The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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TEXAS, FRIDAY,
august
2?, 1941
Weather and Lack
If Dust Make Event
Enjoyable
weather and. a heavy,
(nf erapa on the h therto bar-
Lmda contributed largely
1 '^njoynieftt. of the West
ya settlers when they met
Iftdr ieth Annual Reunion last
,t the Hank Smith Momor-
Ipirk. Officers for the ensuing
irwere elected at the clo.^ of
j Reunion Friday night
MOTLEY-DICKENS
OLD SETTLERS TO
MEETAUGU8T28-29
Free Rodeo Will Be One
Of Attractions in
Program
b
Observing the Golden Anniver-
sary of two counties, the 18th an-
nual meeting of the Mettey-Dick-
ena^Counties -Old—Settlers' Asso-
ciation^ will be held at Pioneer
Park, Roaring Springs, on Thurs-
day and Friday, August 28-29.
wo days of continuous pro-
gram have been, arranged ***
President C. C. Hdle of Afton
declared today
crosbyton, crosby count v
PROGRAM FOR SOIL
.that elaborate
plans were being made for the pa-
_ rader -starting at 10 a. m, on the
l^ftBames, of Crosbyton was! first "day, and followed by memor-
president and takes the ml services for deceased pioneers.
v , T _ren, i he Spur band will lead the pa-
_ _ fade which will include only wa-
]tfr Hames was elevat- gons, buggies, sad "
vice-president, to head of
."oBinliation.
attendance was noted at
^nnion botte days. The atten-
, Friday was estimated at
More1 than 300 old timers
frfri Mrs WJEJmmr
"lecretary-treasurer, said.
f new officers selected were
I^Wieki' Ralls,, vice-president;
bXr*. Jeffie Boone" Smith of
secretary-treasurer.
[B. Smith, son of Uncle Hank,
- Uvea at Lubbock, is' man-
[ of the annual affair. Atten-
• wu noted from most every
plains county. New Mexico
(Oklahoma
Hargrove, Ralls, was
• ofceremonies.
i party who called Postroas-
[pim Iittlefield last week for
I of the reunion proved to be
31ber, of Bowie, who was a
on the- old Bar-O Ranch,
rly the Two-Buckle, in 1897
1188. He came to the reunion
I renewed acquaintances of 45
life; >
ons will soon be under
i for the 17th Annual affair
i will be held near the 15th
year, A meeting
will be called soon,
by officials at close
like reunion. Dates for the re-
i in aet just as near to Aug-
|U U possible, as this is the
r |( Uncle Hank Smith,
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IDEFENSE BOND
QUIZ
t Ckn my children buy Defense
i Stamps?
. T'« . Hundreds of thousands
children are buying
i regularly as their share in
savings program.
\ Why Aould" children be en-
Meeting of Supervisors Is
Held Here To Discuss
Dist. Program
The District Supervisors of the
Crosby County Soil Conservation
District met in the District court-
room at Crosbyton on August 12
to consider the preparation of the
District program.
Supervisors present were R. M
Wheeler, T. H. Holmes,
Greer and Tilford Taylor.
tional agriculture teachers
Bramlet from Lorenzo,
Bounds from Ralls and
Voca-
E. C.
E. B.
Ewing
Weaver from Crosbyton, and Vo-
cational home economics teacher, and
otKerpioneer modes of """ from Ralls-w
Gate admittance will be* frals C" Gray- chairman
n rree as i polintv aaa attended ,
pratt from Ralls were
of
well, as the rodeo to be stared Zt' the County AAA- attended, as did.
2:45 each afternoon ThU ■ill'..'! a number of interested farmers
""l°" ' from various communities includ-
t ing F. P. McEachern, W. H K rk-
Xom Lockwood, C.E. Wes-
terman, .C. R. Taylor. L. C. Beaty
and Walter Gillon.
Committees were appointed to
assemble the information and
make a preliminary draft of the
District Program to be reviewed
hy-4he Supervisors at the next
meeting, which will be held the
second week in September. After
this work is done the District
Program will be carried . to the
various communities of "the Dis-
trict for discussion- and additions
by the farm people of the district.
The preparation of the district
program is the first' job that must
be done by the Supervisors as the
document is the basis for a Gen-
eral Memorandum which will" be
executed between the Supervisors
and the Secretary of Agriculture.
"Hie rodeo
committee, composed of John Rus-1
sell, Mervin Green, J. N. Scrivner! spv
Jack Luckett, Jr., decTSred alT' *1,
entries must have known resi-
dence in either Dickens or Motlev
counties.
To defray expenses of the meet-
ing, a dance will be held at the
pavilion on Tuesday evening, Au-
gust* 26, with all net proceeds go-
ing to the organization.
—o
to buy- Savings-. Stamp*?—MUST REDEEM LOANtout of this discussion - may come
. Becauie by buying Stamps
I write their names on a Roll
' Of Americans who are
! their part to show the dic-
1 united America will
i to preserve her sacred
[After my child has collected
, Crosby , county cbtton producers
ittmps to exchange for Wjth 1938, 1939 and 1940 loan cct-
w the Bond be registered ton have untll October 1. 1941. to
■ child's name?
■ re., A minor may own a
1 .Bond,. Many baf^
'u« registering Bonds in
, AWmi's name to prepare
IWure educational heeds
'NELL BICKNELL
WNFTNED TO HIS HOME
Nell Bicknell has "been
1 to hla home this week on
oj illness. He worked at
fctUers park last Monday
1 ?[^ara^'on for the re-un-
hecame too hot, it was
his illness.
reported at the Old Set-
that he was too ill
« mends visit him, but
l¥ vf* Mr*- °- v- Sfmms
I °"ice Monday and
a mistake, and he
' for his friends to call
5^80x8 are
Tennessee
Charlie Ellison
IHW .111, of LaFoWette,
cu g _^Ua week visiting
w ' Abe nd Berry
ft '•mUle«. Mr. El-
kJi?' aftor hl« quarter
•jnd south of town.
l ft vVto and
returning to
(211. Brown and daughter,
14 Miss Geraldlne
we this week's
S^wn's sister,
and family. Mm.
are canning
Dunn orchara.
•b® had eight
SOIL CONSERVATION
OFFICE WILL BE SET
UP IN COURTHOUSE
Basement Will Be Re-Ar-
ranged To Care For
s New Office
Tii a" called session-of th^ Com-
missioners Court Wednesday, it
rest room in the basement of the
court house into an office for the
Soil Conservation set-up, in which
W. L. Knapp, State Soil Engineer,
will have his office. A ladies rest
room will be built outside the
court house adjoining the other
buildings.
Besides Mr. Knapp, two other
families connected withT the Soil
Conservation Service, will move
here. Crosby county has a Soil
Conservation District set-up, and
is exclusive from other counties
by a vote of participating farmers
a few months &go.
COTTON PRODUCERS
RETAIL STORES TO
SELL GOV. SAVINGS
STAMPS TO PUBLIC
New Set-Up To Encour-
age Buying Of Small
Stamps
Defense Savings Stamps will
soon be . on ' sale in retail stores
throughout the country.
Secretary Morgenthau announc-
ed the extension of Defense Sav-
ings Stamps sales to retail outlets
everywhere after a meeting at tlft
Treasury Department Tues., Au-
gust 12, whjen executives of asso-
ciations representing more than a
M- A-rf ttrittton. stores pledged immediate
participation of their membecs in
the Defense Savings Program.
Stamps will go on.sale very short-
ly in department stores, grocery;,
drug, variety, furniture, hardware
lets.
At the meeting the retailers en-
dorsed full participation' in "Re-
Uilers for Defense" Week, Sep-
temper 15 to 20, when the stores
of every State will concentrate
their efforts to enlist customers
to buy Defense Savings Stamps.
Before that time, raost stores ffom
coast to coast are expected to
have Defense Stamps on sale.
The leaders of the retailers' as-
sociations met with Secretary
Morgenthau and Treasury officials
to project the plan for initiating
the nation-wide store effort.
Secretary- expressed"T^Ii apprecia-
lon of the cooperation extended
by the retail organizations.
RALPH HOWE
RALPH HOWE WILL
TAKE JOB AT MEM
Ralph Howe, who has been Ag-
ricultural agent for Crosby coun-
ty,.for the past seven years, is
leaving the Extension Service and
has accepted a position as Secre-
tary-Treasurer of Memphis Pro-
duction Credit Association. Mr,
Howe wjlL-Eeport at Memphis on
ptember 1 to assume his new
duties.
Mr. Howe has been in the Ex-
Cooking School h Oct
$
tension Service for 8 years, and "big was
new MAIL CARRIER. TAKES
OVER ROUTE ONE SERVICE
S. H. Tackett is assisting the
HfcVK.lTWiil carrier) IX B. Jones, to
get acquainted with the mail ser-
vice on Route One. Mr, Jones
takes the place of S. E. Caldwell,
The General Memorandum must' who has been transferred to Man-
be executed before any Bureau of I Q0Sy ..Colorado. Mr.
COTTON BY OCT. 1st
Pool Will Be Set up After
That Pate to Dispose
of Cotton
the- Department**, can cooperate
with the district.
ill cover
three main topics, namely: <li
Plwsical Conditions, land uses and
treatments and how these factors
affect the conservation problem of
the District; (2) Economic condi-
tions and proposed adjustments
and_how these factors affect the
conservation problems of the Dis-
trict; and (3) Social conditions of
the District and how these factors
affect the conservation problem.
Even though the District Pro-
gram will largely be a compila-
tion of facts about the District a
discussion by the farm people of
the District will assist the Super-
visors in determining how all the..
factors are related to the conser—
vation problems of the .District.
Jones waj
transferred here from Fort Cobb,
Colorado.
Mr; Caldwell had been carrier
here for 17 years, and had been
a raembef- of the Crosbyton Fire
-seven of these have been in Cros
i by county. There is only one othS?
f agent in this district, comprising
| the South Plains of Texas, , wha
I has a longer record of continuous
I service in one county than Mr.
Howe.
Besides his enviable work in the
] .county ,$gent'.s-.voffice, Mr. Howe
i has taken an a.ctive interest in
\ civic affairs during his residence
, here, ye is at present president
i Of the rVnghyton T.ir>n<- Plnh nml-
ening on Friday and Saturday of
next weeR, August 29 and 30.
A long Piggly Wiggly counter
extending almost the length of
the store, and an up-to-date vege-
table rack has been installed. The
checking stand has been re-ar-
ranged, display racks and tables
rebuilt and all the big stock* of
groceries re-arranged, making a
complete change over to the new
system.
Messers. Proctor and Smith
have enlarged their store build-1
ing twice since forming a partner-
ship in the grocery business five
years' ago. Last spring the build-
Mrs. Wilson, Expert m
■: Cullinary Art, to^giw
Lecture
M SYSTEM CHANG-
INGLTO PIGGLY WIG-
GLY IN PAST WEEK
FormaLOpenhig Will Be
Held Next Friday-
Saturday
Richard Proctor and Ferrin
Smith, owners of the "M" Sys-
tem grocery, are announcing this
week a change in their business
from the "M" System to Piggly
Wiggly. The store is being re-ar-
ranged thjs weelfahd n>w Pig-giy
Wiggly fixtures installed witn too, are invited to attend this kit-
plans being made for a formal op*-T^®n re^ue-
The Crosbyton Review will pre-
sent the outstanding home event
of the' year when Mrs. Cora Wil-
son rings up the curtain on thft
Happy Kitchen Cooking School
scheduled for October in this city.
Every, woman in the Crosbyton
area should avail themselves at
this cordial welcome to attend tha
free lectures which will reveal
numerous kftchei? tricks new to
every hou*?wife Anrt—the men.
some valuable information in solv-
ing spme of these conservation
probfema. The supervisors are anx-
ious for all the farm people to
enter intoi these.discussion meet-
, ings and ha've a part in the final
i preparation of the District Pro-
gram.
I
repay loans and redeem cotton
pledges,_ W. C. Gray, ..chairman of
the Crosby county AAA Commit-
tee, has announced.
AIT cotton not redeemed by this
time will be placed in pools a3
provided by the loan agreement
and sold by the Commodity ^Credit
Corporation after March 1, 1942.
Unredeemed cotton from each
crop will be placed in separate
pools with the producers retaining
title. When the cotton is sold hi
each pool, net proceeds will be dis-
tributed among the producers in
proportion to their interest, Gray
said. The net proceeds, if any,
would be distributed after deduc-
tion of all advances and accrued
costs, including storage, insurance
and handling charges. , t
When unredeemed cotton fs plac-
ed in the pool the AAA official
said, no payments will be made to
producers and it cannot be sold
during the time it'll in the pool
' Reoent reports indicate that
Texas cotton growers have 77t047
bales of cotton outstanding on the
1938 crop, and 360,136 bales on
the 1940 crop.
Producers who are Interested in
selling" their present equities
should redeem their cotton before
October 1 since ft is possible it
will not be sold until some time
after March 1, 1942, Gray said.
1 .1 -1
% Ted Stanfleld of O'Brien visited
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bolutder ov*r
the week-end. :
—
Mr. and Mrs. Foy B. Hughes are
the parents of a son born tttmday
at the home of Mrs. Hughes pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Oflie Riley.
■aid
with
v*y fine peach-
Dewey Ellison, Virginia Antho-
ny, Harold Flemins, and Mary
Anthony ' want flft*'
Buffalo Lakes Menday night
JOHN FOWLER WILL
MANAGE CITY DRUG
Owner Takes Active Care
- of Business
John Fowler has taken over the
management of the City Drug
Store here. Mrs. Fowler will be in
charge Qf the Petersburg store.
She and their two sons will remain
in Petersburg for the-present, Mr.
Fowler said.
\fr. Fowler is a registered phar-
macist. He has a unique offer in
his advertisement this week, of-
fering an ice cream cone for the
coupon cut from his advertise-
ment in this week's Review, and
two eggs. ■
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Mrs. C. W. Hash was at the
West Texas Hospital for treat-
ment of an ulcer in her ^ye.
o
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Parker and
two children of Lulling and Mrs.
V. H. Weekley, of Vernon, were
the week-end guests of their
mother, Mrs. R. P. Parker and
sister, Mrs. Leslie Mitchell and
family. ' -
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Miss Rowena Karr has resigned
her Job at M. T. York Store. She
will leave September 1 tor Abi-
lene where she will attend Gall
Business College.
—o—
G.. W. Russell and family - of
South Texas were the weekrend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J; F. Wal-
dron. Mrs. Russell is the sister of
Mrs. WaMron.
has been an active member of the
organi?a.tion from its beginning.
The Memphis "Production Credit j-S- hig
epartmen.t..for 27 years. He wasj Association comprises a district
made an honorary^ life rjgjnber ofjQf nine counties surrounding Hall
thSit organization. J COunty
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Mrs.-Fred Robertson and daugh-
ter, Frances, of Lamesa. and Mrs.
Britton Green, of Houston, and
Mrs. Cecil Stewart, of Washing-} - .
ton. d. c„ daughters of Mrs. Ro- [is Principal of Magdalena
bertson, visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy I CvetPm
Bolander and family Tuesday.1,. *
?Irs. Robertson is Mr. Bolander's 11 „ t , ..
R. L. Ormon, principal of the
Crosbyton grade school for the
R. L. ORMON GOES
TO N. MEX. SCHOOL
the rear, the interior repainted,
arid florescent light fixtures in-
stalled. Recently the front of the
building has been remodelled, the
front entrance changed, and ad-
justable plate glass extending a- j
cross the front built in. and a dou- j
ble entrance in the north east cor- \
ner of the building arranged.
A modern refrigerating system
for the meat market was installed
in the rear of the building between :
the grocery and storage rnnma
Mrs. Wilson, % long known to
Southern woman as an expert of
culinary art, will present an enter-
taining series of''lectures and de ,
monstrations on the art of home*
making, along with the prepara~
tion of dishes out of the ordinary."™ ~
In this parade of the preparation- -v,
of foods, women will be able to ... .
gain full mastery of the art "need-
ed in the kitchen today. Based on
economy and utility^ Mrs. Wilson .
will divulge secrets gained over
years of study in this particular
phase of the arts. The saving thftn ;-
housewife will be able to accom-
plish by attending the school, with. <
i-'
deas, will pay big dividends on the
time1 spent there. How to use left-
overs', how to purchase jn a scien-,
tific manner, how to get the most
out of a mininaMJxuof food; these
are but a few-of-the featurss that
will unfold from the completely
equipped stage of the Happy Kit-
chen Cooking School.
In the entertaining presentation
of these informative lectures, ma-
ny tips will .be passed on to wom-
en who wish to lighten their every
W-.
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At the big formal opening on , day tasks, Labor saving devious,
Friday and Saturday of next-week. efficient equipment, and new trick
upply of fruit and vegeta- j" preparation, will be given In
bles, melons and seasonable mer-! ^ ^ array of helpful charac
chandise will be V'.-cnfti ttlotoff teristiCs.
with the regular stock of mer-
chandise. Watch next week's Re-
view for,;the new
announcement.
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Mr. and Mrs. Byron
and son, Erastus,
Mr. arid Mrs. Buster
Piggly Wiggly,
Plan -noW to attend ~eve#y ses-
sion >of the Happy Kitchen Cook-
' ing School which will be presented
as a public service, feature of the
-Crosbyton Rgrigwf' .
V
sister.
—-Roy Heard and daughter, .Doro-
thy, —of Archer City were the
weeR?'£tuLguests—"of his parents,
and Mrs. R. J. Heard of Cone
and Mrs. W. M. Curry, of
Mr
and Mr,
this city.
a revival meeting is in progress
at the Panay.-Baptist church on
the east plains. Rev. Victor Crab-
tree of Mt. Blanco is doing the
preaching. The Pansy church had
recently been reroofed and paint-
ed -before .the revival began.'
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Robison of
Dallas, are the guests of Mrs. Ro-
bison's son, Edgar Perkins, Jr.,
kand Mrs. Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunn and
sdni, Dorsey, ara leaving today,
Friday, for Shamro«&;wtarie1 Mfc
titan, has accepted a position
pharmacist with a dnig stbre.
past eight years, is-leaving Mon-
day for Magdalena. N. Mex., to
take up his work as principal of
te Magdalena schools. He was
elected at a meeting of the Mag-
dalena school board Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ormon went crat to
the T^pw Mexico city^ Monday, re-
turning to Crosbyton Tuesday
night.' - "
Odie Ludlow, formw coach of
Crosbyton high school, is superin-
tendent q£. the Magdalena schools.
Mrs. Ormon ,will remain In Cros-
byton for the present, Mr. Ormon
said.
Coward 1
of Muleshoe,,
Booth and j
three sons, of Floydada, were the ^
week-end guests Sunday of Mr |
anw Mrs. Eugene Coward and,
children, Jack and Margaret Sue.',
Miss Frances Crump has ac-
CANH TOO TALL TO HEAD
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. (Uncle Bob)
Smith have as their guests, this
week Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haenslel,
Mrst„Margret.Mesenburg, ot San-
duski, Ohio; Miss Clara and Air . ... . . .
bert Schiska. of Bucyrus, Ohi^ f^;^ "f® ****** to
The gu6atS ' are all second cousins m r o armers
of Mr. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
visited in Ohio last winter and
said here Tuesday they wanted to
show these Ohio relatives as godd
a time, as ..they showed them on
their, visit in.. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith plan a family reunion at
their rock house ranch home next
Sunday.
o
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Finch'have
returned from a - week's vacation
spent at San Antonio, Houston,
Galveston and Dallas. Their grand
daughter, Miss Pauline Ridi, of
Houston, accompanied them home
for a visit.
T
Otis Mayfield of Quanah was
here on business this week. He
and his neice, Miss Sibyl May-
field went to Lubbock Tuesday.
0-1—-—-
son, Don have returned from
North Piatt Nebraska where they
visited relatives.
Rev. and "Mrs. J. W. Wallace
had as their guests over the week-
end their son, L. t. Wallace
family, a daughter, Mrs. Jasper
Ford and two children and
grandson, Woodie Wallace, wife
aafantfc baby sit of Artesia,
Mexico.
New
C. W. Hash was in town Mon-
day buying cotton sacks to use in
heading cane. He was back in the
city Wednesday and said the cane
was so tall they, could not reach
the heads to cut them "by hand
cut
are
cutting early maize and sorghum
cane. They report feed crops of
all kinds extra good.
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Mrs. J. A. Buck of - Houston, ia
the guest of Mrs. Sep Smith.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dee Richardson
and children of Bowie were the
week-end guests of Mrs; Rich-
ardson's sister, Mrs. E. D. Cash
and Mr. Cash.
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Dan Johnston and family of
Hollis, Oklahoma were the guest
on Thursday of last week of his
brother, J. E. Johnston. -
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R. L. Little of Richardson visit-
ed Mrs. Martha Johnston and fa-
miiy last week.
Eugene's Beauty Shoppe.
o
Miss Maurine Burrows attended
the Hill County reunion held ai
MacK^nzie-park Sunday.
WEATHER DURING
WEEK IS GOOD FOR
GROWING COTON
-j Grasshopers Are showtng1
Up in some of the
Fields
Joe -Smith of Burbank, Californ-
ia was the week-en^, guest of Mr.
and Mrs. J. f. WaldronT"
Leon Harkins is back afcuMick.-
son Drug since returning from
California.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W- .Whisenhunt
of Lubbock were In Crtibyton vis-
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sager and iting ror vynWumtJ. |^PJ-
rents, Mr. and Mrs.
♦-r-
Cleddie Smith, who Is stationed
at kelley Field, San Antonio, la
home on a seven day furlough vis-
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
aid Tandy Smith and other relatives,
o-
Mr and Mrs. Bill Singletery ot
Huntington Park, Calf., h*ve re-
turned hojne. They haw
iting hw father, X. %
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Benton
are the parents of ' a daughter
weighing & pounds and 9 Jounces
born Sunday at 6:55 in St. Mary's
Hospital. Lubbock.* TTie baby has
been named Judy Gay.
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Mrs. E, S. Ballard has returned
home from Pampa where she was
called on account of illness of her
daughter. Mrs.- L. C. Long, Jr. ,
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Mr! and Mrs. Louis - Johnston
and two Children of Aniarillo,
-were the week-end guests of his
mother, Mrs. Martha Johnston^
0
Miss Owna Belle Long has re-
turned to New York after spend-
ing her. vacation here with her
parents, Mr, and Mrs. L. C. Long.
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Lewis A. Anderson returned
from Savannah, Missouri, last Fri-
day where he has been for nearly
five week in the Nichol's Sanitor-
ium for plastic work. Mr. Ander-
son contracted a cold on the way
home but is improving slowly.
Mr. and Mnp. J W. Layton and
family, and Mr. and Mhi. Eldred
Mize, Jackie and Eddie L e spent
Sunday .with Mr. and Mrs, Let
Mise at Ralls.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Baker, of
Wichita Falls, ^exas were tha
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
S, H. Soott
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Mr., ^snd -Mri. B. W. isillson.
Miss Marie Bingham and wmitttt
Bingham, attended a Primitive
Baptist meeting at Throckmoeton
over tha weak-end.
Showers, - from a sprinkle to
more than a quarter- of an inch,
has fallen-over the county dur-
ing the week. Monday evening
most of the Kalgary section re-
ceived a quarter of an inch it was
reported and on Wednesday morn-
ing (Considerable rain was reported
between Ralls and_Eloydada;—41
of an inch was recorded in Cros-
byton.
Temperatures fell considerably
Wednesday when the highest for
the day was only 83 degrees. A
cool bneeze was in evidence most
of the day following the shower
of rain .early Wednesday.
For the most'part the week has.
been favorable for growing cot-
ton. Some farmers say now that 8.
good rain would help, while it.lS
a question whether the cool wea-
ther is best, for the cotton. It
would greatly benefit - the food.
Some complaint is heard of grass-
hoppers invading the cotton fields
and some "have already poisoned.
Others say there are some lice and
worms , appearing in the ootton
but no material damage has yat ■/,
been done.
Prospects at the present is fav-
orable for a better than an aver-
age cotton crop, although this da*
ppnds on When the first freese ap-
pears, especially with the laH ■
cotton. ' .' ,V-
Another shower fell yesterday
morning measuring a guarter ot
an inch which seeme^f to be sM>
eral. over the county. The sklaa
jeleared by the middle of tha.. if*
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Mr. fnd Mrs. J. W. McClure and
children, MT. and Mrs. J. H. Mo*-
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C. M. McClure, of DaOaa. , a«i .
Misses Martha lAtt and Oonhy*
McClure visited ChriSbad Carem
on Wednesday of last Week.
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1941, newspaper, August 22, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth243234/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.