Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 3 of 16
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THE OLAtfofc NSW8
GLAUDK, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1959.
PAGE THREE
Report on
by Gene Shelton
Sunday News-Globe Reg. Staff
The little Panhandle town
Claude is growing.
of
low, rambling ranch-style dwell-
ings, were constructed by a Claude
contractor.
One of the finest of the new
homes, now in final stages of
construction, belongs to Lloyd
old town, as Panhandle towns go
The community received its
name in 1887, when the first train
Claude, located 30 miles east of N a { ti|ne resident of
Amarillo on Highway 237, is an Claude u wag constructed by
J. M. (Mack) Justiss at a cost
of around $35,000.
The most striking feature of the
over the Fort Worth & Denver home js the indirect lightingi
Railway arrived at a settlement which giyes the samp effect of
of scattered tents and dougouts on suniight witii uniform illumina-
the present site.
The engineer of the train waved
his hand toward the scattered
tion and no shadows.
The housewife who never has
enough closet space would te in
dwellings and asked, What towns Utopia in the spacious home—the
He was told bad n0^ closets are g feet g feet
A new 32-by-24 foot fire station
this?'
been named.
' Call it Claude, he jokingly js ^eing built in the 100 block on
said, My name is Claude Ayeis. parks street. Armstrong County
Claude it was, and still is. is furnishing half the funds for
Claude grew swiftly for a few constrUction of the station.
years following the coming of the Thp dtv of claude recently ac_
railroad. Then, like many another irpd a ' new fire trucfe tQ com
set I lenient it ceased to grow.
When the urban'nation trend
began several years ago. snnller
communities deteriorated. Claude
went through this phase also, but,
plete upgrading of facilities of
the volunteer fire department.
The truck was acquired from
Army surplus stocks after the
city joined the Armstrong Coun-
unlike the majority of small towns ty civil Defense SystelTli ind the
enme out of the lapse and staged 750-gaiion American pumper
n recovery. "checked out just fine" when it
A good crop in 1958 and com- wag tested recently in Amarillo.
pleticn of paving on the scenic Next door to the new fire sta-
canyon highway between Claude yon, a city hall now under con-
and Silverton contributed to a strUCtion will be completed in
mild boom which is beginning a}>0U( go days
to show its full effects in the Both new buildings were con-
form of remodled business build- structed without having to resort
ings, new homes, improvement in ()ond issue for financing, but
school facilities and public build- claude citizens proved their will-
ings.
A11 example of the new look in
ingness to vole bonds this month
when they approved a $15,000
business establishments is the of- jssue to finance the city's part of
fice of the Stewart Insurance Co.
Insurance man Charles Stewart
has spent about $5,000 on remod-
eling of the building which he
had owned for seven or eight
payment for improvements to 287
within tht city.
Claude municipal service facili-
ties also include an ambulance
service, furnished courtesy of
years. The interior was finished MU1.phy Funeral Home of Clar
in mahogany paneling, and the endon -piie funeral home provides
new office furniture
mahogany
also is of
the ambulance and pays the gas
bill, and Claude citizens donate
The exterior of the building is their time as drivers. Fees for
of aluminum alloy, lesistant to use ()f ambulance go into city
weather and wear.
coffers, and collections mount up
Stewart has a private office as £be ambulance often makes as
now. He doesnt use it, howevei, many as j0U1. or fjve runs a week.
because he 'likes to be out wheie Claude folks refrain from using
the people are. He thus sums up j-be term "boom" to describe the
the nature of the friendly com- npw jn an old t0wn. But they
munity , , only have to take a quick look at
A clothing store next door to me city to rec0gnize it for sur-
Stewarfs office (Leo Pat erson s isin , youthfu, oldster
clothing store) decided it was
time to remodel the exterior of
the store, so they arranged for
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
The Commissioner's Court
of
R^SStive of the community improve ment drive in ^aude is ^ Stew-
i4 inBiiranrp Co recently moved and remodeled at a cost of about b5,uuu. in.
office is located on the southwest corner of the courthouse s^uare- The. offl<* 1"'
terlor felrt mahogany panellng, .cco«rtl«.l tile celling and ««lera mnovat.om
In office equipment and style.
ii
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The Lovd Nelson home in southwest Claude, now in the final stages of construclion,
is one of the most modern homes in the Panhandle, feftu"n8is ibout
all-electric kitchen. Cost of the dwelling built by J. M. (Mac) Justiss, is aoou
$35,000. Interior decoration plans for the home were drawn up by Mrs. Nelsou, a
tired art teacher-
installation of an aluminum alloy Armstrong County> will receive
front to match that on Stewart's bids at the courthouse in Claude,
office. New windows will complete Texas untn 10;00 a m
on July
the modern merchandising pic- 13 1959 for the purchase of one
ture.' ., . „ ^ Diesel, Tandem drive grader of
The old Armstrong County court not )ess than n5 horsepoweri e-
house is get ting into the re juven- . d with endosed cab heater>
ation act with a little "spit and booster steerl 13:00.24 tlres
polish" in the form of new storm front and 14 foot blade
windows and doors installed at a U Ms and blade extensionSt gas0.
cost of $10,635. Solid screen storm line starting motor
windows are being added to the Qne used Adams Model 550
basement windows, and half- motor grader Serial No 5099 t0
screens will be hung on the other be traded in on the purchase of
three floors. a new machine, and the differ-
Since January the lower f oor ence tQ be ,d ln cash within a
of the building has been repaint- iod of 3() d from date of
ed, and county officials plan to deijvery
repaint the interior; one floor The CQunt reseryes fche ht
at a time until all four floors ^ reject an and ftU bld8
have been painted. j R Johnson
A recent development Is the Count Ju<,
sudden boom In home construe- Armstrong County, Texas,
tlon in the southwest part of town,
Molt Of tlM IWV hOQIM,
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JUPE MOTOR SUPPLY
WHOLESALE AUTOMOTIVE DISTRIBUTORS
SPECIALIZED BRAKE AND SPRING DEPARTMENTS
312 & 400 West filh Ave. Telephone DR2-2244
Amarillo, Texas
...tUTUT^FACe IT f
JUST HOPE \tV06MTJ
FALL OUT of IT'*
OUMTlMrJjJ
&
fire call C A 6-2141
Get The Most Out of
your car
. . . this summer by having a full
tune-up of the carburetor, cooling
and electrical systems; and make
repairs and adjustments so that
you can get the most economy most
miles and most service out of your
car. It pays to check it over.
BYARD GARAGE
George Byard
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959, newspaper, June 4, 1959; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355573/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.