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Crosby County's Oldest Busirtegg Institution — Established January 7,1909
VOLUME FIFTT-TWO
CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 5. 1960
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
JUl-Star Little
Leaguers toPlay
Friday Night
An All-Star game will be play-
ed by cagers from Crosbyton's
Little Basketball League at 7 p.
m. in the high school gymna-
sium, Friday. The loop has just
finished its schedule.
Wolf team, coached by Dick
McDuff and Roy Ratheal, will
have on its first team Rodney
Maples, Wynn Robinson, John
Watson, Jim Blagg, Jimmy Flour "
noy and Ronnie Wheeless.
Wolf second team will be Don-
nie Wheeless, Aries Graham Jr..
Tommy Doss, Ronald Stegall,
Larry Conner, Ronnie Hudson.
Bird team, coached bv Bill Po-
well and Charles Freeman, has-
first: team composed of Randall
Ellison, Joe Hefley, Tommy
Hawkes, R, Parkhill, Leon Mur-
dock and £. Miller.
Second telm for the Birds Will
.be Ernie Cash, Ronnie Ogle, Den-
nis Reid, Bobby Cooper, Eddie
Jordan and E. Escobar.
„ When* the season _ was—comi
pleted, teams had the following
standings:
Eagles
Hawkes
Celtics
Bobcats
Won
Lost
7
-2
6
3
4
5
1
8
Band, Barbershoppers to Climax
Music Week Tonight, Tomorrow
Two big events mark climax
of National Music Week tonight
and tomorrow night.
Jesse Lancet's highly rated
band musicians present their
annual spring concert at 8 p.m
tonight, Friday, in the high
school gymnasium.
Crosbyton Harmony Clubs are
presenting ap evening of barber
shop singing at 8 p.m. tomorrow
night, Friday, in the Pioneer
Memorial-Building.
Band Excellent
—Chieftain band has just been
rated "excellent" in Class A re-
gional contests held in Level-
land, Friday. Judging was on
both sight reading and concert.
High school musicians will
show their virtuosity in three o:
their contest numbers along with
others at the concert. Junior hign
and grade school bands will al
so play.
"The type of harmony you will
hear Friday riight is one which,
until recently, was rapidly be-
coming extinct," says a Hai-
mony Club spokesman. "Barber-
shop harmony is one of the two
thn
American
field of
or three exclusively
contributions to the
music."
Feature SPEBSQSA
Both group and quartet sing-
ing will be featured in the pro-
gram featuring Lubbock chapter
of SPEBSQSA (Society for the
Preservation and Encourage-
TRENDS.
. . . . .... . Hubert Curry
Kalgary Road Is Busy Highway;
A Few Opinions on State Politics
"I never realized before the
drive to Kalgary was so scenic,"
one Crosbytonian remarked this
week. And apparently it is, be-
cause the road Kalgary, and
beyond, has more traffic on it,
this spring that ever'before in
history.
Also -popular is the farm to
markel road running west past
the old Smith Community, Rob-
ertson, Acuff and into Lubbock.
"We've decided we're on a main
highway," said one farmer on
the road.
Something more than the scen-
ery, of course, is attracting all
these people—the beer taverns
and package stores that have op-
ened just across the line from
Kalgary in Garza County.
Post itself has taken on the
appearance of a county fair ev-
ery day, report Crosbyton sight-
seers (?) who have made the
trip down to the Garza County
capitol. At last count 18 pack
age stores and taverns had been
opened and more applications
for licenses are pending. Mer-
chants report business is boom-
ing and the town growing rap-
idly. We still believe, however,
that Post picked a hard way to
get rich, and that the* citizens of
that city will soon rue the day
they became, the South Plains
liquor oasis. -
- ☆ ☆ ☆ ...
By now you've probably made
up your mind how you are go-
ing to vote Saturday, but we
want to express our opinion any-
way. In the governor's race we're
going to take a pill and vote for
Price Daniel, a moderate, over
Jack Cox, a conservative.
In the Lieutenant Governor's
race Don Yarborough gets our nod
over veteran Ben Ramsey, who
has shown too many times he is
not for the little man. And we
vote for Waggoner . Carr, a West
Texas, over Will Wilson, two-
time holder of the attorney-gen-
eral's office: Carr IS a West
Texan and as far as we can see
Wilson HASN'T done anything
to merit his re-election.
Only- one of the judge's races
particularly interests us," that for
the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Lloyd W- Davidson, running for
re election, is the guy who has
been making a mockery of Tex-
as law. He has turned in some
famous reversals, such as: "the
law "says it is unlawful to drive
a "vehicle" while under the in-
fluence of drugs. He ruled—that
the law does not apply to "motor
vehicles". He's the guy who rul-
ed a man couldn't be convicted
for murder because the indict-
ment said his victim was
"drowned" Instead of "drowned
in water." And another criminal
was freed because the indict-
ment read that the victim was
"stomped to death" instead of
"stomped to death with the feet."
Davidson must go. We choose
Jim Bowman, arfikely looking
new comer.
ment of Barbershop Quartet
Singing in America).
About 45 Lubbock business
men and women will come here
for the Harmony Club's program.
In addition to scholarships, the
club hopes to have enough ex
tra profit to begin a fund to buy
robes for the CHS choir.
A comparatively new part of
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Citizen Of the Week
D. A. EDWARDS
"I feel as though we should
have library service just as we
have churches or schools," says
D. A. Edwards, able civic worker
who feels strongly that Crosby
should have a library.
"Reading and libraries are
simply a part of the cultural
life of a community. They
should be accepted iiv,$ur way
of life. Adults and efilldren are
entitled to have access to read-
ing-
"We,.have demonstrated be-
yond a "doubt that people will
use the library,"*Edwards points
Out; "we've had a year's test.
"Like any public service and
any good thing we enjoy, , the
cost will have to be born by
someone."
To those who think TV has
taken the place of books, the
veteran teacher says: "television
hasn't hurt reading—in fact it
may have helped it. Library ser-
vice has .been up throughout
the nation in recent years. .
'Television gives you'. just e-
nough information to whet your
appetite on many subjects. We
need to go deeper into foreign
affairs, particularly," Edwards
muses, "and know more about
the peoples of the world." 1
~ LIFE IN BRIEF: Born June 1,
1900, in Hamilton Co., son. of Mr.
arid Mrs. F. A. Edwards. Finish'
REALITIES . . . . . . . . Pat Bennett
Camping Explosion Backfires;
More Than One 12 Year Record
Ted Kair stopped to discuss
the Boy Scouts' recent camporee
near Spur. He mentioned an—a-
musing but somewhat dangerous
prank.
Two boys (not-from Crosbyton)
crept into the sleeping camp of
Jayton Scouts. A campfire * still
roared so the raiders tossed an
unopened can of pork and beans
into it
About 11 p.m— WHOOM! It,
might have been very funny,
with the resulting stir and all, if
the wind hadn't been blowing
toward the tents.
Jayton Scoutmaster showed up
following morning with two
charred ends of a sleeping bag.
The sleeper had emerged un-
scathed, although hastily.
Remembering "a Scout is truth-
ful", the two culprits owned up.
They paid for the bag.
"You should try staying out
with those kids sometime," says
Ted, "and see how it feels to go
three days and two nights with-
out sleep."
'tf $
Over at Lorenzo, the Jaycees
have been soliciting mmmtoiits
on faults and needed improve-
ments for the town. A great
many are helpful but a couple
struck us as rather amusing:
". . .When living in Lorenzo—
if u are a man with money u
can do as u please—if a peon u
crawl—that is the idea of the
pushers of Lorenzo . . . especial-
ly the ones that run the FJI.A.
hogs out of the city limits and
left other stock in your fair
city." - - - - ■
"Sewage to cover all parts of
town and to houses that don't
have it yet"
tST "to
And it turns out that Sharon
Ausmus wasn't the only girl to
ever go 12 years to CHS without
an absence, t
Miss Laverne Marsh, secretary
of the First Baptist Church, re-
cently graduated with the same
absenteeless record.
When they start checking the
ADA records, I imagine Sam
HawkeS and the school board;
wish they had a lot more stu-
dents with such a thirst for
knowledge. ■ ■ ■
ed school at Ireland community.
Attended North Texas State,
West Texas State, Texas Tech:
lettered in basketball, baseball:
BA and MA degrees. Married
Florence Terry, 1925; two child-
ren: Terry Edwards, Mrs. Arthur
(Laura) Dickenson. First taught
in Hamilton Co.; jr. high princi-
pal !£§rens; supt. O'Donnell;
supt. Crosbyton 1931-42. . Elected
Co. supt. 1942. Worked with Boy
Scouts, Chamber of Commerce,
Community Chest. Chairman of
March of Dimes and innumer-
able other drives. Lions Club
charter member, held all local
offices, dlst and zone chairman.
Mason, past Master. Methodist
served on board. Teachers Assoc-
iation: dist and co. offices. 'Hob-
bies: reading, community work,-
Bert Grimes b
Chosen for New
Bert Grimes was named high
school assistant coach here over
the weekend. As Crosbyton jun-
ior high coach last fall, Grime*
piloted the Braves through on
undefeated season.
Marvin L. McSpadden. 25, has
accepted the post of junior high
mentor vacated by Grimes. He
is a native of Dickens county
who attended Patton Springs
school. ■ fC %,■ •%
Grimes will teach algebra I
and general math in high school
as well as guiding girls' basket-
ball and PE programs, along
frith his gridiron duties* ,
McSpadden will teach math
in Junior high. An army veteran
he attended Weil Texas State
and Texas Tech. Mr. and Mrs.
McSpadden have one child.
Law Puts Limit on
Thirsty Drivers
Just one jug to the cus-
tomer, says Sheriff Alvie.Ra-.
theal. ... ^ .
. The Crosby lawman 4s issu-
ing a warning today - that
the law will be enforced
concerning hauling hooch
back from Post's newly
moistened precinct.
Crosby residents who
make a pleasure trip to Post
had better not return with
more than one fifth of whis-
key or a case of. beer.
If the driver has more
liquor or beer - in his car,
he will be presumed to in-
tend its resale. County Sher-
iff's department plans to
keep a close check.
Crosby County voters, along
with others oyer the State of
Texas, will have a new
ience Saturday when they cast
their First Democratic Primary
ballots, in May instead of July.
The new election date vyasset
last year by the state legisla-
ture.— — >— *-*—
Voters in the Crosbyton pre-
cinct will also have a new place
lit-which'.■ to vuio. Ihe Crosby-
Sharon Campbell. Norlena Fowler
Top Students at Crosbyton High
Sharon Campbell became I960'
Crosbyton high valedictorian
with a 92.32 grade point average,
says Princip^l^Vayne Hill. Nor-
lena Fowler IS salfftatorian with
a, 92.22 average. " ,
Overall class grades were good
although not so high as in 1959
Top ten students, all above an
87 average, were James Dwayno
Winter, Sharon Ausmus, Wilma
Jo Treat, Charles Moore, Kay
Williams, David Edwards, Gar-
rett Boyd and Jackie Hill Pink-
ston. "
Neither of the two top students
has any certain plans for the fu-
ture.
"I'll probably go to work this
summer," says Sharon, "then go
to school this fall. I haven't
Methodists Will
Start Building
During Month
Building program
~€i us b.vtu 11 flfgttIPtttgr
expected To get under way dur
ing May, Dr. Dale" Rhoades,
building program chairman, an-
nounced this week.
Bids for construction of the
new sanctuary and classroom
addition are how being accepted
by the architect- and will- be
opened at a meeting of the
church Monday night, May 9.
All members of the church are
invited to this, meeting, Rev.
Carlton Thomson, pastor, em-
phasized.
The building committee, will
take a week, %til May 16, to
consider the bids and investi-
gate the work of the low bidding
contractors, it was pointed out
at an official board] meeting of
the church MondajuMght. How-
ever, contract will'" ae awarded
just as soon as^the 'eommittee is
satisfied, they said.
A ground breaking ceremony
is scheduled, probably at 5:30 p.
m. Sunday, May 22, just before
church services, R. H. Farris, Jr.,
Official Board chairman, said.
The new sanctuary will be lo-
cated where the present Youth
Cottage sets west of the present
building. This cottage has been
sold to Bert Black and will be
moved by May 15. The modern-
istic structure is expected to be
completed within five or six
months.
CROSBYTON ON TV
. Crosbyton will be one of the
featured towns on the interlude
in "Meet the Press", a program
carried over a Lubbock televl-
sion Station next Sunday after-
noon at 5 o'clock, says Joe Wood,
Chamber of Commerce manager.
picked out a school yet—maybe
Hardin Simmons." She hasn't de
cided on a major but likes
science best among her subjects.
"I don't know," answers Nor-
lena when asked about plans.
"Probably I'll get a -job some-
where. I don't think I'll go to
school."
Sharon, dau ghteAQt
rs. tmea Campbell, was born
in a Lubbock hospital, March 6.
1942. She has attended Crosbyton
schools all her life.
Active in school affairs, Sharon
has been elected to student
council class, secretary, most
scholarly junior, most likely to
succeed senior and FHA parlia-
mentarian.
She has been a member of an
nual staff,' band, choir, FHA,
.honor society and basketball
squad. This mentioned in Who's,
Who in CHS.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
lan Fowler, Norlena was born In
.a Ralls clinic, January 28, "1943.
She attended Big Four School
until coming to Crosbyton school
in the seventh grade.
The 17-year-old honor student
was in this year's prize winning
one-act play, cast.'She has' been
active in both the Mary Beth
Club and Pep Squad the past
four years.
.Living in the country, Norlena
lists her hobbies as horseback
riding and reading hovels.
SHARON CAMPBELL
NORLENA FOWLER
Cancer Crusade
Nets $94156 Here
. j — . , ■
' Mrs. Lon Atchison, Crosbyton,
chairman of the .1960 Cancer Cru-
sade, announced this week that
$943.56 was contributed this year
to the drive in the Crosbyton'
area. *
This amount is approximately
two-thirds of the Crosby County
quota of >1400.
Cecil Johnson
Services-nltd
Funeral services for Cecil
Johnson, 44, were held here at
the First Baptist Church
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Elder Ethridge Norman, Child-
ress, officiated.
Burial was in Crosbyton Ceme-
tery under the direction of King
Funeral Home.
Johnson died at Clinton, Mo.,
Sunday where he had made his
home for the past four years. Ha
had lived in Crosbyton and the
Crosbyton area most of his life
before moving to Missouri.
He is survived by his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. Glenda joy Mar-
ton, Denver; stepchildren, Mrs.
Kenneth Reed of Lubbock, Carol
Alston, Temple, and Pete Alston,
Temple; four brothers, War-
ner, Gene and Charles, - all of
"Working together, we did a
big job well," said Mrs. Atchi-
son.
Baccalaureate
at McAdoo Set
Sunday, May 8
Baccalaureate services for Mc-
Adoo seniors will be held next
Sunday in McAdoo school audi-
torium. After an invocation by
Rev. C. W. Pate, Baptist pastor,
the address will be delivered by
Rev. Melvin Mathis, Methodist
pastor.
valedictorian
-rms-
years
ty Van Meter, plans to attend
West Texas State College with
intention of becoming a teacher.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Van Meter, she had an average
of 93.13.
Donald Harris, salutatorian,
hopes to attend Levelland Jun-
ior College <?&,an athletic schol-
arship and may major in physi-
cal education. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Harris, he finished
with 91.40.
Commencement exercises will
be held In the high school audi-
torium, May 12.
George Scott, All-State basket-
ball star, has chosen TCTJ as his
college tills fall. Scott is son of
Mr. and Mrs, Virgil Scott
Top students In McAdoo grade
school have also been annoiiuc
ed. Bobby Teague, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Teague, was
valedictorian with 93 average.
Larry Morris, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Morris, was second
with 85.
BETTY VAN METER
DONALD HARRIS
Lakeview community in Floyd
County, and Thilmon, Los An-
geles; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Johnson, Lakeview; a sistei,
Mrs. Vernon Wheeles, Crosbyton,
and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Don Harrison,
Tillman Reeves, Ancil Steele,
Thomas Davis, Stanton Brunson
and Pete Bacon.
County Pioneer Memorial audi-
torlum rather than the court
house. Bob Work, precinct chair-
man, said Tuesday that all elec-
tlons this year would be held at
mte'Mehiorlalluit'ding. " "
Polls will be open during the
usual hours, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. Donald Wooten, county De-
mocratic Chairman, said the-pri-
mary would be conducted as in
past years.
Sheriff's Race Is Attraction
Interest in absentee voting in-
creased this week, and 96 had
cast ballots when the deadline
had passed Tuesday evening.
This is below the usual number
of absentee ballots in the past
but cannot be taken as an indi-
cation of lesser interest. In all
likelihood, as the primary is be-
ing held in May not as many
voters plan to be away from
home as is usually the case in
July.
Interest in the sheriff's race
is expected to be the biggest at-
traction to local voters. In Ralls—
and Lorenzo, however, added at-
tractions include hot races for
commissioners in Precincts one
and three.
Convention at 3:00 P. M.
Democratic Precinct Conven-
tions will be held In Crosbyton
and other voting piecincts of the
county at 3:00 p.m., Mr, Wooten
said. To be seated at the Conven-
tion voters must have cast their
ballot in the Primary and have
their poll tax stamped by an
election official. All voters in-
terested in party politics are in-
vited to attend the Convention.
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Masons to Mark
Lodge's. Fiftieth
Year in City
Fiftieth anniversary of Crosby-
ton Masonic Lodge will be cele-
brated at 7:30 p.m. next Wednes-
day.
• An open affair to which every-
one is invited, the Golden Anni-
versary program will begin with
an invocation by Sam Brown, af-
ter which Terry Edwards will
deliver the welcome. Joe W.
Grizzle will outline the lodge's
history and a memorial.
duce a tUlk by past tlrand Mas-
ter Joh n.G. "Ttemmerer. "Willie
Smith will then give recognition
to Glenda and Clyde Hart, younn
peopl^ the local lodge is spon-
soring at Masonic Home.
R. A. Paschall Jr. will intro-
duce Grand Master John T.
Bean's address.
D. A. Edwards will address the
group with a recognition of first
Master of Crosbyton Lodge 1020,
L. A. Wicks, Sr. After Wick's
response, R. C. Ratheal will de-
liver the benediction.
Order of the Eastern Star wUl
serve refreshments. _
Nix Needs More
Little Leaguers
At least 15 more glove-and-
batmen are needed for this sum-
mer's Little League baseball pro-
gram, says Sammy Nix.
"We need some more 11 and
12 year old boys," League Presi-
dent Nix says. "If any interested
kids have failed to sign up, drop
by the Chamber office or tell me
at the SCS office."
Urban Renewal Commission Picks
Southwest City as Initial Area
First official meeting of Cros-
byton's Urban Renewal Commis-
sion was held Thursday night at
the city hall. With a multitude
of work before them, the ten-
member board labored until mid-
night getting preliminary legal
p.ipertt completed and deciding
Of the remaining sfrea, com-
prising about one-fifth of the en-
tire city area, 137 homes were
classed as standard and 104 as
sub-standard. ~
Mr. Pace, assisted by Harry
Jupg, attorney for the project,
axe_now preparing the appliea-
'"IS".--,. ■),
upon the first Urban Renewal
Area.
Hubert Curry was elected per-
manent chairman of the Com-
1 mission; Hulen Clifton, vice-
, chairman, and Bob Work, secre-
tary. Director of the project will
not be chosen until approval is
made by Urban Renewal Agency
if the Federal Government
Homer Pace, engineer of Mid-
land, met with the group to
show tf^e results of a preliminary
survey which he had made prior
to the meeting. The city"-has4
been divided into five proposed'
urban renewal areas, and plans
of the Commission are that the
entire city will come under pro-
jects within the 10 to 12 year life
of the program. J
First area upon which appli-
cation is being made will Include
the city south of Thlfcd "Street
and west of Ayershire Avenue.
Several blocks In the area were
excluded from the project as all
houses in these blocks were
classed as standard, homeo^^.^
tion which will be submitted to
the federal government within a
short time.
Members of the Commission
are pointing out that actual work
on an urban renewal program
takes considerable time from the
date the program ls flrst Insti-
gated. It is expected thatfrom 18
months to two years will elapse
be&re Ifwfll Be possible to be-
gin the work here. However, loan
benefits in the area become a-
vailable just as soon as the ap-
plication Is approved, which
should be within six months.
Besides aSistance in building
and remodeling homes in ~
area, the program *
vide more paving,
street
ockp
area. '
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