The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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O. B, Buck brought t a Nov-
ember 17. 1916, B«vlew into the
office. He found in rummaging
through some old pn—ffMrinns
dating from when hi* brother,
the late James T. Buck, captain-
ed this leaky boat
Staff examined this yellowed
document with such eyecatch-
ing headlines as: "Biggest Land
Deal in Crosby County" and
"Wilson's Hands Full Steering
the Grand Old Slip of State".
Upshoot of the whole thing
has been germination of the idea
to publish a wej*tly feature on
yesteryear in Th« Review, cilpr
from paper files at 10, 25, and 50
years ago will be found else-
where in today's Review.
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"Humanity's War With The
Machine", Chapter 2:
Mrs. Glenn Brashear plugged
in her new sweeper not too long
ago. She had forgotten to put the
dustbag Inside the perforated
cover.
Result: a minor duststorm.
"My goodness, what's happen-
ed to this thing," exclaimed the
surprised lady. Glenn, who
thought the whole thing very
funny, pointed out her oversight.
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Many persons have inquired
about what our coin snitcher de
luxe did about the fastened top
on the cardboard newstand coin •
box. Well, nothing really.
But Wayne Dobson walked up
front shortly after to discover
another enterprising lad who
had ripped off the top. moorings
and all. His grubby little fist
was full of nickles when appre-
hended.
"How much money did you
put in?" asked Wayne.
"A dime," the youngster repli-
ed and—Clink, Clank, Clunk—
a palmful of nickles fell back In
to the box.
So the paper has Installed a
nice tin box, locked shut and
securely staked to the stand.
Just another argument for a city
cop.
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A big surprise Is being pro-
mised for this year's Mayes Gas
House Gang program. This one
seems to be planned but rumor
has it that in past several years
there have been surprises which
For one thing, the fcceneryVcol
lapsed during middle of a dra
matic episode at Ralls perfor
mance last year.
Then there is story about bro
ther Bill Mayes who began in-
serting lines not found in the
script one time. Prompter Guy
Thompson availed himself of a
walking stick lying off stage;
he hooked Mayes' neck and
dragged him oft in traditional
vaudeville fashion.
Seriously, the boys (and la-
dies) over at Mayes have put in
a lot of time and money into
this show. On top of that, ifs
free. We don't intend to miss it.
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"Two can live as cheaply, as
one," says Griffin Odom. Then
he explains, "two men can live
as cheaply as on? woman
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Olie OTteill, social security
field representative who visits
Crosbyton monthly, confesses he
is a rock and arrow head hunler
too.
Among O'Neill's prized pos
sessions: an ivory out of a sabre
tooth tiger's jaw, a mastadon
jawbone, Indian artifacts in
eluding a stone axe weighing
almost 10 pounds.
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We (for once used in the
plural since it refers .to both Mr.
and Mrs. Bennett) were asked trp
to a Cub Scout meeting the ot-
her evening—to Judge some
newspapers produced by various
dens. . "
Apparently the future of Croi
byton journalism is in safe
hands. The originality of the
writing was excelled only by the
originality tin one or two cases
at least) of the spelling.
An account of launching
rocket constructed by Dr. T. P.
Medlock, funny papers, ads di-
recting Cubs to Siim's (Otwell)
Station, an editorial borrowed
from Ernest Joiner, sports and
other interesting material orna-
mented the pages.
One cartoon showed a man
with two heads. It was entttlid
"The Editorial We".
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Lorenzo editor Joe Brown MMM
to have cast his syntactical lot
with columnists who use "we"-*-
albeit s bit reluctantly, ftwa
middle of his Main Street «ol-
umn last week, we quote:
"... we have renounced 'we'
more times than ol' Ralph ran
for office. It just kept cn*pt K
back In. So why It ftert
us a sense of security and, be
. aides, one cannot discount the
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Cmby County's OldMt Bummm Institution - E Ubli W January 7, 1909
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OKJMITOIL CROSBY COUMTT. TEXAS. THURSDAY. VttiRUARY 5th. 1959
NUMBER SHE
Cotton Plans To
Be Discussed at
Meeting Monday
Local Farmers Union Is spon-
soring a meeting of cotton farm-
ers to be held Feb. 9 In Pioneer
Memorjal Building where qhoice
Bang, Pop, Spowie!
Out Goes City Light
Street lights have been
popping around town like
carbonated water.
Vandals have shot out 137
bulbs within past six weeks,
affording to city authorities.
ol cotton acreage illotriierili aruF f
price supports will be discussed
The meeting will be conduct-
ed by James Winter. ASC office
manager and Lee Suther, coun-
ty agent.
Bill Higginbotham, Farmers
Union president, is urging local
farmers to get the facts to be dis-
cussed before deciding, he said
The meeting is intended to
help farmers understand the fac-
tors involved In the farm opera-
tor's choice between A and B al-
lotment and price support. - :
The national price support Jew-,
el for 1959 crop upland eotton<
announced recently by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, is 30.40c
for Plan A and 24.70c for Plan B.
Notices have been sent to farm
operators informing them of the
amount of support available un*
der both A and B allotments. The
operator must file his choice at
the County ASC office before the
March 16 deadline.
Other meetings will be held
Feb. 10 in the Lorenzo high
schoot jauditorium and Feb. 12
in Ralls high school auditorium.
Lions Club To Sell
New U. S. Flags With
49 Stars in Near Fttlnre
Lions Club directors, in regu-
lar monthly meeting following
the noon luncheon in Pioneer
Memorial Building Wednesday,
discussed a variety of club pro-
jects.
The club voted to take orders
for the new U. S. flag which car
ries 49 stars and to sponsor dis-
play of the flags on all patriotic
days.
The birthday calendar was dls
cussed, with work to stage on it
soon. Picture of Pk>nse%aiem-
orial Building is to appear on
new calendar.
The club will again sponsor
Church Loyalty Month, with A
prll set as the date for obser
vance.
The club will also sponsor a
blood typing campaign for the
local hospital, details of which
will Be announced later.
pellants have been used.
Since each lamp costs
$1.60, this represents a loss
of 1219.20 for taxpayers.
That's not even including
installation cost.
This .^staggering number
of broken lamps means at-
average of more than 22 per
Wfeek. Manus Samples, city
electrician, says town aver
aged between 2 and 5 brok-
en weekly while B. N. Ow-
ens wis policeman. .
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Garnet Jones was elected pres
ident of the chamber of .com-
merce at a directors meeting
Tuesday night in the city office.
Other officers for the year are:
T. J. Taylor, vice president; Ho
Methodists Set Revival
Meeting for Feb. 15-22;
Dr. Johnson To Preach
Spring revival meeting of the
Crosbyton Methodist Church has
been set for February 15-22, Rev.
Wilbur F. Gaede. pastor, has
announced.
Dr. Ray N. Johnson,—Abil
who lai Conference Evangelist,
will preach during the services.
Don Ford, now of Shawnee, Ok-
la., but formerly of Lubbock, will
be music director. Mr. Ford hat;
been In two former revivals at
the local church.
Services Will be held Monday
through Friday at 10:30 a m,
and 7:30 p.m. Sunday services
are scheduled at the regular
hours, 11 ajn. and 6' p.m.
Cottage. prayer meetings will
be held all next week in prepur
atlon for the revival. Rev. Gaede
said. Methodist Men will begin
the series Monday, and other
groups will continue through
the week.
A 24-hour prayer vigil will be-
gin at 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11
and last until 6 a.m. Sunday,
Feb. 15. opening day of Ope re-
vival. Members of the congrega-
tion are being asked to sign up
for one hour of the vigil.
February 14 is an unusually
appropriate day for the prayer
vigil, Rev. Gaede said, as It Is
World Day of Prayer.
Highway Work
HMmnnna AOOB
in Crosby Coanty
Improvement of ome20 miles
of U. S. Highway 62-82 In Lub-
bock and Crosby counties was
begun Friday by Cooper *
Woodruff, general contractors of
Amarillo, under a $636,500 con-
tract awarded by the State High-
way Commission in October 1958.
The project provides for wid-
ening and strengthening the
base and surfacing on the orlgi
nal roadway built In 1932 and
1933 .from Idalou east city limit
to a point four miles west of
Crosbyton. Surfaced shoulders
will be built on both roadways
of the divided highway, with the
exception of street section in
Lorenzo and Ralls, which were
completed with the divided
highway in 1956.
Two-way traffic Is to be main-
tained on one roadway ^whlte
construction Is under way, re-
quiring closing of portions of
the highway. Probably comple-
tion date is about Sept. 30, 1959.
This construction will provide
24 foot width asphaltic concrete
pavement in place of the present
20-foot width surfacing on the
original roadway, to match the
new roadway built in 1956, and
additional 10 foot and 4 foot
width asphalt surfaced shoulders
on both roadways.
The work Includes extension
of concrete culverts,, grading for
widening the roadway, addition-
al caliche bast and stabilization
of base- course with hydrated
lime. The wnk is being^financ
Od with federal and state high
way funds-Jn approximately e
qual amounts, under the 1958
Federal Highway program.
■JL'p. Strebeck Is job superin-
tailpit for the contractor. J. W.
Stevens, resident engineer, and
Joe B. Heard, chief inspector,
ate sup«¥lslag the work under
this contract for the Texas High
way iMydiMMMt/ ■ '
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Mr. asd Mrs. Donald GaiMtt
of Try *r* Hie waric
Scouts Erect
Monument To
Honor Sgt. Max
Bo^Scput Troop 32 erected the
new memorial stone, unveiled
during the Jubilee, at the grave
of Sgt. William Max, Jan. 25.
They were accompanied by Jim
Blagg, A1 Edwards and Terry
Edwards.
The new stone, of white Geor
gia marble, was contributed by
the Veteran's Administration.
The old gravestone will be erect-
ed In the "Pioneer Memorial
building as soon as a suitable
pedastal can be built.
The" grave site is now sur
rounded by a temporary, fence
which will soon be replaced by
a permanent cyclone fence, both
contributed by the Lions Club
Max, an officer, with General
Mackenzie's troops, passed away
while the troops w<?re camped In
the canyon during the Indian
battles in this part of the court-
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TV
Robertson. Crosbvton, was photographed near
t, Sals of Weils I arno television lame, at the
Little Sue Jan
another Roberts©*
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Friday night. Alert cameraman was
>ber father. Woedrew Robertson, who snapped most of publicity
photographs for recent Jubilee celebration.
Thieves Ransack
Glisson's Cafe
Second Time
Thieves smashed a door glass
lo enter and burglarize Glisson's
"82" Cafe again Tuesday night.
Burglars also pilfered the res-
taurant during the Christmas
holWrtVHv-
ThU hood! emu ..ransack. ..
Od the place In search of coin
but got only mixed change from
the cash drawer.They also cur-
ried off several full boxes of
'candy, coffee, cigars and razor
blades. '
During pthe previous burglary,
thieves had smashed expensive
cigarette machine in search of
money A O iTobe) Gllason hnd
left a key in the machine to pre-
vent a recti rj; a nee of'thls
Some authorities speculate on
the possibility of youthful van
dais behind these petty raids.
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Two Drunks Plus Man
Indicted for Forgery
Arrested During Week
Two men were fined and a
third taken Into, custody (u
sheriff's department moved
through another week of routine
disturbances
Monroe Dudley is being held
under $1,000 bail here after his
arrest by Lubbock police, Sun-
day. Dudley had. already been
indict in! for forging und passing
worthless checks.
Jose Jordon was arrested by
Sheriff J. T. Herrtngton and fined
$71 50 on a drunk In an autnmo
bile charge. HfKwas picked Up
Sunday with his car at rest In a
ditch near Crosbyton.
Fred Stone. .V4, was fined
$70.50 on a drunk and distur-
bance charge. Me was picked up
at the Star Hotel by Deputies Al-
vie Katheal and L. T. Starkey.
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mer Fillingim, treasurer.
New directors slsctsd during
January by C of C memboia ai#
Homer Fillingim, Jimmy- Karr,
Aries Graham, J. C. McNeill,- Dr.
Dale Rhoades and T. J. Taylor.
Outgoing officers are Hubert
Curry, president; Joe Lowrle,
treasurer and Hulen Clifton, vice
president.
Outgoing directors are Guy
Thompson. Clifton. Lowrle, Bart
Lynehi Burt Flowers and Harry
Jung.
Wayne Hill was appointed at
the directors meeting to fill the
unexpired term of director Bus-
ter Reed. Reed'r reslgnatlon^fton*.
office was ' accepted Tuesday
night.
—Price for tickets for the cham-
duled for Feb. 24, have been aet"
at $1.50 per person. Tickets will
be sold by the directors.
Speaker at the banquet will bo
Arch W Hunt, management.pro-
fessor at Baylor University. Hunt
also conducts Baylor's Chamber
of Commerce Administration
course.
Menu for the banquet, as ar-
ranged by Mrs. Guy Thompson
and Mrs. Grady Evans, will In-
clude shrimp cocktail, quartered
braised chicken, baked potato^
green beans with toasted al-
monds, congealed salad, roll%
cuke squares, topped with fresh
strawberries anil chopped nuta^
coffee and tea.
Announcement la Made
of Opening of New Firm:
M. M. Samples Electric
M. M. Samples recently an-
nounced the opening of M. M.
Samples Electric. The firm will
do electrical installation and
maintenance. Mr. Samples is
employed as city electrician, a
Job he has held for seversl
months. Employed by the elec-
trical firm Is Richard Hold, for-
merly of Killeen.
Dir. W.L Thorn to
Banqnet Honoring
Dr. W. E. Thorn, pastor, Cal-
vary Baptist Church, Lubbock,
will be principal speaker at the
banquet Monday honoring the
and Mrs. Lsslls Mitchell and their son. Rodney, havs
returned from snfoying a vacation In the 75 degree weather of
Honolulu. The Mitchells flew to ths islands on Northwest Orient
Airlines from Minneapolis after the senior Mitchells won a Min-
neapolis- Moline Jingle contest
Few Laughs Only
Fee at Tonight's
Mayes Show Dooi
A few belly laughs and a lit -
Vie good will are to be only price
of admission at door of Pioneer
Memorial Building when Mayes
Gas House Gang presents annual
show tonight, Thursday, at 7:30.
Clyde Hanklns with banjo and
guitar will highlight a music
filled program. Another unus-
ual number will be Preston
Weeks and his Whlstlln' Freaks
"Hist, She's a Man" Is title of
the one act play representing
the zany"drama which has be
come a standard event on these
programs. Professor Whodunnit
will perform feats of magic In
another favorite feature
A surprise Is also promised
the audience but Its nature has
been veiled in atomic bomb-llk>-
secrecy. A second performance of
the show will take place In Ralls
February 10, at high school au-
ditorium.
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Youngster Hit by Car
After Church Sunday
Injured But Slightly
Struck by a car, Randel £111
son, 11 was released from Cros-
byton Clinic Hospital Sunday af
ternoon. He suffered only minor
bruises and abrasions, in the ac.
cident.
Randel, son of Mr. and Mn
Ernest Ellison, was hit when he
ran from between two parkefl
cars in front of Cliurch of Christ
after Sunday morning services.
Don Nickson Is On
College Honor Roll
Included on the first semester
honor, roll at Southwestern State
College is Don Carter Nlckaon,
son of ifr. and Mrs. G. C. Nick-
son, Crosbyton.
To qusllfy for the honor rdil
students are required to main-
tain high scholsstic grades In
all courses in which they are
Books Warehoused on
South Side of Square
Books which will be offered
residents through the Bookmo-
bile service have been ware-
housed in the Ellison building
next to Work insurance office,
announce authorities.
John Harvey, assistsnt driver
will return from Austin soon
where he Is undergoing training.
Date for the beginning of the
bookmobile service will be an-
nounced later.
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Council Debates Cop
Problem in Crosbyton ^
City counrilmen hav'e been de-
bating Crosbyton police protec-
tion in two recent meetings
Agreements for cooperation
were made with county commi*
■loners in a gathering last week.
Possible new moves were dis-
cussed in a Tuesday morning
breakfast at the Club Cafe.
Speak at
[Seniors
Salaries of County
Road Workers Open
For Public Looksee
County officials have had
some Inquiry concerning- salar-
ies of road workers In various
precincts. These salaries are a
matter of public record and op
en for inspection of all, officials
point out.
. Workers received raises in
two precincts the first of this
year. «
Precinct one employs three
workers at $240 per month; pre-
cinct 2 employs three at. $250 a
month; precinct 3 employs one
person regularly at $265 per
month while precinct 4 employs
one regularly at $1.25 per hour.
Selman Mercer
Is Awarded
MOD Car
Selman Mercer of Lorenzo waa
awarded a new Ford at the stylo
show In Ralls Saturday night
which climaxed the 1B5B March
of Dimes campaign In the coun-
ty-
Total figures contributed Ul
the county to the cHmpalgrf were
Incomplete and will be announc-
ed in the Review next week,
states D A. F.dwards, chairman.
The style show was presented
by Dunlap's . of Lubbock using
I oral model? It was narrated
Bill Chllders of Dunlap's. *
Among the activities held dur-
ing the month In the county
were coffees, parties, and in Lo*
renzo a Teen Age program was
presented, directed by Mrs. Ed*
ward Taylor.
Mrs, C. P. Guess, drive chalir
man extended-Ti^r gratitude ttt'
local workers, Mrs. Guy Thomp*
son, Mrs. Truett Mayes and the
women who participated in the
mothers mafch and ^ther activi-
ti.es,"
WALLACES ATTEND MARKET
Attending style market In Dal-
las last week were Mrs. A. W.
Wallace and Lois Ratheal, Cros
byton; Orval Wallace and Mrs.
Mike Lardy, Sudan. They made
selections for Wallace Dry Goods
stores.
THE WEATHER
Crosbyton
2.5 Inches of
week.
Temperatures
was blanketed by
snow early thla
and Melstuxo
Jan. & reb. Man.
20 0H
30 49
31 49
1 35
2 19
3 127
4 42
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Mote Soil Conseivation Work in
Crosby in 195S Than Year Before
The Board of Supervisors of | 6,000 acres.
senior class of CHS.
Theme for the banquet will be
Starlight Fantasy. It is sn an-
nual event sponsored by the
church W. M. U. and will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Monday In the
fellowship hall at First Baptist
Church.
Program for the banquet will
be as follows: master of ceremo-
nies, Rev. Wayland Boyd; piano
music, Elaine Grizzle; tnvoca->-Pnro"e°
tion, Sam Hawkes, superinten -
dent of schools; welcome by W
M. U. president, Mrs. C. R. Jack-
son and response by Frank
Moore, president of the senior
.class.
Several selections will be pre-
sented by a sextette composed of
Elaine Grizzle, Jane Snodgrass,
Kay Curry, Sandra Witt, Judy
Ellison, Shlrly Stewart and Jan-
ics Cornelius at the piano.
Soloist will be Sam Satterfield,
music director of First Baptist
Church. '
Spotlight on Juniors
in Scrrae of First
Baptists Next Sunday
Junior department mem bets
will be spotlighted In next Sun-
day morning services at First
Baptist Church. This will be a
"Junior Day" program.
. Junior choir will furnish mu-
sic for the service *-etod Junior;
boys will usher. This department
is comprised of members in the
9-12 year old ags range.
the Crosby County Soli Conserva
tion District has Just released it*
report of activities and accom-
plishments during 195S. In gene-
ral, there w^s more conservation
work done last year than in 1957.
There are now more land own-
ers and operators cooperating
with the District In a planned,
systematic approach to soil and
water conservation than ever be-
fore. As of Dec ll-,*4968, -
farmers and ranchmen are sign
as District cooperators.
One of the most important
practices used unng 1958 was
Improved application of irriga-
tion, adjusting row lengths, and
applying proper amounts of wa
ter.
Additional water saving re-
sulted from installation of 28
miles of underground Irrigation
pipelines and leveling of 205 ac-
res of irrigated cropland. A big
Job remains to be done, however,
to achieve maximum conserva-
tion on the District's 200,000 ac-
res of Irrigated lands.
Good moisture during the year
Improved the grass cover on
most of the 235,000 acres of ran-
geland in the District. Conserva-
tion work on rangelands speed-
ed up during the year. Proper
grazing'was used on 11,000 se-
res, preferred grazing on 5,000
acres, and brush control on 100
acres. Most rangeland is now in
fair
Crop and soil management
practices are becoming Increas-
ingly Important. Conservation
crop rotations were used on 4,000
#acres, coyer cropfi on l.QOO acres,
and 650 acres were devoted to
soil building hay and grass
crops.
Two other crop and soil man*
agemept practices are fast gain-
the use of cotton burs' on the
land for controlling erosion and
improving soil structure. The
other is planting sorghums In
narrow spaced rows. D >th of
these will probably be used
more each year.
A variation In terrace construc-
tion is expected to Show good
results In saving rainfall on dry-
land. This consists of building
the terrace entirely from the low-
er side, so that the water held
above the terrace Is .spread over
a larger area of land instead at
being concentrated iii a terrace
channel. The ACP program set
up s special cost share for build*
Ing terraces this' way, and al
least two Such terraces were con^
structed during the year.
The District Board of Super*
visors wishes to scknowledge
the help if has received from in*
dlvlduals and groups in promat
ir condition.
Most populi
popular practttfc acre*
agewise, was leaving crop resi-
dues on the soil surface during
the blow season to control wind
erosion. This was done on >1,000
acres, an stpbble mulching on
mat
ing conservation during the pa^
year. Invaluable assistance haa
been given by civic clubs, chur*
Farm Bureati^ and others,
cultural agencies have extend
a helping hand also. These if
dude Extension Service,
FHA, and SCS.
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