The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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ANNOUNCEMENT
FACTS
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ing to the top of the Ledwig Ele-
Childress of Burbank; four
vator last week to remove an elec-
tric motor for repair.
prepared for his trip in to the wild
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Groom friends of the family at-
acquainted with Deep Rock prod-
tending the funeral
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Miss Janet Holton of Florence,
the
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Groom Receives Heavy
Rain Saturday Evening
Next Tuesday, July 4 is a holi-
day, but remember, death takes
no holidays—watch your driving at
all times.
Fort Worth, Mrs. William Wofford
of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Dee
Riggle of San Gabriel, Calif.; two
step-sons, Robert R. Jones of Pam-
pa and Charles M. Jones of Fort
Worth; six brothers, Lee Burton of
San Diego, Calif., Frank Burton of
If you want to “see” people with-
out problems visit the cemetery.
Arleata Jones
E. Sweeney of
business houses will be closed all
or part of the, day.
Gossip would be less dangerous
if there were more good people un-
willing to believe it reports Bill
the Barber.
The students will return to Den-
ver, Colo., Sept. 1.
Miss Holton has been appointed
assistant editor of the annual at
na-
the
Funeral services were held Mon-
day morning at the Catholic church
in Santa Ana.
HEARING AID SPECIALIST
TO BE HERE FRIDAY
Members of the Senior Class of
1961-62 of Groom High School are
asked to meet at 6:00 p.m. Sunday,
July 2, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Banks.
to go to the winners along with two
saddles, belt buckles, etc.
Performances will be held at 8
Did you hear about the Groom
boy who was so conceited that he
joined the Navy so the world could
see him?
day, and at 2 p.m. on the afternoon
of July 4.
Six thousand pounds of dressed
beef has been donated by local
ranchers and individuals for the
big free barbecue at noon July 4.
The barbecuing and cooking crew
will begin their task the morning
of July 3.
A western parade will be featur-
ed at 1 p.m. July 4; an old settlers
reunion at 9 a.m. and an old fid-
dlers contest at 4 p.m.
Dances will be held at the air-
conditioned Legion Hall each of the
celebration nights.
Residents of the entire Panhan-
dle area are invited to attend this
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AND
Otherwise
Funeral Services Are Held ; Automobile Insurance Rate
Sunday for Mrs. E.P. Jones Increase Expected Soon
ucts and the new management.
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GRANDDAUGHTER TO MRS.
HARRIS VISITING EUROPE
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Deep Rock Service Station
Operated by Donnie Black
ville, West Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Crist of Panhandle.
Church of Christ in Groom.
Survivors include her husband,
E. P. Jones of Groom; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hank Potts of Burbank,
Calif., and Mrs. G. P. Doughty of
Mrs. Gwenn Jassenn of Amarillo,
hearing aid specialist, will be in
Groom Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.
at the Groom Pharmacy to service
hearing aids. Users of hearing aids
are invited to consult Mrs. Jassenn
for advice or other assistance need-
ed in servicing of hearing aids.
The new station is located on AAre Cm+Lerine Heuner
the north side of Highway 66, two | UPe
blocks east of the intersection of; Dies in Santa Ana, Calif.
films that were taken on her tour
around the world by plane.
Refreshments were served to all
present by the “Friends of the Li-
brary” organization and Brenda
Brown and Marlys Merrick helped
World Methodist group in Oslo.
_______________ ________ fective, due to the fact that a
Butler for Mrs. Jones included Mr. I greater number of policyholders
and Mrs. Joe Blakeney, Mr. and! received the lowest possible classi-
Mrs. John Reed., Pat Patterson, G.! fication (Zro Classification), and
Mrs. Haupert was a sister to e Lingo, R. B. Thornton, Mr. and i the changes made in the SDLP since
Miss Tresa Britten, Mrs. Celia Kei- Mrs. W. E. Jarvis of Pampa and! Jan. 1, 1961, the premium volume
Colo., a granddaughter of Mrs.
Groom Wheat Growers, Inc., is
planning to have its 27th annual
stockholders meeting on Saturday,
July 8, at 5:00 p.m. at the Groom
School Auditorium. A free barbe-
cue dinner will be served at the
close of the business session and
all members are urged to attend.
The general public is cordially in-
vited.
services at
Seminar in Europe and Scandi-
navia. The group will undertake a
two-week work project of repaint-
I’ve learned he’s
smarter than my
he is.”
Main Street and Highway 66 and
is under the managment of Donnie j Mrs. Catherine Britten-Haupert, kel-Carmichael Funeral Home of
The oldest July Fourth celebra-
tion in the Panhandle will get un-
der way Saturday, July 1, in Clar-
endon with the first of four rodeo
performances slated for 8 p.m.
Other rodeo performances will be
held the night of July 3, and the
afternoon and night of July 4.
Another record-breaking entry
one son,
Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs.
Mel Brant of Oklahoma City; and
15 grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.
Interment was in the Butler
Cemetery under direction of Duen-
Next Tuesday is July 4, a
tional holiday and most of
drop by the new station and get i June 23, at her home in Santa Ana,
imtnd -th Tom Pool j Calif., after a lengthy illness.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Fields are
sponsoring a free moving picture
show on places of interest in Asia.
The pictures were taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Wheeler of Edmon-
son, Tex., on their recent trip
around the world in 40 days.
The film will be shown Thursday,
June 29, beginning at 8 p.m. at the
High School Auditorium in Groom.
The Groom FHA girls will have
a nursery for children during the
show' and everyone in the com-
munity is invited to come and see
the travel film Mr. and Mrs. Fields
said.
The Sunday School teacher was
showing her class a picture of the
Christian martyrs in a den of lions.
Little Debbie Goodin looked so sad
as she studied the picture. Finally
she exclaimed: “Gee, look at that
poor lion ’way in the back. He
isn’t going to get any?”
her home in Groom at 7:45 p.m.
Friday.
Mamie Burton-Jones was born
July 3, 1890 in Russelville, Ala.,
and resided in Butler, Okla., for 20
years before moving to Groom in
1954. She was a member of the
ler, Mike, Joe, Aloysius, and Leo Joe Thornton of Howe, Ernest
farmers planning to plant row
crops.
Annual July Fourth event and
keep in mind the big free barbecue
at noon July 4. Facilities will be
set up to feed eight to ten thousand
visitors in 30 .to 45 minutes.
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— New Arrivals —
Mr. and Mrs. BiUy Algoe are the
parents of anew son, Rocky Lynn,
weighing 8 pounds and one ounce,
bom at 2:13 a.m. Monday, June
26, 1961. The parents have one
Among the patients at
■
Mr. and Mrs. George McClel-
lan, Jr., of Clarendon, an-
nounce the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Judy Harlin, to Den-
nis Raymond Kotara, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kotara of
Groom. Marriage vows will be
exchanged the nineteenth day
of August in St. Mary's Catho-
lic Church, Groom, Texas.
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Britten of Groom.
Blanche.Harris of Groom, left last J OOo
week with a group of 26 students: SCHOOL TAX BOARD
on a Wesley Foundation Travel
Groom. Memorial Hospital the past p.m. Saturday, Monday and Tues-
Colorado State University, Fortweek were: ‘ - -
Collins, Colo., where she is a jun-Medicai.
Tony Odum, Fort Worth
Mrs. Bascomb Bagwell, Pampa
R. H. White, Amarillo
Allen Knorpp, Groom
T. F. Collins, White Deer
Pat Fuller, Panhandle
Mrs. Joe Birchfield, Wellington
Mrs. Marie Donley, Groom
J. D. Henson, Spearman
Surgical:
Tex Aduddell, Claude
D. S. Smith, Clarendon
William Clark Jr., Borger
Mary Metcalf, Panhandle
Mrs. Millie Bunch, Stinnett
Mrs. Myrtis Williams, Clarendon
Maternity:
Mrs. Billy Algoe, Groom, a son,
Rocky Lynn, born at 2:13 a.m.,
Monday, June 26, 1961, weighing
8 pounds and 1 ounce.
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Maude, Okla., Roy Burton of At-
lanta, Ga., Marion, Clyde and
Louie Burton, all of Ardmore,
Okla., two sisters, Mrs. Willie
! Jones and Billy Jones.
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Clarendon Prepares for
Annual Rodeo July 1-4
Gattis Shoe Stores in Amarillo
are offering a Texas Western
Stagecoach as a prize on the Cap-
tain Kidd program shown from 8
to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. on KGNC-
TV, Channel 4, Amarillo. The
stagecoach was manufactured in
Groom by the Texas Western
Stagecoach Company.
has been reduced by about $20,-
000,000. These premium volume
reductions were made during the
period from Jan. 1, 1960 to June
30, 1961.
This reduction in premium vol-
ume cannot be recovered. How-
ever, the current rate adjustments
must develop rates which will be
proper for policies issued on and
after Aug. 1, 1961.
8. A 13.2 per cent increase was
indicated in 1960. But, the State
Beard of Insurance felt action
should be deferred until credible
statistics could be developed under
The Lewis Gasmart Co., of Ama-
rillo has opened a new service sta-
tion in Groom handling Deep Rock
gasoline manufactured by Kerr-
McGee Oil Industries, Inc.
other child, Ricky Dean, 2 years
old. Grandparents are Mr. and---------— --
Mrs. Howard Algoe of Barbours- arrange chairs for the children and
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Red Latta has a new “No tres-
passing,” sign posted at his farm.
It reads, “No hunting. We mean] ing the historic Seaman’s Church
Business! Please drop name and in Kotka, Finland. During July
blue yonder he paused for a mo-
ment of prayer and told James
Ledwig, “I always keep a rope
tied around my waist. It has sav-
ed my life more than once.”
“But,” James asked, “even with
the rope, don’t you often feel ner-
vous.”
“Not exactly nervous,” Earl re-
plied, “just highly strung.”
assisted with serving of the re-
freshments.
, Funeral services were held Sun- C. L. Culver, local insurance
. day at 2:30 p.m. in the Church of agent, received the following in-
Christ at Butler, Okla., for Mrs. [ formation the past week relating to
E. P. Jones. Mrs. Jones died in. automobile insurance rates:
1 a
The Groom community received A S • l
a heavy shower late Saturday eve- -
ning and measurements ranged g , I 2
from .90 in Groom up to 1% inches
reported in the countryside. A
The rain shower again brought a
temporary delay to the wheat harv- "
est and late harvesters were strug- ' "
gling along Wednesday of this week
finishing up scattered fields of'
grain.
Practically all the wheat has : A
Earl Barker had the job of climb- of the wheat delivered to grain-ele- ;/ Oklahoma City, Okla.;
g to the top of the Ledwig Ele- vators has been best in years it is Louis cl.’ -
ator last week to remove an elec- reported. ; . step-daughters, Miss
ic motor for repair. As Earl The rain showers last week end . Of Groom, Mrs. C.
conored fer hi. i +. +L. «14 were needed and appreciated by — - - - - - --- ~ —
a whole lot movement rally in Berlin; and the
friends think
The Jim Britten’s found this
epitaph
In Iowa near Waterloo,
And it really bothered Jim
For about a month or two:
Two men are buried in this grave
They are Week and Wiser,
On the right lies Friday Week,
On the left lies Bud Wiser.
—Jeff Gray.
9. If the rate adjustments are not
made on a sound actuarial basis
then a condition will develop which
will “Dry Up the Automobile
Market.”
Announcement of the rate in-
crease is expected soon.
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Library Story Hour To Be
Held Thursday Morning
address, next of kin, in mail box.” and August the travelers will visit
------ points in 14 countries. Highlighting
Mrs. S. K. Roach says, “My hus- these visits will be the John Wesley
band, I’ve discovered, is not nearly ।memorial in England; the World
so fascinating as I thought before Council of Church in Geneva; the
I married him. On the other hand Kircheutag German Church lay
Black. Motorists are invited to 73 years old, died Friday evening, I Pampa.
Epsilon Journalism Honorary. Her
first two years of school was in the
Little Pink School Building in
Groom.
Another granddaughter to Mrs.
Harris, 19-year-old Carolyn Ryan
of Sedalia, Mo., is attending sum-
mer school at Honolulu1 University.
Miss Ryan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Ryan of Sedalia, is
a junior at Mississippi University
at Columbia.
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Travel Film Showing To Be
Held Thursday, June 29
been harvested in this immediate |
area. Yields have been from fair.
to excellent where there was no :
hail or greenbug damage. Quality ;
of the wheat delivered to grain ele- >
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 18. ‘On Highway 66" THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM. CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1961. (5c a copy)
list of contestants is expected with Thesstatisticsarenovenva ibie:
approximately $3,500 prize money
ior. She is a pledge of Pi Delta
The second story hour for chil-
dren, sponsored by the Groom Li-
brary, will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Thursday of this week, June 29, at
the Community Club House. There
will also be story hours on July 6
and July 13. All children are in-
vited to attend.
The first story hour of the series
was held last Thursday morning
at the Club House and 58 children
and eight adults attended.
Melva Asberry led the children
in several songs accompanied at
the piano by Mary Kay Johnson.
The children were very attentive as
Ellen Latta told the story of “The
Little Black Hen.” Mrs. T. G.
Fields showed a portion of her
TO MEET ON JULY 8
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The tax equalization board for
the Groom Consolidated Independ-
ent School District will be in ses-
sion from 10 to 12 a.m., Saturday,
July 8.
Any school taxpayer desiring to
discuss tax valuations with the
board of equalization is invited to
attend the meeting which will be
held at the Groom School Building.
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GROOM MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL REPORT
The automobile insurance rate
hearing held by the State Board of
Insurance on Thursday, June 22,
1961, demonstrated that current
passenger automobile rates must
be increased. This will be the first
time in three years that rates for
private passenger automobiles have
been increased.
An average combined increase
for liability and physical damage
coverages of approximately 15 per
cent is indicated for private pas-
senger automobiles.
Here are the facts:
1. Average BI liability paid claim
cost is now $728.00. It was $649.00
in 1959 when rates were last ad-
justed.
2. Average PD liability paid
claim cost is now $154.00. It was
$137.00 in 1959.
3. Average Collision paid claim
cost is now $247.00. In 1959 it was
$242.00.
4. Average Comprehensive paid
claim cost is $65.00. In 1959 it was
$59.00.
5. Average Medical paid claim-
■ cost is now $192.00. In 1959 it was
$178.00.
6. The 1959 rate adjustment was
• a decrease of approximately 10 per
■ cent.
7. On Jan. 1, 1960, when the Safe
■ Driving Insurance Plan became ef-
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1961, newspaper, June 29, 1961; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1511547/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.