Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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Democrats Carry County In Election
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William’s largest majority
came in Panhandle where
he polled 555 votes and Con-
rad received 219 votes. In
White Deer, Conrad’s home-
town and former residence
of Williams, the vote was
Williams, 256; Conrad, 212.
Mrs. Peggy Butler, incum-
bant county treasurer, re-
ceived 1,663 votes while
her R epublican Opponent
Mrs. Maurine Mashbom of
Groom received 524 votes.
Demos Win In All
County Elections
Democrats were successful in their bid for county of-
fices with four races being decided by the voters.
Reelection was being sought by the incumbants in
three offices and in the fourth office, the incumbant did
not seek reelection.
County Judge Clarence Williams was reelected over
his Republican opponent rayj did not seek reelection.
Harold Conrad of White Deer j c Jaokson incumbant
by a vote of 1,517 to 669. commissioner in precinct 4,
carried 618 votes to his op-
ponent Billy Burgin of Groom
who had 443 votes.
Voters in three precincts
votes on this race. Burgin
carried his hometown box
at Groom 170 to 109. Jack-
son carried his hometown
box at White Deer, 300 to
173. In Skellytown, Jackson
carried 208 to 95.
In the election of county
and district clerk, Mrs. Fan-
nie Williams, Democrat in-
cumbant, was unopposed.
She received 1,820 votes.
Three justice of the peace
offices were voted upon with
the incumbants not having
opposition.
H. L. Powell was serves
voting precincts one and
seven received 661 votes.
Max Wade of Groom who is
voted on in precinct 6, re-
ceived 229 votes and faced
the most active write in
candidate in the election.
His write-in opponent Les-
ter Pair received 16 votes.
At Skellytown, incumbant
Justice of the Peace W. G.
(Dutch) Grant received 268
votes.
A number of voters, as
usually happens, wrote in a
name here and there of some-
one for various offices both
on the county and state
level.
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County Vote
Walter Rogers, incumbant
congressman from the 18th
congressional district, car-
ried Carson County by a
margin of just under 2 to 1
in his winning battle over
Amarillo Mayor Jack Seale.
In the contest for state
board of education in which
a board members is elected
from the 18th congressional
district, Herbert Willborn of
Amarillo carried Carson
County with a vote of 1,454
over his opponent Mrs. E.
D. McKay of Amarillo who
received 728 votes.
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Panhandle vote gave Mrs.
Butler the edge 584 to 189
for her largest majority while
her former hometown of Skel-
lytown gave her 256 votes
to Mrs. Mashborn’s 46. In
Groom, Mrs. Mashborn’s
hometown, the vote was Mrs.
Butler, 170; Mrs. Mashbom,
112.
In commissioner’s pre-
cinct 2, Democrat B. A. Wil-
liams received 125 votes
and his Republican opponent
Clinton E. Williams receiv-
ed 74.
Voters in voting precincts
2 and 5 voted on this com-
missioner’s race with B. A.
Williams receiving 84 votes
in precinct 2 where Clint
Williams received 47. In pre-
cinct 5, B. A. Williams re-
ceived 36 votes and Clint
Williams 2 6. Absentee vot-
ing gave B. A. Williams five
votes and Clint Williams 1.
The incumbant, J. O. Mur-
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Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, Thurs., Nov. 8, 1962
NUMBER 17
PANTHERS ROLL GRUVER
FOR CONFERENCE WIN
Panhandle 1962 Panthers
took another big step toward
a district 1-A championship
Friday night when they roll-
ed past the Gruver Grey-
hounds, 22-6, at Panther
stadium.
The Panthers won the toss
and elected to receive. Start-
ing on their own 38 yard line
after the kickoff, they, mov-
ed 62 yards in seven plays,
the climax being a 25-yard
jaunt around left end by Mike
Eklund for the score.
As Eklund was headed
for the 20-yard stripe, Jay
Bob Roselius cut down the
last Greyhound near the ball
carrier giving him free sail-
ing into the endzone with
8:32 left in the initial quar-
ter.
Roselius took a hand off
from Quarterback Bill Add-
ington and drove through the
center for the conversion.
Gruver began to move the
first time they had posses-
sion of the ball and were
stopped just short of the
19-yard line when a fourth
and five attempt failed. The
ball changed hands and on
another fourth and inches
try, the Panther defense,
headed by Mike Smith held,
and Panhandle took over on
their own 40.
Seven plays later and car-
riers by Eklund and Jerry
Hawkins, Eklund went five
yards to score with 8:51 left
in the half. David Slagle
made it 16-0 when he car-
ried for the extra point.
The ball changed hands
several times with neither
team being able to put to-
gether a sustained drive.
The ball changed hands
twice as the third quarter got
underway and before the
Panthers started on their
final TD drive from the Gru-
ver 42. In 11 plays the Pan-
thers moved to the Greyhound
five-yard line where Adding-
ton dropped back and pass-
ed Danny Haskins for the
tally with 2:31 left in the
quarter.
Aiding in the Panther’s
scoring drive by opening
holes in the line for Pan-
handle’s back to move through
were the Panthers big tackl-
es, Mike Smith and Carrol
Bentley. Smith and Bentley
combined as a task force on
defense to crash through and
halt much of the Greyhound
attack.
Francis Shapley, who car-
ried 14 times for 93 yards
for the Greyhounds, lead his
teams only scoring drive
which came in the final per-
iod. The visitors went 64
yards in six plays to score
with 4:35 left in the game.
Shapley sprinted 26 yards to
carry the ball across for the
Hazlewood,
Simpson Win
District Races
Incumbant State Senator
Grady Hazlewood of Amaril-
lo and J. M. (Red) Simpson
of Amarillo, Democrat candi-
date for state representative
of the 94th flotorial district,
both victorious in their race
carried Carson County.
Hazlewood ammased a
vote of 1,503 while his Re-
publican opponent L. R.
(Scotty) Ernce received 688
votes.
Simpson, who will repre-
sent Armstrong, Carson,
Potter and Randel counties,
received 1,495 votes in Car-
son County with his Repub-
lican opponent Larry Wil-
liams receiving 716.
TD BOUND — Mike Eklund, Panther full-
back, heads for the first Panhandle TD
midway through the first quarter of the
Panhandle-Gruver football game here Fri-
day. Eklund scored two of the three Pan-
ther touchdowns in a 22-6 victory for Pan-
handle. The Panthers travel to Stratford
for a District 1-A game at 7:30 p.m. tomor-
Greyhounds.
Gruver started towards a
second score in the closing
minutes after recovering a
Panther fumble and were
down to the 13-yard line
when Carrol Bentley crashed
through to drop Wesley Ed-
dleman for a 10-yard loss
and to stem the tide of the
drive.
The game was the seventh
win of the season in eight
starts for the Panthers. They
had five in a row before be-
ing defeated by White Deer
and now have a new two
game winning streak going.
Vote Favors Demos
In All State Races
Carson County followed the trend of the rest of the
state in Tuesday’s general election with the major por-
tion of the vote being cast for all Democrat Party candi-
dates from the governor’s race through the commission-
er’s contests.
The vote in the county was one of the heaviest votes
remembered by most persons except for the presidential
election two years ago. Total vote in the county was
2,287, more than the total poll taxes sold and necessary
exemption certificates issu- n votes.
ed. This was due to the
large vote of persons over
60 who do not need an ex-
emption due to the county
being under 10,000 popula-
tion.
Two years ago, the total
vote was 2,631.
In the major contests,
Democrat John Connally, the
state’s new governor, car-
ried the county 751 to Re-
publican Jack Cox 580. Jack
Carswell, the Congressional
Party candidate received
Preston Smith, Democrat
for lieutenant governor, car-
ried the county 696, over
his Republican opponent,
Bill Hayes, 419.
Waggoner Carr, Democrat,
received 1,452 votes for at-
torney general and T. Ever-
ton Kennerly, Republican
got 747 votes.
In the race for Congress-
man-at-large, Joe Pool,
Democrat, received 1,252
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For Lt. Governor
Smith
483
96
34
281
41
167
2
149
19
56
1328
Haye s
298
36
36
190
20
111
3
151
2
21
868
For Attorney General
Carr
523
94
43
304
41
190
2
174
19
62
1452
Kenne rly
258
36
27
168
20
93
2
125
2
16
747
For Congressman-at- Large
Pool
443
88
27
272
40
155
2
153
18
56
1254
Barry
339
42
42
197
21
124
3
148
3
21
940
For Supreme Court
Place 1
Griffin
606
109
54
370
50
228
3
242
20
70
1752
For Supreme Court
Place 2
Norvell
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109
54
370
50
231
3
244
20
70
1753
For Supreme Court
Place 3
Steakley
60 6 il il
54
375
50
232
3
243
20
70
176 4
T or J odge Court of
Criminal Appeals
Morrison
3
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112
54
375
49
232
3
245
20
71
1771
For Railroad Commissioner
Murray
605
111
54
370
48
227
2
240
20
70
1747
For Railroad Commissioner (unexpired te
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Ramsey
545
98
48
311
42
202
2
192
20
62
1522
Hanson
232
32
28
158
19
79
2
110
1
15
676
For Comptroler ■
Calvert
496
94
40
300
35
193
2
173
19
57
1409
Smith
212
23
24
145
19
177
2
92
1
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For Treasurer
J ames
610
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373
41
229
3
244
20
72
1763
For Commissioner of General
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Sadler
546
99
43
310
43
202
2
19_5
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60
1520
„ Fay
235
32
27
160
19
75
2
105
1
18
674
*lFor Commissioner of Agriculture
White
542
100
41
307
42
191
2
182
20
60
1487
Hubbard
236
30
29
159
18
88
2
112
1
18
69 3
For Court of Civil Appeals 7th
District
C hapman
606 j112 „
53
378
48
226
3
240
20
71
1757
For Congressman 18th District
Ro ge rs
546
93
40
314
41
188
2
163
19
56
1462
. Seale
235
39
30
157
21
96
3
141
2
22
746
For State Board of
Education
Willborn
520
98
42
303
41
185
3
182
20
60
1454
Me Kay
256
32
28
164
20
94
1
114
1
18
728
For State Senator,
31st district
Hazlewood
545
98
46
299
43
201
3
183
19
66
1503
B rnce
231
33
24
170
17
80
2
115
2
14
688
For State Representative,
94F
Simpson
532
94
41
298
45
189
2
179
21
58
1459
Williams, Larry
243
35
28
164
17
93
2
114
-
20
716
For County Judge
Williams, Clarence
555
101
42
256
39
206
3
225
21
69
1517
Conrad
219
28
27
212
22
71
1
78-
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1 1
669
For Treasurer
Butler
584
107
44
378
43
170
3
254
16
64
1653
Mashborn
189
23
26
91
16
112
1
46
5
15
524
For County and District Clerk
Williams , F annie
630 1116
53
391
50
233
3
249
21
74
1820
For Commissioner,
Precinct ft
Williams, B. A.
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84
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Williams, Clint
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74
For Commissioner,
Precinct 4
Jackson
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300
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109
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208
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1
618
Burgin
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173
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443
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