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The Paducah Post
fifty-fourth year. no. 50
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
EIGHT PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY
IREN'S
ORNER
By KENNETH TOOLEY
Every room in Paducah pub-
lic schools has some type of
display during this observance
•of Texas Public Schools Week.
Among the display in the
room of Mrs. Ray Felty at Ala-
mo school are several bird
houses that were made by stu-
dents and their parents.
One bird house, painted .a
dark green, was trimmed in
white around the entrance and
the perch. It was the handy-
work of young Robert Glenn
Archer and his father, Richard.
When Robert brought the
bird house to class for the first
-time he questioned the teacher,
“Do you know why that part
is white?” (referring to the
white entrance and perch).
“No,” replied Mrs. Felty.
“That’s so the bird can find
its way home at night,” he
answered.
—o—
Recently on the playground
at Alamo School, it began to
■sprinkle lightlly.
•Among a group of girls near
the sidewalk was Dee Chappell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Chappell.
Noticing the wet spots all
around her, she said excitedly,
■“Oh look, polka dotted rain.”
Dee is a third grade student
at Alamo.
Each year all school teachers
take one day out of the class-
room to attend a district teach-
ers meeting.
One of the local teachers at-
tending one of the meetings
heard the speaker for the sec-
ond time. And, the teacher
also heard the same speech for
the second time.
His topic was “Don’t Get in
a Rut.”
A story concerning talks
made by 4-H club members ap-
peared in a Northern news-
paper. , ;
The first talk was on the
subject of how to whittle.
It was followed by a talk
on first aid for minor cuts and
bruises.
A. M. FABRY IS
TRANSFERRED
TO ROSWELL
A. M. Fabry, manager of the
J. C. Penney Store here 5 Vz
years, has accepted a manager’s
post for the J. C. Penney Store
in Roswell, N. M.
Fabry said Wednesday that
he would take over his duties
at his new store Friday, March
10.
B. H. Hogg will become man-
ager of the Paducah store, and
arrived to begin duties here
Thursday, March 9.
Hogg will come to Paducah
from Monroe, La.
Fabry has been an active
citizen of Paducah during his
tenure here. A member of both
the Paducah Lions Club and
Paducah Jaycees, he has been
active in all phases of civic
and community work.
He has participated in vari-
ous national fund-raising cam-
paigns, currently chairman of
the Cottle County March of
Dimes.
Mr. and Mrs. Fabry and
their two children, Tony and
Theresa, will move to Roswell
in the near future.
DIMES DRIVE
NETS 5779.81
Total collections in Cottle
County for the March of Dimes
amounted to $779.81, Chairman
Tony Fabry announced today.
He stated that the total was
slightly under the amount col-
lected in the county last year,
but added that possibly some
funds have net been turned in
as yet.
Fabry said, “Those having
March of Dimes funds should
give it to Tim Tyler as soon as
possible.”
Style Show To
Feature Cotton
Cottle County’s
modify — cotton — will be
given a boost Friday, March 10,
when three local merchants, in
cooperation with the Cottle
County Farm Bureau, presents
their annual style show, “Let’s
Talk Cotton.”
The show will be staged at
the Paducah High School audi-
torium, beginning at 8 p.m.
Tickets may be obtained free
at Hood’s Dress Shop, J. C. Pen-
ney Co., and Hall-Scruggs and
Co.
Tickets will serve two pur-
poses— admission to the show
and to make the holder eligi-
ble for door prises. Persons
planning to attend should pick
up their free tickets at any one
of the sponsoring stores.
Models dressed in spring cot-
tons will show sportswear, chil-
3 CANDIDATES
FILE FDR CITY
COUNCIL SEATS
Three candidates filed for a
place on the city ballot seeking
to fill vacancies that will occur
when terms of three city coun-
cilmen expire this year.
Filing before the deadline
Saturday were V. R. (Pete)
tails are being arranged by a Boon, A. C. Hageman, and E. N.
major com- dren’s clothes, party dresses,
and many other styles, includ-
ing those worn by matrons.
Stage settings and motifs
for the program and tickets
carry the theme of cotton pro-
duction in its early stages.
Two Men Escape
Injury From Blast
Firemen made calls to fom
separate fires during the weel
including two in a single daj
The first, Sunday, cause
several thousand dollars dam
age to a farm house and con
struction equipment, howeve:
the three fires within the cit.
resulted in only minor damages
An explosion, followed b;
fire, rocked the Fina Service
Station here at 9:42 a.m. Tues-
day and two employees narrow
committee headed by Mrs. G. R.
Wilson Jr.
Queen Presentation
The winner of the 1960 Farm
Bureau Queen Contest, Miss
Joyce Wilson, will be presented
during one of the interludes.
Girls in this contest are judged
on appearance, poise, and per-
sonality.
Miss Wilson won over five
other lovely and talented Cottle
County farm girls last August.
Clothing modeled will be
from stock of each of the spon-
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Young.
Hageman is the only incum-
bent in the trio, having served
two terms as a Paducah aider-
man.
Boon is owner of the coin-
o-matic laundry here, while
Young is owner of Young Im-
plement Co.
In addition to Hageman,
terms of B. W. Davis and Bryan
C. Handley expire. Both Davis
and Handley announced earlier
they would not seek re-election.
The city election will be
conducted here Tuesday, April
4, at the Paducah City Hall.
Citizens Urged to 'Realize And
Accept School Responsibility’
An appeal for citizens to rea-
lize and accept their responsi-
bility of the public schools was
made Tuesday night by District
Attorney A. W. Davis to mem-
bers of the Paducah Parent-
Teacher Association..
Davis addressed approximate-
ly 300 persons at a meeting
held by the organization in ob-
servance and in cooperation
with Public Schools Week in
Texas in the high school audi-
torium preceding an open house
conducted by the faculty of
- the three Paducah plants.
John Chenault, chairman of
! the Paducah school board, pre-
District Council Meeting To
Close Out 4-H Club Week
A district 4-H Club council County delegates
meeting will be conducted at
the First Methodist Church here
Saturday, March 11, to draw a
conclusion to 4-H Club Week
in this area.
Cottle and King County 4-H
Clubs will be hosts for the
district council session that will
be held in the church sanctuary
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Satur-
day.
Representatives from 22 coun-
PLANS MADE
FOR MEMORIAL
DAY SERVICE
Plans for the annual Mem-
orial Day program were made : ties within the district are ex-
this week by members of the ■ pected.
Cottle County Pastors’ Associa-| Donna parr and Tommy Is-
t on and Paducah Cemetery j are delegates from Cottle
Assc'- ation, sponsoring organi- j County; while Nicki Dilliard
zations. and Carol Graves are King
The Service will be conducted
at 10 a.m. on May 30, Mem-
orial Day.
Weather permitting, the serv-
ice will be held at Garden of
Memories, however, in case of
inclement weather services will
move to the sanctuary of the |
First Baptist Church here. j Grass and soils judging con-
Special groups participating ; tests for FFA and 4-H boys and
in addition to the sponsors will ! girls will be conducted Wed-
FFA and 4-H Grass
Judging Contest Is
1 Slated at Matador
-be the VFW, American Legion,
and Ladies’ Auxiliary.
Formulating plans for the
annual memorial service were
Rev. G. C. Laney, retired Bap-
tist minister; Rev. Richard Bolt,
pastor of the Missionary Baptist
Church, Mrs. John Brown, presi-
dent of the Paducah Cemetery
Association; Mrs. J. E. Norris
Sr., Mrs. M. A. Richards, Mrs.
Bob Thomas, Mrs. Fred Stinson,
James Garth, H. H. Moore, and
Mrs. Ruth Finch.
nesday, March 15, sponsored by
the Upper Pease Soil Conserva-
tion District.
Participants will leave for
Matador at 2 p.m. Wednesday
from Paducah High School.
High school 4-H and FFA
members will compete in the
senior division. Grade school
students will participate in the
junior divition.
Prizes will be awarded win-
ners in each division.
National 4-H Club Week,
which began last Saturday, was
officially recognized this week
by Paducah merchants who
have cooperated with advertise-
ments in the Paducah Post en-
couraging 4-H work and activi-
ties.
County Agent L. M. McCarroll
said, “We are very appreciative
of the many merchants who
have purchased advertising
space for the benefit of 4-H
clubs in this area, and for their
cooperation in other undertak-
ings of this youth organiza-
tion.”
In addition to this, bill-
boards have been put up
throughout the Cottle-King area
by West Texas Utilities pub-
licizing 4-H Club Week.
Dollar Days Set
March 17-18-19;
Post to Be Early
Next week’s edition of the
Post will be in the mail one
day earlier than usual due to
Dollar Days that will be
staged by local merchants
here March 16, 17 and 18.
Because of this early edi-
tion, it is necessary to estab-
lish an early deadline on
news and advertising copy for
next week’s edition.
Deadline for both news and
advertising has been set for
5 p.m. Monday, March 13.
sented pertinent information by
using facts and figures in ex-
plaining the financial and per-
m ,
Greenbelt Gets Biggest Boost
MRS. KENNETH TOOLEY
P-TA ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR
1961-62 YEAR
Mrs. Kenneth Tooley was re-
elected president of the Pa-
ducah Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion for the 1961-62 year at a
business meeting of the unit
Tuesday evening in the high
school auditorium.
Other officers elected to head
the organization were Mrs.
Ernest Grisham, first vice pres-
ident; Mrs. Charlie Spencer,
second vice president; Jimmie
James, third vice president;
Mrs. James Lee, secretary, and
Mrs. Jim Jeffers, treasurer.
James and Mrs. Jeffers are
newly elected officers with
Mrs. Grisham, Mrs. Spencer,
and Mrs. Lee being re-elected
to their offices for the second
term.
A report from the nominate
ing committee, composed of Mrs.
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The biggest boost ever given
the Greenbelt Municipal and
Industrial Water Authority was
the signature of Gov. Price Dan-
iel last week when he signed
the bill allowing the Texas
Water Development Board to
loan up to $15,000,000 on water
projects.
That signature made into law
a recently passed bill by the
State Senate and House of
Representatives giving the Tex-
as Water Development Board
the authority to finance mu-
nicipal water projects up to
$15,000,000.
“It assures the best of fin-
ancing for the Greenbelt Mu-
nicipal and Industrial Water
Authority when it is voted by
the people,” said Dr. S. T. Town-
send, president of the Authority.
When the Water Develop-
ment Board was created by
Constitutional Amendment two
years ago, it was limited in
participating in loans above
$5,000,000 or one-third of the
cost of a project, whichever
was less.
“That meant that the Green-
belt, which has been estimated
at a cost of around $9,000,000,
could have borrowed $3,000,000
with the help of the state and
would have had to go into the
open-market for the remainder,”
Dr. Townsend said.
“It could have meant sev-
eral thousands of dollars in
higher interest,” he added.
Under the new law, the state
can participate in the entire
project, which will mean lower
interest.
Several officers of the Green-
belt have made trips to Austin,
the last on Feb. 14, to testify
before a sub-committee of the
Senate on a bill.
State Senator Andy Rogers
of Childress was one of the co-
sponsors of the bill.
At the present time there are
amendments before the Legisla-
ture which will strengthen the
Authority as soon as they are
passed.
“Since the Greenbelt Au-
thority’s status has been among
the top projects of the Water
Development Board, its success
is almost assured if member
towns vote to build the dam,
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Music Conference
To Hold One-Day
Session Saturday
The Paducah First Methodist
Church will host a church music
conference here Saturday, March
11, designed for choir members,
choir directors, organists, pian-
ists, ministers, church school
teachers, leaders of church
groups, and laymen.
Members of other denomina-
tions are invited to participate
in Saturday’s conference.
Registration will begin at 9
sonnel operation of the local
school.
He stated that Paducah
schools had an average daily
attendance of 723 students for
the past six-weeks period and
that the number of teachers in
our system is determined by
the ADA—one teacher for each
25 ADA. He said, “It takes $333
per student per year to educate
iim through our school system.”
Following the program, Sup-
erintendent H. C. Reynolds in-
cited all persons to inspect the
school buildings by taking a
tour through high school, Good-
win junior high, Alamo school
and other plant buildings.
Faculty in each school were
n their home rooms to explain
;eaching methods and had
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W. S. (Bill) HEATLY
Heatly Is Elected
To Head Scottish
Rite Association
W. S. (Bill) Heatly has been
elected president of the Pa-
ducah Scottish Rite Associa-
tion, it was announced today.
Heatly, state representative
from the 82nd District, succeeds
Ted Grayum at the post.
Other officers named to serve
with the new president were
Cecil S. Carr, J. L. Hindman,
and Jimmie Wilcox, vice presi-
dents; C. L. Robertson, secre-
tary; T. A. Wilson, treasurer;
G. A. Kidwell, outer guard,
and W. B. Handley, chaplain.
Directors are Homer Biddy,
Bud Biddy, A, W. Davis, Ted
Grayum, M. S. Wells, Norman
Cates, and A. C. Boren.
''y escaped injury.
Sherry Perkins
and Freddie
Paducah Students Exposed to 134 Text
Books First Eight Years of School
] Did you ever stop to think
' ’ how many books the average
:ar when the explosion occurred,
t was believed that fumes
.rom a mixture of kerosene
and gasoline they were using
gnited from an open heater
.n the wash and grease room of
the station.
With all doors and windows
Hosed, the explosion blew out
through the large glass doors
demolishing four of the six
doors.
Following the explosion, fire
occurred beneath the car and
in the pit in the wash room.
It took firemen only four min-
utes to arrive at the scene and
extinguish the blaze. The car,
belonging to Mickey Taylor,
was only slightly damaged.
Rural Fire
At 11:22 a.m. Sunday fire-
men were called to the Roy
Wall farm about seven miles
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MARCH 17-18
ARE DATES FOR
BAND MUSICAL"
March 17 and 18 have been
definitely established as dates
for the second and final musical
production by the Paducah
Dragon Band, Richard Carey,
director, announced today.
The show, “Dragon Varieties,”
will begin at 8 p.m. each night
in the high school auditorium.
Over 700 lights, requiring
3,000 feet of wiring, will be
used as an added feature to
this extravagant production. In
an elaborate show, Dragon Ex-
travaganza, staged earlier in
the year, four students were
used to operate the lights. The
show coming up will require
eight students to produce the
desired lighting effects.
According to Jimmy Ober-
wetter, band president, approxi-
mately 65 students will take
part in the spectacular. This
includes the entire band, com-
edy, and operators of the lights.
Director Carey expressed his
gratitude for the support given
the band this year and asks for
its continuation throughout the
year.
child studies their first eight
years in school?
Brooks Cops Three
Gun Club Trophies
Joe Don Broods captured
This is pointed out in the j three of six trophies awarded
TALLER THAN STUDENT —
Put the two stacks of books
together and it will be taller
than the average eighth grade
student, as demonstrated by
Mary Jane Carr, Goodwin
eighth grader and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carr.
In the two stacks are 132
books which Paducah students
use in classes from the first
through eighth grades.
photo where Mary Jane Carr,
) Goodwin eighth grade student,
= stands between two stacks of
1- books.
Put the two stacks of books
together and it would be much
taller than an average eighth
grader, as Miss Carr demon-
strates.
In all there are 134 books a
student is exposed to in the
first eight grades, and this is
not all. There are many other
supplimental books used in all
grades that are not included
here. The 134 books are those
that are adopted text books by
the state.
There are 62 books used in
the first, second and third
grades, the stack shown at Miss
Carr’s left in the picture. The
stack at her right are those
used in grades four through
eight and total 72.
in competition recently by the
Paducah Rod and Gun Club.
Brooks won the offhand, trap-
and military shooting events.
Leroy Stone won the pistol
event and A. L. Jones was win-
ner of the 1960 bass trophy.
The bass trophy is given for
the largest bass caught during"
the year.
Only one trophy remains ta.
be awarded. Jones and Ray-
mond Stone are currently tied
for the bench rest trophy and
a shootoff will be conducted at
a later date to determine the
winner.
The organization will meet
next week to discuss a shoot
to be held here March 19. All
visitors are welcome. Frank
Ordener, Paducah game warden,
is currently showing Game and
Fish Commission films at each
meeting of the club.
40 Bird Dog Owners
Participate In
Field Trials Here
owners
About 40 bird dog
participated in the Spring Field
Trial of the Panhandle Bird Dog
a.m. in Fellowship Hall at the Club on the Matador Wildlife
First Methodist Church. It is Management Area near here
scheduled to continue until 3:30 ]ast week.
A
p.m. with a luncheon at noon
by the Paducah Woman’s So-
ciety of Christian Service.
The conference will be con-
cluded with a worship service
at 3 p.m. The Rev. Jim Pickens
former pastor here and current Was
chaplain at McMurry College,
Abilene, will deliver the ser-
mon.
This is the first conference
of its kind to be held in the
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!otal of 68 bird dogs com-
in four classes that be-
here last Thursday and
>d Sunday.
. c ,~q v’""e host for the
t’-'ahs. Drawing for braces
conducted at the Jaycee
T, Fletcher, chairman of
h st committee, said bird
g owners averaged spending
about $20 each per day during
their 314-day stay in Paducah.
McClendon Re-Elected Director 01
Memphis PCA; Local Office Wins Award
W. C. McClendon of Paducah
was re-elected a director of the
Memphis Production Credit As-
sociation, along with J. C. Em-
mert of Wellington, at the
Association’s annual stockhold-
er’s meeting in Childress Sat-
urday.
The Paducah field office of
the Memphis PCA won the at-
tendance award for the second
consecutive year. There was a
45 per cent representation from
Paducah.
Heading the office here is
Chester Havins. Mrs. W. B.
Davis is secretary.
Another Paducah man, Homer
Biddy, was appointed to the
nominating committee for the
1961-62 term. Others include
Glen Verden of Memphis, Leon
Lane of Turkey, O. H. Brandon
of Quanah and Crowell, Dan
Henard of Wellington, and
Jinks Wilson of Matador.
Some 300 members and
guests heard principal speakers
W. N. Stokes Jr., president of
the Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank of Houston, discount
agency for all Texas PCA’s, and
D. E. Scott of Wellington,
“Crossroads Editor.”
In his report for the board
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Candidates Listed
In Paducah Jaycees
Nominations for new officers
in the Paducah Jaycees were
revealed Tuesday in the “Pa-
ducah Jaycee Perspective,” a
new publication of the organiza-
tion.
The nominating committee re-
leased its report through the
club newspaper, naming Jack
Powell, George Bowling and
Leon Fletcher as candidates for
the office of president.
Other nominations are Ken-
neth Tooley and Bill Moore for
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