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VOLUME 54, NUMBER 8
SEYMOUR, BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949
SIXTEEN PAGES
USELESS QUESTION: "Do you
want it to rain?"
zzzzzz
Of course, it is all right for us
to want, but the weather man us-
ually doesn't pay much attention
to our "druthers." Anyway, there
is considerable difference of o-
pinion just now, being divided
mostly between wheat and cotton
growers. Some do: some don’t,
zzzzzz
In this country, "Right as rain"
is still a good slogan, with limi-*
tations. Let’s have the rain, may-
be a good supply while we are
at it; and then get it over with.
Sometimes our West Texas streams
cut up too much land for the small
amount of water going down the
rivers; and we may have too much
wet weather for the amount of
rain that falls.
zzzzzz
Another thing about the weath-
er at this time of year is that we
have a bunch of football games
to be taken care of. They can
be played in the rain all right,
but it musses everything up, in-
cluding your clothes.
zzzzzz
The football situation begins to
take on serious proportions. The
Seymour Panthers pulled them-
selves together all of a sudden, and
may give trouble in the confer-
ence. They'll be hard to hold as
long as they play like they did
in the last half against Crowell,
zzzzzz
And that’s the way the fans like
it. No good sport uselessly moans
over an honest loss; but when it
looks like the home team did not
give out anything very much, that
sort of hurts. Let’s give ’em a
good battle or not fight ’em.
zzzzzz
Football over the nation has
broken out in a bad rash, with
the hearts of many fans also be-
ing broken. It looks sometimes
like there is no accounting wny
a team wins or loses. Take the
game Saturday between S. M. U.
and Rice. That was a hectic en-
counter that almost gave heart
failure to even those only listen-
ing over the radio.
zzzzzz
After 10 touchdowns during the
evening, the Owls wound up
with a score of 41 to 27 for the
Mustangs. And the result gets
the picture all muddled for next
Saturday. Here’s the way it goes,
zzzzzz
L. S. U. beat Rice, and Georgia
beat LSU. Kentucky comes along
and knocks over Georgia, 25 to 0;
and now Kentucky plays SMU
next Saturday. Hut you can’t ever
tell. Don't bet too strong on the
Wildcats from Lexington,
zzzzzz
Anything can happen in foot-
ball, but they told one the other
day that's hard to take. They
said when Vanderbilt and Missis-
sippi were playing, four touch-
downs, two on each side, were
made in one minute and forty-five
seconds. Doesn’t look like they
could have run that fast,
zzzzzz
A1 Donnell is on the retired list,
but he hasn't given up entirely.
Saw him out on his lawn the
other day mowing the grass, with
yard help all in the cotton patch.
A1 was walking with his cane in
one hand and pushing the mower
with the other.
zzzzzz
Airplanes are usually consider-
ed best suited for long flights, but
we had one here the other day
for only six miles. Joe Macha
has a new oil test on the farm
in Cache Creek community and
wanted to see how it was getting
along, so Luther Taylor took him
out there in his plane.
zzzzzz
The boys went on to Red Springs
and Vera and over Lake Kemp
before completing what was Mr.
Macha's first journey in the air.
In going over the Brazos river and
some of the rough country, Luth-
er gained a bit of altitude. Look-
ing down at the ground, Joe told
the pilot he had better pick up
a little speed or they never would
•get there.
zzzzzz
Mr. Macha is confident the oil
test will bring in a gusher. That
would be nice, of course; though
it could have complications. A
good man said here the other day
that he was well satisfied to live
in one of the smaller towns, and
he thought we may be as well off
without being big rich. Maybe a
land is worse off where wealth
increases and men decay,
zzzzzz
Mrs. O. F. Temple does not de-
ny that she is getting older, and
maybe soon it will be the wheel
chair for her. But there's one
thing she still wants, and that is
to be able to push the chair her-
self. In fact, Adrian would like
to stop just before she gets to the
place where somebody has to take
care of her.
zzzzzz
Saw the high school girls pol-
ishing the boys’ shoes, after losing
the magazine selling contest. It
might establish a bad precedent,
zzzzzz
Hal Cochran says: "You never
edn depend on the weather—ax-
cept as a topic of conversation."
zzzzzz
< COLLOQ.: "He did it all un-
beknowance to me."
Panthers Upset Wildcat Oil Test
Crowell 14-13; Meet Drawing Attention
Olitey Here Friday
By HAL FEES
With only a week of practice of
the single wing formation under
their belts, the Seymour Panthers
overcame a 13 point deficit and
defeated the Crowell Wildcats 14-
13 in Panther Stadium last Friday
night. Archie Johnson, playing in
the backfield for the Panthers,
scored one touchdown, set up an-
other on a pass play and kicked
both extra points for the margin
over the Cats. Midway in the
second quarter it still looked like
the Cats all the way. Then the
•rrific blocking, tackling and run-
ning attack of the Panthers began
to take its toll on the stability
of the guests from Crowell.
After marching 30 yards after
the opening kickoff, the Wildcats
were stopped cold on the Panther’s
38 yard line. Johnson picked up
five yards on' his first try, then
fumbeld on the 36 with Hack
Norman recovering. F. L. Ballard,
the Wildcat's quarterback tossed
a long forward pass to Rouse Todd
on the Panther’s 21 Todd sidestep-
ped a couple of would-be tacklers
and went over standing up. Billy
Lynch made the conversion.
The Panthers failed to gain suf-
ficient yardage for a first down
after the kickoff and found it nec-
essary to punt. David Lane got off
a nice punt from his own 36 to the
Wildcat's 20, but Billy Lynch
brought it back across mid-field to
the Panther’s 49 before he was
finally brought down. The Wild-
cats picked up a first down, then
eight yards more, but were penal-
ized fifteen yards for holding and
were forced to punt. Jimmy Ras-
berry's punt went out of the end
zone and was returned to the 20.
On the first play the Panther's
set up the Wildcat’s second touch-
down by fumbling behind their
own line of scrimmage on the fif-
teen. Billy Lynch carried it to the
one for the Cats. They were penal-
ized five yards for offside, then
Ballard passed to Jim Paul Nor-
man who was waiting in the end
zone. Lynch's try for point went
wide, and the Wildcat's scoring
ended abruptly.
A few minutes later the Pan-
ther's started their initial touch-
down drive from their own 36. Leo-
nard Mocek. who later in the
game probably saved the day with
a pass interrelation, picked up one.
Douglas Nix, playing in the tail-
back slot, picked up two. He then
passed to David Lane on the Cro-
well 49 for a first down. Johnson
lost one, then passed to Lane on
the Cat’s 28. Mocek was smothered
behind the line of scrimmage for
a six yard loss. He took Nix's
pass on the 25 on the next play,
and was brought down on the 17
for another first down. The visitors
called a time out to talk over ways
of stemming the tide, but to no
avail. On the first play after the
time out, Joe Neskorik went high
into the air and made an almost
unbelievaole catch of a pass from
Nix who had been almost smother-
ed before he could get it away.
Neskorik came down behind the
goal line and the score was 13-6.
Johnson’s conversion was, of course
between the uprights, and the
score at halftime stood 13-7.
During the last half it was the
Panthers all the way. They held
the Wildcats to a mere 26 yards
from scrimmage' and racked up a
neat 148 yards themselves. They
made 25 yards via the passing
route, and allowed the Cats to
complete one for four yards. They
ammassed a total of 12 first downs
and held the Wildcats to one after
the mid-game activities.
Shortly after the beginning of
the last quarter, the Wildcats found
the Panthers tearing again at their
goal posts. Then, on the Crowell
five the Panthers fumbeld. Lynch
failed to gain and Rasberry punted
out to his own 35. On the second
play after the lads in Maroon and
White took possession, Nix picked
up his blocking and went around
right end for a first down on the
visitors 23. Gorman "Bits” Whitten
picked up two over center and
Nix gained one the same way. He
then swept right end again for
six more yards. Johnson picked up
three more for a first down on
the Wildcat’s seven yard line. Nix
went off tackle for a two yard
gain up to the five. On the next
play Johnson lowered his head
and plowed over to knot the score.
He promptly untied it when his
second try of the night was suc-
cessful and the score was the Pan-
ther’s 14, the Wildcat’s 13. The
Panther’s had come from behind
for the first time this year. Short-
ly before the end of the game,
Leonard Mocek went high into the
air to nail a pass intended again
for Rouse Todd who was in the
clear. Three plays later, the game
was history and the Panthers had
their second win in District 9A
against the same number of losses.
Tomorrow night these same Pan-
thers will meet the Cubs of Olney
High School at Panther Stadium.
If they play the kind of hard hit-
ting. hard tackling, pile driving
running they played against Cro-
well, this columnist will go on
record as saying they’ll win. If,
however, they lapse back into their
seeming nonchalance of a couple
of weeks ago, the Cubs will proba-
bly come out on the long end of
.■mother top heavy score. I'm will-
ing to go on record, however, as
saying they won't suffer a relapse
(See FOOTBALL Last Page Sec. 1>
A wildcat oil test for Baylor
County that if exciting a great
deal of interest is that £eing drilled
on the B. M. Smith estate, six
miles southwest of Seymour. It is
near the J. S. Criswell wildcat
test, which was thought to be a
producer when it was completed,
but the production there did not
hold out.
The Smith estate is land that
was formerly the old J. L. Knight
place. This is near the J. J. Macha
place, and Mr. Macha holds the
mineral rights on 840 acres which
he iias leased to the Ohio Oil Co.
The contract depth is 5,600 feet.
Travis Dean and crew from No-
cona are drilling the test, with
equipment brought here from Ro-
chester, Texas. The 96-foot derrick
was put together on the ground
and then hoisted with a winch, in
u matter of minutes. The rotary
rig will go down with the hole in
a hurry, and has already made
1850 feet. The rig is equipped with
a radio broadcasting and receiv-
ing station.
I The new test is described by the
] Fort Worth Star-Telegram as fol-
I lows:
A. R. McElreath of Fort Worth
! and Kingery Brothers have staked
! No. 1 B. M. E. Smith, 660 feet from
{ north and west lines of block 97.
j T&NO survey, a 5,600-foot wildcat
j in Baylor County, six miles south-
; west of Seymour.
Drilling began Sunday night,
j This is swift progress, but the rate
i cannot continue straight through.
J From now on it will take longer
to pull the drill pipe and replace
1 it in the hole.
4,032 Bales Cotton Ginned Toward
Anticipated Record County Yield
Scotch Foursome
Golf Tournament
Under Way Here
The Scotch foursome golf tourna-
ment is going forward, but with
little of the swift pace that charac-
ters the regular annual tourna-
ment each year on April. How-
ever, all of the first matches have
been taken care of, and the com-
mittee has asked that second
matches be completed this week.
It is hoped to get all of it over
with by Nov. 1.
Results in the first round match-
es are as follows:
O. K. Hoyle and Wade Mahan
won over Byron Shupee and Carl
Quisenberry, 3-2.
Jim Morris and Lee Morris beat
L. D. Jones and Cedric Farmer, 1
up.
W. A. Melear and Billy Golden
won from T. E. Craddock and W. R.
Whitley, 2-1.
L. P, Nolen and Roy Quisenber-
ry. Jr. defeated B. E. Tucker and
Jimmy Lester, 1 up.
Charles Richmond and Virgil
Hall took out O. C. Harrison and
James Butler, 3-2.
T. J. Hooser Jr. and Jess Hark-
ness outlasted Jack Jones and Jet
Burnett, 3-2.
D. D. Moorhouse and Roy Quis-
enberry beat Curtis Thurman and
John Young, 2-1.
Lindley Carter and John Hodges
forfeited to Travis Martin and
James Dickson.
Several second round matches
have been played, but these will
be given altogether in a later ac-
count.
The pairs who were beaten in their
first matches are entitled to play
In the consolations, and they could
go on to win in that series.
As explained last week, in Scotch
foursome matches the partners
take turns hitting the ball, and
only two balls are played in the
foursome.
The second named partners in
the above matches have played
very little golf, and it has been
interesting to see how they would
do. The tournament is arousing
a good deal of interest in the game
among those who have not been
going out very often.
28 Families Attend
FHA Day at State
Fair in Dallas
There were 28 families from the
Baylor-Knox-Throckmorton Unit
of the Farm Home Administration
who attended FHA Day at the
Dallas P’air. There were 358 fam-
ilies who came from all over Texas’,
i making a big happy family.
Among the above families, 303
have paid back their 40-year loans,
from 30 to 37 years ahead of time.
Achievement awards were given to
! those who have repaid their loans
; in full during the past year, in
I the local unit, the following re-
ceived the Awards: Wayland Evans
of Elbert, Henry Follow will of
Route 1, Munday; Charle L. Mc-
Afee of Route 1, Munday; and
Murval Jackson of Vera.
Carrying the statistics a bit far-
i ther, there have been 79 farms
bought through the FHA in the
Baylor-Kriox-Throckmortiin Unit,
and 39 of these have been paid for
j in full. Of this number there have
been 31 such farms bought in Bay-
lor county, and 19 of these have
been entirely paid for. The super-
visor for this unit is Wilburn A.
Satterwhite of Seymour. All of
the above farms have been pur-
chased since 1938.
During FHA Day at the State
Fair the home owners were ad-
dressed in the Fair Park Auditori-
um as former tenants who have be-
come debt-free farm owners and
solid citizens. They came well
dressed and prosperous looking.
A photographer from Life Maga-
zine had some of the farm owners
to pose as burning their mortgages
in an incinerator nearuy. but only
blank paper was burned
The FHA families were address-
ed by Justice Marvin Jones, co-
author of the act setting up the
FHA. Others speaking were Mur-
ray Cox and Layne P.eaty.
the Texas
treated to
Rohort and/ut,° daredevil stunts. Funnymen Happy and Slappy
“?J*erJ" are displaying tno stunt antics of their dogs for the children,
for*thehk/dsPartner’ Whitey Harris< in Policeman’s garb, cracks a joke
Seymour May Have Last ‘Doodlebug’
Federal Housing Run Set for Oct. 29
Project In Future
A federal housing project for
Seymour is to be applied for, as
soon as the proper surveys can be
made. The project will likely asK
for a loan of $50,00.
The City of Seymour is spon-
soring the undertaking, and the J show it was losing money on the
city has appointed a local commit- j service.
tee in charge. Serving on this com- j Loss of the train will be felt
mittee are the following: L. K. . in this vicinity by the reshufflings
Gins Running
Day and Night
The 1949 Baylor county cotton
crop bids fair to excell anything
i seen here since 1926. Ginners are
confident the county will average
two-thirds of a bale to the acre,
and probably better. Several fields
around Red Springs will finally
get a bale to the acre, with a rea-
sonable break in the weather. The
stalks out there are turning to cot-
ton.
So far the harvesting season has
been practically ideal. This has
contributed materially to getting
the crop out, and has also been a
great help in holding up the sam-
ple. Most of it so far has been
middling, with some strict middling
spotted.
The grades gatten out here so
far have been selling at 28 and 29
cents. Seed is bringing $40 per ton.
The two gins at Seymour have
turned out 2282 bales and Red
Springs has about 1750; or 4032 for
the county. More recently the gins
have been running a good part of
the night. At Red Springs day and
night crews have been maintained,
and the wheels started rolling
about 4:00 o’clock Sunday after-
noon. Only a few bales were left
on the yard next morning, and the
gin entirely caught up Tuesday,
by reason of a little shower in
that community.
According to latest information
passenger train service through
Seymour will cease Saturday,
October 29. Last week the Wichita
Valley Railway Co. was granted
permission by the Railroad Com-
mission to take the passenger
train off, following a hearing in
Seymour Sept. 13, at which time
the company produced facts to
MARTEL ERWIN ATTENDS
CREDIT BUREAU SCHOOL
Martel K. Erwin, secretary and
manager of the Retail Merchants
Association, returned this week
from Austin where she attended a
two-day School of Instruction, i
sponsored by the Associated Credit
Bureaus of Texas, Inc.
Mrs. Erwin said the purpose of
the school was to inform Bureau
members of the latest trends,
methods and ideas in the credit1
field and to exchange informa- [
tion on how various credit prob-
lems can be met.
Credit bureau officials from all
parts of the state attended the
meeting, and authorities on all j
the various phases of credit and
credit problems were on hand to |
give instructions, Mrs. Erwin said.
Among the topics discussed at the
school were "Responsibility of a j
Credit Department to a Credit;
Bureau;" "How to Increase Col-
lection Revenue;" and “Inter-
Bureau Reports."
Bureau managers in small towns,
as well as large cities, had an op- j
portunity to gain information that 1
fitted their particular community,
Mrs. Erwin said.
Many prominent speakers from
various credit bureaus and firms
appeared on the program.
William Arledge spent the week j
end In Stamford visiting relatives.
King and Queen
Contest Highlights
Halloween Carnival
One of the most colorful events
of the coming Band Booster's Hal-
loween Carnival will be the coro-
nation of the chosen king and
queen. This is the first time candi-
dates from the grade school have
been listed. Their first contact with
democratic elections is quite a
thrill for the youngsters, and class
rivalry runs high.
Votes will be counted at the
rate of 10 for a penny. Voting
boxes will close at grade school
Monday afternoon. October 24. The j
high school boxes will close after !
school Monday, October 31.
Parents and friends are urged,
to support their favorite candidates I
to the utmost. Watch next week's i
Banner for complete details about ■
the Carnival.
Candidates for the king and
queen title by grades are:
First grade: for king, Don Badg- j
well, Gene Culver, Nathan Dykes, j
For queen: Linda Chappell, Gloria ;
Martin, Linda W>ire.
Second grade: for king, Mack j
Kessler, Don Black, Larry Machen. '
Robert Malone. For queen, Mary
Balch. Beverly Kay Couch, Jackie
Dianne Tipps, Patsy Tankersley.
Third grade: for king, Charles
Partridge, Dean Loving, Jimmy
Shawver. For queen, Linda Hines,
Glenda Carroll Morris, Alyce Ann
Martin.
Fourth grade: for king, Tom Ed
Reed, Danny Ryan. Charles Arm-
trong. Fcfr queen, Joy Keller, Wan-
da Baldwin, Jocelyn Reed.
Fifth grade: for king, William
Henry Arledge. Larry Ware, Byron
Economidy. For queen, Judy Mika,
Judy Church. Margo Beall.
Sixth grade: for king, Teddy
Mack Emsoff, Tommy Joe Rhame.
For queen, Betty Roe, Wanda
Thornhill.
Seventh grade: for king, Gene
Morris. For queen, Lois Lee Hig-
gins.
Eighth grade: for king, Bart Bur-
nett. For queen, Glenna Reeves.
Freshman: for king, Gerald Karr.
For queen, Sammie Anne Port-
wood.
Sophomore: for king, Bernard
Psencik. For queen, Eva Mazac.
Junior: for king, Don Whitfield.
For queen, Billie Pierce.
Senior: for king. Wayne Sorrell.
For queen, Anita Jones.
—Reporter.
Gwinn, Chairman, who will serve
for two years; A. F. Wirz, for two
years: A. J. Fojtik, Dr. B. F. Grill
and Harley Covington, one yCar
each. Whenever these terms expire
the city will make new appoint-
ments to the committee.
The housing units, to be design-
ed for families of moderate income,
win be mostly residences of one
and two bedrooms and will be ex-
pected to rent for about $30 per
month. These rents are expected
to provide for maintenance and
pay out the buildings in 29 years.
They will be built in a group,
largely for the purpose of enabling
utilities to reach them as cheaply
as possible. It will be necessary to
keep the cost per room within
$1700. The buildings will be of fire-
proof construction, and will be
such as will requrie a minimum
for maintenance. Some will have
duplex apartments.
Whenever the project has been
outlined b\ the committee, govern-
ment inspectors will look over the
proposed .plans—and approve or
disapprove them. If approved, the
government will provide the
money, and the work will begin.
The residences will be rented to
those, for the most part, who will
be able to rent a nice little home
without it costing them more than
20 per cent of their salaries.
R. J. Lane Dies in
Air Crash Sunday
of mail schedules. A temporary ar-
rangement is being made to haul
the mail in by contract highway
carriers, or star route classifica-
tion. According to Postmaster Otis
Avary nothing definite has been
worked out, other than mail will
be brought in daily. Mail service
to Seymour will probably not be
as good for a-while as it was when
it came by rail, but prospects arc
good for a highway postal system
that will surpass the "Doodlebug”
service.
Bob Anderson
Club Formed to
Aid Candidacy
Two Junior Teams
Playing Full
Football Schedule
Much has been written about
the Panther football squad activ-
ities this year, but little has been
said about the Junior High and
Kittens (7th and 8th grades) teams.
They have a full schedule this year
and some of the best games play-
ed here this season have been by
these teams.
Coaches T. B. Little and Mar-
shall Gearhart have been handling
the Junior high team and Coach
Oren Beall has been in charge of
the Kittens.
These two teams were organized
to round out a full athletic pro-
gram. Boys hoping to eventually
make the varsity squad are getting
valuable training in the funda-
mentals of the game. When they
come out for the first team the
coaches will not have to spend
too much time in developing
players, but in developing plays.
Last Thursday night the Kittens
played Crowell and lost by one
I touchdown in the last minute of
the game. The junior high boys
lost a close one to Vernon junior
A group of Baylor county citi- ^*Sh school,
zens met Monday afternoon in the I ^ext Tuesday night there will be
Chamber of Commerce office for a double-header on the local field
the purpose of organizing an R B. j Tho Kittens will meet Megargel
(Bob) Anderson Club, to assist in
his campaign $or election as a
member of the recently created
State Board of Education, repre-
senting the 13th congressional dis-
trict.
The meeting was called by a
group of friends of Anderson who
would like to see him elected to
for the second time this year, and
the junior high will play Electra
junior high. The Kittens will play
first, beginning at 6:15, followed
by the juniors after a brief warm-
up period. Attendance is gradually
picking up at these games, and
many have said the game with
Vernon last week was a thriller.
this office. Facilities of the Cham- i f small admission charge is made
| ber of Commerce office were of- j 0 0 set exPenses-
fered for the meeting.
Supt. J. W. Hamilton acted as
temporary chairman and the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
HOSPITAL NEWS
Judge I. O. Newton, president;
W. A. Melear, vice president; O.
McDaniel, secretary.
A motion was made and car-
ried to empower the president to
Present Patients: Jimmy Haynes,
Mrs. Louise Hons, Mrs. E. L. Hud-
son. Electra; Mrs. John Chandler.
Miss Myrtle Thorn, Mrs. E Noah,
Simon Perez, Mrs. Jim Parker,
L. A. Witt, Mrs. J F. Jones, Mrs.
Four members of the Air Force
at Sheppard Field and a civilian
draftsman, R. J. Lane of Seymour,
were instantly killed Sunday af-
ternoon when their B-26 bomber j appoiht all necessary committees, [ Helen Briggs. Glenda Morris,
got caught in a fog on the Pacific ancj the following were appointed: Patients Dismissed: Doris Mur-
Coas*- i Publicity comfittep: J. W. Hamil- I ray, Mrs. George Knight, Willard
The body of Mr. Lane is being I ton, chairman: Mrs. Loal Parker, I Adams, Mrs. Waiter Fancher, Mrs.
brought back here for burial, and ' George S. Plants and W. A. Melear. j Lester Boyles. Mrs Lee Lucas,
funeral services will be held at ’ Telephone committee: Mrs. Tra-
some time about the latter part of vis Martin, chairman, with author-
the week. Lane was employed at i ity to appoint as many helpers as
Sheppard Field as an architect-1 she needs.
ural engineer. He spent his week A public meeting will be held
here next week, the date of which
has not been announced, and An-
derson will be present to make a
talk on behalf of his candidacy.
ends in Seymour, where his wife
lived with her son, David, who
is a member of the Seymour High
School football team.
Mr. Lane was home on Friday I This will give those who do not
night for the football game. He know Anderson a chance to get
Mrs. Helen Briggs is still a pa- I
tient in the Baylor County Hos- ,
pital. and is still in a very critical
condition. A daughter, Mrs. C. W •
Cunningham of Wichita Falls, was
here last week. Together with a
son, Houston Briggs of Dallas. Mrs. j
Briggs has had more than her
share of ill health for a number I
of years past. The worst thing now 1
is blood clots that have formed 1
on one arm. which have threaten-
ed the arm with amputation. It is
really a very serious condition.
left early Sunday morning, with
a good deal of anticipation for his
trip to California. Although hav-
ing had about 3,000 hours in the
air. Mr. Lane had never been to
the West Coast.
The tragedy occurred near On-
tario, Calif., about 40 miles from
Long Beach, at 5 06 o’clock Sun-
day afternoon. The plane crashed
in the hilly country, after running
into the fog. The bomber crashed
acquainted with him, McDaniel
stated.
The State Board of Education
was formed as a part of the Gil-
mer-Aikin Bill that was enacted
into law at the last session of the
legislature, and the election Nov.
8 will be the first to fill this
Board.
Mrs. J. E. McKinney Jr., Gil Rebol-
low. Mrs. L. A. Barber. Mrs. O. T.
Richeson, Mrs. Sanford Howell,
Mrs. Benita Gonzales. Mrs. R, L.
Tubbs, Mrs. Lola Perez. Ronnie
Patton, Roy Loftis, Mrs. Sylvin
Kinnibrough, Mrs. Earl Howe.
Births: Elinda ValdZ, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Benito Gonzales:
Cathy Louise, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R L. Tubbs; James Kenneth,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford How-
ell; Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sylvin Kinnibrough; Mary
Kathlene. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Howe.
Seymour is proud to have an-
other good family locate here in
the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Mau-
rice D. Overton and their two
this j children, a daughter of two years
Most of the physicians in
miu me m* part of the state were in Wichita j and a son of two months. The fam-
into a 42,000-volt power line and ' Falls Wednesday to attend a one- ily is living in the south part of
fell 300 feet into a ravine. Gaso-
line was .‘grayed all over the area,
but it did not catch fire. Refuel-
ing had been done at Williams.
Ariz. One of the airmen lost was
a major.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Janeway and
children are now making their
home in Dublin, where Oren is
working for the Vandervoort
Creamery.
day clinic. The Seymour doctors j town. Mr. Overton is with his
attended 100 per cent, making it brother, V. V Overton, in the lat-
necessary for folks to stay well on ter's jewelry store Maurice, who
that day. A variety of unusual tal- has lived in and around Roby prac-
ent was on the Wichita Falls pro- tlcally all of his life, has been in
gram, but the big item was the ap- the jewelry business some, and is
pearanc» of Dr. Graham, the per-
sonal physician of President Tru-
man His talk was listened to in-
now completing his work to be-
come and expert watchmaker. It is
the hope of the new citizens to
tently, and it’brought out valuable j become permanent residents of
pointers in the maintenance of I Seymour, and that is also the hope
health. 1 °f the other residents of Seymour.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1949, newspaper, October 20, 1949; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505649/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.