Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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Panthers Tied
For First In
District Race
Panhandle’s 1963-64 Pan-
thers maintained their grip
on a third of first place in
District 1-A basketball ac-
tion here Friday night as
they downed the Gruver Grey-
hounds, 52-31.
Others in the five team
league who are tied for first
place honors are Stratford,
who downed the Panthers
by one point at Stratford,
and Sanford-Fritch.
The Pantherettes were
routed, 54-39, by the Gruver
girls in the first game of
the night
Four of the Panthers were
in double figures for the
night. Leon Choate had 16,
Larry Cole and Mike Eklund,
11 each and Lirry Duckett,
10. Ricky Potts had the re-
maining four points
In the girl’s game, Miss
States had 26 and Miss Blan-
kenship had 23 for the Gru-
ver sextet as Wanda Ware
hit for 20 for the Panther-
ettes and Barbara Hager
had 15.
Tuesday night in Amarillo,
the Pantherettes broke a
loosing streak by romping
over the St. Mary’s team,
74-32, as the Panthers down-
ed Price College, 70-64,
Miss Hager had 30 points
for the Pantherettes and
Miss Ware 16, Pat Davis and
Susan Dorris had 11 each
Karen Doughten, 4.
In the Panther game, Greg
Thomas hit for 33 points for
Price College. Mike Eklund
who saw action in the first
three quarters only hit for
22 for the Panthers. With a
20 point lead at the end of
three quarters, Coach Cal-
vin Murray went to his bench
and all Panthers who made
the trip saw action in the
game.
Wheat Sale To
Russsia Attack
By Speaker
An attack on the recent
sale of wheat to Russia was
made by Bob Price, rancher
and farmer from Pampa, at
the meeting of the Carson
County Young Republicans
in the War Memorial Build-
ing Friday night.
'‘This transaction is for
cash, but the administration
has given the Communist a
credit option,” Price said.
“Not one single private ex-
porter in this country would
sell wheat to Russia on
credit unless the govern-
ment insured the loan,” he
added.
The speaker related the
figures on the debts due to
the United States from Rus-
sia which were incurred in
World War II and the fact
the Russians wanted to set-
tle by paying three cents on
the dollar,
“Perhaps the greatest er-
ror of the wheat deal is that
it will allow the Reds to
feed rebellion and treason
throughout th* cworld,” Price
said.
A number of the nation’s
allies have been criticized
for their trades with the
Communist. Now what will
they think of us, the speak-
er asked.
"It is inconceivable that
(Cont. on page 3)
Conway Fuel Group
To Meet Saturday
CONWAY—The meeting of
the stockholders of the Con-
sumers Fuel Association of
Conway has been changed
from Monday to Saturday at
-3, p m. in the Conway Com-
mun ity Buildin g.
Purpose of the meeting
is to dispose of the assets
of the association.
Stockholders have been
asked to bring their stock
certificates to the meeting.
TV/O LETTERS FOR CARSON - Carson County will have
two different letters as prefixes for 1964 motor vehicle
tags. Shown holding the smallest number in each letter
group,. All and AV is county tax assessor-collector Lloyd
Sterling. The AU numbers go from 8300 to All 9999 and
the AV numbers go from 10 to AV 2049. Tags can be pur-
chased starting February 3 and must be on all motor ve-
hicles requiring tags by April 1.
Registration
Plates Go On
Sale Monday
The county tax office will
begin issuing 1964 automo-
bile registration plates Mon-
day, according to C. L.
Sterling, county tax asses-
sor-collector.
The tax office has on
hand a supply of pamphlets
issued by the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety
that explain in brief recent
changes in the Safety Re-
sponsibility Law that went
into effect the first of the
year, Sterling said.
“Each motorist will be
given one of the pamphlets
when he purchases his car
plates,” Sterling said.
Numerous changes have
been made in the law and to
help the motoring public be-
come familiar with the new
provisions, the tax office is
making the pamphlet avail-
able to the drivers of the
county
Two Pick-Ups
Collide Friday
Two pick-up trucks were
extensively damaged in a
collision > at the intersection
of Third and Ritchie Streets
about 12:45 p.m, Friday.
A pick-up being driven
west on Third Street by Wil-
liam Tom Chitwood of Am-
arillo and one being driven
north on Ritchie by Paul E.
Flemming were involved in
the accident, according to
the investigating officer .
The Chitwood pick-up
struck the Flemming vehicle
on the right side near the
door causing the Flemming
vehicle to tilt to one side,
then the Chitwood pick-up
west under the raised side
of the Flemming pick-up.
when the two pick-ups came
to rest, the Flemming vehicle
was pirtially resting on the
hood of the Chitwood pick-
up, the officer said.
Chief of Police Charlie
King.investigated
PTA Study Course
To Start Soon
A free adult study course
on knitting will be sponsored
by the Panhandle Parent
Teachers Association start-
ing February 10 in the War
Memorial Building.
The initial meeting will
begin at 9:30 a.m. and be
for about two hours. The
knitting course will be an
18-hour course and will be <
taught by Mrs. Ginie Buz-
zell of Am arillo.
Persons planning to at-
tend the first session are
asked to bring a loose leaf
notebook, pencil and knitting
needles if they have them,
a PTA representative said.
Wed.
WEATHER
Max. Min. Prec
67 37
Thu.
62
33
Fri.
56
22
Sat.
62
13
Sun.
67
26
Mon.
62
49
Tues.
57
17
8-Team Girls
First In S-F
Tournament
FRITCH — After a narrow
victory in the opening game,
the Panhandle girl’s B-team
tock two high scoring vic-
tories to cop first place in
the Sanford-Fritch B-team
Tournament here last week
end.
The B-team boys from
Panhandle were bounced in
their opening effort then
dropped a second game as
they played in the consola-
tion bracket to be eliminated
from the tourney.
Panhandle’s girl’s team
first downed Stratford, 38-35
behind the scoring of Jannie
Beddingfield and Charlene
Keith who had 17 points
each.
Miss Keith with 26 points
paced the sextet to their
second victory, 45-24, over
Sunray.
In the finals, Stinnett be-
. came the third victim as Pan-
handle came up on the long
end of a 44-29 score. Miss
Beddingfield had 22 points
and Miss Keith had 18
The boy’s team fell to
Stratford 17-47, in the open-
ing round after they were able
to hit only a single field
goal in each quarter. In the
second game, they were a
victim of Sunray, 56-41,
Monday night at Highland
Park, the girl’s kept their
winning ways alive and the
boys moved back into the
win column The girl’s game
was Panhandle 31, Highland
Park 23; and the boy's game
was Panhandle 50, Highland
Park 39.
CC Posse Rides
At Amarillo
Fourteen members of the
Carson County Posse rode
in the grand entry in the ro-
deo January 19 held in Am-
arillo in connection with the
Amarillo Fat Stock Show.
In the group were Mr. and
Mrs Bill Quattlebaum, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Jewett, Ron-
nie Edwards, A. W Dills,
Oorkey Pierson, Andy An-
derson, J, A Mangum, Ken-
neth Brannum, Les Gumm,
Ward Elliott, Jim O’Neal and
Jack Anderson.
The club recently receiv-
ed an invitation to ride in
the parade at Boy’s Club
Rodeo sponsored by the
American Business Club in
Lubbock March 18.
The club willholdits next
regular meeting February 4.
Farm Bureau To
Meet Friday
Wills and estate planning
will be discussed by Mar-
shall Sherwood, local attor-
ney, at a meeting of the Car-
son County Farm Bureau Fri-
day night in the War Memori-
al Building at 7:30.
Musical entertainment fol
the meeting will be provided
by the Victory Trio of Am-
arillo
Reports on a recent dis-
trict meeting in Lubbock
will be made at the meeting.
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VOLUME 77
Thurs., Jan. 30, 1964
NUMBER 29
Marshall Sherwood Files
Seven General Classifications
For County Attorney Post
Marshall Sherwood, 28
year old Panhandle attorney,
announced his candidacy
today for the position of
Carson County attorney, sub-
ject to the Democrat Party
primary, May 2
Sherwood, a resident of
Panhandle since 1936, has
practiced law in Panhandle
since his graduation from
the University of Texas in
1960. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Sherwood of
Panhandle, He graduated
from Panhandle High School
in May of 1953. While in Pan-
handle High School he par-
ticipated in all sports and
was co-captain of the Pan-
ther football team in 1952.
He also served as presi-
dent of the senior class.
Sherwood holds a B.A. de-
gree in government from the
University of Texas and a
bschelor of law degree from
the University of Texas
School of Law. While in law
school, he worked for the
Law Science Institute under
the direction of Dr. Hubert
Winston Smith He is pre-
sently a member of the Tex-
as Bar Association and the
American Bar Association.
He is married to the for-
mer Stella Marie Carver of
Amarillo, and they reside in
Panhandle. Sherwood is a
member of the Carson Coun-
ty Young Democrat Club,
Panhandle Lions Club, and
Panhandle Jaycees. He is a
director of York College,
York, Neb , and Blue Haven
Youth Camp, Las Vegas,
N M He is a member of the
Church of Christ in Panhan-
dle where he teaches a class
for high school students.
Sherwood made the follow-
ing statements in announc-
ing his candidacy for the
office of county attorney:
“I honestly feel that I can
capably serve each resident
of Carson County as your
county attorney. I believe
I am qualified for this posi-
tion. In my previous experi-
ence gained practicing law,
I have participated as de-
fense counsel in a number of
misdemeanor and felony
cases. I feel this has enabl-
ed me to gain the vital ex-
perience needed to handle
this position of county at-
torney. I am somewhat skep-
tical of campaign promises
myself, as perhaps each of
you are. Therefore, I am go-
ing to limit mine. If you see
fit to elect me as your coun-
ty attorney, I will give this
job my complete devotion
and effort. Anytime you feel
there is a problem which
The Country Parson
“The church sends lobby-
ists to influence legislators
it should have influenced
years earlier.”
Copyright, by Frank A. Clark
MARSHALL SHERWOOD
needs to be called to the at-
tention of the county attor-
ney, my door will be opened
to you, day or night, I will
close by saying that I want
to be your county attorney,
and I ask for your vote.”
Blue, Gold
Banquet Date
Is Changed
The annual Cub Scout
Blue and Gold Banquet has
been changed from February
10 to February 17 due to a
conflict of scheduled activi-
ties .
Time of the banquet will
be at 7 pm, February 17 in
the First Christian Church
Fellowship Hall with all oth-
er arrangements previously
made to remain the same,
The banquets held each
year as part of the local
scout’s observance of Boy
Scout Week Other activities
will include Scout Sunday,
February 9, at which time
all Cub and Boy Scouts will
attend the church of their
faith in uniform.
A display of scout handi-
craft, advancement achieve-
ments and electives will be
on display at the Southwest-
ern Public Service office
February 3-8
Allen Harp Make
Statement On
Judge's Race
Allen Harp of Childress,
who recently filed as a cand-
idate for the Democratic
Party nomination as district
judge of the 100th judical
district, made a statement
to the press today regarding
his filing for the post.
The post was left vacant
earlier this month with the
death of Luther Gribble who
had served as district judge
(Cont. on page 3)
Set For Livestock Show, Sale
Seven general classifica-
tions have been established
for judging at the Carson
County Livestock Show and
Sale to be held here Febru-
ary 15,
There will be four classes
of fat steers, Hereford and
Angus classes with a heavy
weight and light weight in
each breed; fourteen class-
es of swine, a heavy weight
and a .'light weight in seven
breeds, Hampshire, Berk-
shire, spotted Poland China
Poland China, Yorkshire,
Duroc and crossbreeds;
Four classes of breeding
swine, for swine farrowed
after July 15, 1963; one
class of breeding cattle;
one class of scramble calv-
es, two classes of sheep
and a project exhibit class
The project exhibit class
includes any 4-H or Future
Farmers of America member
who wants to bring his live-
stock project and display
it. There will be no judging
in the project class unless
there are more than three
entries, however, exhibiters
ribbons will be awarded.
At the sale, only fat steers
and fat swine will be sold.
The show and sale will
be held in the Lane and
Company buildings on Main
Street. Previous plans had
SCS Training
Program For
Area Held Here
Soil Conservation Service
employees from 13 counties
in the Texas panhandle meet
in the War Memorial Build-
ing here Wednesday for a re-
fresher training course in ra-
diological monitoring.
The program was designed
to insure the readiness of
SCS people to carry out their
assignment in the monitoring
program in the event of the
accidental discharge of a
nuclear devise, an SCS of-
ficial said,
The SCS has the major
responsibility among federal
agencies for providing radio-
logical motoring service
within counties
County TB
Group Will
Meet Tonight
The annual meeting of the
Carson County Tuberculosis
Association will be at 7
p.m. Thursday in the War
Memorial Building.
Mrs. Elten Vance, presi-
dent, will presice at the
meeting in which election
of officers will be held and
reports of the recent seal
sale given.
“All interested persons
are invited to attend,” Mrs.
Vance said.
Rotary Club L adies
Night Is Scheduled
The Panhandle Rotary Club
will present a style show
featuring “unusual” models
at its quarterly Ladies Night
February 7 at 7:30 p.m, in
the War Memorial Building.
The evening will include
a dinner land entertainment
in addition to the style show.
been made to have the show
and sale at the FFA live-
stock pens north of town,
but the site was changed
to the Lane and Company
buildings.
Entries for the show and
sale are being accepted by
Bob Sims, county ag agent,
and the three vocational ag
teachers in the high schools
in the county
The show-and sale is un-
der the sponsorship of the
Carson County Livestock
Association The organiza-
tion plans to hold the show
and sale each year.
Red Simpson Candidate
For 94F Representative
J M (Red) Simpson of
Amarillo announced this
week that he would seek re-
election as a member of the
Texas House of Represent-
atives from the 94th flotorial
district, subject to the Dem-
ocratic Party primary May 2.
The district includes Arm-
strong, Carson, Potter and
Randall Counties.
SLmpson, who is serving
his first term in the Texas
House, called attention to
the accomplishments of the
58th legislature which com-
pleted its work in 137 days
in 1963, almost a record for
any Texas Legislature.
“To name one of those
accomplishments, we pass-
ed a “Loan Shark” bill.
The subject has been under
debate in the Texas legis-
lature for 35 years. For the
first time in the state's his-
tory, the revenue bill was
passed from the house com-
mittee to the Governor’s
signature without the change
J M, (RED) SIMPSON
of a comma,” he pointed
out.
“The job of a represent-
ative is to represent his
district. I have tried to
meet this requirement. Ihope
that each of you will let me
know your opinion on any
legislation pending before
the Texas house,” Simpson
said,
Tourneys, Regular Games
To Keep Basketballers Busy
A full week-end of basket-
ball is in store for local
basketball fans as the Pan-
handle Junior High School
tournament gets underway
this afternoon and will con-
tinue through Saturday night.
The tournament will be
interrupted Friday night as
the Panthers and Panther-,
ettes host the Stratford Elks
snd Elkettes in the first
game of the second round of
District 1-A games for the
high school.
Monday night, the high
school B-teams will be hosts
to the girl’s and boy’s B-
teams from Sanford-Fritch
starting at 6:30 Tuesday,
the varsity teams will tra-
vel to Sanford-Fritch for a
district 1-A contest.
Thursday, the B-team will
again enter tournament play,
this time at White Deer.
Tourney games will be Feb-
ruary 6-8 February 7, the
Panthers and Pantherettes
will travel to Sunray for dis-
trict game.
The junior high school
Two Suspects
Being Held
For Cafe Crime
Two suspects have been
taken into custody and are
awaiting polograph tests in
connection with the Friday
morning theft of about $130
to $150 from the Carl John-
son Cafe, according to Sher-
iff John H. Nunn.
The theft occured some-
time after the cafe em-
ployees left about 1 a.m
• and 5:30 a.m. Friday when
the cafe was reopened.
teams will see action Feb-
ruary 6 as they host Strat-
ford here for a district con-
test
Methodist Youth
Will Conduct
Service Sunday
The youth division of the
First Methodist Church will
have charge of the evening
worship Sunday evening, ac-
cording to the Rev J Alvis
Cooley, pastor.
The services which will
start at 7 p.m, will have a
youth choir and several of
the young people of the sen-
ior high school will conduct
the service as well as give
the talks.
The Rev Mr. Cooley will
be absent from the puplit
here Sunday evening as he
will be conducted revival
services at Ralls starting
Sunday evening
The general theme of the
evening service will be
“Youth and the Church.”
Glenn Armstrong will speak
on “The MYF-Its Purpose,”
Judy Caldwell will speak on
“Youth’s place in the Church
Beyond MYF,” and Ruth
Co d ey will speak on “Chris-
tian Youth-The Church in
the World.”
Other youths having spec-
ific assignments include
Donna Cleek, pianist; Mar-
ilyn Gilkerson, song leader;
Jan Bennett, scripture; Bill
McCray, prayer; and Deryal
Pannell, responsive reading.
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1964, newspaper, January 30, 1964; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883818/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.