The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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3 Teachers Hired;
i
One Position Vacant
Three new teachers have
been employed by the school
board to begin duties here in
September for the 1962-63 term,
announced Supt. Jerry T. Barton.
This leaves only one vacancy
in high school, and this is ex-
pected to be filled within the
next few days, he said. The
only vacancy that now exists
is director of the Dragon Band.
New teachers employed last
K
ENTS
ORNER
By KENNETH TOOLEY
About 9 p.m. one night last
week, the roof of the Gulf Serv-
ice Station here literally caved
in.
Ray Worthy, owner and op-
erator of the Gulf station, con-
tends it was a result of his
anger since Clyde Black had
opened up the Conoco Service
Station just across the street
from him.
Worthy, a big congenial fel-
low who likes a good joke, just
could not resist poking some
fun into the embarrassing
situation.
The plaster ceiling under the
awning that protrudes out from
the building actually fell to the
ground in one big piece. The
attendant on duty saw it crack
and rushed out a customer just
before the big slab fell.
Sunday morning our young
sons wore their first long ties
and our oldest, Kent, was strut-
ing around because he was
dressed like Dad.
His mother had commented
how he was dressed like a
preacher and questioned, “If
you were a preacher, what
would you preach on?”
“On the floor,” he promptly
replied.
July 4 brought a guiet, but
hot holiday to Paducah. There
were many who took the holi-
day traveling to other places,
but most everyone here settled
for the peacefulness of home.
Most of the yards in town
got trimmed and watered and
as citizens broke from their
daily routine of work for a day
of relaxation.
In the afternoon the heat
kept most people inside and
under an air conditioner.
The mercury rose to a solid
100 degrees Wednesday for the
first time this year.
In the sports world, fans
might expect to see two Los
Angeles teams in the world
series this year. As the old
saying goes, the team in the
lead on July 4 will represent
the league in the series.
On July 4 the Los Angeles
Angels took over the top spot
in the American League and the
Los Angeles Dodgers led the
National League.
We’ll see in September if
there is anything to it.
week are Miss Mary Ann Pat-
terson,23, of Coleman, Okla.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jones
of Durant, Okla.
Mr. Jones will teach sixth
grade in Goodwin, filling a va-
cancy created by the resignation
of Miss Inez Crump. Mrs. Jones
will teach fourth grade in Good-
win. Both will graduate in
August from Southeastern State
College, Durant.
Miss Patterson, who will re-
ceive a BS degree from South-
eastern State College, Durant,
in August, has been employed
to teach third grade in Alamo
elementary school.
Supt. Barton said Miss Lottie
Gibson, who had taught third
grade previously, would be a
first grade teacher next year,
replacing Mrs. Ray Felty.
Mrs. S. E. West, who was em-
ployed two weeks ago, will
teach second grade in Alamo,
Barton announced. In addition
to Mrs. West, other second grade
teachers are Mrs. Suttle Majors
and Mrs. H. W. Cross.
Along with Miss Gibson, Mrs.
S. E. Stockstill and Mrs. Roy
Powell will teach first grade;
while Miss Patterson, Mrs. C. E.
Whitlock and Miss Bernita Fish
will teach third grade classes.
The Paducah Post
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 15
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962
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Short Announces
Purchase of Oney
Laundry Service
J. D. (Duke) Short, former
resident of Paducah, today an-
nounced the purchase of J. B.
Oney Laundry Service.
Short has already taken over
the laundry route and plans to
make his home here in the near
future.
Oney, a long-time resident of
Paducah, purchased a dry clean-
ing plant in Wellington. He
moved his family there Wednes-
day. He will also continue a
laundry service in that city.
Short is a former employee
of Hanks Food store, but moved
to Childress last year.
Series of Bible
Stories Begins In
This Issue of Post
With today’s issue of the
Post, we are starting a series of
Bible stories written by Mrs.
Emma Stewart Anderson of Dun-
lap.
Written for children, stories
were taken from the Bible and
put into a language that can
be easily understood by children
of all ages.
Stories will be run in the
Post each week for several
weeks.
The talented Mrs. Anderson,
who is confined to a wheel
chair, is the daughter of a Meth-
odist minister. She has strong
will, courage and a sincere love
for God which has prompted
these writings.
Entitled “Tell Me of Jesus,”
the first story in the series can
be found on another page in to-
day’s issue of the Post.
Jones and Renfrow
Is Sole Abstract
Firm in Cottle Co.
Jones and Renfrow this week
announced the purchase of the
Jones and Riley and O. J. Riley
abstract firms, becoming the
lone abstracters in Cottle Coun-
ty.
Jones and Renfrow, owned
and operated by W. S. (Bill)
Heatly, will continue to operate
from their office here With no
change in personnel or policies,
Heatly said.
Last week the Cottle County
Abstract Co., owned and operat-
ed by Noble O. Ingram, sold to
the Jones Estate. Heatly pur-
chased all the assumed names,
past and present, in the deal.
The Jones and Renfrow firm
was established here in 1910 by
W. O. Jones Sr. Heatly purchas-
ed the firm in 1954. In addi-
tion to the abstract business,
Heatly is a local attorney, and
was re-elected last May for an-
other term as state representa-
tive from the 82nd Legislative
District.
Chamber to Begin
Program of Work
The pulse of the Paducah
Chamber of Commerce and Ag-
ricultural Development will be-
gin beating in the very near
future as directors and commit-
tee chairmen sit down to draw
up working plans for the first
year’s program.
Directors and chairmen of the
ten committees will meet at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 5, to
begin the layout for the 1962-63
program of work. Thursday
night’s meeting will be held in
the organization’s office in the
PADUCAH TELEPHONE EMPLOYEE HONORED — Mrs. Anna
Ruth Hutchison of Paducah was among 28 General Telephone
Company employees honored at the company's annual Service
Awards Dinner in Memphis last week. Mrs. Hutchison, an
operator for 15 years, was recognized by Archie Scott, general
traffic engineer from the company's headquarters office in
San Angelo.
PhD Degree Awarded George T. Clark
By British School for Studies in U S
The Rev. George T. Clark, son
of Mrs. George W. Clark of Pa-
ducah, has received his doctor
of Philosophy degree from
Brantridge Forest School, a
British institution of higher
learning established in 1856.
The PhD degree was awarded
in recognition of 96 hours of ac-
credited gra~—} studies done
in the United States and a
thesis written for the English
school.
The Rev. Mr, Clark is a na-
tive of Paducah and was a stu-
dent in Paducah public schools
where he was active in student
School Board Contemplates Changes In
Grading System, Class Periods
Changes in the grading sys-
tem, length of class periods, and
some curricular activities are be-
ing seriously considered by the
school board of the Paducah In-
dependent School District.
Change of the grading system
has already been authorized
and accepted by teachers in
high school on a trial basis for
the next term.
Next year, high school stu-
dents will be given a letter
grade instead of a numerical
grades they have received in
the past. Teachers will use A,
Miss McWilliams To
Attend Third OCC
Citizenship Course
Miss Jeanette McWilliams,
1208 15th Street, Paducah, has
made reservations for Oklahoma
Christian College’s third annual
Citizenship Seminar for High
School Students, July 9-13.
Miss McWilliams is sponsored
by the Cottle County Farm Bu-
reau.
On the five-day program will
be four major faculty members.
These men include John Noble,
who was a prisoner in a Com-
munist slave labor camp for
nine years; Dr. Nicholas Nya-
radi, chairman of the Dept, of
International Studies at Bradley
University and former Minister
of Finance in the - Hungarian
governmental cabinet; Dr. Clifton
L. Ganus Jr., f)ean, School of
American Studies at Hardin Col-
lege; and Dr. George S. Benson,
Chancellor of OCC and several
times winner of the Freedom
Foundation Gold Medal Awards.
Each conferee must be nomi-
nated by his superintendent or
principal on character, scholar-
ship and leadership ability.
OCC was one of five colleges
to win the Freedom Foundation
Award in 1960 and 1961.
The award was presented for
the school’s “Freedom Forum
and Summer Seminar programs
to counteract false idealogical
concepts and provide informa-
tion and guidance toward build-
ing alert, dedicated American
citizenship.”
B, C. D and F grades, replacing
the numerical figures. This is
being considered in Paducah
junior high also.
The school board is current-
ly giving serious consideration
to a 70 minute class period from
the seventh grade up through
high school.
Supt. Jerry T. Barton ex-
plained that subjects would be
taught only four days each
week. Working on a floating
period schedule, there would be
five 70-minute classes each day
Monday through Friday where
there have been six 50-minute
classes in the past.
He explained that the longer
class period would eliminate
some of the wasted motion in
changing classes, etc., and
would gain more time in the
classroom.
Choral singing has been add-
ed to the high school schedule
and an improved physical edu-
cation program throughout the
school system is being planned
for the 1962-63 term, particularly
from the Goodwin school fourth
grade through high school.
With the construction of a
new gymnasium underway, the
old gym will be maintained for
physical education programs.
All high school students
will be required to take band,
physical education, or partici-
pate in the seasonable sport.
The physical education pro-
gram will be under the super-
vision of John Higdon, new
athletic director and head coach.
Supt. Barton also announced
plans for rearrangement of the
schedule in Goodwin School
which will allow teachers more
time for instruction in the class-
room.
At the same time, the school
board is making plans to re-
arrange the cafeteria schedule
that will allow the first six
grades to finish meals and be
out of the cafeteria before high
school students are released for
lunch.
Barton said nothing had been
made definite as yet, but ex-
plained that these plans were
being studied and seriously con-
sidered by the school-board for
the ensuing term.
functions. His special interests
were in speech and music and
in his senior year he received
the activities medal. He grad-
uated with the class of 1950.
He attended Mary Hardin-
Baylor College, Baylor Univer-
sity, and Hardin Simmons Uni-
versity where he received a
bachelor of science degree in
1955. He completed seminary
work with a bachelor of divin-
ity degree in 1961 from South-
western Baptist Theological
Seminary, Fort Worth. While a
student in the seminary he was
a student recording assistant in
the preaching department.
The Rev. Mr. Clark was or-
dained to the ministry by the
First Baptist Church of Paducah
in 1953. While a student at
Hardin Simmons, he pastored
the Baptist churches at Guthrie
and Dumont simultaneously for
three years. He served the First
Baptist Church at Carey for five
years while a seminary student.
Currently he is pastor of
Memorial Baptist Church in
Nacogdoches, a church with over
300 members. He went' to Nacog-
doches from Carey about 18
months ago.
He took college training in
radio at Mary Hardin-Baylor
College and his first commercial
job was with KCTX radio in
Childress where he was program
director and a member of the
announcing staff. He later join-
ed KJIM radio in Fort Worth
where he was music director
and announcer.
The church Rev. Clark now
pastors is a member of the
Shelby-’Doches Baptist Associa-
tion. He is active in the asso-
ciational Vacation Bible School,
Sunday School, and Training
Union work. He has also been
active as a teacher in the
Nacogdoches Seminary Exten-
sion Center of the Southern
Baptist Seminaries.
The Rev. Mr. Clark is mar-
ried to the former Barbara Jean
Smith of Sweetwater. They have
a daughter, Joana Georgette,
who is 13 months old.
Former Resident
Accidentally Shot
4 By 13-year-old Son
j
Mrs. Edythe Fields, 46, of De
Leon was killed accidentally
Tuesday, June 26, by a .22 bullet
fired, by her 13-year-old son.
Peace Justice Howard Baker
of De Leon ruled the shooting
an accident.
The son told officers his
mother was hoeing corn in a
garden at the rear of the house
when he saw a scissortail perch-
ed on a post in the back yard.
Thinking the bird had been
molesting his pigeons, the boy
said, he got his father’s .22 rifle
and fired one shot through the
kitchen window.
His mother fell to the ground,
fatally wounded in the head.
The husband, Horace M.
Fields, a trucker, was out of
town with a load of grain at
the time of the tragedy.
Mrs. Fields and her husband
are natives of Cottle County.
She was a sister of Mrs. Bill
Goodgame of Dunlap and a
sister-in-law of Ernest fields
Fields and J. P. Fields.
Funeral services far Mrs.
Fields were conducted at 4 p.m.
TV Signal Service Building here.
The group will discuss plans
for projects and request funds
necessary to carry out the plans
which are adopted.
Chairmen of the ten com-
mittees picked committee mem-
bers Wednesday night which
have been officially appointed
by President A. W. Davis with
approval of the board of direc-
tors.
Named to the committees
were:
Agriculture: G. R. Tippen,
chairman; Cecil F. Carr, direc-
tor; Jack Tippen, Ike Worley
Jr., H. W. Matney, Cliff Hutchi-
son, Forest Creamer, J. E. Isbell
Jr., Roger Taylor, Edward Max-
ey, H. B. Leathers, C. A. Brooks,
Coleman Paschall, Jim Jeffers,
Ira Brooks, Elmer Clark, Tom
Colbert, R. G. Gibbs, Clyde Har-
rison, A. C. Piper, N. W. Smith,
Ross A. Thomas, John L. Sossa-
man, Pat N. Jones, and Leon
Thompson;
Airports, Highways and Farm-
to-Market Roads: Henry Brooks,
chairman; W. T. Sandlin, direc#
tor; Bob Masterson; Kay Nor-
ris, Carl Darr, Jackie Bratton,
Dr. F. C. Harmon, Zack Isbell,
Lee Currey, Leslie Sharp, Pat M.
Hodge, Roy Neal Parks, Katie
Blake, and I. E. Fish.
Civic Improvements and Com-
munity Service: Jack Powell,
chairman; Jack Hamrick, direc-
tor; Billy C. Smith, W. H. Mul-
key, E. N. Young, Eva Bratton,
Jerry Mowrey, Albert Axe, J. O.
Stanley, Tom Boley, Mrs. C. A.
Jones Takes 9th
Place in State
Teenage Road-e-o
Paducah’s entry in the state
Teenage Road-e-o contest, Har-
Tuesday, June 28, at the First vev jonGS p]aced ninth in com-
Baptist Church with burial
the De Leon Cemetery.
She is survived by her hus-
band and two sons, all of the
home, and a daughter.
Attendnig services from Pa-
ducah were Mrs. Goodgame,
Mrs. A. B. Irons, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Fields, and Mrs. Velma
Tipton.
Slaton Officers
Arrest 4 Youths
For Burglary Here
Officers at Slaton arrested
four Florida youths in connec-
tion with burglaries in several
counties reaching from Vernon' among teenagers.
petition at Houston Friday and
Saturday.
Jones scored 470 points out
’if a possible 500 to take the
nir''-1 nl.ace position, in a field
of 39 entries.
Representing the Paducah
'aycees, Jones became eligible
for the state contest by win-
ning second place locally, then
capturing second at the district
meet in Electra. Entries taking
the top three scores were eligi-
ble for higher competition.
This was the first year for
Paducah Jaycees to conduct the
Teenage Road-e-o. It is a test
of driving skills that includes
both written exams and prac-
tical driving courses. Its pur-
pose is to encourage more skill-
ful and safer driving habits
Phillips, W. B. McCreary, Dr.
W. E. Harrison, J. E. Norris,
Mary Dell Shaw, L. V. Ander-
son, and Miss Irene Tippen.
Industrial Development: Jim
Bob Bigham, chairman; Cecil
S. Carr, director; Roy Neal Parks,
Dave Willis, J. L. Hindman, John
Stinson, Kenneth Bragg, P. E.
Godfrey, Clifford White, G. F.
Givens, C. A. Killingsworth, and
C. C. Carpenter.
Athletic and Recreation: V. L-
Hutchison, chairman; Warren
Prater, director; Walter Liedtke
Jr., Bill Hogg, A. C. Boren, Vera
Liedtke, A. K. Hutchison, Elmer
Petty, Charles Pearson, Joe Don
Brooks, T. H. Sossaman, Mrs.
Kenneth Tooley, George Bowl-
ing, and Bill Finch.
Trade Development: J. F.
Powell, chairman; Ray Loftis,
director; Roy Powell, Herbert
Henry, W. E. Wilson, Jimmie D.
Hamrick, Jimmie Sandlin, Geo-
rge Jones, V. R. Boon, G. E. Cole-
man, Dr. C. C. Pate, Arch Du-
priest, Mat Eubanks, Toby
Lancaster, Mrs. E. E. Asher, S. E.
Boothe, Mrs. E. A. Carlock, Gene
Gordon, E. H. Gladden, Alvin
Green, H. H. Moore, Mrs. Tom
Boley, Howard Powell, H. C.
Ellis, Fred Sandlin, and Ray
Perkins.
Water Resources: Don Bro-
thers, chairman; Loyd Mayes,
director; L. L. Goodwin, John-
nie Gann, Jamie Cate, Kenneth.
Tippen, R. D. Wall Jr., Kenneth
Tooley, Billie J. Holley, George
Humphreys, Irless Brooks, Geo-
rge H. Moore, Delwin Brooks,
and C. M. Sossaman.
Membership and Finance: C.
L. Robertson, chairman; W. S.
Heatly, director; Shirley Sande-
fur, Wylie Boyle, Bernie Davis,
Roy A. Jones, and Kay Norris.
Legislative: George V. Dea-
ton, chairman; W. V. Bigham,
director; Afton Willingham,
Oran Mowrey, W. O. Jones Jr.,
p. E. Godfrey, and 7 tines Q-
Sweeney.
Public Relations: Jimmie
James, chairman; A. W. Davis,
director; Kenneth Tooley, Mar-
vin Dane, Bob Powell, Mrs.
Jessie Thomas, Charles McCalla*.
Jack K. Parsons, and W. E. Wil-
son. t t
•- "5 £ i
to Slaton.
The four' youths, identified
by Sheriff Elmer Clark as Tom-
my Rowell, sMitchell Ware and
Alfred McGarth, all about 17 or
18, and a girl, Donna Leaman,
14, are in jail in Stonewall
County.
The youths admitted burglar-
izing farm homes in the vicinity
of Crowell, Paducah, Clairemont,
and Aspermont.
Near Paducah, a shotgun and
rifle were taken from the home
of Walter Biddy. They had a-
bout five or six guns in pos-
session at the time of their ar-
rest.
Sheriff Clark said most of the
items taken in the burglaries
had been recovered.
Coffee Hounds, Rheumatics Renew Old
Rivilary In Oldtirners Baseball Game
The younger generation will
be out to even up the series
with the older men at the play-
ing af the sixth annual Old
timers baseball game next week.
The game will be played
Saturday night, July 14, begin-
ning at 8 p.m.
As one of the major fund
raising projects sponsored by
Paducah Jaycees for the benefit
of the Little League program,
the Oldtirners game is also a
bitterly fought battle, between
the two generations.
The oldtirners, known as the
Rheumatics, took the series
lead last year with an 11-8 de-
cision in the game, giving them
a 3-2 edge in the series.
Coffee Hounds, a name tab-
bed on the younger men, will
be led by Walter Liedtke in
their attack on the Rheumatics
next week.
J. B. Garrett will serve as
manager of the Rheumatics.
This team will consist of men
ages 36 and over.
The Coffee Hound team will
be composed of young men age
21 through 35.
All men desiring to play
should contact the manager of
their age group.
Admission of $1.00 will be
charged adults, including play-
ers, and 50 cents for children.
Proceeds will be used by Jay-
cees to defray expenses of the
Little League.
Jones was accompanied to
Houston by George Bowling,
chairman of the Jaycee Teen-
age Road-e-o committee. They
traveled to the contest with Bob
Miks of Wichita Falls and the
two other Jaycee Region IIA
contestants, Terry Sneller and
Marilyn Miks, both of Wichita
Falls.
Sneller and Miss Miks were
not among the first ten places.
Winning the state champion-
ship was Roderick Spain of
Monahans. Second place went
to Mike Stewart of Odessa and
third to Clyde Newman of
Sweeney. The three will repre-
sent Texas Jaycees in the na-
tional Teenage Road-e-o in
Washington, D. C.
Billy Smith, president of the
Paducah Jaycees, said today,
“Harvey was a good representa-
tive for the organization and
Paducah. We are very proud
of the showing he has made
and hope that this project has
been beneficial to him as well
as other Paducah teenagers who
were entered in the local con-
test.”
Afternoon Classes
Scheduled at Bible
School July 9-13
Vacation Bible School classes
at the First Christian Church,
here will begin Monday, July 9,
it was announced today.
The one-week Bible School
will be conducted Monday
through Friday, ending on July
13. Classes will be conducted
each afternoon from 3 p.m. to
5:30 p.m.
Using the theme “Our Bible,”
classes will be held for juniors,
primary, first and second kin-
dergarten age groups.
Rev. Ivan Adams, pastor of
the church, extended an invita-
tion to all children toattend
Vacation Bible School classes
each afternoon.
Negro Is Fined On
Illegal Possession
Johnny Willis, Paducah Neg-
ro, was fined $250 and court
costs in County Court here Mon-
day after pleading guilty to
charges of illegal possession of
intoxicating beverages.
Willis pleaded guilty before
Judge Roy Neal Parks and paid
the fine totalling $277.20.
He was arrested Sunday by
Sheriff Elmer Clark and Deputy
Jack Walker.
41.8% of County’s
Savings Bond Goal
C. L. Robertson, chairman of
Cottle County Savings Bonds
'Committee, announced that the
county’s May bond sales totaled
$1,106. Sales during the first
five months of 1962 totaled $33,-
407 which represents 41.8 pes
cent of the 1962 Bond sales
goal.
Savings Bonds sales in Texas
in May were $11,496,167 and
$64,736,607 in bonds were pur-
chased during the period Jan-
uary through may. 83 6 per cent
of the Texas’ Freedom Bond
Drive goal of $75,000,000 has
been achieved.
“The total amount of E and
H Bonds outstanding has reach-
ed $44.8 billion. This is the high-
est amount of E and H Bonds
on record. During the first four
months of 1962, the amount of
Savings Bonds outstanding had
a net gain of $353 million. As
a result of the Freedom Bond
Drive, the Treasury Department
is confident that the amount of
E and H Bonds outstanding will
go even higher,” Chairman Rob-
ertson said.
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