The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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Ohe Groom Kewg
FACTS
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. 6.25 Inches of Moisture
Received To Date in July
The chute gates for the 17th
held for
i
followed Friday night by
rains from all surrounding towns in this
measuring .80.
Total rainfall up area.
appearing in
accident and was released from the
hospital in Tulia after being treated
for cuts and bruises following the JULY BIRTHDAYS OBSERVED
BY SUN’S OWN CHILDREN
Were you bom in July?
are
Horse
10 years
Whereas
most
ago,
record number of horses from the
guson of Yuba City, Calif.
Southwest expected to be entered.
are:
A
cases of rabies
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CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mr. Singleton had resided in Am-
cowgirl compiling j made individual contributions to a
presented the
in the contest,
the best average
An invitational softball tourna-
Wichita Falls will play for dancing
the
p.m., Wednesday, August 2.
First,
Dinner: Tossed paprika and clov- Ample parking space is available
and direct traffic.
and Panhandle All-Stars.
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Top o' Texas Rodeo To
Be Held August 7 to 12
which is considered one of the top a daughter, his mother, five broth-
cowgirl’s events in the nation, will ers, a sister and six grandchildren.
Goods of Amarillo, Bowers City,
Polk St. Meth. Church of Amarillo,
A fool and his money are soon
parted and this is also true of a
wise guy who attends the races at
Raton, Bill the Barber tells us.
from foxes to skunks during the
past few years.
trophies will be awarded.
Two games are scheduled each
night beginning at 7 p.m. and 9
bring a basket of food and enjoy
the noon luncheon and the fellow-
shinp and singing during the aft-
ernoon.
played at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
6, and first place game at 3:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6.
When George Latta was a boy
He couldn’t go full-time to school
He had to stay at home a lot
And plow corn with a mule.
As time went rolling by
Good luck came his way
He married a faithful teacher
They had home school every day.
Folks who have a lot of smart
Cairn it’s plain as plain can be
That George’s schooling figures
out
To be a college B.S. degree.
—Jeff Gray.
a team from Groom with Art Brit-
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359 RABIES CASES REPORTED
IN TEXAS AT END OF JUNE
County night Friday,
County and Amarillo
Base, Saturday night.
reported in June, nearly half were
skunks.
In all of 1951, there were only 54
AND
Otherwise
fund in memory of Mr. Singleton.
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SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TO
BE HELD AT PANHANDLE
Singing and Picnic Lunch
Planned for Next Sunday
vested this fall.
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an-1 Funeral services were
{Marjorie Bural Thompson
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lege. His home was at Clarendon, recent book, “The Story of Jewel-
Pallbearers were Gene Alderson, ry"‘ by Marcus Baerwald and Tom
Avon Floyd, Dale Joy, John Flow- Mahoney.
ers, Jim Whitfield, and Harlan i It is comforting to know that the
4-H Cub boys from the area con-! 1958. She was a member of St. | July 5—C. A. Morrow, Franklin
testing for some 20 choice calves: John’s Methodist Church in Lub- Baggerman, Isaic Baggerman.
collision. The driver of the other
car, Amel Zamora, of Silverton,
was treated for minor injuries and
released from the Tulia hospital.
The colorful cowgirl’s
at the rodeo. to play the Polk St. Methodist
The rodeo office is located in the , Church team of Amarillo at 6:20
Coronado Inn where registrations
are handled and tickets for the
show may be purchased.
A special added attraction at the
Tuesday night rodeo performance
will be the arrival of the Canadian
Wagon Train to the Top o’ Texas
show. The wagon train under com-
man of Orval Johnson will parade
His firm completed
An outstanding feature of
er leaf salad.
NOTE: A seven-ounce glass of
steam may be consumed on alter-
nate days to help in having some-
thing to blow off.
feature more than 40 girls from the
Southwest area. This year there arillo since 1929 and was a building
which have been donated to the bock,
show for this thrilling event. An-
preceded by a giant street parade Church at Clarendon.
at 3:00 p.m., lead by the Amarillo | Mrs. Thompson was killed Fri-
Air Force Band under direction of.day evening in a two-car collision
other special for this year’s show NEILL SINGLETON, SR.
is the designation of Wheeler
burnt toast. --------------- ----- -— ------ ------
Lunch: One doughnut hole (with- will be two Go-Rounds and a Fi- contractor.
to Wednesday of this week for July 1 Preceding the Singing Sunday
stands at 6% inches. Row crops afternoon, a basket lunch will be
a brief illness.
contest; Surviving are his wife, two sons,
and Gray ton, Sr., 62, who passed away at
Air Force 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, after
second and third place
goe, and the Miller Bros. Western
Dance Band of Wichita Falls. Bill
Tidwell, parade marshal, has is-
sued an invitation to the riding
clubs, ranch entries, civic club en-
tries, and commercial divisions to
place entries in the parade which
will form on West Foster Street at
2:15 p.m.
Prizes totaling more than $5,000
supplemented with many hand-
some trophies will go to winners in
the respective events, plus a spe-
cial prize going to the Best All-
Around Cowboy. To be eligible for
this prize,a cowboy must be enter-
ed in three major rodeo events.
This year there will be two go-
rounds and a Finals in each main
rodeo event. The top cowboys in
each event will ride in the Finals
on Saturday night, Aug. 12.
the Miller
ters, Mrs. Billie Chauveaux of, doubts and anxiety.”
Show is scheduled for Thursday; Claude, Mrs. Betty McCracken of This all sounds wonderful but _________ — ,___
and Friday, Aug. 10 and 11, with a Grandview, and Mrs. Mozelle Fer- you had better not spend too muchrabies cases reported in Texas in-'
County night Tuesday, Hemphill
County night Wednesday, Roberts
County night Thursday, Carson
the fact that prevalence of wildlife
rabies has shifted significantly
Funeral services were held in
Amarillo Friday for Neill Single-
Capt. E.S. Bridges. Other bands two miles southeast of Silverton.
among skunks
There is a swinging pendulum in
Texas. It is descending like Poe’s
weapons in the pit to alter the pic-
ture of rabies in Texas.
At the end of June the Texas
State Department of Health an-
nounced a total of 359 rabies cases
in Texas reported to health author-
ities. Sixty-nine of these cases oc-
curred in June.
The meeting of baseball players
scheduled last Thursday night was
postponed due to the rain. All per-
sons interested in forming a soft-
ball league are again asked to
meet at the American Legion Hall
at 8:00 p.m. Friday of this week.
If enough interest is shown it is
possible that a lighted baseball
field can be installed for use by
the softball league and little league
players.
Broadway Street, in front of the
Groom Memorial Hospital, has
been curbed and retopped the past
week. The curb and gutter extends
around the corners west and east
on the south side of the hospital.
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LOST DOGS FOUND AT McLEAN
A news story was carried in the
paper last week about two dogs
lost near Jericho on June 28. The
dogs have been found near Mc-
Lean and the owners have been
notified it is reported.
4—Mrs. Henry Merrick,
July 6—Micah Helton.
July 7—Jerome Donald Homer.
July 8—Mrs. L. L. Andrews.
July 9—Bobby Crim Goodlett,
Michael Ross McCoy.
July 10—IMrs. O. P. Blackwell,
Donald William Homen.
July 12—T. E. Jones, E. J. Brit-
i ten, Mrs. Ruby Swank, Charles
Ward Britten.
July 15—Kyle Major, Mrs. Marita
Jones, Keith Fields.
July 16—Mrs. Jack West, Nina
Snyder.
July 17—W. A. Dickerson.
July 19—Bonnie Terbush.
July 20—Michselle Dickerson,
Mrs. Harris Barnett.
July 21—Stocky Lamberson.
July 24—Mrs. J. C. Brown, Mrs.
Dick Goldreyer.
July 25—MMonte Schaffer.
July 26—Eileene Smith, Walter
Kuane Ollinger.
July 28—Ann Kendrick.
July 29—Mrs. J. C. Farley, Mrs.
Blanche Harris, Jim Littlefield.
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GROOM MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL REPORT
------- -----------time in the hot sun even if youvolved domestic animals, today the
---- Marjorie Bural Thompson was (were born in July and own a ruby. I majority of cases are among wild-
this born in Groom on Sept. 12, 1938. j Among Groom people having life animals. Out of the 69 cases
year’s show will be the Calf j She graduated from Groom High. birthday anniversaries in July
Scramble which will be presented j School in May, 1958, and was mar-1 July
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, j ried to George Thompson HI of Mrs. Mary Kuehler, Catherine
Friday, and Saturday nights with j Clarendon in Groom on Sept. 6, Schillon Barnett, Gene Wade.
Groom Memorial Hospital the past
week were:
Medical:
Mrs. H. A. Brown, Phillips
Mrs. Joan Newsom, Way side
Coleman Huffman, Clarendon
Mrs. Viola Baldwin, Darrouzett
Mrs. Lois M. Smith, Pampa
Mrs. Lena McElroy, Seattle,
Washington.
Surgical:
Mrs. Tom Edwards, Whiteflat
Sharon Leigh Miller, Groom
Mrs. Kate Sell Amarillo
Geo. F. Gill, Albany, Ind.
Mrs. D. H. Fogle, Phillips
B. F. Williams, McLean
Kenneth Howsden, Clarendon
Mrs. R. L. Blair, Clarendon
Maternity:
Mrs. Layman Hightower, Pan-
handle, a daughter, Cheryl Jeanett
bom at 6:56 a.m., July 19, 1961,
weighing 7 lbs., 9 oz.
An American Quarter
Lee Kirk: "‘What happened when
you told the crowd you never paid
a cent for a vote when you were
running for the commissioner’s of-
fice?”
Ed Hughes: “Some cheered and
some got up and left.”
Among the patients at
at the show grounds with two en-
trances provided. Local police,
sheriff’s department, working with Groom All-Stars, Knights of Pyth-
State Highway Patrol, will handle ias of Pampa, Miami Town Team,
Heitcamp. ruby is supposed to bestow upon
Interment was in the Groom' its wearers freedom, as well as
Cemetery under direction of the 1 charity, dignity, and divine power.
Murphy Funeral Home of Claren- Kings and emperors have always.
don. . ' sought rubies for their crowns. i The changing aspects of the
Mrs. Thompson is survived by, “The glowing ruby,” says an old Texas rabies picture stems from
her hustband and daughter, Faith'verse, “should adorn those who in
Renae; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | July are born—thus they shall be
Bert Bural of Groom; three sis-’exempt and free from all life’s
before the stands with some 35
covered wagons and 150 riders.
They will leave Canadian Sunday,
Aug. 6, at 2:00 p.m. and will spend
the two nights on the trail.
The grounds and arena have just
recently been put in tip-top shape.
spread over 30 different counties.
During the same year, most wild-
life rabies cases were reported in
foxes.
A dramatic swing of Texas
rabies in another direction is also
iapparent. During the peak fox-
wildlife outbreaks the major area
of occurrence was in a chain of
counties running in a rough hori-
zontal line stretching from mid-
East Texas through Central Texas.
Today the skunk wildlife picture
spreads across a north-to-south
belt involving the eastern portion
of Central Texas, and has now in-
volved South Texas, West Texas,
North-Central Texas, and the Texas
Panhandle counties.
At the end of June, an aggregate
of 179 cases of skunk rabies had
been reported since January 1, and
32 in June alone. The number of
cases that come to the State Health
Department laboratory for diag-
nosis represents only a small frac-
tion of the number of cases that
actually occur.
It is this that portrays the de-
scending nature of the pendulum.
One state already assumes that
any submitted skunk head is rabid,
and human and animal exposure to
a skunk bite is dealt with as an
exposure to rabies.
Escape from the immediate dan-
ger of rabies exposure can be
avoided with proper vaccination of
dogs and cats periodically as rec-
ommended by a veterinarian.
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HOSPITAL BLOCK HAS
NEW CURB AND GUTTER
performances while
Bros. Western Dance
Pharmacist Gene Carter often
has inquiries from his customers
wanting to know the best methods
for easily losing excess weight.
The following low calorie diet is
recommended for those who are
unable to lose weight by cutting
down on big meals:
MONDAY—
Breakfast: Weak tea.
Lunch: One bouillon cube in
one-half cup diluted water.
Dinner: One pigeon thigh; three
ounces prune juice (gargle only)
TUESDAY—
Breakfast: Scraped crumbs from
in the National Guard Armory ten as manager is entered in the
Building following an appearance' contest. The Groom team is slated
ment is scheduled at Panhandle
Band of August 2 through August 6 and
July-born men and women ...
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson resided' the “sun’s own children” and their
at Lubbock where Mr. 'Thompson' birthstone is the ruby, the “sun’s
was a student at Texas Tech Col- own gem.” This we learn from a
, are off to a wonderful start and enjoyed at the City Park and Com-
the parade line-up Her husband, George Thompson with continued favorable weather a' munity Club House in Groom. All
will be the Pampa High School TH, escaped serious injury in the bumper maize yield could be har- families in the area are invited to
Band under direction of Bill Tre- * " " " .....
Admission charges will be 25
cents for children and 50 cents for
adults. Teams entered in the tour-
ment include: Claude Pharmacy,
Elkins Fruit Co. of Amarillo, Jim’s
Grocery of Borger, Walsh Food of
Amarillo, 'Graham Plow Co., of
Amarillo, Vance Hall Sporting
_ .. . . The Groom area has about all The Groom Communitv Singers
nual Top o Texas Rodeo will swing Mrs. Marjorie Bural Thompson, 22, the moisture that could be desired are sponsoring a special fifth Sun-
open at Pampa Monday, Aug. 7, at the First Methodist Church in following heavy rains which soak- day singing to be held at the First
with the Kid Pony Show schedued Groom at 3 p.m. Sunday. The ed the community last Thursday Methodist Church in Groom begin
for that afternoon and night. |Rev. C. R. Copeland, pastor, of- and Friday. Rains Thursday night ning at 1:30 p.m this coming Sun-
The rodeo proper will begin Tues- ficiated, assisted by the Rev. W. R. (measured ,60 of an inch and were day, July 30. Visitors are expected
day night, Aug. 8, at 8:00 p.m.,' Lawrence, pastor of the Baptist followed Friday night by --i-- £------ "
p.m. Third place game will be
plus cash prizes which will be split
to the winners of first, second,
third and fourth places.
The Pampa High School Band
will furnish music for all rodeo
out sugar); one glass of dehydrat-
ed water.
Dinner: Three grains of cornmeal
broiled.
WEDNESDAY—
Breakfast: Shredded egg shell
skin.
Lunch: One-half dozen poppy
seeds, baked
Dinner: Bee’s knees and mos-
quito knuckles sauted in vinegar
THURSDAY—
Breakfast: Boiled-out stains of
old table cloth
Lunch: Belly button of a navel
orange.
Dinner: Three eyes from Irish
potato (diced).
FRIDAY—
Breakfast: Two lobster antennas.
Lunch: One tail joint of seahorse.
Dinner: Rotisserie broiled guppy
filet.
SATURDAY—
Breakfast: Four chopped banana
seeds
Lunch: Broiled butterfly liver.
Dinner: Jelly vertebrae a la
centipede.
SUNDAY—
Breakfast: Pickled humming bird
tongue
Lunch: Prime rib of tadpole;
aroma of empty custard pie plate.
nals. The top 10 cowgirls will qual- the construction of the Groom
ify for the Finals to be held on j Memorial Hospital in Dec. 1960.
Saturday night, Aug. 12. A hand- The board of directors of the
some hand-made saddle will be [ Groom Hospital has established and
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 22. ‘On Highway 66” THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961 (5c a copy)
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1961, newspaper, July 27, 1961; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1511556/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.