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IUCATORS
ID BANQUET
1LERVILLE
Iracy is going to endure,
}s must not only teach
| but it must actually be
jn everyday living and in
[administration, Dr. L. A.
late Superintendent of
jtold Wheeler County
Id trustees Monday night,
ps addressed the group of
itructors and school
iers at a banquet in the
' cafeteria, sponsored by
Ville board of trustees,
ds talked on a long-range
jbr school*, stressing the
cunmer camps and swim-
1, publicly supported,
te the state superinten-
bld always remain an
iition—-not an appointive
he State Board of Educa-
ihool head declared.
,tes a minimum salary
per year for teachers,
members or the Sham-
and board of trustees
he huge affair which was
|tly arranged. The food
pis, the decorations beau-
^___lhe program interesting.
Arthur f Wells, principal of the
School, served as toast-
v, Edward C. Derr, pas-
Pirst Baptist Church of
gave the invocation,
inued on last page)
The S HAM RO CK
TIXAN
VOL. 44
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1948
No. 51
GLYNN BELL BUYS
$5,000.00 WORTH
OF LEGION BONDS
IEN TO BE
TO PAMPA
;RS SUNDAY
Golf Club of Shamrock
pst to the Pampa Coun-
olfers Sunday, April 25.
promised to bring 35
ers and the Irishmen
call in the water boy,
children in order to
Pampa has been
however, that Sham-
match . everyone who
rip.
ches will begin at 1:30
ch will have added in-
use of the fact that the
untry Club boasts of
best amateur golfers in
of the country, and
expected to burn up the
green course of the Irish,
the top Pampa players
Jrover Austin, Jr., form-
elt champion; C. F. Mo-
urner Pampa City cham-
Heath, Frank Mitcham,
a room full of trophies
! his skill; and J. R.
has some top men who
ed to uphold local pres-
ey include: Billy Holmes,
reenbelt title holder; Cliff
long driving par buster;
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! STORE NOT FOR SALE
MASTER MASONS
OF 3 DISTRICTS
TO GATHER HERE
The DeShazo-George American
Legion Post’s building program was
given a “shot in the arm” last week
when Glynn Bell purchased five
$1,000.00 bonds which the legion-
naires are selling to help finance
their proposed $50,000.00 structure.
Mr. Bell, farmer and stockman,
is the first citizen of the commun- j
ity to demonstrate in such a power- t
ful manner his' belief in the worth- j
lness of the project and, at the i
same time, demonstrate an equal;
belief in the Legion.
The legionnaires are now looking
for eight more such men. .
The bonds will bear four per cent
interest and present plans are to
retire $5,000.00 worth of the secur- j GLYNN BELL, prominent farmer and stockman of the Twitty
ities, plus interest, each year. In: ,, , . .. „ , „ , „ .
this manner, the entire Indebted-1 con,raunUy’ ,s shown handin* Jack iV,ont*omerv' Commander of the
ness will be retired within a period: DeShazo-George Post of the American Legion, his check for $5,000.00
of 10 years. ! *n exchange for five Legion building bonds. The bonds, bearing four
The legionnaires hope that the j Per cent interest, are being sold by the legionnaires to help finance
building, upon completion, will pay their proposed $50,000.00 home south of Shamrock. Work is expected
for itself, but to forestall any pos- to be started about May 1. In the background of the above picture
sibility of these plans not material- ‘ can be seen an architect’s drawing of the structure,
izing, individual members of the
Master Masons of three dis-
tricts will gather in Shamrock
on Thursday evening, April 29,
to attend the dedication pro-
gram of the building of the
Shamrock Lodge No. 929.
The Most Worshipful Grand Mas-
ter of the Grand Lodge of Texas
A.F. & AM. Horace K. Jackson of
Gatesville, will be here to bring a
special message to the Masons of
the 95th, 98t.h and 101st Districts,
Which comprise most of the Eastern
Panhandle.
The program will begin at 6 p.m.
I with a dinner served at the Amer-
ican Legion Hut. Lodge will open
at the Masonic Hall at 8 p.m., at
j which time the local Lodge build-
I ing, free of all indebtedness, will
; be dedicated.
| All Master Masons of the Sham-
! rock Lodge and of Districts 95, 98
and 101, are urged to be present,
Worshipful Master Wade Atkinson j
1 said.
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Groundwork Laid For
City Youth Program;
R. S. Tisdal Is President
Plans for the formation of a youth program in this city
were made Monday night at a joint meeting of the Sham-
rock Rotary Club, Boosters Club, Junior Chamber of Com-
merce and representatives of the Parent-Teachers Associa-
tion and various women’s clubs.
Stuart Tisdal was named president of the program
which will be similar to Amarillo’s Kids, Inc. Marshall
Adams was elected vice president and Mrs. W. Y. Burden,
secretary. The officers will select directors.
Representatives of the clubs made definite plans for
the youth project after hearing talks on organizational and
operational problems of the Amarillo program by Cal Far-
ley, president of Boys Ranch; Ray S. Daneil, county com-
missioner and president of Kids, Inc.; J. R. Brown of the
Phillips Petroleum Company and a league president of Kids,
Inc.; Ralph Dykeman, superintendent of the Maverick Boy’s
Club and Kids Inc., coordinator; and Bob Foight, reporter
of the Globe-News.
-
post are signing notes to underwrite j Plans and specifications, as ap-
the retirement of the obligations, j proved by the Legion, call for a
As a result of such a plan, thej building costing some $50,090.00.
bonds are not only secured by the! Feeling that the Legion has "beg-
property of the Legion, but also by ^ ged" enough from the business men
tho nnrcnnnl nntoe rtf rnrtoin lod/Mi. . nnrl nthnv ClnmvnAlr
the personal notes of certain legion
naires.
and other citizens of Shamrock,
; members decided some plan should
be formed to prevent need of fur-
ther gifts. After much time and
study, the foregoing plin was de-
cided upon, and seems to be meet-
ing with the approval of a majority
of the people.
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FORMER RESIDENT Roping Artists
THIS CITY DIES
W. T. (Bill) Lewis, former resi-
dent of Shamrock for almost 25
years and a brother of three resl-
dents.of this city, died at 2:30 o'-
clock Sunday afternoon in DInuba,
Calif. Mr. Lewis, about 58 years
old, had been in ill health two years
and had been critically ill the past
two months.
Mr. Lewis was a brother of Matt
and Royce Lewis and Mrs. _C. G.
Cantrell, Sr., of Shamrock. All
three, along with a niece, Mrs. E.
Brown Dugger of Oklahoma City,
attended the last rites which were
held at Dinuba Tuesday,
was in that city.
To Perform At
Samnorwood
Samnorwood’s new rodeo arena
will be the scene 6f two exciting
events within the next few days.
The first will be a matched team
CANCER FUND IS
MORE THAN $200
SHORT OF QUOTA
Wheeler County's * contributions
to the 1948 fund drive for the
American Cancer Society totaled
calf roping between Wellington and! "lore‘lmn no°n Wednes
Samnorwood on Friday night, April1 ?ay’ Harris B’ Zei?ler’ chairman °f
30, at 8 o’clock. The major attrac- le
tion will be at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, May 2, when Jack Lowe
of Amarillo and Troy Whatley of
Groom meet for a dual.
In the April 30 event, the roping
! teams of Wellington and Samnor-
Interment j wood will rope 10 calves each. The
[ public is cordially invited to attend.
Mr. Lewis moved from Shamrocki There will be a small admission
> Furr of Amarillo, co-own-
Furr Food Stores, asked
exan to deny a rumor be- «
irculated that the Furr
J Store In Shamrock is for
| Mr. Furr said emphatlcal-
Shamrock store is not
tie at the present and as
he knows will never be
to California about four years ago
where he was engaged in irrigation
farming. Prior to that time he had
resided in Wheeler County 25 ye$rs,
coming here from East Texas.
In addition to the local brothers
and sister, survivors include two
sons, Byron Lewis, Oklahoma City,
and W. T. Lewis, Jr. Dinuba; three; stake.
daughters, Mrs. Mary Jo Wells, and j There will be a jack-pot roping
Misses Jimmy and Ava Joyce Lewis,; following the matched roping, open
all of Dinuba. I to all contestants.
charge.
The match between Lowe and
-Whatley Is attracting much atten-
tion. Both are big-time arena
artists and have many admirers who
enjoy watching them perform.
Lowe and Whatley will rope 12
calves each,with $50.00 per calf at
campaign, announced.
PUBLIC THANKED
BY CHAIRMAN OF
CLEAN-UP DRIVE
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Guy Hill, chairman of Shamrock’s I
Clean-Up. Paint-Up and Fix-Up j
Campaign, this week expressed his
appreciation to everyone who help-
ed make the drive successful.
Hill and Roy Carlton)- chairman
of the truck and pick-up commit-
tee, estimated that some 300 truck
loads of trash were hauled from the
city limits during the month the
clean-up drive was publicized. Many
residences and a few business hous-
es were repaired, remodeled or re-
DR. FRANK YVEEDON
BAPTIST REVIVAL
TO OPEN TODAY
painted
The i clared.
during the time, Hill de-
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quota for this county is $582.00 and
the drive will end April 30.
More than 900 letters have been
mailed from Harris' office to resi-
dents throughout the county. The
letters call attention to the need of
funds and point out how the money
is used for control research and
education.
All residents are urged to mail or
hand their contributions to Zeigler
whether they receive letters or not.
It is impossible to obtain the ad-
dress of everyone, the chairman
pointed out.
Mrs. Nelson Porter of Wheeler is
co-chairman of the current drive
and persons in the north part of
the county may give their contri-
butions to her if it is more conven-
ient.
Zeigler made the statement last
| week that one out of every five
| deaths in Wheeler County last year
was caused by cancer. The ratio
j over the nation is eight to one.
i Texans are contributing $268,200
j to cancer control work in their own
! state.
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MISS OLETA SNELL, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Snell of ShamrocK, will be guest speaker at the
Baptist Church at 11 o'clock, Sunday morning, April 25. Miss Snell was sent to Santiago, Chill,
43 by the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. She teaches English and
In the Seminary there; is district president of the W.M.U., and writes programs for the young
s auxiliaries. In addition to this work she supervises a small mission In - Blanqueado, near San-
She b shown above, together with a display of collections from her Mission field. Her home is
Ifemon, Texas. The public b cordially invited to hear Miss Snell speak.
MRS. ORA PIERCE
DIES MONDAY
Mrs. Ora Pierce, 73 years old,
passed away Monday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Stevens,
of this city. She had been in ill
health the past four years.
The body was shipped to Charles-
ton, Ark., by Womack Funeral
Home. Funeral services were con-
ducted there at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, and interment was in the
Kersey Cemetery, about eight miles
from the city,
Mrs. Pierce was born in Arkansas,
January 8, 1875. She came here from
her native state four years ago to
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.65 INCH RAIN
RECEIVED HERE
“I would like to publicly thank
everyone who helped plan and di-
rect the important campaign and
those who cooperated by doing
their part of the cleaning up,” the
Chamber of Commerce secretary
said. “And that includes practical-
ly everyone in our city, the Rotar-
ians, Boosters, Jaycees, schools, I *"T -
women’s clubs,” Hill added. J
The junior class of Shamrock
High School won first prize in a
contest sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Sopho-
mores and sixth graders tied for
second and third places. The seven-
th grade won fourth, eighth grade,
fifth, seniors, sixth and freshmen,
seventh.
Cash prizes ranged from $2.50 up
to $17.50.
The town was zoned into seven
districts and each grade was as-
signed a district. Three judges,
Mmes. Hubert Tindall, J. H. Caper-
ton and Flake George Inspected the
zones before and after the clean-up
before rendering their decision.
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The Amarillo men were invited to
attend the joint meeting and ex-
plain the working plans of their
youth program.
Mr. Farley, after his introduction
by Stuart Tisdal, acted as toast-
master and generalized the need
for such a program in any com-
munity. He introduced the other
speakers and, at the conclusion of
the forum, summarized the whole
evening’s subject in a question and
answer session.
Following the talks and discus-
sion, Eli Smith, chairman of the
committee that made preliminary
plans for the youth program, rose
to ills feet and declared that he be-
lieved there had been enough talk-
ing and that it was time for action.
He declared the meeting open for
nomination of officers and Tisdal,
Adams and Mrs. Burden were elect-
ed by acclamation.
During the descriptive discussions,
Ray Daniel, Potter County Oom-
| missioner, spoke first of the neces-
I sity of such a program, comparing
J the costs of trying an. errant youth
! in criminal court and then sending
j him off to reform school or prison
- : with the costs of providing a rec-
A two-week revival meeting will reation program which would have
open at the First Baptist Church
Sunday morning, continuing with
morning and evening services
through Sunday, May 9.
Rev. Edward C. Derr, pastor, will
deliver the opening messages Sun-
day. Monday morning, Dr. Frank
Weec.on of Dallas, a member of the
evangelism staff of the Baptist
General Convention of Texas, will
arrive to take over the pulpit.
Duward Price, regular choir lead-
er of the church, wili be in charge
of music during the first week of
the Spring meeting. Joe Trussell
of Houston, one of the outstanding
singers of the state, will direct the
choir during the second week.
Dr. Weedon, who has been with
the Texas evangelism department
for two years, is a graduate of
Howard Payne College, Brownwood,
the Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,
where he received his Th.M. degree.
After his graduation, he was pas-
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made the other expense unwarrant-
ed. He described the method used
by the Amarillo Kids, Inc., in fi-
nancing its program.
J. R. Brown added to the stress-
ing of the need for such a program
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IRISH BOXERS WIN
DISTRICT TROPHY
Shamrock’s share of moisture
which fell over the Texas Fan-
handle last night was .65 of an
Inch, Roe Davidson of the
Traders Compress, reports. The
rain started here about 6:89
p.m. and fell until about 9 pjn.
when skies began to clear.
The amount of precipitation
varied from light showers to
heavy rains with Berger receiv-
ing 1.39 inches.
COUNTY REPUBLICANS
WILL CONVENE MAY 4
The Republican County Conven-
tion will be held in the Commis-
sioners Court room in the court-
house in Wheeler at 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning, May 4.
Purposes of the convention, ac-
cording to H. R. Anderson of Sham-
rock, chairman of the Republican
County Executive Committee, are:
To elect delegates and alternates
to the Republican State Presiden-
tial Convention to be held at Cor-
pus Christi, May 25, 1948, and to
transact such other business as may
come before the meeting.
’NORWOOD SENIORS TO
PRESENT CLASS PLAY
Having made special arrange-
) ments with Samuel French of New
York, the Samnorwood seniors have
been granted permission to present
the famous play, “It Happened
Next. Tuesday,” at 8 o’clock Friday
night, April 30. The performance
will be given at the Samnorwood
gymnasium
“It Happened Next Tuesday” has
made history wherever it has play-
ed, because of the unusualness of
its theme. It tells the story of a
typical American family who finds
itself entangled in the vicious arms
of Fascism and dictatorship and
how they fight their way to free-
dom.
COUNTY PIONEER
IS LAID TO REST
Mrs. Della Anderson of Lela, be-
loved pioneer resident of Wheeler
County, passed away early Saturday
morning in the Shamrock General
Hospital following a lengthy ill-
ness.
Funeral services were conducted
at 3 o’clock Sunday afternon from
the Lela Baptist Church with Rev.
W. R, Lawrence of Dalhart, in
charge, assisted by Rev. Oliver D.
Riley of Lela.
Interment was in the Shamrock
Cemetery under the direction of
Womack Funeral Home.
Active pall bearers were: Tom
Blake, Vernon Hanes, Bob Terry,
Jess Pennington, Grover Lamb and
Bert Starkey. Named as honorary
bearers were: Dee McDowell, O. B.
Harvey, Charlie Brothers, Charles
Hyman, John W. Lively, A. H. i
Moore and Jim Wells. |
Flower attendants were: Mrs.
Vernon Hanes, Mrs. Bob Terry, Mrs.
Jess Pennington, Mrs. Grover Lamb,
Mrs. Bert Starkey, Mrs. Tom Blake,
Mrs. Dee McDowell and Mrs. Henry
E. Thompson, Sr.
Mrs. Anderson was bom December
23, 1877. She was married to W. N.
Anderson of Ardmore, Okla., in 1895,
and the couple moved here from
Elida, N. M„ In 1907.
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MRS. J. W. GOOCH IS
INJURED IN CAR WRECK
Mrs. J, W. Gooch is receiving
treatment in the Shamrock Gen-
eral Hospital for three fractured
ribs and a back injury received
Tuesday afternoon in a highway
collision near Lela. Dr. Gooch,
driver of the car, was uninjured,
but Ws automobile was badly dam-
aged. A California car was invol-
ved in the wreck.
Coach Kenneth Glasgow's ring
artists closed their season last Sat-
urday night by winning five cham-
pionships and the team trophy at
the close of the District 2-A Box-
ing Tournament in Clarendon.
It was a fast and furious mix-up
amoung the boxers of Shamrock,
Wellington and Clarendon through-
out the three days of the district
event, the first of its kind ever held.
The Irish tallied 14 points to 13 for
Wellington and 11 for Clarendon.
McLean made three points and
Canadian two.
Jackets were awarded the cham-
pions and a special trophy was
given Coach Glasgow, who has lead
the Irish mittmen to many Victoria
this season,, including the cham-
pionship of their own invitation
tourney.
Wellington ring coach and boxing
chairman of the district, John Lee,
directed the tournament.
Winning championships for the
Irish were Clarence Jones, Kenneth
Wood, Franklin Boyce, Eugene Col-
linsworth and Lester Ramsey.
In an exibition, Roy Don Brower
of this city won a technical knock-
out over Bill Combs of Wellington.
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STAGE PLAY CANCELED
The stage play, “Dear Ruth,”
scheduled for presentation here by
the' West Texas State College Dra-
matics Club on Tuesday night, April
27, was canceled this morning by
administrative officers of the col-
lege. The officials stated that it
would be Impossible for the troop
to fill the appointment.
SISTER OF SHAMROCK
RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Annie Davidson, sister of
Mrs. Jack Langenbach of this city,
died Saturday morning at Travel-
er’s Rest, South Carolina. Mrs,
Davidson, 59 years old, had been in
ill health the past two years and
her condition grew worse during the
past three weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday morning at 11 o’clock at
the Ebenezer Baptist Church in
Traveler’s Rest and interment was
in that city.
Surviving are two
E. W. Cox, Williamston, S. C,;
Claude F. Free, Abbiville, a C,;
two sisters and one brother, Mrs.
Langenbach, Shamrock; Mrs. W. W.
Southerline, Traveler’s Rest; and
Henry W. Coleman, Traveler’s Rest,
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1948, newspaper, April 22, 1948; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528849/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.