The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Big Brothers Will
Show Grid Films
1 Game Here Tonight
Films of the first two foot-
ball games played this season
by the Canadian Wildcats will
be featured at the first of a
series of monthly meetings of
the Canadian Big Brothers
Club next Tuesday, night.
Big Brothers will meet at
the Canadian City Hall Tues-
day night at .7:30 to view the
films of the Wheeler and Per-
ryton games and hear com-
mentaries by Coaches Grady
Burnett and Dunny Goode.
Coffee and doughnuts will
be served.
The session is open to all
members of the Big Brothers
Club, and all members are
urged to attend, Chairman
Tom Abraham said this week.
Admission will be by member-
ship card only.
Membership in the club is
still open, however, Abraham
pointed out, and any grid fans
who want to attend this and
future showings of game mov-
ies may obtain Big Brothers
Club membership cards for
$2.
The Club plans to feature
movies of all Wildcat football
games at the series of month-
ly meetings through the foot-
ball season. Meetings and
showing of films are sched-
uled on the fourth Tuesday
night of each month.
At the October 23 meeting,
films of the White Deer, Gru-
ver and Shamrock games will
be available . . . and possibly
of the October 19 game with
Lefors.
—Photo by Ochiltree County Herald.
TROUBLE SHOOTERS—Wildcats Roy Sessions, L. Gober and Kenny Ab-
raham dive for Ranger fullback Dempsey Gyger as he goes for a first
down at Perryton Friday night. See story on page 3.
THE CANADIAN RECORD
VOLUME.67 — NUMBER 38
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1956
Plan Dedication of Lake Road
Dallas College Head to Speak
At All-Day Rally Here Sunday
J. T. Seagroves, president of
Dallas Christian College, will
be the featured speaker at an
all-day "Restoration Rally"
Sunday at the First Christian
Church here.
The Rally will begin with
Bible School at 9:45 a. m.
Sunday, according to Jim
Mitchell, minister of the local
church, and will continue
through the evening evangel-
istic service at 8 p. m.
A covered-dish dinner will
be served at the church dur-
ing the noon hour.
"Restoration History'' will
be the subject of the Bible
School hour in which all
classes will join in the church
auditorium: and Seagroves
will speak at the morning
worship service on the subject
"The Brotherhood."
Afternoon services begin at
2::30 o'clock with a talk by
Seagroves on "Missionary
Work and '.he Loyal Bible Col-
lege."
The Youth Hour at 7 o'clock
will feature an open forum;
and subject of Seagroves' ser-
mon at the evening service
beginning at 8 o'clock will be
"His Plea, Our Plea."
Ordination of a newly-elect-
ed deacon, Gilbert Dickens,
will feature the morning ser-
vice.
HERE SUNDAY — J. T. Sea-
groves of Dallas will lead
rally here.
Celebration Date
Awaits Paving
Plans are being made for a formal opening
celebration and dedication of the Lake Marvin
Road sometime next month . . . although no
definite date has been set for completion of the
10-mile paving project.
Members o| the Canadian Board of Develop-
ment, meeUhtj with directors of the Canadian
Chamber of Commerce Monday night, allocated
$500 for the road dedication event, provided
that the allotment is matched or exceeded by
the Chamber of Commerce.
Lipscomb Fair Is Opened
Today; Talent Show Tonite
Lipscomb's annual County
Fair opened this morning
(Thursday) at the County Fair
Barn in Lipscomb, and will
close tomorrow afternoon
(Friday) at 4 o'clock when all
exhibits will be released.
A special "amateur night"
program is slated tonight, be-
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CALENDAR OF THE WEEK
THURSDAY, Sept. 20 — Foot-
ball game, 6:30 p. m., Pee-
Wee and "B" Teams.
V. F. W. regular meeting,
7:30 p. m.
Lipscomb County Fair.
FRIDAY, Sept. 21 —Lipscomb
County Fair.
Lions Club meeting, noon,
WCTU Bldg.
SATURDAY, Sept. 22—Appre-
ciation Day Drawing, City
Hall, 4:00 p. m.
MONDAY, Sept. 24 —Eastern
Star meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Christian Men's Club meet-
ing, 7:15 p. m.
TUESDAY, Sept. 25 — Rotary
Club meeting, noon, WCTU
Bldg.
Baptist Brotherhood meet-
ing, 7:00 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26—Mid
week Services, all churches.
Fire Dept. Meeting, City
Hall, 7:30 p. m.
A rummaft sal* will be
held Saturday In tho Hoover
building, opening at 9 o'clock.
Tbo Canadian Woman's Club
is sponsoring tbo salo.
Canadian Volunteer Fire-
men are selling tickets and
planning to give away nearly
$250 worth of merchandise in
four prizes on October 6 . . .
with the proceeds to go to «
fund (or the widows of Du-
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ginning at 8:00 o'clock at the
Fair Barn, with the final and
feature act of the program to
be the Hillbilly Sextette pro-
vided by the Canadian Cur-
tain Club.
Slated to take part in the
performance are Curtain Club-
bers Tess Wilkinson, Abe and
Mary Haddox, Marie and Orla
Curnutt, and Lois Carol King,
who will be EmCee for the
group.
The show tonight is open to
the public.
Judging of all exhibits ex-
cept livestock, poultry, rab-
bits, and fresh fruit and vege-
tables began this morning.
These exhibits are scheduled
to be in place tomorrow morn-
ing in time for judging. Live-
stock exhibits will be checked
in between 8 a. m. and 9:30 a.
m. Friday, and judging is
slated for 10 a. m.
Softball games were sched-
uled this afternoon (Thurs-
day) between Higgins and
Follett, and Darrouzett and
Booker teams, and a play-off
between the winners is slated
for 2 p. m. Friday, with the
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The Board of Development
also agreed to put up $300 to
pay three-fourths of the cost
of four road signs to direct
tourists to Lake Marvin and
Canadian's "Panhandle Play-
ground."
Sign designer Billy Harris
has offered to paint and in-
stall the four road signs for
$384. Plans call for one large
8-by-24-foot sign to be located
near the intersection of the
Lake Marvin road and High-
ways 60 and S3, and three 4-
by-8-foot signs to be located
on highway approaches to Ca-
nadian.
Work on the base for the
scenic-highway paving project
is being completed now, and
paving of the road is expected
to be completed within the
next few weeks. Ivan Dement
of Amarillo is the contractor
on the $197,000 road construc-
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DRIVERS OBSERVE
TRAFFIC RULES
Public cooperation with
City traffic enforcement
has been excellent, Mayor
Malouf Abraham reported
today.
No fines at all . . . and
only a few courtesy tick-
ets . . . have been issued
since the crack down on
traffic violations was an-
nounced last week.
City patrolmen report a
definite slow • down in
traffic through the school
zones.
Richardson X-rays Biggest Bombers
Former Canadian Man Checks Air Force
Planes With X-Ray Unit at Tinker Base
Francis Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Richardson of
Canadian, is a key technician at Oklahoma City's Tinker Air
Fore* Baso, where ho is in chargo of an important maintenance
job for tho United States Strategic Air Force. This article con-
cerning his work with the big bombers appeared first in tho
August 31st issue of the Oklahoma City Times:
The X-ray, for example, can
uncover a hidden defect that
could result in the complete
loss of an $8 million B-52.
Not only that, the Tinker X-
ray program saves man hours
in avoiding, in many cases,
the need for tearing an air-
plane apart to inspect Inac-
cessible places.
Chiefly responsible for the
program known as "non-de-
structive testing of air-frame
components using portable X-
ray equipment" is a 35-year-
old maintenance technician,
Francis R. Richardson.
Richardson has worn a Tink-
er badge some eight years. He
heard about the X-ray idea
while a radiographic technol-
!«)
By LEONARD JACKSON
The X-ray, commonly
thought of as a detector of the
ills of human flesh, has turn-
ed Its keen, searching eye to
cold metal.
With it, maintenance tech-
nicians at Tinker Air Force
base are able to probe into the
innards of a giant bomber and
find dangerous cracks, shear-
ed rivets, corrosion and other
ailments that might otherwise
escape notice.
The saving is tremendous,
especially in a place like the
Oklahoma City air materiel
area. An important overhaul
base for the air force, it has
worldwide responsibility in
the upkeep of the huge B-52
and B-47 bombers, among oth-
ers.
Kittens and B Team
Test Irish, Rockets
A double-header football game is scheduled
at Wildcat Stadium tonight (Thursday) begin-
ning at 6:45 o'clock when the Canadian Junior
High Kittens meet the Shamrock Junior Irish.
Qoach Grady Burnett's Wildcat "B" team will
tangle in the second game of the night with the
Wellington Skyrocket "B" team.
Admission for the gamos
will be 25 cents for students
and 50 cents for adults. There
will be no reserved seats for
these games.
Tonight's sessions will mark
the first official action for
both the Kittens and the
Wildcat Reserves. *
In the Junior High game,
Coach Damron will field a
starting backfield made up of
Sparky Eckles, 142 pounds,
Glen Hughes, 121 pounds,
Tommy Wheeler, 123 pounds,
and Frankie Muir, 100-pound-
er.
Probable starters in the for-
ward wall will be Jim Ramp,
111 pounds, and Bill King,
115, at guards; John Rogers,
140, and Glen Hostutler, 144,
at tackles; Tommy Lemons.
133, at center; and Tommy
Waters, 103, and Ronnie Sum-
ner, 133, at ends.
Reserve backs include Terry
Brown, a 77-pound fireball;
Bill Meek, 84, Jerry Cole, 75,
Albert Thorne, 91, David
Cleveland, 92, Delane Steph-
enson, 101 and Rush Snyder.
102.
Linemen on the reserve ros-
ter include Henry McPherson.
115, and Larry Wright, 111, at
ends; Teddy Bob Alexander,
105, J. R. Bettis, 144, Jim Go-
ber, 140, and Freddie Max-
well, tackles; Bob Gober, 101,
Danny Gray, 86, and Bob How-
ard, 94. at guards; Tommy
Jones, 92. at end; and J. T.
Williams, 148, at center.
Junior High gridders will
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TROUBLE SHOOTER—Francis Richardson uses
portable- X-Ray equipment to check for defects
in Air Force bombers.
Last Rites for
C. F. Curnutt
Here Monday
Last rites for C. F. (Cheesy)
Curnutt, 74, of Waco, a former
resident of Canadian, were
conducted from the First
Methodist Church here Mon-
day morning, and interment
was in the Washita cemetery.
Rev. T. G. Craft, pastor of
the First Methodist Church
here, conducted the services,
and burial was under the di-
rection of Stickley Funeral
Home.
Mr. Curnutt died Thursday
night at the home of a son,
Wilbur Curnutt, in Waco.
He was the father of Mrs.
Kenneth Morris, and a brother
of Mrs. W. R. Hines, Mrs. E.
W. Crovvell, and Orla Curnutt,
all of Canadian.
Columbus Floyd Curnutt
was born in Newton county,
Arkansas, on May 14, 1882.
The family moved to central
Texas and later to Oklahoma,
and Curnutt came to Washita
community in Hemphill coun-
ty with his parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Curnutt, in
1907.
He farmed and ranched in
Colorado, and worked for
about 15 years on the Hoover-
Strader ranch here.
He had made his home for
several years at Bay City, Tex-
as, with his son. Bill Curnutt.
Surviving him are his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
Morris of Canadian and Mrs.
Lawrence Jahnel of San An-
gelo; five sons, Bill Curnutt
of Bay City, Wilbur Curnutt
of Waco, Norman Curnutt and
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Mitchell to Hold
Revival Meeting
At Kermit Church
Jim Mitchell, minister of the
First Christian Church, will
open a revival meeting at the
First Christian Church in Ker-
mit starting Monday night.
Mitchell will lead in the
two-week evangelistic service,
with Jack Clark, Kermit min-
ister, assisting.
Mrs. Mitchell and son will
acompany him to Kermit.
Bob Forrest will be in charge
of worship services Sunday,
' September 30, and Eddie Mas-
sey will deliver the sermon
on October 7.
SOLDIER OF THE MONTH—
Specialist 3rd Class Jack L.
Lawrence was recently chosen
soldier of the month at Tokyo
Ordnance D.?pot in Japan.
Jack Lawrence
Soldier-of-Month
At Tokyo Base
Jack L. Lawrence of Cana-
dian, specialist 3rd class with
the II. S. Army in Japan, was
recently named Soldier-of-
the-Month at Tokyo Ordnance
Depot, according to the Army
Home Town News Center.
Specialist Lawrence is as-
signed to the depot's Head-
quarters Company, and was
selected for the honor in a
competition based on neat-
ness, knowledge of military
subjects, and efficient per-
formance of assigned du'-ies.
A native of Canadian, he is
a 1947 graduate of Canadian
high school, entered the Army
in March 1955 and has been
in the Far East since last
May.
His wife, Marva Lee, and
two small daughters are at
home here while Lawrence
completes his overseas assign-
ment. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Lawrence of
Canadian.
Band Director
From Amarillo
Church Named
Vernon Lewis, music and
education director for the
South Lawn Baptist Church in
Amarillo, has been hired by
the Board of Trustees to suc-
ceed Bill Hendricks as Band
and Choral director in the
Canadian schools. Supt. Wood-
ic Beene announced this week.
Lewis is expected to join
the local faculty in a few
days.
Two West Texas State Col
lege seniors, Fawayne Mur-
phy and Bob Cheek, who took
over the school music depart-
ment on a temporary basis
when Hendricks' last-minute
resignation the day after
school opened left the band
and chorus without a direc-
tor, returned to the college
campus last week-end for op-
ening oí the college term.
Supt. Beene praised the work
of the two West Texas stu
dents, and expressed appre-
ciation to WT Band Director
Jerry Newman for arranging
for their help here.
Hendricks quit his post here
to become band director at
Tulia High School.
Lewis, who will take oveT
the music department, is a
graduate of West Texas State
College, and was band direc-
tor at McKemy and Sunray
high schools before joining
the staff of the Amarillo
church.
He is married and has four
children, two pre school age
and two in grade school.
Sam Allison of Fort Worth
was a Canadian visitor Wed-
nesday.
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