The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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The Panhandle Herald
VOLUME 71—NUMBER 29v
E L. Powell
Announces for
Justice of Peace
Herman L. Powell has authoriz-
ed The Herald to announce his
candidacy for the office of Jus-
tice of the Peace, Precinct No.
1, subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary, July 26,
1958.
Powell, in making the announ-
cement said, “I am definitely in
the race because I tl^nk I can
serve you and I want you to
know that I am not campaigning
against the present office hold-
er, but I am earnestly seeking the
office on the sole basis that I can
perform the duties.
“I have been a resident of
Precinct No. 1 since 1920 and I
sincerely ask for your vote and
influence,” Powell remarked.
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WINS TRACTOR AWARD—W. H. Lane, right, owner of
Lane and Co., is presented a gold John Deere tractor by
Bob Carthel, Representative of the John Deere Plow Co.,
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 29 as a climax of the annual John
Deere Day event. The award was made ‘for outstanding
tractor salesmanship,” Carthel said. Lane and Co. sold
16 new John Deere tractors and 17 new combines last
30 TEAMS SEEN yea^
FOR RELAYS
A probable 30 track and field
teams are expected to .visit this
city April 11-12 for the Annual
Panhandle Invitational Relays,
according to Supt. James R. Cox.
Twenty-five signed acceptances
are on file and another five or
more are almost0 certain to send
teams.
Panhandle could very well play
host to more than 250 track and
field stars “if the weather will
just cooperate,” Cox remarked.
Scouts to Attend
Church of Christ
Sunday Morning
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will
attend morning worship services
of the church of Christ in a
group Sunday, Feb. 9 in observa-
tion of National Boy Scout Week
that started Feb. 7 and will close
Feb. 13.
• Scoutmaster Harold P. Smith
and Denmaster Marvin Sparks
have asked their Scouts to be at
the church of Christ at about
10:59 a. m. Sunday in order for
the group to be seated together.
Masonic Past- ■
Masters Night
Set February 22
Past masters of Carson Masonic
Lodge No. 1167 will be honored
guests Feb. 22 when that body
has its annual Past Masters’
Night. About 100 Masons are ex-
pected.
Past Masters will confer a
Master’s Degree.
Supper will be served from
6:30 p. m. “until everyone is fed,”
Merle Lewellen, worshipful mas-
ter, announced.
All Masons are' invited, Lewel-
len remarked. Last year there
was some confusion about who
could attend. “Past Masters and
all Masons are invited,” he ex-
plained.
Guests are expected from Skel-
lytown, White Deer, Groom, Bor-
ger, Pampa, Fritch, Clarendon,
and the four lodges in Amarillo.
Carson Deputies Stapp and Black
Capture Hutchinson County Escapees
Chief Deputy Grady Stapp and
Deputy Kenneth Black put the
“two and two” together that led
to the capture of the three Hut-
chinson county jail fugitives who
had escaped from the Stinnett
Hutchinson county jail Sunday
morning.
Stapp and Black pulled the
sack shut on the three at about
12:35 p. m. Tuesday on a ranch
six miles south of Jericho.
Sheriff Bill Cornell and Deputy
Lois Putnam of Clarendon, Don-
ley county, aided in the final
“give up and come out with your
hands high above you.”
Deputy Black of Groom, noti-
fied Sheriff John H. Nunn, Pan-
handle, Tuesday morning that the
Jimmy Helms farm home had
been burglarized. Deputy Stapp
immediately connected one of the
escapees, William Clayton Brown,
as a nephew of Helms and the
deputies remembered Brown say-
ing that the Helms ranch in Don-
ley county would make a good
hideout.
Brown and his compahions,
Charles Screws, 34 of Vernon
and Jack Lee Trebbe, 23 of To-
peka, Kans., broke into the Helms
farm home near Groom some-
time Monday night and took coats,
blankets and canned foods.
Soon after Deputies Stapp and
Black, accompanied by Sheriff
Cornell and Deputy Putnam ar-
rived at the Helms ranch near
Jericho they could tell from tire
marks that the “coons had been
treed”.
Near the house the searchers
split to cover all possible escape
routes. They were flushed in an
old abandoned barn near the
old abandoned farm house and
came out one at a time looking
straight into the business end of
rifles held by Deputies Stapp and
Black.
All the glamour of escaping
and freedom for 52 hours vanish-
ed in a twinkle. Once again they
were facing court action for their
various crimes: jail escape, parole
violation and forgery- Now the
trio will face additional charges
of burglary in Carson county,
auto theft in Hutchinson county,
auto theft in Hooker, Okla. and
a federal charge of auto theft for
transporting a stolen car across a
state line.
The Helms family was not at
home at the time of the burglary.
Helms accompanied the deputies
to his ranch so he could tell
them the “lay of the land”.
, Sheriff Hugh Anderson of Hut-
chinson county said this was the
second jail break since he had
become sheriff several years ago.
The first break saw two men
have their freedom exactly 44
minutes before their capture.
Officers in Texas, Colorado,
Kansas and Oklahoma joined in
the search for Brown, Trebbe and
Screws.
Sheriff Nunn said “I am cer-
tainly proud of Stapp and Black
for their quick thinking and
excellent work. We’re all proud
that Carson county officers could
aid in the capture of these men.”
Representative
Ted Springer Is
Rotary Speaker
State Representative Ted B.
Springer, of the 94F District,
Amarillo will speak at noon to-
day before the Rotary Club.
Springer represents Carson,
Armstrong, Potter and Randall,
counties.
He is a member of committees
on Labor, Livestock, Health,
Lands and Military.
The Amarillo man is an em-
ployee o*f the Amarillo News and
Globe-Times mechanical depart-
ment and won his seat in tire
House by soundly defeating all
opponents. Carson county gave
him a majority in the Primary
and in the run-off elections. ,
Both Games Away
Tonight and Tuesday
Basketball games tonight and
next Tuesday will be played at
Morse and Sunray.
Tonight is the non-conference
affair with Morse and Feb. 11
both teams go to Sunray for a
conference encounter.
Panhandle teams hold victories
over both opponents.
Poll Tax Payments
Down 37 from ‘57
First estimates indicate that
1,907 persons have paid poll
taxes nr received exemptions
for 1958. This is only 37 less
than the 1,944 total last year,
C. L. Sterling, Carson county
tax collector and assessor,
reported.
Final tabulation of pay-
ments by town and precinct
will not be known until next
v/eek, he said.
One political observer
guessed that 60 persons are
eligible to vote in Carson
county who are over the age
of 60 and who are not requir-
ed to have a poll tax.
LIBRARY BOARD
TO MEET FEB. 10
Plans for National Library
Week will be discussed Monday,
Feb. 10 at 2:30 when members
of the Carson County Library
Board meet at the Court House.
Miss Madge Hall, new librarian,
said regular business of the board
would also be on the program.
Mrs. Elten Vance
Elected TB Head
At Annual Meet
Mrs. Elten Vance was named
president of the Carson County
Tuberculosis Association last Fri-
day evening at the annual busi-
ness meeting in War Memorial
building.
Other officers elected are: Mrs.
Earnest Lemons, Pantex, vice
president; Mrs. Paul Russ, sec-
retary, Mrs. J. B. Howe, treasur-
er; Mrs. Cecil Walker, Conway,
Seal Sale Chairman; Mrs. C. F.
Hood, Sr., reporter.
Delegates voted to postpone the
school TB testing program until
next September or October.
Dates for the State Mobile TB
X-ray unit have been requested
and will be announced when re-
ceived, Mrs. Vance reported.
See MRS. VANCE, Pg. 4
ANOTHER 3
MILES ADDED
TO FM 2385
A. L Stovall, Jr., and Vernon Chance
Victims of Boating Tragedy at Texoma
Body Of Chance
Recovered Feb. 3
A. L. Stovall Jr., Panhandle and'
his uncle, Vernon Chance, Skelly-
town, are dead from a tragic
boating accident on big Lake
Texoma near Madill, Okla.
Stovall and Chance, accompan-
ied by their families, had gone
to Lake Texoma Thursday, Jan.
30 for a weekend fishing trip.
Friday afternoon, when the men
failed to return to the dock by
dusk, Mrs. Stovall and Mrs.
Chance asked for assistance in
finding their husbands. They
feared that high waves might
have capsized the boat and knew
that exposure in the water could
mean their death.
Stovall’s body was found Satur-
day morning at about 9 a. m.
on the shore near the Madill,
Oklahoma side of the huge lake.
Stovall had evidently crawled
to the shore because his hat and
gloves were neatly placed just to
the side, within easy reach. The
gloves were heavy rubber ones,
popular with trot-line fishermen.
Chance’s body was not found
until 3 p. m. Monday. The Skelly-
town man was found by two men
manning a dragline in the south-
ern portion of the lake. The body
was recovered from water about
45 feet deep. It was found near
the scene of the tragedy, about
6 miles off the Oklahoma shore
some 12 miles southeast of Madill
and about 1 mile off the Texas
shore.
Stovall is the son of Mr. and
Mrs, A. L. Stovall, Sr., Panhandle.
Word of the tragedy was re-
ceived in Panhandle Saturday
morning. Immediately several
local men and Mr. and Mrs. Sto-
vall left for the lake. The Herald
learned the names of C. H. Bell,
Dick Orr, Doug Smith, Sheriff
John H. Nunn, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Castlebury, Herb Sullivan, Le-
Verne Edwards, Alfred Bell, Jack
Ramey, Harold Welsh, and . Frank
Sparks, also Mr. and Mrs. La-
mon Stovall and Mr. and Mrs.
Morley Doss, Pampa, who join-
ed in the search.
Earl McCann of Wynnewood,
Okla., who found Stovall said
he was sure that the popular Pan-
handle man had crawled to the
shore.
Chance was found by Roy
Graves of Wynnewood and W. A.
Russell of Soldier Creek, Okla.
The Stovalls and Chances were
camping near Soldier’s Creek
Resort, some 12 to 15 miles from
Madill, Okla.
Their 15-foot boat was found
capsized Saturday morning.
Junior HiTinals
Satui day Night
Six games have been played in
’the annual Junior High School
Basketball Tourhament with 6
more games scheduled to begin
at 3:30 p. m. today (Friday).
Games today include:
3:30—Boys, winner of ^the Pan-
handle-Fritch vs winner of River
Road and Claude.
4:30—Boys, Panhandle B team
vs. Highland Park.
5:30—Girls, loser of Panhandle
and Groom vs. loser of Highland
Park and Bushland.
6:30—Girls, Fritch vs. White
Deer.
*7:30—Girls, winner of Pan-
handle and Groom vs. winner of
Highland Park and Bushland.
8:30—Boys, loser of first round
games between Panhandle A and
Fritch vs. River Road and Claude.
Saturday Games
Teanjs see action Saturday
morning, beginning at 9:30 o’-
clock.
Finals will start at 7 p. m.
Admission to all sessions is 15
and 25 cents and for the finals,
25 and 50 cents.
Refreshments wil be on sale by
the Panhandle Junior High.
Last year Stinnett boys and
Spring Creek girls won the tro-
phies with Panhandle boys win-
ning second.
Teams entered are: Boys, Pan-
handle A and B teams, River
Road, Claude, Fritch, White Deer,
Groom and Highland Park.
Girls: Panhandle, Groom, Bush-
land, Highland Park, Fritch, Ri-
ver Road, White Deer, and
Claude.
Commissioners Court was in-
formed last weekend that the
State Highway Department had
approved the court’s request for
an additional 3 miles of Farm to
Market road on FM No. 2385, ac-
cording to Judge Clarence C.
Williams.
Last November Commissioners
accepted the State’s proposal to
build FM 2385 for 4.2 miles east
of State Highway 15 from a point
3 miles north olj Panhandle.
The additional 3 miles will join
the 4.2 miles and will be con-
structed north to the edge of the
oil fields in that area.
Judge Williams and Commis-
sioners Frank Sparks, J. O. Mur-
ray and Elten Vance appeared
before the Highway Commission
in Austin recently to place the
Carson county proposal before
the board.
FM 2385 surveys will begin
soon. The county has agreed to
furnish right of way for the en-
tire road, or 7.2 miles.
Engineers estimated that an
extra $50,000.00 would be needed
to complete the additional 3
miles.
The group rode to Austin with
Sheriff John H. Nunn, who was
transporting a prisoner to Hunts-
ville. \
Memorial Services
Memorial services for Stovall
were conducted from the First
Baptist church, Panhandle, of
which he was a member, Monday
afternoon. Rev. Keith McCor-
mick, pastor and Rev. W. E.
Thorn, pastor of the Lubbock
Calvary Baptist church, officiat-
ed.
Interment was in Panhandle
Cemetery, under direction of Pos-
ton Funeral Home.
The church auditorium and ad-
joining rooms were filled to capa-
city. A large crowd stood in
reverend silence on the outside
of the church as a city tried to
pay its respects to a young man,
has family, and parents.
Pallbearers were Doug Smith,
LeVerne Edwards, Leon Nichol-
son, Joe Miller, Jack Ramey,
Herb Sullivan, Bill Surratt and
Hayden Dowlen.
A. L. Stovall, Jr., was born
June 6, 1925 at White Deer, Tex.
He joined the Baptist church when
he was 10 years old at White
Deer under the ministry of Rev.
Willis J. Ray who was holding a
revival for the White Deer Bap-
tist church. Rev. Herman Coe
was minister of the White Deer
church at the time.
The Stovall family lived seven
miles v/fest of White Deer on a
farm that they have rented for
34 years.
Stovall was graduated from the
White Deer high school with the
class of 1943. One of his school-
mates was Miss Benmarion Sat-
terwhite of Skellytown, whom he
married on Aug. 26, 1944.
Stovall went to the Army in
July of 1944 and after basic
training at Camp Fannin, Texas,
he was shipped overseas with the
75th Infantry Div., in December
of 1944. He was a corporal in a
machine gun company.
While overseas in the European
theatre of operations, Stovall
buddied with Dowlen, Edwards
Nicholson and Gabe Herndon.
He was a member of the Me-
caskey VFW Post here.
When Stovall got out of the
Army in 1946 he joined his
father, A..L. Stovall, Sr., in the
farming and trucking business.
The Senior Stovalls had moved
to Panhandle in 1946.
He is survived by his wife, Ben-
marion of the home, 1310 Euclid,
and three children, Larry, 10,
who is in the 5th grade; Debbie
Ann, 4; and Johnnie Mack, 15
months.
Also his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Stovall, Sr., and two sisters
Miss Eula Mae of San Francisco,
and Miss Allene, who is teaching
at’ Snyder, Texas. Her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Satterwhite
of .Lefors.
Vernon Chance
Memorial services for Vernon
Chance, 38, of Skellytown, were
conducted from the Baptist church
of which he was a member in
Skellytown at 10 a. rn. Wednes-
day, Feb. 5.
Interment was in the Shamrock
Cemetery, Shamrock, Texas.
Chance was an employee of
The Texas Co. on an oil lease
near Skellytown.
He is survived by his wife,
Margie, of Skellytown; two sons,
Dick of Lefors and Jimmy Ray
McCann of Skellytown; three
daughters, Joan, Rosella and
Cheryl all of Skellytown.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
F. Chance of Shamrock; three
brothers, B. F. Jr., of Shamrock;
Raymond' E. of Leasburg, Ore.;
and Lt. Col. James H. of the U.
S. Air Force, in Hawaii and four
grandchildren.
Black Background,
White Numerals
Now on Sale
Branch offices to handle
sales of auto license tags
have been opened in Pantex,
• Skellytown, White Deer, and
Groom, C. L. Sterling, Car-
son county tax collector and
assessor, announced today.
The office at Pantex is in
the O. D. Riggs office; Skel-
. lytown, Mrs. Ivanette Hewitt;
Groom, Mrs. Helen Wade at
the Groom News and in
White Deer at the office of
Felix W. Ryals, school tax
office.
Sterling urged motorists “to
please bring their 1957 reg-
istration papers and title.”
“And of course licenses are
on sale at the office in the
Court House, Panhandle,”
Sterling added.
J. C. Jackson
Asks Re-election
As Commissioner
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$100,000 Building
Plan Announced
Bishop L. J. FitzSimon, of the
Amarillo Catholic diocese, an-
nounced Tuesday morning that
the Bernard Gordon Memorial
Home was scheduled to receive
a $100,000 dormitory to house 25
boys and 25 girls.
Present tentative plans call for
a concrete block fire-proof dor-
mitory to be constructed just east
of the present Bernard Gordon
Memorial Home.
At present the Home has nine
girls and is expecting three
more this week. The Memorial
Home is in its third year of op-
eration by •> the School Sisters of
St. Francis, which was founded
in Austria more than 100 years
ago.
Rev. J. Arnold Carlson, dir-
ector of the Home and pastor of
St. Theresa’s parish here, said
“we have needed a dormitory
building since the founding of the
Home, in order for us to take
families of boys and girls. It is a
See $100,000 BLDG. Pg. 4
J. C. JACKSON
J. C. Jackson. Carson County
Commissioner of Precinct No. 4,
has authorized The Herald
to announce his candidacy for re-
election to that office, subject to
the action of the Democratic pri-
mary, July 26, 1958.
In making his announcement for
re-election Mr. Jackson stated;
“I wish to express my sincere ap-
preciation for the loyalty and sup-
port given me by the voters of
Precinct No. 4 and trust they feel
that my services have proven sat-
isfactory.
“Since Precinct No. 4 is the
largest in the county, it requires
the full-time supervision of the
Commissioner. I pledge myself to
devote my entire time to the work
i believe that my experience will
prove valuable in supervision of
the county roads, in tax valua-
tions and in the other varied
duties associated with this office.
I would also like .to state that
neither the tax valuations nor the
tax rate has been increased while
I have served as your Commis-
sioner and this is the period when
the County built a half-million
dollar Courthouse building. There
fore I solicit your support and
vote vin the July primary.”
Carson Judging
Team Ranks High
Carson County Boys 4-H Club
won the right to represent Dist.
I at the 4-H Roundup to be held
in June by placing second in
livestock judging at the recent
Amarillo Fat Stock Show.
David Armstrong tied for high
individual honors.
Other team members are: Larry
Pingelton, Rudy Robinson and
Johnnie Bonner.
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