide rule
and placed first in dis-
trict and third region-
ally in 1963. In 1964 he
placed first in district
and second in regional
contest.
Locally he is a mem-
ber of the National Ho-
nor Society and the Spa-
nish Club.
The salutatorian pla-
ns to attend Texas A.
and M. College after
graduation. %
The highest grade
point average holder a-
mong students is Mary
Ann Bonifield who has
attained an average of .
93.236.
Miss Bonifield has
been a member of the
Pantherette basketball
team “B” squad for the
past two years. She has
also been rated as “1”
in UIL clarinet soloist
contest and was a mem-
ber of a trio of clari-
net players which also
received a one rating
in UIL contest.
Miss Bonifield was a
member of the Future
Homemakers, Spanish
Club, Thespains, devo-
tional group, National
Honors Society of which
she was secretary, Fu-
ture Teachers of which
she was district parli-
mentarian and the stu-
dent council of which
she was vice-president.
She is president of the
senior class.
Miss Bonifield plans
for the coming years
to attend Midwestern
University i n Wichita
Falls where she will
study special education
and enter into a career
of teaching mentally re-
tarded children.
Wheat In Area
Reported To Be
'Poor To Good’
Amarillo-“Reporters
indicate wheat to be
from poor to good,” the
Wheat Harvest Control
Office of the Texas Em-
ployment Commission
office here reported in
its bulletin May 1.
Sixty percent of the
dry-land acreage could
still produce county av-
erages, but moisture
must be received soon
for continued growth,
the bulletin stated re-
garding the Amarillo,
Vega, Canyon, Panhan-
dle and Clude areas.
Irrigated acreage is
in good condition and
no serious damage has
been reported from in-
sects or disease, the
bulletin stated.
The next bulletin from
the TEC will be issued
May 15.
Panhandle Man
To Be Featured
In Roping Event
AMARILLO—A Pan-
handle man will be fea-
tured in one of the top
10 calf roping matches
ever staged in Texas
at 2 p.m. here May 10
at the Will Rogers
Range Riders Arena on
Highway 66.
Lee Cockrell of Pan-
handle and Jim Bob Al-
tizer of Del Rio will be
featured in the event.
Both have impressive
matched roping re-
cords, having beaten
Toots Mansfield in the
1950’s when he was con-
sidered the man to beat
in the calf roping world,
and Dean Oliver in the
(Cont. on page 2)
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1964, newspaper, May 7, 1964; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883711/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.