The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1953 Page: 2 of 12
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fflE BAYLOR rorVTY BANNEK, aETWOHK. TEXAS
THURSDAY. JULY M. I»H
A ROBOT
TELLER!
Some day some one may invent a robot
bank teller that could accept your deposit
and credit it accurately . . . but it couldn't
give you the human service our tellers do.
A robot teller would also lack the alert
eyes for signatures, the memory for facts
and faces — factors which are constantly
safeguarding our depositors' interests.
THE FIRST NOTIONAL BHNH
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Green and
son. Dickey, of Tart Worth spent
the week end with Chester's par-
ents, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Green.
When Mr. Green returned home
he took with him a painting, done
by Mr. Parsons of this place, which
will be placed in front of the bap-
tistry ai Chester's church. It shows
a winding river, with trees and
hills on the side. It is very artis-
tically dome, and should be a most
appropriate scene for a place of
that kind.
Mrs. F. A. Hefner of Carlsbad.
NjM., was here <or three days last
week on a visit with homefolks.
She visited her sisters, Mfcues
Nora and Eula Farvcher; and her
brothers, Claude and T. E.. and
their wives. Mrs. Hefner has
lived in Seymour the greater part
of her life, but is now in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Blackburn, and her husband at
Carlsbad.
Mrs. Agn«*> Nugent was visited
last week for a few days by her
sister, Mrs. J. Ross Bell of Chil-
dren. The Sunday her daughter,
Miss Mary Ann, came in from
Dallas to vpend a week at home.
Mary Ann will teach there again
this fall.
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Z S ADAMS PASSES
Z S. Adams. 87 died at 7:00 am. i
Monday. July 20th, at his horrfe in,
the Round Timber community. He1
had lived for a good many yeai'j
with his family on the old Dr. Mc-
Lemore place
Funeral services were held in
the Round TinJber Baptist church
on Tuesday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock Conducting the services
was Rev. T. R. Bedford, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church at
Seymour; and he was assisted by
ReV Keith Parks, pastor of the
Red Springs Baptist Church. The
house was filled to overflowing,
and there were many flowers.
Several favorite songs of the fam-
ily were sung by a quartet
composted of J. W. Hamilton, B.
P Franklin, Grady Morton and
J. F. Lester, with Betsy Bedford
as piano accompanist.
Interment was in the Round
Timber cerrfetery. with the Harri-
son Funeral Home in charge of ar-
rangements. Pallbearers were
nephews, as follows: Marvin Bar-
rick. Walter S. Middleton, Nathan
Mitchell, Howard Middleton, Will-
ard Adams and Junior Adaiws.
Present for the services were
all of the children and their fam-
ilies. besides a large number of
other relatives and friends, coming
t'roim over a wide territory. Those
attending from out-of-town were:
A brother, Tom Adams. of Love-
lady, two sisters. Mrs. Lillian Ma-
ples of Crockett and Mre. Mary
Peacock of Madlsonvflle; nephew,
Paul Maples of Crockett, niece,
Mrs. Everett Morgan of Austonia,
nephew, Wallace Adams and wife
of Weldon, a brother. Jim Adams
and children. Mrs. Jim Wallace and
two daughters, Abilene; Mr. and
Airs. Hairy Hicks and son. Rotan;
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Adams. Herm-
laifh; Mr. and Mrs. Kmmlt Hicks.
ai Merkel, Ernest Adams, Rotan;
Mr. and Mrs. Ruple Morrow. Ro-
tan; Mr. and Mr* Frank Smith arid
Burton Smith Paradise; O. C.
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Skagle ai Bridgeport.
Zora Speammn Adams was born
August 26, 1886. near Whigham,
Georgia. His parente moved to
Texas in 1873 settling in Houston
County near Lovelady. On Jan-
uary 31, 1889. Mr. Adams was
married to Mias Nancy Clara Calla-
way. To them were barn seven
children. Surviving are: Lee
Adams, Round Timber; Mrs. Flo-
rene Barrick, Round Timber: Mrs.
Jessie Foster, Fort Worth; Mrs.
Hazel Mitchell, Newcastle. De-
ceased are: Harold Adams. Ernest
Adams and Travis Adams all of
Seymour. There are 20 grandchil-
dren, 35 great-grandchildren; five
brothers: John Adams of Kerrville,
Thomas Adams and William
Adams of Lovelady, Walter Adams
of Austin and Sam Adams of San
Angelo; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian
Maples of Crockett and Mrs. Mary
Peacock of Madisonville.
Mr. Adarrfs and his wife, who
survives him, had lived in Baylor
County for 35 years, and have been
some of our best citizens. They
lived for the first part of the time
on the old Martin farm, and ever
since 1935 they have been on the
MeLemore place, which now be-
longs to Mrs. Valerie Tevis of
Wichita Falls. Z. S. was a man of
high ideals, of keen intelligence
and unusual industry. He and his
wife have taken part in community
affairs, and have supported their
county, state and nation.
Mr, Adam's was converted and
united with the Baptist Church
in his '20 s, and the life he lived
was evidence of his faith in God.
A man like that made many warm
friends, and Mr Adams had them.
He had lived out the span of life
that the Lord intended for him.
and hi3 physical frame just became
too feeble for a home of the soul.
He has gone where there are no
physical failures; and where his
family and friends are assured that
they will see him again.
Mr and Mrs. D. D. Moorhouse of
Lubbock were week end visitors
back home. Deator. was here Fri-
day to attend the livestock sale,
and bought some calves which he
shipped to the plains Mr. Moor-
house has become a car salesman,
sort of on the side, but he has no
intention of quitting the cattle
business There have been some
good rains around Lubbock, and
the agricultural situation has be-
come considerably brighter than
was the case for a while.
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The whole je&r 0
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The three bedrooms are on the
VICE RURAL HOME
A Banner representative had the
privilege the past week of paying
a visit to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F Tucker, Jr.. who live
on the Olney highway, six miles
southeast of town. Their home was (south, all with south entrances,.
built right out in a field, and B.1 and the swell-looking bath is be-'
F has dene a large part of the j frween the two main bedrooms,
wd k on it so the time of com-; All have ample closet space with
pietion has been delayed In fact, j linen and quilt closets, and closets
only recently have the out build- j for the water heater. Running wa-
ir.gs been finished, and the Bar- j ter is brought in from a big sur-1
n'.ida grass lawn and shrubs are
just now getting a good start.
The Tuckers live on a 209-acre
farm that formerly belonged to
John James. It has 147 acres in
cultivation, with 25 acres in feed
and the rest in grain. B F. made
16 bu'shels of wheat to the aore
this year.
face tank on the northwest, equip-
ped with a pressure pump. The
place rs complete with the big
barn aid chicken house that were
moved from the former location.
The barn is 21x60 feet, with a 20x
60 foot shed on the south. The
chicken house is 20x30 feet, and
I it is almost entirely closed it, ex-
has been suffering ftrom drouth
like here Three days were spent
at Salt Lake City, and the visit
there happened to coincide with
a pageant that was being put on to
celebrate the Days of 1847, when
the Mormons carrse to Utah. The
pageant was put on by Daughters
of the Pioneers, and music was
furnished by musicians from the
University of Utah. The girls took
a swim in huge Salt Lake, only
the only thing you have to do
there is to float The water is 24
per cent salt. The great Mormon
Temple was seen, with the Audi-
torium which will seat 8,000 peo-
ple. By accident, this was built
with perfect acoustics, which have
never been equaled anywhere else.
The tourists heard the proverbial
pm drop, as they were at the back
of the big room, and the pin was
dropped on the stage in front Th,-
visitors were also delighted to hear
the Sunday morning broadcast ot
music put on by the Monr.on
Choir. One feature of the early
days was recalled, when Mr. Fer
gexm says he could not understand
how the early settlers, in thei-
ox wagons, ever got over territory
as rough as that. The journey
back home was by way of Albu
querque, and a great many things
of interest were seen on this
route, although there was not
much stopping when they started
home.
Hadrian < 122 A. D.) built the
Roman Wall in England
Mr. Tucker and family formerly ' cept an open space, covered with
lived in a house on the north side net wire on the south.
of the land, where a terrible trage- ,
dy occurred when Mi's. Tucker -phe Richard Fergeson family re-
and one of the children \v ere burn- tupnetj Thursday night of last week
ed to death in a fire that destroyed * •
their home a few years ago. A : from a 10-day vacation trip to
year or so ago Mr. Tucker was , P<>'nts "°r,thw®?t- In the we["e
marrier to Mrs. Lila Ruth Nelson, j Mr. and Mrs Fergeson and daugh-
Her eldest son, Jim Bob. is work- ter. Betsy together with Betsys
ing at Hereford. All of the other ceusin. Linda Fergeson of Ranger
children, on both -sides of the fant- j Linda s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Theo
ily are at home, and going to Fergeson. came up Sunday and
school at Seymour. They are: Joe 'took her home. They also .brought
Tom and Johnny Nelson, and; Blondie. the cocker spaniel that
Charles Ray and Sue Tucker. In i they had kept during the vaca-
addition to his farm work. Mr. j ^on trip. This trip led first to
Tucker is assistant to Elmore Tay- Denver, where a day and night
lor in the plumbing business, and were JjP«* Fr«n there they went
for several years past Mrs. Tuck
er has been taking one of the
shifts at the telephone office.
The five-room residence is fin-
ished in light green asbestos sid-
ing, with composition shkngle roof.
The entrance is on the southwest,
and a concrete walk leads from the
front door to the graveled drive-
way. There are Venetian blinds
and hardwood floors, except that
in the kitchen, bath and boys
room the floors are finished with
inlaid linoleum and asphalt tile.
Electric lights, with nice fixtures,
are supplied from the REA lines.
The 12x18 living room is on the
west, and a door opens from it to ,
the combined kitchen and dining !
room on the east. This Is finished !
in yellow, with cabinet features1
and other fixtures being in the j
most modern fashion and efficien- j
to Yellowstone Park for 3 days,
seeing the geysers and all the big-
gest sights of that favorite vaca-
tion ground. They saw the lakes
and mountains, but did not see so
much snow. In fact, that country
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1953, newspaper, July 30, 1953; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429662/m1/2/?q=%221964~%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Baylor County Free Library.