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Fall Harvesting
More than 514 bales of cotton
have been processed by gins in
the Crosbyton area, according to
a preliminary check. Only the
Kalgary Gin could not be reach-
ed for their total.
Meanwhile, the milo harvest is
drawing near its end with more
than 237 carloads of milo coming
to Moody Grain Co., Uhlman
Elevator and McAdoo Co-op So-
ciety.
Grain is reported to be very
good with some fields yielding
as high as 5,000 pounds per acre.
More than 75 percent of the
Gfocby Courts Oldert Business In*Ufcukum - Established January 7,1009
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CROSBYTON. CBOSBT COtJWTT. TEXAS, THURSO AT. OCTOBER 6th, i960
NUMBER FORTY
Baptist Revival Begins Sunday
With Dr. Ho; McClang In Pulpit
mdiie is how estimated out
By gins, the cotton harvest
now stands: West Texas Gin,
286 bales; Crosbyton Co-op, 153;
Blanco, 31; Wake, 8; Broadway,
26; McAdoo Co-op, 14.
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Fire Department
Offering Prizes
on Best Posters
To underscore the ever present
danger of fires, the Crosbyton
Volunteer Fire Department is of-
fering $25 in prizes again this
year to the best poster by a
schoolchild during Fire Preven-
tion Week, October 9-15.
Cooperating in this emphasis,
schools are seeing that young-
sters take home fire prevention
check lists which are also furn-
ished by local fire department
The annual "week" is design-
ed to bring before the public
such grim facts as that every 37
seconds a fire breaks out in some
city in the United States and
every 46 minutes, someone dies
as a result of fire.
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FFA Sweetheart
is Kalgary Lass,
Boys Initiated
Elaine Humble, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Humble
Kalgary community, was elected
sweetheart of Hank Smith Chap
ter of Future Farmers Monday
night. She is a CHS junior.
Miss Humble meved here fr^m
Ropesville in 1959. She will re-
present the chapter"ifi the ^dis-
trict sweetheart contest.
Sixteen new -members have
also been initiated into the
chapter with their Green Hand
degree. .
Successful Green Hand candi-
dates were Charles Alexander,
Earl Anderson, Calvin Brints, F.
H. Edwards, Leonard Ellis, Ron-
nie Flenniken, Austin Garner,
David Hamby, Mike Hancock,
Johnny Harkins, Mike Moore,
Paul Ogle, Gary Seigler, Richard
Seigler, Travis Sursa and Rich-
ard Wheeless.
Revival services begin Sunday
at the First Baptist Church. Dr.
Roy McClung, pastor of Plain-
view's First Baptist Church, will
DR. ROT McCLUNO
Magician, Sapper
Will Entertain
P-TA at McAdoo
A salad supper and some feats
of legerdemain are on the pro-
gram for McAdoo Parent-Teach-
er Association in their second
meeting of the year at 7 p.m.
Monday night.
Following the free salad sup
per, P-TA members will see Til-
son the Magician perform. Ad-
mission for this latter event is
50 cents for adults, 25 cents for
children, according to Mrs. E. E.
Power,' publicity chairman.
Mrs. Gwinn Hickman is this
year's president of McAdoo P-TA.
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MEW OLDS MOW ON DISPLAY
AT McOAUGH MOTOR, RALLS
" McGaugh Motor Co., Ralls, has
the 1961 line of Oldsmobiles on
display, it is announced in an
advertisement in today's Review.
The. public is invited to see the
1961 Oldsmobile line.
preach and John- Ward; also—ofr
Piainview, will be in charge of
music.
Services will be held at 9 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m. in the meeting,
which will continue through Oc-
tober 16. Choirs will meet at
6:45 p.m.
Many Crosbyton residents are
already acquainted with Dr.
McClung through a previous
speaking engagement here.
Ward is also familiar-to- Crosby-
ton Baptists through assistance
in previous revival services.
Dr, McClung is a native of
Frederick, Okla. He graduated
from Oklahoma Baptist- Univer-
sity, later taking a Doctor of
Theology degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is'a member of the execu-
tive board of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas, a trustee
of Wayland College at Plain-
view, moderator of the Staked
Plains Association and active in
all phases of church life.
The speaker has held pastor-
ates in Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Texas. He spent a month in Eng-
land in an exchange of pulpits
and has visited the mission field
in Cuba.
"We want to" invite everyone
to attend these services and
hear this fine- speaker," says
Rev. Wayland B6yd, pastor.
J. W. Jones, 85,
Long Resident
of McAdoo, Dies
J. W. Jones, 85, who had lived
in the McAdoo area nearly a half
century, passed away Friday in
Crosbyton Clinic Hospital.^ He
Funeral services were con-
ducted in the First Methodist
Church at 2;30 p.m. Saturday.
Officiating was Rev. C. R. Ar-
nold, Childress, assisted by Rev.
L. W. Tate, pastor of the McAdoo
Baptist Church.
Survivors include the wife; a
son, Grady Jones, Big Spring; a
step-son, Euell Buckner, McA-
doo; a brother, George, Hearne;
one grandchild, and one great-
grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Russell and
Dick Edinburg, Johnny Woolley,
John Allen, Charles Harris, and
Merritt Graham.
Burial was in McAdoo Ceme-
tery. , r'i
Flowers Oil Co.
SoMtoOlIair
Butt and Clyde Flowers have
sold Flowers Oil Company to
Robert O'Hair, of Earth, it is
announced this week. The deal
was effective September 26.
O'Hair has appointed J. E.
Montgomery to manage the bus-
iness which is now known a*
O'Hair Oil Company. Ads con-
taining more information on the
transaction are found elsewhere
in today's Review.
Montgomery has already mov-
ed here from Muleshoe with his
wife, Virginia, and two children,
Leanna, 18, and Leo, 14. They
are redding at the earner of
Third and Crosby. Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery attend the Church
<>f Ghiists— ■ •
McADOO SENIORS WILL
PRESENT PLAY TUESDAY
McAdoo Seniors will present a
glass play in the McAdoo audi-
torium Tuesday, Oct. .11 at 7:30
o'clock. Prices will be 25 cents
for school children and 50 cents
for adults.
Features of the special Ghambex oi Commerce convention fold-
ers are pointed out to Mrs. Evelyn Lowrie by joe Wood. Chamber
for the
Approval by the Public Hous-
ing Administration of the finan-
cial aid contract for Crosbyton's
low rent housing project was an-
nounced last Frid&y from Wash-
ington. Total amount of the es-
timated cost of the project will
be 1324,046.
The project, under develop-
ment Jfrere for the past-ia months
will consist of 26 low-rent hous-
ing units in 13 duplex homes.
Ten of the units will be for An-
glo Americans, 10 for Latin Am-
ericans and six for Negroes.
N TRAILING
IN TAX RACE
Annual Meeting in City Saturday
Whitchurch to
Display 1961
Pontiacs Today
Whitchurch Motor will have
the 1961 Pontiac car3 0.1 display
today, Thursday, according to an
announcement to'" the owner,
Galen Whitchurch.
The all-new PontileTeatures
new variations orf thewide-track
wheels, Mr. Whitchurch said. It
allows more headroom, footroom
and legroom, he stated.
Coffee and doughnuts Will bo
served all day today, the owner
said.
GARY MITCHELL IS ,
BUTCHER AT P & S
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mitchell,
former Crosbyton residents, have
moved back here from Muleshoe.
He is employed as butcher at
P&S Grocery. Mitchell is son of
Mr. ahd Mrs. W. R. Mitchell;
his wife is the former Janice
Simmons.
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ABELL CHEVROLET IN RALLS
TO DISPLAY NEW CHEVYS
The 1961 line of Chevrolet?
and Corvairs will be on-display
ay at Abell Chevrolet
Ralls, according to announce-
ment in today's Review. Crosby-
ton people are invited to drive
over to- see them.
Vera Ordained
Baptist Deacon
Benjamin Vera - was ordained
a deacon in the First Baptist
Church here Wednesday night
This is a special recognition
"of the services of Vera as pastor
of the Mexican Mission here. He
does not wish to be ordained as
a minister. .
Beginning his work with Mex-
ican missions more than eight
years ago, Vera has started or
helped with missions in Padu-
cah, Lubbock, Tulia and Floyd-
ada as well as. Crosby county.
Plans are now being studied
to build a permanent structure
for the Crosbyton Baptist Mis-
sion. "We hope to have it by the
first of. the year," says Rev: Way-
Boyd. Lots—have already
been purchased as a site.
Ver&'s congregation averages
70 persons attending each Sun-
day and has gone as high, as 88.
Delta Kappa Galmma Society
with Gamma Eta . Chapter as
host, will meet in Crosbyton, at
Crosby County Pioneer Memorial
Building for a regional confer-
ence Saturday, Oct, 8.
The chapters and? their respec-
tive presidents Who;. will partici-
pate in this meeting are Alpha
Kappa, Lubbock, With Bertha
Shawver as president; Alpha
Sigma, Lubbock, #Fae LoWry
president; Gamma Iota, Plain-
view, Gladys Holley president;
Gamma Kappa, Clarendon, Maiy
Foreman president;;Epsllon Del-
ta, Muleshoe, Addle Abernathy
president, and Gamma Eta, Pa
ducah, Mrs. Jessie Thomas pres-
ident
Directors for the meeting are
Dr. Madge+Davis, professor of
English, Midwestern University,
Wichita Falls. Dr. Davis is char-
tennember-and p
Peta Rho chapter. S^e is imme-
diate past state president of A1
pha State and is presently chair-
man of committee ,on scholar-
ships. '-'M,
. She has served at "the national
and international level, on the
following committees: figurene,
scholarship, nominating and at
present shfe is chairman of a
sub - committee (International
Committee on Scholarships)
Who in America," "Who's Who
of American Women", "Who's
Who in Education" * and "Direc-
tory of American Scholars."
The director on the regional
level is Miss Mildred Hulsey of
Tulia. Miss Hulsey, who has
taught for 39 years, teaching
English and Latin for 16 years in
senior high, presently is boys'
and girls' counselor. She has i
B. A. degree from Trinity Uni-
versity and her M. A. from Geo.
Peobody Teachers' College. She
has taken summer work in var-
ious colleges in the United States
and spent a summer at Queen's
College, Oxford, England.
She takes an active part in
Tulia's various- community pro-
jects, particularly those dealing
with youth activities, and parti-
cipates in the Town Hall Asso-
ciation. Miss Mulsey has been
named twice as the outstanding
teacher in Seventh District, Tex-
as Federation of Women's Clubs.
She is the first vice-president of
Gamma-Iota chapter, Piainview,
and is chairman of Selective Re-
cruitment -of State Alpha.
Theme for the conference Is
"Dimensions of .the Future". The
meeting will begin-with a break-
fast at 7:30 Saturday morning
in the part room of the Pioneer
Building. Breakfast will honor
the directors, presidents of var-
ious chapters and other guests of
Delta Kappa Gamma. Registra-
tion and coffee follows, breakfast
from 9 to 9:30 a.m.
The day's program includes:
9:30-10 a.m., initiation; 10-10:10
a.m., sing song; 10:10-10:20, roll
call! 10:20-10:30, workshop;
10:30-11:25 a.m., special interest
groups; 11:20-11:30 a.m., assem-
bly sing songi 11:30-12, panel of
leaders for special interest
groups; 12 12'20, recess.
12:20-2:15 p.m., luncheon and
Mrs. Evelyn Lowrie, Crosbyton,
member of- Gamma Eta, is gen-
«ral chairman of the conference,
and Miss Margaret Elliot, Spur,
also a member of Gamma Eta, is
co-chairman. Other members of
Gamma Eta who have helped
plan the meeting are Mrs. Jessie
Thomas, Paducah; Mrs. Stella
Bowman, Lorenzo; Mrs. Betty
Wells, Ralls; Miss Euia Whita-
ker, Spur; Mrs. Norma Taylor.
Crosbyton is already be
hind in tht annual Poll Tax
Derby.
■A Ralls citizen, J. W. Bran
don Jr., was first Crosby man
to purchase his voting stub
on;opening day, Oct. 1.
First Lorenzoan to pay his
poll tax was J. W. Cannon,
buying one Monday, Oct. 3.
Frank N. Cellers made Cros-
byton third town Tepresented
when he purchased poll, tax
later the same day.
So far, 43 poll taxes have
been paid in Crosby County,
according to records of Tax
Collector J. C. Smith Jr.
By Tuesday of this week op-
tions had been secured on the
five pieces of property needed
for the project, according to Har-
ry Jung, administrator of the
Crosbyton Housing Authority.
Requisition forms for enough
money to pay for this property
was mailed to the Fort Worth
Regional office, and money to
pay for the lots is expected with-
in a short time.
Securing of the options was
also the signal for the project
architects to proceed with the *
plans lor the buildings. This
work is expected to take about
90 days. Bids must then be se-
cured and construction will be
ready to start.
"We hope to have actual con-
struction under way by spring,"
Hubert Curry, chairman of the
Housing Authority, said Tues-
day.
The Anglo-American units will
be located on two sites; three
units on the vacant lots on Ayer-
shire between Second and Third
streets, and two units at corned
of Berkshire and Third street,
the old Cicero Smith Lumber
Company location.
Latin American units will be
build on North Durham Avenue,
oh two locations separated by a
street corner on Eighth street.
Negro units will -be built on
North Ayershire, on the block be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets.
Slaton Makes Best of Breaks to
Hand Chiefs 36-14 Defeat There
Dr. Davis is listed In "Who.3L-Ralls; Miss Norma Berkley,, of
Ralls; Mrs. IHerte Stobaugh, Lo
renzo; Mrs. Bernice Drake, Lor-
enzo, and Mrs Elzina Lamar, of
Crosbyton.
DR. MADGE DAVIS
Congo
Here Discusses' African Chaos
"We have a dear friend, Jean
Godeschal, who was beaten de-
cause he tried to defend his
dog," relates Mrs. Jean Pieraerts,
who recently escaped from the
chaotic Belgian Congo with her
husband and two sons. . '
"He was driving his car and a
policeman nonchalantly crowded
it too close. The dog, which was
in the car, bit him and they
wanted to kill it.. Our friend tried
to stop them. W'
"So they started beating Mon-
sieur Godeschal with their rifle
butts, the Congolese. Fortunate-
ly, there were some Ethiopian
soldiers nearby and they saved
"He escaped to belglum with-
out any money," she says.
"When the story spread, his
friends arranged to fly the dog
over to him. It is quite a cele-
brated incident in Belgium."
Visiting licliaids—
Florence Pieraerts knows much
about the events tttrrounding
today's chaotic situation in the
Congo. She is visiting the fami-
ly of her brother, Ben Richard-
Son, while awaiting her husband
to rejoin her.
Mr. and Mrs. Pieraertt . and
sons. Marcel, A and Vincent, 4,
left Leopoldville by Jet June 21.
The Belgian colony was inde-
pendent by month's end, and its
army mutinied four days later.
"Everyone knew there was a
possibility of serious trouble,"
says Mrs. Pieraerts. "Some of the
big companies even ordered all
women and children of their
employees to leave.
"The Belgians were very criti-
cal of their government They
thought it was giving the Congo
independence too soon.
Ian leu leu Severely
"Most of the people we knew
got out, happily, after the trou-
ble started," says Mrs. Pieraerts.
"Those around Pualis all got out
because the officials handled it
very well.
"The head of my husband's
company was severely beaten,
but he also escaped."
Much of the African nation's
trouble Mrs. Pieraerts blames on
"communist propaganda, which
has been spread for many
years." ■i,;>
She adds, "the literacy rate is
not high in spite of ail the work
that has been done. It is diffi-
cult to imagine the sparcity of
population in the jungles. The
country is 80 times the stae of
Belgium.
Little Blacks Suffer
"The whites have suffered In-
conceivably," she says, "but the
worst suffering is on the back of
the poor little blacks. They have
no food, no medical care, no wa-
ter; whole villages have been
driven out
"The people are ignorant. Ma-
ny refused to plant this year be-
cause they thought when inde-
pendence came they would auto-
matically have the same stan-
daurd of living as the whites.
•"They talk about bringing the
Negroes up in status. Yet there
are no more rigid lines than *•
mong the Negroes themselves.
No Negro will marry out of his
tribe, or even sit at the table
with a Pygmy. -
"Some of the tribes still prac-
tice what is virtual slaverjV' she
points out "The underwrite, « for
instance, is practically the slave
of the ilrst wife In a family."
Converts Doubtful
Asked about progress of mis-
sions, she says two Baptist mis-
sionaries, Peggy and Don Penny,
were doubtful If they ever made
a real conversion. A- Minnonite
missionary thought just setting
a good example helptol some.
Mrs. Pieraerts tells of a vil
lage in which the Protestant
mission gave things on Tues-
days, the Roman Catholics gave
on Fridays. The entire popula
tlon was Protestant on Tuesday,
Catholic on Friday.
She could think of only one
physician who said he got some
very dependable people trained
in a British mission— persons
who would show up for work
and wouldn't steal.
Florence Richardson, who has
the equivalent of a master's de-
gree in psychology from the Uni-
versity of, Missouri, was work-
ing as a nurse there when she
met her future husband in 1952.
Husband Farm Expert
Jean Pieraerts, born of Belgian
parents in the Congo, was an
exchange student in the States.
He had previously taken a de-
gree at Vilvorde University, one
of Europe's leading agricultural
schools, and afterwards did Bel
gian government research at
Gem Bleau.
"I went over in October 1953,
she says, "and we were married
in November in Brussels. There
is a lot of red tape to an inter-
national marriage."
(Continued on Fog# 5)
The Chiefs will play a wlnless
Hale Center team there tomor-
row night, Friday. Tying „ only
Abernarthy 12-12, the Owls have
bowed to Lockney 20-0, Sundown
12-8, Olton 26-6 and Petersburg
6-0.
A chain of peculiar events and
officials' decisions boosted Sla'
ton to their first victory'of the
year last Friday night—a 36<J.4
win over the Crosbyton Chiefs.
Crucial ruling was wherw CHS
quarterback Jody Ogle was toss-
ed out of the game for an off-
the-cuff engagement with a tact-
less Tiger shortly after the half.
Score was tied 14-14 at halftime.
Girl Scout Fund
Named at Meet
Co-capitans of the local Girl
Scout Fund Drive have been
named and will hold a pre-drive
meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday in
the home of Mrs. Jean Lemley,
head of local scout organization.
Co-capt&ins are Mmes. • Bobbie
Himmel, Marge Treat, Jeanette
Bell, Faye Vandiver, Darlene
Lynch, Betty Edinburgh, Peggy
Grizzle, Faye Hodges, and Wil-
ms Davis.
The Captains will appoint ot-
her workers to assist in the drive
to be held Monday, October 10.
None of the funds contributed in
this drive will go to the national
organization, Mrs. Lemley points
out.
"These funds will be -used in
Caprock Council and will be re-
turned to us In the form of
training and materials," she
said. Among the benefits derived
from the council are availability
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ing stronger in the closing half
since the season began. But the
quarterback-ball nandler is Ach-
illes heel of every small T-form-
atlon club.
Scoring Begins Quickly ..
This, plus a mixed double de-
cision by game officials, sent a
big crowd - of Crosbyton fans
home talking to themselves. Tho
game began fast with the Tig-
ers' Kelly Bownds scoring from
the two ahd Webber Tefertiller
getting the extras. •
The Chiefs bounced right back
with a long drive to score. Jerry
Jones ended It with a 15 yard
scoring pass to Calvin Brints.
Jones smashed off tackle for the
-Agahrttte Tigers surged bade
to score with Bownds going over
from one yard out. This time the
point try was a flop. ~
First Interceptln Mode |
Just hefosw lalftUue, Jonea
grabbed the first Crosbyton In.
terceptlon of the year on Slaton
45. After a short drive, sparked
by a'15 yard pass from Ogle to
Chuck Perkins, Max Rathcal
scored from the one. •
After bands marched at half.
Ogle was thrown off on the first
series of Chieftain offensive
plays. Then the officials became
bunrifuzzled on first Tahoka
series and confused Chiefs let
the game slip throiysjh their fin-
ger.
A recovered fumble on the
CHS 35 gave the Tigers chanco
to crack the tie. Ahd before game
was over Gene Talbert, Tefer -
tiller and Bownds had all scored
again to ice the game.
STATISTICS
Crosbyton Slaton
20 First Downs 17
173 Yards Rushing 224
83 Yards Passing 13
7 of 17 Passes Completed 2 of 7
1 Interceptions by 1
21.3 Av. Punt Ydge. 37
30 Yards Penalized 70
REALITIES . . . . . . . . Pat Bennett
Gypsy WantedUnt For Strange
Feast Honoring Late Departed
Saw a painting of a gypsy-
woman and it reminded us of an
odd series of events one brisk
October day several years ago
As Scoutmaster at the time, we
had keys to the Boy Scout hut
One day while we were out of
the newspaper office, two gypsy
men came in. They left a . mes-
sage, witfi the lady who .wrote
society, for the Scoutmaster ;to
come to the building they'd
rented.
The fortune teller's name has
slipped" from our memory—it
was something like "Madame
Lazonga"—but It isn't Important.
Her curtain shrouded palmistry
shrine was set up in a dilapidat-
ed building on the north side.
We kept our hands Jammed in
our pbekets as we arrived, for
fear she might accldently read a
dire omen of the future. . The
warped screen door was rusty. A
child encrusted with dirt played
happily outside.
Madame Lazonga herself rose
from the couch as we entered.
She was a young wOman, short
and tired eyed but pretty in a
dark Mediterranean fashion. She
wore a white peasant blouse and
and a. gray skirt
Outside the sign read: "Ma-
dame LazongaTPast Present,
Future—Speaks Seven Lang-
uages". Apparently English
wasn't one of. her better tongues.
She motioned us to sit down.
Then, in awkard words, she re-
lated that "they" wanted to bor-
row the Boy Scout Hut to hold a
"feast".
. "He been dead nearly a year
now," Madame Lazonga ex-
plained, and they got to have a
feast. Got to,have a feast before
he's been dead a year."
. We 3aid there was a rule that
the hut couldn't be used'without
the permission of the board
members. We Just weren't al-
lowed to give the key to anyone
without that.
She didn't Understand; she
didn't think we understood*
"Come, I show, you," she motion*
ed mei rising.
Sorrowful blue curtains separ-
ated the palm reading parlor
from mysterious chambers in the
rear of the narrow old building.
She swept aside a curtain, and
we followed her.
Honestly, we expected to find
a decaying corpse stretched in
state somewhere behind, dimly
lit by surrounding candle*.
Instead, there was only a
sparcely furnished room. In one
corner hung a large cheap print
of da Vinci's "Last Supper." is
"You see," she pointed at
"they feed him before they
him. That*s why."
"You have to come to the
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