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"Without or with of-
fense to friends or foes
We sketclr your world
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CROSBY COUNTY",' TEXAS, FRIDAY,
CRQSBYTOy,
JANUARY 3RD, 1947
N$w Year's resolution^ are
lade to be broke, says a psychol-
ogist. So for that reason we are
*oing to differ from most writers
ind not make any. That way we
ill have none to break and Giece
^ore we won't feel bad when we do
reak the resolutions we would
iave made if. we had made any.
NEW OFFICERS TAKE OVER DUTIES
AT COURT HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY
Rut we did see a lively little
ingle the other day, and the fact
at we liked it must be an indica-
♦oh- that the years are crfeeplng
bpon us. Ea$h year, more than the
^ear before, we hfcte to see the-
ears go by. • " " ' . .
* * * *
dimpled. and cherub-like New
Year •
Burst forth on us today. " r
/e'd like TO ifress him in baby
clothes'
And try to. make him' stay.
Wednesday was moving day at
the Crosby County court house,
with" new officials taking oyer
their duties for 1947-48 and old
officers-moving out to make room
for the new ones.
, Mr. Emzy Pieratt, whose mov-
ing job was made easy by the'
fact that' he had ' only7 t6" fhove
clown the hall from the county,
clerk's office, became Judge Pier-
att when he was sworn in by
WarrerT Hames, retiring Judge.
Judge Hames then turned the job
of administering the oath of office
to the rest of the officials "over to
Judge Pier git.. '
The old Commissioners Court
had.met prior to this ceremony to
take care <5T~~theIr final business
for Crosby
County, consisting
mostly of approving bills and ok-
yvying salaries for; the month. The
new. court will not meet until the
second MondayT which Will be on
January 13th.
Judge Hames expressed his
thanks to the people of Crosby
County for^the favors they have
.; shoWttHim by.electing him to of-
fice and'ih supporting his .admin-
istration, "I want you to know
that I
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD HERE SUNDAY
FOR J. T. MORRISON
Funeral services for John T.
Morrison, 67, of Lubbock, \yere
held here Sunday afternoon, dec.
29,-at 3;a0 oldock, at.the First
Baptist church, • with Rev. Jeff
Welsh, „^ubbock pastor, officiat-
ing.-Burial was in-the Crosbyton
cemetery.
Mr. Morrison, who was a resi-
dent of Crosbyton and Crosby
County until eight years ago when
he moved to Lubbock, died about
12:10 a.vm. Friday in Baylor hos-
pital at Dallas. He had been in the
hospital eight days, following tWo
weeks spent there a previous time
and fotir months ■ In a hospital in
Lubbock since he became ill last
summer.
A brief funeral^seryk^_was held-
dy was brought t6"7Sx)sbyton."
Morrison was associated with
the livestock trucking business
under, the firjn
name of Stokes
. . , . . „ , , and Morrison. Born in Hill county,
sincerely appreciate^,",he ^e-moved to Crosby county where
,'e leiarn he's a very unusual
child
[ -And it'^hard fot Us to se^ ; . —, „
Dial eie the year is uvet Hud gtme j atated; He*ala° .expre33cd hla aP" he farmed for many years. He was
A feeble old man he Will.be, r®t,in"g I also employed as janitojuof the
local school system for a few
years.
Carbon Monoxide Gas ^
Cause of Triple Death
at Portales (yn Sunday
Deadly carbon monoxldfe 'gas
which filtered down from furnace
vents in the attic, was blamed
for the death of Mrs. A. E. Elli-
son and „Mr- and Mrs. Harold
Jones, at Portales, N. Mex-, last
Saturday night. Mr. Ellison is still
in the^h®3pital at Portales and is
under observation for pneumonia
Bobby Ellison and Loyd Jones
were dismissed from the hospital
Monday.
The family-was discovered about
9:30 Sunday morning by Mrs Wel-
ton Terrell, a daughter of the El-
lisons. - ——
- Mrs. Harold Jones, also a daugh~"
ter of the Ellisons, was_dead when
they found her. The rest of the
family were rushed to tXe Portales
hospital and oxygen was given to
them; Harold Jones, the second
victim, -died Monday night - about
8:00 o'clock. Mrs: Ellison lived un-
til 3:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
A triple^f-«neral-was held at the
Portale3 Church of Christ Wed-
nesday, "January 1st.
Mr. A. E. Ellison is a brother
of R, C. Ellison of Croabyton and •
A. Dc Ellison of Ralls. The R. C.
Ellison family were called to Por- | Childress were the holiday guests~ ~~
tales and attended the funeral ser-
vices Wednesday. -
THftEE INJURED
IN BLANCO WRECK
SATURDAY NIGHT
Three persons were injured, two.
seriously, hi a wreck in Blanco
Canyon Monday night; when a
new De Soto car and a butane
truck were in collision. The acci-
dent .was caused by icy road that
night, it was reported.
4 The F. G, Parkinson family, of
Compton, Calif., were in the De
Soto'car and Were travelling west
returning to their -home from a
Christmas visit. They were meet-
ing. the truck near the bridge in
the canyon, when the truck • slid
across _.yie road in front of them.
,t_ Three of the family were injur-
ed and were" carried to Lubbock
by King ambulance.
driver was uninjured.
Mr. and Mrs. Bep F. Hicks of
of his brother, Mr. and R|rs. E?.'7R.
Hicks and family. ,
WELCOME, NEW
SUBSCRIBERS 1
,..::We welcome th£ following new
ahd'renewal subscribers to The
Crosbyton Review. It is ..now just
about tittie for many of our sub-
scribe ra^ito renew both, for the Re-
view and their daily newspaper,
and we refer von tn ih>
Snow totaling five inches fell
in Crosbyton Wednesday night
and Thursday morning, Moek-
ing rural roads and making the -
highway dangerous' to travel.
The fall was general all over
' • 1
combination bargain offers found
in another column of this paper.
C.
this area, acconttlnglx) reports*
Another cold wave expected^
to skid the mercury down to J.®
or 12 degrees aboy#,.. zerp was
scheduled for late ycsteidaji af--
m
The truck
O. Roy
Ray Allen
Ola Moore-
J. O. Dobbs
~€ectr Dobbs--
, R. J. Greer
Ollie Chote*
A'. 'W, Cash ...
A. L. Glass
Cecil Berry
H. L• Dobbs
C. P. Foust
W\" F. Webb
Oscar Jones
Tom Dawdy
C. T. Justus
teriioon. This blizzard had al<*
ready hit Amarillo at nolhi, ac-
cording to-radio reports. ■'*«
Highway traffic was stalled
for sometime Wednesday night
when a trailor-type truck failed
to get up the east gjrade of
Blanco Canyon and turned side-
ways in the road. Other cars
coming down the cap narrowly
and soon had the highway com-
pletely blocked- At ; one time
eight cars were mixed up in the
hltwlf, ifctvyf Igpnrtwl -■ v—
iio tonight he is a lively brat
In- six months he'll be one of the
gents,
In a year his beard will grow
-quite long ' , -
fr^VV'iu:rr+te still should year7
.'!-cornered pants!
.for the service they had given the
county.
Judge Pieratt promised the vot-
ers of the county an efficient ad-
| ministratiQijt^sayixxg'he would do
^-votr33I
is time and epe^gy to
furthering tne interests of the
Survivors include the widow, of
Lybboek*"; three daughters, Mrs.
tj. A. Stokes. LuDpoorfMrs. Jack
Moore and Mi s:
county.
Ami we might remind J^ou tha^
J&I7 will.in all probability be that
( next year" which West -Texans-
iilwawi'
trc always ^talking—about. Wr
Have the moisture for a wonderful,
prop, the law' of averages is in our
C. t;.'\\'Qrley,,b(^h
ot Crosbyton; a son, N. M. Morri-
son, of Jourdanton; two brothers,
Y Tii V of Fort Worth and R. B'. Qf
. liADIilJK I - -Lake Jackson: four grandchildren
CHANGES HANDS and foj,ir step-grandchildren!
: ON JANUARY 1ST —Pallbearuin were Juniui
O. B. Hefner
Adrian Ellis
Geo. Crump
C. T., Driver -
E. N. Baker
AUgJl___
Pepry-
C.' H. Moore
M. C. Henry
J. T. Dickey
J. A. Fowler
J. O. House r
. Jack Conro
were
natlr£, Elmer Whitley, E. L. Jen
Announcements are beinsj" made"^KinS, Clovis Johnston, Otis Browii,
thnr-week of a change in' owner- G' Jones- F°y "Swinson and ThurJ
Swinson. ' . -• -
—T-O —
lavor as it has been sevStal years
pince'we have, had a bumper crop, ship of the City Laundry, with Mr.
ind'surely; sufely this'will be the Leon McPherson and Mr. Howard
^•r-ihataiMitiaja^j^frigeratorB, tMayfiiid Buyli^ihe,business Review Passes Auother
Irid other scare items will be back A v „ . ... "
JTe?srs A F> an(1 R L Stephens. Milestone This Week
The new; nwnprs *--*«• -
bers for most Of us. Now if some-
one can jyst figure out a way to
K t tne price back to normal so we
Ian enjoy these luxuries, then.j. . ~ "" "f.
liM7 shovild be all we could
It it.
H\lt"ba«k to the
children, Janet aqfl Ladonna, have
already moved here
Mr. Mcpherson aerved in the
! The' new owners, Vith" Mr. Mc-
Pherson as manager, took over on
January 1st. 3
Mr. McPherson is already known
ask m°st Crosbyton people, haVing
_ —Uived here until ;1936. He is a gra-
^ | duate of Crosbyton high school,
crops in 1941. pje an4, Jjffs..-M|ePhefson and tR€Tf
py all the-signs the wheat crop
-.ouid be a good one. There is an
lift saying that If wheat doesn't,
trow up. it grows down, meaning
fiat a big root system is develop-
ing. This should be true of this
tear's (.Top, as lt has . pot had a
Jig growth on top. And there is
rr^aymfp-tftat-you cair-jedgrr
[ext year's wheat £rop in bushels
ly .the distance down the moisture
toes-rrt time ©f planting. If this
true, why there just ain't no
lit. Note to elevators— better
lave everything in readiness come
June 1st:—" ' r _
It's a long time until the cotton
leason but from here the pros-
fee ts look bright for this crop. It
een'four~years since Crosby-
and'
our
an had a good cotton crop,
avor. 1940 was a fair cotton year,
941 was good and 1942 was a
'ig .One. It's time to start the cy-
le again.
It's a new year for the Re-
. view, too!
This <\eek starts Volume 38,
Issue No. 1, for the Crosbyton
Review, founded in January of
M^ffaiiri^ IV hite. In one
more year this paper can t-ele-
brate its 40th birthday anniver-
sary and claim the honor of be- j
Army dining the-^nrr. He ts—in- ing . the oldest established tirm - MERIT
H
HIGHLAND QUARTET WILL BE NEXT
PROGRAM ON HONS
viting the public to come to see
him and promises good service at.
the laundry.
—-o- .
LOSES ARM IN ACCIDENT .
OIN
John C. "Wolf" Waller of 'Ralls
•was, reporting resting satisfactor-
ily .this week following the loss of
an arm in an-, accident at West
Texas Gin Saturday night. .He
was rushed by King Ambulance to
Lubbock Memorial hospital where
the arm was amputated just above
in Crosbyton
SYSTEM '
EXAMS TO BE HELE)
ON FEBRUARY 8TH
Musical On ljueeft
.' ^Schedule For Week
. The Queen Theatre*takes
sure in presenting on Sunday and
The Caledonian Quartet, known
throughout the United States and
Canada as ''The Kitties", will ap-
pear in Crosbyton on Thursday.
: - ,' Jan. 9," at 7:30 p. m., under auspi-
The Merit System Council, serv- ,.-ces of th^ Lions Club Keltz Gar.
-fing the-Statr Depart me n t -of -pu b-j rtson,-^lub president.* ' "said th'i
^ -rTT Weifare" and both divisions of week. This is the -fou^th-of a-ser-
plea- the Texas Unemployment Com- • numbers presented -by the
pensation^Comniission, is announc
theelbow. _
Mr. Waller caughf his rights
hand in the gin machrnefy, where
club
Monday, Jan: 5^6; -The Big Sleep" r r"' ^ "The Kilties^ was oVganized
This is another one of the best in& Feb~ 8 as the date for Compe- and is still directed by Chief W.
murder dramas ever brought to titivfe examinationa for. -positions ; L. Nimmo, Dressed in authgntle-
the screen: Humphrey Bogart and for which qua 1 ifieJ" workers_. are Highland costumes, this is the on-
La.uren Bacall, Dorothy Mal6ne, i Urgently needed..Successful candi- fb1-traveling organization^ of its
Bob Steel. Peggy Southern, ate all -dates-will qualify for.certification-:-kind in America,
he was employed, about 6 p. m.
Saturday. After emergency treat-
ment hefe he was taken to the
Lubbock hospital.
; ^ounda up in this
murdering thriller.
On Wednesday and
m itWIktVi i 18 Sli I^IM !(iM It! iiiii,'
Thursday^
Jan. 8-9, the Queen brings to the
screen one. of the best loved musi-
cals that' has ever been produced,
"Rhapsody in Blue". This is the
blackmailing, to the agencies for employment qs Their voie'ea -form—a veritable
"Field Workers-- ChHd Welfare • choir, with volume and
.-and
Workers, Maintenance Supervis-
ors, Clerks, Typists and Stenogra-
phers. Salaries range from S13S0
to $2160.
Persons interested -may obtain
repertoire.
songs and lusty" choruses. 'Chief
Nimmo also plays the great High-
land Bagpipes (Scottish warpipes
and explains this unusual instru-
.uuenl
erated in the suRrtnertime.'
NEXT WEEK TO SURVEY REA LINE
application
?t.ory .of .the, ufe..o.t George
G^^.fuTl-ihfQgmation and
Ratheal
a tr
ever-loving production.
Austin 21, Texas
A large group of Crosby Coun-
y-farVis ly
>yton are one step nearer getting
lectricity through REA, Ernest
Imlth, chambef- "of commerce !
hanager, announced this week.^"'"1
Engineers from the Floyd CoT
fclectrio Co-operative will arrive'
[n. Crosbyton -about January 8 to
>0 Ur start surveying out 26 miles
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McClure and
sons, James, Ronald and Duane,-f
spent Christmas day in Abilene as
the guests of Mr. aW& Rfi'S. A. H. j
Braonan.- They were accompanied j
by Miss Arvella Howell, Uho visit-
ed' with- relatives in Abilene.
Best Dog Picture
Rev. and Mrs.
spent New Year's
J. W. Watson
day with tH$tr
on. Just as soon as they arrive,
lotic^s will be sent out to all the
arm owners who will be on- the
ffie, gluing them instructions on
C. Watson of
•Midland.
"* o ~
laid.
Jyst when work on constructing
he -line win begin' la not known,
mt it ia expected that the job
be completed this, spring.
-o
Mr. and Mrs, David Aynes
David, jr., of ,Roswell, N. Mek.;
TV Mr,-smith ..Mr* and • Mrs, Eugene . Jones,
Frances Jeanna and Judy, anftMr.
and Mrs. Robert^Work^antTLarry
were Christmas dinner guests of
Mrs.-J. W. Aynes J and Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Grogan.
o-
numbers,' ensemble, solo and
tive inmpersonatiojis.
The tartans'worn are-the Royal^
! Stewart, Cameron, MaeL.eod, Gor-
don and the famous,Black. Watch,
p r-Chief Ed-
inburgh Scot, his mother a Frazer
from the Highlands. With eight
brothers and sisters the Chief
game to ihis country while still a
lad. Hp has been singing in quar-
tets since the age of fourteen.
"•'The Kilties have sung through-
xrtit the United States and Canada,
to Thany audiences, nunibering as
JACK ARTHUR STARTS
FIRSPf ANNIVERSARY SALE
HARDWARE - FURNITURE
)
Jack" Arthur is announcing, his
^ •
Christmas guests In the home
X Mr. and Mr*rO. T. Ife&th weTe
arid Mrs, Dewey T. Heathfll^r.
ind Mrs. Rby Heath 'and children.
>onna Hay an<^ Roy David; aU of
-nbbock-i, Mr. and Kirn. Lake
ieath, a "brother, of AmartHor and
Was Bobby Heath erf- Lubbock, a
■tiiflent at Draugltori^ Buaiffess
College.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McBrlde and
Mjj. and Mrs. Glen McKee spent
anM>hjoyahlft Chr^stmaa vacation-
ing in the Valley,' Vhere they vis-
ited their daughter -ana grand-
daughter, Mrs." Mary Laaksp and
family at Las Fresnos! They went
down the VP/ley to. Mission, turn-
ed, east, to the coast and^ then up
t Corpus Christ! Mr. "MfcBrWe
reported. , _
First Anniversary T§ale which be
.gins today, Friday, and lasts dur-
ing the jnonth of January.
In appreciation of the business
he has • received during his first
year In. this business, he> ia offer-
ing many special prlces. A few of
these are listed- in a page adv®F-"
tisement in this week's issue of
the Revjew. ' *■ - "•:'-rrrtir
h v. 'o ' •' ;
' AU the pathos of % boy ui Quest ot his lost ptiit is expressed In the
photo shown s6ove sa pictured in the December laane of Cosmopolitan
m*f*alne. The photo, made in the Detroit dog ponnd by Howard Shlrkey
of the Detroit Tlmea. Was selected by U. 8. Camera as one of
the best news shots of 1W6. - . - ■...
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Patrick of
^Fort Worth, And Mr. and.Mrs.
Leon Splller of San Ahtonlo, spdnt
Christmas with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Patrick. .
J. P.. Coins
Ancil Steele <
IX Alston _
irnest VVood
Ernest Smith ' 2 "
'P. T. FindieV
. J. A. Hodges
A,. J. .'Havens
L^on Fowle.r
L. E. Fowler "
H. w.TSiiisoQ, J
Rollin Artley >
J. R. McDuff ■
A. E. Coward'
E.' E. Claborn
E. R. "Neagle
Carl Nickson
Jack Marsh .
Joe Johnston
I.
T-om Johnston
W-: P. Walker
A, J. Coward
R. M. Spence
S. rf. Starrett
W, H. Hames ►
Ed S. Bailanl
J. E.- Harkins
S: Gr Appling "
O. W. Howard
Geo. E.-Mayes
Lavelle Justus
C.- VV. 'Gowens ^
Joe E. McDuff
C. L. Freeman
J.
Winter "arrived belatedly in-'
.Crooby County—and—Texas last
j Saturday night, when %" cold north
! wind ushered in a week of wet,
"j cold vveather which pushed the
j thermometer down to a low of 12 ~
^ degrees on Monday night. Other "
""readings this week were IS de-"
grees <>h Sattmlay and ' Sunday—
i nights, and 16 degrees Tuesday
night, with "the high Tuesday be-
ing only 23 degrees.,
j Crosby County was slighted by
1 the snow which covered most -of*
the state, with only ahnnt ^nna
O. McBride
C. Hickman"
"Geo. L. Pipkin
C. L. Campbell
L. *W: Johnson
Wefley Parker
S. H. Tackett
,. C. A. McClure
inch falling here. Mineral Wells
.and other .Central Texas points
have received several ~ inches OF
the snow, according -to press re-
•" ports. The fail here brought ap-
t ,proximately .20 of an inch of
-—-[-moisture, .'. "
i Surprising fact dlsfloSe^ by _Uie
• weather records^ is . that
"• the rainfall in Crosbyton last \rear
was 4 and one-half inches aoove
the normal. The rainfall amounted
| to 26.42 inches, while the average
(.is about 21 inches. However, tpore
; than half of this moisture,. 15.76
j inches, has fallen since the la.st
j week in A_ugu'3t, too late to be of
maxinium benefit - to~this year's
j crops.. • ——
• ( The rainfall b.y months for the
f year is as follows; January 1.80,
; February .30, March .50, April .25,
Slay^2.10, June 3.34, Jiily 2.37, XuP~~
I.gust "2*63, September 3.72, ©ctober
7.69, November .30 and December
1-22. ' ■ ■ r ' .. .... ' ■■ •
MO^T I'I:OPH: Kiiui'
HOMES TOO HOT;
SAYS HEALTH DR.
With the advept of cold weath-
er, Dr. Geo. W. Cox, state health
officer, has issued some timely
rung room tempera""
ure and its relation to health.
Henry Mitchell
John Lv- Parker
GrTirframmell
George Strange
Robert El'lis, Jr.
Tommy . D. Eillis -
D. H." Cornelius..,,,.
Mrs. L. C. Long
Claude Suddtith
Mrs. Bill AHman
Johnny Campbell
W. T. Huckabay
G. H. HaVfrstock
Mrs. V. H. Davis
I^icDonough
--^r~rr
f Mrs,
J_W——;
Mrs. John Haney
J. C. McNeiH, III
Glen E. Trammell .,
Mrs. -B-'-FV-Bawdy
Mrs. Mollie Woods
C. B. Leatherwood
• Mrs.-"Lr"A:- Barr OXv
"It is very important that inside
temperature be maintained at £t
round 68 to 70 degrees," Dr. Cox
said. '-Thousands of homes, are
continually overheated in the-win-
ter;degree of heat is often
wouW rrot be toi-"*
"fKUt, is 6verK~eafe<Tr*"
the body pores are open, and phy-
sical harm may result when out-
side temperature is encountered.
Colds, influenza, * bronchial trou-
bles anih even ^
""UCkl IS^alf^ge^'Sl^^isodily a--
buse, and take a serious toH irf'
sickness and eyen death. -•
"An inside temperature of from
68 to 70 degrees is hot only more
shealthfui,, but actually more com-
fortable," Dr. Cox-said. ' ".When,
added to these factors, the result-
la.
,;ng ac.anomy
considered.. it..
might be well to check up and see
what
your
thermometer reads. A
the
room . temperature within
range suggested, „plus the careful
maintenance of proper humidity/
C. J. Higginbotham
Johnnie Bell Egger
Mrs. E. A. Roberson
Mrs. C. S. Humphries
Mrs. W. I. Blackwood
BROTHER DIES
Mrs, G. E, Huaenfeitoh: recel'
word yesterday morning that
brother, Mr. G. C. MUler,
Kenzle/Tenn, bad died Wednes-
day nigjkt.- Mrjand Mn. Huddles-
ton will be unablt to attend the
eerviadf because Of illness.
-rrrr.—;
will help to prevent needless sick-
ness" and protect, the good health.
ot your family." . " -
i ci
INFANT BURIED HERE ON
• . CmUSTMAS MORNING
Alva LeRoy McHam, Infant
of Mr. and Mr*. J, A.-2
ot RaUs,
cemetery
p Services ^
T; M. Gillham, pastor,
eral Home. The baby was
Dec. B and died Dec. 23.
'~n,
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