Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1957 Page: 1 of 16
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Fifty Years in
Business Here
VOL. 67.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, THURS., JAN. 10, 1957.
NO. 20.
Hugh Doak
Passed Away
Tuesday Night
This community was shocked and
saddened this week on the sudden
death of Hugh Doak, a resident of
Claude for many years.
Mr. Doak passed away sometime
Tuesday night. He had been in ill
health for a number of year but
has been active during that time.
He was well known over the
Panhandle as a rancher and cat-
tleman and was active in Arm-
strong County civic and political
affairs. He was a member of the
Claude Methodist Church.
Funeral services are pending.
Square Dance
Slated Saturday
The Caprock Square Dance Club
will hold a square dance Saturday
evening a 8:00 oclock in the Amer-
ican Legion Hall. Ross Lingle, of
Altus, Okla., will be the caller.
Mr. Lingle's band will furnish the
music for the evening.
No charge will be made for
spectators who wish to watch the
square dancers, and all square
dancers are urged to attend for
an evening of wholesome recrea-
tion. Refreshments will be served.
If a person wishes to hear a
wide assortment of profane words,
let him ask the driver of a school
bus what he thinks of today's
children.
Our town didn't have much
get up and go—and if you did
get up, there was no place to
go!
School Census
to Start Here
Next Week
School census time is here
again, and officials of the
Claude Public Schools are anxious
to get the names of all children
in the school district who will
be over 6 years of age and under
18 years of age on next Sept. 1.
Students now in school will be
bringing home census forms to be
completed, and parents are urged
to see that the forms are filled
out and returned promptly.
Parents of children who will
be starting school next Sep-
tember, and who have not
otherwise been contacted, are
asked to call the office of
Supt. J. T. Thomas or School
Principal H. C. Yarbrough, or the
first grade teacher, Mrs. Cressie
Hood.
The census must be completed
by February 1.
Under state law, parents or
guardians are required to sup-
ply census information on all
children of school age . . . that is,
all those who were born after
September 1, 1939, or before Sep-
tember 1 1951.
And these names are worth
$72 apiece to the local school
district. That's the amount of
the state's per capita school
allotment, which is based on
the annual school census.
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THOUGHTS
Roughage
Program
Extended
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The Roughage Program for Texas
has been extended in all 238
counties previously designated,
Walter T. McKay announced today.
County Committees in all des-
ignated counties are being advised
that they may now accept appli-
cations for a supply of roughage
feed to carry basic livestock
through March 15, 1957.
McKay was also advised that
it is the policy of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to continue
the emergency feed grain and
roughage programs in the drought
areas as long as there is a need for
these programs.
Consumers to Have
Meeting Saturday
The Farmer Supply and Con-
sumers will have a business meet-
ing, Saturday January 12, 1957 at
2:30 p.m. at the County Court-
room.
The president or representative
from each women's club are asked
to be present to help plan the
menu for the Annual Consumers
Banquet, Tuesday, February 12,
1957.
Middle age is that period when
a woman's life appears to be all
bleaches and oreaocu
Cunningham
Joins S. C. S.
Staff Here
Mr. and Mrs. Virgle Cunningham
and daughters, Candance and Lydia
are now making their home in
Claude. Mr. Cunningham was re-
cently employed by the Soil Con-
servation Service and will be at-
tached to the Claude Work Unit
assisting the Staked Plains Soil
Conservation District Virgle will
be at Claude from 6 to 12 months
and will complete his training in
range conservation and other phases
of conservation work before tak-
ing an assignment elsewhere.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are
graduates of Sul Ross. Virgle was
graduated in May 1954 with a de-
gree in Range-Animal Husbandry
and Betty received a degree in
1953 in English.
Mr. Cunningham was recently
discharged from the army after
serving 2 years with 19 months of
this time spent in Germany. Virgle
worked for the Bureau of Land
Management in Idaho for 6 months
before joining the Army in 1954.
The Cunninghams attend the
Baptist Church.
The Cunninghams have moved
into the rent house of Mr. and
Mrs. E E. Judy's just north of the
Cecil Waggoner home in Claude.
Mothers Club
Meeting Held
Mothers Club met Tuesday, Jan.
8. Only eight attended.
Mrs. Wilkens was in charge of a
wonderful musical program. There
was so much talent displayed and
too few to enjoy it. The trio
consisting of Elaine Moore, Evelyn
Hooker and Sue Dye sang two
numbers accompanied by Mrs.
Moore. Carol Wilson played a
piano selection; Henry Hardaway
sang and Evelyn Hooker played a
piano selection.
Each time we have a delightful
program and very few to enjoy it.
Mothers' Club meets the second
Tuesday of each month. Please
try tc attend.
Car ■ Truck
Crash Fatal
to Dallas Man
The driver of a late model Pon-
tiac was virtually decapitated near
Claude Tuesday night when his
auto crashed into the side of a
heavily loaded feed truck.
The dead man was identified as
Tillman F. Martin, 41, 2816 E
Atoll street, Dallas. He was alone
at the time of the accident. Mar-
tin was employed as a salesman
for Walls of Texas, Inc., a chil-
dren's garment firm.
According to investigating of-
ficers, Roy Wood and Justice of
Peace Bill Dunn, both of Claude,
the accident occurred around 7
p. m. Tuesday eight mUee east at
(8a* CRASH on Last Page*
R. E. Blanton will be barbering
in Claude 50 years Thursday the
10th. 49 years of this time he
operated his own shop. He decided
to take it a little easier and sold
his shop and 2 brick buildings
to Ernest Melton Jan. 1, 1956, and
has been working for him since.
Earl first built a 12x14 building
where Abe Cole's restaurant is
located.
In 1910 Earl moved into the
Warner Building where he had a 3
chair shop with 2 bath tubs,
and remained there with his shop
until the morning of March 3rd,
1915 when the building burned.
Most of his fixtures were saved.
This same day he bought the
Boomer Building and fixed up the
old wooden building for his barber
shop and in 1917 he moved his
shop to the building where Floyd
Wilson has his abstract business.
At this time he purchased 5 feet
more loc from Charles Warner
so he could build 2 brick buildings.
When these buildings were built
he put another new 5 chair shop
with 5 bath tubs in back of shop,
and had one of the best barber
shops in the Panhandle. Then in
a little while he put in another
barber chair. And for a while
had all the business 5 and 6
barbers could handle during the
summer. For a few years they had
from 50 to 150 bath customers
every week. One Saturday in 1919
there were 133 men bath customers,
and Earl and CarU Appling worked
from 5:30 a. m. until 2:30 next
morning.
An unusual incident happened
one day when a doctor and wife
from Dallas, Texas and a lady
with them stopped in route to •
California, for a bath. The doctor
marked a day on the calendar
and said have 3 tubs ready on this
date and they would be back again
Sure enough, they were there.
Earl has always run a nice clean
shop and tried to treat every,
one alike. About 5 years ago he*
installed 3 new barber chairs.
Earl says he hopes to b^ able
to be barbering in Claude many
more days.
TPA PROPOSES 16 GOOD
GOVERNMENT BILLS...
By The Texas Observer
A growing avalanche of legis-
lative proposals is headed for the
hoppers as senators and repre-
sentatives from all parts of the
state putting the finishing touches
on the bills they want.
Biggest single group of pro-
posals in sight now is the pack-
age of 16 bills recommended by
the Texas Press Association "for
better government in Texas."
Drawn by Attorney General John
Ben Shepperd's staff and backed
by most of the weekly newspa-
pers in the state, they are aimed
at preventing recurrences of state
scandals.
Rep. Carlton Moore of Houston
plans to introduce a resolution to
put a 25 percent limit on federal
income taxes.- He explained that
he believed Texas would be the
31st state to adopt such a resolu-
tion and that when 32 states had
done so it will be mandatory for
Congress to make a tax cut.
Moore, who* was recently elected
chairman of the Harris county
delegation, said the income tax
limitation would help every citi-
zen by saving taxpayers $1.5 bil-
lion and make it possible for em-
ployers to pay higher wages and
expand business.
Rep. M. J. Murray of Harlingen
plans to introduce a bill defining
a taxpayer who is qualified to.
vote in bond issue elections. He
(See PROGRAM on Page 8)
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