The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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i college. Bat It is no sur
Vriac to those «ha have followed
rempii attain Mm the last
When this writer re-entered
Tech in 1966, after a long aca-
demic vacation. Dr. Jones was
one at the most popular faculty
figures m the Itech campus —
both with students and iastruc-
All that changed with bounc-
ing of three professors by a high
handed board of directors dur-
ing the following summer. Dr.
Jones tried steering a moderate
course between fickle Olympians
and a rebellious Tech.
When we returned to classes
that fall, there waa a wide-
spread loss of faith in the presi
dent a feeling that fchabod had
fallen from Heaven. Trouble
was, his three betrayed col-
leagues were commendable fel-
lows too.
Dr. Abernathy, for instance, is
•aid to have been very con-
acientious In keeping his politi-
cal views out of his lectures.
Stenaland and the blind psycho-
logist were reportedly canned for
ludicrous reasons.
The faculty and students were
simply in no mood for Jones'
moderstJort- Students who once
spoke well of the man called
nun a milksop. The only faculty
members with whom we were
well enough acquainted to hear
real views opined "he could have
done something."
Ultimately it was the pupils
and profs that Jones hsd to live
with, rather than the dictatorial
board. That he never rebuilt
their esteem is illustrsted by the
effigy burning incident . this
spring.
Had he taken a firmer stand.
Dr. Jones' health might have
been good enough to sustain
him in the president's chair. At
any rate, his reputation would
have been shinier on leaving.
Tech has had quite a few pres-
idents during its relatively short
existence. Unless some changes
are made, the turnover is bound
to continue.
A board is needed which is
capable of grasping that educa-
tion is not a matter of training
the students like so many mop-
keys. Real teaming thnMse
on atmosphere of complete In-
tellectual freedom.
It would be a much happier
day for Tech if the board rather
than the president were resign-
ing.
Lions Plan To
Stage Outdoor
Installation
Lions Club directors chose a
new vice-president, raised dues
$1.00 per month and made plans
for annual officer installation
program June 23, at their regu-
lar meeting Wednesday.
L. E. .Treat was selected as
third vice-president to replace
Rev. Wilbur F. Gaede, who mov-
ed this week to Stinnett.
The (dub which has bragged
about the lowest dues of any
club in Texas for the past sever-
al years, found it necessary to
raise them $1.00 in order to meet
International and State Lions
Club obligations. Members have
been paying only $1.00 a month
for this purpose and the cost is
closer to $2.00. Mesls take the
rest of what Lions Club mem-
bers pay.
John Lowrey, Lubbock, former
president of the Downtown Lions
Club, will be the installing offi-
cer for installation night Tues-
day, June 23. The affair, to be
an outdoor meeting in the can-
yon, is also s ladies night.
Bill Thames also announced
at the meeting that State Sena-
tor Preston Srnih will speak st
the Aug. 26 Lions Club Luncheon
which will culminate the an-
nual Farm Tow of the area.
Truett Mayes, incoming presi-
dent, announced his committee
chairmen appointments at the
meeting.
Injured Mechanic
Returns to Work
Cecil Jackson, still weak from
his head injury, returned to
work at Cvosbyton Truck and
Tractor Monday. Be says he
"feels okay*.
Jackson suffered a severe con-
cussion when § gear from s
tractor transmission dropped
out, striking his head, last week.
A. W. Wallace
than 5,000
and retailers
Fall and In It in idwd Market
In Dallas last
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Grave Presents Mystery
Paster at Methodist Church
Rev. Carlton Thomson, who
has spent the last four years at
Wheeler, is the new pastor for
Croabyton Methodist Church.
Rev. Wilbur F. Gaede, pastor
here for the past four years, has
gone to Stinnett where he takes
up his new work "Sunday. The
appointments were read at the
close of the Annual Northwest
Texas Conference of the Metho-
dist Church held last week in
Abilene.
Wednesday was moving day
for the ministers, with Rev. Mr.
Gaede moving out early in the
morning, and Rev. Thomson ar-
riving Just before noon on the
same day.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomson have
two children, a son about 11
and a daughter, 7. A graduate
of NTSC, Denton, he received his
seminary work at SMU.
Rev. Gaede leaves Crosbyton
with an excellent record, the lo-
cal church having made much
progress during his four-year
pastorate. The church at Stinnett
is an advancement for him.
Athen Lowrie Takes
Job at Pharmacy
Athen Lowrie has taken a po-
sition for the summer at Lowrie
Drug. He is a nephew of owner
Joe Lowrie.
A sophomore at Southwestern
State College, Weatherford, Ok-
lahoma, Athen's home is Wel-
lington
Ed Wren and W. P. Walker
survey the anonymous grave
(dot situated on top a small
hill in the new Girl Scout
camping area. Walker, assist-
ed by Wrsn and others, has
been trying to learn whose re-
mains lie buried in the old en-
closure.
Students Take Smnmei Holidays
Bat Many of School Staff Work
This may come as a shock to
many taxpayers, but school Con-
tinues the year round for part of
tile staff. The idea that the mil-
lion dollar Crosbyton education
plant sits idle for three months
is wrong.
Among those who work the
full 12 months are Supt Sam
Uawkes; Mrs! Gail Birewer, his
secretary; VA teacher Harold
Eades, and two full time custo-
dians, Bob Ellis and A. R.
Hughes.
High School Principal Wayne
Hill puts in st least 10 months
and so does Mrs. Perry Bell, the
homemaklng Instructor. Junior
High Principal Jack Meredith
and Elementary Principal Les
Treat are at their offices off and
on all summer.
What do they do during the
summer months? Their duties
are varied and much too detail-
ed for a complete list
Hawkes and Mrs. Brewer pre-
pare the budget for next year,
Inventory. the entire school sys-
tem, prepare teacher handbooks
and annual calendars plus a
number of other tasks.
Not least of Jobs for superiri
tendent's office is to prepare a
monthly payroll of $14,000. The
teachers are now paid on a 12
month rather than nine month
basis.
Also the office must prepare
no less than five different re-
ports for the school board which
continues to meet during the so-
called holidays.
Hill works approximately two
weeks after school is out and
two weeks before school begins
at compilation and preparation
of records. Treat and Meredith
do much the same.
Eades assists his agricultural
students at their projects during
the hot months that are tradi-
tionally the fanner's growing
time.
Mrs. Bell also conducts a sum-
mer progrsm for homemakers,
both adolescent and adult.
Death Claim Sister
of Mrs. Futtingim at
Modesto, California
Mrs. John K. Fulllngim has re
ceived word of death of her Sis-
ter, Ida May Hamilton, 80, a
resident of Modesto, California,
the past seven years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ham-
ilton, who died May 14, were
conducted, May 16, by Rev. John
R Becker at Modesto. Burial
was in Ceres Cemetery. °
A native of Illinois, she was
a member of the Geneva Pres-
byterian Church, Disabled Amer-
ican Veteran" and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Auxiliaries.
Survivors Include a daughter,
Dorothy Hester; three sons, Gor-
don Hamilton, Modesto, Robert
Hamilton, Bakersfield, Don
Hamilton, San Jose; one sister,
Emma Fullingim, Crosbyton; 1C
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
Twirling Students
to Attend Meeting
at Meredith Home
Youngsters interested in twirl-
ing, as part of the summer youth
progranvare. asint'W'jpeet at
9:30 am. ant Wednesday In
the JMk Memdnft
haye asked
tp is," aays Mrs.
•fill imii n( t the
twirling: ""tiksai % a* Joe"- The
Wednesday ' taMMtirWftt give
Mrs. Meredith an accurate idea
of number who plan to partici-
pate.
John Davis To Enter
Yale In September
John Leslie Davis received his
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Perkins School of Theology, Dal-
las, at commencement June 1. A
Crosbyton High School graduate,
he is the son of Mr. a id Mrs.
John Dsvis of Panhandle.
John, who graduated with "A"
average, was Perkin's student
council representative this year.
He has been accepted for ad-
vanced study at the Yile School
of Divinity next year. He has
accepted a summer church In
Boundup, Montana. In Septem-
ber he leaves for New Haven,
Connecticut. His wife taught
English and journalism in Dal-
las at Hillcrest High School
while he was in school. She
plans to teach In New Haven
also.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis stopped a
short time in Crosbyton Wed-
nesday afternoon, enroute to his
summer work in Montana'.
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TBT FOB SCHOLARSHIP
Mrs. Ellis Henry and daugh-
ter, Judith Kay, visited Mrs. Gar-
net Jones until noon Wednes-
day. They were enroute to Dapr
ton and Austin wheie fudftt
Kay will audition for music
scholarships playing t
Mr. end Ma. Joe
byton, went .down
A mysterious grave atop a
lonely hill northeast of Crosby
ton has tickled the curiousity of
W. P. Walker tor past severs!
years. Recently he began to in-
vestigate to learn whose bones
lie there.
The snonymous resting place
is marked by four bois d'src
posts on the crest of a knoll at
Rio Blanco, new Girl Scout
camp. Strung between the posu
is an ancient twisted fence wire.
Wire between the posts is of
the variety used in this area be-
fore introduction of barbed wire.
Two interesting, entirely una-
like stories concerning the grave
have been discovered in.Walk-
er's investigation.
Baby and Grave Robbers
First of these Identities it as
tomb of a baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Allen. The Aliens were
early settlers in this area and he
cowboyed on a ranch near Cros-
byton.
More romantic tale is how four
members of a local debating
society dug into the grave 43
years ago. Finding two . skelc
tons of adults, the young "resur-
rection men" brought back a
shinbone. ...
Evelyn Lowrie says she .had
always been under the impres-
sion that the grave was that of
the Allen child. She remembers
hearing of another grave in the
same pasture but doesn't know
where.
Amos Ellison says the identi
fication of the odd enclosure
was unknown when he came to
this country SO years ago. He re
calls there were two sandstone
head markers In <t but names
had already been worn away by
wind and rain.
Walker BeesteSs Letter
Walker began tracing down
the Allen baby story flrrt, the
only one he was sfvare of at the
time. He wrote J(W M. Brown,
head of a Fort Worth law firm
and an old acquaintance who
once lived here. —
Following a tip that Allen liv-
ed in Fort Worth, Brown check-
ed and wrote the following re-
ply:
" I worked on this ranch which
was then known as the"01d Two
Buckle Ranch in the fall of
1898 and the winter of 1899. but
I knew nothing of the grave
which you inquired about, and
I believe that all of the crew that
then worked for the -O- < N ?•
are dead.
"The trail boss was nsmed
John Pitts, but he wis much old-
er than I. and I am sure he is
not living.
Allen to Pert Worth
"W B. Allen lived at 303 East
Westherford (Fort Worth), and
ss you stated he wss in the gro
eery business for many years.
He had two brothers, one was
Wes Allen and the other was Al-
bert Allen. They are both dead
and their wives are dead.
"Mrs. W. B. , Allen died In
1954. I talked this morning to a
Mr., G. C. Simmons who now re-
sides st the old Buck Allen
home. The telephone nuhiber is
still listed In the name of W.-P.
Allen.
"Simmons ststed that Mrs.
Buck Allen died in 1954, and
that he and his family lived in
the house with her for many
years prior to her death.
"He stated that on many oc-
casions Mrs. Buck Allen told
him about the fact that she and
Buck lived In Crosby County in
the early days, and that they
had a child born to them and
that it died and was buried in
Crosby County, but of couise he
did not know where it wss bur-
led.
giswdsdn,
was In tit
They returned home Sunday.
"It seems highly possible, that
the grave you mention, tcjgisfher
with the statement of the old
pioneer, would identify the grave
as being the grave of the child
of the.Buck Aliens, but the evi-
dence. Is not conclusive."
Walker has discussed the mys-
tery with Ed Wren, whose father
had been acquainted with Allen.
Wren met Allen on a trip to Ft.
Worth once. He also tends to
think the spot holds Alien's
child.
Talk with Quincy Hamas dis-
closed 'another opinion, how-
ever. names said a small plot by
the famous Hank Smith House
contained six graves.
pants el flour of til— 1 a Mexi-
can. a White g!rl,*UMM
#d foe Ms
bridle br a
Hemes thinks there Is a good
Pony, Adult Ball
Teams Swinging.
Need Swim Help
Summer sports season is begin-
ning to move for both youngsters
and adults this week with base-
ball and swimming both spot
lighted.
Crosbyton Pony Leaguers play
their first game against Lorenzo
tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.
A righthander, F. H. Edwards,
will start for Managers Mac Tar-
leton and Bill Thames.
A meeting of adult softbali
players will be held at 7 p.m.
Friday in city office. Purpose is
to organize teams.
Meanwhile, the youth swim-
ming program has hit a snag
"If we don't get some volunteer
help, we're going to hsve to call
the program off," say* Thames.
"We're not going to risk some-
one getting drowned with one
man watching 100 children," he
continues. The ideal situation is
about one person for each six
children.
Robert L. Hill
Services Are
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Robert L.
Hill, 6fi, were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday In Crosbyton First Bap
t|st Church. A native of Parker
County, Hl^ died at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday at the home of a daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. C. Money.
Conducting services were Rev.
Lesslle Thompson, pastor of the
Crosbyton Assembly of God
Church He was assisted by Rev.
Wayland Boyd, pastor of First
Baptist Church, and Rev. Walter
Lane, pastor of Rldgecrest As
sembly of God Church of Lub-
bock.
Hill moved to Crosby County
In 19-K) from Montague County
Pallbearers were Lon Atchi-
son, Jennings Smlthee. Horace
Rntheal. Rudolph MeCurdy, C. F.
Flemlns and Clarence ttatheal.
Survivors include the wife.
Ronla Frances, Crosbyton; three
son's, Floyd of Crosbyton, Robert
of Lubbock and Melvln of Fort
Worth; a sister; Mrs. J A. Lov
ing. Weatherford; a brother, W
M. Hill, San Francisco; 12 grand
children, and 2 great grandchil
dren.
Burial was in Crosbyton C'-me
tery under direction of King
Funeral Home
library Workers
Hoping Overdue
Books in Today
Bookmobile workers are hop
Ing the large number of Crosby
ton residents who have overdue
books will be among those com-
ing in when that much traveled
vehicle opens here this after
noon.
Actually Crosbytonlans have
the least excuse for keeping
their books too long. Not only
can they recheck every third
Thursday when Bookmobile Is in
town,' but headquarter* Is open
each Tuesday and Saturday.
3-6 p.m.
Local residents sre among the
heaviest library users with 1 iwj
books checked out In Crosbyton
last month. At Kaigary there
were 44 checked out, McAdoo 16
and Owens 15.
For the entire area, there were
4,762 books checked out during
May, according to Mary Jo Vines
librarian
Jimmy Don Starr
NbbmnI to Blue Key
Jimmy Don Starr of Crosbyton
has been named a member of
Blue Key, national honor frater-
nity for men, at North Texas
State College. Denton.
Starr, brother of Mrs. Ross R.
Cash, is a Junior government
major. He is also a member of
Sigma Nu, national social fra
ternity.
jack davis gobs to
Maasvr at dallas
lack ( >avis was among more
than SjOO0 buyers and retailers
ttfftft attended the American
PQshioa Association's Fsll and
Back-to-School Market in Dallas
last week.
Campers Greeted
Weather
Tents at new 'Girl Scout
camp received an energetic
christening on their first
night of use.
Eight women offirlsls and
a handyman moved Into the
tents Monday. The following
midnight, a frenzied wind,
hail and rain hit.
The isolated campers hsd
some tense, exciting mo-
menta. But the canvas wails
withstood the beating.
Weather willing. Scout of-
ficiate hope to register their
first fDW Into Rio Blanco
camp mffiday. Mary Ander-
son is csmp director and
Fain Downs, sssistant direc-
tor.
Mother Gieets
Son b Cooler,
Theft Charged
A mother welcomed her son
Into county Jail Sundsy.
Negro Buster Donaldson, ar-
rested for stealing a tire and
wheel from another Negro, was
fined |74.10 and clapped*"*intt
Jail in lieu of payment
Donaldson's mother, 47-year-
old Icy West was awaiting him
since he had failed to pay her
$122.10 fine. She stabbed another
woman In an argument over
missing dress.
In other police business;- C
vis Denny Glenn will face the
district Judge tomorrow, Friday,
In proceedings to revoke hts sus-
pended sentence for a Crosby
County burglary Glenn was re
cently spprehended in Lubbock
In connection with another
charge.
Services Slated
Today for Fred
Edwards, 59
Funeral services for Fred Ed
wards, 59, will be held today.
Thursday, st 3i00 p.m. at Crosby-
ton First Baptist Churah. Mr.
Edwards dleo_ at 10:20 p.m.
Tueaday a^tro ' yton Clinic
Hospital following a heart attack
Saturday morning.
Mr Edwards was Conoco con-
signee for the Crosbyton area.
Rev. Virgil Chron of Cone will
conduct the services, assisted by
Kev Wayland Boyd, local pastor.
Burial will be In Crosbyton Cem-
etery nnder direction of Klnj*
Funeral Home.
Born Oct. 1. 1899 at Speedwell.
Tenn., Mr Edwards moved to
Crosbyton in I90p with his pa-
rents. Mr and Mrs Frank Ed
wards. Ills father was a former
mayor of the city
Survivors include the wife, Lu
cile; two sons, Freddy, a deputy,
sheriff of Lubbock, and Don, of
Hansford. Calif.; a sister, Mrs.
Roland Mlze, Petersburg; five
brothers, Bill of Scotsdale. Ariz
Harris, T. B. (Skinny) and Way
land (punk), sll of Lubbock, and
"Jim of Lamest, and one grand
child
Pallbearers will be Alvin Al-
exander. f'levie Maze, Billy Kirk.
Kelton Wlnegar, A. L. Wlnegar.
Wilton Seig-ler and J. W Cris
well, all of Crosbyton, and J. C
Jones of Lorenzo.
Forgus Daughter, Son
Graduate Separately
Over Same Weekend
Mr and Mrs. D. D. Forgus at
tended rapping ceremonies In
Abilene Saturday night, for the
Hendrlrk Memorial Nursing
School Their daughter, Sandra,
was one of 24 students to re-
ceive her cap.
They drove on to Sherman.
Sunday, to attend bac^calaureati-
and graduating 1 Monday morn
Ing TTiere their son Ronnie re
ceived his Bachelor of Science
decree from Austin t'ollge.
Up at my
are singing 'Home
Home'." says _jf. p.
That about sums up the rala i
ustlon in Crosbyton area
continues to have nightly
derstorms, -
Farmers, with their cotton de-
stroyed by hall and heavy ratnsi
have been unable to replant hi
the past few days. A trended
1:00 a.m. hailstorm pepperad
crops Into oblivion north of the
city and southeast of Owens on
Mondsy night.
Rains In Crosbyton this
measured 1.21 Monday night
1.42 Tuesday night
From all signs, there will
more insurance adjusters
plowmen in the fields the
few days. Rain totals since be-
ginning of May in .Croabyton
are:
May 2. .12: May 5, 1.17; Map
8. 42: May 9. 17; May 10, 1.10;
May 15. .38; May 16. .03; May
22. .82: May 23. .04; May 26. .11;
June 2, 1.21; June 3, 1.42.; total.
699 inches.
Final Papers on
Housing Plan '
Are Completed
All preliminary legal stepe
have been taken by Crosbyton
Housing Commission and Cros-
byton' City Council, when the
final batch of papers were sign-
ed at a called meeting of these
groups Tuesday night.
Application is being made for
100 housing units as rentals for
oW Income families of the city.
Although It is not likely that
anywhere near this number will
be awarded, the larger nHmber
or. the application can be used'
at a future time
Local Housing Commission and
city officials believe It possible
to secure a preliminary loan'on
the application within a very
short time A number of alloca-
tions In Fast Texas and l uls-
iana are not being used, and
these will revert back to the Foit
Worth Office of the Housing
Authority at the end of govern*
ment fiscal year, July 1.
The local application will be
high on.the list to receive an al-
location from Iheae "cut backs",
local offfdals hsve been told.
Vegetable Plans
Discussed With
F0 Membership
Meeting to Investigate possi-
bility of a vegetable growem
group In the Crosbyton sres.
Farmers Union director* and
members heard several speakers
Tuesday night.
I)r Ashdown. Tech entomolo-
list explained problems Involved
in growing vegetables and the
principal ones adapted to thia
area.
"Cotton within 20 years won't
have the importance It haa now,"
said Ashdown,. "Vegetable* can
and will take over as the money
crop." 1
Stability in marketing by re-
liable brokers Is essential, warn-
ed Dick Whlteley of AsgrMv Tex-
as Company. He advised farmers
to begin with a small acreage.
There are seed available espe-
cially adapted to this area.
City To Start Picking
Up Untagged Dogs Toes.
Every dog in the elty must be
vaccinated and carry a city dog
license, Norton Barrett, munici-
pal Judge, warned citizens Wed-
nesday
With a veterinarian now in
Crosbyton there Is no excuse for
♦ nkinu chances with rabies, he
said.
Beginning Tuesday, all dog*
not .Tarrying a p"y license will
-be placed in the city pound.
Vaccination certificate is neces-
sary before tag can be purchas-
ed from the city.
Honor Students in Each Subject
Get Awards, Bey Ivy Earns Four
Wayne Hill. CHS principal,
has "been busy delivering and
mailing out awards to students
who made highest grades in sep-
arate subjects during the year.
Awards arrived too lste for the
recognition ceremony.
Those receiving honors were:
Ssndra Kendricks. English I;
Roy Ivy, English II; Jody Treat,
English III; Ksy Curry, English
IV: Larry Hartsell. Algebra I;
Roy Ivy, Algebra II; Rozonna
Griffin, -Mane Geometry.
Bowden Campbell, Chemistry;
Roy Ivy, Biology; Teddy Givima,
General Science; Teddy Given*,
General Math; Boy Ivy, World
Hietocy;
Home Kc. I; Lfnda Thompson,
HE II; Judy Ellison, HE III.
Sharon Csmpbell, Speech;
Darrell Stegall, Typing; Kay
£urry, Shorthand; Patsy Har-
rington, bookkeeping; Dwayne
Winter, American History; Dar-
rell Stegall, Band: Larry Hart-
sell. VA I; Charles Moore VA IL
Charles Moore was selected aa
best all around boy athlete.
Kathy Brakebtll was chosen beet
all around girl athlete.
Roy Ivy led honor students by
being at top ot four of his class-
es. Leading two classes were
Teddy Gtvens, Sandra Ken-
dricks, Kay Curry, Darrell Ste-
gall, Charles Moore and Larry
HartMtL
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