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Sportsmen Term
Turkey Shoot
"Big Success"
White River Sportsman Club
members termed their first
turkey shoot, held Saturday ana
Sunday afternoons at the airport
east of Crosbyton, “a big suc-
cess.”
Gross profit on the trap shoot
and the gun raffle was $1,014,
which members hoped, after ex-
penses, would mean about $550
net profit to the organization
which was organized one year
ago.
Nathan Boardman, trap shoot
chairman, reported chat about
250 persons participated in the
shoot during the two days.
Officials stated the club plans
to use the proceeds to initiate »
movement toward something
beneficial to area sportmen and
sportwomen.
Norton Barrett was winner oi
of the automatic shotgun given
Sunday afternoon.
Winners of turkeys, hams or
fruitcakes, some of whom won
as many as five on their shoot-
ing scores, included Roy Schluter
of Ralls, Kenneth Sellers oi
Ralls, Nathan Boardman, James
Simpson, Leeky Griffin, J. W.
Jackson, George Boggs, Roy A
bell of Ralls, L. D. Mason, C. J.
Payne of Floydada, Cleve Cypert
of Ralls, Choice Smith, Claude
Gregory, Charlie Moore, Burton
Lathram, Denny Davis, G. j.
Parkhill, Jr., Larry Yoweil, Noble
Hunsucker,* J. M. Fowler, Jim
Holman, Frank Ellison, Donville
Moore, Jackie Mize of Lubbock,
Max Ratheal, Freddy Edwards
and Gerald Dolanr of Ralls.
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VOLUME FIFTY-SIX CROSBYTON. CROSBY BOUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1964 ~
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
Girl Scouts
To Seek Funds
November 30
The Crosbyton area Girl Scout
fund drive will be held Monday,
Nov. 30, and workers hope to
complete the drive in one day.
Caprock Council quota for this
year is $1,030, with all funds con-
tributed above that amount to go
into the building fund for an ad-
diion to the local Girl Scout
house.
Plans for the drive were made
at the Neighborhood meeting
Friday morning In the home of
Mrs. Sam Davis. Heading the
fund drive will be Mrs. Joe
Bowles, assisted by Mrs. E. E.
Medlock and Mrs. Roy Ratheal.
It was reported at the meeting
that approximaely $50 from the
Building Fund was used for re-
pairs on the windows and doors
of the present Girl Scout house.
In other business Mrs. Ratheal
was named chairman of the food
committee for the annual Fath-
er-Daughter Banquet to be held
in the school lunchroom March
8. Other members of the commit-
tee will be named later.
It was announced that a Day
Camp Committee meeting will
be held at Ralls Wednesday, Jan.
13, 1965.
Mrs. Ben Smith, Council Rep-
resentative, announced that she
is resigning as Girl Scout Staff
worker, effective in December.
Mrs. Smith, a former Maid ol
Cotton, has worked with the
Crosbyton Neighborhood along
with other Neighborhoods for the
past several years.
Next local Neighborhood meet-
ing will be January 22.
For the fund drive each work-
er will have about five names to
contact rather than conduct the
drive as a door-to-door cam-
paign.
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AUTO FIRE
Local Volunteer Firemen an-
swered a call to an auto on fire
in front of the hospital about 7
a.m. Friday. The fire had al-
ready been extinguished by the
time firemen arrived.
PICKING A THANKSGIVING turkey was the
job facing many area homemakers this week,
with the even bigger Job of preparing the tur-
key dinner with trimmings yet to come. Shown
here mak'ng her selection from Gary Mitchell
at Pinkston Grocery is Mrs. Euclid Maie. Only
problem is that the turkey (has only two drum-
sticks. while Mr. and Mrs. Maze have three
children. Paula, Steven and Mark. Either way
it's divided, like in most households, there'll
probably be only a shell left by Friday.
National Guild
Auditions Set
Here in May
Mrs. Louis Catuogno has been
appointed chairman of Ihe Cros-
byton area Audition Center by
the National Guild of Piano
Teachers.
Mrs. Catuogno, who teaches
piano in Crosbyton, has an-
nounced that the tentative dates
of the 1965 Auditions to be held
in Crosbyton are May 14-15.
Piano teachers In this area are
asked to contact Mrs. Catuogno
at Crosbyton High School or at
SW9-4880, Lubbock, to arrange
participation in the Guild Audi-
tions.
To sustain the ie-establish-
ment of Crosbyton as an Audi-
tion Center an enrollment of 30
students must be maintained.
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Mrs. Harkins Is
Elected Trustee
of TAAS Chapter
Mrs. J. M. Harkins, deputy
City Tax Assessor-Collector, was
elected a trustee of the South
Plains Chapter of the Texas As-
sociation of Assessing Officers at
a meeting of the chapter in
Brownfield last Thursday night.
Mrs. Harkins and Mrs. Bob
Hardin attended the meeting
from here.
Other officers elected were
John Brooks of Lubbock, presi-
dent; Henry Gavin, Levelland,
vice-president; Mrs. Dot Irwin,
Morton, secretary-treasurer; Wil-
liam Hodge of Morton, Chester
Williams of Slaton and Mrs.
Harkins, trustees.
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Mr. and Mrs. Deane Wright,
Becky, Rhonda and Randy visit-
ed in Amherst Sunday with thv
Bert Grimes family. The Grimes
are former Crosbyton residents.
Chamber of Commerce Membership
Drive Slated Nov. 30 Throngh Dec. 5
The Crosbyton Chamber oi
Commerce will hold a member-
ship drive Nov. 30 through Dec.
5 with R. H. Farris, Jr. and
Robert Work serving as co-chair-
men.
A proclamation by Mayor Jack
Martin has proclaimed the week
of Nov. 30-Dec. 5 as Chamber oi
Nearly News
BY
BILL YE
STOCKTON
Children frequently get the
words mixed up on songs and
nursery rhymes. One youngster
had heard “Roses on my should-
ers, Slippers on my feet, I’m
Mother’s little darling. Don’t you
think I’m sweet."
When he said it, it became,
“Roses on my shoulders, Blisters
on my feet, Mother is a darling,
Don’t you think she’s sweet.”
'H 'it 'Ct
What mother, on purchasing
new bath towels and wash
cloths, hasn’t had this happen?
Sue Hudman recently bought a
new set and cautioned hei
daughter, Tammy, that the new
towel, face towel and wash cloth
were new and only to be used
for company.
Soon after that Charles Hud-
man’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Payne of California,
came to visit overnight with the
Hudmans.
The next morning Tammy
rushed into the kitchen where
Sue was preparing breakfast.
She said, ‘‘Mommy, Uncle Bua
was using the ne^y towel, but 1
took It away from him and ex-
plained we can’t use it. I gave
him one of our old ones, in
stead.”
If Sue’s “old” towels are like
mine, and those of many of the
rest of the world, they’re pretty
far gone. Bet this has happened
to nearly everyone of us at one
time or another. But how my
children ALWAYS manage to
pull out the most threadbare,
full of holes, tattered towel on
the place to substitute for the
Company Towel is beyond me.
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It was pointed out that on Nov.
11, Veterans1 Day, the City of
Crosbyton had only a few flags
flying. Crosbyton has been
caught short before.
It's time some organization
took responsibility for seeing to
It that flags are up when they
are supposed to be, and that
hey are brought down to half-
mast when necessary.
Flags in Ralls were lowered to
half-mast within an hour after
the death of President Kennedy,
thanks to an on-the-ball Boy
Scout organization. Ihe Ralls
Scouts have made the U. S.
Flags one of their service pro-
jects and take this responsibility
seriously.
Crosbyton needs to follow suit,
rather than continue in the hap-
hazard manner it has been us-
ing about the U.S. flag, which,
after all, is not to be taken
lightly as just another symbol.
<r ty
One reason cotton isn’t bring-
ing the price it could is that it
isn’t meeting the "import” com-
petition. Somewhere up the line,
U. S. brains aren’t coming up
with the Tdeas found overseas.
For instance, Barbara Fowler
belongs to a fabric club from
which she receives samples of
various fabrics for use in sew-
8ne of the latest samples is
COTTON LEATHER. It looks like
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Anderson Named
Tech Exes First
Vice-President
Don Anderson of Crosbyton
was named first vice-president
of the Texas Tech ex-students
association during Homecoming
activities last weekend in Lub-
bock.
Anderson completed a year of
serving as Chairman of the Cen-
tury Club last Friday night when
he emceed the annual Century
Club banquet at which Bates
Thornton was principal speaker.
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White River Board
Sets Annexation
Hearing Dec. 7
The White River Municipal
Water District Board of Direct-
ors, in a meeting Thursday
night, passed an ordeT for a
hearing Dec. 7 in Crosbyton to
annex into the Water District
terrritory which has been an-
nexed into the City Limits of
Crosbyton, Ralls and Spur since
the date of the last WRMWD
hearing about two years ago.
Board members authorized
Water District Manager A1 O’-
Brien to take bids on a new
automobile from dealers in the
four towns in the Water Dis-
trict.
It was announced that the
Recreation Committee ol the Wa-
ter District is to meet tills week.
Jim Dennard of Ralls is chair-
man of the committee.
Board members authorizeu
payment of bills and heard a re-
port that the water level of the
lake is still at about the same
level, about 18 feet, which is not
deep enough to take in water in-
to the filter beds.
O’Brien reported that con-
struction on the four residences
at the White River Dam site is
underway and is expected to be
completed in Febrt
March.
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jruary
the
by indi-
organiza-
Committee Gathers
Suggestions For
Chamber Next Year
Members of a committee on
the program of work for the com-
ing year met Monday night at
the Club Cafe to compile
suggesions submitted
viduals, clubs and
tions.
Suggestions pertained to the
Chamber of Commerce program
of work for next year. These
were compiled to be submitted
to the C of C Board of Directors
for study at their next meeing,
Dec. 1.
Those who have additional
suggestions for proposed pro-
jects or activities for the Cham-
ber of Commerce may contact
Chamber of Commerce Manager
Billy Joe Thomas or T. J. Taylor,
program of work committee
chairman.
The program of work for next
year is being studied now, ex-
plained President Jack Brashear,
in order that the budget for the
next year might be planned ac-
cordingly.
Commerce Week in Crosbyton
in connection with the drive foi
new members.
At present there are 140 mem-
bers of the Chamber of Com-
merce, about 73 ol which are
businesses and the remainder
are individuals.
Drive chairmen hope to at
least double the membership in
the voluntary organization oi
citizens who are j investing their
time and money in a commun
ity development program—work-
ing together to improve the e-
conomic, civic and cultural well-
being of the area.
Among the functions of the
Chamber are providing a med-
ium through which people can
take effective action for the pro-
gress of the community; helping
to create job opportunities
through stimulation of industrial
and commercial growth; im-
provement of community facili-
ties such as streets, highways,
parks, schools and marketing
facilities; bringing sales meet-
I Inga, convenlInna mnti other gat-
herings to the city; working to-
ward developing the agriculture
and agricultural industry of the
area.
In addition to benefits for the
retailers, service establishments,
manufacturers and wholesalers,
construction, real estate, invest-
ment and insurance firms, pro-
fessional men, fanners, ranchers,
hotel, motel and restaurant ope-
rators, the Chamber of Com-
merce provides tangible benefits
to the home and property own-
ers. The Chamber of Commerce
conducts an intensive city beau-
tification program with cleanli-
ness, street lighting and othei
projects aimed at making Cros-
byton a better place to live and
cooperates with church, cultural
and entertainment groups to
provide a more interesting and
meaningful life for residents and
visitors.
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Three Teams From
Hank Smith FFA
Enter Contest
Crosbyton’s Hank Smith Chap-
ter of Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca entered three teams in the
Lubbock District FFA Leadership
Contests held Tuesday at Idalou.
i
Members of their Senior Chap-
ter Conducting Team which
demonstrated correct methods of
parliamentary procedure were
Dwight Webster, David Criswell,
R. G. Havens, Robin Anderson,
Tom Taylor, David Caskey,
James Richardson, Melvin Bach-
man, Wright Hinson, and Ron-
nie Wheeless.
The Green Hand (Freshman)
Chapter Conducting Team mem-
bers were Clifford Trull, Ronnie
Fowler, Preston Givens, Brian
Spraberry, Dean Watson, Randy
Holman, Paul Hemphill, Ronnie
Voight, and Wendell Farley.
The third team entered bv
Crosbyton FFA was the FFA
Quiz Team com [rosed of Ronald
Bachman, Dean Watson, Ronnie
Fowler, and Ronnie Voight.
These boys were given a written
examination covering material
in their Future Farmer Manual
and over parliamentary proce
dure.
NO DAMAGE AT HOSPITAL
Volunteer Firemen answered a
call to the Crosbyton hospital a-
bout 1 a.m. Tuesday. A motor in
the dumbwaiter in the kitchen
had gotten hot, Fire Chief Rhea
Campbell reported, but there
was no blaze and no damage.
Study Feasibility
of Using Rodeo
Stands for Stadium
A study of the cost of moving
two-thirds of the rodeo stands to
the football field, replacing un-
safe lumber and raising the
seats to provide more leg and
seating space is underway by
ttie local School Board.
Supt. Sam Ilawkes stated an
engineer was expected to check
the rodeo stands this week for
structural safety. He has also
contacted three different firms
for bids on he moving of the
stands, leveling and making
them comfortable and present
able.
Information on the cost in
volved in using the rodeo stands
at the local football field is hop
ed to be available for the next
School Board meeting. School
Board members met at the Rodeo
grounds Nov. 12 to look over the
stands there.
Current school budget does not
include funds for construction or
remodeling of the tootbail sta
dium, Supt. Hawkes states. Bal-
ance of funds left from the pre-
vious year is primarily1 for use
in rJtirement of bonded indebt-
edness and cannot be used other-
wise, thus the Board s reason for
pursuing the plan of purchasing
the outstanding balance on the
1950 bond issue.
Brenda Suther and Ronald Brixev
Will Get '64 4-H Gold Star Awards
Recipients of the 1964 Crosby Countv 4-H Gold Star
wards are Brenda Suther, 14 year old daughter of Mr.
Suthe.r; ^onald Brixey, 14 year old sou,
of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Brixey of Crosbyton.
Volunteer Firemen
String Lights for
City Decorations
Crosbyton Volunteerj^JTire De-
partment met Monday night to
put together wiring and lights
purchased by the Chamber of
Commerce for local Christmas
lighting.
The Chamber of Commerce has
purchased 4,000 feet of Christ-
mas lights, with approximately
2,000 bulbs. Stringing of the
lights was to be completed Tues-
day night.
Lights are hoped to be erected
and turned on next week.
John Taylor Is
Second in State
Debate Contest
John Taylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Taylor, placed sm-
ond in the statewide Debate held
in conjunction with the state
Farm Bureau contest in Houston
this month. He was named alter-
nate for the national contest.
Taylor, a Crosbyton High grad-
uate, is a graduate of North Tex-
as State College and attended
the University of Texas School
of Law for one year.
Brints Welcomed
Home by Sign on
FFA Monument
Calvin Brints of Corsbyton,
Texas FFA President, returned
home Friday night from a visit
to chapters in South Texas and
was “pleasantly surprised” to
find that as he entered the city
he was greeted by a brand new
welcome sign saying, “HOME
OF CALVIN BRINTS, STATE FFA
PRESIDENT 1964-65”.
Members of the local FFA
Chapter decided that they' want-
ed to do something to let Calvin
and those who visit Crosbyton
know that they are proud of be-
ing the home Chapter of the Tex-
as FFA President, so the boys
built and erected a large sign to
that effect above their FFA
monument and welcome sign
which exists on the east and
west approaches to the city.
One sign was erected on the
east side of town last week and
the second is completed and is
expected to be placed early this
week.
Brints went to Floydada Mon-
day night where he was a guest
at their FFA Parent and Son
Banquet.
Tuesday he spoke at the Ro-
tary Club of Muleshoe at noon
and visited briefly at Idalou
where Lubbock FFA District
Leadership Contests were in pro-
gress. Tuesday night ho spoke to
the Crosbyton P-TA.
Sophomoie Sue Stanford Selected
October Student oi the Month
Each year this award is given
in each Texas county to the most
outstanding 4-H Club girl and
boy. This is the hignest county
award provided by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
This award is given to recog-
nize outstanding achievement
and leadership in the Crosby
County 4-H Club program.
Brenda has been in the 4-H
club five years and has done an
outstanding job. She has partici-
pated in showing calves in the
State Fair of Texas at Dallas, the
South Plains Junior Livestock
Show in Lubbock and the Cros-
by County Junior Livestock
Show. In 1963 she was the re-
cipient of the Beef Award ana
also was the Grand Champion
Beef Cattle Showman at the
1963 Crosby County Livestock
Show.
Ronald has been in 4-H Club
work five years. His achieve-
ments include the Beef Award,
1960, Achievement Award, 1961;
Field Crops Award, 1962 and
Leadership Award in 19G3. Live-
stock shows he has participated
in are the South Plains Junior
Livestock Show at Lubbock and
the Crosby County Junior Live-
stock Show.
These two outstanding 4-H
Club members, along with their
parents and Bruce Griffith, Cros-
by County Agent, will attend a
District-wide Gold Star Banquet,
Monday, December 7. The ban-
quet will be held in the First
Methodist Church of Lubbock.
Presenting the Gold Star cer-
tificates to each of the honored
boys and girls will be Disrict
Extension Agents Mrs. Aubrey
Russel and Bill Gunter.
Sponsoring the banquet
twelve Rural Electric Coopera-
tives operating on the South
Plains.
are
Temperature
Drops to 26
Degrees Here
The overdue frost hit the Cros-
byton area this week.
Low temperature Thursday
was 31 degrees and the first
frost was recorded Friday morn-
ing when the thermometer des-
cended to 30 degrees.
Lowest temperatures were 26
degrees Saturday and Sunday
mornings and the high Saturday
was only 34 ‘
Miss Sue Stanford, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Stanford,
has been named October Stu-
dent of the Month. A sophomore
mt intent mh« hmm attonci&d school
herp since she was in r#ie mtxth,
grade.
The Student of the Month, sel-
ected by the Crosbyton High
School faculty, is sponsored by
the National Honor Society.
Miss Stanford was born in San
Antonio and attended school at
Spur before moving here with
her family.
She Is a member of Future
Homemakers of America, plays
trombone in the CHS band, plays
guard on the basketball team, is
secretary of her class and is a
member of the Camera Club.
A member of the Baptist
Church, she is secretary of the
Young Women’s auxiliary, sings
in the choir and takes part In
the Youth activities.
She is a member of Senior
Scout Troop 284 and is currently
representative from her troop to
the Senior Planning Board. She
served last summer at the hospi-
tal as a Candy Striper, a Senior
Girl Scout project. She is also
secretary of the Junior Harmony
Club.
During football season she
worked with other members of
the Sophomore Class in decorat-
Children’s Choir
Will Practice For
Community Sing
The Children’s Choir, which
will sing two numbers at the an-
nual Christmas Community Sing
Dec. 20, will practice Wednes-
day, Nov. 25 from 3 until 4 p.m.,
Mrs. Jacinto Alderete has an-
nounced. The choir will practice
in the First Methodist Church
basement.
All children eight years of age
through 13 years of age are in-
vited to participate In the choir.
Practice sessions after today
(Wednesday) will be held from
4 unil 5 p.m. on Thursdays un-
til the Community Sing. This
week’s practice session was set
up one day due to Thanksgiv-
ing.
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Urge Completion
of Solvation Army
Fund Drive Here
A total of $670 has been col-
lected in the Salvation Army
Fund Drive here with about 72
percent of the drive completed.
Jess Winn, drive chairman,
urged those workers who have
not completed the drive to finish
as soon as possible. There were
52 persons participating in the
drive and 14 are still unreport
ed.
degrees.
low was' 28 and Tuesday's
Monday’s
low
was 30 degrees.
High temperature for the week
was Tuesday afternoon when 62
degrees was recorded at the City
Utilities Plant by Benard Park
er.
$30,000 School
Bond Issue at
Cone Carries
A $30,00 bond issue at Cone
for school building purposes car-
ried by a vote of 35-30, accord-
ing to canvass of the Dallots by
Crosby County Commissioners’
Court. Canvass was made at a
special meeting Nov. 23.
In other action Commissioners
voted to advertise for bids for
construction of a bridge across
McDonald Creek and to adver-
tise for bids on a car for the
Sheriff's department. Bids on the
auto will be taken Dec. 14.
SUE STANFORD
ing the halls at school as part of
the program to build school
spirit.
Sue baby-sits frequently In hei
spare time, although she ad-
mits that spare time is pretty
rare. She also learned to knit
last year and gained practice in
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Boy Scout Fund
Drive Incomplete
With $1167 In
A total of $1167 has been col-
lected in the annual Boy Scout
Fund Drive here with the drive
still incomplete, report Jack Bra-
shear and Norton Barrett, drive
co-chairmen.
Workers hope to reach the
$1400 or more goal this week.
The drive began with a break-
fast Nov. 10.
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Two Sentenced to
Penitentiary;
Two on Probation
Two persons were sentenced to
penitentiary terms, two proba-
tionary sentences made and five
cases passed over until the next
term of court Jan. 18 in Judge
Victor Lindsey’s 72nd District
Court here this week.
Dorthy Townsend was found
guilty of forgery and was sen-
tenced to three years in the pen-
itentiary. Joe Silva, Jr., fobnd
guilty of burglary, was sentenc-
ed to two years in the penitenti-
ary.
L. R. Harrison and James
Whitehead, charged with theft
over $50, a felony, were sentenc-
ed to three years, each probated.
Westerman Slayer
Apprehended in
Nevada Monday
Report on the apprehension of
Edward Thomas O’Neil, 34, ad-
mitted slayer of Roland Wester-
man of Lorenzo, was made to
Crosby County Sheriff Fletcher
Stark at 4:45 p.m. Monday by
Gunnison, Colo, officers. They
had been notified from Haw-
thorne, Nevada, where O’Neil
was apprehended.
In other action this week Ed-
gar W. Witt was released on
$1500 bond after being charged
Nov. 19 with check law viola-
tion; Lemuel Missildine was as-
sessed fine and costs of $40 af-
ter being charged Nov. 20 as
drunk; Santiago Sanchez and
Jessie Sanchez were assessed
fine and costs of $26 each in
Justice of the Peace Court No.,2,
charged with affray Nov. 22;
Carrie V. Bennefield, charged as
drunk Nov. 23, paid line and
costs of $32.30.
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Begin Construction
on New Wing for
Nichols Manor
Foundation work began this
week on the new wing for Nic-
hols Manor, according to Johnnie
Nichols, manager. Construction
is being done by Wilson and
Wilson Construction Company of
Lubbock.
The new wing will contain a
nurses’ station and 14 rooms, in-
creasing the Manor's total capa-
city from 39 to 67.
Construction is expected to
cost from $40,000 to $45,000. In
addition Nichols said furnishings
for the rooms will be arranged
for by Hudman’s.
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