The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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DOCTOR PICKS GROOM
Local News And
FACTS
Personal Mention
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LEROY LITTLEFIELD
INJURED IN BLAZE
BOOST IN TELEPHONE
RATES IS ALLOWED
Ulcers are things you get from
mountain climbing over moleholes
says Bill the Barber.
Frank Britten of7Creston, Iowa,
says he’s not much impressed with
the wheat and row crops raised in
the Groom community but that
the sunflower crops here this year
beats anything like it in Iowa and
he wants to get a few seed to send
home to farmers in Keota.
Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling,
Christopher Lee.
Sun.-Mon.-Tues., Aug. 9-10-11
“Stranger in My Arms,” in Cin-
An optimist is a woman who will
leave the supper dishes because
she will feel more like doing them
in the morning Mrs. Al Homer re-
ports.
A meeting of the Carson County
Fair board was held at Panhandle
Tuesday night. The board voted
to call off the fair for this year.
Tired blood, we suppose, is the
reason for canceling the plans for
the annual county fair. It is diffi-
cult to arrange for a county fair
without a great deal of time and
effort being contributed by the
public and it appears most people
are too busy with other things to
give of their time to a public proj-
ect of this nature.
Here’s one from California:
“Say, Joe, I saw your wife kiss-
ing the milk man this morning.”
“Great Scott, wasting her time
on him when we owe the gas man
twenty dollars!”
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Otherwise
Leroy Littlefield, Groom.
Earl Turner, Phillips.
Mrs. Joe Russell, Amarillo.
Dr. Joe Suderman, McLean.
Mrs. Ernest Lamb, Jericho.
Mrs. Lucille Akery, Groom.
C. H. King, Goodnight.
Minor Surgery:
Mrs. Leon Roberts, Wellington.
Mrs. H. B. Mitchell, Pampa.
Mrs. T. M. Young, Panhandle.
Major Surgery:
Jiggs Hinton, McLean.
Obstetrical:
Mrs. Ruby Morrison, Wellington,
a son, Delbert Deon, bom at 5:30
a.m., Aug. 2, 1959, weight seven
pounds, 10% ounces.
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CONDITION UNCHANGED
Carl Britten, a medical patient
at the Groom Hospital for the past
two weeks, remains seriously ill,
and little change is noted in his
condition.
Nell Knight who was taken to
Northwest Texas Hospital in Am-
arillo two weeks ago for treat-
ment for a heart condition was
able to return home Monday. He
is showing satisfactory improve-
ment it is reported.
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FRANKLIN BAGGERMAN AT
4-H COUNCIL WORKSHOP
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GROOM OSTEOPATHIC
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
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Record Crop Yield Says
Santa Fe Crop Report
Frank Koetting is back on the
job at his store after spending a
couple of weeks at Stovall Wells
having his sins washed away. We
are afraid the hot baths didn’t do
his cheery disposition much good,
but he looks as if he had dropped a
pound or two while way. He looks
a little pale but denies he used
new blue cheer in his bathwater
while at Stovall, says old Brand
X is still his favorite. •
dential phones and 50 cents <
party line residential phones.
The City Commission offered
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Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Diller of
Phoenix, Ariz., aimounce the ar-
rival of a son, Mark Gerald, born
July 19, 1959. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Diller of
Hereford and Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Ollinger of Groom. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Ollinger now have
ten grandchildren.
Franklin Baggerman of Grand-
view is attending the Texas 4-H
Council Workshop at Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers College in
Huntsville this week as one of
two representatives from this Ag-
ricultural Extension District, it
was announced by W. W. Gris-
ham, Jr., and Edith Lois Wilson,
district agents.
The annual workshop is the only
full meeting of the council, which
is composed of a boy and a girl
from each of the 12 agricultural
extension districts in Texas, in ad-
dition to five officers. Its purpose
is to promote and encourage 4-H
Club work and to coordinate state-
wide ‘4-H Club activities.
The girl council -delegate from
this district is Rita Sue Witkowski
of Happy.
The workshop is a part of the
Texas 4-H Club Junior Leadership
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DR. ROBERT E. CLAYTON
HAS GROWING PRACTICE
Dad Lingo who is a young 90
years of age says he can remem-
ber when “shorts” was something
you fed shoats and not a covering
for your posterior.
White Deer, business phones cost
$9.50 a month; at Clarendon $12.00
a month; at Claude $9.00 a month
and at Panhandle $9.00 a month.
Other phone listings are in pro-
portion.
The telephone company has a
book value investment in Groom
of over $65,000.00. Total operating
revenues per year under the old
rates amounted to $16,265.16. Op-
erating expenses totaled $12,744.18
according to the company’s finan-
cial statement. This left a net
operating income of $3,520.98.
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MILLER GIRLS PLACE IN
PONY SHOW AT PAMPA
Among the patients a t
Groom Osteopathic Hospital
past week were:
Medical:
The joy of motherhood is what
a woman experiences when all the
children are finally in bed our
neighbor reports.
erascope, sarrng June alyaua, training program sponsored by
Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Mary United Gas in cooperation with
the Texas Agricultural Extension
The Groom Theatre announces
the following shows scheduled for
the coming week:
Thurs.,-Fri.,-Sat., Aug. 6-7-8
“Horror of Dracula,” in Techni-
color, starring Peter Cushing,
Astor, Charles Coburn,
Juanita Miller, eight years old,
and her sister, Geneva, six years
old, were among the many young
riders competing in the Top o’
Texas Kid Pony Show held Mon-
day at Pampa. The young ladies
are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. O.
J. Miller of Grandview. Juanita
captured first place in the egg
race, second in the potato race,
and third in the barrel race in
Group 2 composed of children
eight, nine and ten years old.
In group 1, composed of youth
five, six and seven years old, Gen-
eva took second in the barrel race.
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PROGRAM OF SHOWS
AT GROOM THEATRE
Jim Littlefield recently purchas-
ed the old Walter Crowell home
located in north Groom and this
week began tearing it down to
make way for a new, modern
three-bedroom home which he
plans to build. He found an old
newspaper in the walls of the
building carrying the title of The
Kansas City Times, Saturday, No-
vember 17, 1906. In it was listed
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the following prices of meat:
Choice pot roasts, 6c lb; Rib
roast, 8c lb; Sirloin steak, 10c lb;
Round steak, 3 lbs. 25c; Chuck
steak, 4 lbs., 25c; Hamburger
steak, 4 lbs." 25c; Boiling beef, 7
lbs 25c; Pork loin roast or chops,
12c lb; Pure pork sausage, 3 lbs.,
25c; Pork shoulders, 9c lb; fresh
hams, 11c lb; Forequarter lamb,
7c lb; Leaf lard, 11c lb; Pure ket-
tled rendered lard, all size cans,
11c per lb.
We did some checking to com-
pare with present day prices and
learned that prime T-bone steaks
sell here for $1.20 per pound and
round steak at $1.15 lb. Fifty-
two years has brought quite a
change in meat prices. However
we expect ranchers probably were
lucky to get $10 a head for beef
cattle in 1907.
Leroy Littlefield, 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Little-
field is in the Groom Hospital re-
covering from second and third
degree burns he received from a
butane blaze last Thursday morn-
ing.
The near-fatal accident occurred
when a leaky hose ignited on a
butane tank used to operate a
tractor. He is reported making
satisfactory recovery from pain-1
ful burns on his back, arms and
fac.
Dr. Robert E. Clayton, who
came to Groom four months ago
from Amarillo, is taking care of a
growing practice at the Witt &
London Clinic.
Dr. Clayton who was born July
14, 1929, in Amarillo, graduated
from Amarillo High School in
1948. He attended Tulane Uni-
versity, the University of Texas,
and West Texas State College for
premedical studies before entering
Kansas City College of Osteopathy
and Surgery where he graduated
in June 1955.
He served his internship in the
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital and
entered practice in Amarillo in
association with Dr. Edwin L.
Rossman. After four months he
moved to Follett where he served
for six months before returning to
Amarillo for a two year stay.
Dr. Clayton took icare of the
patients at the Witt & London
Clinic in Groom for three weeks
in the summer of 1957 during the
absence of Dr. Witt and Dr. Lon-
don, who were on vacation. He
liked the Groom community so
well that when the opportunity
presented itself this year he joined
the staff of the Witt & London
Clinic on April 1 and moved his
family to Groom where he plans
to stay indefinitely.
Dr. Clayton is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Clayton, Sr., of
Amarillo. He was married to Miss
Bonnie Williams of Kansas City,
Mo., in 1952 at St. Patrick’s
Church, Kansas City. He and his
wife have three sons, David, six
years old, Kenneth, five, and Jory
two; and a daughter, Mary Jane,
four years old.
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— New Arrivals _
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Morrow of
19810 Des Moines Way, Seattle
88, Washington, announce the ar-
rival of a daughter, Jane Ann,
born Tuesday, July 28, 1959,
weighing eight pounds. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Morrow of Seattle, Wash., former-
ly of Groom.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ollinger are
the parents of a son, Philip
Wayne, bom July 4, 1959, at St.
Anthony’s Hospital, in Amarillo.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Lupe Sahagun of Lakeview and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ollinger of
Groom.
a ea ""-o-BRAry.
Ohe Gtom Rets
counter-proposal and the compro-
mise raise given above was agreed
on. The new rates effective will
be as follows:
■ Business phones up from $7.50
to $8.50; 2-party business phones
raised from $6.00 to $7.00; one-
party residential phones raised
from $4.25 to $4.75; party line
residential phones raised from
$3.75 to $4.00.
The General Telephone Com-
pany of the Southwest also serves
Clarendon, Claude, White Deer,
and Panhandle, which have rates
E. E. (Jack) Burris, who has
been employed for the past several
years as salesman at the Sanford
Johnson Chevrolet, is now employ-
ed at the Perryton Motor Co.,
Chevrolet dealers at Perryton. He
began work at his new job Mon-
day.
Judge and Mrs. Amos Eblen and
two sons, Larry and Gary, arrived
Monday for a two week’s visit in
the home of her sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Britten.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Wilson located at 2429 N.
Walnut St., Amarillo, was chosen
by the Garden Center Committee
of Amarillo as “The Beauty Spot
of the Week,” and a picture of
the home was published in the
Sunday Amarillo News-Globe.
Herman is the son of Mrs. W. H.
Wilson of Groom and assisted in
the operation of the Lark Store
for a number of years before it
was sold to R. B. Thornton several
months ago.
Mrs. W. D. Riggins, one of the
pioneer residents of this area, will
observe her 80th birthday anni-
versary on Aug. 24, 1959. We join
her many friends in offering con-
gratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Runyon of
Washington, D.C., arrived here
Wednesday evening of last week
to be with her father, C. F. Brit-
ten who is seriously ill at the
Groom Hospital, and for a visit
with other relatives and friends.
Paul Clark and George Clark
Sr., returned Monday from a
three week’s trip which included
visits in Washington, Oregon, Ne-
braska, South Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming and New Mexico. In
Walla Walla, Washington they vis-
ited Clyde Morrow and Mr. and
Mrs. Junior Morrow. At Belle
Fourche, S.D., they visited a sis-
ter, Mrs. J. C. Steele, and in Sal-
em, Oregon they visited two sis-
ters, Mrs. Bryan Garrison and
Mrs. C. S. Miller. In California
they visited Paul’s son, Richard,
at Castle, A.F.B., and at Hot
Springs, S.D. they visited George’s
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Pheiffer.
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NELL KNIGHT RETURNS
FROM AMARILLO HOSPITAL
The monthly crop report for
August 1, issued by the Santa Fe
Railroad gives the following gen-
eral information:
In a referendum held July 23,
farmers again approved marketing
quotas for wheat, continuing in ef-
fect allotments for the 1960 crop.
Wheat acreage has been under
controls since the 1953 crop.
Recent reports indicate that
prospects for a total U.S. agri-
cultural production this year will
be second only to the record 1958
volume. This is on acreage
slightly larger than 1957 and 1958
but smaller than any other year
since 1939. Much of this can be
attributed to better “know how,”
better machinery, improved varie-
ties, use of fertilizers, and insect-
icides. Favorable weather over
most of the territory aided mate-
rially in the rapid harvesting of
the 1959 wheat crop with most
areas finishing a week ahead of
time. This favorable weather for
wheat harvest has left an area of
deficient moisture during June and
July extending from Southwest
Kansas to Northeast Kansas,
through Central Missouri, and in-
to that general portion of Illinois
between the Illinois and Ohio
rivers.
With the 1959 Texas wheat crop
a matter of history, farmers in
Texas are well underway on the
1959 sorghum harvest with com-
bining underway in South Central
Texas and nearing completion in
the Coastal Bend, while in the
High Plains some sorghum acre-
age is just getting started.
Except in a few dry areas sor-
ghums show excellent progress.
With a break from the weather,
Santa Fe states could again pro-
duce another crop of grain sor-
ghums of over 500,000,000 bushels
this year.
VOLUME 34. NUMBER 23. "On Highway 66” THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959 /(5c a copy)
The General Telephone Com-
pany of the Southwest which
owns and operates the telephone
company serving Groom, was
granted a rate increase at a meet-
ing of the City Commission held
recently. The new rates will be
effective on the next billing which
users of the telephone service will
receive on Sept. 1.
The new rates amount to $1.00
a month increase on business
phones, 50 cents a month on sin-
gle party residential phones and
25 cents on residential party line
phones.
Roy Brewer of Memphis, Texas,
district manager of the telephone
company, met with the City Com-
mission of Groom two weeks ago
and filed a request for permission
to raise the rates. The phone
company is allowed by law to re-
ceive a profit from its investment
here of from 6 to 8 per cent and
according to Mr. Brewer the rev-
enue being received was insuffi-
cient. The company asked for a
boost of $2.50 on business phones,
$1.00 a month on one-party resi-
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