Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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different
registering
was Dale
who
with a red rose.
The officers and
sang the FHA song
Janey Lindsey and
grain
con-
Mr.
Mr.
Cook,
pro-
of in-
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Miss Nichols Is
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61 graduate of THS and at-
tended San Angelo College m
Cook, E. S.
Mrs. Joe D. Cook,
Mrs. Jimmy. C.
May Chandler, Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Tharp, Collie Robinson,
Lena. Means, Johnnie Nichols.
will
future at
Memorial
allow the rain to soak in and
be stored in the subsoil. Soils ' '
that are left bare often seal
over during hard rains caus-
ing the water to run down
the slope and stand the terrace
channels or run off the field
and be lost. It is not uncom-
mon to see water standing be-
tor* 0-3^4 Ml
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Capital of the Cow Country
Thursday, June 11, 1964 Throckmorton, Texas
ment on the harvest, which
was delayed some this year due
to several rains.
Reduced evaporation is ano-
ther value of good residue
management. Field tests have
that soil shaded by
15 to 25
bare
Low-
less
also
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San Angelo for one year be-
fore entering nursing school.
She will be employed at Bay-
lor hospital in Dallas._______
How much is a ton of wheat
stubble worth ? Many people
think of grian stubble as hav-
ing very little value, but this
is not true of a conservation,
farmer. A conservation far-
mer recognizes the value of
grain stubble in protecting the
land. He plans his farming
operations that the stubble is
kept on the surface where it
will do the most good. Stubble
managed on the surface
ves its worth in terms
creased crop yields in
years.
G. T. Collins won the De-
mocratic run-off contest for
commissioner of Precinct 1 in.
Throckmorton Co. Saturday
with 166 votes to 101 for op-
ponent Elmer Glenn.
Democrats also favored Joe
Pool for congressman-at-large
giving him a 220-89 margin
over Robert Baker. In the Re-
publican primary to pick a
Senate Nominee, George Bush
got 5 votes and Jack Cox 3.
New District Superintendent
Rev. Weldon B. Morton of
the Moody Memorial First
Methodist Church of Galves-
ton, has been assigned as Dis-
trict Superintendent of the
Huntsville District.
Rev. Morton is the husband
of Nora Beth, daughter o f
Mr. Ed Li Merriman of this
city.
REV. BRISCOE TO
PREACH SUNDAY
Rev. and Mrs. Hollie Bris-
coe, who have been visiting in
Bay City for the past two
weeks, will be back home next .
Sunday. Rev. Briscoe will
preach at both services at the
First Baptist Church Sunday.
Rev. Byron Bryant of Abi-
lene has filled the pulpit in
the absence of Rev. Briscoe.
Workers in the junior de-
partment include Mrs. Leonard
Brothers and Mrs. Jesse Mc-
Geehee. Primary department
workers are Mrs. Andy Dan-
ields and Mrs. Richard Mit-
chell. Mrs. W. W. Rinehart
and Mrs. T. W. Mitchell are
workers in the beginners de-
partment and nursery workers
include Mrs. Eddie Barrington
and Mrs. Billy Ray Fowler.
Refreshments committee i s
Mrs. Tant Massey and Mrs.
Homer Odell.
Qommenicemenit
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cypert
and children spent the week
end in Hamlin visiting his pa-
rents.
Boys State enrollment
year brings the. total to 10,-
406 junior high school boys
who have attended since 19-
40, when Boys Stafe was first
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shown
grain stubble will run
degrees cooler than
ground in .mid-summer,
er temperature means
water lost. The stubble
protects the soil surface from
the wind. This reduces water
loss and prevents the loss of
topsoil by wind erosion.
Each year more and more
West Texas farmers are real-
izing the value of crop residue.
Plows are being replaced by
chisels and sweeps. Clean far-
being replaced by
conservation farming. Crop
residues are being left on the
surface to protect the soil and
help hold the water.
The true value of a ton of
wheat stubbje cannot be mea-
sured by its cash value. Its
worth as conservation practice
far exceeds the market value.
The supervisors of the Mil-
ler-Brazos Soil Conservation
District urge farmers to con-
sider the value of their straw
if left on the surface.
(T its
stories from Scandalous John
Selmon, Stamford, who will be
80 on the opening day of the
Texas Cowboy Reunion in
Stamford, July',: 2nd. This
year’s 3 day reunion is dedi-
cated to Scandalous, who has
been arena director for more
than 30 years.
ill
gaMB
In Boys State, the American
Legion provides the type of
program whree the young ci-
tizen has the opportunity to
learn for himself that his go-
vernment is just what he
‘makes it. The boy “learns to
do by doing.’’
Properly managed
stubble is an excellent
s'ervation measure. When kept
on the surface of the soil it
conserve moisture
that can be used by the next
crop. Stubble is especially
valuable on the heavy soils in
terf Eunice, New Mexico; Mr.
and Mrs. Vance Favor, Qua-
nah; Mr. a.nd Mrs. Earl Baldon
Gail, Sara, and Hope, Wichita
Falls; W. R. (Bob) Condron,
Quana.h; Johnny Robin, Fort
Worth; Mrs. Wallace Moore-
house, Ann and Bill, Munday!
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Condron
of Houston! Mrs. Stuart Con-
dron, Canyon; Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Carpenter and sister,^Knox
City; Mr. and Mrs.
1 McDuff, Elgin; Mrs.
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ftSk is
Highlight of Boys State
was a trip to the Capitol on
Wednesday morning where
each elected Boys State Offi-
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These cowmen’s ages total
240 years. Left Oldtimer Os-
car Gibson, 82, who hag lived
on the Double Mountain Fork
of the Brazos through Stone-
wall County since 1889 ---
and Marvin Cobb, 78, who
came to (Shackleford County
in 1892, listen to Chuckwagon
FJ
C. Fawcett of the^Purlna Petto ,p3rt.
—4-.,„ ,r nn nine yield, On
average, as the county ever
had” M-. c~m-
Ernest
_____j z Gladys
Denison, Sweetwater; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Adams, Lubbock.
From Throckmorton were:
Judge and Mrs. Byrd Thorp,
Mr. and Mrs. Buzzy Thoi-p and
Jahew, Mr. and Mrs. Denzil
Condron, 'Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Condron, Mr. and Mrs. Gee
Parrott, Mrs. Talmage Falls,
Mrs. Fletcher Robinson, Mrs.
Dona Taylor, Mrs. C. C. Con-
dron, Mrs. George Condron,
Gertrude Condron, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Condron, and J. A.
Condron.
Frank Perry told us that
Ben Foster told him that Joe
Wilson Daws told him that he
'had seen the “Haskell Thang”
out on the Kelley ranch in the
river country.
Fred Shaw said he probably Albany; Mr.
just saw the big black dog Wragg,
of Jay Mendenhall’s.
However, Fred said he
would check into the matter.
Joe says — or rather Frank
says Ben says Joe says—that
■he came face to face with the
animal and they stared at
one another for awhile. Then
the animal disappeared.
The story probably got some
mixed up en transit, but it
makes good reading.
this 4th Vice president, as they ad-
journed.
Mrs. Berdie Jongs and Lyn-
da Jones, Harold Jones, and
Judy Jones are spending the
week end in Dallas with her
daughters,\ Mr and Mrs. Dew-
ev 7 Mr. and
GralKies Fr*»m Aurs:ng scnoC
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61 graduate of THS
Give unto them a garland
for ashes.—(Isa. 61:3). •
We can do much to help and ■
comfort others. We can give Ji
them the blessing of strength;
we can give them the bless-
ing of peace and we can give ■
them the blessing of prayer.
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average attendance of
Reunion Heid
At Lake Pauline
The annual Condron Reun-
ion was held Sunday, June 7,
at Lake Paulline, Quanah, ho-
noring Bob Condron, oldest
of the family, celebrating his
93rd birthday.
Each family brought a. bas-
ket lunch which was spread
on the big long tables in the
lake cabin at the noon hour.
The group gathered around
Bob Condron and his beauti-
ful birthday cake and sang
“Happy Birthday.” He served
the cake to members of his
Ibig family at the rest holme in
Quanah where he has made
his home for some time. Some
•of the Throckmorton group
presented him with a big roc-
king chair for his room at the
home.
ing witfc others present. ^Some
were present for tht* first time
and others had attended many
reunions. Bob Condron boasts
of having attended every re-
union since it was organized
and even met with the group
before that time, back in 1914
At a short business session
after lunch, Jarmon King of
Seymour was re-elected pre-
sident and Mrs. George Con-
dron of Throckmorton was re-
elected secretary.
It was decided to have the
reunion at the same place in
1965 and each family was as-
ked to bring a basket lunch. A
collection was taken to buy
cards to be mailed as remind-
ers of the date.
Attending were: Sue Star-
key, George, Jenny and Lori
of Amarillo; Mrs. Mary Tudor
of Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs.
Gay Patterson and Lori, Fort
Worth; Karen Duke, Fort
Worth; Sybil Brown Dickey,
Breckenridge; Irene Barton,
Amarillo; Bob Barton, Calif-
ornia;1 Mrs. Edna Bouirland,
Claf^pdon; Mrs. Tommy
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and Mrs. Kenneth Noles, Sue,
Francine, and Danny, Am-
hurst; Mr. and Mrs. Jarmon
King, Seymour; Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Mendenhall brought in
some wicked looking curved
molers the other day. He said
they came from an old river
hog that had killed his hog-
hunting dog.
The tusks were all of 6-8
□nches long and as big around
.as 3 or 4 pencils and sharp on
the end.
He said his old friend had
been in plenty of fights with
hogs before, and had gotten
wounded and patched up many
a time. But this time the hog
got in a lucky strike and
caught the old dog in the neck
’— and the dog died on the
.spot.
Jay has tried in times past
to set up a hog hunt for us,
but we juist never could quite
make connections. Twice, we’ve
igotten lost out there in that
wild river country.
We’re going to try again,
tho, sometime.
Jess Blagg was telling us
this week of the fellow who
went to the young doctor.
The young doctor looked the
fellow over prety good, ex-
cused himself, went into ano-
ther room and checked his me-
dical books. Not finding what
he needed to diagnose the
case, he returned to the pa-
tient and inquired, “You ever
had this before?”
The fellow said, “Yeah.”
The doc said, “Well, buddy,
you’ve got it again.”
Mr. Robinson had farmed
until illness forced him to re-
tire.
He married Frankie Wal-
drop in 1922. She preceded
him in death in 1962.
Mr. Robinson was a.n elder
in the First Christian Church
in Woodson and was past mas-
ter of the Masonic Lodge
there.
Survivors include three sons
Elmo of Rockford, Ill., Robert
of Venezuela, and Scot tof Od-
essa; a brother, Horace of
Woodson; two sisters, Mrs.
Nora Griswald of I
and Mrs. Jerusha Oates of
Trinity; and nine grand chil-
dren.
Pallbearers were J. B. Ree-
ves, Marvin Bellah, L. B. Bel-
lah, J. T. Odell, Cliff Maley,
a.nd Jerry Horry.
Melton Funeral Htfmq was
in charge of arrangements.
from there they moved to Ari-
zona and he has been there
for 18 years. His first wife
ha.s passed away and at 83 he
remarried.
Mr. Poer is 86 years old and
is here visiting with relatives
and old time friends. He is
hale and hearty for one his
age and isn’t in any hurry
quit living.
_____________ ____ Miss Davis and then pi-esented
cia.l was given an opportunity staff of new officers each
to serve in. his respective of-
fice for a day, followed by the
Governor’s Ball Wednesday
evening.
LVN NURSE SCHOOL
Another LVN school
begin in the near
Throckmorton Co.
Hospital.
Anyone desiring futher
formation or wishing to apply
school, contact the
WRAGG FAMILY
HAS REUNION
IN MILLER PARK
Members of the W. L.
Wragg family held their an-
nual family reunion in Miller
Park recently.
Those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Wragg of Cis-
co; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wragg,
Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Wragg and Bruce of Gra-
ham; Mrs. R. U. Anderson,
anl Mrs. J. R.
Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Wragg, Brecken-
Also Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Anderson, Treasa, Glen and
Brenda of Abilene; Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Singleton and boys
of Loven; Mr. and Mrs. Pren-
tis R'ussell and boys, Dallas;
R. B. Myrick, Woodson; Ches-
ter Myrick and grandchildren
of Throckmorton.
y (
* , Mrs. Glen Smith
Wes Monday
; Mrs. Glen (Shirley Nichols)
| Smith died Monday morning
at one o’clock at Crosbyton
Hospital after a short illness.
Mrs. Smith was 44. She is sur-
I vived by her husband, Glen
Smith and daughter, Jo Ann
Childress end two grand chil-
4 dren. Also survived by
L sisters and/one br other.
, The sisters are: Annie May
Kirkland
Mabie
he was grown he
clerked in stores and farmed.
He married Tommie Massie
and they reared their family
here.
In 1925 they left here and
went to Hale County where
they stayed for 17 years, and '
with a class
a.nd
55.
Rev. Andy Daniels, pastor,
is principal, Mrs. Wayland
Noles is assistant principal
and Mrs. Armour Sims, pia-
nist.
West Texas’ “greatest
tistic triumph”, the famed Fort
Griffin Fandangle, will be pre-
sented in Albany on June 26
and 27.
Tickets may be purchased at
the Fandangle office in Al-
bany or by mail.
The Future Homemakers of
Throckmorton met in a regu-
lar meeting on May 6, 1964,
to install the officers for the
year 1964-65.
The outgoing president,
Miss Marilyn Davis, installed
each newly elected officer.
Those installed were as fol-
lows:
President - Karen Nichols
1st Vice president - Sharon
Green
2nd Vice
Condron
3rd Vice president - Julia
Tharp
4th Vice president - Janey
Lindsey
5th Vice president - Marilyn
Davis
Secretary - Judy Magin
Treasurer - Diane Smith
Historian - Joy Estridge
Parliamentarian - Judy Pea-
cock
Sgt. at Arms - Linda Cribbs
The table was covered with
a white table cloth. In the cen-
ter was a bouquet of red ros-
es, which is the FHA flower.
On each side were white can-
dles symbolizing the eight
purposes of the FHA. Behind 'helps to
the red roses was a large red
candle symbolizing the light
of home economics. Miss Nic-
hols received the gavel from helping to get the water into
the soil. The stubble protects
the soil from the hammering
of the raindrop and prevents
members fit from crusting over and seal-
led by ing out the rain. Soils that
Margaret are protected by stubble will
Davis, iriedming and outgoing
And Mrs. W. C. White, Al-
bany, Patsy and girls, Graham
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Fulbright
of Breckenridge.
John X. Robinson
Dead at Age 65
Frjneral services were held
Saturday at the First Christ-
ian Church in Woodson for
John X. Robinson, 65, with
Rev. G. H. Farmer of Throck-
morton, officiating. Burial
was in Woodson Cemetery
where Masonic graveside rites
were held.
Mr. Robinson died Thursday
afternoon in Thockmorton Me-
morial Hospital after a two
year illness. He wag. born Sep-
tember 30, 1898 in Houston
County and moved to Throck-
uver-the-bar sales of mixed c»untV in 1920' .
drinks in Texas have collapsed
AUSTIN-The American Le-
gion Boys State commenced
last week as 718 high school
boys from throughout the
state began registration, At-
torney General Wa.ggoner
Carr, chairman of the youth
program announced.
Among those
from Throckmorton
Warren Gilmore who was
sponsored by the local Ameri-
can Legiom Post.
Upon arrival at the Univer-
sity of Texas Campus, each ci-
tizen was assigned to one of
two political parties - the
Longhorn or Pioneer. Each ci-
tizen then functioned
member of his party;
tended its conventions,
es and voted in its primary.
Joye Cornelius graduated
from the Saint Joseph School
of Nursing in Fort Worth on
June 7 at 3:00 P. M. in the
hospital chapel. Joye is a 19-
burn,’ and Bobby, Denton; Mr. _________________
iSummertime-and the Livin’ is Easy
Cook and Ola Kirkland of
Throckmorton; Mabie Bal-
lard, Guthrie; Erma Star, Ft.
Worth; Lena Means and John
Nichols of Throckmorton;
Bertha Scot, Mineral Wells.
Interment was at Spur ce-
metery under the direction of
Campbell Funeral Home. Ser-
Condron Famil^^ig fthe First Bap-
___• IT'^1 1 ' rom Throckmor-
tbn-^ere: Mr^ and Mrs. Joe
_ —2 Cook, Milton R. Cook, Curtis
Cook, Mr. and
and
Eula
exercises ming is
will be held Friday night at
7:30 at the church. There will
be a program presented and
the work for the week will be
displayed.
, “We urge that all parents
! and friends come to the exer-
cises, Rev. Daniels said, thus
showing your personal inter-
est in the children, their work
and their accomplishments.’
A fellowship meeting with
refreshments will follow the
commencement exercises. .
“You come — you’re invit-
i ed,” Rev. Daniels concluded.
I Stribling Reports
j 154,000 Bushels
Sloan Stribling, owner of
the Throckmorton Mill & El-
evator, reported this week that
he had received 154,000 bu-
shels of wheat during the har-
vest season just closed here.
Stribling said that $235/100
was paid to farmers for the
wheat, which was of “a.n ex-
ceptionally good quality. He
• said the wheat was shipped
from here to flour mills in
Fort Worth, Wichita and Sa-
Z ]ina? Kansas and Greenville,
they’re enjoying Texas, and to Houston for ex-
This is a rare pose of Junior ana ms pct uu • p . c
a well-earned reTt. Clarence C. Fawcett ofToo much play P31t-
“A’ a yieH> °”
t.:e niat of the day, and plen..> g* Lcsa ...... .
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SET FOR THIS FRIDAY
A Vacation Bible School
attendance'At1 or -^--^geesjor several days^
drunk up the water and stor-
ed it for the futrlre crops.
Only fools and dead men
don’t change their minds. Dead
• men can’t - fool, won't. '
• ‘a
Texas Restaurant Assoc.,
headquartered in Austin, is J
backing a proposal to legalize
The sale of mixed drinks in
^Tcxcis.
TRA’s bill would authorize
local option elections on the
sale, by food establishments,
of distilled spirits in sealed
containers of two ounces o r
less. Also it would extend the
liquor curfew until 2 a. im.
Executive vice-president W.
Price Jr. said he has sounded
soiit a number jof legislators
and found them enthusiastic.
Price, however, declined t o
name the sponsor.
Repeated efforts to legalize
in Texas have collapsed
in recent sessions of the Leg-
islature under the combined'
weight of opposition by united
■dry forces and chuirch groups.
Mr. Louis D. Poer stopped
by the Tribune Office on
Thursday for a chat. He is an
old timer of Throckmorton and
has known the paper since
1888.
His parents came here in 18-
88 when he was 10 years old.
They first lived in the Bush
Knob community on what is
now known as the W. R. Law-
son farm. He went to school
here when it was located near
the jail
wagons
stores.
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