The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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TRUCK, PICK-UP
COLLIDE; HOGS
Damaged property, injured in-
drivers and a lot of excited,
squealing hogs were the results
of a spectacular pickup-truck
smashup just east of Crbsbyton
Clinic Hospital in late afternoon,
August 25 __l:
Tragedy was narrowly averted
when .the brakes on a pickup
driven by Ora, Fay Mooneyham,
16, failed to hold at the crossing.
Her vehicle continued out di-
rectly into the path of the. huge
truck-trailer driven by Jimmie
Alfred Lindeman, 33, of Plain-
view. The truck driver, trying to
avoid the collision, jackknifed
his trailer.
The pickup was hit dead cen-
ter, badly denting the door. It
skidded over a wide circle on
the pavement, finally coming to
rest west of the trailer. The
truck overturned on its side "as
its cab plunged up on the cem-
ent island of Shorty Jordan's
Humble Station.
Aside from extensive damage
- -to the two vehicles; the station's
concrete work was crack&S,, in
several places. Ismael Cabellero,
an employee of Jordan, was one
of the few eyewitnesses,
After the badly bruised Miss
Moonevham was rushed to the
hospital, Crosbyton firemen were
called out to help with the em-
ergency. The trailer contained
176 aggitated hogs.
After the tailgate was pried o-
pen, they were herded down a
side street by an obliging crowd.
Residents were still finding, lost
days later. Six of the swine were
killed.
-Lindeman g'iffered only a deep
cut on his hand and upper arm
when he escaped the cab.
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Woman's Scream
Routs Burglar in
Lorenzo House
A burglary attempt at Lorenzo
late Friday night fell through
when Mrs: Mittie Hughes, a wi-
dow, awoke and screamed.
Robert B. Thomas, 32, is being
held here on $3,000 bond charged
with burglary of a residence at
night. Authorities have a-corifes-
sion signed by him in connec-
tion with the case.
Thomas, drinking and in need
of money, says he slipped in the
front door of Mrs. Hughes' home
and went into her room search
ing for her purse. -
_ "She started hollering arid 1
tried to put my hand over her
mouth to keep her quiet," states
the employee of a Lorenzo pump
firm. -
"Then this roomer of hers
came to the door of the room,"
.Thomas continues, "and I hit or
pushed- him and ran out the
back door of the house."
Hughes has served in the pen-
itentiary and on a Georgia chain
gang for offenses ranging from
robbery to drunk driving and au-
to theft.
He was taken into custody Sat-
urday afternoon by Sheriff Alvie
Ratheal, Deputy Walter Crout
and Texas Ranger Tim Paulk.
Crosby County's Oldest Business Institution — Established January X 1909
VOLUME FIFTY-TWO
CROSBYTON, CBOSBY COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, I960 NUMBEB THIRTY-FIVE
First Bale Ginned In
FIRST BALE: Bill Higginbotham, left, is congratu-
lated by Joe Bailey, manager of Crosbyton Co-op Gin,
on bringing in the South Plains' first bale of cotton on
August 25.
Fabian (Doc) Lemley was se-
lected basketball Coach of the
Year by Texas—Spnrts Writers
Association in their annual poll.
In stiff competition, Lemley
drew 23 first place vote? of a
possible 72. Closest to the McA-
doo coach in number of first
place votes was Wallace Dock-
Bill Higginbotham brought in
what was not only Crosbyton's
first bale but the first on the
South Plains at 10 a.m. August
25. It was ginned in 15 minutes
by Crosbyton Co-op Gin.
Higginbotham harvested the
bale from a dryland farm on the
L-7 Ranch 11 mill's south of
Crosbyton. Helping film-pull it
was the Jessie Cassanova fami-
ly.
The 400 pound bale was gin-
ned from 1,600 pounds of seed
cotton. The Bale was pulled over
15 acres from a field planted on
April 15. It tested middling light
spot 15/16-inch staple at Lub-
bock classing office.
The first bale on the South
Plains came six days earlier last
.year, according to the Lubbock
Avalanche. It" came from a dry-
land place in Lynn County.
First Crosbyton bale of 1959
was produced by-Willie Smith
on the Ferrin Smith farm Aug-
ust 31 last year. Another, pro.
duced by }immy' Harnett, came
in to Wake the following day.
Farmers Co-op Gin will make
up the difference between any
price Higginbotham receives and
50 cents per pound, according to
Manager Joe Bailey.
to have
all of Austin s S. Fv Austin high a better crop in this area than
McAdoo's Lemley named Toach of
Year' by Texas Sports Writers
Final Rites For
Held in Lubbock
Funeral ritSS for Mrs. Harry
D. Bejl, 72, were held at 3 p.m.
Monday in the Central Baptist
Church, Lubbock.-Rev. John W.
'Duggar, pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Bill Higginbotham, Cros-
byton, is Mrs. Bell's daughter.
Suddenly stricken by a heart
attack, Mrs. Bell died at 1 p.ni
Saturday in a Lubbock hospital.
She had been a Lubbock, resi-
dent since 1937, moving there
from Mangum, Okla.
Survivors include , the hus-
band; two sons, Richard A, Lub-
bock, and Joel O., Lubbock; two
daughters, Mrs. Naomi Crouch,
Midwest City; Okla., and Mrs.
Higginbotham; a brother, M. C.
Young, New Orleans; two sis-
ters, Mrs. A W. Wooten, Okla-
homa City, and Mra. WrD. Me-
daris, Mangum, Oklar; her mo-
ther, Mrs. Ida -H. Young, OklaHft^ ■
ma City, and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. A. P^l,
Audle Low, Benny Low, E. B. Al-
len, L. D. Newson and W. C. Bar-
nett
Burial was in a Lubbock cem-
etery.
With 16.
Lemley's total voting points
303 rlr «f.gt fnrnpfftj.
tor in overall total was Jack
Whitton of Class A Huntington
with 272 points.
McAdoo boys' team, "under
Lemley's- leadership, won the
state championship last season.
During his eight years there,- the
Eagles have won five district
championships including the
last three in succession.
McAdoo girls have been—
most equally successful witlr
-They
region
lve district cnampionsirrp
were runners up in their
last season. -c™
- Of other contender® for the
honor Whitton's II an+i">gton
team repeated as Clas* A champ
last year. Dockall v.ound up
fourth in the prcfential voting
with 265 points behind Whitton,
who had nine .first-.place b'. llols
and 272 points, anJ Tom Collins
of Linden-Kildare, who had 12
first-place ballots and 270 poincs.
Jimmy Anders of Beaumont
South Park had 224 points and
Burt Rollins of Dallas South Oak
Cliff 152 points.
Max Goldsmith of Andrews
was also named Coach of the
Year for track teAm. Bill McEl-
duff of Seguin was named base-
ball Coach of the Year in the
same poll.
TRENDS.
......... Hubert Curry
Building City Still Ahead Of Us;
Democrats Trying To Lose Votes
Tendency has been since Sat- rRiver project,
urday, August 20 (date of the
water contract election) to heave
a sigh of relief over getting the
White River Dam over the final
public hurdle—and taking it ea-
sy. A lot of people did a whole
lot of work in bringing the pro-
ject to its almost unanimous ap-
proval in Crosbyton. Such coop-
eration is highly commendable.
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But we must remind you that
this is certainly no time to sit
back on our laurals and compli-
ment ourselves on a job well
done. Fact is, the job has just
started. We have twelve . good
men on the water district board
and four excellent city councils
to look after the building of the
dam. But to get the"most out of
the White River project for Cros-
byton every public minded citi-
zen must make up his mind to
do his share during the. next two
or "three years.
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What is there to be done? To
begin with, the city must pro-
vide facilities if we are to secure
our share of the workers on the
dam project.'We need a couple
of modern tourist courts for
those who will be In and o(it of
the area in connection with the
dam. f We already hear rumors
that these modern courts are to
be built, and we personally be-
lieve they would be a good in-
vestment even without, the White
We need two or
more nice trailer courts, prefera-
bly with someTtrees already on
the location, -to care for the
workers who have trailer homes. , ... „ . „
And then we need a few good ^ Maria concealing the
Rampaging Girl,
Confused Drank
Occupy Officers
A' rampaging Latin Woman
and a DWI motoring down the
wrong side of a four lane high-
way kept officers on the go In
Crosby over the weekend.
Tina Maria Marena, 24, was
arrested along with H. L. Craw-
ford, 33, in a disturbance at
Ralls Saturday night. With-them
when fheir' ear stalled opposite
a Ralls station was a 15-yeai
old boy.
While the men labored to get
the car started, -Tina Maria wav-
ed a rifle wildly. The trio finally
rent houses for families who do
not have trailers. Wltho|ut these
facilities, we can be assured the
workers on the project will live
elsewhere.
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. ,Add to these those projects
needed to make Crosbyton a bet-
ter place to live in order that the
hoped for industry will be at-
tracted when the dam project is
completed. They include enlarg-
ed city limits, more pavement,
better park facilities. And in
case you didn't know it, all the
rooms in the flew elementary
building are in use this year for
the first time- If growth contin-
ues, it won't be much longer un-
til more school facilities will
havejto be built For your infor-
mation, Crosbyton's public hous-
ing project is getting very close
to the actual , construction stage,
and the urban renewal program
is progressing. All these thing?
require the help of a lot of local
people, and Trends for one really
appreciates the fact that every-
one-called on so far Is doing his
part ". __
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Incidentally, Trends resents
the brag from nine miles west
(Continued From "Front Page) •
rifle ,dawn her trouser leg and
under ner blouse.
Sheriff Alvle Ratheal and De-
puties Walter Crout, and Camp-
don Lawson arrested the two
adults a few minutes later.
Mrs; Marena was fined I315.U0
for drunkenness, disturbance
fined $47.50 for drunkenness.
Ernest L. Cleveland, Ralls,
was picked up by Highway Pa-
trolman Andy Andrews for sec
ond offence DWI While driving
on wrong side of a four lane'
highway Monday. He is being
held on fl,000 bond.
she
stu-
More Needed For
Kindergarten Class
Mrs. Truett Mayes says
needs at least three more
dents before a kindergarten
class will be feasible in Crosby-
ton this year. The class is to be
taught in the elementary build-
In*- -1 r L„;-< - S.,.
Nine children are already en-
rolled in the course for pre-
schoolers wfiich will be held 9 to
11:15 %m. Monday, through
Thursday eagt^wrfek. Tuition is
fl5 per month. •• "
•mm#*1.ws-
cimiraw
AGAIN TONIGHT
Crosbyton will be sprayed for
mosquitoes again tonight, Thurs-
day, if weather Is favorable. This
is part of the anti-encephalitis
-campaign-being waged by coun-
ty in cooperation with cities. '
All three towns In the county
have already been sprayed once,
according to Norton Barrett, city
secretary. However, entomologist
Moody Wade's trap still shows
a heavy infestation.
Crosbyton authorities recently
sprayed back alleys for flies
also.
last year," Bailey comments.
Baptist Author
Will Speak Here
Rev. A. A. Davis of Nowata,
Okla., will conduct prayer meet-
ing at First Baptist Church next
Wednesday night. Rev. Davis is
pastor of First Baptist Church
thereand~i the.author^>f*'Ti>e
Trail of Blood," whfch is a his-
Baptlct
Tory—of—Baptist—life.—A liirg.
crowd is expected to hoar this
author at 8:00 p.m.
Bud Davis, Crosby County
auditor, will teach the lesson to
the Officers' and Telchers' meet-
ing at 7:30. He is the son of Rev.
A. A. Davis and lives at Ralls.
First P-TA Meet
Set Next Week
in Lunch Room
First meeting of Crosbyton Pa
rent-Teacher Association for the
school year is slated for Thurs-
day night, Sept. 8, according to
Mrs. Truett Man, co-president.
The meeting will be held in
ie a
room starting at 7:30 p.m., she
said. A baby sitter will be on
hand to care for younger chil-
dren. ~
Show will be the feature of the
program. Teachers will be intro-
duced by Supt. Sam Hawkes. "
Following the awarding to the
room count prize,- refreshments
will be served.
mite
Crosbyton high football team
will have its first test of the sea-
son When O'Donnell comes here
for the home opener In Chief-
tain Stadium at ^ p.m. Friday.
Chiefs are decidedly rated un-
derdogs in this contest. Not only
are the light CHS players inex-
perienced, but the~squad has'
been plagued by injuries in its
early Workouts.
Chuck Perkins, a possible star-
ter at end, has a deep bruise on
TURTLES HERE
BEFORE DAM
A little iearly for a swim in
White River Reservoir, two
big softshell turtles crawled
Into downtown Crosbyton
late last week.
One was spotted by L. D.
Mason and Frank Ellison as
It lumbered down past the
Intersection at Mason Gro
eery. A car hit him and spun
him around but did no dam
- Then WiltorTselgler hap
pened along In his pickup
and took the acquatic reptile
home to cook. Nowlie's look
ing for a recipe.
Another big softshell, pos
slbly the consort of the first,
was seen trying to get Into
the barber shop where Grlf
finOdom and Jack Camp
bell were cutting hair late
Saturday. Its fate Is un
known.
CROSBY TOPS
'Savings Bonds sales for the
rfirst seven months of i960 icT
taled $247,974", Garnet Jones, of
Crosby County's Bond Committee
reported today. "Our county has
now reached 103.3% of its 1960
goal of $240,000. July sales wero
$21,218." 1 x
D. W. Sherrill, district irriga
tion agent, will make a talk on
all phases of irrigation, water
conservation and water recharge
at the annual businessmah-far
mer luncheon sponsored by the
Crosbyton Lions Club Wednes
day, Sept. 14.
ces of equipment
that are used to measure water rl1
flow, amount of drawn-down in
Band Is Off To Excellent Start
For Time of Year, Says Lancet
Crosbyton Chjeftain Band is
getting off to an early season
staft which surpasses any other
band in recent years, Director
Jesse Lancet said Tuesday.
'"iliey sound unusually good
for this early, in the season," he
said.
The band had to make a good
start as their first appearance of
the season will be Friday" night
at the Crosbyton-O'Donneil game
here. They will have a march-
ing performance ready, the di-
rector said.
This year's Chieftain Band has
78 members, five of whom are
on the football squad. This will
leave 73 members for the fall
marching band. Instruments are
well balanced, and all players
Tax Valuations
Changed on Much
of City Property
City tax valuations on some
250 pieces, of property haye been
changed by the Board of Equal-
ization, according to Norton Bar-
rett, city secretary. These persons
have been notified to appear be-
fore the board on September 10
to show why the new. renditions
should not be assessed.
, . essi-. « Peculiarfy, of the 250 cards
and abusive language bjnfr--iv|.gent out, about 50 were to notify
D. H. Lriswell. Crawford was propcrty 0Wners that their ren-
but two are experienced, Mr.
Lancet said.
To balance this year's band,
the director promoted eight
members of the Junior High
Band to the high school group.
This leaves about the same
number in both bands, he said.
All of those promoted were in
the eighth grade. - —
Mr. Lancet met his beginner's
band Monday, and 70 fourth
and fifth grade students were
present. Of this number 20 al-
ready had instruments. An in-
strument dealer from Lubbock
was scheduled to be here last
night with a truck load of in-
struments from which parents
and students could make their
selections,
Uniforms .have been issued to
Chieftain and Junior Highland
members.
ditlons were being lowered. Most
of these were on older property
that had been on the books at
the same figure for a number of
years and had' depreciated in
value. ■ - " •
Much of the increase Is on bet'
ter homes, Mr. Barrett said, that
had been rendered too low in
comparison with other property.
The board of equalization this
year tried to arrive at actual va-
lve of each piece of property^ he
said, based either on original
cost or sale price. For tax pur-
poses, 40 percent dt this value
was assessed.
City tax money goes tor two
purposes, Mr. Barrett pointed
out. First, all- bond requirements
must be met The remainder
goes to maintain the Are de-
partment, street department, po-
lice department, parks, cemetery
and part of the office expense. .
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Protest Minimum
Wage With Wire
A telegram bearing signatures
of 39 'Crosbyton, business people
was sent Wednesday to Con-
gressman George Mahon ex-
pressing opposition to the mini-
mum wage bill increase" and- the
extension of coverage 1ft,* the
bill. This bill, raisinjg th£ mini-
mum wage to $1.25 per hour,
and extending coverage to over
four million more workers, has
passed the senate but is bogged
down in the House. .
Local merchants objected par-
ticularly to that part of the bill
which would extend coverage to
purely local retail firms and ser-
vice establishments; In the past
only those working In business-
es dealing in lrifefrtate com
merce have be^h covered.
Although 'most Crosbyton
firms would be exempt because
of size, locfl business people be-
lieve it would be only a matter
of time until their employees,
along with farm laborers, would
be covered.
Also, they , point out, the bill
would be Rtfiationary, causing
another upward spiral in coat
of living. Local businesses would
also have to compete With larg-
er firms In the labor, market.
to Speak Before
IioraTuncheon
his back. C. P. Roberts, anothec
possible starting end, has a
pulled groin muscle.
Fullback Tom Lancet slashea
a finger deeply while cutting
okra at home. Quarterback Ron-
ny Trdyier has developed swol-
len ankles in early workouts.
Howevei, llic team is gradual-
ly working Itself into shape.
With eight dropouts,'the squad
has been trimmed from 32 to a
more managable '25 players.
Coach Dean Wright and Assia~.
tant Bert Grimes have been
workingTRard1 on fundamentals
with their green players. . Only
two lettermen, Jerry Jones ana
Larry Hartsell, are back from-the
1959 Chief club.
On the other side, O'Donnell"
is reported to have three starting
players injured also. Reports ui
the quality and experience—o?
the O'Donnell team are meager.
Fans are urged to turn out and
support the Chiefs in their cur-
tain raiser by school officials.
There Is a large deficit In the
CHS athletic fund owing to re-
cent equipment purchases and
meager gate receipts last season.
Probable starting lineup' for
Crosbyton will be:
' Name
Jimmy Jones .".1.
Chuck Perkins ..
Denny Davis .......
Larry Hartsell
Forrest Griffin ..
Jerry Jones iu ...
Zane Ellison
Jodie Ogle .........
Pos.
Wt.
E
115
E
140
T
188
: T
1B9
g
171
g
147
... C
168
.... QB
135
HB
150
HB
152
FB
138
igation Man BandBoosters.
Prepare to Man
Concession Huts
irrigation wells and other irriga--
tion equipment will be on dis-
play. ...
This luncheon is being held
instead of the annual^ farm tour
this year. •
Alf farmers are invited to the
luncheon and to hear this talk.
" &
Cornelius Named
as Quarterbacks'
New President
Compton Cornelius was elect-
ed new president of Crosbyton
Quarterback Club in the first
meeting of the year Monday. L.
A. Garner was voted vice presi-
dent and Hulen Clifton, secreta-
ry-treasurer.
Coach Dean Wright discussed
the outlook for the season with
members. He said the team was
light, inexperienced and slow.
However, Wright says he ex-
pects the players to improve
-right along.
Films of the Ropes scrimmage
(Continued on Back Page)
Crosbyton Band Boosters will
again have the concessions- "at
local football games this fall,
and appointment of workers was
made at a meeting of officers of
the grqup Tuesday night.
The meeting was held in- the
home of ihe president, R H. Far-
s. Other officers are Norris Ste-
gall, vice-president and Ruth
Rhoades, secretary-treasurer.
Workers tor Friday night's
game With O'Donnell include: '
Messrs. and Mnaes- J- W. Har-
klns, Norris StesalLy Henry Elli-
sorf,- WllITD.*,Giiffm, A. F. Ogle,
Ralph " Parsons, Elvis Marley,
Dennis Taylor, Wayland Boyd,
Rhea Campbell, Hubert Curry, R.
H. Farris, Brlee Allen, J. C. Smith
and Mis. W. T. Barnett.
Purpose of the Band Boosters
is to keep the school bands in
uniform, a duty they assumed
soon after the band was reorgan-
ized "a number of yeata-ago. pre-
sent suits are about seven years
"old and are beginning to show
the signs of wear. Replacement
of the suits in two or three years
will represent an investment of
six or seven thousand dollars.
Present assets of the Club are
approximately $1,740, $1,000 of
which is in a savings account.
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MURRELLS TO VACATION
Mr. and Mrs.. Norman Murrell
plan to vacation a little at Lake
Thomas next week. During this
time, Murrell's Drlve-tn will be
closed- from Sept 6 through'
Sept. 9.
REALITIES
Pat Bennett
Mayor Says Town's Tallest Weeds
Found in Columnist's Backyard :
About 24 hours after last
week's Review hit the streets,
the office was honored by a vis-
it from Crosbyton's mayor and
city secretary.
They were a little miffed a-
bout our speculating that, with
all the weed cover In town, Cros- courses for high school, accord-
byton might well be declared a
wildlife refuge.
"We looked all over town,"
said Mayor L. H. Finch, "and the
tallest weeds we fotind were in
your (meaning this columnist's)
backysttd." Ruefully, we admit-
ted our -. backyard weeds were
rather statuesque.
- However, we pointed out the
city "could probably match them
with their fine stand in-the east
end of the city park.
At lunch, we also checked the
alley behind the house to see if
it was as weed free as our visi-
tors claimed. It was. Somebody
had mowed it in the previous 24
hours. —
iflf --Tftp
Seriously, the town's biggest
weed problem Is not on public
property but on. many vacant
lots. They are the responsibility
of whoever owns them. |
Oscar Swlndall says he's never
known weeds to last through the
winter. However, some of these
around Crosbyton are such big,
healthy specimens that they
might stand a pretty long cold
at |
Meanwhile, We've started Clear-
ing the backyard. Perhaps ~the
city may even get to that thick-
et in the east end of the park.
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A faction in the P-TA national
congress is pushing marriage
ing to a Wednesday news story.,
If the present trend in child
marriages continues, they may
have to teach it in junior high.
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Mr. and Mrs. Amold Rudd re-
cently returned frb*n a vacation
tour of Colorado and New Mex-
ico. They had a good time. Still,
they were impressed^ by the
methods there of harvesting the
principal crop.
"Even the chipmunks were
organized-to Hve off the tourists
in Colorado," avow the Rudds.
"You see 'em atandlng beside
the road with-their hands stuck
out" ■; ...
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"If it were raining gold," said
Wayne Hill despondently, Td
probably be in JaiL"
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One evening last week the
FM radio station was sending
out its usual program of sooth-
ing music. The announcer broke
in to give information on the,
next selection.
.'These songs," he said, "are
by George Gershwin and his
lovely wife, Ira." . „.,
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