The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1949 Page: 1 of 10
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trends
* "Without or with of-
fence to friends or foes
«re sketch your world
/*t.i v aa It goes/'—
exactly
Byron.
if« "dog days" again, and from
1 . Trends learned this week, it
I \ he too healthy for the dogs
|*°" by county—especially the
°'y ones. First Mayor Jack Ar-
* informed us that all stray
in the city are to be shot,
^Wednesday Sheriff Foy Addi-
I -aid that his department had
Kenover the job of killing strays
y over the county.
I don't want to kill anyone's
It" said the Sheriff. "But the
Sensibility is up to dog owners.
I Mease keep your dogs at home
Ifor the next few weeks, or he may
e shot as a stray."
Diaposing of the stray dogs in
, city has become necessary be-
*use of the danger of rabies tlfta
of year, Mayor Arthur told
ds. In addition, a pack of
can become a nuisance that
ens shouldn't have to put up
rith.
incidentally, if you care for
■ dog and your child's safety,
would be a wise thing to have
n vaccinated. The cost is small
npared to what could happen if
I" contracts rabies.
If you like good beef and at the
ne time want to help the 4-H
FFA boys, we suggest you
>le a little of the ste&ks or
from the J. M. Fowler calf
lich is for sale this week-end at
ern Foods. The calf was pur-
at the Junior Livestock
in Lubbock last week. The
is necessarily a little higher
i ordinary beef, but Trends be-
you will find it worth the
'erence.
VOLUME FORTY-ONE
WORK STARTED TUESDAY ON
LONG PLANNED COMMUNITY
RUILDING AT RODEO PLANT
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 1st, 1949
NUMBER THIRTEEN
Quite a number of Crosbyton
i are contributing monthly to
fa Ranch at Old Tascosa, near
llo. Trends is in "receipt this
of volume one, number one
Boy's Ranch Round-up, pub-
I by the boys themselves with
Farley as publisher and Sher-
G. Harriman as editor. It is
interesting little paper, telling
ut the fact that 487 boys have
Boy's Ranch home in the
II years, the new Boy's
Farm at Springlake, and a
; of other information about the
of the Ranch. Trends
•this little article entitled
fls a Boy?":
| "A boy is the person who is go-
j carry on what you have
He is going to sit where
t are sitting, and when you are
attend to those things that
i think are so important.
can adopt all the policies
please, but how they will be
out depends upon him.
| "Ivtn though you make leagues
1 treaties, he will have to irian-
■ them.
| "He is going to move in, and
over your prisons, churches,
universities and corpora-
^"All erf your work is going to be
and praised, or condemned
r^him. Your reputation and your
are in his hands.
it might be well to pay
! attention to-that boy."
City employees started levelling
off the ground Tuesday for the
beginning of construction of the
Crosbyton Community building,
which will be located 09 the south
side of the Crosbyton Rodeo
grounds near the arena. Digging
of trenches and pouring of con-
crete for the foundation will pro-
bably begin this week-end, it was
announced.
Finance committees are report-
ing almost 100 percent co-opera-
tion in securing funds for building
the 50 by 160 foot sheet iron
structure which will be used for
livestock shows, fairs, the rodeo
and other community enterprises.
Total cost has been estimated at
$4,000, and by Wednesday noon
approximately $2,300 of this a-
mount had been secured.
The Crosbyton Livestock Show
has donated $600, and the Crosby-
ton Lions Club voted Wednesday
to spend $400 on the project. Re-
mainder of the donations have
been from individuals.
The newly organized . Crosbyton
Jaycees have agreed- to furnish
most of the labor, it was announc-
ed recently.
Five communities of the terri-
tory are making drives to assist
in building the show barn, but by
Wednesday none of them had re-
ported.
Review To Be Closed
April 8-9 To Attend
Press Convention
[tat week's one inch of rain did
■ *ound like much, but actually
! meant that 113 tons of water
on every acre of ground,
F.000 tons on every section. A 10
snowfall will amount to the
thing. Scientists have esti-
that rain and snow in the
it of 16 million tons per se-
'nd fal! on the earth's surface.
l?ary Receives
E. A. Line From
Co-operative
[Etatrioity was turned on in
TT®>ary community Wednes
16- Although the line
Ln*_ con*plete, a number of
w# now able to use the
lw, C°mmun% gathered at the
thpT Jfedne3day night to
1 h wg ^ and shoWs Pre"
[r aJVIr' fiynum Britton and
L21M™:vVan North of Spur.
\ evening were Mr.
Wd Mayor Jack Arthur
—... V of. Ple. coffee and
"I Out ./erved to a- large
!Mr ««",? r°mmunity guests
lyton i* Clevie Maze of
i Ja?k Arthur, Mr,
Siwand Mr" Bil1 Nlck-
Mr. Bynum
1 of Spur and Mra Van
ck Chib To
Meeting
"Wt, Thursday
of the Quarter-
' Ught ?®n called Thurs-
JMk n ^ at 0,6 ach<*
£aVl8' President, has
of tUf Vrgea tort a"
.club be present.
football plans for the
68 ,ai";
our be*t in football."
Demonstration
Slated Friday
Grass seeding demonstration
will be held on the Howard Hamp-
ton ranch, Friday, April 1, at 2:00
p.m. This is an old field that Mr.
Hampton is turning out and is lo-
cated five miles south, and one-
half mile east of the Robertson
Store.
Every farmer and rancher in
Crosby county interested in estab-
lishing and improved pasture, re-
seeding pasture on cultivated- land
should be at this demonstration.
Mr. Hampton is reseeding 150
acres with the following grass
seed mixture: Side-ots-grartta,
Sand-blue stem, King Ranch-blue
stem Little blue Stem, Blue Gra-
ma, Weeping love grass and Sand
Love Grass. He is a coopcrator
with Crosby County Soil Conser-
vation district, and technical as-
sistance has been furnished by the
Soil Conservation Service. There
will be a grass drill in operation
and also a junior sod-planter.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this demonstration. W. R.
Kinrjbrough, county agent, will be
in charge.
Chiefs Win One,
Lose One, Week's
Boxing Matches
The Crosbyton Chiefs again met
their masters when they journey-
ed to Lakeview up in Hall county
Friday night for a boxing pro-
gram. The Lakeview boys won the
matches 8 to 3.
But it was a different story at
the local gymnasium Tuesday
night when the Chiefs were the
top-heavy winners of 10 bouts to
four for Floydada! ~
Next scheduled matches here
will be against Paducah on Tues-
day night, April 12. In the mean
time the locals go to Floydada for
a return card Friday, April 1, and
to Paducah on Tuesday, April 5.
Lakeview Results Given
Crosbyton won the following
matches at Lakeview: Miller over
Hancock, R. Sandel over Royce
Denton and James Moore over Pu-
vall.
Lakeview won the following:
Winters over Bownds, Sams ovet
Mitchefl, Dale Denton over Fletch-
er, Wiley over Tom Berry, Charles
Denton over Donald Sandel, Hall
over Ben Fletcher, Flower over
Hargis, Stevens over Gary Ro-
berts, Costell over Arand and
Byars over Gene Ellis.
Chiefs Defeat Floydada
Crosbyton won the following
bouts with "Floydada Tuesday ev~
ening: Gary Roberts oyer Arlen
White, Don Berry over Barry Ro-
sen, James Moore^ over J. R. Per-
ry, Bill Simmons over Jon Parkey,
Gooch McMellan over Bill Jones,
Frank Hash over Bob Finley, Law-
rence Hargis over Don Booth,
Donald Sandel over Dale Owens,
Ronard Sandel over Glen Parkey,
and Bill Peel over Aubrey Guthrie.
Floydada won these bouts: Bob
Bishop over Joe Hargroves, Geo.
Ownes over Jimmy Dunn, and
Stan Conner over Billy Joe Mason.
The office of The Crosbyton
Review will be closed Friday
and Saturday, April "8" and 9,
in order- that employees of the
paper may attend the Pan-
handle Press Association con-
vention which will be held in
Amarillo on these dates.
The practice of closing shop
for the annual convention is
followed by a large number
of papers in this area, and the
Review has decided to follow
suit this year in order that
the whole force .may attend.
An outstanding feature of the
convention is a mechanical
conference, at which problems
of pointing are 'discussed.
Customers who may need
printing, office supplies or
other items handled by ' this
paper are asked to remember
these dates so as not to be in-
convenienced by the closing.
Duster on Wednesday
Follows Light Showers;
Total Rainfall Is 5.75
".You can count on West Texaa
getting some sandstorms every
year. If they don't come in Febru-
ary and March, we'll have them in
April."
This is a summary of what most
conversations were about Wednes-
day when the mild dUster covered
this area, following the shift of
the wind, first to the north and
then back to the west Tuesday
night. The duster followed a day
of general cloudiness Tuesday,
with a light shower not heavy e-
nough to measure that afternoon.
The duster was" only a gentle
reminder, however, of what has
and can happen in this area and
had just about died out by night-
fall.
., Last Friday's shower which to-
taled .13 of an inch brought the
total moisture for March up to
1.12 inches. Total for the. year is
now 5.75 inches, more than half
the total for all of 1948.
Church of Christ To Begin Series of
Gospel Services Here On Friday
Messrs. A. W. and Orval Wal-
lace flew to Tucumcari, N. Mex.
Sunday for a visit with their
mother and grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. Verhon Gillespie
have as their guest this week her
mother, Mrs. J. W. Hadaway, of
Quitaque.
Elections To Select School Trustees
To Be Held Over County Saturday
Crosby county voters will go
to "the polls Saturday, April 2, to
select school trustees for their
respective school districts. And in
additions Precinct 2 and 4 will de-
cide on their members^ of the coun-
ty school board.
Citizens of the Crosbyton dis-
trict will vote at the court house,
where the election will be held by
Mr. R. E. Karr, Mrs. J. A. Parks
and Mrs. Russell McCurdy. Four
names will be on the local ballot,
and three are to' be selected. Ap-
pearing on the ballot will be vRex
Wheeler, J. C. McNeill III, Leslie
Mitchell and Dr. M. R. Snodgrass.
On a separate ticket Crosbyton
citizens will cast their vote for
county school trustee! Only one
name, that of Willard Richardson,
appears on the ticket. Mr. Rich^l
ardson has served one term on the
•county board.
Down in Precinct 4 the name of
W. H. Kirksey appears as a can-
didate for county^ board member.
He has also served'and is up
for
re-election.
From all indications, voting in
the school trustee elections will
be light all over the county.
Girls Receive Basketball
Awards at Chapel Meet
Tuesday Morning
Members of the girls' basket-
ball squad of Crosbyton High
school were presented awards of
letter sweaters at a chapel pro-
gram Tuesday.
Girls receiving the awards were
Sammye Lowe^ Sarah Martin, Bet-
ty Faye Atchison, Betty Dfendy,
June McCombs, June Fowler and
Emma Lee Kunkel.
Billy Peel was -presented a bas-
ketball sweater as a member of
the boys' team, and Jomr~Davls AnioM Ratheal,
received a sweater as manager -of- J^awrence Hargis
the team. These were the only
two boys who had not received a
sweater" In football, and only one
award may be given each year.
Ex-Lettermen of High
School Invited to Banquet
Third Week In April
Are you an ex-letterman of
Crosbyton High school? Then
you are invited to a banquet
sponsored by the "C" Club of
the school to be staged the
•third week in April. Exact
date will be announced later.
"We want every man who
has ever lettered 'in any sport
at Crosbyton High school to
be present for this banquet;
„..-i3in Simmons, president of the
"C" Club, said Wednesday.
Football was first played at
the local school in 1924. Be-
fore that date there were bas-
ketball teams and probably
track teams. The "C" Club
wants all these men. to attend.
Coach Fred Cunningham i s
asking all ex-lettermen to re-
port to either-him or Bill Sim-
mons if they can attend. He
would also appreciate the^ad-
dress of arty ex-letterman liv-
ing away from Crosbyton, so
that an invitation may
mailed to him.
be
Eight Crosbyton Boys
To Take Part in District
Track at Floydada
Several Crosbyton boys are to
enter the District Track Meet to
be herd^ at Floydada Saturday, A-
pril 9, Coach Fred Cunningham
has announced.
Entering in senior events will be
Bill Simmons,
and Billy Joe
Stephenson.
Junior event entries will include
Charles Wheeler, Billy Joe Mason,
Frank Hash and Gene Ellis.
The series of gospel services at
the Crosbyton Church of Christ
will begin Friday, April 1, accord-
ing to announcement made last
week. The services will continue
through two Sundays, ending on
Sunday evening. April 10.
W. H. Hayhu ret, of RaymoncF
ville, is to be here to conduct the
services, and as' Crosbyton people
are already acquainted with his
forceful messages, attendance is
expected to be large. Mr. Hay-
hurst has already conducted one
meeting here.
The local minister, Mr. Leonard
Dennis, will lead the song services.
An invitation is extended to ev-
eryone in the community to at-
tend these meetings. Morning ser-
vices will start at 8:00 o'clock and
the evening services at 8:00 p. m.
$1300 Needed For
Normal Upkeep
Of Cemetery
Approximately $1300.00 per year
is needed to keep the Crosbyton
cemetery in good shape, Mr. A. R.
King, chairman of the cemetery
committee, said this week. The
cost of any improvements must be
at the annual budget.
Of this amout $1,200 goes to the
sexton, who is employed on an an-
nual basis. An additional $100 is
needed for tools, repairs to the
power mower and other incident-
als. .
Annual financial statement of
the Cemetery Association shows
that there was $803.46 on deposit
January 1, 1948. During the year
$557.50 was received from the sale
oFlots and $1066.75 from dona-
tions, totaling $2427,71. Expenses
for the year were $1296,87, leaving
a balance on Jan. 1, 1949 of
$1,170.87.
Must Pave Entrances
An agreement has been made
with the highway department
whereby the state will pave one
entrance to the cemetery provided
the cemetery association will pave
the other two, Mr. King said. This
paving, although the cost has not
yet been determined, will probably
take ' all the surplus which has
been accumulated. The paving is
badly needed in order that funeral
processions may have easy access
tothe grounds in- muddy weather;
"We feel that the highway de-
partment is being very nice to us
in paving this entrance and in sup-
ervising the work," Mr. King said.
"We must do this work at the
present time while the contractor
is on the highway jgb. For this
reason we must raise enough mon-
ey by donations this year to take
care of the normal expenses."
Donations Reach $500
By Wednesday of this week do-
nations to the annual drive of the
Cemetery Association had reached!
$500, he stated. From $700 to $800
more is needed" to carry on the
work for the remainder of the
year. Only a small number of
those who have loved ones at the
Bewitched by Bunnies
Four-year-old Jeanne Lawton is fascinated by models of "Robbie,"
the rubber rabbit, shown at the American Toy Fair in New York,
She's waiting patiently for a larger Variety of the species to deliver
a^basketful of candy on Easter Sunday. — •
COM. T. A. THIGPIN
Everything is in readiness for
Crosbyton's first monthly Savings
Day, scheduled for Monday, April
4, according to announcement this
week by the Crosbyton Jaycees,
sponsoring organization. The peo-
ple of the territory are extended' a
cordial invitation to visit Crosby-
ton on this date, take advantage
of the many special prices and
participate in the "Mystery Man"
contest.
There will be music throughout-
Legion To Hold
Convention Apr.
2-3 in Lubbock
Legionnaires from 43 American
Legion Posts in the 19th congress-
ional district will hold their an-
nual spring convention in Lubbock
Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3.
Hear Department commajider Wil-
liam S. "Bill" McCraw of Dallas
and enjoy a varied program of en-
tertainment and instruction ar-
ranged by District Commander T.
A. Thigpen of Big Spring.
Registration for the two day e-
vent will begin at noon April 2 at
the Hilton Hotel. The same after-
noon a typical 440 and 8 "wreck"
and street play carnival will be
staged in downtown Lubbock un-
der the direction of the Voiture
from Plainview. Also scheduled
for Saturday afternoon will be a
reception by Auxiliary members
in honor of their state president,
Mrs. O. E. Duey of Graham.
Saturday evtening the group will
enjoy a dance at the Hilton Hotel.
Sunday's program begins early
with a breakfast for post com;
manders, adjutants^ and service
officers starting at 7:30 o'clock at
the Hilton Hotel.
Red Cross Roll
the expense, he points out, and
he believes many others should do
likewise.
Donations may be made to Mr.
King, Mr. W. T. Dunn or: Mr. Er-
nest Smith, or mailed to Crosbyton
Cemetery Association, Crosbyton,
Texas.
Thirty From County at
LPCA Stockholders
Meet In Leveliand
Thirty persons from Crosby
county attended the annual stock-
holders meeting of the Lubbock
Production Credit Association held
Saturday at Leveliand. More than
1000 from the territory were in
attendance.
They heard annual reports from
the board of directors, the secre-
tary-treasurer and the president:
re-elected two directors and ate a
luncheon prepared and served un-
der the direction of Fred McGinty.
The financial report revealed
that since the founding of the or-
ganization there had been losses
of only $1,250 out of nearly $18,-
000,000 in loans.
The two directors to be re-elect-
ed were E. L. Carlisle of Crosby
county and Fred McGinty of Ta-
hoka. Derrell Henry, Lubbock, a
former manager of the Crosbyton
office, is assistant secretary-treas-
urer of the organization.
In First Drive
Approximately $350 had been
collected by committees making
the annual Red Cross Roll Call in
Crosbyton Monday and Tuesday
of this week. Although the maior-
ity of business men had been con-
tacted, several more are yet to be
seen.
By Wednesday no reports had
been received Troni community
committees, D. A. Edwards, local
Roll Call chairman, announced on
Wednesday. Approximately $250
of the quota for this territory has „ .. . . . .
, Hattractive prices. Those wishing
been ass;gned to the CQLumujuities.-
Persons wanting to donate to
the Red Cross campaign, and who
have not yet been contacted, may
make their donation to Mr. Ed-
wards or any mqmber of the^local
"committee. ^
The quota for the Crosbyton ter-
ritory is $584,
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Leveliand Men Pay
Fines For Disturbing
The Peace Here Sunday
FOiir young men from Levenand
visited Crosbyton Sunday and
found that they had to behave
while visiting just as well as while
at home. They were arrested,
charged with drunkenness and dis-
turbing the peace, and paid fines
totaling $19.00 each in justice
court. The men were Gary Mason,
Robert Boykin, Bob folder and
Billy Dosher. '
Three other drunks were arrest-
ed in Crosbyton Saturday night,
and paid $19 fines.
The theft of 17 hens from the
B. G. McDuff farm Tuesday night
was reported to the sheriff's de-
partment. No arrests had been
made in the case.
o
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. McDuff had
as their week-end . guests their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bowers at Houston,
and their son, Buster McDuff, a
student at Texas Tech.
tration fdr the "Mystery Man"
contest will begin at 10 a. m. and
will continue throughout the day
until 4:00 p. m. The contest is
slated to be held at 4:30 p. m.
Everyone Eligible
Everyone 14 years of age or old-
er who comes to Crosbyt8n next
Monday is eligible to participate
in the contest. Merchandise prizes
totaling more than $100 will be a-
warded the person who identifies
the Mystery Man, who is a well-
known person in Ene Crosbyton
territory. If he is not identified,
however, the prizes will be carried
over to the May Savings Day, and
additional prizes offered to in-
crease the total. Clues may be
found in most Crosbyton business
houses, and new clues are posted
each week.
Interest in the contest has in-
creased rapidly since its start two
weeks ago. There have been many
guesses as to who the man may
be, but the five-man committee of
the Crosbyton Jaycees are the on-
ly ones .who know the answer —
and they aren't talking. No mem-
ber of the Jaycee or their families
are eligible to participate.
Merchants Offer Specials
In a page advertisement in this
week's Review, Crosbyton mer-
chants are offering many low
prices on merchandise which eve-
ry one will need. This page has al-
so been mailed out in circular
form to a wide territory, and ma-
ny are expected tg eome to Cros-
byton Monday. In addition, several
merchants are offering additional
special priceis which will be found
in regular advertisements in this
H D. Agent May
Be Available In
County Soon
A home demonstration agent,
for Crosby county may be availa-
ble in the near future, unofficial
information received Friday by
the Home Demontration council
indicated. The office has been va-
cant since the resignation of Miss
Mozelle Parr last month.
Ten members of the Council
were present when the group met
here in the home demonstration of-
fice last Friday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs.
S. G. Appling of the Mt; Blanco-
club and Mrs. Garnet Jones of
Crosbyton were elected as repres-
entatives Jxom-i.he county for in-
terviews and pictures which will
appear in the next issue of South-
western Crop and Stock magazine,
which is published each month at
Lubbock.
Announcement was made that
down-proof satin is again availa-
ble in a variety of colors at very
.1
more information may contact the
nearest home demonstration club
president or the county marketing
chairman, Mrs. Garnet Jones of
Crosbyton.
The meeting adjourned follow-
ing a period of recreation under
the direction of Mrs. Floyd Hill.
Mr. Clyde Nicholson was a busi-
ness visitor to Dallas the first of
the week.
WELCOME, NEW
SUBSCRIBERS
Following Is the list of new
and renewal subscriptions to the
Review during the past week:
John Irvin
John Crump
D. B. Ellison \
Arron Justus >
J. C. Stanton
H. L. Dennis
O. R. Whatley
Eddie Harklns
O. EI Lumsden
Lloyd Williams
M. C. Simmons
James E. Winter
W. B. Humphries
Rev. Carl Grissom
Mrs. Marvin Bowling
Mrs. Kenneth Halbert
Mrs. David 8. Largent
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Curry, W. H. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1949, newspaper, April 1, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth256338/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.