The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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trends
M^itbout or with of-
fense *® Me«l« or foes
or- iketch your world
"C - If 99
exactly " 14 K®®**
Byron. -
rTLms quite definite now that
P^Hay night's game
Chiefs champion-
^Itions were dampened if
definitely doused. But of one
we are sure
the Chiefs can
i boast of the biggest football
of any team in the dis-
KLi Review force has been put-
in the hours for the past three
' endeavoring to get the pro-
ready for the first home
tomorrow night, Friday.
[ from all indications we are
to make it.
fZ program has 36 pages of
and pictures, with the line-up
rthe teams on the inside two
The covers were furnished
j the Coco-Cola Bottling compa-
™ There are 3,200 programs for
, ftve home games, containing
' than 700 pounds of paper.
tjrelOl advertisements from
jits in Crosltyton, Lubbock
1 even one or two from Ralls.
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i ^jje on the subject of football,
e's not much question in our
i about who is going to be
„pions oT "District ■ ~3-A— -this
ir, The Lockney Longhorns, un-
uomething happens to upset
n, will romp through the dis-
t without a great deal of diffi-
jty. Even though they lost some
(their men last year, the replace-
gts are just as big and rough
i the originals. They offer noth-
[ sensational, but their power
[reserve should be more than
gh to- win the district.
| On Saturday, Oct. H. taxpaying
l of the new Crosbyton Con-
iated Independent school dis-
t will vote on two issues — the
nption of the bonded indebt-
i of the old district, and the
of a tax to sustain the
tnct. At th present time, the
r district has no tax or maxi-
i tax rate.
[ While strictly a formality, as
irate and amount of toonds will
ithe same as, in the old district,
lis a very^. important election.
I voters show, no more interest
i they did i|r> the recent consol-
election.s, it is quite possi-
[ for yie issued to be defeated.
I if they are ldefeated, the en-
! school system would be forc-
I to close immediately, school
Jiorities say.
[Trends does noti foresee such an
gency, but there is one sure
(ly of seeing thai it doesn't hap-
D-sturn out to vote on "Oct. 8.
!ng Crosby In .
rare Showing
The Chieftain
food news for movie fans! Bing
iby and Barry Fitzgerald have
teamed again in a new Para-
it picture, "Top o' the Morn-
which shows tonight and to-
Thursday and Friday, at
Chieftain Treatre. Lovely Ann
and Hume Cronyn have co-
ig roles, and word has it
the film is as gay ani} lilting
tile title indicates.
i and Barry are said tip be at
charming best in this\ song-
comedy about the thdft of
funous Blarney Stone. Crosby,
to American insurance invea-
is sent to Ireland to solve
mystery because his firm has
the stone. There he iheets
Id and Cronyn, the village
force, and Barry's daughter.
Blyth. — —-\
Bing travels incogAlto,
as an artigt who wants to
in c°untryside, With
Went with wljich to back \up
toibitions, he is looked upon
"upicion and'runs into plenlty
uble. Everything that hap-
- 'n>m the theft to a mysteri-
jnurder, fits the predictions of
"wn's wise woman Who also
the direction Ann's ro-
Utir Vith Bing wouId take-
L . in fun and set to some
*rfui music, eight songs in all
,,x of them traditional Irish
Ites. "
tn Respirator ~
pe Demonstrated At
Meeting Tonight
,2^ type respirator for the
^. jolio victims will be derrion-
, Ralls tonight, Thursday,
JW to announcement this
^*7 Miss Lena Bryles, county
alth nurse. The demon-
hbl^ 1)6 at the Ralls lunch
Ur ni:afr 6"clock-
* of^Jltenwalter. a representa-
I "e Monaghan Respirator,
LtST* demonstration, she
'tith* neW lnstrument will care
|W 6r one or two persons at
i and can be operated from
*J®®t or alternating cur-
battery comes with the irt-
I. J, so that it may be car-
t"® patient, or used In
the patient.
interested in seeing the
Mion are Invited to be
*t Rills tonight
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VOLUME FORTY-ONE
CHIEFS TO PLAY PADUCAH AT
CHIEFTAIN PARK FRIDAY NICHT
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949
NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
Crosbyton Chief football fans
will have the privilege of seeing
their first home game tomorrow
night, Friday, when the chiefs
meet the Paducah Dragons. This
wyi be the third conference game
for the locals, and the first for
Paducah.
Paducah has a strong club, al-
though they have been defeated in
their two non-conference games to
date. Chillicothe won by a small
score, and Crowell defeated the
Dragons 13-0, but these are
strong clubs. There are no com.T
parative scores that would indi-
cate the strength of the two
3-A teams. ' ' -
Chieftain Park Revamped
Those who. attend the game to-
morrow night, which starts at
8:00 o'clock, will find Chieftain
Park somewhat re-arranged since
last year. New stands which seat
approximately 300 have been built
for the ca3t side t>f life field bring
ing the seating capacity on the
visitor's side to 600. T.he old stSnd
on the.west side is getting a thor-
ough going over, with many new
boards being added. This work will
be just about completed by Friday
night.
There will be only two car en-
trances to the field this year, both
on the north side of the campus.
Also, the fence around the field
has been moved back so that it is
now impossible to drive from one
side to the other. Those who drive
into the ground must choose the
side they want as they enter. *
There will be concession stands
on each side, Coach Fred Cunning-
ham has announced.
New Scoreboard Erected
Mr. Guy Thompson, owner of
Thompson cleaners, has donated a
new scoreboard, which has been
erected on the south end of the
playing field. Two large Chieftain
heads, painted by Mrs. Glen Smith
of Lubbock, have been erected on
each side of the board. Space has
been left for an electric time
clock, which will be added as
soon as funds are available.
Coach Cunningham also remind-
ed fans that the Quarterback club
meets at the high school building
every Monday night. Everyone in-
terested in football is invited to
be present next Monday.
Forger, DWI, Drunks
Give Sheriff's Office
Busy Week End
The law enforcement business
in Crosby county has begun to
pick-up, Sheriff Foy Addison said
this morning.
Bob Stricklin, who gave his
home address as Conrad, Mont., is
in jail unable to make $1500 bond,
charged with passing a forged
check. Stricklin cashed the check
for $20 at Jennings Dry Goods in
Lorenzo,.and was picked up by of-
ficers at Littlefield after the area
had been notified by the local de-
partment.
Albert Moore, arrested Sunday
for driving while intoxicated, paid
a fine of $75 and costs, totaling
$102.65, in county "court Monday.
In addition, five drungST were
picked up over the county and
paid fines in justice courts.
Murder Charge
Filed After
Sat. Shooting
Eddie Montgomery, Crosbyton
negro, was charged Sunday with
murder with malice, in the fatal
shooting of another negro, Eugene
Cole, about 30. The shooting oc-
curred about midnight Saturday
night in Carver Park, negro sec-
tion of the city.
Bond was set Sunday at $2,000
in the case, and Montgomery rais-
ed. the amount Monday. He has
been bound over foF- action by the
grand jury in 72nd district court,
which convenes, early in Novem-
ber.
tedly-kiHed—by
a shot fired from a gun in the
hands of the suspect as the latter
sought to intervene in a dispute
between Cole and Andrew Jack-
son, another negro.
Jackson received a stab wound
in the chest during the fracas and
received treatment at Crosbyton
Clinic hospital. He was transferred
to Veterans Hospital at Amarilio
Monday.
Montgomery, according to the
story told officers, ,.,wa«-'fn"'*'the
front of the cafe where the shoot-
ing took place, when he heard
scuffling in a-i>ack room. Going to
investigate, ' he allegedly found
Cole and Jackson fighting, and
drew a pistol to protect—himself
after Cole had allegedly threaten-
ed him with a knife.
The suspect said he fired twice
as Cole advanced Avith the knife.
Only one wound was found on
the body, that directly under the
left arm, hospital attendants said.
Cole was dead on arrival at the
hospital.
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Crosby County
Exhibit 7th Place
At S. P. Fair
The Crosby County exhibit, pre-
pared by W. *R. Kimbrough, coun-
ty agent, and John Mitchell, voca-
tional teacher at Ralls, won sev-
enth place at the Panhandle-South
Plains Fair in Lubbock this week.
T. G. Herring exhibited the
Grand Champion Jersey bull at the
show, and also won several blue
ribbons in the Jersey division.
Mr. Kimbrough is superinten-.
dent of the Jersey-Holstein divi-
sion of ^he fair.
The Crosbyton schools, as well
as other, schools of this territory,
were disqiisaecl Wednesday in or-
der that school children could at-
tend the fair on Crosbyton Day.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Roberts
went to Mineral Wells .Sunday
where Mr. Roberts will remain for
his health. Mrs. Roberts has re-
turned to help out at Roberts Gin
during the big harvest.
Newly Foimed School District Will
Vote On Tax and Rond Assumption
As the result of recent consoli-
dation elections which created the
new Crosbyton Consolidated Inde-
pendent School district, it is
necessary to hold an additional
election on Saturday, Oct. 8, ac-
cording to notices that have been
posted this week. f
Taxpaying voters of' the district
will decide two issues, printed on
two separate tickets, at thisrelec-
tion. The first is the assumption of
bonded indebtedness, and the se-
cond is the creation of a tax and
a rate not to exceed $1.50 on the
$100 valuation..
The tax rate and the bonded in-
debtedness will not be changed by
the vote from the rate which ap-
plied in the district prior to the
consolidations, Edgar Allen, clerk
of the school district, points out.
This is simply a formality of law
required because of the consolida-
tions and the creation of a new
district.
"It is an important election,
however," he hurriedly pointed
out, "and the people of the dis-
trict should turn out to vote."
As things now stand, the dis-
trict has no tax or tax rate. If
the issues were defeated, he said,
the Crosbyton schools would have
to close immediately, as there
would be no money to maintain
them.
The election will be held at the
fcourt house, between the regular
hours of 8:09 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.
Dog Owners Warned
To Keep Pets Away
From School Buildings
Dogs' must be kept away from
the school premises, Mr. A. A.
Potter, custodian of the buildings,
said this week.
Mr. Potter reports that several
dogs have been following children
to school, tracking up the halls in
the buildings, getting into lunches
in open lockers and otherwise
making a nuisance of themselves.
"If these dogs are not kept at
home, we will have to do aomei.
thing about it," he said. ' ~
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NONE SERIOUSLY HURT IN
ACCIDENT THIS MORNING
No one was seriously hurt in an
accident at the intersection just
east of the city ice plant about
8:00 o'clock this morning. A car
driven by J. M. Bennett was in
collision with another driven by
Mrs. E. W^Bales.
The accident was caused by a
blind corner grown up with weeds,
Sheriff Foy Addison, .who made
the investigation, said. Damage to
the cars was estimated at about
$100 each.
Mr. Bennett received a cut on
his ear, while Mrs. Bal«s* two
children, in the car with her, were
shaken up and bruised.
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UNOFFICIAL REPORTS INDICATE
THAT CR0SRY COUNTY GIVEN
FIRST PRODUCING OIL WELL
CHARLSE WHEELER
Charlie Wheeler is a senior and
has made one football letter. He is
a backfield man, is 5 feet 11 inches
tall, and weighs 1,70 pounds.
LAWRENCE HARGIS
Lawrence Hargis, a junior,
is a two-year letterman. Play-
ing at" the quarterback spot,
he is 5 feet 7 inches tall and
weighs 145 pounds.
SAM COVINGTON, Jr.
Sam Covington, Jr., is a, senior
student with two letters. A half-
back, he weighs 155 pounds and is
5 feet 8 inches tall.
ARNOLD RATHEAL
Arnold Ratheal, a senior
with one letter, has been mov-
ed from center to the fullback
spot this season. He is six
feet tall and weighs 170 lbs.
Moie Pullers Are Needed As Dry
Weathei Matures Cotton Crop
Harvesting of Crosby County's
largest cotton crop, although not
yet in full stride, started every
gin in the county to humming this
week. The smell of bjjrning burrs
and the smoke from the gin boilers
coupled with brisk fall weather,
reminded citizens of this area that
fall has arrived,...
The speed of harvesting the big
crop from now on will depend
largely on the number of pullers
who arrive, cbtton men and gin-
ners said this week. According tc
reports from state employment
services, this area faces a short-
age of laborers, probably the big-
gest shortage in history.
For this reason, much of the
cotton will not be touched .until
frost kills the foilage. Then " the
cotton strippers will take over' in
lots of fields to gather it all at
one time.
The weather has been ideal this
week for maturing the cotton and
gathering that which is already o-
pen. Warm days have been follow-
ed by cool night, with the lowest
reading for the week being 49 de-
grees, and the highest 89 degrees.
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Paul Boyd Fined $250
On Liquor Charge By
County Court Jury
Paul Boyd, of Ralls, was con-
victed by a jury in county- court
Wednesday afternoon on a liquor
charge, and assessed a fine of $250
and cost. He filed notice of appeal.
The case, o'ne of several against
Boyd, has been on the books since
the raids by officers of the Texas
Liquor Control Board last spring.
Boyd was represented by Bur-
ton S. Burks of Lubbock, while
County Attorney Mike Wicks pre-
sented the county's case.
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WHITCHURCH MOTOR
BUILDING EXTENSION '
An 18 foot extension to Whit-
church Motor building is under
construction this week. The new
section, which will be as dust-
proof as possible, will house the
body repair and paint shop.
Mr. Galen Whitchurch is owner
of the business, which has the
Pontiac agency.
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BROTHER-IN-LAW OF W. H.
NICKSON BURIED FRIDAY
Funeral services for Mr. J. B.
Majors, 78, of Comanche, Okla.,
were held Friday, Sept. 23. He
died Wednesday at 1 p. m., fol-
lowing a stroke Tuesday morning.
Mr. Majors was a brother-in-
law of Mr. W. H. Nickson of this
city and had visited in Crosbyton
several times. He made his last
visit here last summer.
Scouters Attend District
Meeting Held At Ralls
On Tuesday Night
D. A. Edwards, Walter Knapp
and Loyd E. Fowler attended a
district Scouters meeting held at
Ralls Tuesday night. A buffet type
banquet was served at the Ralls
Inn prior to the quarterly session.
Plans for made for the year, and
a nominating committee appointed
to select a slate of district offi-
cers. District Scout officials were
present from Lubbock and Plain-
view.
About 30 Scouters attended the
meeting.
J. M. Rankin
Seeks New Board
of Education Post
J. M. Rankin, Crosby county
school man who turned farmer a
few years ago, is a candidate for
a place on the newly created state
board of education. His name-has
been submitted to the secretary of
state at Austin by a petition con-
taining the signatures of 136 Cros-
by county business men and far-
mers.
A. resident of the South Plains
for 37 years, Mr. Rankin"has lived
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in Crosby county most of this
time. He has had 25 years exper-
ience as a school administrator,
with most of this in Crosby coun-
ty. He holds B. A. and M. A. de-
grees from Texas Tech.
Mr. Rankin was editor and pub-
lisher of the Slaton Slatonite for
three years and has been writing
for newspapers several years. ,
Rankin has been active in civic
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Code Of A
Sportsman
Thou shalt not alibi.
Thou shalt not quit.
Thou shalt not gloat over
winning. ■
Thou shalt not be a rotten
loser.
- -Thou shalt not take unfair
advantages.
Thou shalt- not ask odds
that thou art loath give.
Thou shalt always be ready
to give thy opponent the
shade. -
' Tftotr~shq|fc^-not under
mate an apponent or over es-
timate thyself. ' "
Remember the game is the
thing—and he who thinketh
otherwise i3 a mucker.
Honor the game playeth, for
he who playeth the game
—straight and clean and hard—-
is a winner even whe^n he los-
es.
R.C.Wood Now
Rebuilding Big
Storage House
Rebuilding of the 50 by 2C0 foot
warehouse which caved in last
winter under the impact of thou-
sands of pounds of ice, was begun
this week.
Mr. R. C. Wood, of Wood Im-
plement company, purchased the
site from Mrs. W. P. Lamar, who
owned the former warehouse. He
is using none of the-old materials
but is utilizing .the concrete foun-
dation. A concrete floor has also
been run for the building.
The new warehouse will be the
same type of cdKstruction, with
rounded roof. The supports, how-
ever, will be on 24-inch centers,
and will be heavier.
Crosbyton Boys Wins
Prize Money At Recent
District Sears Hog Showv
Three Crosbyton boys placed
high in the recent Sears District
Hdg Show held at Lubbock, ac-
cording to W. R. Kimbrough,
county agent. The boys, all win-
ners in the county show, competed
against the winners of 12 qther
counties in the district show.
Gary Simpson won second place
in the pen of three fat hogs and
received a -catelr~ftrtff& ~of $30.:
Don Parker placed fourth with
his register boar, and also receiv-
ed an awafd of $30.
Kennith Leatherwood placed 7th
in the gilt show, and received a
prize of $20.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eld Wren visited
Sunday at Snyder with his cou-
sins, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wren.
City Announces 20 percent Raise In
Valuations To Meet Tax Budget
Every taxpayer in Crosbyton re-
ceived a hotice this week from the
C!ity -of Crosbyton which announc-
ed a 20 percent increase in all val-
uations in the city, to apply on
this year's, tax bill. In addition,
about the usual number of notices
Were sent out asking taxpayers to
appear before the equalization
board on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and
show cause why^ their property
should not be raised.
The need for more taxes is a
simple matter of arithlhetic, May-
or Jack Arthur said Wednesday.
The money needed to meet the
tax bond requirements this year
is $14,502. Returns from $1.00 of
the $1.50 "tax rate are expected to
bring in $14,608.56, which is ap-
proximately the same as the bond
requirements.
Fifty cents of the $1.50 rate, or
approximately $7,304.28, will go
to the general fund for "ijtreet
maintenance and repairs, park
maintenance, paying a part of the
office expense, trash pick-up,
nightwatchman, fire department,
and other expenses of the city,
the Mayor said.
This year the division was $1.10
for bond- retirement and 40 cents
for the general fund. The 40 cents
is not enough to take care of the
needs of the general fund, he said.
The city this year had an as-
sessed valuation of $1,802,645, ac-
cording to Mr. L. D. Huckabay,
city clerk. The 20 percent increase
would add $270,020, making a now
From unofficial reports secured
Wednesday by The Review, indica-
tions are that Crosby county has
its first producing oil well.
The venture is the Rogers Bro-
thers and Stewart well located
three and one-half mile west and
15 miles south of Crosbyton. It °ls
a shallow well, drilled to 2,816
feet.
Casing was set last weftk after
running into a six-foot section of
oil saturated sand. The weU wan
accidized the first of the week,
and from-unofficial . sources the
production was estimated to toe
from 35 to 40 barrels per day.
The drillers will move in a pump
Friday, and the wetrwill be given
an official test, probably on Sat-
urday, it was indicated.
In the meantime, announcement
-hs
test in southwest Dickens county,
five and one-half miles southwest
of Spur. Union Oil company will
drill this test to 8,500 feet, and
work will begin immediately.
No information has yet been se-
cured on the rumored deep tests
in southeast Crosby county. ~
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Crosby Farmers
To Be Honored
At State Fair
More than 300 Texas farmers
who have mixed good farming
practices and hard work to pay off
their Farmers Home Administra-
tion tenant "purchase loans more
than 30 years before due, will be
awarded certificates of achieve-
ment at ceremonies in the State
Fair Park auditorium on Oct. 12,
County Supervisor William E. An-
derson ^announced this week.
Five of yiis number are from
Crosby county, he said. They are:
Wayne M. Harris, John D. Henry,
James W. Sales, Raymond E.
Spurgin and Morris J. Wideman.
All former and present Farmers
Home administration borrowers
are invited to attend the ceremon-
ies on Oct. 12 from 2 to 4 p. m.
-One of the features of the ach-
ievement day, designated as such
by Pres. R. L. Thornton of 'the
State Fair of Texas, will be an
address by Judge Marvin Jones of
Amarilio. who fathered the law
making funds available to deserv-
ing farmers for the purchase of
family-size farms.
DR. W. H. FOSTER WILL
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Dr. Wm. H. Foster, of Lubbock,
will preached in Crosbyton for the
Presbyterian congregation Sunday
morning, it has been -announced.
The services will be held in the
grade school auditorium beginning
at 11 o'clock. It will be a commun-
ion service.
Dpuglas and Dallas Burrous,
students at Wayland College at
Plainview, spent the week-end
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Burrous.
total of $1,623,174 for the 1949-50
tax period.
The city now has a bonded in-
debtedness to be paid from tax
money of $188,000, he said.
Mayor Arthur explained the
cause of the necessity for the
raise in valuations in this manner:
Until two years ago only a little
more than enough taxes were col-
lected to meet the tax bond obli-
gations, with money for the gen-
eral fund coming from the profits
of city utilities—principally the
ice plant. Three years ago new
revenue bonds were voted for the
water and sewer and power de-
partments, which require more of
the profits from these depart-
ments. In addition the light plant
incurred a debt which is being
paid monthly from that depart-
ment.
Last summer it became neces-
sary to borrow $3,500 to repair
the ice plant, he said. Profits from
that department are being used to
repay this loan.
"For probably the first time in
25 years, the city general fund is
receiving no funds from its utili-
ties," he said. "Therefore it has bo-
come necessary to pay aU general
fund expenses from taxation. This
is the only solution the City Com-
mission has found to keep your
city out of the red."
He invites taxpayers who
more information to visit the
office where the situation will
explained.
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