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AMARILLO SUNDAY NEWS AND OLOBK. AMARILLO. TEXAS
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 193B.
EastTexas Boy Didn't Want
Job With CattleThatT alked
Mrs. Betty Winkler settled herself
comfortably In a commodious arm-
chair, smoothed her skirts and
Chuckled half to herself, "My land!
child, I've been here ever since I
was a young girl. If I told all I
know, young lady, some of the old-
timers would string me up before
dawn! Not that I've been here so
long—Just since the early Nineties,
but Amarillo was only a village
then.
"I remember very well that it
was on a hot summer day when I
first arrived in Amarillo, and it
rained hard, filled all the buffalo
wallows. There were just a few
thunderheads around, but when it
did start, the bottom just fell out.
And there wasn't another raindrop
fell that year. But that fall and
winter was bad—so much snow that
it was weeks and weeks before the
ground could be seen.
"And I also remember quite well
the fur. people had sleigh riding.
Tol Ware and Charlie and Frank
Wolflin took the wheels off their
buggies and put sled runners on.
They made dandy sleighs and the
folks had a lot of fun. especially out
on the lake east' of town.
"The Fuquas and Wares were
good friends and often used to go
plover hunting, and they'd take me
along sometimes. We'd just drive
out across the pastures and when
we came to a fence, just let down
the fence, cross over, put the fence
back up, and go on. That way we
could drive around to the lakes
where the plovers were thickest.
"At Eighth and Pierce." she con-
tinued, "there used to be a little
college where boys and girls could
go to learn after they had gone as
far as the schools taught. It was
run by J. D. Hamlin (Judge Ham-
lin of Farweil) and W. D. Twitch-
ell, a brother-in-law of Mrs. H. E.
Chesnutt. They taught Latin and
some other subjects not taught in
the regular school. And they did a
pretty good job of it, so people said.
"Did you ever hear about the
awful cold Fourth of July we had
here in 1894?" she asked. "Yes,
the Fourth of July! Believe it or
not. a blizzard blew in from the
north bringing snow and sleet. The
reason I remember the date so well
is because Amarillo was having a
big picnic that day. It was a grand
occasion, for we were to have the
governors of four states present.
Hogg was our Texas governor, I
believe. Anyway, everything was
going nicely until the blizzard blew
lip. After it hit, the men and boys
went out and gathered up all the
old boxes and whatever other rub-
bish that could help feed a fire, but
even with the fire the crowd could-
n't, stay, so everybody that could
crowd in went to the Amarillo Ho-
tel where the speakers finished
their lectures.
• • •
"The next year. 1895, I married
A. B. Winkler, who was a barber
here. He had operated shops at
■Wichita Falls and Vernon before he
came here, and at Tascosa hefnre
Amarillo was here. He just drifted
up with the railroad, he said.
"We were out on the XIT Ranch
about twplve miles from Channing
for something like six months not
long after we were married for
Mr. Winkler's health.
"After we'd been back in Ama-
rillo some time," Mrs. Winkler re-
lated, "we drove down to the ranch
on the Rito Blanco one Sunday.
They had a good many cattle there
at, the time, Including 500 big
Durham bulls that had been ship-
ped in to fatten up for spring ser-
vice. Now, many of the cattle there
had got scabby with something like
the itch—I think they called it i
ronia then—and when the bulls were j
put, in the old cow pasture they got j
the disease, too—that is, many of
them did. On this particular Sun- !
day the boys were branding the
calves and also dipping—only it I
wasn't dipping then, for they had j
to just pour- the disinfectant on.
And they used plain old kerosene
or coaloil. After the boys had doc-
tored most of the bunch, including :
the bulls that were infected, they
came to the last, one to be treated. I
It was a little old black rlogie calf. 1
Of course, the fire was there where
the boys were heating the branding
irons. When they turned the little
dogie loose after pouring the kero-
sene over him he Jumped the fire
and burst into flames. The poor
little thing ran bawling right into
the bunch that already had been
treated, and they, too, caught on
fire.
"It was terrible! That bawling,
stampeding, flaming mass also set
the corral on fire. The stench of
burning hair and flesh was sicken-
ing. The boys did what they could,
J
Betty Winkler at 17-
newcomers who had arrived in a
covered wagon and camped In a
half dugout on Second and Lin-
coln, sent two of their boys, aged
12 and 14 out to get some wood.
The man had heard about people
going to the river to get wood. He
hadn't bothered to aRk how far
the river was. The poor little boys
went on north expecting to reach
the river in a little while.
"A norther was beginning to blow
up. buf the little tykes were still
going on when two men from the
LS met them on this side of the
river. Seeing the storm lying back
in the north, they wondered where
the boys were going in the wagon,
and reported that they should be
looked after. When they were found
they had turned back and were try-
ing to get to Amarillo. The older
boy had wrapped his brother's feet
in some towsacks, but the little fel-
low was frozen stiff as a board when
found—the older brother didn't
know he was frozen.
"However, the doctor found a lit-
tle warmth under the child's arm
and said there was still life In the
body; so four men took turns all
night rubbing the stiff little body
with snow, and finally revived him.
Mrs. Helen Jackson and I went to
see the boy later and he was ap-
parently ail right, except for his
toes, which were black. I don't
know If they came off or not, for
the stranger family moved on
shortly afterward.
"But, land's sake." she laughed
at the memory of it. "I haven't told
you the funniest thing that ever
happened. Once there was a strang-
er in Amarillo. a ventriloquist. He
was stopping near by, and an old
green boy from East Texas was
staying at our house. He had come
to the Plains to learn cowpunch-
ing. One evening I had to go to
the stores for something, the boy
went along, and as we were walk-
ing along, the ventriloquist joined
us. Yftu see. there were no such
things as strangers those days. We
were walking along, and there were
some cows lying down nearby. As
we passed them, one of the cows
got up to stretch—you know how
they do, bend their backs away
down and stretch well, that
ventriloquist nudged me and said
New College
By HERBERT
AND CAROLYN TIMMONS
Amarillo Junior College'* charter
was approved June 25, 1929, by the
state board of education. Amarillo
citizens voted overwhelmingly In
favor of the college, and also favored
levying a tax for its support.
After some discussion it was de-
cided that the same trustees and
officials of the Amarillo Indepen-
dent School District should control
the affairs of Amarillo Junior Col-
lege, and at the first meeting of
these trustees it was decided to in-
vite B. E. Masters, president of the
Junior College at Paris, Texas, to
come to Amarillo and advise with
the trustees concerning the school.
From the first it was the desire
to open the new institution for the
"fall term of 1929, ' ut there was no
building available for a college. This
was met by using the east wing of
| the Municipal Auditorium. This
| naturally caused some shifting of
offices and some inconveniences,
but everyone was glad to give way
for Amarillo Junior College.
B. E. Masters was its first presi-
dent.
September found an enrollment
of 77 students, 59 freshmen, nine
sophomores, and nine special stu-
dents.
The faculty was B. E. Masters,
president; P. L. Brokah, history and
education; Mrs. Ruth Ward, Eng-
lish; Pclla Phipps. foreign_ lang-
uages; C. P. Rumph, mathefnatics;
Dr. Ophelia Wesley, botony and
something to the boy about the
nice fat milk cows. And just as the
cow reached her worst contortion a
voice, seemingly the cow's, said, "Oh,
my God, my back!" That old East
Texas boy may still be running
yet. He said he'd be damned if lie
wanted to punch cattle if the crit-
ters could talk."
Mrs. Winkler wiped her eyes as
her ample proportions shook in
retrospect.
Mrs. Winkler, now a resident of
the River Road community, ran a
boarding house in Amarillo for a
good many years, and is remem-
bered by all of the older residents.
zoology, and Bertie Warren, chem-
istry.
Arrangements had been perfected
for a library, and at mid-term Effte
Shekel was employed as librarian.
E. A. Baggett also came at mid-
term as director of athletics and
Bess Orr became head of the busi-
ness administration department.
• • •
Tuition for the first year was Ret
at $100, but the board of trustees
saw that it was possible to lower
tuition the second year, without
lowering the school standards, and
accordingly it was made $65 for the
nine-month course.
Advance enrollment and Inquiries
convinced the trustees that more
room must be provided for the
1930-31 term; accordingly, 17 rooms
In the east wing of the auditorium
were fitted for school use, and it
was arranged to use the auditorium
proper for essembly programs.
Enrollment for the fall term was
especially encouraging, and totaled
330. There were 124 freshmen boys
and 125 girls; 54 sophomores were
divided between 20 boys and 34
girls, and the specials were five
boys and 22 girls.
The faculty was Increased for the
second year's work. Among new
teachers were John F. Mead, who
later succeeded B. E. Masters as
president. Others were Elizabeth
Taliaferro, Lavinia Bittick, Annie
McDonald. Mrs. Darrell Jackson and
Louis Ridings. Some of these new
teachers only gave part time to the
classes at the college. Crowded
classes soon showed plainly that the
future of Junior College was as-
sured.
During the summer of 1931
changes in classrooms and rear-
rangement of the building gave
| needed room. A temporary gym-
nasium was erected on leased
ground across the street, to the
west of the auditorium. Addi-
tional teachers were employed for
the third year: Alta Turk, Lucile
King; V. D. Parrott and Frank Wii-
son.
• * •
Under the leadership of B F.
Masters, Amarillo Junior College
showed steady growth the next three
years. There were the usual changes,
.teachers leaving and new members
j added to the faculty. Among new
: members were C. C. Thompson J. G.
Lumpkin, E. Milton Boone, Mrs.
Agatha Shaw, Hjalmar Bergli
and Miss Irene Franklin.
There were two changes In ath-
letics: Coach Baggett offered his
resignation in July, 1933, and Frank
Kimbrough was employed. When
Frank Kimbrough resigned, Win-
field Nicklaus became football coach
and head of other athletic courses.
When Mr. Masters resigned as
president of the college In 1935. the
trustees did not have to cast about
for a new college head. A man
thoroughly acquainted with the
school and its problems, John F.
Mead, already dean of the Amarillo
Junior College and teacher of Eng-
lish, became its second president,
May 18. 1935.
Bv this time it was evident that
the college was a permanent, insti-
tution in Amarillo, and it was also
evident that it was being handi-
capped by lack of a building prop-
erly arranged and equipped for col-
lege work. The board of trustees
began plans for a permanent build-
ing, and as a first step a site for
the school was secured at a cost of
$17,000. the blocks lying between
Washington and Monroe Streets, be-
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-
fourth, in the southwestern section
of Amarillo.
There were few changes in col-
lege courses or teachers at the fall
term, and enrollment held with that
of the previous year
A year after the site for the col-
lege was purchased, details were
worked out for the building. An
F. E. A. grant was secured and con-
tract for the $130,510 building was
let to the Frank Litle Company,
Sept. 2-1. 1936.
Instructors for the 1936-37 term
were E. M. Boone, H. B. Beckman,
Ernest C. Shearer, C. C. Thompson,
Wayne F.ubanks, I.ucile King and
Bertie Warren; Mcsdames W. C.
Arnold. Marshall Shaw. E. A. Bag-
gett, Alta Turk and Ruth Ward.
After several successful seasons,
during which the team won the
j state championship, it was voted to
[discontinue football beginning with
tiie fall term, because of the heavy
expense.
All Amarillo watched the building
' of the Amarillo Junior College home
} facing Washington Street. The
! cream-colored brick building is of
pleasing design, and the first unit
lis arranged so that later additions
A Sick Indian
"A pioneer woman Is a great
thing," the old cowpuncher mused.
"Once when we were moving our out-
fit, we broke a doubletree. We were
too far from headquarters to go for
help, so Mr. Gardner, of the Pitch-
forks, told us boys to cut down a
chinaberry tree, measure a certain
length by our hands, and then burn
a hole in it. It took hours, but we
made it home with that chinaberry
doubletree . . . But another time
some immigrants broke a tongue out
of their wagon, and a woman made
a tongue out of a bed slat."
It was Bill Stafford of Dobbs
speaking.
"But the woman I was thinking
will form a plant large enough for
years to come.
There were several new faculty
] members for the 1937-38 term, when
the building was completed, among
them R. P. Carler. D. L. Hamilton.
J. F. Reed. Ellon D. Johnson, H. L.
Robinson, Paul Ellis, L. V. Robinson
| and Lero.v O. Smith.
Plans for the 1938-39 term call
1 for several decided Improvements
and advancc inquiries promise a
full enrollment.
FROM THE NOTEBOOK
Notes on Ochiltree County: Bur-
ied city, 15 miles from Pcrryton.
showing foundations, pottery, bones,
; skeletons . . . Site of Old Ochiltree—
one section laid off for 'riginal site,
with an addition north of it. the
two towns being about the same
size until the first site won and
the two towns united. ... In 1909
had an elevator with a capacity of
10.000 bushels, 50 miles from a rail-
road. Expected E. O. As W. to pass
i that way. Railroad was built 34
miles east out of Dalhart and
! abandoned. Promoters E. A. Weist,,
from the East, and W B. Garwood
I and Hamlin Palmer of Amarillo.
HARD ON HORSES
Capt. Harry Ingerton; "Until a
frw years ago you could hardly get
a horse into that country along the
| Canadian . . . There was a deep hole
j of blue water; we'd just push our
horses off and swim out. It would
I give us a bath.
about," he resumed, "was Mrs. Bud
Browning. Not long after I went to
work for Bud, he went off on busi-
ness and left me and Mrs. Browning
to look after the ranch.
"I was busy doing something about
the place and she was cooking din-
ner. Every now and then she would
come to the door to see if Eud was
in sight. I looked up once, and
there up the hillside I saw the dog-
gonedest bunch of Indians coming,
one after the other.
* * *
"I went into the house and set the
gun by the door. I don't know what
I was going to do with it, but I
thought I might need it. I was
plenty scared, but Mrs. Browning
didn't seem one bit worried.
" 'Let's eat before they get here,'
she said.
"We were at the table when a big
Indian stepped Inside the door.
"Mrs. Browning just said to him,
'Yo i wait, and I'll fix you something
to eat.'
"Soon the kitchen was full of In-
dians. I sat on the table until she
said. 'Billie, hand me that churn.'
"She put a bowl of stewed apples
on the table, intending to pass it to
all the Indians, but one big fellow
scooped both hands into the bowl
and emptied it. He walked about
the kitchen eatin' apples from hi.i
hands. Mrs. Browning got tired of
stepping on Indians, tryin' to do her
work, so she said:
" 'Get out o' here! I can't do any-
thing with all you in here.'
• • •
"She got out some cheese and put
i a churn with five or six gallons of
| buttermilk just outside the door. The
! .same Indian that had eaten the ap-
| pies got his head in the churn and
j drank all he could hold. When he
was full of stewed apples and but-
termilk he laid down to rest under
a hackberry.
"Maybe one of those big ants out
t there stung him, or maybe he had
j Just eaten too much; anyway, after
| a while he came to Mrs. Browning
j groaning, 'Umph! Umphyi'
" 'What's the matter?' Mrs.
Browning asked. 'Did something
sting you?'
"He groaned some more, and then
' he said, 'Think I'm goln' to die!
I Damn!' "
-—and today
but, many of the cattle burned so
badly that they dropped dead,
others were burned so badly they
j had to be shot. I never did hear
how the boss settled the matter with
the general manager. Anyway, as
j I said to my husband, they shouldn't
have been working on Sunday.
* * •
"You remember I told you about
the big snows we used to have
here? well, one winter there was
1 a little girl about six years old who
! couldn't talk. She ran away from
home about 2 o'clock in the after-
noon. When she hadn't returned
at 6 o'clock her folks started look-
ing. The church bells tolled to
send out the alarm to let people
know that some one was in dis-
tress. Every man either with horse
and buggy or on foot joined the
search. It was during the time that
the Santa Fe road was being built.
They had some track laid and some
of the men working reported seeing
a child in the Llano Cemetery about
5 o'clock. The search continued,
but no sight of the child. The
night grew colder and colder. The
next morning a man and his wife
from Kansas City whe were stay-
ing at the Amarillo Hotel found
the child about three or four miles
southwest of town. She was frozen.
"You can't fool with the weather
in this country. Somebody who
knew once said. 'A wise man always
takes his coat.'
"One pretty autumn day, some
RINTING
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machinery, so do the old - time simple
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your printed matter. Why not use our
modern service? It is our constant aim
to fill your needs properly and promptly,
giving you QUALITY and SERVICE at
a fair price.
Amarillo Printing Co.
U. M. SANDERSON, Prop. — G. E. HIGH, Mgr.
112 East Fifth
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
PUBLICATIONS
Established 19 26
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Employes of Carlton-Flnrey Grocery, reading from left to right: Victor Franklin. Lee Butler, Sr. W. A Goodman, Lee Butler. Jr., J. M. Dwight. Pinkney McCoIlum. A. R. Young, R. C. Nccly,
Mrs. Rosalie Harina, Mrs. Carolyn Copeland. Rathff Meat Products Co.. Miss Mae Grisham. J H. Florev Jake Grovely, Kent Davis, Carlton Splawn. W. F Paul. General Foods Co., Joe Robinson, A P. Hill,
Proctor-Gamble Co., Harold McGinn!*. Bob Gibson. Oeie Davis. Jewell John.-on, Bill Copeland. Gradv Dunlven Not in Picture: Jack Hat man Floyd Christie. A. M. Wilson. Jr., Donald E. Blair. Opal Chester
Carver, Donald E. Blair.
We Believe in the Future of Amarillo
and the Whole Amarillo Territory
We congratulate the people of Amarillo and the Texas High Plains upon
♦he last fifty years of progress. We especially salute the grocerymen of the
Tri-State Area who have helped us, and who have made possible, the service
institution we are today. We are keeping step with progress and doing our
best to serve. Our future is dedicated to the constant improvement of that
service.
Distributing groceries has changed a lot in fifty years • • . rapid trans-
portation . . . multiplicity of items . . . necessity for quick service ... but far
greater has been the change made toward modernizing and improving the
service on the part of retail grocers. Retailers everywhere have given you
mass display, parking space for cars, large clean stores, electric refrigeration . . ,
improvements end on end.
CARLTON-FLOREY
501 Grant
Wholesale Qrocery Company
Amarillo
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