Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1963 Page: 1 of 6
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Contract Let; Construction Starts On Garretson Senior Citizen Center
Amarillo
Firm Is
Low Bidder
The contract for con-
struction of the Garretson
Senior citizen center was
awarded and construction
started here Friday.
Low bidder on the job
was southwestern Brick-
Jaying company of Amar-
illo with a bid of $129,921.
The Amarillo firm was
awarded the contract on
the second call for bids
for construction of the cen-
ter.
Bids submitted earlier
were all above the figure
estimated by the architech
and the board and were re-
jected. several changes
were made in the plans in-
cluding revisions in the
heating and air condition-
ing system and new bids
were sought.
Six firms submitted bids
on the original plans and
two on the revised plans.
Panthers Will Host Spearman Lynx
In Season’s Gridiron Opener Friday
VOLUME 77
A REASON TO BE CONCERNED
Last week, the Herald carried a letter from “A Con-
cerned Mother.”
She was worried about the youngsters around the
school grounds and the fact that they might quickly dart
out from some area and into the path of a moving vehicle
and concerned that drivers be extra careful when driving
around the schools.
This point of driving carefully around schools, and
watching out for school children for the half an. hour pre-
ceding the start of school in the morning and the dis-
missal of school in the afternoon was driven home in a
very tragic manner in Sunray last week.
There is little doubt that most persons, particularly
those with small children, are familiar with the accident.
A seven-year-old child, on his way home from his sec-
ond day of school, was struck by an automobile and killed.
Young children are taught the dangers of cars and of
darting from behind cars into the street and of the dan-
ger of walking from the curb when traffic is approaching,
but, with the excitement of going off to school, the start-
ing of a new phase of life, hundreds of new things to
learn, many things to remember to tell mother and father
about that day in school, a moment later, without realiz-
ing they had done something which they knew better
than to do, and tragedy has struck.
It behooves every driver to remember that children
have many new things on their minds and may experi-
ence that moment of carelessness. |t is the time for the
driver to keep his mind alert to these dangers and not
lapse into that moment of carelessness.
This is the time of year that parents have an even
greater responsibility to their young children. To stress
more and more safety and the dangers. |t is never to
early to begin to emphasize the need for safety to young-
sters.
Many steps are taken to provide the children with a
safer area around the schools. The main one is the zon-
ing of the streets around the schools so that traffic can-
not legally travel more than 15 miles per hours. Cross-
ing lanes are marked on Highway 15 and special signs
erected to warn drivers of school children crossing.
Further safety steps are taken, particularly on High-
way 15, to insure the children’s safety if they need to
cross the highway enroute to or from school.
Chief of Police Charley King has been stationed at a
school crossing by the Panhandle) Grocery and Market
and White Kitchen to stop traffic and assist school chil-
dren in crossing the highway safely at that area.
One of the danger spots in Panhandle for school chil-
dren is Highway 15, as drivers round the curve at near
the school may not See a youngster darting into the street.
This is more than! sufficient season to instruct the chil-
dren to walk dowii to the crossing and let the law en-
forcement officer halt traffic for them.
Chief King is at the crossing from shortly after 8 a.m.
until after school takes up each morning and then there
from 3 p.m. until about 3:30 each afternoon as the chil-
dren return home from'school.
A second danger point occurs about 4 p.m. as the
buses begin to load and leave each day.
On Euclid, west of the bus parking area, buses are
loading and starting to leave. At this same time, cars
are being driven along Euclid, either going to or from
school after children, or enroute someplace.
The wise move would be for the city to close Euclid
for two blocks by the school for half an hour each day
as the buses load and leave, but if the persons who
must drive in that area will take it upon themselves to
voluntarily go an extra block or two west and leave Eu-
clid for bus travel during that period, it would be helpful.
Chief King is at the bus exit area starting at 4 p.m.
each day to direct traffic and make it easier and faster
for the buses to get underway. The less traffic in that
area, however, the better.
More than likely, Sunray and the tragic death of a
school child there will be the comment of many editorial
and articles throughout this area this week. Drive care-
fully around the schools so that Panhandle shall not be
the subject of similar writings.___
Band Boosters Correction
To Meet Monday
The first meeting of the
Band Boosters for the 1963-
64 school term will be held
Monday at 7:15 p.m. in the
junior high school band
room.
Inadvertantly omitted from
a story regarding the eighty-’
fifth birthday of Mrs. Ethel
Holcomb last week were the
names of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Williams who helped with
the event.
Thu-s., sept. 5, 1963
NUMBER 8
Rainfall 111 August Is
Nearly Double Norm
Rainfall in August near-
ly doubled the normal for
Carson County.
With the 1.70 inches of
rain Saturday and .21 inch-
es Sunday, the total mois-
ture measured at the of-
ficial government weather
recording station in Pan-
handle was 6.22 for the
month.
Normal precipitation for
August is 2.85 inches.
The rainfall measured in
Panhandle is not whiat has
covered the county, how-^
ever. The recent heavy
moisture has beep spotted
across the county and some
areas between White Deer
and skellytown are report-
ed as being so dry the grass
has turned brown.
Total rainfall measured
in Panhandle has official-
ly been measured at 13.77
for the year.
Art Class
Is Started
WEATHER
Max. Min. Free
Wed.
95
62
Ttiu.
90
65
Fri.
79
62
Sat.
79
64
1.70
Sun.
87
65
.21
Mon.
88
64
Tue.
88
64
Larry Hilburn, artist and
instructor from Amarillo,
meet to form an art course
for beginning students Mon-
day, in the junior high
school building.
Hilburn has studied with
many outstanding artists
in the United states as
well as having studied on
scholarship in Paris,
Prance. He has been guest
speaker for several study
clubs in town and has been
a consultant for the High
School Career Day.
Lessons will be from
7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Monday evenings for ten
weeks beginning September
9. Instruction will begin
with basic drawing and pro-
gress through oils.
Persons having ques-
tions concerning the course
should contact Mrs. J. c.
McCollough or Mrs. j. T.
Broadaway.
Former County
Commissioner
Dies In Amarillo
AMARILLO - J. M. (Mil-
ton) Poling, one time car-
son county commissioner
Cont. on Page 2
August 6.22
Normal 2.85
Plans Made
For Annual
TB Testing
Plans were made for the
annual TB testing program
for school children at the
executive board of the Car-
son County TB Association
meeting August 26 in the
home of Mrs. M. C. Davis.
The testing will be giv-
en in all schools of the
county at dates convienent
for the schools. The Sterne
Needle gun will be used
again this year association
officials said.
Plans were discussed
for the annual seal sale
which will begin on Nov-
ember 15. Ann Landers,
the noted newspaper colum-
nist, is honorary chairman
of the canpaign. A film,
which she had made, was
ordered for use in the mode
theatres of the county.
The annual seal stuffing
party will be November 11
at 7 p.m. in the home of
Mrs. cecil Walker at Con-
way. Mrs. George Curyea
is local seal sale chairman.
In a social hour refresh-
ments were served to rep-
resentatives from over the
county.
Quarterback
Club To See
Game Films
Films of the Panhandle
Panther-spearman Lynx
football game will be shown
at the regular Quarterback
Club meeting Monday night
in the school cafeteria 8
p.m.
I nKBVNSHM
TO DEDICATE TREE
Governor John Connolly will be here October 23 to dedic-
ate the historical marker recently placed on the' first
tree planted in the Texas panhandle. The tree, a bois ’d
arc, is located west of town on Hitjiway US 60. An area
Texas Historical Society meeting is scheduled for the
same day to be held in the War Memorial Building, prior
to the dedication ceremony.
Brucellosis
Is Subject
Of CCLC Meet
The Carson County Live-
stock Committee met Au-
gust 27 to discuss Bovine
Brucellosis.
This is commonly known
as Bangs disease in cat-
tle. This same disease in
humans is known as milk
fever.
The committee decided
to hold three educational
meetings in the county con-
cerning the possible con-
trol of this disease. Dates
and places for these meet-
ings will be announced in
the near future.
Members of the Live-
stock committee are Rudolph
Tucker, Leon Nicholson,
George Coffee and Harold
O’Neal.
Gray County Approves Wider US-60
From Pampa To Carson County Line
PAMPA — Gray County
Commissioners agreed Wed-
nesday to a request that
the state Highway Depart-
me nt begin a preliminary
survey to estimate the cost
and width of a right of way
to widen Highway 60 from
Pampa’s city limits west
to the Carson County line,
east of White Deer.
Fred Thompson, spokes-
man for a delegation from
the Pampa Chamber of com-
merce, asked the commis-
sion to make Highway 60
the next major project af-
ter the completion of the
Highway 275 project.
T homp so n st at ed that
the traffic count is heavy
and there have been a lot
of major accidents, and
that cost would not get
any cheaper.
Gray county judge wil-
liam J. craig stated that
county officials had check-
ed with the highway de-
partment on the matter and
found that the state has
done some preliminary
checking on the right of way.
Highway 60 from Amarillo
to Panhandle is four lane.
The Carson county com-
missioners have told the
highway department they
will acquire right of way,
east of Panhandle to the
Gray County line, when
they are ready to widen the
road, according to County
Judge Clarence williams.
Building Permit
One building permit was
issued one additional build-
ing in panhandle in August.
The permit for $6,000,
was to Ruby Yates for a
home to be moved into town
from the country.
Texas Flags
Fly Over
Local School
The flag of the state of
Texas began flying over
the Panhandle schools
with the start of classes
this week.
The flag, flown beneath
the flag of the United stat-
es, was made a mandatory
part of the school by the
recent session of the state
legislature. A law was
passed that the schools
must fly the state flag or
they would not receive
funds from the state.
An order had been sub-
mitted for the Texas flags
for the Panhandle schools
earlier this summer and the
flags arrived this week and
are currently flying over
the schools.
At the high school, a
member of the National
Honor Society is selected
each year and given the
responsibility of raising
and lowering the flag each
school day. This year, Miss
Martha Dove, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dove,
was shosen for this activi-
ty.
Panhandle High School’s 1963 Panther football squad
will host the Spearman Lynx at Panther Stadium Friday
night at 8 p.m. in the season’s opener.
The Panthers, picked by some as the celler team of
District 1-A, had a season's
record last year of eight
wi ns with two losses.
Probable starters for the
Panthers will be Alton Dan-
iels, 170 pound senior and
either Daniel Brae keen, 146
pound junior or Leon Shoate,
175 pound junior at ends;
Johnny Stone, 150 pound
junior, and Glen Armstrong,
150 pound senior at tackl-
es; Bobby Gray, 155 pound
senior, and either Bill Gray,
145 pound junior or Terry
Kirby, 140 pound junior at
guard;
Jim Prendergast, 145
pound senior, at center;
two of three, Ronnie Ed-
wards, 140 pound senior,
jay Bob Roselius, 140
pound senior or Bill Pur-
vines, 140 pound junior, at
halfbacks;
Mike Eklund, 175 pound
senior, at fullback and Da-
vid Slagle, 150 pound sen-
ior, at quarterback. *
“Many of our boys are
playing new positions.
They are tough kids, but
experience will be a factor.
Ihisisa hardworking group,”
Head coach Ed Lehnick
said of the squad.
Among the key losses,
due to graduation, in the
panther squad will be pan-
handle two tackles Mike
Smith and Carrol Bentley.
Other regular linemen who
graduated from the 1962
squad were End Danny Has-
kins and Guard Jim Brink-
ley. Regulars in the back-
field who graduated are
Quarterback Bill Adding-
ton, and Halfback jerry
Hawkins.
A question mark among
the starters for the P anthers
Friday night is Fullback
Mike Eklund who injured a
knee in an accident shortly
before the start of practice
last month.
Lack of size is consid-
ered to be one of the main
weaknesses of the squad
together with lack of speed
and inexperience.
Lloyd Sterling Is
Out Of Hospital
Lloyd sterling returned
home August 27 from North-
west Texas Hospital where
he had been a patient with
sleeping sickness.
Sterling, County tax as-
sessor-collector, is report-
ed to be able to be at the
courthouse part time for the
next month while convalesc-
ing.
Prairie Dog
Control Meet
To Be Monday
A representative from
the Rodent control Depart-
ment of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service will hold
a demonstration on how to
control prairie dogs on the
Lee Riggins farm, seven
miles north of Groom or
nine miles south of white
Deer on Farm Road 294 at
2:00 p.m., Monday.
“There will be some
new material demonstrat-
ed, and it will be available
at that time, be sure to
come and invite your neigh-
bor,” County Agent Bob
Sims, said.
Baptist Church
Revival To Be
October 6-13
Fall evangelistic cam^
pagin of the First Baptist
church will be October 6-
13, Rev. Keith McCormick,
pastor, announced today.
Services jyill be held
each evening at 7:30 p.m.,
plans are being made for a
morning services to be
held. The meeting hour is
to be set at a later date.
The evangelist will be
from out of town and the
music director will be the
newly called Minister of
Music, jack Boggs.
The fall crusade is a
part of the church program
which includes two reviv-
als each year, one in the
spring and one in the fall.
The Country Parson
“Bad habits are like old
cars— the best way to get rid
of them is to trade them for
good ones.”
TEXAS FLAG GOES UP
Miss Martha Dove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Dove, is shown raising the Texas flag in front of
Panhandle High School Wednesday morning.
(Herald Photo)
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1963, newspaper, September 5, 1963; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883931/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.