Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUME 57
TWELVE PAGES
SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1964
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Grand Jury Urges Gaines Liquor Sales Crackdown
Tractor Drag Race Is
On Tap For Loop Area
A group of young farmers, in
the Loop community have come
up with a novel idea for a sport-
ing event that ties In their busi-
ness of farming. It's a Drag Race.
Nothing unusual about that, you
say, it's done ail the time with in-
being held in northeastern Ken-
tucky, where it is reported that
such tractor drag races, 6r pulling
contests are rapidly gaining pop-
ularity.
Purpose of the initial tractor
pulling contest in Loop is to raise
deed national dragster champion I money'that will go to a 4-H, FFA
Ray Whisenhunt right here in! and FHA livestock show in that
Seminole. community,
All very true, but this is to be I Not wanting to keep this thing
a "Tractor" drag race, which is all to themselves, they are invit-
somethlng a little out of the ordiri-1 ing anyone who has $3.00 and a
ar>-. The Loop , folks gotrthe idea [ tractor lie's pi oud-of to enter and.
just everyone who wants to come
out and watch the event on Satur-
day, September 19 in the Loop
Co-Op Gin yard.
Event will start at 7 00 in the
morning and here's how it. works:
Sled to .be pulled by the tractor
will be ten feet long and four feet
wide and will weigh 4.000 pounds,
or about the weight of the small-
est tractor entered. The lightest
tractors entered begin pulling
first.
Pulling lanes are 12 feet wide
and 100 feet long are roped off.
To complete a race a driver must
pull his load iO feet without stop-
ping. If he fails the first time, he
gets a second try. but is diquali-
fied if he stops on the second, try:
Driver is also disqualified if his
wheels spin one complete turn
without the sled moving.
Weight is added 400 pounds at
a time after eafh 10 foot pull. As
smaller tractors are eliminated,
heavier tractors keep pulling.
Weight is added until all are o#:
The winner is determined by div-
iding weight of tractor into weight
of the sled and its contents. The
resulting percentage that is high-
est is the winner. For example,
if a 2.000 pound tractor pulls a
4.000 pound sled, the percentage
would be 200%. or it would mean
the tractor pulled twice its weight.
Participants in the Kentucky
races warn of several pitfalls.
Since winners are1 figured on basis
of weight, it's to the contestant's
advantage to make his tractor as
light as possible, with even five
pounds possibly making the dif-
ference in a win or a loss. Ken-
tucky contestants strip their trac-
tors of all weight not necessary,
even removing one front wheel of
a tricycle tractor in an effort to
make it weigh less.
At any rate there should be
quite a "drag" out at Loop on the
19th.
from an article out of "Progres-
sive Farmer" about such a race
Seminole School
Enrollment Still
Showing Increase
Enrollment continues to rise in
the Seminole schools according to-
figures released by school officials
which showed 2,235 pupils on the
rolls. This is a gain of 90 over
opening day enrollment of 2,145,
This is still short of the all time
high of 2,269 students which was
reached last fall, but school auth-
orities predicted that this year's
peak enrollment would surpass
that of last year. Superintendent
F. J. Young pointed out that tra-
ditionally enrollment rises through
the harvesting season in the fall
with the, peak usually being reach-
ed in the late autumn
A breakdown by buildings shows,
the Primary grades with 638, the
Elementary with 593, junior High
with 391, and the High School with
543: The largest grade in school
is third which has 226 pupils. Spec-
ial education class has 12 pupils
and Carter G. Woodson school has
58 students. The smallest class is
the seniors with 97 prospective
graduates.
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Handed Down In 2 Days
The Games County Grand Jury handed down twenty in-
dictments, no-billed six persons, passed one case and went on
record unanimously recommending an intensified, crack-down on
persons guilty of unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages in. Semi-
nole, arid Seograves in a two day session last week:
The resolution passed.'signed and presented to 106th Dis-
trict Judge Truett Smith for publication in Gaines County news
media reads as follows:
"It is the. wish of this. Grand Jury meeting this September
i 4, 1964, that law enforcement officers of Gaines County and the
■ law enforcement officers of the City of Seminole and the City of
j Seograves make ever/ effort to seek out and prosecute to the limit
| —~ — ~ . - " " ~~ j of the law any- or all persons
j guilty of unlawful sale of liquor,
j bleer or any alcoholic drink."
The resolution Was signed
WEATHER
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Precip. to date: 4.08 in.
INDIAN MARCHING BAND
The Seminole Indian marching band parades at halftime of
game between Indians and the Denver City Mustangs. Band
did precision marching and rendered "Happy Days Are Here
Again" and "Down the Field" musically. Band this year is led
by Drum Major Paulette Mayfield and assistant Drum Major
• rvflnma Moore. Majorettes are Pam Bishop and Valii Barber.
Next outing for the bandsmen will be the Levelland game
Friday night in Wigwam Stadium. (Sentinel Photo)
Indians Looking For First Win Over
Inexperienced Levelland Lobo Eleven
Tragedy struck in West Gain-
es County sometime early this
morning when four men died,
apparently the victims of dead-
ly hydrogen sulfide gas.
Dead are Gaines farmer S. B.
Farrar, 53; George Fields Mit-
chell. 50, co-Owner of M & M
Flying Service and father of
local M & >1 manager George
Mitchell; Calvin. Dwayne Berry,
17, flagman for the flying serv-
ice; and Charles W. Tipping, 17,
son of Mrs. Evelyn Tipping of
610 SW 9th in Seminole,
The four men were discover-
ed, three in one pickup and the
other. Farrar lying beside his
pickup some 100 yards farther
j down a lease road seven miles
west and two miles north of
j Seminole. An aerial crop dust-
; ing i: ;.i mtticcd the two pick-
j ops be-id? the road with people
| in them but no movement. He
j set down and notified authoriti-
es. with the call coming into
| the dispatcher's office at the
; Gaines County sheriff's depart-
ment at 7:51 a.m.
Speculation of oil and gas peo-
ple at the scene leaned toward
a possible blow-out of a line
carrying the deadly gas. They
hy
Grand Jury foreman Rayford
Fowler and jury members. Mrs.
Mark Allen. Delton Mills, Dan
Fields, Thomas S. Carty, Dave
Henderson. Jameil Aryain. Joe W.
Anderson and Mrs. Carlos Alex-
j ander.
Reason given for the strong
i mandate was testimony given by
j numerous juveniles as to the ease
| with which anyone, whether they
j be adult or minor, can purchase
I alcoholic beverages in both Semi-
nole and Seagraves. v.
Indicted for driving while ■ in-
j toxicated, second offense were:
| Morris Wilburn Livingston. Ctiar-
j leg W. Roberts, Jr.. Joe Gonzales
i Garcia, Harold Buren CoWgef and
Ken. Maynard Burris.
! True bills for passing worthless
| checks were handed down against
Mrs. B. Bender, Leroy Johnson,
! Chester Bertron . and Mrs. .Troy
j t ':.i riag'«K
[ Other indictments included for-
j gery by altering a genuine instru-
ment against R. A. Knotts; bur-
glary by breaking ■ and entering
against David Garcia, Richard
Hargrove, Charles Henry /Wil-
liams and Ed Barton; removal of
mortgaged property, against Doy-
le McGinn is; swindle against Al-
fred J. Finley; theft over $50.00
against Calvin C. Vicars, Eusebio
reported that a single whiff of Martinez, and Leandia Martina.
Also charged were Catalmo
"We were pleased with just a-; probably start at the fullback slot.
PLANE? NOPE; BIRD! . . .
This unlikely looking phenomenon really Isn't a plane, or
Superman . . . it's just a bird neatly caught by a tangled lint
around a telephone wire. Blacker line below hawk is larger
power cable, inquiring photographer and Mrs. H. L. Garrett
of 406 SW Ave. E who called him surmised .that our feath-
ered friend was tethered by someone, escaped, only to have
his line become entangled with high wire. We'll accept your
version, however. (Sentinel Photo by Dan Wakefield)
bout everything but the score"
was the way Seminole Indian
Football Coach Jake Harrell sum-
med up the Seminole-Denver City
opener last Friday.
"The type of play and spirit ex-
hibited by all the boys was real
fine, and we feel that they are
going to continue to come along
this week against Levelland." Har-
rell concluded.
Seminole opened the 1964 grid
season by dropping a close one to
the Mustangs, 7-6, although they
dominated play throughout the
contest, having trouble cracking
the goal on several occasions.
Opponents tor the Indians Fri-
day night will be old rival Level-
land of District 3-AAA, Seminole
and Levelland have staged some
of the better football games play-
ed the last several years with the
two schools splitting over the past
four games. Seminole won last
year's encounter in Levelland, 14-
12 and will be trying to make it
two straight Friday night in Wig-
wam Stadium.
The Lobos have yet to play
game and information on their
squad is rather sketchy, Harrell (
reports, "You can be sure that !
this Levelland team will be similar
Harrell said. Other than MeGehee
and assorted bruises the Indians
are in good physical condition, he
added.
Levelland appears to be weak-
er from an experience standpoint
than in past years, with only six
lettermen listed as starters, and]
men are Keith Bell. 6' 4 ". 152 i back David Whitsett. 154-pound j
pound junior letterman and Clay junior with B-team experience;;
Krueger, 6' 6". 188-pound jun- Larry McVay, only senior back I
ior letterman. Spearheading a 1.81-; at 145.pounds and one letter; Ron- :
pound offensive line will be senior inie Humphries. 157-pound half- j
letterman tackle Mac O'Connor at hack; and fullback George Keel-
202 and senior two-let.terman eeft-' ing. 144-pound - junior letterman.
ter Carroll McDonald at 182 with the 181-pound offensive
Other Lobo starters are senior, line average. Lobos will outweigh
the fumes were enough to cause
loss of consciousness. The three
M & M men had apparently
been preparing to lay out Far-
rar's field for spraying opera-
tions and had possibly stopped
to talk when the fumes over-
came them.
Services are pending at Sing-
leton Funeral Home for the four
men.
only nine lettermen ort the roster, j tacklcu Bobby Williams, 190; sen-; the Indians by six pounds per man.
The Lobos will depend heavily j.ior guards Delton Young, 168. and and teams will stack up even in '
on a passing attack built around ! senior Larry Schoenrock. 189. The the backfield at 148 pounds each, i
two towering ei^ds. The big wing-1 backfield will consist of quarter- i Seminole backfield weight takes ai - , . . . .
beating with replacement of 192-}5cf|eduleS AACiOfl
Jarmillo and Reys Amoro Maldon-
ado, theft of fowl, to-wit: chick-
ens; passing fogged instruments
against Karen Keith alias Mrs.
Larry Keeler and Larry Keeler;
; and Sodomy charged against
Henry E. Henderson.
! Judge Smith will accept pleas
| of guilty Friday, September 11,
j with non-jury cases. set for Sep-
tember 15. Civil jury cases will
be heard on October 5, beginning
of a new term of court.
Ag Research Field Day
Is Set For September 15
with 145-pound |
Booster Club
Crop Harvest .Is
Feed For Gridders
pound McGeliee
Km icnti z. jB w■ vi vi■ iuuwi ^ Limited insect damage on a
I ho Lobos do not have too much | ^he Seminole Indian Booster crop that has 10 per cent of tlifc
speed, but appeal to be ver\ . nvc( |n i\xv Audio-Visual roomsorghums harvested and only five
stiong in the line. Offensively t-iic 1 at the high school Tuesday as a per cent of the cotton now open
Indians and thcii fans will watch | Capacity crowd turned out to view i was announced today by Gaines
a seldom-Seen formation. Level- |fj]ms of thc seminole-Denver City
land this year is running a vana-! foot|3au Ramp
Gaines County farmers are be-1 vyilt be discussed. ;tion of the I formation with . Another highlight of the meet;
j ing urged to attend the Annual .The - VerticiJIium wilt disease .of ^mgbacks and slot men the > jng \Vhich was attended by over
! Field Day being held Tuesday, cotton costs area growers millions; 1 formation three backs line up | jqq persons, was the presenta-
I September 15 at the Texas Agri- of dollars annually. The prospects directly behind each othei befoie, tion of the seventh grade football
| cultural Experiment Station. | for developing varieties within the play develops. | squad by Coach Jack Chubb. Dif-
| ' According • to Gaines County the next five years with resistan-; Probable starters for the In- j ferent "grade" teams will be in-.
i Agent Calvin Holconib this year's ice to this disease looks, very good, dians. as they go lor their. first | traduced at other Booster Club
i field day will be one of the most
j informative ever, and every farm-
er and rancher that Can attend
should do so.
The experiment station is'loeat-
to those in the past in that they j-ed. i'- miles norJ,h: of Lubbock on
will hit real hard and be in good i'V- s Highway 81 and Will fea-
eondition," he added. ; tm'e use of the latest develop-
Seminole came out of the Den- j menis in agricultural research, he
ver City fracas with only one in- added
jury that, should make a change The Kield l)ay is held in cooper-
in thc starting line-up. that being I ation with the Texas Agricultural
an ankle sprain to fullback Jim j Extension Service and will Ivigh-
McGehee. liji•>' weed control, cotton diseas-
Junlor Daniel Barrientez Will es. sub-irrigation, broadcast, cot-
ton'and several other items of In-
terest.
★ ★ ★
Junior Indians Take
To Gridiron Tonight
A full slate of grid action is on
tap for Seminole fans this week
when all "Junior" Indian teams
take the field.
The seventh grade and B-tcam
squads will take on Denver City
in Wigwam Stadium tonight, with
the 7th grade game scheduled for
6:00 p.m., with the B-gamc to fol-
low immediately The eighth and
ninth grade teams Journey to Den-
ver City with game times the
same as those In Seminole.
September 17 action finds the
ninth and B-teams meeting Brown-
field here with the seventh and
eighth playing Brovynfield there
Sub-irrigation, which is of par-
ticular interest to area farmers,
will be evaluated under five dif-
l-'-i-'oUumiax-v
ferent er^^r-TU'eUiiuuai.,v,..,resllIts„
in 1963 indicated that the same
yield of cotton was produced with
42 per cent less irrigation water
with sub-irrigation when compar-
ed with furrow irrigation.
Under Weed Control farmers
will be told of chemicals for pre-
cmergenee and post emergence
weed control. that offers a real
possibility of greatly reducing or
eliminating hand hoeing of cot-
ton on the Texas High Plains. For
greatest benefits chemicals must
be applied properly. Chemicals
found to be effective, rates and
methods of application and costs
RESEARCH.
See INDIANS, Page
See BOOSTER, Page
County Agent Calvin Holcomb.
Soil moisture continues very
short, with a considerable short-
age of both native and irrigated
pastures suitable for grazing, Hol-
comb said.
Major crop activity now con-
sists of grain harvesting and some
planting of alfalfa and small
grain, he added. '
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Seminole's 1964 Indian footballers romp onto the field to do
battle with old foe Denver City Friday night in Wigwam Stad-
ium. Booster banner stretched across goal posts reads
"Indians Beat Mustangs." Gridders burst through the paper
GRID SEASON OPENS ...
sign much in the same manner that they burst through and
over the Mustangs all evening long, only to drop a HtHllo*,
7*6 as Denver City luck held for sixth consecutive win over
Seminole. (Sentinel Photo)
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Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1964, newspaper, September 10, 1964; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417483/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.