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Sammy Kay Caskey display the branding irons of the his-
toric Two Bucklo Ranch, which they an patting on loan to Cros-
by County Museum. Mr. and Mrs. Caskoy discolored thoso rolics
with aid of a mine detector, healed on sits of the ranch head-
quarters east of Crosbyton. Sam say* he weald part permanent-
ly with the irons if some collector weald like to buy them.
Camp Prowler Trio at Bio Blanco
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VOLUME nrnr-THBEK CROSBYTON. CBOSBY COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1861
NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
Only One Vacancy Unfilled in
Faculty of Crosbyton Schools
All vacancies in the Crosbyton
School faculty have now been
filled with the exception of
homemaking, according to infor-
mation this week from the office
of Sam Hawkes, superintendent.
There are several applicants for
Three young Crosby men vis-
ited Rio Blanco Girl Scout Camp
in a joking mood Monday night.
By Tuesday morning, they had
Foy Addison,
Former Sheriff,
Dies Monday
Funeral services for F<ty M.
Addison, 55, former Crosby Cd.
sheriff, were held at 4 p.m. Tues
day in First Baptist Church of
Lorenzo. Rev. Cecil Foster, pas-
tor, officiated, assisted by Rev.
Noel Brooks of Quanah.
Mr. Addison died suddenly in
Lubbock Monday morning fol-
lowing a heart attack. Burial
was in Lorenzo Cemetery/
Employed as security paftoi-
mart flt Texas Tech for the past
five year§, Addison first moved
to Lorenzo from Denton in 1933.
He served first as a deputy sher-
iff of Crosby County in 1948. and
one term as sheriff from 1949 to
1951. While sheriff he lived in
Crosbyton.
After leaving Crosbyton he
was with the police departments
at Slaton and Tahoka, and later
became assistant police chief in
Lovington, N. Mex. He was city i
marshall of Lorenzo for two!
years, and in 1956 he joined the
security patrol.
Survivors include his wife,
Floyce; two sons, Foy Mack Jr.
and Jack Adren, both of the
home; his mother, Mrs. D. C. Ad-
dison, Denton; two brothers, Otis
G. of Fort Worth, and John, Can
ton; five sisters, Mrs. Ottie Cox,
Mrs. Mackie McBride and Mrs.
Donla Grissom. all of Denton;
Mrs. Hollie Dee Andrews, Dallas;
and Mrs. Homer Collins, Whittiei,
Calif.
Pallbearers were Tom Atchi-
son, Leland Hart, Carl Francis,
Hub Taylor, E. A. Gentry and F.
B. Barnett.
decided the joke was on them.
Taken to task by law officers
were Bennie R. Butler, 22, Loren-
zo, Elzy Butler, 20, Dallas, and
Truman Ellis, 16, Ralls. The But-
ler boys were each fined $243 in
county court while Ellis' case
pending.
Parking their car at some dis-
tance from the gate, the trio
sneaked into the Scout camp.
They tied knots in some clothes
on A line, hit tents with rocks,
pulled tent cords and ran a-
round on all fours growling, ac-
cording to officers.
Camp Director Mary (Skeet)
Anderson rushed out of the camp
and found their car before they
could return. She let the air out
of all four tires.
On their return the thf^* dis-
covered the flats with hdffor
and fled on foot. Carroll (Cactus)
Lee, 24, a cpllege student* who
acts as cairip handyman, fired
three shots in the air and one
of the culprits fell to the ground,
paralyzed with fear.
The group was speedily round-
ed up by Deputy Sheriff Paul
Ely and camp officials. Charges
against the older boys were mal-
icious mischief and destruction
of private property.
Punishments for this group
wero even heavier than for two
Ralls boys discovered wandering
through the Girl Scout Camp
last week.
These were* identified by coun-
ty officers as tfertny Duncan, 14,
and Kenny AdaftiS, 14. These
were asked by Cotfrtty Judge Ce-
cil Berry to apologize to Camp
Director Anderson and put in Ju-
ly 3 and 4 chopping weeds on
the campsite.
NOBODY SHOWED
Apparently everybody was
satisfied. Nobody showed up at
the county board of equalization
meeting July 3.
Office Supplies at The Review
TRENDS Hubert Curry
Crosby Cotton "In All Stages";
Bains Produce Kg Bird Crop
"How much of the Crosbyton
area's cotton crop is late," we
Risked Alton Taylor of Crosby
>unty Soil Conservation Dis-
trit t. "That depends on what you
clask as late," he said. "Drive
down nearJy any }n th*
county and y°u wl11 'ina some
cotton . *lmost ready to bloom,
other ck 'P8 Just a tew inches
high, am 1 some Just coming up
the .most spotted «op 1
can rememh er«" said 'Usual-
ly most of it is about the name
—either early, average or late—
but this year ti 8 in all stages ef
growth."
Rain at the wiv™g time, some
hail and aphids a* e the cause of
the spotted crop thts year, he
■aid. Faimers cant !*■' accused of
leafing tht spring art>d summer,
as they have either beeV busy re-
planting or trying to g^t their
crop* cleaned out. The sxory is
told of one farmer who carried a
load of Latin hoe hands out to
his field. "There it is, boys," he
tola them. "There's cotton under
those weeds somewhere."
•ft ft 'ft
Drove down to Archer City last
Weekend and the story was the
same all the way. ippr
ssen the grasslands below the
t ; - vr
cap any greener. Prairies that a
few years ago were almost bar-
ren are covered with lush grass
this year. Croplands around Sey-
mour, however, look more like
lakes than fields. Farmers have
had to open terraces to get rid of
the excess water. And crops
there are the same as here-
some advanced, some very
young.
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Noticed that area has SdfflO-
thing Crosby County has escaped
so far—a plague of grasshoppers.
They are the hig green variety,
and I do mean big. It only took
the remains of one to cover half
a Windshield. They are eating
th# fruit crop s* it ripens, gar
dSh* the leaves at shrubs and
tree#, as well as the farm crops.
On Mm happier side, we noted
that pMhty of green cover has
produced-# whale of a bird crop.
East of SepMlbur, the Archer City
road runs #trough ranchland.
Passing over it just before sun-
down, we had to' ifltfW down to
avoid hitting th* huge numbers
of quail and dov# that had come
to the highway to feed on in-
sects. We saw lithralty thou-
sands of them over a lomile
stretch of road. W#Wr not hunt-
coveys Uke that mJghTbeThin
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Museum Acquires
Medical Manual,
Leather Chaps
A book and some chaps consti-
tute two curious new items ac-
quired this week by Crosby
County Museum. Both were plac-
ed there by Mrs. Kathryn Reese,
Lubbock.
The book is a manual of medi-
cine published in the 1850's. It
originally belonged to Mrs.
Reese's grandfather, Dr."" John
Roberts, Dallas.
The medical handbook con-
tains much curious advice. For
instance, it advises a bone set-
ter to toss the plaster for the cast
up to the celling. If It sticks,
says the book, the plaster is the
proper thickness.
The chaps are ornate leather
one decorated with intricate
bead work. They were purchased
from an 80-year-old Indian wo-
man by Mrs. Reese's husband.
Reese wore them while break-
ing wild horses on the Good-
night ranch. Tillman Reeves,
who scouts for many of the mu-
seum's best items, says the
chaps are about 70 years old.
Nation Honored
as Former Chief,
State's Firemen
Hugh Nation was presented a
plaqUA from the State Fireman's
and Fire Marshal's Association
in a special ceremony at the reg-
ular meeting of Crosbyton Fire
Department Monday night.
The plaque recognized Na-
tion's services as a past presi-
dent of the state organization.
All past presidents were pre-
sented these plaques at last con-
vention of the group but the re-
tired Crosbyton fireman was un-
able to attend.
T. S. Furlow, Tulia, brought
the plaque to present personally
to Nation. Furlow has been quite
active In the association and was
a member of the Crosbyton Fire
department from 1938 until 1944.
Nation was chief of the Cros-
byton fire department for 21
years, a tenure stretching from
the 1930s into the 1950's. Under
his leadership many local im-
provements were made.
this job, Mrs. Juanita Samples,
secretary said.
Six vacancies were created
through resignations, and an ad-
ditional teacher is being added
in the fourth grade,- the report
stated. Resignations include:
Mrs. Joe Bailey, English; Mrs.
Carlton Thomson, commercial
subjects; Bill Boyd, and Mrs.
Norma June Davis, junior high
school; Mrs. Bill Boyd and F. S.
Reisdorph (deceased), elemen-
tary school.
New teachers chosen include:
Miss Amelia Forrest, will
teach freshman and sophomore
English. Richard Nixon, who has
taught these subjects, will be ad-
vanced to junior and senior Eng-
lish. Miss Forrest, who comes
from Gatesville, received her BS
degree from Texas Tech and will
be teaching her first year.
Miss Belinda Ann Cogburn, a
McMurry graduate with a BS de-
gree, has been chosen for com-
mercial subjects. Teaching her
first year, Miss Cogburn's home
is at Throckmorton.
Miss Floydene Gilbert, second
grade teacher, has her BS degree
from Tarleton State and has done
graduate work at ACC. She has
taught at Breckenridge and Gor-
man.
Jack Roberts, fifth grade
teacher, has his BS degree from
Hardin-Simmons University. O-
riginally from Abilene, he has
taught at Friona.
Mrs. Billye Jo Brown, new
sixth grade teacher, has lived in
Crosbyton a number of years but
has taught at McAdoo and Ralls.
She has her BA from NTSC and
her MA from ETSC.
Mrs. J. W- Grizzle, Crosbyton,
has been chosen as a new fourth
grade teacher. A substitute
teacher for several years, Mrs.
Grizzle taught last year at Cone.
David Verner, Jr., is the new
junior high coach. He has a BS
degree from Tech and has taught
at Rule, his home town.
Little League's
All Stars Will
Go to Begional
Crosbyton will send a Little
League All Star team to the re-
gional playoffs at Aspermont
July 20, 21 and 22, according to
Si Swindall, circuit president.
Don Feree will manage the
club, and Jim Blagg will act as
coach. Swindall will be official-
ly In charge of the team and
arrangements.
Named to the All Stars were
Winn Robinson, Eddie Caskey,
Lance Morris, Ronnie Fowler, T.
P. Medlock, Tommy Hawkes, Kit
Parkhill, Pete Fira, Ronald Ste-
gall, Loyd Pinniek, Donnle Bal-
lard, Bobby Cooper, Jim Bell
jmd Jimmy Flournoy. N
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A. N. Jerrens Dies,
Sattrin-Law of Mm.
J.O. McBride Bete
Mrs. E. ft- Wheat ancf Mrs.
Roger Lipsdftfito'and sons, AUNtf,
Lee and Gard, returned to their
home in San Amohf? recently
after spending the? week visiting
their mother and tfhihtttnother.
Mrs. J. O. McBride.
Friday of last weds. Mrs.
Wheat and Earl Wheat jfr,, re-
turned to be with Mrs. Mctfride
after she received word of (he
death of her son-in law, A. N.
Jerrens, Jr. Mr. Jerrens died sud-
denly Wednesday night of •
heart sfttadt. Be was the hus-
band of the former Josephine
McBride and a native of Chicago,
111. Funeral services were held
Saturday.. morRfag and burial
Whfc in Chidqgp,
Wake Farmers to
Discuss Forming
Ginning Co-op
A meeting of farmers of the
Wake area interested in buying
the Wake gin and oragnizing a
cooperative society there has
been called for Monday night,
July 17, at Pioneer Memorial
Building in Crosbyton. The meet-
ing will start at 8 p.m.
At a preliminary meeting in
Club Cafe Monday night, about
20 farmers from the area agreed
that further study of the idea
might bo profitable. They ap-
pointed W. H. Leatherwood as
chairman of a group to contact
farmers and conduct the meeting
next Monday night.
The Wake community covers a
wide area on the East Plains
with much of the territory to the
north of the gin being under ir-
rigation. There are some wells to
the south and east of the com
munity.
The Wake Gin is one of the
two remaining Paymaster Gins
in the countv, the other being at
Ralls.
Rain Dampens Golf
Tournament Here
Last Weekend
Last weekend's Crosbyton Pet-
ersburg golf tournament here
was cancelled because of rain.
Club President R. H. Farris Jr.
said it will probably be held
sometime in the near future.
Meanwhile, Farris and Mack
Tarleton entered tho pro-am
tournament at Ftoydada Mon-
day. A. R. King, Hulen Clifton
and Farris also plan to enter the
pro-am tournament at Plalnview
Wednesday. v * '
cXftVLtoAL UNDERGOES
MAjd# stmoanr at
ALBUQtWftOOl HOSPITAL
Cary Lodftil, Aimer mayor and
longtime reside# of Cfoebyton,
underwent majiV rftrtgery at Ba-
taan Methodist flaljpWal in Al-
buquerque, N. MtfK, Thursday,
July & The Lodala baVe made
their home at AlbuqtSsM^ie the
pisst tew years.
Mr# Lodal writes th*t he is
dofjntf anusuaDy wen aaill will
prtwibiy be nrieaaed to Ma hohne
wiass.
Rural Equipment
Saves Sections
of Flaming Shed
Flames destroyed several hun-
dred dollars worth of materia!
and equipment when a storage
shed caught fire on the Ronald
McQlure farm a mile west of
Wake at 7 p.m. Monday.
McClure lost some tractor tires,
tools and stored oil in the blaze.
The fire swept one of the shed's
four parts.
New rural firefighting equip-
ment enabled the Ciosbyton de-
partment to bring the flames un-
der control with only slight dam-
age to wheat and cottonseed
stored in other sections of the
shed.
Mrs. Crump Buys
Half Interest in
House of Ideas
Mrs. George Crump has bought
a half interest in the House of
Ideas, effective July 1. Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Davis retain the re-
mainder of the Crosbyton
house.
Cassie Crump is well known
to Crosbyton residents. She has
worked in the House of Ideas al-
most si ce Mr. and Mrs. Davis
established It seven years ago.
An r..i containing further in-
formation is found elsewhere in
today's Review.
Jnne. July Bains
Bring Moisture
Up To Normal
Despite below average rain-
fall in April and May, usually
two of the wettest months In this
area, Crosbytpn has had average
or above moisture for the first
six months of the year. This was
brought about by a wet June and
an above the average rainfall
for the first quarter.
By the first of July the year's
rainfall stood at 8.86 inches.,
which is just about normal for
the first six months. Since that
time, iri the first 12 days of July,
another 3.39 inches have been
added, bringing the total to the
present time to 12.25 inches.
From reports of farmers over
the Crosbyton area the official
reading in Crosbyton was Just
about the smallest amount of
moisture, particularly since June
1. As much as 15 inches or more
have been reported in some areas
for the year.
Moisture at the present time is
described as sufficient, county
farm officials report. Most farm-
ers now would like to see a
couple of warm, dry weeks to get
the maximum growth from cot-
ton, some of which Is late.
Moisture by months for the
year Is as follows: January 1.18,
February 2.07. March 1.47, April
.21, May .81, June 4.59, and July
to date 3.39.
defenses
Big Parade Next Thursday to Start
14th Annual Crosbyton Bodeo
Everything was about in read-
iness this week for the start of
the Fourteenth Annual Crosby-
ton Rodeo, scheduled for Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday of next
week, July 20, 21 and 22.
Highlighting the opening day
will be the big rodeo parade at
4 p.m. Thursday, July 20. More
riding clubs than in the past
several years have indicated
they plan to be in Crosbyton for
the event, Bill Kirk, president,
said this week.
Augmenting the usual rodeo
events, two special attractions
have been arranged for the
younger riders, Preston Weaks,
Rev. J. Shoemaker
Assembly Pastor,
Thompson Resigns
Rev. Lesslie Thompson resign- j
ed as pastor of the Assembly of
God Church June 18, and preach - i
ed his farewell service July 9.
He is moving to New Deal.
The church has called the Rev.
Jerry J. Shoemaker of Tulia as
the new pastor, who is moving
into the parsonage this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Shoemaker have
two children. Jerry Dale, 11, and
Nicky, 8.
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Services Held
Monday for J. A.
Davidson, 78
Funeral services for James W.
Davidson, 7K, a Crosbyton resi-
dent for the past 11 years, were
held at 4 p.m Monday at King
Chapel Officiating were Rev.
Otis Testerman, pastor of First
Baptist Church. Burial was in
Crosbyton Cemetery under di-
rection of King Funeral Home.
Mr. Davidson died suddenly at
about 11:45 p.m. Saturday at his
residence following a heart at
tack.
A native of Tolona. 111., Mr.
Davidson moved to Crosbyton
from Dennison.
Survivors include the wife, I-
rene; a daughter, Mrs. Tom Car-
roll, Hereford; two sons. R. G. of
Dallas, and John C. of Danville,
111. I a brother, Harry of Urbana.
fli; eight grandchildren and
,nin£ great grandchildren.
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SUPT. SAM Itarifess
IMPROVING Tift# WEEK '
now HEART KtiMX
rodeo secretary, said. These in-
clude a calf scramble and a flag
race. Regular attractions will In-
clude calf roping, steer riding,
bull dogging, double mugging,
bareback riding, saddle bronc
riding and the cowgirls' barrel
race.
Roland JtehTwIH be the pro-
ducer again this year. From Fort
Worth, he is reported to have
better stock than ever, and last
year's rodeo attenders will testi-
fy that he had plenty of active
stock then.
There will be three big nights,
with rodeo performances starting
at 8 o'clock. Following the shows
a rodeo dance will be conducted
cach night on the concrete slab
northwest of the rodeo arena.
For the first time since its or
ganization the association starts
its annual rodeo free of capital
debt. Final note on the property
was paid off following the show
last year.
"We hope to make enough pro-
fit from this year's show to
make some badly needed im
provements on the rodeo
grounds," President Kirk said.
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A film, -Fallout in
tuie", wiH be shown
explanatory
APPl|"gt,
committee, ancs these ■
to bring cake and
More than 40
been sent out to Blar
dents as invitations,
to J. W. McClure, club
However, anyone else
is also invited to attend.
Lee Suther, county agent,
have charge of the Rural
Defense meeting. He said the
purpose of this meeting is to
bring to the attention of people
in the communities at Crosby
County vital information on the
threat of radioactive fallout to
themselves, their livestock and
crops, and also information on
practical measures each person
can take against fallout.
'If the United States is ever at-
tacked with nuclear weapons, we
in Crosby County could be seri-
ously threatened by fallout—a
deadly dust which may drift
hundreds of miles downwind
from the areas of bomb explo-
sions", Mr. Suther said. <?If we
are unprotected, we might not
survive. But there are many
things we can do to protect our-
selves. Everyone should have in-
formation on fallout protection
so that he can make necessary
preparations—now."
Topics to be discussed in this
meeting will include: "The fam-
ily fallout shelter", "The threat
to livestock, crops, and sqlis",
"Rural family and community,
civil defense CQApewttan". ♦
"K tiiil nation fcver is involved
in a nuclear war,n Director
Hoegh o{ the QCDM said, "its ul-
timate victory Will depend heav-
ily on the ability of ollr rural
people to survive, to sustain
themselves, and then to provMe
the whole nation with food and
other things needed lor its sur-
vival and recovery."
Indians Remain
at Top of Heap
in Spite of Loss -
In spite of a tight 4-3 extra in-
ning loss to the Yankees, McAdoo
Indians remained at top of the
Little League heap this week.
The Yanks outswatted the Car-
dinals 26-15 July 6, followed by
an Indian 6-5 triumph over the
Giants. On July 7, it was Indians
13, Cardinals 3; Dodgers 8, and
Giants 6.
The long six inning Yank-In-
dian contest was July 8, with
following Dodger-Cardinal tilt
rained out. Giants pasted the
Cards 22 1 and it was Yanks 16,
i Dodgers 4, on Julv 10.
STANDINGS
W L
Indians 10 2
Dodgers 7 4
Yankees 7 5
Giants 3 7
Cardinals 1 9
Supt. Sam Hawkes,
fered a heart attack
10 jsuf-
rday,
July 1, continues to im|Aove at
Crosbyton Clinic Hospital, tmtm-
bers of the family report.
He will probably be releateti
to his home In another ten day*,
according to hospital officials.
REALITIES Pat Bennett
Texas Claiming New Territory;
Encyclopedia Salesman Stop By
Texas is the biggest state a-
gain. according to E. R. Neagle
He received this secret informa
tion from his son in-law, Ser
geant Earl Heinsen, who recent
ly returned Trom Guam.
Heinsen says there is a boun
dary marker on the Guam
beach which says: "Eastern Bor
der of Texas". Just goes to show
you how far out these tidelands i
really extend.
Well, If Alaska can claim all I
that ice we ought to be able to
claim a little neck of salt water
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The encyclopedia salesmen
have been sneaking into Crosby-
ton after dark and annoying cit-
izens again. Tuesday night, offi-
cials nabbed a couple and asked
them to hit the road.
Again it should be said: Ask
these vagrant salesmen for the
permit they are supposed to re-
ceive from the city or chamber
of commerce before vending
their wares! The permit is easy
to get If they are on the up and
up. « i lit:*
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Belgian Congo expatriate Jearl
Pieraerts tells about the lady en-
cyclopedia salesman who visited
their farm home near Wolfforth.
A schoolteacher in off season,
she launched enthusiastically in-
to her line.
"I'm sorry, we reslly don't
have the money to spare now,"
Jean interrupted.
"Now", the visitor smiled, "you
know you must feed, your mind
as well as your stomach."
"I understand that, and per-
haps we might be interested la-
ter on," Pieraerts said tactfully,
but explained, "you know, we
lost everything we had in the
Congo."
"Oh," exclaimed the woman
sympathetically, "that's too bad.
Did they have a tornado there
or something?"
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Been intending to apologize to
the Leatherwood family for some
time now. Recently we ran a
story about an old "Indian fight-
er" buried in the cemetery nam-
ed "James V. Leatherwood" and
said he had no relatives here.
Well, it turned eut that he
was a Civil War veteran rather
than an Indian fighter. And you
can hardly throw a rock any di-
rection without hitting one of
his relatives.
Not that I'm planning to throw
any rocks. The old soldier's re-
latives have been quite nice a-
bout our blunder and contented
themselves with a few laughs at
the Review's expense. All we can
do is apologiZ#, „;, ' .?
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Stanton Brunson points Out
that the city is doing a wonder-
ful job keeping the park in
shape this summer. The grass is
mowed, the weeds decapitated
and It looks Uke a little Mac-
kenzie.
Stanton has 'only one su|
tion. The parte is attracting a;!
of picnickers these days. It i
be s wise idea to scatter a
trash cans around on
grounds so park users dm
keep things tidy.
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