The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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CRQ8BYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH I, 1940
ARE COMPLETED
irt Work Cheapest For
Entire Section On
WPA Job
1^ the completion this week
^the tot of four lake dumps on
Plains, the WPA road
m moved to Precinct 4, where
all weather road Will be made
the Webb store east 1 mile
Kalgary.
Iltodi praise is due supervisors
workmen on the Bast Plains
ct, both because of excellent
done and because of the ec-
ic&l method; in which it was
out. Ralph Zackery super-
it of the project, and Com-
oner Ernest Smith has SS-
in getting materials, and
erwise, About 170 men have
employed since the first of
"year in building the dumps..
IAJ1 dirt work on the project
i done at a cost of 27 cents per
said Mr. Smith. Estimated
before the project was start -
was 43 cents. This was the
st dirt cost for any road pro-
rin, this WPA district, accord;
to Mr. Smith.
J e four lake roads were built
a cost of approximately $9,500,
aty percent of which was paid
WPA, and the remaining thir-
percent by the county. This in-
dirt work, bridge struc-
and road approaches to the
ups. It was a part of the total
[ over $70,000 to be spent in the
unty this year for road improv-
bnts under WPA, $48,662 being
dished by WPA and $22,386 by
county.
iMore work will be done in this
prtnTt said Mr. Smith A-j-rnvseif <xmmletely by* doing
it of 17,000 man hours of work
furnished through the project
10YD KENNEDY FOR
BE
Loyd R.Kennery, at preseht and
for the past ten years-County At-
torney of Cochran county, an •
nousces his candidacy for the of-
fice of District Attorney for the
72nd Judicial District, composed
of Cochran, Hackly, Crosby and
Lubbock counties. -
Mr. Kennedy's formal statement
poncerning his candfidacy follows:
"I was b?m of Sgptch-IrisIT par-
ents who came" from Tenness.e
end settled in Montague County,
Texas, on a farm. There I was
bom near Bowie, Texas, forty-one
years ago, as the first of four sons-
in a famil'y of six children. About
the ye&r 1907 my parents moved
to Fort Worth, where I attended
and 'graduaed from the public
schools of that City. „ *
"In 1919 I entered A & M Col-
lege of Texas, -where Incompleted
three years of pre-law /study on
my own resources. maintaining'
.any
LUNCH ROOM IS
BIG SUCCESS FOR
THE FIRST WEEK
Committee Thanks Every
One Who Helped on
Project
The Crosbyton school lunch
rooni got off to a good start this
week, with An average of more-
than 200 students eating at the,
room each day. Of this number^
about 75 are free ldfiehes, the re-
mainder being paid.
Mrs. F. A. Green
funeral Service
FOR E. J. MOORSE,
72, HELD FRIDAY
Was Commissioner from
1900 to 1904 Old
Emma Court
received the
appointment of supervisor of ""the
project from the state WPA office
in San Antonio. All applications
were sent to this office and the
&ate organization selected the su-
lich brought about $8,500 in
ages to the'precinct.
|The co-operation of the citizens
tiere the dumps were built wad
-main reason they--mace the.
st jobs built in the entire
ction, he said. Not one inch of
was bought, no ifentfBs rwere
^ilt, and the county was ijot out
fOC right„nf urny, ftll thi*
ing donated by the land owners
[joining the lakes. This co-oper-
ion was a big savings to the tax
iyer, for four lakes were built
r the expected cost of three.
Especially commendable on the
oject is the type of bridge work
jcted. They are ruble or
masonry on headwalls and
on a core. This work was
done by WPA men,who havo
en trained for this purpose by
PA. All pwA^jmlfte project have
|>ne exceptionally fine work, said
Smith, and are to -be com-
nded for this because of the
kvings in time secured. -
I Mr. Smith wants to especially
ik the following for'donating
right-of-way. or rebuilding
rnces at their" own expense:
Lake No. it Mrs. P. W. Bell, of
ydftda and Mrs Zena McSwain;
ake 2, Sam Covington and Pefrcy
Lake 3. W. C. Hudson
M Mrs. J. Wilson Boyle; Lake 4,
Jones and Sam Covington.
I Mr. Smith said that on behalf
the Commissioners Court he
|anted to express his apprecia-
on for the co-operation given by
0. Jones, of Lubboek. district
[lpervisor, and his staff, in* all
ojects in the county.
f. of C. directors
to be chosen by
members in week
'ill Take Over Dutna at
Annual Banquet on
March 21
[The Crosbyton Chamber of,
fommerce will elect a new Board
Directors next week who will
et organized and take oyer at
| e Annual Banquet- March 21,
40.
lAtihe regular Wednesday night
|eating the followingJotynmitteeji
Appointed to make' arrange*
^ents for the banquets-^Virgil
ce, J. B. Bell iod L. W. Cur-
. Arrangements are under way
tare some good speakers, and
Program tor the banquet enter-
it wffl be worked out in a
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FODERN URVKS BEAUTY *
WOP Witt OPEN TODAY
and every kind; of worfc that camo
to hand, including the sweeping^of
the CQllegfi streets and waiting on
students tables.
"Following my work at A. & M.
I attended and graduated fr^m
X'umberland Law School—at L<e- I SING SON^ TO MEET
banon, Tennessee. In 1928 7 took
the Texas State Bar Examination
and was granted a llcerfte by the
Supreme Court to practice law" in
thin State. 1—'
The local Lunch room comrhit-
t >:e is cnthusiftstic -over the auc-
cess of the project, and are glad
to report that "already the room
his become self supporting. Theon
has been some confusion in get-
ting started this week, but pa-
rents are urged to be patient un-
til all details have been worked
out >to make it a smooth running
affair.
. The^Rooin -Mothers of the grade
school also wish to thank all who
attended the 42 tournament Tues-
day night. Enough money was se-
cured to pay for all knives, forks
and spoons for the lunch room.
The following organizations and
individuals have either contribut-
ed money, supplies or. service to-
ward making the.project a suc-
cess: Churches, Methodist, First
Baptist, Church of Christ and Pri-
mitive Baptist;'the Lions Club. B.
P. M. Club, City of Crosbyton,
Crosby County, Chamber of Com-
mence. Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion Jjoom mothers), 42 «)ub, the
Needlepoint Club, "the Wednesday
Bridge club, Boy Scouts. Ernest
Wood, School Board^Mr. Pilgrim,
Quincy Hames, Clarence Freeman
and V; H. Lowe.
Funeral . services for E. J.
Moorse, 72, were held last Friday,
February 23, at ll.OO o'clock irt
parlors of the Curry Funeral
Home with Rev. Noel Guice, offic-
iating. He was buried In the Cros -
byton cemetery with Curry Funer-
al Home in charge. A maUr quar-
ett composed of-. Jim Williams, C.
L. Dyer. Lee .. Smith and Emzy
Pieratt, sang two or three nom-
bers.< , ,
Mr. Moorse was born in Erreen,
Kentucky, June 17, 1867. He came
to Texas in 1898 and" settled in"
Crosby county and had lived in
tne county
continuously during
that time. He was one of the Com-
missioners of county from
1900 to 1904 when the county seat
was at Old Bmma.„„' '
"He is ^survived by three sisters
Mrs. Jane Eddleman and Mrs.
Arthur Barnett, both of Houston,
and Miss Pattie Moorse; of Dallas.
,A.younger borther of Kentucky
died in January of this year.
..Pall bearers were: Butler
Adams; Perry Roberts, J. C. Reed.
Orwin Roy, Matt Smith, and Will
F. Ezell.
FOR
WILSON MANGUM
ARE HELP SUNDAY
CrosbytoA Youth 4>ies On
4 Febru21£y 23 Follow-
ing Long Illness
Funeral . services for Wilson
Man gum, 23, were held at the
First Baptist church here on last
SlSnday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, j
conducted by Rev. R. C. Tennison
of Wichita, Falls, assisted by Rev.
Noel V. Gtiice, local pastor. He
was buried in the Crosbyton ceme-
tery with tne Curry Funeral Home
in charge. ^ .
Wilson- Mangum was born Sept.
28, >916, at Childres^, Texas, and
1940v^at^the home of
SIX CROSBY PEO-
PLE AT MEETING
OF LUBBOCK PCA
J. i.
Young is opening the
Baauty shop in
highway across
diuroh today.
Is announcing - that
Ml new equipment
w ready to give all kinds of
ty work. Mrs, Bart Edler
•Wl ,
"A part of my college work was
accomplished after I was married
to Neva Walker, the daughter of
John W. Walker oi Mitchell coun-
ty, Texas, in the year 1925. Our
homp has been Morton, in Cochran
County, since February, 1930, at
which place our two children were
born.
"The platform of a District At-
torney is and should be a simple
one. As I view it, it follows:
" 'To prosecute without fear or
favor, without regard to i^ace or
color, without regard to whether
the individual is influential in the
community or otherwise, every
person who deliberately tramples
the rights of the citizens of
AT PANSY SUNDAY
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Dickens Singers Invited
Tu At lend
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Five)
COSDEN-GAS STA-
TION IS NEW FIRM
R. S. Gipson Is Manager
of Business
The regular monthly meeting ot
the Crosby County Sing-Song con-
venes at -Pansy Sunday March
at 2:30 to 4:00 p. m, R. H. Nowlin
chairman of the organization an-
nounced here this week. All sing-
ers are urged to attend and the
public is cordially invited. A gen-
erous supply of the new Stamp
books will be ivajlable for the
occasion. Mr. Nowlin said. Atten-
tion is called to the time of meet-
ing which is thirty minutes earl-
ier than usual.
Dickns county people are ex
ended a special invitation to at-
tend the convention which is near-
our I, est t° them that the Crosby
county sing-song meets. Tho
people of Pansy and the East
Plains extends to one and all a
codial invitation to be their guest
for the afternoon and enjoy the
fine singing and fellowship, Mr.
Nowlin stated.
Successful Year Told By
Officials of Credit
Organisation .
v.
A delegation of six'people from
Crosbyton and Crosby Ccunty
were in Lubbock on February 2
for the sixth annual meeting of
the Lubbock Production Credil
Association h^ - in the Hilton
Hotel. The meeting attracted 146
member^ and guests from a nin*-
emmty area. j K
■—Lt;e F. York secretary-treaauror !
his mother, Mrs. T. E Mangum oi
Crosbyton. - _
Survivors are his widow; J^is
-mother, Mrs. T. E. Maitgum; four
sisters, "Mrs. S. M. Hunter^Carey,
Texas; Mrs. Vivian ^Hoover, Los
Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Ertimett
Ziehr, Anton, Texas; Mrs. EAj*1E.
Terrell. Ralls. Four brothers, R. T
Mangum and A. L. -Mangum of
Lubbock; R. C. Mangum, Plain-
view; and Oscar Mangum, Crosby-
ton. v" >
Before he became ill vWilson
was employed with |he Texas Li-
quor Control Board, Austin. He
had been a resident of Crosby
county for 12 and 1-2 years, gra-
duating frdm Crctebyton high
school. He was married a year a-
go to-Miss Elvarier Curnbie," ^of
.Clairmpnt, Texas.
Pall bearers were: Billle Corne-
lius, Robert Blactai^QOd, . Louis
Benton, Griffin Odom, £lay Hen-
ry, Max Stockton, Murray Hefner
and Babe Cox.
Among friends from put of the
city attending the •funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. t.Cumlii£_ of
Holdenville Okla., parents of Mrs.
Wjlson Mjingum; Mr. and Mrs.
John Cumbie. Dickens; Mr. and
Mrs. E. V. Peek. Mr. and Mrs. J.
Earnest...Bryan Smith. Mrs. \V„
Are You Interested
In A Cold Storage
Locker System?
All who are interested kfr-ejTcold
Storage Locker System are now,
requested to *4*11 at the Chambir
of Commerce offipe and sign the
proper papers, so that work may
get under way as soon as possi-
ble. It will speed the project up if
everyone will, sign up at once.
JUDGING tEAMS
ENTER CONTEST
AT TEXAS TECH
Fifty-Five Schools Enter
Annual Judging
Competition
Two judging teams representing,
the Hank Ejpoith FFA 'chapter par-'
ucipated
. ____ iji ihe first naif of the
Annual 'fexaa Tech FFA Judging
contests last Saturday.
Although the teams {ailed to
rank among the high ten in each
contest some valuable experience
was obtained from it. Fifty-five
schools-'had teams in the contest
and ffie "^^petiAicm^aa keen.
Lorenzo took firstMnBRbrs in
Meats Identification wl^ile Tulia
placed first in Dairy Cattle. Mem-
bers of the local meats team were
Denver Howfclf, N. C. Webb and
^Marvin McSwiin. Members of the
©airy cattle team were: Otis Jus-
tus, Harvey McEachern, Dean
Huckabay, with J W. Weod as al-
ternate. :
The second half of the contests
at Tech will be held in April and
the Crosbyton Chapter plans to
have a livestock judging team, a
Poultry Judging team and possi-
bly oa Horticulture team. The boys
are all working - hard to make
these teams and try for honors in
April.
PROGRESS MADE
About 75 Landowners are
v Present Saturday for S
Discussion Here
Some definite progress - on the
fmnittlation of Crosby-county fa.
to a Soil Conservation District un-
der the Texas Act was made at a
meeting Saturday afternoon in
the District Court Room at Qhssk
byton wiierp some 75 land (rapm,
gathered to hear W. G. Kennedy
of Muleshoe. Mr. Kennedy is
member of the State ■Soil Cor
vation Board.
At this meeting he outlined-1
those present
YOUNG FARMERS
ELECT OFFICIALS
Joe Gilmore, Jr., is Mrst
President of Grotip
Osman, Mrs.
, Thompson
of the cooperative lending agency. J Q all of c,ai^nt.
stated in his anmftt report that Rubye Stewart. Pet^f Smith
Loyce
the Ltrbbock t Production Credit
Association loaned $480.22900
during- iH.sy w<m no losses or. re-
P. L. Reese of Ralls, who re-
cently bought the Simmons Ser-
vice Station here, was over Wed-
nesday. Mr. Reese has changed
the name of the station to Cosden
Gas Station, with R. S. Gipson as
manager.
Jim Starrett ahd W. D. Baxter
assist Mr. Gipson in giving 24-
hour a day service. Their slogan
is "We dose but never close." They
sell Cosden gas and oils, and oth-
er car and truck accessories.
MASONS OBSERVE
WASHINGTON BIRTH
Banquet and Program
Held At Gym
Is
The local Masonic* Lodge and
their wives observed George Wash
ington's Birthday Thursday night
of last week with a banquet at
the high school gym. The patrio-
tic theme was carried out in the
menu and table appointments.
Judge Marshall Form by, of Dick-
ens' county was the main speaker
of the evening. Supt. D. A. Ed-
wards was toastmastar, BUI Ro-
hereon, faandJn«t*UBtoc sang pith
mm Nora Jo TiMfr fetpM«M3r-
ihg. Miss Tuny playeS during the
evening..
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Mr. and Mm. C. M. Huddleaton
and Jana, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Old-
ham and Frances, Mrs, Wiley Our-
ry, Mrs. R. L. Ofmon, l|ff. and
Mn. R. L. «ama, Mr. and Mra.
John Haney fiitt Mary Jane, Miss
Sybil Mayfteld and Dink Wiseman
Mrs. J. B. fell were junoing local
R. L. ELMS MOVES
STATION LOCATION
Now Doing Business At
Old Chevrolet House
R. L. Elms has moved his fill-
ing station and wholesale oil bus
iness to his new location in the
old Chevrolet building west of the
squared Name of the business has
been' changed to Texaco Service
Station, Mr. Elms announces.
, J. C. Reed, who owns the build-
ing vicated by Mr. Elms, is op« r^
ing a station at the old stand.
1„fy.
B&PW CLUB TO MEET
NEXT MONDAY NlOHT
The and Professional
Womens ClubVill meet in regu-
lar dinner meeting Monday night,
March «th. The president, Miss
Lottie Ellison, requests members
to notify her by Saturady for din-
ner reservations.
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Mr. aad Mrs. P. M. Brlxey have
recently bunt a rook garage and
on the farm north of
•U -11m Mil—f s remodeled
their HOMM pi^ii to
rock veneer the house lalpr Mrs.
BrhqrilM.- x' ; ..;£•> -
of m Pa*> - spent
hare with lira. Per*
who are visiting her
paranta, Mr. and Urn.
Mr. aad Mrs. W. T. Dunn made
a business trip to Sherman over
the
ser\-es for estimated losses".
Loans .oustanding as of Decem-
ber 31. 1939, wefe $478,200.00.
withnet earnings tor the year set
at $9,141.00. Member-owner stock
and reserves: have been built from
•S9.221.00 in 1934. to $59,616.00 at
the close of 1939, York said.
In addition to York, principal
speakers included E. R. (Ear*)
Davis of the Acuff community, i
cllrector, and John H. Seale, Tr.,
Secretary of the Production Credit
Cooperation of Houston.
G. C. Keith, successful farmer
stockman of Whiteface^ was elect-
ed to the board of directors of the
Lubbock! association and Roy Fltz-
geraldtv well-known rancher of
Plains, Was re-elected to that body
each 'to serve for the , next three
years. The other three members of
the board are Roy Sherman of
Seminole, T. W. Gabbert of Ralls
at)d Davis.
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Prizes Are Awarded
In Annual Review
Subscription Contest
Prizes were awarded Saturday
in the annual Review subscription
contest to the following winners:
Mrs. Ralph Stewart, $5.00; R.
E. Karr, $3.00; C. E. Roy, $2.00;
Mrs. George Smith, C. W. Hare.
Mrs. Orval Williams, Norlen Fow-
ler, W. C. Watson, Leonard Park-
er, W. A. McPherson, Mrsr Pete
Smith, Mrs. J. B. Marley, T. R.
Pennington all receive^ $1.00
prizes.
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INFANT CHILD DIES
The infant daughter, Etta June,
of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Lowe, died
Tuesday, Feb. 27, and was buried
in the Crosbyton cemetery. Fun-
eral services were held at the Pri-
mitive Bdptistt church with Elder
J. M. Denton officiating.
The child was born, Dec. 22,
1939.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Service, of
Plainview, spent Sunday here with
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Romans.
, a
Miss Lela Proctor of Floydada
la the gnaat of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Proctor. Miis Proc-
tor assisted at the Marlaello Beau-
ty Shop Saturday as operator.
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Mr, and Mrs. Boy Bailors of
Odessa have moved hen. Mr. Sai-
lors will operate a tailor shop on
the north side of the square. Mrs.
Sailors Is the former Miss Edna
Ruth Rioe, niece of Mrs. J. tL
with whom ilkji
tar avvarai years
marriage. r
E.
R. Craft, W.-A. Terrell. Jack Ter-
T ell Mra Rpn Reall all nf T.nh-
.bock. Jeff Lockhart. Mrs. Bell
Graff. Mrs" J. C. Graff. Miss Lila
Marie Seipps, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Tilson, H. C. Darden. Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Winn, Mr and Mrs. T. J.
Gardner, all of Lubbockfc Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Williams. Anton; Mrs.
Petty, Spur; Mr. and Mrs. O. M
Stewart, Childress.
B&PW CLUB PLANS
GAME TOURNEY
"iset
tion arid will be known hereafter
as "Young Farmers of, Crosby-
ton". Officers were elected and
a constitution is *to be >made up
and adopted.
Officers of the Young Farmers
are: Joe Gilmore, Jr., president:
R H. Farris, vice president; E. H
Floumoy, secretary; Ralph Par-
sonS?treasurer; and Oscar Man-
-=^gum. reporter.
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MISS KER IS MADE
HOME EC. TEACHER
March 8th Is Set As Dj$te
For Affair
hpijd
bene-
The Business and Professional
Womens Club will hold their third
Game Tournament Friday night,
March 8th, in the club room in
the. basement of the Ellison
ing. Funds will be used for
fit of the school lunch room for
which the club is one of the spon-
sors.
Tickets will, be sold for 25 cents
a couple^JEfite public is cordially
invited to play idominoes, 42, chin-
ker checks, and bridge. Light re-
freshments will be served.
lrrie
LIVESTOCK TEAM
TO ENTER CONTEST
Wiil Be Used As Practice
For Tech Contests
The young men who have been
enrolled in tl e part time class m
Vo^tiohal AgficUiturie have fdrtir-
ed themselves- into an organiza-
and will be known
: in iK^ganixing a Soil Conservation
Board. The first step in the organ-
ization procedure is for at least 50
land owners to petition the State
Soil Conservation Board for a. Dis-
trict. After said Petition is filed
the State Board acts on said pe-
tition within thirty days and
for a public hearing to,be
within the proposed district. If
the public hearing results in an
affirmative decision to site--
tion then the State Board will call
an election- Such an election mast
carry by a two-thirds vote of the
land owners voting.
After the election the State
Board may or may not order a
District formed.. The StateBoard
takes into consideration the num-
ber voting, the results of the elec-
tion and the like to see if the land
owners are ready for a Soil Con-
servation District.
If a district is ordered formed
by the State Board the' board ap-
points. two supervisors and the
land owners within the district
nominate and elect three supervi-
sors.. This governing board of
five supervisors who have to be
land owners within the District
are charged with the responafbil-
ity of administering the SoH-Cph:_
servation Program in the district
according to the provisions of the
Soil Conservation Laws.
There is>$ Soil Conservation
AdWsdi^TSaifciMt^ W each of
the four precincts and land ow-
Miss Amye Rhue Kerr, a Texas
Tech graduate was elected M°n"
day night at_a call meeting o£_the.
Crosbyton school board- as homo
economics teacher in Crosbyton
high school. Miss Kefr has been
home economics teacher at Smyer
the past two years. She will fill
the unexpired term of .-Miss Ruth
Wiley who resigned to accept ' a
position with the Farm Security
Administration.
Principals of High school and
grade school will be elected on
March 15th and t&chersr on M^rch
29 Fred Littlefield secretary * to
the board said.
GAS. COMPANY CHANGES
OFFICE LOCATION
Four members of the Livestock
Judging team along with their
coach, R. C. Mitchell, will go to
Amarillo Monday to enter the con-
test Inducted by the Amarillo
Fat Stock Show.
This contest will be used as a
practice contest in preparation
for the Annual Tech Contest in
April where the free-all expense
trip to Kansas City will be award-
ed the high team. "Mernbers ot the
team who will compete in the
Amarillo contest are Ray Haltomv
H. W. Flte Jr., and Larry Parker
BILL AND MAT MAYES
BUT THE CLUB
CAFE
- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mayes (Bill
and May) have bought the Cluo
Cafe from Ttrtit Smith. Mr. and
Mra. Mayes have had the cafe
feaaed for several months.
They have been busy the past
week repainting the iu^erior both
walls and fixtures. This wet* they
are layinjr iww linoleum on the
floor, hanging mirrows and pic-
tures. Bill and May are' popular
cafe operators of several yean ex-
perience here.
, 'Ofr ' 1
Miss Thebna Reed spant the
week-end in Frederick,
The West Texas Gas Company
has closed their ofice place in the
Fralin building where they have
maintaned an office ever since the
company has been operating in
the city, and office biiisiness of the
company hereafter will be handled
by F. M. Dunn in his office next
door west of the Citizens National
Bank.
W. O. Daniels, manager of the
Lubbock office was here Monday
and stated that the reason for
the change was for the beltar ac-
comodation of their customers in
transacting business and paying
bgis, air it was necessary that Mr,
Furlow be away from the Office,
most of the time- in caring for his
work with the company-in ' other
towns. The changa was made Mon-
day. ; L_
^ Mr. and Mra. Irvin Speight
Hot Springa, New Mexico,
the guests Wednesday of his sis-
ter, Mrs. Gertrude Benson and J.
L. Young and finally. ^
Mr. and Mra, Davis Bishop and
son, Dwain, visited in Uttlefsld
Sunday. s
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Contractor Chester Huddleston
will stiirt work Monday on a five
room and hath
Mr. and Mrs.
a*
of
iv'tHi
■ rmn
ners who are interested in the pe-
tition for Crosby county being
formed in a District should con-
tact one of these committees.
They are J^E. Richardson, pre-
1, C. W. Hash, Precinct 2, ft R.
Reed, precinct 3 and R.<MTWheel- .
er, Precinct 4. Each of these com-
mitteemen have a petition form of
asking the State Board that Cros-
by County be formed into a Soil
Conservation District.
The promptness with which the
petition is filed will !Tetermiiie to
a large, extent the action that
might be taken by the State Soil
Conservation -Board. „
At the meeting at Crosbyton
Saturday afternoon, Mr. O. T.
Wiliams, Area Soil Conservation
Service of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture discussed, several
phases of soil Conservation with
the group and outlined the ser-
vice that could be obtained front
the Soil Conservation Service and
Farm Security Administration af-
ter a district is formed.
O •
MRS. T. A. CARTWRIGHT
DIED SUNDAY ^T BOBCKR
A :80
at Bor-
Funeral services for Mrs. T. A.
Cartwright, a" pioneer resident of
Crosby county, was held at
enzo Tuesday morning at
o'clock. She died Sunday
ger.
A member of a pioneer
Texas family, her parents, the
Mr. and Mrs. 'E. English
to Crosby county about 1800.
Surviving are the husband,
en children; eight brothers
sisters, Luther, Ance M.
English, Mrs. Pink L.
Mrs. J. C. Orr, all of LufafcoKfe
R. D. English Snyder, Mrs. $.
Botts, of Fort Worth and -ft. O.
English of Amarillo.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage certificates
sued this week .by
county clerk, to the fol'
ties:... ..
James G Feaaelle
to Roy; Edmond U
Miss jBtnfaa Lata
Lockwood and Mis#
Of hlkH
J. Heard. He la
in
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1940, newspaper, March 1, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth243157/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.