The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1958 Page: 1 of 26
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Section One
Eight Pages
The Paducah Post
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FIFTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 39
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY. DEC. 25, 1958
PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY
Christmas
... to the many readers of the
Paducah Post and our many
friends' who support this news-
paper with their advertising, we
wish each and every one a very
joyous Christmas. We hope
Santa will be good to each one
of you.
This Season’s Greeting we ex-
tend you from the Tooleys —
Kenneth, Doris, Kay, Kent and
Kevin — and from the staff of
the Paducah Post.
As the old saying goes, “Bet-
ter late than never,” is sure to
be true with a daily newspaper
too. On Saturday, Dec. 20, 1958,
we received a Wichita Falls
Times dated Saturday, Feb 22,
1958. We thought at first that
the printers in Wichita Falls
simpl-y . made an error in . the
dateline, but after further ex-
amination, we came to the con-
clusion that it was an actual
^sue of Feb. 22, 1958.
Now we are confused and
don’t know what happened to
this 10-month-old newspaper.
Anything could have happened
between the mailing room of
#he Wichita Falls Times to a
complete trip around the world,
however, there were no mark-
ings of it being missent.
Probably just one of the
“wanders” that will never be
explained.
—o—
The hopes of many Cottle
County farmers and ranchers,
along with associated business-
es and groups, took a severe
blow when they were told that
the fl<jpd control project on the
North ^Vichita River watershed
was ‘%ot feasible at this time.”
From 75-100 people showed
their interest in obtaining the
watershed project by taking a
few minutes away from their
business to hear an explana-
tion to the field - examination.
They did not hear what they
had hoped to hear, but the ma-
jority of those represented came
to the conclusion that this was
only the beginning and they
would work even harder to try
to get something done along this
line in the future.
The two soil conservationists
who made the survey said it
was hard to say “no” to such
an interested group, but they
$ere forced by law to take
everything into consideration
and foremost the benefits from
such a project must exceed the
damages.
. v Those flood damages are fig-
ured on a 20-year average. The
total damages seemed very
small when divided by 20, com-
pared to the million dollar proj-
ect they, would enter if the flood
control pfan had begun.
This project has failed for
the time being, but don’t let it
fail completely. There are still
possibilities so let’s not give up
now. Let’s cooperate with our
local soil conservation offices
and this project may become
a reality in the future.
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$8,709 Needed To
Complete Goal 01
US Savings Bonds
During the month of Novem-
ber the citizens of Cottle Coun-
ty purchased $4,332 in Series
E and H Savings Bonds.
This announcement was made
recently by C. L. Robertson,
chairman of Cottle County’s
Saving Bonds Committee.
“Sales for the first eleven
months of this year totaled $69,-
291,” Robertson reported. “We
have now achieved 88.8 per cent
}f our 1958 goal of $78,000.”
Sales in Texas during the
first 11 months of 1958 were
3157,642,990 which represents
10 per cent of the 1958 goal of
3175,000,000.
juj.----- . , ‘‘For this Christmas, more
ed'you can prove mighty, mign- han ever, people need to give
ty profitable. It will probably
pay you to read the tax in-
struction booklet carefully be-
jFcre you decide on whether to
file a simple Form 1040-A, if
you are eligible, or to use a
regular Form 1040 and take the
deductions that are allowed on
the Form 1040 that cannot be
taken on the Form 1040A.
TAX-MAN SAM SEZ;
The new card Form 1040A is
a mighty tempting way to file
an easy tax return for folks with
less than $10,000 gross income.
A lot bf taxpayers do not like
to read tax instructions. How-
ever, reading the tax informa-
tion’booklet you get in the mail
after Santa Claus has visit-
JUdL _________ micrh-
Dudley Chewnmg
Elected to Cotton
Classing Board
Dudley Chewning was elected
to the board of directors of the
newly organized Cottle Classing
Association that will be compos-
ed of some 15 to 20 counties in
the Panhandle South Plains
area.
Cottle County Agent L. M.
McCarroll said today that the
association was organized Fri-
day in a special meeting at
Memphis, however, plans are
still in the infancy stage and
nothing definite will be done
until a detailed survey can be
made to determine whether or
not the majority of farmers
want the cotton classing office.
McCarroll said questionnaires
would be sent out in the near
future, and from this poll, the
newly elected board of directors
will determine if the office is
feasible.
Ten representatives from Cot-
tle County attended Friday’s
meeting at Memphis, including
two ginners, representatives of
the Cottle County Farm Bureau
and Cottle-King Farmers Union,
and McCarroll.
the gift of peace—U. S. Savings
Bonds. It’s a present with a
future; and for the New Year,
to keep our country strong and
free and at peace with the
world; to build for all the to-
morrows, a land of which we
will be continually proud; to
provide security for the genera-
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25 Needy Families
Gel Christmas Food
A Merry Christmas came in
a small package to 25 needy
families in Cottle County Mon-
day.
It was the annual distribu-
tion of grocery baskets by the
Paducah Lions Club in con-
junction with the Cottle County
Pastors’ Association.
The small package was in
the form of a voucher that is
good for $10 worth of groceries
at any Paducah grocery store.
Instead of actual baskets of
food, needy families were given
vouchers which accounts for the
small package with a big con-
tent.
These certificates and gro-
ceries were made available to
the needy through individual
contributions and the Paducah
Lions Club.
An annual affair, the method
of distribution was changed this
year in order to eliminate con-
fusion that existed in the past
with baskets full of food, and
at the same time it allows each
numerous this year, the pastor
stated, however, each applicant
was thoroughly screened and
only the most needful were
given baskets this year.
GARLAND BYARS
GETS 15-YEAR
COMPANY PIN
Garland Byars, local agent
for Brazos River Gas Company,
was presented a ruby studded
service pin commemorating 15
years of service with the Brazos
River Gas Company.
Other company employees re-
ceiving service pins were Ken-
neth Bragg, a five-year pin, and
Hubert Sharp, a ten-year pin.
Presentation was made at the
annual Christmas party o f
Brazos River Gas employees
individual family to obtain the which was held at the Roof
kinds of food they need most.
Rev. Joe P. Self, representa-
tive of the pastors’ association
and the Lions Club, explained
that persons holding these
vouchers must purchase their
food no later than Saturday,
Dec. 27. He also pointed out
that local grocermen who re-
ceive the vouchers should send
their bill to the Cottle County
Pastors’ Association no later
than Jan. 10, 1959.
Applications for food were
Paducah Post to Be
Mailed Early Next
Week Due to Holiday
Due to the legal holiday on
Thursday, Jan. 1, in observance
of New Year’s Day, the first
1959 edition of the Paducah Post
will be put in the mails on Wed-
nesday, Dec. 31.
This is being done due to the
fact that the local post office
will be closed on Jan. 1.
We urge all merchants who
wish to place advertising in the
Jan. 1 edition of the Post to do
so before 5 p.m. Monday, Dec.
29. All persons and correspond-
ents who have news to turn in
for that edition are asked to ob-
serve the same deadline.
We must have all advertising
and news copy early in order to
get the Post printed and in the
mails by Wednesday.
Garden of Crazy Hotel in Miner,
al Wells Thursday, Dec. 18.
Members of the local office
were included in the program
at the party.
Attending from Paducah of-
fice were Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Byars, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scott.
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HOSPITAL
NEWS
IN
Mrs. B. T. Smith.
Mrs. R. I. Stallings.
Mary Parr.
Mrs. W. T. Piper.
Mrs. A. J. Williams.
Mrs. L. J. Davidson.
Roger Holley.
Mrs. J. H. Blair.
Mrs. Lester Hensley.
Mr. A. O. Obervelter.
Mary Lugo.
Mrs. J. M. Carpenter.
DISMISSED
Mrs. Mary Moore.
Mrs. Roger Taylor.
Mrs. C. M. Burns.
Mrs. B. J. Daniels.
Mr. Junior Gibbs.
Mrs. J. H. Harrison.
Mrs. George H. Moore and
son.
Mr. J. S. Bayne.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Piper,
a son, Dec. 19.
Salvation xArmy
Workers Urged To
Complete Drive
Funds totaled $470 from the
first annual Salvation Army
drive this week, according to
Campaign Chairman B. F. Hob-
son.
However, the chairman said
about one-third of the workers
have not made their solicita-
tions or have not turned in mon-
ey they collected.
Hobson urged all workers to
make their calls as soon as
possible in order for complete
tabulations of the drive to be
made.
He said he expected the drive
to total well over $500, and to-
day termed the campaign as a
complete “success,” considering
this to be the first drive for the
Salvation Army in Cottle Coun-
ty.
Flood Control
Project Denied
A flood control project on the
North Wichita River watershed
is “not considered feasible at
this time,” soil conservation ex-
aminers told representatives of
Cottle, King and Motley coun-
ties Friday morning.
Conducting a special meeting
to explain their findings follow-
ing a two-day field examina-
tion of the North Wichita River,
L. H. Barnes, hydraulic en-
gineer of watershed planning,
told the group that the benefits
of flood control projects must
exceed the cost and damages.
In this case he said it would
not.
Barnes was accompanied on
the field examination by Jim
Cunningham, economic advisor
of the soil conservation service,
Department of Agriculture.
After Barnes had explained
the conditions that existed, the
purpose of the field examina-
tion, and the laws which con-
trolled their survey, Cunning-
ham climaxed the meeting when
he said, “Under the criteria
which exists on this watershed,
our survey showed that such a
PLANS MADE
FOR WIDENING
OF 0. S. 70
Plans have been submitted to
Austin for widening of U. S.
Highway 70 from the east city
limits of Paducah to the Foard
County line, according r0 an
announcement made Monday by
Howard Bartley, resident en-
gineer of the Texas Highway De-
partment of Quanah.
He stated that the request
was made for letting of the con-
tract in February, 1959, provided
the right-of-way picture can be
cleared up. The difficulty seems
to be in securing title insurance,
he added.
Cost of the project will be ap-
proximately three quarters of a
million dollars, estimated Bart-
ley.
He said construction would
begin about 30 to 40 days after
the contract was let and hoped
that actual work would get
underway the latter part of
March.
Pvt. Glenn Garth
Completes Training
Pvt. James G. Garth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Garth,
Paducah, recently completed the
eight - week administration
course at Fort Chaffee, Ark.
Garth received instruction in
typing, filing and Army clerical
procedures.
The 22-year-old soldier enter-
ed the Army in July 1958 and
completed basic training at Fort
Chaffee.
He was graduated from Pa-
ducah High School in 1954 and
from Abilene Christian College
in 1958.
Farmers Union To
Hold Session Here
Thursday, jan. 1
Members of the Cottle-King
Farmers Union will meet Thurs-
day, Jan. 1, 1959, at 7:30 p.m.,
according to an announcement
made today.
Reports of the State Farmers
Union convention will be given
on that date. Also, the group
will hear a report on organiza-
tional plans of a cotton grading
sub-station at Memphis.
Other important business will
include the election of a dele-
gate and an alternate to make
project would not be feasible
at this time.”
They suggested land treat-
ment measures on the upper
watershed to help prevent ex-
tensive flood damage on the
lower river.
Application for the flood con-
trol project was made last year
by the Dealer-District of the
Upper Pease Soil Conservation
District, along with several oth-
er civic and political groups.
The application was made,
under Public Law 566 which
controls the needs, planning and'
general outlay of watershed
projects. Barnes explained that,
in examining the watershed,
they could not assume what
would happen in the future,
and were forced to use actual
happenings in the past — and
that must be taken over a 20-
year period.
In explaining, he said that
damage here was not sufficient
to warrant flood control when
he was forced by law to figure
it on a 20-year average.
Barnes estimated the cost of
11 flood control dams at over a
million dollars. He said they
found 11 appropriate sites but
some of the technical problems
involved included soil sturcture,
and spillways which would
make special designed dams
necessary.
The two representatives stud-
ied the conditions within the
watershed, the land itself and
the flood plain area. Barnes
said, “We could not find out all
about the watershed in a two-
day period, therefore we had to
depend on local people who
know che watershed to ^et] us
about it.”
If the watershed project had
been approved, the Federal Gov-
ernment would have paid the
entire cost. Only local aid
needed would have been the
securement of easements and
rights of way, and a guarantee
to maintain structures.
The flood control project was
an outgrowth of a severe flood
that rampaged the North Wich-
ita River watershed in 1955. It
included parts of Motley, Dick-
ens, King and Cottle counties.
Representatives from three of
the counties attended Friday’s
meeting where some 100 per-
sons heard final conclusions to
the findings of the two-day
field examinations.
In addition to the Dealtr-
District, other sponsors of the
application include the Paducah
Lions Club, Paducah Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Cottle
County ASC Committee, City of
Paducah, Cottle, King and Mot-
ley County commissioners courts.
Graveside Rites For
Jose Gonzales Are
Conducted Saturday
Graveside rites for Jos e
Primitibo Gonzales, 85, were
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in
Garden of Memories.
The Rev. Robert W. Brown,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, and Rev. Samuel Tor-
res, pastor of Latin American
Baptist Mission, officiated.
Arrangements were under the
a trip to Washington in Jan- ! direction of Norris Funeral
uary. j Home.
Entertainment is also being J Gonzales was found dead Fri-
planned for this meeting, the day morning at Diaz Cafe. He
announcement said.
Varied Closing Dates Listed by Local
Business Firms As Christmas Holidays
Varied closing dates have
been established bv local busi-
ness firms, but the majority of
Paducah merchants are plan-
ning to take at least two days
for the Christmas holidays.
Firms taking only one day,
Christmas Day, will be the post
office, the First National Bank,
several service stations and the
three drug stores.
City Hall offices will be clos-
ed two days along with the ma-
jority of other businesses. That
will be Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 25 and 26.
Courthouse offices will be
closed three days, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, reopening
on Saturday, Dec. 27.
The Paducah Compress, West
Texas Gin, Farmers Co-op Gin,
Goodwin-Crump Gin and Pay-
master Gin will close at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22, and will re-
main closed until Monday, Dec.
29.
The Paducah Post and dry
cleaning establishments and a
few' other firms will close three
business days, and reopen on
Monday, Dec. 29.
The post office, the First Na-
tional Bank and the Paducah
Post will close on Thursday, Jan.
1, in observance of New Year’s.
Few other business firms have
reported they would close on
that date.
died of natural causes.
Gonzales, a resident of Cot-
tle County 25 years, was born
April 21, 1873, in Monterrey,
Old Mexico.
We Are Interested
In Your Holiday
Activities; Call 15
If you are haying out-of-
town guests during the holidays,
or if you are going out of town
to visit someone, we would ap-
preciate your calling The Pa-
ducah Post . . . No. 15 . . . and
give us information about your
holiday activities.
If your children are home
from college, or if you have any
other news item, we’d appreciate
your call.
As we will be closed Thurs-
day through Sunday, we will
appreciate your calling us Mon-
day, Dec. 29, with your news
items.
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Tooley, Kenneth. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1958, newspaper, December 25, 1958; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021762/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.