The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1960 Page: 1 of 12
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ESTABLISHED JANUARY If, 1173
iFailure to Pay for Friendly Favor
{Beginning of Unhappy Consequences
Atomic Energy Commission To Have
Free Exhibit at Red River County Fair
' Members of the Sheriff's Depart-
ment m-orted an rxcitln™ Sundav
•d r>| with one *rr»**t a* a reward
•n- thHr effort* ' TT” eventful per-
’o-t bersn in the evening near An-
cona when Tom Tottv found a
stranger on the hlvhway. hi* *u-
•amoblo >«j>olinr t"nk emwty. Tot*
•» drove to a service station, oh
•»ined gasoline and returned it to
• he stranded siraueer. who. when
his car was in inolio'n Spain. dfove
.sway huTiedlv without offer'ng to
, ->y for t4,< Good Samemtan net.
ToUy followed him. “Hie lively
-haae ended wsen the man turned
'"to Farm Ro^d 1159 nt the east
efty limits of Clarksville.
Car Ahandowed
Totty had obtn'ned Fie licence
ni'nmnh'll1. w'.'ch
' ad been reria’e^ed in Louisiana.
He called Sheriff R'im Hukta. who.
’»’ th h'F devitles. Bill Booker end
G corse Whiteman #lo"rt v-*‘h
menDVrs of the City Police De-
partment and the Highway Patrol,
quickly organized road blocks.
Booker drove out Farm Rond 1150.
which was tl.'j route teken by the
Teeing man. wl o had t u r ned
around and was • coming hack
toward Clarksville after reaching
the end of the pavement Booker
.net him turned as qu ekly a* oo*-
■ . blc rnd would have given him
an exciting chose, but he had
abandoned t’w ear in the vicinity
'■/ * the B iyou bridge and dis-
!'r;:eare<l into the wooded area.
Found By Bloodhound*
Deputy S iei ff Tom Dorsett of
Vlregg ounty was called and ask-
ed to bring h's bloodhounds lie
was aecompan'ed by Deputy
Charles Crthell Tliey were at the
<rnl where the man abandoned
the ear wltWn two hours In the
meantime Sheriff Hulen had kept
the area in the vicinity of the ear
eleared. When the do-j were Riv-
en the job of track ng h>m no In.
eiference was encountered and
within a few minute* they led the
I Registrations at
Clarksville High
Set for Sept 6
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION free exhibit, pictured above, to be on display at the
Red River County Fair. The picure came fro i> the Commission without identification of
the man and woman.
LITTLE LEAGUE ALL STARS, pictured ab >ve, chosen from among local teams ended the
1960 season Wednesday evening of last wee’<. losing to Sulphur Springs 2-7. Front row
above, left to right, David Baliew. Tommy Grimes, Kelly Guest, Danny Halley and Jerry
Conway. Middle row, left to right, David Devinney, Ted I^iwson, Randy Turner, Butch Mc-
Donough and Bobby Bumgarner. Back row. Managers .Jimmy Conlan, Mack Brannan and
Trent Dehoney. An Star players absent when this picture was made were Kenny Emery,
Bruce Ehiery, Roger Earley, Gene Russell, L^roy Bills, l.arry Scott and Mark Terry. '
Anotler outstanding cxhHjft has
been obtained for the Red River
County Fair and Livestock Expo-
sition. to be held at the Legton
Park In Clarksville. Sept. l&Oct.
1. according to A. C. Murray, Fair
chairman. "Atoma In Acttob.’’ one
of the U S Atomic Engergy Com-
tr salon's newest travelling enhlto-'
its. will be on free display daring
the entire event.
The exhibit, from Oak Ridge.
Tennessee, consist* of some It
colorfbl and limited pansto along
neckline
Airborne Course
Boy v—White dre*s shirt rnd
long, narrow black tic.
Sophamore*
Girls—Black shirtwaist blouse
Boys--Pat Boons sweaters over
white sport shirts
Frexhmrn
Gris—White V-neck blourc
Boys—Solid sport shirt
Ttap 1900 61 Yearbook will be on
sale during regtslration The price
of the Yearbook 'is $3 50.
Buses to Operate
The school buses will make their
Lists Eight for
Degrees at ETSC
Echo I Viewed By Many Local People
Has Passed Into the Earth’s Shadow
Takes Electronics
Technfrnm Post
Commerce — Four hundred and
*»• enty aeven students, including
234 master's degree candidates,
bwvo a^"l'ed for, degrees to be
awarded by East Texas State Col-
lege at 7 p.m.. Friday. August Jt.
in cont'nuou* sunlivi.-t r.s in its
first week Four t>mes a veur the
sphere will be ch lied bv the two-
ihir'N of its orbits that arc in
darkness
in the College auditorium
iXtfpr, to li..- wanted man. He
i»q at the schi
Tegular run* arrl
Scientists disagree on what la
likely to happen.
Townsend said one school of
thought holds that ,if tl.-ere is aov
gas remaining in the balloon satel-
lite when it starts go a? dark, the
gas will cool and contract and the
■/lactic covcrini' mry collapse.
Another believes that the forces
involved are so small, the pres-
sures zr> 1 pht. ti *at the sphere will
retain its shape
Just S.tiling Along?
Some experts h••l!ev'‘ that t'rr
mal stress, when t ie material' gets
cool, may cause <he sk n ~iil the
balloon to wrinkle
There is another theory t‘’at tin
':all may lx- spinning slowly, and
that centrifugal farce msv twis
it. Another theory suggests that
< lertroatatic fort t.s may keep il
spinning.
Townsend said h.s personal bc-
licf is that the Ruhrre »s neithc
rolling-nor spinning, but iust ,sail-
ing along.
To some amateur observers
-Echo 1 appears to lie twinkling or
and off. or wobhl ng A watcl.e
-in- Tennessee marfc pieturm which
he said indicated tl»t the balloon
had gone flat «*rui was rolling en<
over end.
But Townsend said NASA his
found no evidence whatsoever ot
altered shape
Radar measurements are wit'll;
the range of accuracy indicated
in earlier experiments, hr said.
Abe I st irt< hides Ho'I student*
■bout 8 30 a m., leaving at 12 to
return the students to they- homes..
The lunch rooms will not be open
on rcf>tration day
from Red River County. TWy
are: , .
Annon* — Gerald Da* It Sna-
il* m. Route 1. BS. history.
Avery — Joe Edward Bearden,
BS. mathematics. " -
Hot at a — Gary Wayne Cheat-
word. Route 1. BS, teehn'erl agri-
culture: Hugh R. Forester, MEd,
secondary education; Sidney Ward
Hudson. BS. health and physical
education: Jimmy Wade Williams
HS. physical education; Charles
Martin Wright, MEd, agriculture
education
Clarksville—Nathan Hugh Craw-
ford, Route 6. BS, laboratory
science.
L. D Webster, Dallas, vice
president of Lone Star Steel Vo .
will address tile graduates and
heir guests. An ex-rnporter and
editor and former manarrer of a
flight school, a motor fre'ght line,
•tnd an advert'a'ng agency, he Is
the author of “I Saw Russia.,''
based on his tour of the USSR.
First Meeting of
QB Club Friday
sion. the rptitttatf * ■MM of
heavy elements such as uranium
and plutonium Other panda viv-
idly demonstrate how radioactive
elements are used In agriculture,
medicine, end Industry., J -Y
The throe island exhibits will
be An animated model of an
atomic power plant; an iUmrilnat-
ed explanation of the fusion pro-
cess, where power to pnaduced by
uniting atoms of light elements at
erback (Tub will be held at noon
Friday in the Odd Fellow Hall, ac-
cording to Rev. William Grecnhaw.
nres'dent. Price of the meal will
be *1.
Plans of this organization, which
work* closely with the High StbooP
and football team, will be mapped
at the Friday meeting.
Coaches Scott and King. who re
ccnlly moved to Clarhnville ..and
are now giving their lull time to
vetting the team readv for the
first game, will be present and
talk about the prospects for this
year
The Quarterback Club Is solid!/
behind tlv coaches and team. ATT
local football fans are invited to
win this group In supporting the
Tigers and their leaders through-
out the wesson. "Sadr broking.1'
says Grecnbaw, "can mean a lot
there bovs and coaches. They
'ook good in practice but several
uf U.-2 plovers need experience and
some lack weight, but tnefr.....de-
termination is beii«' exemp! ^ed
by the zeal and eagerness with
which they endeavor to follow as
signments.”
„ BftrrvH Seat Sale
1'oiler War
The Quarterback Club '« rllottid
lWi sgats In the center section of
ihe stadium Sale of thvse re-
served seats 's now under way.
With each seat sale the puiebi, ser
acquires a season ticket. Issued
by the High School
Judre Gavin Watson Jr is in
charge of the sale ol reserved
seats for this season. *
- LT. R. D. KING
Army 2d Lt. Raymond D King.
37. whose wife, Hiawatha, lives at
701 B. Locust at.. ClarksviBe, re-
recently completed the airborne
couise at The Infantry School.
Fort Bennlng. Ga. Lieutenant King
received Ms ;♦ ratrooper wings
after completing four-weeks of in-
tensJve ground and aerial training
and instruction in the technique*
of air transportation and aer ai de-
livery. The lieutenant entered the
Army In May 1153 and has served
JERRY LYNN.BARTLEY
awmuiR a»mwe *»*w» vsosn* — ■■ —
extremely high temeratures and
pressures: and a three-foot model
Y •— the no-
Jerry Lynn Bartley left Satur-
lay for Alamogordo. New Mexico,
vhere he will be employed as an.
. lectronics .technician on missile
ra< k ng equ'pmerit at White Sands
I’TovinT Giounds^
Jerry :s the son of Mr and Mrs.
lay Bartley of Anno.ua He is a
;ra(irate cf the Arnona* High
FUTURE VIA ECHO I
iw,-
The shove picture of President
Elsenhower was received on AP
Wirvphoto equipment after short
wave radio tognals had been sent
to Satellite Echo I and back to
earO. Mottled effect was from
Interfpreore___________
Hundreds of local people
Echo I as the 100-foot sphere
passed over this area. Clearly vis-
ible with a brightness comparable
to the brighter star,, this satellite,
orbiting the earth in approximate-
ly twtr hours and five minutes,
was seen during several nights.
‘.he car Francis was driving. Since
e crossed a state line in the stol-
n automobile, the FBI entered the
case and llilen sold Francis would
be turned over to this Federal
agency.
of the U 8 S Savannah
ton's first nuctoor-propelled mer-
chaat ship. "■
Like all the Atomic Energy Com-
n Uslon's free travelling exhibits,
Atoms In Actioa*' to operated far
rhe Commission hy the Museum
Division of the Oak RkHe Insti-
tute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge
Tcnneasee. a non-profit educational
Golf Winners to
The job at Wh e Sands
oiTwratiw of southern
in the Far Bast—Before entering
roniett
.•as waiting for hlbi uron his dis-
hirge.
ti< a and colleger.
This will be the second “space-
age'' exhibit for the Fair and Ex-
position. ti e other being the super-
the Army, the I cntenant was em-
ployed at the Red River Arsenal.
Texarkana, 'lex He is a 1953
graduate
Dimple public school* will men I Irppo
Fridav. September 3. aeeord'ng to | HCvC
'■nnonneement from Sipt. Jaeki
Davis. The *r
Classrs will begin Frldav mom- 0f the C
•nf fo- a hslf-day *e**'on Buse* will be
wiB-eun at the resmlar time No ro mtrv
lunches will he served opening; \f.*v ?0
dav. : to Franl
Regular e|->**e* w'll begin Sep- ^
tember 6 at 8 30 am. b the i
The following holiday* will be ., jTin^rm
o jgrvtd: vh'ch w
■Ibptember 30. bilf d*v 'after- ^ rj,
nooni for Red R'ver County Fair ,0 |
November 11 Veteran* Dav j„y m r
November 34-25. Thanksgiving War-*:
December 11-Januarv 2. Christ- n fj|
ma* , ey runm
4ortl 3. F/aster jjr j,
Teacher* employed tor 1960-01 at
Dimple are; ' JoSnnv
Seneca Cowan. Jr., Hlrb School A|| tf0
rnchaal, mrthomatlc*; Mrs. C. 1(,u,
M Fl#rer, English; Mrs James arr
Pearce. b*<a*nes*; Mrs Roberta ; frw forn
Brooks, vocational home eeonom- ,#vr |ie,
•ea; Dean Stkfmm, arlenee and o f eei
•■totorv: James Pearce, vocational igrg)-gi v
ot Clarksville High
Ills moti/zr. Mrs. Oma
K ng, lives on Route 6.
Sept 1 Opens New
Car Check Period
1 sonic X-7 guided missile.
Fishing Licenses
On Sale Sept. 1
Named Associate
Director of TADA
; msv have their mo*or
.’ehitle^ Inspected for their 1961
-srecMon sf'cki r* be«.nn:nf Sep-
ember 1, Cap's!n Blount. Motor
chicle les-x-etion. Texas Depart-
nent of Public Ssfodv. announced
C rtain Blcmnt pointed c;ul that
•chicle* should be inspected early
u an effort to avoid tic 1-st min-
ite rvah to meet the Apr I 15 dead-
1'ne. It w-a further tainted out
hat motorist* are subject to a
f ne not to exceed two hundred
foliar* If they are fctjrgwd operat-
Ausdn — Nc.v hunting and Bali-
ng license* for F’p 1960-61 season
••ere mail-d to liem*es deputies
hro”e4,o,'t t4*' v*aie *hl* »wek. ae-
cotding to C L. Friou. focal dl-
-eefor of the Game It Fish Uom-
mfra’on.
The license* will reach these
tg*wtle* In time for buying by
September 1, v ^en a n*w 1 cense
'* requited Thev will be svail-
•ble at most * ortlng/good* ttores.
'rom county clerks end game
wardens.
r'abtog licenses will sell for
62 IS for either resident or nou-
Robert T Storey, owner of W. A
Dobson Chevrolet cf Clirksvdlle
wa* named this week is an a«*oe
iate director of the Texas Auto-
motive Dealer* Assoc ation, t h <
state-w'de association of f.icton-
authorized new car and truck deal
era
Storey's appointment . w a an
nounred by F I) Mitchell. WatP
president of TADA with headquart-
er* in Austin, an organization b'
more ttvan one thousand Texas
new- car dealers /---------------
“Tbe Texas A'domotive Dealerr
Aaeoeiat on ha* a history of more
than forty-years service and is one
of -the largest esaoeiations of Ha
kind in fee nation.'* Mitchell said
“Ito purpose to to establish a high
tir plane at conunerctol ^totegrity
for those engaged in the new car
and truck burtaroa and to work
together to provide the maximum
In aervk-e to the buytn? jgiblle
We are extremely prood to have
a men of Mr. Storey's calbre ac-
cept KBs positiot-. ot responnbfHty
It may shrink slightly in the
darkness and then expand to nor-
mal else again in the sunlight.
the sphere
Whatever happens,
will have company of a sort is
it orbits around the globe once
every two hours for the next year
or so.
The Air Force's national space
surve.ltence control , center at
Bedford. Mas* . saya it bus iden-
tified four separate piece* in or-
bit with the big baU -One to the
third stage of the Delta launch-
ing rocket, carrying a sun-powered
radio tracking beacon like the two
Imbedded on opposite aides of the
giant billion The other orbiting
objects presumably are other parts
of *e rocket and launching appa-
ng a vehicle without a valid to-
pection Kt'cker att.v-.ted.
"insrciUon stations inspect pas-
engcr ram for brake*, lights, re-
jectors, hoi n and windshield wtp-
rs while commercial vehicles
is# n*pected for these, plus add),
tional items required by law." *>M
Blount. This fine of year Is not-
ed for adverse werther conditions
‘herefore, owners are urged to
have their vehicles inspected as
aeon as possJile. --
Cheatham Schools
Open September 6
agriculture.---—
Elementary School prtnc'pal.
Mr*.....1.. .,W. Train; Mr* I-uclIle
Hale, Mrs Seth Allen. Mr*. Hugl/e
Shepnard. Mr*. luic'lle-Braddock
»n1 Mrs Tommie Tucker, teaeh-
l)atc Omitted in
Football Schedule
La«t week’s edlt'on of The Times
carried the I960 schedule of the
Clarksville High School football
team, One date tfas omitted. The
- Principal J. F H'ade announces
September 6 a* rhe opening date
for Cheatham School*
Overflow Patient
'ft it of great Importance." he
“that firat-vwar students ap-
pearini’ for enrollment have their
birt: • certificates, also certificate*
of v*er*ln*tlm oeslns* sms IT-*
deqWbcrt* and whooping cough "
Polio shots ore recommended but
aro not compulsory
Principal Wade soys he Is ca-
nceling a large number to register
for d» new school term. Regis-
trations at Cheotham Schools may
act a record.
Renovation o f buildings and
campus Improvements boa boob
•■dor w»y. „__ ' ■ i .
All beeinnhig ptgdto will have
birth cert'flcatea and should have
certiflcafes showing vaccination
agatnat smallpox
MObER ADDED TO BOARD
OP TBCI ASSOCIATION
Otto Moser of DeKalb Has been
rdded to the board of directors
at the Texas .Beef Cattle Improve-
ment Association Joe E Russell
of Annon a was named In 1999 to
a three-year term on the director-
ate of this organ*nation.
Russell and Moeer are charter
members of the Red River Valley
Beef Cattler Performance Tasting
Association. . >. —. _
error occurred in The Times of-
ilOt.
The published Hot of games to
The Hopewell commitn'iv had a
pie and box supper Thursday
niobt in their new building About
19t people were present The sup-
per bronchi 1227.34 after the boxes
were aoM. The money will go to
help pay for the building.
Mr. Mowery and Ma son from
Rano fiumtobed music for tha gva-
Hon.”
In tbte pool Storey toll maintain
close contact with all new car
and track dealers In this a-ew and
will work directly with TADA area
director. Chart** Teague of Mt
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Pinson, Joe. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1960, newspaper, August 26, 1960; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893983/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.