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Dona Ramsey, Kenny Abraham
Get Best All-Around Honors
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Senior Dona Ramsey, and
eighth-grader Kenny Abraham
were named as Outstanding
Ail-Around Students of their
respective graduating classes
Tuesday and Wednesday
nights.
Dona, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Ramsey of Gem and a
member of the graduating class,
was presented the Liske Cup,
annual award to the outstand-
ing high school student, at Com-
mencement Exercises last night.
The award last year went to
Donna Abraham.
Kenny Abraham, son oí Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Abraham, was
presented Tuesday night at Jun-
ior High graduation exercises
with the Abraham Cup, awarded
to the best all-around Junior
High student of the year.
Johnny Grist was the 1954
winner.
Last night's presentat(pn was
the 26th annual awarding of the
Liske Cup, presented to the
schools by the late Albert Liske
in 1929. Dona had already been
selected for the annual D. A. R.
Citizenship award. She has been
editor this year of the high
school annual, is a member of
the FHA, and was fourth rank-
ing student scholastically of the
graduating class.
Kenny Abraham became the
fifth winner of the Abraham
Cup, presented to the schools by
Malouf Abraham to be awarded
each year to the outstanding
Junior High student.
An outstanding student, he
(Continued on Page 4)
Elementary School Honor Students
Are Presented Monday Afternoon
Sixteen top-ranking element-
ary school students were hon-
ored Monday afternoon at an
Elementary School Honor As-
sembly at the high school aud-
itorium.
The top-ranking boy and girl
from each elementary school
class, from the third through the
sixth grade, was singled out for
honors.
In the sixth grade, from C. H.
Hext's class, the honor students
were Judy Brock and Jimmy
Cline; and from Mrs. A. H. Brea-
zeale's class John Rogers and
Mary Evelyn Jones.
In the fifth grade, from Mrs.
J. W. Sutton's class were Rush
Snyder and Darla Prater; and
from Mrs. McDaniel's class, Rus-
ty Wilson and Sue Huyck.
In the fourth grade, from Mrs.
Grist's class were Philip Rogers
and Lela Kay Ballard; and from
Mrs. Furman Williams' class,
Eric Madsen and Zoe Ann Cook.
In the third grade, from Mrs.
Carr's class were Eddie Snyder
and Jimmie Ullom; and from
Mrs. Pyeatt's class, Earl Rhea
and Kay Abraham.
The Canadian record
«VOLUME 66 — NUMBER 21
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1955
Memorial Day Services Planned
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must!
CALENDAR FOR THE WEElf
THURSDAY, May 26—Trash Pick-
up begins.
FRIDAY, May 27 — Lions Club
regular meeting.
Trash Pick-up continues.
SATURDAY, May 28 — Baptist
VBS Preparation Day.
MONDAY, May 30 — Memorial
Day Services. 11 a. m.
TUESDAY, May 31—Rotary Club
regular meeting.
SATURDAY, June 4—Youth Pro-
gram Registration, City Hall,
10 a. m.-12 noon.
Free Auction Sale, 2 p. m.
♦ * *
Tornado season is here. Ca-
nadian has five police radio
units in this community, and
is cooperating with the Pan-
handle-wide tornado warning
and look-out service. In event
of an imminent tornado here,
fire sirens will be sounded in
a continuous blast, and police
cars will cruise the town with
sirens open.
♦ * *
The First National Bank of
Canadian has purchased a new
canoe for use of Boy Scouts at
Camp Ki-O-Wah this summer.
George Newberry reports that
more than 800 boys have signed
up for this summer's camp.
♦ * #
New Arrivals - in - Town: A
son. Shelby Tience, bom Mon-
day. May 23. to Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Adcock; a son. William
Patrick, born Tuesday. May 24.
to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bill
Walker; and a daughter, born
May 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Thom-
as Goodwin ... all at Hemp-
hill County Memorial Hospital.
« •
In the hospital today: Mrs.
Willis Throckmorton, Mrs. W. O.
Barton, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Da-
vis, Mrs. W. E. Walser, Mrs. Leo
Bessire, Mrs. Charles Wright,
Mrs. Glen Bill Walker and baby
boy, Mrs. Pete Morris, Mrs. Jim-
my Adcock and baby boy, Earl
Blackmore and Mrs. J. B. Har-
alson. Discharged during the
week: Will Sappington, Mrs.
Thomas Goodwin and baby girl,
Steve Paskas (May 24); Mrs. Eva
(Continued on Page 4)
I. P. Adcock Rites
Held at Pampa
This Afternoon
John Perry Adcock, 57, former
Canadian resident, died at his
home in Bowie early Tuesday
morning. _
Funeral services were held
this afternoon (Thursday) at 2
o'clock at Pampa.
Mr. Adcock, a Hemphill coun-
ty resident from 1903 to 1941,
had moved recently from Arkan-
sas to Bowie.
He is survived by his widow;
a daughter, Mrs. S. V. Carruth of
Bowie; seven brothers, Ross,
Thurmond, Clay, Herschel and
Asa Adcock, all of Hemphill
county; Bill Adcock of Pampa,
and Claude Adcock of Little
Rock, Arkansas; and three sis-
ters, Mrs. Lucille Walser of
Hemphill county, Mrs. Florence
Curnutt of Wichita Falls, and
Mrs. Fannie Jeffus of Gentry,
Arkansas.
EVERYBODY BUT BANKERS TO TAKE HOLIDAY:
New Banking Law Stymies Plan
To Observe Memorial Holiday
New Bank Holiday laws put
into force this year by the
Texas Legislature have put lo-
cal banks in an embarrassing
position.
Both Canadian banks Will
remain open for business Mon-
day . . . which is Memorial
Day . . . although most other
local business firms will be
closed. They have to.
The new bank holiday law
sets Friday, June 3, as a legal
holiday.
The law also requires that
banks may observe only one
holiday in any calendar week.
The net result is that both
the First National and First
State banks will be closed on
Friday of next week, June 3,
in observance of Jefferson Da-
vis' Birthday (which is also
the date set for the annual
Panhandle Bankers Conven-
tion) but will have to remain
open for business on Memorial
Day Monday.
It's embarrassing . . . but
it's the law!
Register Youth
Program June 4
nsa
Registration for this sum-
mer's Youth Recreation Pro-
gram has been set for Satur-
day, 'june 4, Coach Johnny
Cardinal, co-director with Gra-
* * *
Curtain Club to
Present Play for
Youth Program
"Blithe Spirit," a three-act
comedy by Noel Coward, will be
staged by the Canadian Curtain
Club at the Canadian High
School Auditorium on Thursday
night, June 9, as a benefit for
the Canadian Summer Youth
Recreation Program.
Tickets went on sale this week,
and may be obtained from mem.
bers of the sponsoring Rotary
Club. Reserved seat tickets are
on sale at the Chamber of Com-
merce office.
Admission prices have been
reduced to 25 cents for students
(high school age and under) and
50 cents for adults. Reserved seat
tickets (good also for general
admission) are 75 cents for all
ages.
"Blithe Spirit" was one of the
brightest comedies on Broadway
a few seasons back, and is rated
as one of the best comedies of
the modern theatre. It enjoyed
record-breaking runs in both
New York and London.
The play revolves around the
problems of a novelist-husband
(Dick Madsen) and his second
wife (Tess Wilkinson) brought
on by the materialization of his
deceased first wife (Virginia
Carver) in the course of a se-
ance managed by a visiting spir-
itualist (Lovilla Kessie).
Erbin Crowell and Pearl
Teague (in the roles of a cynical
doctor and his loquacious wife)
and Aladelle Williams as a Cock-
ney maid complete the cast. Ben
Ezzell is the director.
The play is the fourth staged
during the past year by the Cur-
tain Club, local amateur theatri-
cal group. Last year's first pro-
duction, "Arsenic and Old Lace,"
was also staged for Youth Pro-
gram benefit. It was followed by
a late-summer melodrama, "Si-
las, the Chore Boy," and last
fall's production of "Good House-
keeping."
dy Burnett of the summer pro-
gram. announced this week.
The program will officially get
underway on Monday, June 6.
In general, the program will
follow the same lines as last
year. Activities to be included
will depend on the interest indi-
cated in various features at the
registration.
Free swimming classes, soft-
ball leagues, tennis, volleyball,
and other games and activities
are included in the plans.
Rotary Park Softball field will
be turned over to the Recreation
Program this summer, and a reg-
ular schedule of Softball games
is planned four nights a week,
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays.
There will be a girls' league
for girls of high school and col-
lege ages, a high school boys
league for high school and col-
lege age groups, and a PeeWee
boys league.
Assisting with the organiza-
tion of girls teams are Aladelle
Williams, Ann Bennett, Shirley
Carr and Mary Ellen Price; and
helping to organize the boys
leagues are Charles Cole, Tom-
my Hobdy, Larry Jones and Ed-
die Massey. Youngsters interest-
ed in playing on one of the
league teams may contact any of
these, or get in touch wtih Card-
inal or Burnett.
Boys who are on the roster of
one of the Church League teams
for games at Urschef Field may
also plav in the Recreation Pro-
gram League if they wish, Coach
Cardinal said.
The Recreation Program will
begin its fourth consecutive year
this summer. Under the general
direction of the Canadian Rotary
Club, the program is a commun-
ity project. Funds are now being
solicited to meet the projected
$2,000 budget for this summer's
program. Donations may be giv-
en to Chamber of Commerce Sec-
retary John Wilkinson, who is
acting as treasurer for the Youth
Program.
Mrs. Aub Simms of California
is visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Crowell and other
relatives. She attended com-
mencement exercises for West
Texas State College graduates in
Canyon Sunday afternoon, and
her son, Billy Fontl, received his
degree.
Cemetery Service
Monday at Eleven
Traditional Memorial Day services will be conducted at the
Canadian cemetery Monday morning at eleven o'clock by Cana-
dian war veterans.
Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
will combine forces Monday morning for the annual Memorial Day
rites, paying tribute to this community's war dead and deceased
veterans.'
Clarence Tilley, minister of the
Church of Christ, will deliver the
Memorial Day message at the
cemetery at 11 o'clock.
Veterans in uniform will form
a color guard and firing squad
for the traditional rites.
All local veterans who want
to take part in th-- service are
asked to meet at the American
Legion Hall not later than 9:30
a. m. Monday, wearing either
summer uniforms or plain kha-
kis.
The uniformed veterans will
march behind the colors from the
Legion Hall to the cemetery, fol-
lowing a route up Main street, , . . . , , - . • f
and leaving the Legion Hall at!™"* S"ard t0.take fa'} mJT^f
10*30 a m graveside services at the Wash-
George Earl Tubb will com-'lta cemeter>'-
mand the Memorial company. ¡ On the program at the Com-
VFW Commander Buster Walk- munity Center, beginning at 11
er and American Legion Com- ¡ a- m., Patricia Wyatt will play
mander Earl Kelly joined in an i the prelude, and Erbin Crowell
appeal this week to all local ¡will deliver the invocation. Mrs.
veterans to come out Monday Marion Robertson will make a
morning to take part in the brief address of welcome,
march.
Memorial Service
At Washita Is
Planned Monday
Memorial Day services are
scheduled Monday morning at
11 o'clock at the Washita Com-
munity Center at Washita.
Billy Harris of Canadian will
deliver the Memorial Day mes-
sage, and members of Canadian
Boy Scout Troop 71 will form a
"Uniforms are not necessary,"
they explained. "Veterans may
wear uniforms if they have
them, or plain khakis. American
Legion, VFW or army "overseas"
caps should be worn. A few ex-
tra caps and khaki ties will be
available for use of those who
do not have them."
At the cemetery, Ray Risley
will place a wreath at the flag-
pole in honor of all veterans,
and the roll call of the deceased
will be followed by a salute
from the firing party and the
sounding of "taps."
Donna Durant Is
Bitten by Rattler
Donna Durant, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Durant, was bitten
by a ratlesnake while on a Sun-
day School picnic last Friday at
Lake Marvin.
She was rushed to Canadian
for medical attention by Mrs.
Creed Petree, and is reported to
be doing nicely.
1 A hymn will be led by Gracie
Harris and Cora Batts, with Mrs.
Robertson at the piano; and Mrs.
Erbin Crowell and Betty Porter-
field will sing a duet.
Claude H. Hamilton will intro-
duce the platform guests.
Following the Memorial Day
message by Billy Harris, Rev.
Burr Morris, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, will lead a
prayer, and Juanita Orr will sing
a solo, "I Walked Today Where
Jesus WalKed," with Mrs. Hardy
Childress as accompanist.
Graveside rites immediately
following the services at the
Community Center will be under
direction of Scoutmaster J. C.
Bernson.
In the Boy Scout Color Guard
will be John Rogers. Sparky Eck-
les. Bob Risley, Frankie Muir,
Bill King, David Rowntree. Bill
Risley, Tommy Waters, Jim Bruce
Cook, and Tommy Bartlett.
Rushie Snyder will be the
bugler.
The dismissal prayer will be
led by Virgil Brock.
Trade in Canadian
SHELLACKED IS THE BAD WORD FOR JOHNNY
Panhandle Spelling Champ Home
From National Spelling Bee
Johnny Glenn, Panhandle
Spelling Champion, was home
Wednesday, tired but happy af-
ter a two-weeks trip to Washing-
ton, D. C., where he competed last
Thursday in the National Spell-
ing Bee.
Johnny dropped out of the Na-
tional Bee in an early round,
victim of the word "shellacked"
whi.'h he spelled with two "c's."
But the sixty-two regional
champions, winners and losers,
were dined and feted in the Na-
tional Capital for days, and all
of them received $40 cash prizes
in addition to the expense-paid
trip for themselves and their
parents.
First prize in the National Bee,
$600 cash, a loving cup and trip
to New York City, went to 13-
year old Sandra Sloss of Granite
City, Missouri, who won the
match after an 8-hour spelling
marathon.
Johnny, who won the Panhan-
dle Spelling Bee sponsored by
the Amarillo Daily News, was
accompanied to Washington by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Glenn, and his aunt, Miss
Maude Glenn of Amarillo.
School Awards
Are Announced
Scores of Canadian Junior High and High School students, and
students of the elementary grades, were singled out for honors at
separate assemblies Monday afternoon at the High School Audi
torium.
The annual Honor Assemblies marked the final school activities
for most students.
Top honors at the high school
assembly went to the honor stu-
dents of the high school gradu-
ating class, Valedictorian Larry
Pinson and Salutatorian Barbara
Norvill.
Larry Pinson, in addition to
the valedictory honors, received
the Bausch & Lamb Science
Award, a medal and national
recognition given annually to
the top-ranking science student
in the Senior class.
Barbara Norvill, Salutatorian,
was awarded a $25 cash prize
as the school's outstanding Com-
mercial Student, an annual
award made this year by Mc-
Mordie Motor and Implement
Company.
Each received $25 cash
awards from the First National
Bank in recognition of out-
standing scholarship.
Another member of the gradu-
ating class, Ruth Ann McDaniel,
received the top award in music
. . . the Arion Award, made an-
nually to the outstanding stu-
dent in the music department of
the schools.
Other top school awards went
to:
Phyllis Yarnold. a senior, for
poetry writing.
Nona Dale Snyder, a junior,
who received both the Mathe-
matics Award and the national
H. Palmer Davis medal for So-
cial Studies.
Dona Ramsey, who was
awarded the D.A.R. Citizenship
citation.
Zella Flowers, who was giv-
en the annual Homemaking
Award.
Ruth Bentley, Johnny Hill,
and Laura Lee Rhea, who were
the only non-graduates to re-
ceive 4-year Band letters.
Recognition was also made of
the top-ranking students in each
High School and Junior High
class.
The top-ranking students were
Carolyn Sutton and Jack Porter
in the 7th grade; Andrea Jack-
son. Billy Dale Nix and Kenny
Abraham in the 8th grade; Car-
olyn Pinson and Johnny Grist in
Ihe Freshman class; Nancy Riv-
ers and Malouf Abraham jr. in
the Sophomore class; Nona Dale
Snyder and John Rowntree jr.
(Continued on Page 4)
Last Rites for
C. D. Massey
Held Sunday
Last rites for Claude DeWitt
Massey, 68, a resident of Cana-
dian for twenty-five years, were
conducted Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock at the First Baptist
Church here. Rev. Hardy Chil-
dress, pastor, was in charge of
the rites, and interment was in
the Canadian cemetery.
Mr. Massey died at his home
here last Thursday afternoon af-
ter a long illness.
He was born at Selma. Ala-
bama, on March 28, 1887; and
was married on December 4.
1910, at Legate, Oklahoma, to
Alice Clanahan, who survives
him.
The Masseys moved to Cana-
dian from Rocky, Oklahoma, in
1930.
Mr. Massey owned and oper-
ated the Canadian lee Company
and a water well drilling firm,
both businesses having been
managed by his sons in recent
years.
He was a member of the Bap-
tist Church.
Surviving him are his widow;
three sons, Herman and Revis of
Canadian and Verlin of Austin;
one daughter, Mrs. Hazel New-
ton of Canadian; six sisters. Mrs.
G. D. Morris of Houston; Mrs. G.
L. Keeton of Ardmore. Oklaho
ma; Mrs. E. V. Cox of Ardmore;
Mrs. Bill Benning of Seminole.
Oklahoma; Mrs. Monroe Leslie
of Ardmore; and Mrs. Lee Mont-
gomery of Edwards, California;
and one brother, Sanford Massey
of Ardmore.
Pallbearers at the funeral ser-
vices were Darrell Wiggins. Em-
ery Vignal, Bud Hardin. Henry-
Young, Bud Brainard, and Jess
Tipps.
Honorary pallbearers were Bill
Ramp, Johnnie Young, Jake
Ramp, G. B. Mathers, Arnold
Pigg, Claude Jones, Hugh Par-
sell, Ed Little, and W. B. Camp-
bell of Pamup '
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SENIORS PRESENT
WATCH TO VINSON
A suitably engraved Lord
Elgin watch was presented
by the Senior Class to Class
President Charles Vinson
Monday night.
Vinson, who has been pres-
ident of the class since his
sophomore year, was serious-
ly injured in an automobile
accident last summer and
has been unable to attend
school this year.
His class members never-
theless elected him President
of the current graduating
class, with Pat Tipps, as vice
president, handling his du-
ties throughout the year.
Tipps made the presentation
of the class gift at the Vin.
son home Monday night.
First Christian
Church Observes
Pentecost Sund'y
Special services Sunday morn-
ing at the First Christian Church
will observe Pentecost, the 1925th
anniversary of the founding of
the Christian church. Jim Mitch,
ell, minister, announced this
week.
In celebration of the occasion,
Mitchell 'said, the church will
have "the biggest birthday cake
Canadian has ever seen" on dis-
play. The cake will be cut and
served at a basket dinner in the
church basement following the
morning services.
As a special attraction at the
morning worship service, there
will be special music by "The
Farmers' Daughters," a girls
quartet from Freedom, Okla.
Members of the quartet, well-
known entertainers in the South-
west, are Nellie Shaull, Melba
French. Deanna Powers, and Don-
na Powers. Melba French is a
sister of Mrs. Bob Fritzemeyer, a
member of the local church.
There will 'oe no evening serv-
ices Sunday, Mitchell said. The
local minister is conducting a
revival meeting at Booker, but
will be present for the morning
worship service here Sunday.
Sun Well Nearing
Pay Zone Depth
Operations at Sun Oil Compa-
ny's Dale Nix No. 1-A, three
miles north of Canadian, were
nearing the expected pay-off
stage this week.
The well was nearing the 8,500
foot mark today, and formations
are reported running from 150
to 200 feet higher than in the Nix
No. 1 a mile to the southeast.
Pay in the discovery well was
at the 9700-foot level. The Nix
No. 1. a small producer, is aver-
aging about 25 barrels per day
of high gravity (50.8) oil.
May Rain Total
Over Six Inches
Half an inch of rain Sunday
night boosted the May rainfall
total for Canadian to 6.28 inches,
according to County Agent War-
ren Pickens.
A tornado which struck in cen-
tral Wheeler county last night
(Wednesday) scattered rain
across the southern part of
Hemphill county, but no mois-
ture was recorded here.
T. C. White Dies
In California
T. C. White of Riverside. Cali-
fornia. formerly of Canadian,
died suddenly of a heart attack
Monday. May 23. His widow will
be remembered as Mary Lou
Nix. sister of Clarence Nix.
Her father, W. S. Nix_of Dal-
hart and brothers, Clarence of
Canadian and Julian Nix of Am-
arillo, left Monday for Riverside,
where the funeral will be held
Thursday.
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