The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1959 Page: 6 of 8
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Page 6 — THE PANHANDLE HERALD
Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, Friday, Feb. 27, 1953
Paul's
Panhandle
Pickings
By PAUL A. LOFTIN
Mrs. John Apel and the Eru-
dite Club have an. excellent sug-
gestion regarding improved trans-
portation and mail service to Pan-
handle.
Try Panhandle FirstI
First, let me point out that the
Erudite Club and Mrs. Apel have
no personal feeling against any
firm, person or group presently
engaged in transportation, mail
service or passenger service. Their
only interest is from a standpoint
of general improvement.
Try Panhandle First !
They suggest that the Santa Fe
Depot be made available, on a
commercial basis, to all transpor-
tation facilities, bus, truck and
rail, to serve as a Union Station,
open 24 hours per day. They also
suggest a taxi service and small
coffe and sandwich shop for the
Depot.
Try Panhandle First!
Such a suggestion seems to be in
order. It would not be necessary
to move the present bus stop from
Hendrix Drug during that firm’s
open hours, but would provide a
place for passengers during the
time that Hendrix Drug was clos-
ed.
Try Panhandle First!
A Union Station of this type
open 24 hours per day, would
also provide a known place to
call about truck service.
Try Panhandle First !
And best of all it would pro-
vide accomodations for persons
desiring to use the Santa Fe
trains. Properly- advertised, such
a Union Depot could prove very
popular to thi? area.
Try Panhandle First!
Come to dunk of it, why should
Santa Fe and Continental passen-
gers be required to stand out in
the cold while waiting for the de-
parture of either means of trans-
portation.
Try Panhandle First!
My brother-in-law said: Credi-
tors have better memories than
debtors.
Try Panhandle First !
He read: When the flag was
shown in Kindergarten class, our
little Annie gave the expented
answer when questioned. “This
is the flag of my country.” “And
What i" the name of your coun-
try?” she was asked next. “Tis
of Thee,” was her prompt reply.
Try Panhandle First !
He heard: Wouldn’t it be some-
thing if car manufactures would
invent brakes that set as tight as
the driver.
Try Panhandle First !
Barbed
Wire
His neighbor said: One measure
of success today is whether a
fellow gets out his overcoat cr his
suitcase when the snow begins to
fly.
Try Panhandle First !
We have two copies of a gov-
ernment publication Farm People
and Social Security. If you want
one of these copies just let us
know.
Try Panhandle First !
Friends, we still need a dentist
for our city. We have been auth-
orized to offer a suitable office,
rent free, for one year to any
dentist who will guarantee to stay
n Panhandle one year. By that
time the dentist would be mak-
irg $15,000 a year and would not
want to move.
Try Panhandle First!
Panhandle also needs a shoe
-and leather shop.
Try Panhandle First!
We have been asked many times
to make copies of birth certifi-
cates, deeds, licenses, titles, etc.
We do not have the machine to
make these copies, however, three
firms in the city have such ma-
chines. They all need to charge
about $1 per sheet, so if you want
something copied come in and
we’ll give you the addresses.
Try Panhandle First !
Don’t you want to join Pan-
handlers 200 Club. Just think
of the good that would come from
a concentrated effort to improve'
our city. $200 per month income
would allow us to make many,
many NEEDED improvements,
which in turn would increase the
value of your property and make
your residence in Panhandle more
enj oyable.
Try Fanhandle Firsi!
Authorize us to add your name
name to the 200 Club list. The
cost is only $1 per month. We’ll
draw a draft on your bank ac-
count or call you each month to
send us your check. Positively no
salaries will be paid out of the
fund and The Herald will donate
all necessary beginning forms and
supplies.
Fanners urged
to attend
grain conference
A conference covering gram
sorghum research and utilization
will be held in Amarillo at the
Herring Hotel on March 3 and 4.
The conference, according to
Dr. R. J. Hildreth, research co-
ordinator for west Texas, Texas
Agricultural Experiement Station
is designed to provide a meeting
place for an “across-the-board”
exchange of information on re-
search and development which
may lead to a wider use of the
nation’s fifth ranked cultivated
crop—grain sorghums.
Too, said Hildreth, it is further
expected that the material pre-
sented will provide a basic brief
of factual information which may
be used in the furtherance of the
domestic and foreign market de-
velopment activities of the Grain
Sorghum Producers Association.
TTSlW
Dear Editor:
After reading about the Boom,
Boom in The Herald, we thought
you might like to know it was
registered on seismograph here in
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California.
(Ed. Note: The Curtis inclosed
two clippings of the boom from
two California newspapers.)
We are having a pleasant visit
here with our son and family.
Fishing is good here if one
takes a spot just out from Lagoon
Beach.
Sunday, 11 large whales were
seen off of Santa Monica pier.
The weather is not very warm.
Some rain. Shurbs are green,
flowers everywhere and roses are
in biOom.
Our best wishes to all,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Curtis
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Dear Paul:
Why can’t Panhandle pass an
ordinance to restrict the speed-
ing of trains to 15 or 20 miles
per hour through town?
That would protect the mail
a little.
Since WWII there is a growing
tendency to force us to stand such
things because we are still better
off than other countries.
Sam Graham
Phoenix, Ariz.
The Texas Farm and Ranch
Safety Council offers this hint—
When you work for safety, safety
works for you.
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Amarillo banker
to head bond
sales committee
Gene Edwards, vice president
of the First National Bank, Ama-
rillo, has been named U. S. Sav-
ings Bonds district chairman for
District No. 1 by Nathan Adams,
chairman of the Texas Savings
Bonds Committee.
Edwards will direct all phases
of promotion and the sale of
Savings Bonds in District No. 1
which includes Armstrong, Car-
son, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hans-
ford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore,
Oldham, Potter, Randall and
Sherman Counties. He becomes a
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YARBOROUGH’S
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WThen Communist jet fighter
pilots pressed, their trigger but-
tons and mercilessly shot down
an unarmed U. S. Air Force plane
and its 17-man crew recently,
they involved the entire world in
a controversy. And they involved
17 families—two of them from
Texas—in the deepest of all
tragedies.
Before January 31, 1955, if a
soldier died in service or front
a disability he acquired in the
service, his children were entitled
to be helped to complete their
education. My bill would extend
those provisions through June 30,
1963.
I think this help for the chil-
dren is the very least a grateful
nation can do for the families of
men who die in the armed forces,
protecting the peace and keeping
themselves prepared to defend us
in armed conflict if the need
Should ever arise.
Panhandle fire
rate unchanged
The state fire insurance divi-
sion Tuesday announced that Pan-
handle would have the same fire
credit as last year, 15 percent.
Many other area cities were
penalized for disastrous fires suf-
fered during the past year.
We Want Your Patronage.
To Have It We Must Be Fair With Yon Today.
Give Us A Chance To Serve You And You Will
Soon Realize Why People Like To Trade With
Scott Lumber Co.
Phone — DR 3-2828
Children Dare! Drive With Care!
1301 E. 10th, Amarillo
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PONTIAC NAMED CAR • OF -THE -YEAR
TREND
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To represent Tech
Gene Bentley, senior agriculture
student at Texas Tech, was to re-
present that imtitution at the
Dairy Products Institute in San
Antonio Monday and Tuesday.
“Pontiac with wide-track wheels
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is the best combination of ride-
handling. .. performance and
styling of any ’59 car”
The Editors of
Motor Trend Magazine
. . . and everybody likes to shop in Panhandle s
big, modern supermarket. Eeverylhtng under one
roof, market, bakery and grocery. It’s not too early
to give us your order for that Easter Flam or Easter
Turkey and remember, we’re ready to bake fancy
Easter Cookies for you. Just let us know your needs.
Growing A Little Every Day!
Schulze s Bakery & Grocery
ANDY SCHULZE
In making its annual automotive award, the staff
of Motor Trend Magazine, leading automotive
publication, tests and evaluates all new cars. Here
are quotations from the April 1959 issue:
“The stability of the 1959 Pontiac is the out-
standing automotive advance of the year.
Everyone considering a new car shoul'd experi-
ence it.” '
“It’s the best balanced passenger car in
America. We firmly believe that in moving
the wheels farther apart, to develop the widest
stance of any American car, Pontiac has created
an entirely new sense of balance and handling
security.”
“Pontiac’s lines are clean, simple and beau-
tiful. It has a fleet look, a trim appearance. The
wide wheel design contributes greatly to its
over-all integrated styling. Any comparison
with narrower track cars readily shows the
difference.”
“For the economy-minded, an efficient new
engine. The new 420E Tempest economy en-
gine offers remarkable performance along with
exceptionally high mileage while operating on
regular grade gasoline.”
“Pontiac is again tops in performance, based
on our extensive road testing. Acceleration is
outstanding, yet the engine is unusually quiet
and smooth.”
Your nearest Pontiac dealer will be glad to let
you road-test this award-winning automobile on
your own. You’ll see why it’s the year’s most
talked-about car!
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Wheels are five inches farther apart. This widens
only the stance, not the car. Pontiac takes a better
grip on the road, hugs tighter on curves and
corners. Sway and lean disappear, ride is smoother,
balanced, steadier. Handling is easier. You drive
with a new confidence, a comforting security.
Pontiac gives you roadability no ",narrow gauge”
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BORGER HIGHWAY AT FIRST AVENUE
PHONE 4811
PANHANDLE, TEXAS
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Loftin, Paul A. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1959, newspaper, February 27, 1959; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth885080/m1/6/?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.