The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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The Panhandle Heisaid
VOLUME 71-NUMBER 51
^PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY — PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS, Friday, July 11, 1958
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GRAND JURY
Will HERR
RAPE-FASTS
A CARSON county man is in the
county jail following . a com-
plaint signed by a Carson county
woman that alleges the man raped
his nine-year-old stepdaughter.
Preliminary hearing was con-
ducted Tuesday morning in the
Justice of the Peace court of
Judge Sam R. Lanning. Judge
Lanning set bail at $10,000 and
bound the case over to the action
of the grand jury.
The man did not make the
$10,000 bail bond and was in Car-
son county jail at noon Wed-
nesday.
Grand jurors are slated to meet
with district judge Luther Grib-
ble and district attorney John T.
Forbis at 10 a. m. Monday, Aug.
4.
Although The Herald is privi-
leged to use the mat is name, it
will not publish the name until
the grand jury decides whether
or not to render an indictment.
$350 Damage In
Saturday Wreck
No one was injured Saturday
morning when automobiles be-
longing to V. C. Burch, McKin-
ney, Texas, and Lacy Cooper of
Panhandle, collided at the inter-
section of Borger Highway and
1st Avenue.
Damage was estimated at $350
to both vehicles.
Auto Insurance
Rates Increased
Carson county auto owners
will nay a higher rate for li-
ability insurant")r: beginning!
Aug. 1, however, the exact
rate is not known and will
not be published for this area
until after July 15, according
to one insurance firm.
It is thought that the new
rate will be about $8 per year
more for drivers over 25 and
about $20 per year more for
drivers under 25.
Collision rates are also up,
but again, the exact rate is
not known.
July Rains Near Record
POLITICAL POT
SLOWLY BREWS
SEVEN CAST
ABSENTEE
BALLOTS
Seven Democrats have asked ■
for absentee ballots at the office
of Mrs. Fannie Williams, county
and district clerk.
Democrats have until 5 P- m.
Tuesday, July 22 to obtain absen-
tee ballots.
A. J. Weiser, Carson county
Democratic chairman, urged all
Democrats to vote by the absentee
method if they could not go to
the polls Saturday, July 26 be-
cause of illness or if they planned
to be out of their voting precinct
on election day.
He said “it is time for more
than 36 percent of the people to
express their sentiments in im-
portant district, state and county
races.”
Housewives are gradually
warming up to the coming July
26 Democratic primary and the
political situation is being dis-
cussed with morning coffee and
casual “goings-on-chit-chat”. Men
have been expressing their op-
inions for the past 10 days.
Most of the women interview-
ed said they would vote unless
it happened to interfere with
home duties and if their husbands
reminded them. Strangely, most
of the men did not know the
voting date, and said they depend-
ed on their wives to remind them.
A poll of 10 men and 10 wo-
men showed that the lessor state
races are barely recognized. Only
1 woman and 2 men knew who
George Nokes was and the same
number could place Ben Ram-
sey at Lt. Governor.
The Herald told one group that
Ralph Yarborough carried Carson
county by a big majority in the
special election and asked how
they thought he would run this
year. Eight women said he would
a,gain get a majority, two said
they would vote for Mr. Blak-
ley. Nine of the men said the
junior senator would carry Car-
son county and one said he would
vote for Blakley.
Known Republicans were not
contacted because they cannot
participate in the Democratic
primary.
The Herald did not ask for an
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Some Years They Did and Some Years They Didn’t . . .
Lark Voters Have
Definite Boundary
'
Residents of the Lark com- B-4 H and G N survey, thence
munity have had a gay time vot- north about 2 miles to the north-
ing in first one justice of the west corner of sect. 144, blk. 7,
peace precinct and then another I&GN survey; thence east about
for a number of years, re- 5 miles to the southeast corner
cords in Herald files indicate.
As early .as 1944 Lark voters
shied away from voting for jus-
tice of the peace in Precinct No.
1, and voted for JP in precinct
No. 5. In the Democratic pri-
mary of 1954 Lark voters saw fit
to vote for both JPs, No. 1 and
No. 5 and in 1956 they cast their
ballots for JP of No. 1.
However,, when the chips were
down for the wet-dry election of
Aug. 4, 1951, concerning Justice
of the Peace Precinct No. 5,
Lark voters saw eye-to-eye with
their Groom neighbors and voted
“wet.”
In an effort to clarify the
confusion, The Herald asked
County Attorney Henry H. Smith
to point out the boundary for
Precinct No. 5 that includes resi-
dents of Lark.
of sect. 139 blk. 7, I&GN
or No. 4 and according to_ County
Attorney Smith, it remains as
part of precinct. No. 5.
To further confuse the ordin-
ary layman, Lark is in Commis-
sur- sioner Frank Sparks’ precinct No.
vey; thence north about 6 miles
to the northwest corner of sect.
83, blk. 7 I&GN survey; thence
east about 7 1-2 miles to the
Gray county line.
Thence south about 12 miles
to the southeast corner of the
Carson county line and thence
west about 13 miles along the
county line to the southwest cor-
ner of sect. 78, blk. B-4 H&GN
survey, thence north about 4
miles to the starting point.
Boundary of Prect. No. 5 was
fixed by the Commissioners court
in 1923. The precinct was formed
from portions of Prect. 1 and 4.
During 1932, Commissioners
again defined Prect. No. 5, and
left' out a small area in the Lark
community, however, the Com-
missioners did not attach this
Briefly the precinct is described “ieft out” area to precinct No. 1
beginning at a point at the
1 and residents vote in County
Voting Box No. 9.
Ballots this year for Lark vot-
ers have Justice of the Peace
candidate Max Wade, Prect. No.
5 on the ballot and if they vote
for candidates in JP prect. No.
1 they will have to write in the
names, however, the write-in
votes will not be counted.
One political observer wonder-
ed if Lark would vote to with-
draw from Carson county and
form its own setup similar to the
three Big Bend counties who
have asked for permission to form
their own state.
It was pointed out that Alaska
may soon become the largest
state, but it may never equal the
voting ways of the Lark com-
munity.
opinion in the hot races for
Commissioner of Prects. 2 and 4,
or the Justice of the Peace race
in Prect. 1.
Only one woman knew the
exact Democratic party voting
box number, justice of the peace
precinct number and Commis-
sioners precinct number, how-
ever, all knew where they voted
and who they could vote for.
Of the men, only one, (and he
is a county employee) knew the
exact numbers as above.
The poll indicated that Gov.
Price Daniel would have a big
majority in Carson county. State
Senator Henry Gonzalez of San
Antonio received 1 vote, no one
knew that Joe Irwin, Dallas was
a candidate and W. Lee O’Dan-
iel was mentioned by three men
and two women, but none said
they would vote for him.
Comment about O’Daniel seem-
ed to be “you’d better watch
Pappy, you know he’s running
again.”
19 Grain Firms
Plan Export
Sales Program
An export marketing program
to expand sales abroad for U. S.
grain farmers was announced to-
day by 19 major famier-owned
regional grain marketing associa-
tions, of which'Panhandle Wheat
Growers, Conway Wheat Growers
and Groom Wheat Growers, ate
members.
The three Carson county esta -
blishments are represented in the
organization by Producers Grain
Corporation of Amarillo, which is
one of the 19 major associations
that formed the Producers Export
Company.
Announcement in this area was
made by J. Frank Triplett, gen-
eral manager of PGC, Amarillo,
which serves member farmers of
Texas, New Mexico and southwest
Oklahoma. Triplett is a member
of the original board of directors
of PEC. The 'well known Ama-
rillo grain man was also elected
president of the board and chair-
man of the executive committee.
Fred Carter, manager of the
Panhandle Wheat Grbwers, said
the new enterprise climaxes more
than a century of progress and
growth and development by
American grain producers work-
ing together in the field of mark-
eting.
Members of the 19 associations
have more than 3,000 elevators
and have storage in excess of
820 million bushels.
Producers Export Company will
establish headquarters in New
York City and maintain agents in
all of the principal nations which
import grain and oilseeds.
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CARLOS CARTER
New High School
Principal Arrives
Panhandle’s new high school
principal, Carlos Carter, is now
a resident of this city, having
completed the move from Irebell,
Texas, recently.
Carter earned his Master’s de-
gree in education from North
Texas State, Denton, in 1954 and
Mrs. Carter received her BA de-
gree from NTS during the same
year.
The Carters are members of the
Baptist church and he is a mem-
ber of the Lions Club. He is the
son of Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Carter
who is a Baptist Association Mis-
sionary for Collin County. They
reside in McKinney, Texas. Mrs.
Beadie Moore, mother of Mrs.
Carter, is a resident of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter are parents
of two children, Carla Jean, age
19 months and Daniel Wayne, age
four months. The couple was mar-
ried at Dallas in 1954.
Carter was a member of the
McKinney school system for five
years and had served as elenaem
tary principal when he accepted
the position of superintendent of
the Irebell rural school system.
He served as superintendent for
two years. Irebell is situated in
Bosque county, near Waco.
CARSON IS 15TH
IN STATE FOR
> CANCER FUND
Marvin Sparks, county chair-
man for the recent Cancer Cru-
sade, announced Wednesday that
a final figure had been received
for the Carson county contribu-
tion. The total was $1,528.07.
“That represents 169.7 percent
of the quota and places Carson
county in 15th place among all
of the 254 counties of Texas and
in second place in this 20-coun-
ty district,” Sparks pointed out.
Only Gray county exceeded thQ
percentage of quota given by citi-
zens of Carson county and that
by only 4 percentage points.
6.04 Total Recalls
Big Rains of ‘52
Year Reaches 15.33
Rains beginning July 2 have
almost insured a milo crop for
this fall and brought the year’s
total to an almost normal meas-
urement for the first time this
year.
Faint hearted Alaskans would
not have bad the nerve to pray
for such delightful July moisture.
The total for the six July rains,
measured by A. J. Weiser, offi-
cial U. S. weather observer, is
6.04 inches. Rains started the
evening of July 1 and continued
during evening and early morn-
ing hours until July 7.
The morning of July 4 Weiser
reported 2.13 inches and the
mcrning of the 6th he recorded
2.04 inches. Another shower July
4 and 5 was recorded at 1.25.
July of 1952 recorded 6.47
inches and according to the Ama-
rillo Weather Bureau was one of
the four wettest Julys on record.
Last July at this date the Wei-
ser rain gauge had one June bug
and a film of dust.
The entire month of July last
year produced 1.35 inches.
If moisture continues at last
year’s pace the year will record
about 22 inches or slightly above
normal. August through Decem-
ber last year produced 6.93 inch-
es of rain and snow.
A few patches of milo were
washed out by the heavy rains,
but the slight damage was over-
looked compared to the life-giv-
ing qualities received.
Cotton is looking like a bale to
the acre and patches of com re-
See JULY RAIN Page 4
Council Will
Consider Budget
City Councilmen were
slated to study the proposed
city budget of approximately
$48,500 last night (Thursday).
The original meeting, July 3,
was postponed because of the
holiday.
Last year the city budget
called for expenditures of
$50,277.
UTILITIES AND
FENCES MOVED
FOR FM 2385
Southwestern Public Service
Co. and Pioneer Natural Gas Co.
have completed moving utilities
to new locations along the new
FM road No. 2385 to be construct-
ed three miles north of the city
in an east and north direction for
about 7 miles.
Commissioner Frank Sparks
reported that the fence for the
new right-of-way would be com-
plete this week. It was also hoped
to complete the deeds for the new
road right-of-way by Saturday.
Engineer Jay L. Hawley, sen-
ior resident engineer of the Bor-
ger district, said bids for the new
FM road would be opened in Aus-
tin Wednesday, July 16 and con-
struction would probably begin
within a week.
Loans Payments Up; Two Banks
Show $180,000 Deposit Increase
Although the Panhandle First
National Bank financial state-
ment for June 23 did not show an
increase in deposits as the other
two Carson county banks, the
First National did show a healthy
loan repayment record of more
than $400,000.
Farmers National Bank of White
Deer and Groom State National
Bank had deposit increases of
$95,000 and $93,000 respectively
for a total increase of $188,000
compared to a decline of $193,000
in the Panhandle First National
Bank.
Wheat harvest deposits, had not
begun to be received by the Pan-
handle First National Bank when
the report was called by the Unit -
'd States Comptroller of the Cur-
rency. The Groom and White
Deer banks reflected the begin-
ning of the harvest and payment
of oil and gas leases.
Led by the big Panhandle First
National, all balnks showed,! a
whopping loan repayment of
$615,000 compared to $200,000 for
the financial report in March of.
this year.
All banks continued
a healthy increase in
to show
the vital
northwest corner of sect. 3, blk.
Conway Church
Revival Opens
Monday, My 14
Rev. Jeff Moore, pastor of the
Calvary Baptist church, Borger,
will preach a series of revival
services at the Conway Communi-
ty church, beginning Monday
evening, July 14.
Everyone is invited to attend
all services.
Rev. Gary Baker, of the Ama-
rillo Air Force Base, who has been
preaching at the Conway church,
will be in charge of the music.
/ He said that a youth choir
would be formed and that the
muse service would begin at 8
p. m.
Vandals Molest Mail
Postmaster Lloyd Miller is an
even-tempered obliging person
and offers patrons more cour-
tesies than the book calls for be-
cause he is trying to do the best
possible job—however, he is about
to be forced to cause taxpayers
to scream when he closes the
post office lobby at 6 p. m. Mon-
days through Friday; at 1 p. m.
on Saturday and 12 noon on
Sundays.
Cause of the strict closing, un-
less corrective measures are taken
at once, is thought to be chil-
dren who have been tampering
with post office boxes and the
letter mailing chute.
Three known, cases have been
reported to Postmaster Miller. 1.
Jim Mecaskey had a letter placed
in his box that did not go thru
the hands of postal clerks.
The envelope was a return
envelope to the Williard Tablet
Co. and contained a key. On
the back of the envelope the
words: “The kee to death” were
printed in child-like printing.
The key ha~ the word Jeco and
No. H 12. Mecaskey thinks that
children found the box open and
placed the envelope with the key
in the box.
Case No. 2, Carson County
Abstract Company mailed two
insurance policies to Mrs. Howard
Apel on Sunday and they were
not found Monday morning.
Postmaster Miller believes that
youngsters reached their small
hand into the mailing chute and
removed the letters. He guesses
that the children did not know
that the insurance policies were
valuable and supposes that they
were destroyed.
Case No. 3, Charles Smith, co-
owner of Panhandle Butane and
Oil Co., mailed an insurance
check to Thurman Richardson
Sunday and the lettefr could not
be found in the post office Mon-
day. It is presumed that the same
children took out a handful of
letters and destroyed them.
“One might say, just children
playing,” however he pointed out
that he could not “take a chance
and if parents do not instruct
their children about the serious
nature of the vandalism that
the strict closing hours would be
necessary.”
“I am more than concerned”,
Postmaster Miller stated, “I must
report these incidents to Postal
Inspectors and I must follow
their recommendatons.”
“We have been keeping the
lobby open until about 8 p. m.
weekdays and about 6 p. m. on
Sundays because F. F. Ferrell has
agreed to lock the lobby door for
us when he closes his pharmacy,”
Miller explained.
“Tampering with the mail or
post office boxes is a federal
law violation and serious con-
sequences will be suffered by the
guilty person or persons.
“Mail is too valuable for any
child to play with, and I shud-
der to think what would happen
if some of the mail mis-handled
contained insurance premiums
causing the insured to think that
his policy was in force and wake
up to the realization that it had
been cancelled,” Postmaster Mil-
ler remarked.
The FBI will also consider the
childish prank concerning the
“kee to death” message as a di-
rect threat on the life of Mecas-
key and the guilty person or
persons will probably be sent to
a federal school of juvenile cor-
rection.
Civic leaders hoped to stop the
vandalism in order that the of-
fice could remain open to serve
the community.
capital structure, or cash monies
invested by bank owners in the
institutions. More than $30,000
was added to the three accounts
during the three-months period
for a sound total of more than
•$700,000.
Total deposits reached $6,947,-
000.00.
All banks had set aside assets
to secure wheat loan liabilities,
totaling almost one million dollars.
It is noted that none of this
year’s harvest money was reflect-
ed in the statements of the .Ama-
rillo, Fort Worth, or Dallas banks.
The call at the end of the next
quarter will tell a more accurate
story of the harvest.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The Panhandle First National
Bark reported deposits of $3,800,-
000 (all figures are to the nearest
round number) compared to $3,-
993,000 last March. Loans were
$1,542,000 compared to $2,019,000.
The Capital account was $313,-
462 compared to $299,101. Anoth-
er $605,000 was pledged to secure
wheat loans.
White Deer’s Farmers National
Bank had a $95,000 deposit in-
crease, from $1,465,000 in March
to $1,560,000 as of June 23. Loans
were $695,530 compared to $713,-
460. The Capital account was in-
creased some $5,000 from $186,-
000 to approximately $191,000.
Another $170,000 in assets was
pledged to secure wheat loans.
White Deer deposits were up
more than $200,000 over the De-
cember call.
Groom’s State National Bank
listed deposits at $1,587,000 com-
pared to $1,494,000 for growing
increase of some $93,000. Loans
were $793,000 compared to $919,-
016. The Capital account showed
an increase of about $10,000, from
$186,610, to $196,973.
The three banks had granted
a total of some $10,900 in over-
drafts, of which $8,000 belonged
to depositors of the Groom in'
stitution.
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Loftin, Paul A. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1958, newspaper, July 11, 1958; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884991/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.