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VOLUME 57, NUMBER 24
SEYMOUR. BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS, THUKSDAV FEBRUARY 5,
FOl'RTEEN PAGES
PASSING
DAY
$2,494 Contributed
To March of Dimes
WEATHER: "It's too pretty."
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Mrs. Ralph Howe, 1953 March of^
Dimes drive chairman, announced
Wednesday that $2,494.33 had
Geo. Sauer Says
Athlete Must
Give 105 Percent
According to usual standards, \ been contributed so far, with
this weather would be about per- j more donations coming in. This is
feet. However, some think it is | about $200 less than was contri-
ttnseasonal, and that some cold and ! buted in 1952, but the additional
wet stuff would be better. contributions coming in may bring
xxxxxx | it up to last year's figure.
Maybe so, but there is another | The Mothers March on Polio was
way of looking at it. You pay a|rnat^e last Thursday night accord-
high price for strawberries out! >n8 to schedule and the greater
of season, and think they are a i part the above donations came jetes scy100i officials and football
great treat. The weather could jin during that one drive. fans, Baylor University Athletic
be enjoyed all the more because! Mrs. Howe stated that all the Director and Head Coach George
we are not- supposed to have that' committees functioned with the 5?auer told the boys "Just giving
kind mow. utmost cooperation, for which she joo percent isn't enough. You
xxxxxx (extends her thanks. It takes the must have five percent more
The balmy days have even combined efforts of many workers ready reserve. Everyone
brought out a bunch of the golf and the generous help of donors to jpQ percent, but a good athlete
Speaking before over 350 ath-
Agent Advises
Fight to Halt
Worn Damage
Baylor County Agricuiural
Agent Roy MoClung said Wednes-
day afternoon that cutworms were
doing considerable damage to
wheat in all sections of the coun-
ty. "The damage Is still spott d
in the fields," said McClung, "and
the cutworms haven't spread to the
entire field." "But," he continued
"if they aren't controlled they will
soon be destroying entire fields o>'
badly needed wheat in the coun-
try."
The worms are moving In from
pastures and damaging wheat
along the edge of the field Ac-
cording to McClung, irfan.v farme s
thought
C. of C. Member Drive
To Start Tues. Morning
Dr. Earl Crawford
Addresses Lions
At Wed. Luncheon
Seymour Remuda
Names Officers
> In preparation or the annual
Chamber of Commerce member-
ship drive. President Richard Fer-
geson has issued the following
statement:
Forty invitations are in the nfail
today to members of the 1953
Membership Committee to & dinner
At a meeting of the Board of Di- meeting with members of the
rectors of the Seymour Remuda Board of Directors at the Country
j Monday afternoon. Joe Wood was Club at 0:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb.
Members of the Seymour Lions elected president of the Remuda 9 1953. Plans will be perfected at
, Club heard a very interesting talk ' f°r 1953. Claud Morris was named this rr.'eeting to begin the annual
at first ^hat 'the djry I Wednesday by Dr. Earl Crawford, vice-president and Bill Damron, drive Tuesday morning, Feb. 10th.
— 1 J! In our opinion, if there was ever
a time in the history of Seymour
and Baylor county when its citi-
ter and Sam W. Jones. Assisting zens should get squarely behind
Damron as secretary-treasurer will this local organization, that time
be Miss Mary Ann Richeson and is now. As all other successful
Miss Edith Kulhanek. business concerns, a Chamber of
The Remuda, goodwill group: Commerce, nust operate under a
who are a part of, and still separ- budget. If that budget is raised,
nore in weather was causing some of the! pastor of the First Presbyterian j secretary-treasurer. Other direc-
has the! wheat, to turn and die. Others Church. Wichita Falls. Dr. Craw-j tors of the organization are Floyd
lete has' thought rabbits had been damaa- lo'd told many interesting things Shaver, Floyd Davis, C. T. Por-
_ _ .thought rabbits had been damag-1 io"rt told many interesting things
players, fooled into thinking it is i make such a drive successful, Mrs. that extra percentage that you ■ jng it. The cutworms cut the about his recent visit to Europe,
spring. Nature has been fooled Howe stated. don't have to prod out of him." | wheat off at, or just below, the dealing for the most part, with
too, and Bermuda grass on the; one half of the money contri- The group he was addressing gath- j surface of the ground, lie sprint? the people of Europe and their his-
greens is beginning to become buted to the March of Din.'as re- ered Monday night at the Sey-J weather we have been havin has r-v-
green. j mains in Baylor county for emer- rrJour High School Gymnasium to i brought them out a little ai ly. Dr. Crawford said that the peo-
xxxxxx | gency treatment and care of local honor the "Top Twenty" of Dis- i the county agent believes. pie of Europe had gone through
Of course, there will be some to ; polio patients. The other half goes trict 2A-4 and the District Cham- "Too many people believe cut- two great wars, in which they not ate from the Chamber of Com- i! s influence is felt throughout
ask why the golf players got out , to the National Foundation for pion Seymour Panthers. worms can't be controlled.'1 said i only lost many of their number, I merce and the Seymour Rodeo the area: if not, it's activities must
there. It could be l'or enjoyment Infantile Paralysis, to" be used in jhe genial coach spoke very the county agent. "This is definite- but had their homeland destroyed. and Reunion, each year attend a be curtailed to that extent. Since
of the game, of course; but it does I feating patients and in research highly of a former Panther who ; ly a mistaken idea. One to one From these ordeals he concluded Sood many rodeos andothe- civic we operate under the lowest bud-
not turn out that way often enough, j work.
If the dern balls would only do
right; but no matter how hard
you try, they won't go straight.
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Along the line of sports, that j
football banquet was a jam up aam m « Ml _
good one. The only thing about h <f/ K^|f AC !%|10Tt
it that was not perfect was the wl,vi *
19S2 Cotton Crop
played defensive tackle for the1 and one-half pounds per acre of that they are tired and somwhat functions in this area. Their Set of any town in this area of
Baylor Bears last year, Bob Robfc-i Toxaphene or DDT will kill the despondent. He dealt at length chuck wagon meals are in demand like population, with the lowest
son. He said, "Bob is one of those worms." The insecticide should; on the art and architecture of; quite often. They make a color- membership fees. •'
fellows who has that extra five, be mixed with enough water to European countries that has come group riding in the many pa-
percent. All he wants to know make the individual sprayers ap- down through the ages. In com- rades they attend each year. Each
when he gets into a football suit is ply the proper amounts of the mix- I parison Dr. Crawford said that! member pays dues as a member
What color is your uniform?' If j ture to the acre, instructs the we are a young country and could ^ the organization. Not only are
history of
Of 1951 Crop
! you and shows it on every play."
Wholeheartedly approving 'jhe
rule abolishing the platoon sys-
. ,. . „ . _ tem, Sauer said he liked it bet-
According to Hoyle F. Sulli s, (er than ever a^er watching the
Special Agent for the Bureau of 1953 Bears j workouts
Census, S. Department of Com- I „T went
merce, the Baylor County 1952 j tongs • he said
Cotton crop was 6,337 bales less {,oys learniing defense and defen-
than the preceding crop on comp-| sjve b lea,.nin„ 0ffense."
arable dates ot January 16. As!
of January 16. 2,592 bales had been ! ch'ef Quarte«»CK Uaud Ham-
ginned in Baylor County. On Jan- son head of the Seymour Quarter-
uary 16, 1952. 8,929 bales had been back Clulb. acted as Master of
ginned from the 1951 crop. Ceremonies at the banquet. The
way Noah Carter of Electra called !
the coin. Coach Hatter built up a |
championship team, and then lostj
the trophy by calling it heads. The
Electra and Seymour B teams tied
for the crown, but Electra got the
trophy.
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Bun Melear made a good hit
with his introduction of the
speaker, but the occasion was near-
ly too much for him, and the
crowd took a little time for laugh-
ing and cheering while Bun got
over his scare.
xxxxxx
This sports buisness is a great
business, but they don't keep it
properly divided. They are try-
ing to drag in the baseball season
now, before grass starts. Telling
about swapping players, and the
usual prediction that the Yankees
will win again. Maybe so, but
don't give it to 'em before the
season starts.
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There's not much to politics just
now. except the Democrats have to
re-organize in Congress. They will
have the strongest minority party
in years, but will have to get used
to that role. One of them said:
"We've been in power for a long
time. Just give us a little time
now to decide what we are against,
instead of what we are for."
Charles F wZnLv fppl nr*t 8> 1896' she movc<i to Seymour in Marshall Gearhart received the
Charles E. Wilson may feel pret-, jg07 returning to Weatherford to a trophy won by the Sevmour I *"j
ty much like a shorn lamb. Some- |iuo iq,,? £ »u u , v " j and
bodv was comrrvntinsr on hi* nnt Xf ., . Panthers when they defeated'
BettTne a haTr^it coin* in ' Survivons are three sisters, Mrs. Qupanah. 14-12 in the final dis-
Washineton®"N?" heJid "bit iGracP Thomas. Cottage throve. Ore- trict game of the season. B team
Washington No, he said but gon. Mrs Effie Siddens> Los An. coaches Hershell Hatter of Sev-
other ^avs" "mm 3 P y ,n | ge-les, California; Mrs. Nora £ mour and Noah Carter of Electra
I Womble. Weatherford; one brother, filpped a coin to see who would
Bugs Baer ,hou8h, «« »„er , "w^'h ISSg t?
bkely"XCnn*^w<|US^"u". 'if Th" I .J? ^ trophy. _Tho_ Junior
The Tc*as Almanac Klv*s cot- Department of the High School,
ton harvest for Baylor County for sponsored the banquet that saw
tf" y;®rs^ ffueats from Builkburneljt, C'hil-
All of them top the 1952 c op. Ac- dress Electra, Olney, Quanah and
cording to that publication, he s ur at ^ tables,
top year was 1926 when cotton Rj h jnt f ^ evening wa
!n th^, °^unty, produced of c^urs£ Sauei-s speech a^d the
25.976 boles. Tlie lowest previous showing of the movie of the Texas-
year given was 1946 when 2,919 Baylor gaiT<e of 1952 gaid
bates were ginned. Figurw given of the game "Usually coaches
were for 1906, 1916, 1926, 1936, d0n't like to show a same thev
]*»■ i&47' l^jlost This game, however, is one
anc' of the best football games I have
ever seen. Our boys were all
giving 105 percent. The Long-
horns had 106 percent."
Preceding Sauer's address, W. E.
Hancock, Superintendent o f
Schools at Quanah and Secretary
its the right color he's for you. If county agent. "Usually a strip] profit from the past
it's the wrong color he's against [ 10-50 feet wide around the field, Europe.
will control cutworms," said Mc-1 w. B. Flewharty, president. re-
Clung. "if the farmer har* been < ported to the club on the pav-
watchimg his field and knows j jng project which is due to get organization,
when to spray." under way again in a few weeks.
A regular cotton sprayer can be I weather permitting. He received
used satisfactorily, as can an air-1 a letter from Stephen Luce, con-
it hammer and i plane sprayer. The agent reports tractor, in regard to the paving
"with offensive it is also possible to use a cattle which has already been put down
' sprayer, but it is very difficult to Some of the paving has developed
set the spray properly adjusted, j holes and rough spots which the
He reports that chemicals can be i Lions questioned Mr. Luce about.
obtained at 'Feed and Drug stores j His answer is as follows:
in the county.
If there is any doubt In the mind
Seymour and Baylor County rep-
resented on the membership rolls,
but several frcm adjoining coun-
it occurs to us
that it would be economical for the
business interests of the town to
increase it's membership fees in
your Chamber of Commerce to an
extent that many worthy projects
could and would be handled by
the organization, rather than by
ties are members of the unusual store to store solicitation. We
speak advisedly when we say that
the Board of Directors would be
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES AT WEATHERFORD
Miss Georgia Mae Williams, 56,
died at her home in Weatherford
ing his wheat, he is advised to
find some worms in the ground
where the wheat is being damaged,
put them in a bottle and take theiri
to the county agents office in the
post office building.
QUARTERLY DEANERY
MEETING OF NCCW
Installation of officeis Tor 1953
and stressing im|por4fi« -of the
Parish Library were high points of
interest when the Catholic Daugh-
ters of America. Our Lady of Good
Council of Wichita Falls were
hostesses to the first quarterly
meeting of Wichita Falls Deanery
Council of National Council of
Catholic Women on Thursday,
the pauper's oath.
,, _ xxxxxx [Church, conducted the service. In
Mr. Baer, after observing meth- , terment was in Hill Cemetery,
ods of appointing cabinet officers.
etc., thought he might qualify for „ H KvnK nII.s
one of the jobs. Bugs said if the , " H* Khl K I,,fcS
Senate wants a man who has' Mr. Keck died last night at mid-
never made good at anything, he
will accept the nomination,
xxxxxx
his money for the next four years,
«.Mr. Baer said he would like noth-
ing better than to be a baby sitter
for a bankroll.
xxxxxx
The other day a Banner reader
told us that he always reads Pass-
ing Day. but seldom takes on the
on January 27. She had been ill of District 2A-4 presented the V T i a w
tor three weeks. trophies to the winders in A. B j ^Sed '?v Ve^Rev f nttonv
8 1 A?mov«ST SeZ^'m if h ™.iorr Hi*h tFootba11 Coach^le^d I^S ^art Church,
8. 1896, she moved to Seymour in Marshall Gearhart received the: Wichita-Falls, opened the meeting
was followed toy the registra-
tion and luncheon.
"A reading public is needed be-
fore a library can be successful,"
stated Rev. Walter Bojniewicz,
Discesan Librarian, Denton, Texas,
the main speaker of the afternoon.
Emphasizing the importance of
Catholic libraries in the homg,
parish and disocese. a number of
works were named that should
appear in each.
Mrs. Joseph Allen, Pres. W. F.
Deanery Council, then spoke of the
month of February as "Catholic
Press Month' and was followed by
a few well chosen remarks on
the importance of work of the N.
C. C. W. by Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. J.
Bender, Dallas. The meeting then
adjourned with a prayer
Representing the Sacred Heart
Church of Seymour were Rev.
Theo Francis, O.M.I. Mrs. Jerry
Mocek, Mrs. John Knezek and
Mrs. Lynn Holman.
reQUired t0 takeiThe REV J- Arthur Williams, pas- M, HanTo^k aTso
tor of the York Avenue Baptist j tificates to the 20 members of the
All-District Team and compliment-
ed them on their records.
night, in the Baylor County Hos-
pital after an illness of some
length.
NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS
C. A. Harris. Seymour, Ford
Custom Tudor; Conley Lott Nichols
Mach. Co., Seymour, Buick Fordor
Sed Super: Floyd Rogers, Sey-
mouir, Chevrolet G C Sedan; Floyd
Rogers, Seymour. Pontiac Chieftain
Fordor; S. M. Malone, Seymour,
Ford Fordor Sedan: Geo. S. Plants,
Seymour. Chevrolet D C Sedan;
William H. White, Odessa, Pontiac
Or if any cabinet officer should i Funeral services are being held
want an honest stranger to hold this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, from
the First Baptist church of Sey-
mour, conducted toy Pastor John
E. Lewis. Interment will be in
the Henson cemetery.
Mr. Keck was one of the old Ch Del Tudor; Phenix" Motor Co ,
timers in this country and he and Wichita Falls Mercury Mont ■ Ro-
family lived for many years in the land T. Starkey, Seymour. Pontiac
__ Plain view community. For some Ch Del Fordor: John Badgwell,
editorials. That's bad on the edi-1time past the family has lived on Seymour, Chevrolet B S Cpe.
tor, and the columnist might sug-(t'le'r little place, just north of — —
gest that if the editorial column town.
Hospital News
1 Gentry's Not to Leave
Last week in giving an account
of rebuilding of the Mitchell build-
Miss Luey Keck of AnVs, ing- The Banner gave the impres-
sion that Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Gen-
try might be leaving Seymour. Mr.
but the articles are too long, and BOB ROBERTSON DIES ^s^conSecion^wrth "white ^uto
were pepped up a bit, people might
read it more.
xxxxxx
You have to stop and study over
it, and the subject matter is too
serious anyway. Not only that.
Surviving are the wife; four
sons, Richard, F^oyd, Berkley and
Lawrence Keck; and one daugh-
ter,
! Okla.
PRESENT PATIENTS
Don Rowlett. Joe Garcia, Mrs.
W. J. Laney. W. M. Parker. G. H.
Williams, J. P. Guymes, H. Den-
ning. Sherry Plummer, Mrs. Billy
Lions Cluib
Seymour, Texas
Dear Sirs:
This is to advise you that we
will repair, free of charge, any
failures which occur in the asphalt
surfacing which we applied this
fall. This repair work will be
Only 1054 Pay
Poll Tax Here
this
extremely happy to render
additional service.
Our state and nation have made
| greater progress during the past
25 years than any other like period
in our history. This is true in
your town and mine, and it has
i not been accidental. It has been
According to figures released accomplished by determined men
this week by the office of the Tax and WOmen, who feel a pride in
Assessor-Collector, Wesley Styles, thejr home town and aw loyal to
only 1054 citizens of Baylor Coun- j jt.
ty paid their state and county poll
taxes this year. That office, which
Ihe Chamber of Commerce in
also collects city taxes, comes up and ciUeI
u-»h tho ;nWrn,.;™ <ho+ w throughout the land are recognized
wijth the inl'ormaltion that 507
paid their City of Seymour poll
as leaders in this progreiss, and
done in April or May of this year taxes. Consequently, only a small 'the' cSumih ' itVLe-
an d we will make every effort to portion of those of voting a-ge will comDlishments ar > unlimited
repair these to'the satis. .Me to vote in .his "otf-year." tr^'toat ouV tow" I'not ,,
faction of all parties concerned. The office of the Tax Assessor- large as some* still they we~e ail
Yours truly, Collector has switched from poll smaIl at one time.' Many people
Stephen Luce. taxes to auto licenses. At 3.00 prefer the smaller towns and this
The Lions felt some concern Wednesday, the 17th auto li- js only natural. After all. what
over a few failures in the paving The numbers issued in Baylor does the larger towns have that
already down and contacted Mr. eense for 1953 was being issued, smaller ones do not have, or can
Luce. They feel that every effort County this year are between DK acquire? Modern science has made
will be mada by Luce to correct ; 8700 and DK 9999 and DL_ 10 and every modern convenience avail-
the failures and from that stand- , DLjGO!). Sale of the 1953 tags able to small towns, as well as
point the Lions plan to continue j which are black on orange, the re- large ones. In the event you have
the paving project. It is felt that | verse of the 1952 tags, began Mon- : ever wondered why a town is
some of the paving was put down j ^ay morning. Auto owners are larger, your question is more than
in too cold weather and it will j urged by Styles to get their li- half answered. When you observe
be repaired. | censes early in order to avoid a its Chamber of Com'merce in ac-
rush during the last few days of tion by members who love their
March. town and anxious to wcrk for it.
Your home town Chamber of
REV. MOSLER SERIOUSLY ILL Commerce is preparing a program
Rev. Paul Mosler, O.M.I.. pastor work for this year that is con-
of the Sacred Heart Catholic »?d wet k,no^ that eact!
of you will want to have a part
Church and active in this area for j in it. So, when the committee
43 years, is seriously ill. He is calls on you Tuesday the 10th
a patient at Bethania Hospital, for your subscription, meet them
Wichita Falls, with tittle hope for with a smile and do your best.
FOUR 4 H CALVES PLACE
IN FORT WORTH SHOW
All calves entered in the South-
west Exposition and Fat Stock
Show by Baylor County 4H Club
'boys placed in the show, reports
County Agent Roy McClung. Wil-
liam Henry Arledige's Baylor
County Grand Champion placed
a complete recovery.
second in the Junior Class, Open j and friends are asked to remember
Division and his other calf placed j him in their prayers.
tenth in the same division.
Bernard Knezek's calf which
placed fourth in the show here
in 1952 placed 10th in the Sum-
mer Yearling Class, 'the toughest
class in the entire stock show,'
according to McClung. Mathew
Syptak showed his Middleweight
Shorthorn to sixth place in that
event.
Since there were 25 placements
in each class, McClung does not
feel too badly about the placing of
the Baylor County 4-H Clubbers
At least one of the calves, and
probably two, will be exhibited at
other shows this year, reports the
county agent.
Parishioners j Remember, it's your home town.
Yours very truly,
Richard Fergeson.
local Masons to Build
New Lodge Hall Soon
The contract was signed Tuesday I The Banner, published in 1929.
between the Masonic Lodge of | The lodge has been very active
Seymour and Contractor M. L. j through the years, with a repu-
Coy for the erection of a hew table attendance at most of the
lodge hall. Mr. Coy began at once j rrjeetings, and activities in keep-
on the assembling of materials,
land will begin construction sonTe
ing with the spirit of the organi-
zation. At the present time there
Enlists in Air Force I time next week. He has 90 work- are about 275 members, most of
Charles Thomas Slaggle, son of j inK days in which to complete the whom are active ones.
TWO FOUND GUILTY
ON DWI CHARGES
Among the cases tried this week
'but he would like for his kids to
see it.
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Maybe the flu is not so worse.
If we ever get over that spell.
One trouble is that it kills your
stomach, and you've got to dyna-
*nite it with drugs to ever get any
action on it.
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The writer of these few lines
missed an auto accident by the
width of a gnat's bristle. Trouble
aibout those narrow misses is that,
although a fellow resolves he will
not come that close again, the next
time it is a different set of cir-
cumstances.
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OOfLLOQ.: "He has a sight
more'n that to do."
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Slaggle of this | buiiding
place, has enlisted in the U. S. The actual construction of this
West, Mrs. Myrtle Gordon, Mrs. yyr Force, and left Jan. 29th l'or ' new building climaxes three years
D. A. Chapman. Mrs. Whit (Powell,: LaCkland Air Force Base, San An- j of preparation. Thrt>e years ago
Mrs. Elmore Taylor. A G. Cock-' tonio, to begin his training. He the Lodge sold its hall on North
rell, Mrs. Wilburn Redwine, Janet, will 'be there for nine weeks. Main Street, one of the group of Ra , r ~
Miller. Mrs. John Slaggle, L. L. | Slaaele was born and rear- stone buildings which have stood ,-v Ba- lor Coua.ty .Judge Jame> F.
. t « . 1HOO Thr.v aniH Lester were two men charged with
„ in Baylor County, and finished! there since l»»o. lhe> also som | ... irltriV,,j n„,h
McDaniel. Mrs. O. II. Bartley, Mrs. high school at Seymour. He was valuable lots on the corner of, while intoxicated. B<th
W. S. Black, Mrs. H L. Bender, employed by the Texas Highway Washington and Pecan Street, east „ ,u_ 'l f.u8.
Mrs. Lou Lunsford Department at the time of his en- of the city hall. Then, new lots
PATIENTS DISMISSED listment. His wife is the former j were bought from Mrs. A. J. Mc-
Doyle Goodwin. L C. Barnett, Virginia Hammons of Goree, and Neill. at 000 North Main, at the
a nice home in Seymour. For Tom Bledsoe, Carolyn Lemons, she is working now as cashier at intersection of Main and Nevada,
another thing, Mrs. Gentry is! Mrs. Sam Redwine, Mrs. Glen Hoi- the M System Store. Charles has on the east side ot Main. This is
teacher of English in Junior High ; man, Mrs. J. O. Cure, Peggy Laws, enlisted for four years. He is likely one block east of the grade school.
School, and she does not want to . Kenneth Skillern. Jr.. Mrs. Morris to be joined by his wife, when- f he property consists of four ld-
give up her work. For another i McLarty. C A. Brown, Mrs. C. ever he gets located for what foot lots, a space of 1(><)yl40 feet,
thing, the couple feel that thev A. Brown, John Fojtik. Mrs. E. H. looks like a considerable period an« it is paved on both sides.
have a lot of friends at this place Lewis. Mrs. Carrie Sprowls, Kathy of time. were purchased for S>-.-
Jean Branch, Tony Villa, Mrs. I .
Jim Cooper, Mrs. Ray Hughes, i \E\y TEST LOCATED ^mce the former property was
- — — - r" sold, the lodge membership has
conducted a drive for funds for re-
nobedy wants to take that much I Word came yesterday afternoon Store" here, but he says'he and ■Poe- Ches,er Battles Mrs. John'cd in Baylor County, and finished there since 1890.
time to lead abstractions. j that- R. V. Robertson of Haskell his wife have no intention of
xxxxxx I had passed away, at 5:00 o'clock leaving here. They expect to *be
Another thing, the editor might p.m. He had been a patient in back in some kind of business at
try some nice, juicy gossip in his the hospital there for a week or the opportune time.
column, or juimp on some of the two, but was thought to be better For one thing, the Gentrys own
crocks around here, or public of- and was taken home.
ficials who are making a poor out j Mr. Robertson was the husband
of their jobs. In other words, a i of the former Frankie Plants of
little mud slinging would help. | Seymour, and when she first mar-
xxxxxx : ried she and her husband lived in
Little cloudy today, and could Seymour. Funeral services will
be. Whit Hale offered to bet a j be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday after-
dollar that it rains an inch in Feb-, noon, and it is likely that a num-
mary. That would be a good bet, ber from Seymour will attend. The
that is, if you lost. j First National Bank will close at
xxxxxx I noon Friday so t-hat the employees
Joe Cade said it didn't matter may attend the funeral.
so much to him. he's seen it rain;
and are known in a way that
might take a long time to estab-
lish at some other place.
An while on the subject, N. S.
said he and wife are eternally
Frank Gleghorn. Mrs. F H. Davis,
F. H. Davis, Jim Cooper, W. H.
Griffin. Danny Ray G"iffin, Mrs.
grateful for the fine treatment i Van E Howe. Robert Smith, Wal
they have had from the people jlace Malone. Mrs. C M. Groves
here, and especially since their Mr- and Mrs. Joe Bridgewater, E
It would be diffi-1 Griffin. ~
Mrs. Lee Coy and family had a
very pleasant visit from Friday
through Sunday from her sister, j store burned.' it would be diffi*-! N. Griffin. Dan Davis. W. W
Mrs. J. L. Duncan, and her bus- j cult, and perhaps impossible, to1 Montgomery, Mrs. H. F. Harmel,
band of Denver. Colo. The Dun- leave a place that has as many' Jr. O Usry Mrs. R L. Tubbs,
cans had been to California for
six race horses which they had
out there, and they brought the
horses and their trainer here on
their way to Hot Springs, Ark.
The horses will be entered in
races to begin there Feb. 23rd. The
horses and the others got a good
rest in Seymour. Going back for
a little news about the Coys, they
had all of their family home for
Christmas. Then the week after-
wards, the couple went to Denver
for a week, w hie re they visited the
Duncans and another sister ot Mrs.
Coy, who is Mrs. David Kennedy.
fine folks as the Gentrys have'Mrs. Lazarus Pierce. Micky Gil-
found here.
J. A. Dunlap of Lubbock passed
through Seymour today on his way
to Fort Worth. He will attend the
Stock Show and visit his son in
Fort Worth. Mr. Dunlap is a
long time resident of Baylor and
Throckmorton counties.
We suppose the adman's child
starts its prayer with "Give us
thty day our daily Honeycrust,
Even-Baked, Whole-Wheat
Bread."
strap, Mrs. S. Parmlev, Miss No-
Vella Brock, Mrs. Charles Morris.
BIRTHS
Morris Wayne, son of Mr. and
Mts. Morris McLarty. born Jan. 29.
Vandra Lene. daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. Van E. Howe, born Jan.
30.
(Vickie Dwannell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, born
Jan. 30.
Clifton Lee. son of Mr and Mrs.
R. L. Tubbs. born Jan. 31.
A son to Mr. and Uf* Whit
Powell, born Feb. 1.
ON BURRELL MILLS
Archer Drilling ana Producing (juicing. Together with sale price
Company, Archer City, staked a nf the lots and other accurnula-
1.500-foot test in southeastern j tjons, the lodge now has on hand
Baylor County. | about $30,000. The» new building
The venture is No. 1-D Burrell vvil! cost $36,000, and within the
Mills, 600 feet from south and next two weeks the members ex-
300 feet from west lines of north- pe(-t to raise among themselves
east quarter of section 2414, TE&L the other $ti.tXX>. leaving the new
survey, four miles southeast of
Westover and half a mile south
of production.—Wichita Times.
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hall free from incumbrance.
The building will be a modern
brick structure, of one story in
—— height. Tt will be complete with
CIVIL SERVICE JOB lodge iroorr# banquet room, li-
OPEN AT SAFB brary, lounges, etc. It will be used
"The U S. Civil Service Com- for lodge meetings in connection
mission announces examinations ^'t^ the Order of the Eastern
for General Trainee for employ- jStar, which is_ very Jirtwhw
ment at Sheppard Air Force Base.
Pull information on applications
may be obtained from the post
office or from the Executive Sec-
retary, Sheppard Air Force Base,
Wichita Falls, Texas."
was a local man, the other from
out' of town. Both lost their driv-
ers licenses and paid fines.
A local man was found guilty
on charges of destruction of prop-
erty and was fined $50 and court
costs. The defendant entered a
plea of not guilty, but a jury
decided otherwise.
An out of town man entered a
plea of guilty to charges of trans-
porting wine in a dry area. He
paid a heavy fine but did not re-
ceive a jail sentence, as did the
other four convictions during the
week.
ED WEAVER EMPLOYED AS
NICHOLS-RAG AN PARTSMAN
Ed Weaver, formerly of Paris,
assumed his duties as partsinan at
the Nichols-Ragan Co. Monday.
Weaver is experienced in handling
parts departments for International
Harvester agencies, having worked
six years for firms i.n Paris and
Greenville. He will be in charge
of the parts department at the
Nichols-Ragan Co.
Mr. Weaver is married and has
The Blue Lodge" was organized j two children, a girl, eight, and a
here back in the pioneer days of boy, five. Mrs. Weaver and the
1884. J. C. Ellis has a picture that j children are now in Paris but will
was taken of the members in 1902. move to Seymour as soon as sult-
an d this picture appeared in the j able living accommodations are
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1953, newspaper, February 5, 1953; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429686/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Baylor County Free Library.