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Crosbyton residents have an-
other chance. Details are just a-
bout worked out this week on a
street paving plan which should
be pleasing to most everyone.
Cost is being held down by the
city dotnit as much of the work
as possible itself, contracting
the curb and gutter and the as-
phalt topping. Besides this a fi-
nancing plan has been arranged
that should fit the needs of most
everyone. We understand that
work of getting agreements ha*
already started on at least one
street. It's going to be left up
mostly to the property owners—
if you want paving, we suggest
you contact the chamber of com-
merce or the city office for de-
tails—and then get busy on your
street. This is something Crosby -
ton needs as much as it needs
anything else. We are far behind
most of the towns of this area
in street paving and this is our
chance to do something about it.
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Who said this wasn't election
year? Our desk is already load-
ed with reams of material from
lead:
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United States Senator from the
State of Texas, to be chosen in
a "high man wins" election A-
pril 2. These candidates are
Ralph Yarborough and Martin
Dies. We'll start getting fewer
reams from the lesser candidates
in a few days, we surmise. And
there will also be a lot of infor-
mation about a Republican can-
didate who hasn't yet been nam-
ed, or at least we haven't heard
of him. This latter candidate in
all likelihood will probably be
the best the State of Texas has
to offer—a presentable man with
an excellent record. Yes sir, Mr.
Republican will go all out this
time to try and elect a United
States Senator from Texas. The
more Democrats get in the race
the better chance he has. And
the stakes are higtrv If a Repub;
Hcan wins, his one vote would
change the senate from Demo-
cratic to Republican. So you
think it can't happen? The Re-
publicans normally poll 300,000
votes in Texas. The appeal to
Eisenhower Democrats will be
to again support the President
by giving him a Republican
Senate. Brother, you had better
pay that poll tax and vote come
April 2, because it can happen
in Texas.
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. You have noticed that $71.8
billion budget of the Adminis-
tration, of course. Someone down
at the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce headquarters in Abi-
lene got out pencil and paper
and figured that Texas' share
of that huge budget would be
$3.15 billion. Or 4.39 percent of
the total Federal tax burden.
This is almost four times the a-
mount of money spent in the fis-
cal year ending Aug. 31. 1956. to
finance the entire government
of the State-of Texas. Only en-
couraging thing about the pro-
posed budget is the reaction it
has received in Washington.
Most Democrats and quite a
number of Republicans say it
is going to be cut Even the Pres-
ident's own Secretary of the
Treasurer says something must
be done about it, if the nation is
to avoid another bust. Well, lets
do something.
CfOfby County's Oldart Busmeff# Institution - Established January 7, 1909
VOLUME FOSTT-NINE
CROSBYTON. CBOSBY COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 24TH. 1957
NUMBER FOUR
Lawrence (Bulldog) Boggs Will Be
Given Knight of the Boad Award
Lawrence (Bulldog) Boggs,
Crosbyton trucker, will receive
the coveted Hobbs "Knight of
the Road".«award at a presenta-
tion dinner to be held Friday
night. Jan. 25, at 8:00 p. m at
the "82" Cafe. Several Crosbyton
civic leaders have tjeen invited
to be present at the presentation.
Sargeant Sam Griffin of the
License & Weight Division, Tex-
as Highway Department of Pub-
lic Safety, will present the award
to Mr. Boggs. He will be accom-
panied to Crosbyton by Inspec-
tor E. A. Nelson of Lubbock.
The incident which led to the
presentation of the Hobbs award
took place several months ago
as Boggs was driving his truck
... ^ a over the Guadalupe Pass on the
fiR_^®IldWates_ tor Ioau^,|}etweeR -El-Paso-and-Carls-
bad, N. Mex. He was hauling a
heavy load of feed, and when he
topped the pass and started
down the long slope he discov-
ered that his brakes had failed.
But that wasn't the only cala-
mity. The brakes caught fire and
the fire quickly spread to the
cab. Faced with the alternative
of jumping from the moving
truck or guiding it on a wild
ride down the grade, Boggs
chose the latter. Traffic was fair-
ly heavy, and the truck would
likely have plowed into one or
more cars, endangering the lives
of the occupants.
The fife in the cab sooned
forced the driver to the running
board, with the truck still gain-
ing speed. Guiding the truck
with only his hands and arms in
the burning cab, Boggs tried
brushing the bank along the
righ-of-way to slow the truck
down. Finally, after about a five
mile ride, he picked out a bank
and drove the truck into it.
Boggs suffered severe burns
on the hands and arms, but
escaped serious Injury when the
truck plowed into the bank.
A letter from Hobbs Knight
of the Road Awards Program,
dated Dec. 13, stated: "The act
of highway courtesy which you
performed on June 2, 1956 (when
you stayed with your burning
truck and guided it safely down
the grade protecting other mo
torists on the roadi has been
called to our attention. We un-
animously judge it to be highly
deserving of the award. It is our
pleasant duty to inform you of
this honor and to arrange for a
public presentation to be made
to you in the near future."
Expected at the presentation
dinner besides Mr. Boggs and
the Department of Public Safety
officers are": W. T. Scott, Crosby-
ton; Tillman Reeves, president,
and George White, manager, of
Corsbyton Chamber of Com-
merce; Rev. Wayland Boyd,
Lions Club president; Charles
Hudman, Jaycee president; Cecil
Berry, county judge; Harry H.
Jung, Jr., county attorney; J. T.
Herrington, sheriff, and C. H.
Lodal, mayor of Crosbyton.
Buddy Owens' Dollai a Year Job as
Constable Not Connected With (Sty
Big Four Co-op.-
Holds Annual
Meeting Jan. 21
The Big Four Farmers Cooper-
ative members met at the Club
Cafe Monday night for their an-
nual meeting. Johnny Parker
was elected to fill the.unexpired
term of Carol Himmel. D. A. Ed-
wards and Loyd E. Fowler were
elected for twb year terms, tak-
ing the place of. Eldred Mize and
Loyd Parkhill.
Other members of the board of
directors are Rex Wheeler. C. C.
Smith and L D. Anderson.
The board elected L. D. Ander-
son as president, D. A. Edwards
vice-president and Garnet Jones
secretary.
Refreshments were served to
20 members.
R. N. (Buddy) Owens, who be-
came constable of Crosby Coun-
ty Precinct No. 2 Jan. 1. asked
The Review this week to inform
the public that as constable he
was not working for the city but
for the county.
"Since I am employed by the
City of Crosbyton during the
daytime, a lot of people have
the idea that the constable's job
is connected with the city," he
said. "This is not true at all. I
only work at the constable's job
after 5:00 p. m., and any arrests
I make are tried in Mr. W. H.
Nickson's Justice of the Peace
court."
Mr. Ow^jns also pointed out
that as constable his authority
to make arrests extended to the
precinct lines, and is not confin
ed to the City of Crosbyton.
Mr. Owens was elected at the
general election in November to
a job that carries no automatic
salary. The salary of the office
is determined by the Commis
sioners' Court, and that group
at their first session in January
set the salary at {1.00 per year.
The Commissioners believe that
the constable's duties should be
taken care of by the towns of
the county, the said.
City officials have discussed
employing Mr. Owens as combi
nation city marshall and, night-
watchman, but no action has
been talcen.
Mr. Owens said he had issued
about 30 tickets so far on his $1
a year job. all for speeding
through Crosbyton. Fines have
been $1.00 and costs in J. P.
Court, which amount to a total
of 520.50.
Jan. 31 Is New
Date for Annual
QB Club Banquet
New date for the annual Quar-
terback Club Banquet is Thurs-
day night, Jan. 31, L. H. Finch,
president, announced this week.
First advertised for December,
the banquet was postponed be-
cause of conflicts.
The affair will be held in the
school lunchroom starting at
8:00 o'clock.
Frank Kimbrough. coach al
West Texas State College, Can-
yon, will be the speaker. Mr.
Kimbrough is well known to
many Crosbyton football fans.
Tickets, which are $1.50, are
now on sale at Lowrie Drug, Ci-
tizens National Bank and Plains
Food Market.
Of A-Bomb Blagt
In New "Film
Members of both the Crosby-,
ton Lions Club and the Crosby-
ton Jaycees saw an unusual
film this week, presented by Mr.
Arlie Hudson and Mr. Frank Lee
of Lubbock, and Mr. Jack Mar-
tin of Crosbyton, representatives
of Southwestern Public Service
Company. The film showed on;?
of the atomic blasts set off at
the Atomic Proving Grounds in
Nevada in 1955, and the atten-
dant damage from the blast.
Public utility firms joined the
government in this blast, Mr.
Hudson, divisional superinten-
dent of Southwestern, told Lions
Club members. The electric com-
panies wanted to know the ex-
tant of damage to electric instal-
lations from an atomic blast, he
said. This will enable them to
know what to expect in case of
an atomic attack end the quick-
est means of restoring service to
damaged areas.
The picture showed the Instal-
lations on the tesUrg grounds
before the explosion, the explo-
sion itself, and views of houses
being ripped to pieces taken by
automatic cameras. The bomb
was a comparatively small one
of 30 kilitrons, equal to 30,000
pounds of TNT.
TAXPAYEBS TO VOTE ON $131,000
POWEB PLANT EXPANSION SAT.
Saturday, January 2t , is the
date of the first important elec
tion of 1957. It is a revenue bond
issue for $131.000 to finance ex-
pansion of the Municipal Power
plant.
The election will be held ftt
the City Hall, between the hours
of 8:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.
The ballot will contain two is-
sues. The first, for $169,000, is a
refunding^issue and simply rep-
resents the outstanding Indebt-
edness of the plant at the pre
sent time. The issue, if approved,
would be used to call in and pay
off the outstanding bonds in or-
der that the "new series could be
issued.
The second issue, for $131,000,
represents the new bonds to be
voted on, but it is necessary for
both issues to carry to make the
Total indebtedness of the city
plant, if the new issue is ap-
proved, will be $300,000.
The biggest portion of the new
issue, if approved, would be used
to purchase a 9t)0-KW Enter-
prise engine from the City of
Denton, which has recently in-
stalled larger engines. The en-
gine, although used for several
year Is in excellent condition,
city officials state, and will save
the city $80,000 under the
cicfet of a new one.
During-the peak, seasqp, the
plant is running very close \<o"
capacity, city officials state. Any
engine trouble would place the
plant in critical position. Also,
available power does not leave
the plant room • for additional
growth, the officials state.
"We feel that it is necessary
to vote this issue if your muni-
cipal plant is to stay in business
and give the kind of service you
e'esire," Mayor C. H. Lodal said
this week. "However, the proper
ty tax-paying voters of Crosby-
ton musL .der.W£. .and... we .utgo
you to turn out Saturday and
vote In order that your Council
will know that the results o! the
election truly reflect the think-
ing of a majority of the people
of Crosbyton."
Mis. Leslie Mitchell Again Heads
County Mothers' March Campaign
White Biver Municipal Water
District New Name of Project
The Board of Directors of the i Jack Robertson, Ralls, and Perry
CROSBYTON GROUP TO
ATTEND WTCC ANNUAL
mOUSTirJII. CONFERENCE
Several members of the indus-
trial committee of the Crosbyton
Chamber of Commerce will at-
tend the annual Industrial Con-
ference of the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce to be held to-
day, Thursday, in Abilene. Pro-
gress toward the securing of in-
dustry in West Texas will be dis-
cussed. along with the program
far. «be coming year.
It* Piullne McNally of We-
wofca, Okla., to the ft** af Mr.
andMrs. Earl Edler and Connie
of the Big lour community.
White River Water Control and
Improvement District made sev-
eral changes in the set up of the
organization at /their regular
meeting held Jan. 17 in Post,
preparatory to asking the State
Legislature to pass a special law
under which the district will op-
erate.
The governing body was
changed from a five-man board
to a 12-man board of directors,
with three directors being chos-
en from each of the four partici-
pating towns. The original board
to be appointed and their terms
of office are as follows:
One year directors: Jim Cox,
Ralls; Dr. A. C. Serman, Post; Dr.
Dale Rhoades, Crosbyton, and
George Gabreal, Spur.
Two-year directors: F. B. Blum-
berg, Spur; R J. Jennings, Post;
To Attend Meet
at Wayland Col.
Several members of the Cros-
byton First Baptist Church plan
to attend an annual Pastors"
and Layman's Conference to be
held Monday and Tuesday at
Wayland College, Plalmrlew
_The two featured speakers are
to be Or., lamas. Salltatn, head
«f the Baptist Sunday School
AMid at Nashville, Tain, and
Dr. Fortif Bafles, general evan-
I gelist from Tyler.
Bell, Crosbyton.
Three-year directors. Lynn
Buzbee, Spur; Tom Bouchier,
Post; M. A. McLaughlin, Ralls,
and Robert Work, Crosbyton.
• The name of the organization
was changed to the White River
Municipal Water District.
The setting up of a district
under a special act of the Legis
lature gives the directors much
more local control of the project
than a district operating under
the State Board of Water En-
gineers, the board pointed out.
Powell Shytles of the land
committee reported that negotia-
tions to obtain land options with
the individual land owners had
made no progress. A meeting of
the land committee and the
three land-owners involved was
set for 2 p. m. Jan. 24 in Spur.
The land committee was in-
structed to complete option ar-
rangements if * ah—agreement
could be reached. _ ^ f
Cap Mfeftetll of the concessions
and recreation committee pre-
sented a map showing the esti-
mated number of cabin sites to
be around 350 and stated that
his committee would, within
the near future, contact Mr.
Spence of the Colorado Munici-
pal Water District and seek his
advice.on matter* of recreation
meeting of the
board was Sit tor Thursday, Feb.
21, at 6:3b p. m. in Spur.
Collier's Failure
Slows Magazine
Deliveries Here
Crosbyton people should not
be alarmed if they have failed
to receive their magazines oi-
dered through the schools bands
during the fall campaign. Jesse
Lancet, hand director, said this
week.
The delay for the most part
is due to the failure of the ('ro-
wel 1-Col ller Publications. he
said. The publishers of I ok
have taken over the subscription
lists of Collier's, and Look will
be sent to those who subscribed
to Collier's. However, the change
is taking several weeks, which
has caused the delay.
Students who won awards in
the contest will also receive
them from Look, a representa-
tive of the publishers told Mr.
Lancet while visiting here last
week.
The annual Mothers' March in
the March of Dimes campaign
will be conducted Thursday
night, Jan. 31, between 7 and 8
p. m., Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, coun-
ty chairman of the March, an-
nounced this week. Persons
wishing to donate are asked to
leave their porch lights burning
between these hours.
In the afternoon preceding the
March, the Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Brownies and Cub Scouts
will ring doorbells to remind the
people of the March.
Captains of the Mothers' March
in Crosbyton are Mesdames Leon
McPherson, Bill Nickson, Sam
Covington, Donald Wooten and
Bill Bell.
Community captains for the
March of Dimes include: C. F.
Flemins, Broadway; Homer Rob-
inett, Kalgary; Harold Hodges,
Wake; J W. McClure, Mt. Blan-
co, Mrs. George Strange. Smith,
and Mrs. Glenford Fowler, Big
4. They are to appoint their own
captains for the Mothers' March.
Leaders of little
League ToMeet
Friday Night
SpOr
of bot
nsors, coaches and officials
th the Little League and
the Pony League will hold their
organizational meeting at the
City Hall Friday night, Jan. 25,
at 7:00 p. m." AH - members of
these' groups are urged to be
present, Guy Thompson, chair-
man of the chamber of com-
merce advisory committee, has
announced.
The Little League, for boys
aged 9 to 12. was highly success-
ful in Crosbyton last year. Be-
cause boysi 13 and 14 want to get
in on the fun, a Pony League for
this age group is being organ-
ized this year. It is planned, if
possible, to organize an inter-
city league for the Pony League.
Sponsors are about lined up
for Little League, Mr. Thomp-
son said, but rjiorC are needed
for the Pony League .
Beer Sale, DWI,
on List of Arrests
In Past Week
Jerry W. Hawkins, Lubbock,
was fined $68,75 last Thursday
Poll Tax Sales Still Below 1,000As
Final Weeh of Payments Begin
With only one more week to
go, poll tax payments in Crosby
County were still below the 1,000
mark Tuesday afternoon. At that
time a total of 945 poll tax fe-
celpts had been Issued.
Next Thursday, Jan. 31, Is the
final date on which poll tax pay-
ments can be made. .-+■
Substations were set up In
both Crosbyton and Ralls this
week to facilitate payment of
the poll tax. George White,
chamber of commerce manager,
was deputized for Crosbyton and
set up a booth Tuesday morning
at Citizens National Bank. The
first day between the hoiys of
9:00 and 11 a. m.. he issued 11
receipts. The sub station will be
in operation each day, except to-
day, from 9 to 11 a. m., he said.
Fifty receipts were Issued to
Joe Meador. Ralls chamber of
commerce manager, who was
deputized for Rails. The 50 re-
ceipts had been Issued by Tues-
day afternoon, and he returned
for additional receipts.
Voters In Crosbytoii are re-
minded that sevan elections are
already scheduled for 1957, and
the number is only two less for
those living out of the city. And
In all likelihood other elections
of importance will come up dur-
ing the year.
The elections already on tap
include a revenue bond election
for the municipal power plant
on Saturday, Jan. 26; a bond el-
ection.for the White River Mun-
icipal Water District, probably
in March; a special election to
choose a United States Senator
on April 2, a City Alderman el-
ection in April, a Crosbyton
School District trustee election,
and a county school trustee elec-
tion, both in April.
J. C. Smith. Jr.. tax assessor:
collector, points out however
that In the city revenue bond
election Saturday only those
holding Jj*r>*, poll tax receipts
will be eligible to vote. The 1957
receipts do not become valid un-
til February 1.
TrTcbunty court for driving while
his license was suspended. Haw-
kins was arrested for speeding
last week. As he had no drivers
license, a check was made and
it was disefwered that his li-
cense had been suspended.
Pedro Badillo Lorea was ar-
rested by the Crosby County
Sheriffs Department south of
Lofenzo Saturday and charged
with the sale of beer. He pled
not guilty and is out on bond.
A Lubbock woman, Laverne
Clark, was arrested Monday in
Blanco Canyon and charged
with driving while intoxicated.
She was fined $104.05 in county
court Tuesday and assessed the
mandatory three-day jail sen-
tence.
Other arrests included two for
drunkenness, with fines of $34.70
each. - ■
Committee Becommends Enlarged
Science Program to Care for Needs
Serenaders To
GivePorgramin
City on Feb. 7
The Serenaders, popular tele-
vision performers of Lubbock. *
will present a varied program
of music and song at the high
school auditorium on Thursday
night, Feb. 7. It was announced
this week by Billie Cornelius,
president of the Band Boosters
Club.
All of the proceeds - from the
program will go to the Band
Boosters, Mr. Cornelius said. The
Serenaders's expenses will be
paid by their TV sponsors.
Admission will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for school
children.
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Chieftain To
Show 5,Features
Each Week
Starting February 1, the Chief-
tain Theatre will begin a new
; movie policy for the movie goers
of this area.
The new policy will feature
five changes of programs each
week There will be .features on
!Sunday and Monday, Tuesday
j only. Wednesday and Thursday,
Friday onlv and Saturday only.
15 Attend Annual
Evangelistic
Conference
Fifteen members of the Cros-
byton First Baptist Church at-
tended the annual Evangelistic
Conference of the Texas Baptist
Convention held January 14 to
]6 in Fort Worth. Evangelist Bil-
ly Graham was the featured
speaker, along with other Bap-
tist leaders.
Attending from Crosbyton were
Hoyt and Duane McClure, Mrs.
R. C. Wood, Mrs. Bert Black, Rev.
nd Mrs, Wayland Boyd. Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Spence. Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Webb, Troylene and
Paijsette. Bill Marley, H. W. Flte
and Brownie Smith.
A committee from the Crosby-
I ton School Board, appointed to
j study the needs of the science
i department In the local schools,
| made several recommendations
' to the board following a meet-
ing last Friday night, Supt. Sam
Hawkes reported Tuesday.
The department has grown
rapidly in the past three years,
Mr. Hawkes said, and because of
the increased demands for sclen
11ific training, the needs are
pected to increase. A team on
accreditation from the Texas
j Education Agency, which visited
; the local schools in December,
also recommended that the
I sciehce program be improved in
Junior high and elementary de-
partments.
The recommendations of the
i committee to the school board
! Included:
j 1. Increase the salary of Kel-
'.on Tidwell. science teacher, in j
order th^t he can relinquish his
Job as bus driver and devote all
his time to the science depart-
ment.
2. Add another science teach-
er. The present program in-
cludes two general* science Sec-
tions. two biology classes, and
three chemistry classes. Two ad-
ditional courses will bo offered
next year, ('hejnistry II and phy
slcs. This will be too many
ex- (classes for one Instructor..
3. Appropriate more money for
science equlp^nt. The labora-
tory now has only four micro-
scopes for the use of 24 students
in on£ section.
4. Consider a long range plan
for building a science laboratory
when more class rooms are con-
structed.
The board will consider the
recommendations at their next
meeting, Supt. Hawkes said.
will be held each
featuring live tal-
Mrs. E. R. Cash spent Tuesday
night in Lubbock as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cash and
Kayla. Kayla is improving rap-
idly from a broken leg which
(>he sustained recently.
* Mary Littiefield visited over
the week-end with Pat Sesaler
at WTSC in Canyon.
Crosby County Livestock Show Is
Formed to Take Over Annual Show
Stanton Brunson, Crosbyton,
was elected president of the
Crosby County Livestock Show
Association at an organizational
meeting held in Ralls Monday
night.
J. S. Dennard, Ralls, was chos-
en secretary-treasurer and direc-
tors are Mel Cherry, A. W. Lott
and O. H. Kemp, Lorenzo; Billy
Cornelius,' Wood row Brents and
Dennis Taylor. Crosbyton; and
A Jamboree
Friday night
ent. . '
Starting Feb. 16, at 10 a. m.,
a Hopalonp Cassidy Club will be
organized and a full-length fea-
ture of Hoppy's will be shewn.
"We have hopes of having one
each Saturday morning to help
the mothers." the theatre man-
agement stated. "We'll baby sit
for you while you clean the
house, go visiting or better yet,
do your shopping. All it takes
for admission is i ptcture of
Hopalong Cassidy from a carton
of Cloverlake milk, Ice cream or
cottage cheese. Cloverlake is
sponsoring the first show. There
will be other merchants sponsor-
ing the other three Saturdays.
Free Hoppy pictures will be giv-
en away."
A special matinee will-be fea-
tured on Tuesdays only, opening
at 2:00 p. m. and running until
9:30 p. m.
"We Invite you out for*smev-
ening of fine entertainment any
night in the week." the manage-
ment sold. I
if O r—
Mr. and Mrs! Ray TePole from
Malmo, Nebr., are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ballard. Mrs.
TePole is a niece of Mr. Ballard.
(CMttMMd oa
i*.
H. T. Snider, who under-
went eye surgery last Thursday
at a Lubbock hospital,'la im-
proving.
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