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Crosby County's OUHtfBusitiBBH I« HhifcUm - C*tabli*M January % 1909
OWMTTOW.
TCZJUk THURSDAY. APRIL 9. IM
Line from * weddtng story In
• neighboring weekly: "They
(bride's attendants) wore smalt
crowns holding circular veils of
galdloli nestled In stock."
That's one wedding we'd lllcc
to have seen.
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If there's one thing we don't
want to get out. it's that this
year's Miss Crosbyton was born
at Ralls. Great Caesar, if Joe
Meador or E. .W Joiner sniffs
that put . . .
The staple truth is that the
stork came in the days before
Crosbyton had a hospital. Kath-
leen was )tnt over there long e
nough to get born and then she
came back to Crosbyton.
ft ☆ -ft
As far as we cancel!. every -
thing was right about that Cali-
fornia accent anecdote we re-
lated last week— except the
name. Mrs. Elmer Richardson,
not Williams, coined the squelch,
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lazm Play Pub
Wielder in Ja3
in Week's Cases
Silverster Contreas made a
pass at Latin operator of a Lo-
renzo cafe Sunday, and is now
awaiting trial on $1,500 bond un-
der an assault with intent to
murder charge. Charlie Lopez
was his target, and Contreas had
a razor In his hand.
Elsewhere, Crosby 'Sheriffs de-
partment picked up Arthur Cope-
land for contributing to delin-
quency of a minor, Monday. He
was fined 9131.05 and locked up
for 45 dan
Two men were picked up on
charges of being* dtnnk in a car.
Say Wanta was fined Jp2^0
while Jase Jordan was fined
$25.50.
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Crosbyton Bands
REV. WAYLAND BOTD
Cotton Parade
Both Crosbyton's high school
and Junior-high bands will play
in the 3:30 p.m. parade through
downtown Lorenzo which will
launch Crosby County Cotton
Week. April 17.
Committees are making their
final round of preparations for
the big annual affair. Sheriffs
posses have been invited for the
•end-off spectacle along with
other marching groups.
Machinery and" automobiles
will also be on display in the
cotton-emphasis program. Cot-
ton clothing and other goods
. will be.shown in Lorenzo gym.
-- A style show la scheduled for
that night. Students from the
homemaking department at
Texas Tech will stage the event.
Mis. Taylor Dies,
Former Resident
of Mt. Blanco
Funeral sevlces for Mrs. Til-
ford Taylor, 65, were" held in
Floydada Primative Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. Monday. She
died at 8 p.m. Saturday after
suffering a heart attack, March
31-
Bom' lii Tennessee, Mis. Tay-
lor first came to the plains in
1906, moved to Mt Blanco com
munity In 1911.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor resided at
Mt where he farmed un-
til his retirement in 1948 when
they moved to Floydada. Her
husband died five years ago
Rltea were conducted by Elder
Kenneth Martin, pastor, and El
der Dennis Taylor, her son.
gplvoB include: a son, Den
■is Taylor, Crosbyton; twt
daughters.. Mrs. Bill Horrls, Floy
dads, andjlrs. L W. Norvell, at
Ihwlori; three brothers, H. W
id F. L Roberts, Floy
A. J. Roberts of California;
tsters, Mis. W. Cr Wright of
Mn. E- L Head, Ty
boas.
Loyd Lang-
MoClure, Homei
L> L. Hick
Floydada:
Ft KMl
V. r. (PETE) FORDERHASE
Miss Crosbyton Title
Goes To KftthjMBoyd
In AmwilMttt
First Baptist Church will begin
a Golden Anniversary Revival
Sunday, April 12 to run through
April 19. in observance of the
establishment of the church
here in 1909.
Rev. Wayland Boyd, pastor.. p; j.
will deliver the messages at the!'
services scheduled twice dally at j
10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The pastor j
has chosen "Fifteen Burning:
Questions for Discussion^' most j
of which are quotations from the [
Bible. |
Directing the music for the re. !
vival will be V. F. (Petet Fordei
hase of Fort Worth, secretary of
the Music Department of the
General Convention of Texa*
Baptists. He is well known in
Crosbyton. having visited here
on several o&asions.
l .vi jm
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Mrs. Forderhase will work with
elementary .choirs and accompa-
ny her husband during the revi-
val services.
The revival is one of a series
of events planned for the Gold-
en Anniversary year of the local
church, the pastor said. First e-
vent was held in February when
papers were burned signifying
the church had been freed of
debt.
The church wili 'maintain an
all-night prayer vigil Saturday
night preceding the first revivnl
service Sunday morning. The
people will come in pairs for an
hour of prayer throughout th<
night. v
"The church lights will burn
through the night as the people
look to God for a revival that
will change lives and charge the
community," stated Rev. Boyd.
Entry Into Grocery Bnsiness
Afteiv Several unsuccessful
years, ltenry I. Ellfcon^iew part-
ner at Plains Food, ..finally feels
he has succeeded—he's turned
the family garden plot over to
his wife.
"It's not plowed yet, but 1
keep telling her this year It's
all hers." With the little free
Beanie Smith
Leads Golf Club
FlagToumey
Ferrin < Bennle) Smith, local
grocer, started off the 1959 golf
season Sunday by winning the
Silver Falls GolfClub's first flag
tournament. Smith toured the
regulation nine holes in 38 and
after firing the 42 stroke limit
had holed out the 10th hole.
A golf ladder has been . com-
piled'from the results of the
tournament and is now on dis-
play at Wallace Dry Goods
Members that were Unable to
compete in this tournament must
challenge one of the players al-
ready on the ladder in order to
get their names listed.
Rules for playing the ladder
matches are posted inside the
shelter behind the number one
tee-
Results of the tournament and
the relative standings of the lad-
der contestants are: 1. Bennie
Smith; 2. S. P. Covington, 3. Al-
ton Wallace, 4. Pete Bell, 5. L E
Treat, 6. Rhea Campbell, 7. Owen
Crump, 8. Jerry King, 9. R. H.
Farris, Jr., 10. Bill Nickson, 11.
Jesse Lancet, 12. A R. King, 13.
Joe Bowles, 14. R. S. M Carter.
15. Jean Bowles, and 16. Freda
Campbell.
Vehicle Registration
Past Last Year's Mark
by More Than 300
Crosby motor vehicles regis-
tered by April 1 deadline totaled
4.507, says Tax Collector J. C.
Smith. This figure, which in-
cludes pickups and farm tracks,
is a gain of 377 over last year's
figure.
Total continued to climb with
late registrations until it readi-
ed 5MB at midweek, compared
with 4,600 at same\ time t$st
year.
Of this la0. figure, &99S were
psswnger cars, 709 commercial
vshidsssnd 1.247 farm vehicles.
o —
time alloyed grocery store oper-
ators, Ellison says he plans to
spend propped up in front of
TV.
Ellison Is making his first
venture Into grocery store man-
agement this month after be-
coming a partner,of Plains Food,
formerly solely owned by L. H.
Finch.
A native of Crosbyton, Ellison
"was born in 1917, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Ellison of this city.
He attended schools here and
later in Tom Rose, near. Dublin.
He entered farming near Dub-
lin and on August 4, 1940, ho
married the former Miss Mary
Ella Hancock, Dublin, In Carl-
ton. They are the parents of two
daughters, Sandra, 17 and Kath-
erine, 16. Sandra recently mar-
ried George Witt of Crosbyton.
The Ellison family attend the
First Methodist Church here and
he is a past member of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The family moved back to
Crosbyton from Dublin In lj$4
when Ellison became employed
by Wright-Kerr Co. of Lubbock,
distributors of Tom's candles. He
remained with the firm for five
years before entering the gro-
cery business.
KATHLEEN BOTD
Kathleen Boyd was chosen
Miss Crosbyton in a program
sponsored by CHS seniors at the
Pioneer Memorial Building Fri-
day night.
The pretty 16-year-old Crosby
ton sophomore is daughter - oI
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Boyd. She was
chosen by three out-of-town
judges over 54 other town beau-
ties.
Nancy Smlthee, CHS senior,
was runner up in the contest.
She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jennings Smlthee.
Kathleen is an old hand #■'
charm contest. She won district,
regional and area FFA Sweet-
heart contests before losing at
San Antonio state competition
last year.
Prior to that, she was 1 11
Sweetheart at Fort Worth Fat
Stock Show for Crosbyton.
Kathleen 1s rjjtich Interested
in band and basketball for extra
curricular activities In school.
She plans to attend college after
graduation.' '"J pr
Contestants were on
poise, apparel, appearance and
carriage. \
Four femmes of rj
lng appearance ) ut JHRai
In a laughing mood. On clos**
inspection, they turned out to be
Ronnie Marley, Ken Holder,
Duane Cornelius. John
and Travis Copeland.
Cancel Campaign To Be Tuesday;
Mnch oi Dollar Stays in Texas
Volunteer workers throughout
the Crosbyton area will conduct
the American Cancer Crusade
from t> until 8 p.m Tuesday. Mrs
Arlie Fewell, Crosbyton chair
man. reminds residents.
Workers will meet at Chamber
of Commerce office Immediately
following the door-to-door drive
: l THE WEATHER
Residents sat up and worried
about blowing away Tuesday
night. But cooling April showers
ranging over two Inches around
Mt. Blanco, were the only result.
The rains ended one' of long-
est dry spells In recent Crosby
history. No measurable rain had
fallen since November when .91
was recorded "here; It was pre-
ceded by dry weather starting In
July.
Weather recorded in Crosbyton
the past week has been:
Temperotura and Moisture
Where There's Smoke,
There's Rose Crew
L E. Dlckerson carefully
pite^l wood around a tire on
the tractor he was Junking
and set It. afire Monday
Then he left to eat lunch
while it burned off.
„ Somebody "saw it and
turned In an alarm. Dicker
son rushed back to discover
Crosbyton" firemen had ex
tingulshed the tire. All his
kindling was wet to boot.
Dlckerson scraped up morp
wood and got his tire'remov-
al project flaming a second
time. Again some consclen
jjlous soul reported It and
the siren began sounding
The much harassed Dick
erson hurried down and
managed to head off another
rescue party
Church Loyalty
Month Receives
Wide Support
April Is being observed a*'
Church Loyalty Month In Cros-
byton under the sponsorship of
the local Lions Club and ehurch-
es of the city. Interest In the pro
Ject is high, according to a sur-
vey taken this week by the Re-
view.
FttMfowlng is a partial lUt oi
the city's churches, Sunday
School enrollment and atten-
dance last Sunday. We were un
Taytotl able to Contact the pastors of
Mihe other churches In the city
and invite them to call 2881
with their church's statistics
Monday.
Attendance
Church Enrolled Sunday
April
Mas.
Min.
Mela
2
72
39
0
3
87
42
0
4
91
44
0
5
85
48
0
f>
95
49
0
7
91
52t
0
8
87
38
1.21
< Reading is for '24 hours prior to
8 a.m. on day listed. > .
Mrs. Fewell stressed that there
will be no solicitation of down-
town merchants, since Crusade
officials feel that these persons
will be contacted throiigh the
Tuesday Crusade. Anyone miss
ed during the drive may contact
Mrs. Fewell.
The national division of Am-
erican Society funds is: 60 cents
of every Crusade dollar remains
in Texas, 40 cents of every Cru-
sade dollar Is used by the na-
tioiin I organization as follows:
25 cents' to research, 12 cents for
national program development,
anil 3 cents for fellowships.
Of every dollar raised tn Tex
as during the Crusade (includ-
ing the 40 cents sent to National,
most which- is returned to
Texas in lorm of research and
fellowship grants) Tews uses
over 90 cents of each dollar.
The Texas Crusade dollar is
spent: 30 cents for cancer re-
search—In Texas research Insti-
tutions; lift cents for professional
education—keeping _the physl
clans informed of Cfp to. dale «ie
velopments In care and treat-
ment of cancer; 25 cents for'pub-
lic education*— informing Texans
in a year round program of thu
seven danger signals In ordei
that they may guard themselves
and ilie!/ families against can
eery 7 cents t&i professional ser-
vice—support of tumor clinic*
and cancer registries; 13 cents
for lay service—providing cancer
patients with dressings, loan
closet and comfort items, trans-
portation, etc.;' 4 cents for ad
ministration and program deve
fopment; 5 cents for Crusade to
provide materials for 80,000 Tex
as crusading for cancer dollars
to support the three-fold cancer
control program—research, edu
cation and service.
Workers In the areas around
Crosbyton, announced by Mrs.
Fewell, will be Mrs. Charles Ty
ler, Mrs. Carroll Htmmel. Mr*
John L. Parker, Mrs. Charles H
Parker, Mrs. Sybil Jtiatua, Mrs
Ardella Justus, Mrs, £. O. Boyd.
fiJMm. Pete Bell, Mrs. c. F. Fiem-
in«; Mrs. B. C. Densoh. MB. Meb
Glvens. Mrs. Will D Griffin, Mrs.
Claude Sudduth, Mrs. R. P. Kir
kendall. Mrs. A. B. Exum, Mrs.
Galen Whitchurch, Mrs. J. W.
Holmnn. Mrs. Roy Warren. Mrs.
George Coker and Mrs. Dee Cash
First Baptist
Church of Christ
Methodist
Assembly of God
Omega Baptist
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630
250
270
50
56
436
227
172
43
41
Cone Revival Service
Time Moved Forward
for CrosbytoniRits
Many Crosbyton residents are
reported attending the revival
being held at Cone Baptist this
week. Services have been moved
up from 7:30 until 8 p.m. to al-
low them more driving time,
says Wilton Seigler.
Rev, Carl Grlssom. former
Crosbytbn pastor, Is preaching
and Sam SStterfleld. local ftong
leader, Is conducting music. Pas-
tor of., the church is Rev. Virgil
Chron.
Back 45 Years
put up
awning,
barely In time to
W"~
(Pleat ef Three Artttee)
McAdoo may not be as lively
as it once was. But it is still a
going concern today. Behind this
small, unincorporated town are
the dreams and hard work of
many plains pioneers.
These firm roots have enabled
McAdoo to remain active com-
mercially and aoetally In a day
when most villages have become
little more than a tradition.
Located in Dickens county, the
community extends slightly over
the Crosby county line. From its
center, it claims territory approx-
imately three miles west, five
miles northwest, and to the cap-
rock on north, east and south.
Today its village center con-
tains not only many residences
along ita well kept streets, but
churches, meeting places and
businesses to make It nearly aeif
sufficient.
Begins In 1914
McAdoo's history might be be-
gun in fall of 1914 when J. A.
A be rn a thy applied for a post
Office. It wss granted in 1915,
ttamed In honor of ,WilHstn G.
McAdoo, V. S. Secretary of Treas-
ury 1913-19.
. Original poft office was situa-
ted a mUe wart of present town
Site, in northwest corner ef pre
lent G. W. AUen farm. Prior to
their
mall on a rural buggy route
from Emrrta to Dickens.
V. F. Mines was first McAdoo
postmaster, lie operated a coun-
try store in connection with the
office.
In 191S, I; E. Brannon opened
first grocery and dry goods store
at present site at McAdoo. Rufus
Wallace, who settled there In
1910, recalls farmers with wa-
gons and teams Joined together
hauling stock for the store from
Spur.
ftaee Goods Arrive
They arrived at McAdoo too
late to unload, January 9. Only
on the following day was the
store opened and stocked.
Post office was moved to the
store building. First post office
was also moved to preset# town-
site and, after an addition was
made, used as dwelling. Wal-
lace razed it in 1808 and built a
new home in its place.
First schooihouae, built even
before post office, was three-
fourths mile south of present
townsite. It was called Prairie
View. First school at McAdoo
proper was in a three mom struc-
ture erected In 1919.
McAddo Church ef Christ wm
organized In 1906 with Mr. Day,
a minister from Floydade,
preaching In Prairie View schodt-
Neeley and A, C. Newberry with
Lon Peak, deacon.
first Revived in 1909
First summer revival wag held
in 1908 with G.H.P. Shawaiter
preaching, A resident of Austin,
'lie wss editor of Firm Founda-
tion at that time. ♦
This group later worshipped In
McAdoo schoolhouse.
Methodist Church was organ-
ized In 1919 with Bob Jamison
pastor. For Its first five years,
services were held In McAdoo
schoolhouse.
Baptist Church was organized
In 1919 by Elder J.J.F. Lockhart,
Abilene, with 18 members. Ser-
vices were also held In McAdoo
Schoolhouse with J. W. Jennings
as first pastor.
Following opening of the pre-
sent townsite, H. P. Edwards and
R. I. Hurry donated lots for all
three churches, giving them a
place tor future construction.
Few Cast Ballot
to Reelect Men
at School Posts
Thirty - four conscientious cltl
zens thought enough of then
school system to register, votes In
the county and district school
board election here Saturday.
Wlllard Richardson was re-
elected county trustee from here.
Donald Wooten and Deward El-
lison were -returned to their
posts on board for Crosbyton In-
dependent School district.
No other names were listed on
the ballot.
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TO THE RESCUE
Crosbyton , volunteer firemen
extinguished blazes in two vehi-
cles outside of town Sunday.
First fire alarm was sounded in
small hours of the morning; sec-
ond occurred later in the day.
Only 101 dtlsens punched n
ballot through the slot in Tuee-
day's city election. Even the sim-
mering highway issue failed tn
attract more of an estimated 500
exempt and pott tax paying vot-
ers.
Balloting results were as mild
as the turnout. Guy Thompson.
C. D. Cash and Glenn- Brash ear
won two years terms hy easy
margins Ted Karr slid in unop-
posed for a « ne year tenure.
Totals (tyd develop roughly a-
long "party" lines. Candidates
who filed following the highway
stir—Mack Tarleton. Bart Lynch,
and Lon AtchiMin — -drew sup-
port differing by margin of only
seven votes.
Vote by candidate for two year
tdrms^Wi*te: Cash <6, Tarletoit
27. Thompson. 75. Kfashear tod,
Atchison M Lyruh ."£2. For the
single year term. Karr drew. 95
votes ,
Pressure <>t the highway issue
had cooled M-imewhat since a
public meeting. March 23- Oscar
Crane, district highway engin-
eer. explained the department's
position on the matter.
Crane told the group that it
would be alM>ut six years before
an alternate route around Croa-
byton for Highway s2 was con-.
structed., lie also said nothing
would be loimi down, the com-
munity's throat.
Prior to that, many business-
men with much invested along
the federal route had become
<4Ulte dlsturtied when surveyors
began mapping alternate routes
north and south of town.
Result was voters were given
six choices for three of the four
UMitally unsought round posts.
t>f four munedmen elected on-
ly Braidiear. with six years In of-
fice behind hiin. is.not new.
.Karr, rhompson and Cash have
never nerved
Cash and Thompson replace
outgoing members J C. (Cap!
McNeill ami Bill Nirkaon. Karr
fills seat of T J. Taylor, who
has moved out of city limits.
Two other «-ounr.Imen have a
year remaining of unexpired
terms—Jack P Martin and May-
or L. H. Finch
P-TA Awards
Service Pins
Thmsday
"Leisure Time: Constructive or
Destructive" will be the topic of
an address by Sgt. Fred D. Mar-
shall of the Safety Education
Service of the Texas Department
of Public Safety at the P TA
.meeting at 7:30 Thursday In the
•w-hool lunchroom.
Sgt. Marshall will also show a
film. "Death on the Highway."
which P TA officials have stated
is valuable In impressing begin-
ning drivers with the necessity
of safety habits behind the
wheel.
Highlighting the business
meeting will he presentation of
service pins and the inatallatlon
of new officer* for the coming
year. Pins will be awarded Mrs.
Arthur Brakebll), 20 year pin:
Mrs. May Burrous and Mrs. Jack
Davis. 10 year pins; Mrs. Norton
Barrett Mrs. Beth Rankin. Mrs.
W. J. Smlthee and Mrs. Odell
Wilson, 5 year pins.'
Since this Is the final meeting
of the year, Co-presidents Truett
and Wynon Mayes urged that
all members be present. A door
prize will be awarded, room
count taken, and baby sitters
will be available.
CHS Bnnneis Win Share of Laozels
in Thirty Team Ciottyon Belays
First gin was built in 1922.
After It burned. Bob Nickels built
a* second gin in 1922 which he
operated until selling it to t>. D,
Thorqhlll. C. F. Flemlns and El-
vis Howell tn 1904.
Fanners Co-op Gjn was or
gsnksed In 1929
Moss manager.
(Heart Week McAdoo's Heyday)
CHS athletes finished ahead
twice and second another time
before final tape was broken in
Crosbyton Belaya held here Sat-
urdsy.
Garrett Boyd raced in with a
slender fenth-of-a-seoond mar-
gin on Ralls' Teddy Allen in the
880. Boyd's winning time was
2:09.3 while Allen had 2:09.4.
Ken Holder flashed In with a
52.9 In the 440. Next best time
was that of John Woley, Padu-
cah.
The relay teams, on which
Coach Jack Meredith had taked
hopes, had troube all day. First,
David Edwards wass too sick to
run with the mllers. Then the
sprint team dropped the baton
while ahead in their preliminary
heat
Then the reorganized mile
team fell behind a heel-happy
Olton crew which waa bent on
smashing Its second relay record
of the day with a 3.34.0.
Yet, the CHS mllers ran H
faster than any previous local
with Johmriatj quartet with 3:40J—a Csoebyton
team ran It in 3:41.5 la 1910.
Running Saturday were Duane
Winter, Charles Moore, Garrett
Boyd and Ken Holder.
Smai size of Crosbyton's 9-man
track squad kept them, from pil-
ing up points In the place and
show columns with some of the
larger squads. However, Mere-
dith's men scored 18 points.
Telia, Bans Taps
Tulis Hornets headed Class
AA with 34 1/9 polnta. Ralls top-
ped Clans A—Crosbyton's Class—
with 25 1/9 points. Crosbyton
tied with Kress for fifth place.
With 30 A and AA teams en-
tered. Cfoebyton Relays is the
biggest track event with AA
teams for a school of this size in
the area. A good crowd filled the
stands and stood around the
field nil dny.
Results in events were as fol-
lows:
120-HIGH HURDLES—1. Bill
Patterson, Floydada.' 2. Townes
Denver City. 3. Watson, Abet-
nathy. 4. Mayberry, Past Time:
15.L (New Reoocd. brake old re-
cord of 1&3 set by Chasles Neb-
lett of Canyon in 1908 and tied
bygUpw in pnfttma.)
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