The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1949 Page: 10 of 16
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THE BAYLOR COUNTY BANNER, SEYMOUR, TEXAS
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IS, IMS
SIMS TAKES THE STRIDE
Many Seymour friends of Geo.
Sims have been wondering how
he would do in the fast company
of pro football, and these will be
interested in an article by Charles
Burton, one of the Dallas News
sports writers This article came
out in Sunday's News and was
written from Bloomington. Ind.
Burton had gon there to “take"
the TC.U -Indian game.
Burton discussed a number of
Texas college players now with pro
clubs, telling how they were gett-
ing along The article was inspired
by a letter from T Texas Maule.
Dallas News sports writer for the
Dallas News in 1948 He was draft-
ed by the pro league, and is now
writing for the Los Angeles Rams.
Among the men discussed is
Cloyce Box, 220-pound exquarter-
back of the West Texas Buffalos,
who is now with the Detroit Lions.
He was the man who put Detriot
ahead in a game with the Rams.
24 to 17, and only six minutes
to play The New York Bulldogs
use Bobbie Layne as their No. 1
quarterback and Herb Ellis, for-
mer Texas A&M star, plays center
A TEXAS WONDER
A mild diuretic affording symp-
tomatic relief in cases of swollen
Joints and pains in the back or both
men and women. One small bottle
is a month's supply or more. Sold
by druggists or by mail $1.50 per
bottle. E. W. Hall Co., 3679 Olive
for them.
Maule mentions another A&M
man of 1948. Bob Goode. “He is
a wheelhorse for the Washington
Redskins. He plays defensive half-
back. and runs from right haj.i
back on offense. He is right at
the head of the list on each assign-
ment."
Pete Stout, the Throckmorton
boy who was a powerhouse last fall
for TC.U., plays fullback for the
Redskins, but is in second place
behmd Ed Quirk.
Clyde Scott of Arkansas has been
on and off with the Philadelphia
Eagles. But he has made enough
long runs to guarantee that he'll
do. ,
But what we started out to say
here was what Burton has to say
about the Seymour flash, so will
quote him as follows:
"A couple of Texas rookies are
doing quite all right with Clark
Shaughnessy's Rams. too. They
are Vitamin T. Smith, the Abilene
Christian speedster, and George
'Gabby) Sims, the great Baylor
defensive star of last season.
But here is Mr. Maule again:
‘I hear George Halas of the
Chicago Bears is bemoaning the
fact that tiie Rams snatched Smith
right out from under the noses of
the Bears, who had been tipped
off about Vitamin T by that great
guy from Hardin-Simmons, Clyde
(Bulldog) Turner.
"Halas told a friend out here,
When we missed on Smitft, I had
to persuade George McAfee to
play another year instead of
coaching.' Since McAfee still is the
greatest running back in the busi-
ness, Halas must have a high opin-
ion of Smith's ability.”
And then Maule spoke of Sims:
“He is a 'find' as a defensive
halfback. He earned his spurs in
a preseason exhibition we played
with the Philadelphia Eagles. His
assignment was guarding Pete
Pihos, the Eagles’ great end,
which is a roughly equivalent of
throwing a Golden Gloves heavy-
weight champion in against Joe
Louis in his first fight. Sims hand-
cuffed Pihos in the second half.
Women are women—no matter
what age, as five year old Bar-
bara Brackettof San Angelo
proves, Barbara is a patient at
Gonzales Warm Springs Founda-
tion—one of the victims of this
year’s polio epidemic at San An-
gelo. Like all girls, Barbara likes
to look pretty, and Mrs. L. H. Kro-
nig, one of the 24 Gonzales Gray
Ladies at the Foundation, adjusts
the big bow in Barbara's blonde
braids.
however, and has been terrific
since. He's small for proball at
170 pounds, but he's a sharp
tackier and sticks to receivers like
flypaper.
"Both Sims and Smith now are
counted as key players with us.”
KJan, bokn of woman,
15 OF FEW DAYS
AND THEN A DEAD END
Do you have trouble saving
money? Brothers Shoe Shop,
with modern machinery can
J-* help you. Get the best and most
Ujv efficient skill in town for the
least. See us today. Leedy Hand
Made Boots, ar.d all kinds of
shoe and boot repair.
Brothers Shoe Shop
YOU’LL BE PLEASED
YOUR HEALTH
Dr. J. B. Warren
Some youngsters find it hard
to settle down and get off to
sleep because they have been to
an exciting movie or reading an
exciting book. If they are late
in getting to sleep they are still
tired in the morning. By going
to bed an hour earlier, rest is
obtained before brain and body
are overtired and the same
amount of sleep brings more re-
freshment. It really takes two
extra hours of sleep to make up
for the extra hour of work done
when one is overtired.
FIRST HALE IN HISTORY
VAN HORN, Texas, Sept. 23 —
Culberson is a cotton produc-
ing county at last.
Tne first bale ever harvested
in the county came in yesterday.
It was grown by the firm of Dod-
son and Williams at Lobo Flats.
Cotton farming began in Cul-
berson County this year after arl
ample supply of underground
water was discovered. An aver-
age of a bale and a half an acre
will be harvested.
••SSB?
Dectric cooking is thrifty cooking Heat
from the surface units is applied directly
to the food being cooked and less water
is required. In baking and roasting, oven units
are on only about one third of the time—after
the correct oven heat is attained, stored heat
does most of the cooking. Meat shrinkage
is much less, making the food dollar go
farther. Plan now to cook the thrifty way
—of course, it's electric.
Your <«»ori)e electric appliance dealer or home
furnishing .tore can show you tha new model
electric range, with all the new features which
male cooling aa.ier and more economical.
TEXAS ELECTRIC
SERVICE COMPANY
E. F. Mt'RPHY. Manager
AREA CHEVROLET MEETING
There was a good representa-
tion from Seymour that attended
an area Chevrolet meeting Thurs-
day evening of last week in Olney.
Graham was the third town to
take part in the meeting. A total
of 72 dealers and others attended,
and 19 were from Seymour. The
sponsors of the event were the
Morris-Wirz Chevrolet of Seymour,
the Carter Chevrolet Company of
Olney and the Midwest Chevrolet
Company of Graham. The meet-
ing was held in the Rotary build-
ing.
H. F. Meyers, resident district
parts manager was among those
who attended. The Dallas office
of the Chevrolet Company was
represented by Royce Bailey, zone
parts manager, and his assistant,
Floyd Weldon. Fred Steele at-
tended as district manager.
A dinner was given to start
off the event. Then Parker Wil-
son of Fort Worth was in charge
of most enjoyed musical and en-
tertainment features.
The guest speaker was Harry
Dovenspike from the Chevrolet
central office in Detroit, and he
brought a message that was of a
great deal of value.
Those attendnig from Seymour
were: Dick Morris, A. F. Wirz,
Leroy Baccus, Gene Ed Snyder.
Gene Robinson and Garland King,
all from the Chevrolet Company;
Eldon McKinney of Crain & Mc-
Kinney, George Crouch and Frank
Baldwin of Hodges & Lowry,
Wayne Moore and Charles Wilson j
of Nichols-Ragan, Pete Ivy of the |
Gleghorn Motors, Henry Harris I
of Harris Radiators Works, Shorty i
Stennett of the Highway Garage, J
Claude Miller of the Bus barn.
Jeff Reeves of Stanford Bros., Jul '
ius Orsak of the O. K. Garage,
George Holub of Carl Hash Mo-
tors and Rudolph Hons of Hons
& Novak Garage.
Mrs. Grady Hardin of Vera was
in this office Saturday and had
the paper sent as a birthday pres- I
ent to her father. C. L. Harris of
Venice, Calif. Mr. Harris former-
ly lived in Seymour, but went to
California about three years gao.
He has been getting along all
right and says he is a pretty good
Californian by now.
W. L. Eubanks had a bad truck
wreck last week down on the
Throckmorton road. The Lori
spared his life, but did not spare
the truck. And if he had been
going a few miles faster W. L.
himself would not have been here
now. He went to sleep and hit
the side of a bridge squarely in
the middle. When he woke up
there was cottonseed and parts of
a truck flying everywhere. Mr.
Eubanks does not feel especially
lucky over the circumstance, but
thinks in a way he came out of
the thing pretty well.
Joy FJynt of Anson was here
Sunday for a visit with Ann Dea.
Ann is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Dea of the Silver Grill.
METHODIST MASS MEETING
AT LUBBOCK OCT. 20-21
Methodists representing nearly
every community in tne North-
west Texas conference will attend
an Advance mass meeting at the
First Methodist church in Lub-
bock. Texas, on Oct. 20-21. Bishop
William C. Martin, resident bis-
hop of the Dallas Area and nation-
al chairman of Methodism's four-
year program, Advance for Christ
and His Church, will direct the
meeting.
“Our Faith" will be the central
theme of the meeting which fea-
tures adresses by Bishop Ralph
S. Cushman, resident bishop of the
St. Paul Area, Bishop Habzen G.
Werner, Columbus, Ohio, resident
bishop of the Ohio Area and Bis-
hop Martin. Bishop Cushman will
speak on “Our Faith in Christ”
and Bishop Werner on "Our
Christian Conception of the Worth
of Man.”
Other speakers include Dr.
Evelyn M. Duvall, secretary o?
the National Conference on Fam-
ily Relations, and Dr. Warren
Johnston, pastor, First Methodist
church. Fort Worth, Texas.
A series of eight “Faith book-
lets" to be studied simultaneously
by the church's eight and a half
million members, will be officially
introduced at the meeting, which
will also include opportunity for
group discussions and a youth
meeting in the evening.
The Advance program represents
Methodism's positive thrust at
secularism and indifferences and
has the purpose of a deeper under-
standing of the basic elements of
the Christian faith.
Mrs. W. A. Thornhill, who lives
east of Red Springs, was in The
Banner office last week with a
sample of the sweet potatoes that
had been raised at their place.
One hill had been dug up, and
all in one solid bunch were 14
good sized eating potatoes, rf all
the vines had produced in the
same proportion, about an acre of
land would have kept Red Springs
in potatoes. Anyway, it looks as
if that crop would grow here. It
was a bit of a problem to the
Thornhills to know what to do
with their surplus crop. It seems
like they do not keep too well
when stored, and Mrs. Thornhill
was planning to can a lot of them.
W. W, Hatter of the Cottonwood
community was a caller at thit
office Saturday to start out an-
other year as a reader. He has
been on the rolls a quarter of a
century or better. Mr. Hatter is
not farming now himself, but he
says the crops there are plenty
good. Some of the cotton will
make a bale to the acre, if all of
it ever gets gathered.
E. E. Holub of Shady renewed
his paper Saturday. Ed said he
is not doing so hot this year, as
the hail got his wheat and he has
only 10 acres of cotton, not e-
nough to make him rich.
Rade Parker writes from Fort
Worth, enclosing renewal for this
paper. Ordinarily, Rade renews
whenever the editor takes a trip
down that way, which will prob-
ably be not too far in the future.
As a matter of fact, the ed. ha 3
a standing Invitation to eat a
chicken supper with the Parkers.
1 provided the invitation has not
been standing so long It has got-
ten tired and sat down.
LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED
and REPAIRED
Will make your old mower perform like new I
PICKUP AND DELIVER!
LET US SHARPEN YOUR SAWS!
All filing done by machine; all types of iawi.
Hand saws filed while you wait!
E. B. CONNER
At WEBB MACHINE 8H0P
Prompt - Efficient Service
ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL WIRING NEEDS
WATER SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND REPAIR
APPLIANCE REPAIR
Phone No. 2
Cox Electric
Your Business Appreciated
( LUMBER
= Ready mixed House Paint................$2.75 Gallon
E Composition Shingles .................. $4.00 Square
§' 24x24 Window and Frame................ $7.50 Each
E 28x28—12 Lt Window & Frame ........ $11.50 Each
E 1x8—K. D. Fir Shiplap ........................ $6.00
= 2x4, 2x6 K. D................................. $6.00
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S 1x4—No. 2 Pine Flooring .................... $6.75
| No. 1 K. D. No. 105 Siding .................... $9.75
= Prices F.O.B. Cash and Carry Fort Worth, Texas.
| Castleberry Lumber Company
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SERVING the
... by BUILDING LEADERSHIP
among farm youth
All over the Gulf South, industries are recognizing
the need for training boys and girls in the principles and
practices of good citizenship, ond are doing their part to
develop leadership among our citizens of the future.
United Gas, for example, encourages the development
of leadership among farm youth, and participates
in a number of agricultural activities to build better
citizenship among the boys ond g<rls of the farm.
This is another example of the way the American Business
System works to bring better living to your community.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1949, newspaper, October 13, 1949; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505705/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Baylor County Free Library.