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VOLUME 57
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SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964
Registration For
Voting Without
Poll Tax Payment
Voter registrations, without pay-
ment of poll tax, for the purpose
of voting for national officials, be-
gan yesterday at the county tax
assessor-collector's office, and will
continue through March 6, accord-
ing to Mary Baldwin, Gaines Coun-
ty Tax Assessor-Collector.
Payment of poll tax as a quali-
fication for voting in national elec-
tions was 'made unconstitutional
by the ratification of a constitu-
tional amendment banning the poll
tax nationally.
Persons who have not paid their
poll tax, and wish to vote in the
upcoming national election, may
obtain a registration certificate at
the county tax office.
County tax officials will issue a
regular poll tax receipt to persons
registering under the new setup,
but jt will be stamped "Poll Tax
Not Paid" and will qualify the
bearer to vote only in the national
elections.
( It is still necessary to have a
, valid, paid poll tax receipt to be
eligible to participate in primary
elections and to vote for city,
county and state officials.
Miss Baldwin reported that 3,37!)
persons had qualified to vote in
Gaines County prior to the Janu-
ary 31 deadline for payment of
poll taxes. This is a drop frpm the
record number of 3.463 who qua-
lified to vote in the 1960 general
election.
The number of exemption cer-
tificates issued to first time vot-
ers this year was 110, an increase
from the 45 first time voters re
girftered for the last general elec-
tion. .
Miss Baldwin reported that the
number of taxes paid at the Sea-
graves office was about the same
''as for the record year, and that
most of the drop off in poll tax
payment was apparently in Semi-
nole..*
School Board Here
Hires Architects
, Peters and Fields, an Odessa
architectural firm, has been em-
ployed by the Seminole Common
Consolidated School District to as-
sist Ih 'planning for additional
school facilities.
At the present time, all avail-
able classrooms except one are in
1 use, and it is anticipated by the
, school administration that the
number of students per room will
bave to be increased in the 1964-
1965 school year because of the
shortage of" classrooms.
According to superintendent of
schools, F. J. Young, it is not ex-
pected "that-the situation will he
critical next year, but it does ap-
pear" that additional facilities will
be needed badly by September
1965. In order to have these facili-
ties when needed, he said, it is
necessiary that planning be done
now and that construction begin
in the fall.
Young said that it is hot yet
lenown what sort of construction
will be needed, adding that the
school district will have a better
( idea of the direction to take with
j construction after a thorough sur-
vey with the assistance of the
architects.
Ten architectural firms made
application for employment by the
Seminole schools, and four of the
ten were selected for interviews
by the school board. Following the
interviews, the board voted to
employ Peters and Fields to as-
sist in planning and to do the
architectural work when new con-
struction is begun.
PRICE 10c
NO. 12
Candidate Roster Set
For Election On May 2
Nance Family js Chosen R^skl,
For Farm Family Award commissioner
. m The final roster of candic
The family of -Charles M Name 'chairman Hill Lyles presented the ; seeking* the
candidates,
Democratic nomina-
was named "Farm Family of the
Year".'ait the annual banquet o!
the Seminole Area Chamber ol
Commerce here Thursday . night.
Tile identity of the family to be
honored a I the banquet was kept
secret by: the selection committee
tmtil the announcement was made
at the banquet, and
TOP FARM FAMILY
After announcing that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nance have been
selected as tf^e Seminole area's "Farm Family of the Year,"
Bill Lyles, cha rman of the selection committee, presents them
with a plaque designating them as the outstanding farm fam-
ily. The award was made at the Seminole Area Chamber of
Commerce banquet Thursday night. I (Sentinel Photb)
Panthers Are Next Hurdle In Indians'
Path To Tenth District Championship
Boy Electrocuted
Sunday Morning
i A 'rabbit hunting excursion far
j two young brothers and. their dog
I came to an abrupt and tragic end.
j.Sunday morning, when the younger
I of the. two boys was accidentally
I electrocuted.
j. Rocky Dean Curry. 10. and iv
brother, Bobby, 14. were hunting
; near their home. approximately
132 mites southwest of Seminole,
! when they saw a rabbit run into
! a length of irrigation pipe.
As they lifted the pipe to try
: and: shake, the rabbit out. it came
j in contact with a high voltage
power line carrying 12,470. volts
award tion for- offices in Gaines County
Earlier- in the evening. Nance i and this area has been completed,
had been awarded another plaque. The deadline for filing for a place
the chamber's service award for ' on the ballot in the May 2 Demo-
1 is having just completes a term : cratic Primary Election was Mon-
ys a • director of the chamber of] day. February 3.
commerce. Many of the races came to the
Nance, who is active ih civic deadline with only the incumbent
commuter affairs.- is president of the Gaines- j having filed, and no contest what-
Yoakum Sugar Beet Growers As-j soever for the office. "
soi lotion a director oi the Gain- George Malum. congressman
o? County Farm Bureau, and a ' from the 19th Congressional Dis-
director o! the Gaines County Cot-: trict, which includes Gaines Coun-
tnn' Growers A -ocn.tion I ty,: has filed for re-election, and
Hoscoe Robinson,- outgoing pre* j has no opposition.
sid.ont of* the .chamber presented! Also filed for re-election, and
service .plaques to the/lollowing j also without opposition is H. A.
retiring.:.directors. Charles Nance, i (Doc) Blanch'ard, state senator
Charles. Ray. Roy. Garrett, Joe from the 28th Senatorial District.
Smith ancj, .lira Savell. He also i The state representative-for this
presented: to the, members, the new ! area, the 75th Representative Dis-
offieers' and directors, elected to trict. R. G (Randy) Pendleton,
serve during 19t>4 * has also filed for re-election. He
The new president of the cham-
ber.- Gerald Geyer. then presented
the past president's award to Rob-
inson.
Gaines County Judge ChariestEi
is unopposed.
George H. Hansard, district at-
torney for'the 106th Judicial Dis-
trict. has filed fot re-election with-
out opposition.
The Seminole Indians will be crown, regardless of the outcome! Fort Stockton will be trying
traveling to Fort Stockton tomor- of the two remaining games I hard for an upset over the Indians,
row night, looking for their 10th ; The Fort Stockton Panthers will ■ which would keep their hopes alive
straight district win of this sea-! be- no pushover proposition, how-' for a share of the district -.crown,
son. and their 10th straight dis-j ever, as in their last meeting the If the. Panthers could beat the In-
trict championship Indians barely squeaked by to a ; dians.'and' win the remainder of
A victory for the Indians over | 44-43 victory, playing here in In- their games while the Indians lost
the Fort Stockton Panthers will dian Gymnasium. | the remainder of theirs, it would
put them four games out in front! The Panthers, who were idlej throw; the district into a tie and a
of their nearest competitor with j Tuesday night, will be coming in- playoff to determine the district
only two games left to play. This [ to this game standing alone in. the j representative at the regional
means that a win tomorrow night | second spot in the district stand- tournament.
will give the Indians a clear title j ings, with a record of five wins This season's first meeting of
to the District 2-AAA basketball ! and three losses. the Indians and the Panthers was
——.——_—-———*-— —1' ■■ ' : 1 a close fought game all the way.
Scoring started off slow for both
teams, and five minutes deep in
the first quarter, the score stood
at only 3-3:
The Panthers took the lead in
the first quarter, though, and
maintained it until half!ime when
they led 28-26.
The Seminole Indians bought' at [Indians came back with a renew- 1 he Indrans railuMf--ui the -third-
least a share of the District 2-AAA ; ed effort to overtake and pass the quarter and led 36-35 at the end
basketball title Tuesday night as j Mustangs, at first going in front
they turned back a strong dial- by a single Jboint.
Indians Down Mustangs
To Clinch Share In Title
their. two tallest men. both, 6'
at the post positions On defense, (le u-
the Loboes use either a 2-1-2 zone n\ a]
Lawrence master of ' ceremonies j' On the county level, three' of-
for the. evening, introduced the ficers have filed for re-election
main speaker, L Kay. vice- j without gaining an opponent. They
president for public services of j are: Stephen L. Haley, County at-
Bobby was dazed and knocked Lubbock Christian College-. j torney. Mary Baldwin, county tas
. do« n by the sli«»ck. i*nd when hei Kay e -r.ti .uldress .on citizen-j assessor ■ iand TYavis
regained his feet, he' was alone. 1 shir aiid patriotism: an address 1 Bagley. Coran-rssione/ of Preclnet
His yoiingeT brother. Rocky Dean, Of tlie type which has won him 1; V ■
and their dog, had received a fatal ; two medals' of honor from Free-j fhe greatest activity and com-
j charge of the high, voltage efec-1 doms Foundation 'petition has been drawn to the
trie it.v. The criteria used in selecting j races for county sheriff and for
Rmergenc.v vehicles were called j.'he "farm Family of the Year" ! commissioner of precinct 3. Five
j to the scene, and Rocky Do'in was j were outlined for the Sentinel by candidates have filed seeking the
rujhed to Memorial Hospital, but the chairman 6f the Selection com- j nomination for sheriff, and six
pronounced dead on ar-' mittee. Bill Lyles; as follows: : have filed for the office of county
j. ..Self improvement, making a commissioner.
or a maji-to-man setup
Problabe starters for the Lobo-
es . w ill be Potts. 6 2", at the in-v
side post : Cornvvell, 6' '2-.V at the
outside post: '.Jackson. .6' I",
VVhitet'ield, 5' 11". and Moss,
5' 10". at guards.
Probable starters for the Indians
in both games are Chester Samp-
le,: 6' 3". and Teddy Welch. 6' 3".
at double post positions: and Frank
Bice. . 6* 0", Freddy . Simpson.
5' if", and Dandy Price, 5* '8'!,
at guards
One week from Friday, the In-
dians will play the Pecos Eagles
in the final game of district com-
petition. here on their home court.
In the rush of earing for Rocky ! study of the market for his pro-; jn the race for sheriff, the la-
Dean, and hopijrg that he might ; ducts and using that and other< eumbent, Floyd Taylor, is seeking
re-election. Seeking to succeed
j him in that office are Alton J.
Montgomery. Ed Welch, Sam B.
J Hoskins. Jr., and Melvin Brown.
Tn the other active race, that
for commissioner of precinct 3.
the incumbent. D. C. George, is
not seeking re-election to that
post.
The six candidates who are
seeking the nomination as county
commissioner are: Raymond Pat-
ten, B C Norton, Hampton Bell,
j L. G. Miller, Charles M. Nance
and Newell Bowen.
Also on the ballot in the May 2
Dernocratic Primary Election will
■be the names of those candidates
seeking election as county Demo-
still be alive, the boys' dog lay
forgotten, left where he lay. kill-
ed in tlie midst of his froliC after
a rabbit
Funeral services were, held
Tuesday in Seminole Memorial
Chapel, with Rev. Rov Ed gem on.
pastor of the First Baptist Church;
officiating and Rev*. C. II a Bur-
nett. pastor of the Church of God.
assisting. Burial followed at Sem-
inole Cemetery
Survivors include his parents,
Mr and .Mrs. Bob B. Curry; and
four brothers. Bobby, .Jimmy,
Richard and Marty.
studies in . marketing his crops,
taking , advantage . of educational
meetings and tours, and use' of
local services such as' agricultur-
al agencies, banks and the cham-
ber of commerce.
Citizenship. taking part in
church, and school actiyities. par-
ticipating in both political and
farm program elections, and fam-
ily partieipatidri in , county and
community organizations.
■'.' Crops, planting.of recommended
varieties, use of certified seed,
proper seed treatment. correct
See NANCE, Page 6
of,the period. The fourth quarter
was a seesaw battle between the;
two teams, with Seminole winning
in tlie closing seconds of the game
as Chester Sample sank t<vo free
throws to give the Indians a one
point margin
loss knocks them down into third I tangs That is if you call "The I Probable starters for the Fort
place, Old Grey Mare she ain't what she [Stockton Panthers are Tommy
At present, the Indians, with
9-0 record in district play, are
lenge by the Andrews Mustangs. | Midway
defeating them 59-53.
The Mustangs had been in a
tie for second place with the Fort
Stockton Panthers, however, this
the third quarter,
when the Indians regained the :
lead which they had lost in tlie
second period, the Indian student
section began serenading the Mus-
Instrument- Course
Is Offered Here By
Texas University
~r~ A foundation course in thestudy
of Instruments will be offered tn
this area by the Petroleum Exten-
sion Service of The Unlirersity of
Texas, beginning Monday, Febru-
ary 10.
The classes, which are available
to anyone interested, will be held
in the safety room at the Mobil
Oil and Refining Co. camp. Glass
hours will be from 7:00 to 10:00
p.m. each night, Monday through
Friday.
The course will be divided Into
two parts, each continuing for two
Weeks, at a cost of $20 for each
part. Full information concerning
the course will be available at the
first meeting of the class.
three and a half games out in
front of the Fort Stockton Panth-
ers who have a record of 5-3. The
Indians would have to lose all of
their three remaining games, and
the Panthers win their four re-
maining games, to keep the In-
dians from having a clear title to
the district championship.
The game was marked by a dis-
play of poor sportsmanship on .t'hO'f their "roughness
part of the Andrews fans, who
made a practice of making as
much noise as possible during all
Seminole free throws.
The Indians' trip to Andrews
was also marred by a thief, who
entered the Indian dressing room
during the game, taking all of
the money which they had left
In their pockets. According to
Used to be" a serenade for the ' Galtoway, who was high last time
ears of a group tif disgruntled ' "Sainst the Indians with-11 points;
Mustangs , j Jimmy Davpnport. who scored I!
The Indians finally brought their
Coach Metx LaFollette, the In
dians lost between $15 and $18.
The Indians were the first to
tally Tuesday night, and they
quickly ran the score up lo 7-0
before the Mustangs were able to
rally.
The Mustangs did rally and
close the score, however, and af-
ter nip and tuck play throughout
the rest of the quarter, the buzzer
sounded on a score of 15-13, with
the Indians In the lead
The Mustangs made an even
stronger bid for an upset in the
spcond period, as they • tied the
Indians, and then went out In
front by a score of 28-25.
After the halftimc break, the
third quarter lead to four points,
and the score going into the final
period stood at 43-39.
The Mustangs, who had been
playing a rough game most of the
night, and who had been allowed
to do so by lenient referees, fin-
ally began to feel the effects of
in the third and
four quarters, as they lost four
men with excessive fouls. -
Although the Indians were only
able lo score one field goal in the
final period, they were able tr,
extend their lead by four points
on the strength of 14\free throws.
The final buzzer sounded on a
score of 59-51. in favor of the In-
dians JuL_asJiasJima!£ned^^
least two other occasions this sea
son, there were two free throws
after the game had ended, both
good, making the final score In-
See INDIANS. Page 6
WEATHER
Date
Jan. 30
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Feb. 1
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5
6
Preelp.
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points in the last game: Richard,
Shoddy. Johnny Sarabta. arid Joe;
Wilmeth.
Next Tuesday, the Indians will
be coming up against the Mona-
hahs Loboes here in Indian Gym-'
nasium. The Loboes. as yet win-
less in district play, are undoubt-
edly the weakest team in District
2-AAA.
In their last meeting, the In-
dians traveled to Monahans where |
they Clobbered the Loboes 94-46
It was a high scoring, high foul-
ing game, and the Loboes had to
plav the last 1.5 seconds of the j
game with only four men on the
court.
The Loboes, use a tandem post
formation on offense, employing
i.
m
Preclp. lo date: ,29 in.
'Pygmalion' Will Be
Presented Monday
"Pygmalion" by George Bernard
Shaw will be presented at 8:00
p.m., Monday, February 3, in the
Seminole High School Auditorium."j
The play is being presented by 1
the local chapter of the National,
Thespians and the Seminole High
School speech deparjment
_A musical version of this play,
"My Fair Lady," set a new Broad-
way record for the longest num-
ber of consecutive performances. .
j Admission prices will he 50
! cents for adults and 25 cents lor i
i students. \
NEW AND OLD
Gerald Geyer, left, administrator of Memor-
ial Hospital in Seminole, and the new presi-
dent of the Seminole Area Chamber of Com-
meree, congratulates Roscoe Robinson, presi-
dent of Robinson Rathole Service and Fireball
Irrigation, after presenting him the past
president's plaque for his services as chom-
bei president during 1963. (Sentinel Photo)
cratic chairman and as chairmen
of the various voting precincts
in the county,
The county chairman. Joe An-
derson, and all of the precinct
chairmen have filed for re-elec-
tion without opposition. The pre-
cinct chairmen seeking re-election
are: Mrs. J. M. Haney. precinct
1: C. V. Shelton, precinct 2: Le-
Roy Tompkins, precinct 3: W. H.
Wescott, precinct 4: T- O. Hunt of
Loop, precinct 5: Mrs. . Jewell
: Mathers, precinct 6; L. L. Coats.
See ELECTION, Pagre 6
Seminole Entries
Take Nine Places
At El Paso Show
Seminole 4-H and FFA boys and
girls took nine places with swine
which they had entered in the
Southwestern Livestock Show of El
Paso.
David Lee won first place in the
light weight Poland China class,
and second place in the medium
weight Poland China class.
The first place award in the
heavy weight Poland China class
went to Caiulyu Lee. :—
Another first place, in the light
weight class for crossbreds and
breeds not covered by other divi-
sions went to Linda Shults. Her
entry also won the championship
in the breed division.
Barron Bryan's entries took
fourth and eleventh places in the
light weight Duroc class, and
seventh place in the heavy weight
Duroc class..
Barry Bryan won tenth priie
with his entry in the light weight
Duroc class.
The only Seminole FFA entry,
Hollis Shults. Jr„ took fifth place
with his entry MThf S««vy Hamp-
shire class.
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