The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1961 Page: 1 of 14
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PRESSURE: "A Pinch Hitter."
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In baseball a pinch hitter Is con-
sidered a man that can come
through in a clutch situation. Such
a man was Roberto Clemente (or
the National League All-Stars in
the game last Tuesday.
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Now, to be called in to pinch hit
for a man that has been writing
this column (or so many years, it
makes a fellow wonder if you can
come through with that "clutch"
hit.
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The pressure couldn’t be any
more than in a tight baseball game,
where a pinch hitter excells, if he
can cut the "mustard".
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It would be impossible to dupli-
cate the feats of the man that has
been writing this column. Who
has devoted years of hard work in
preparing this column each week
to the satisfaction of the readers.
So,, an effort is being made this
week, and to put your minds at
ease there is no need to worry,
as the senior editor will be back
next week.
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It's nearly rodeo time, and from
the looks of the town, it would
give a person the impression that
the rodeo is starting this week.
Decorations were hung up earlier
this year than ever before,
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The big show will get underway
come next Thursday. At 9:00
o’clock that morning the old set-
tlers will gather for their annual
reunion. It's always great to lis-
ten to some of the tales these old
timers can spill out.
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To listen to some of their past
history, a person nowadays won-
ders how they survived to tell
about their past.
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For instance, no electric lights,
no water piped into their homes,
no air-conditioning, no modern ap-
pliances, and etc.
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Nowadays a person can't live
without all this, that is if he can
afford all these luxuries. Guess
it all boils down to the fact that
we are living in a Cast moving
world and a person does his darn-
dest to try to stay up with it.
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Following the old settlers re-
union, a big parade will be staged
through the middle of town. Pros-
pects as of now, indicate that this
year's parade will be one of the
biggest, if not the biggest for the
town.
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Parades are always enjoyed by
all, especially the younger set. The
streets of town will be lined with
cars on both sides and people will
start gathering for a parade hours
before it starts.
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Then the familiar sound of the
sirens and the band can be heard
in a distance and then the hours
that had been spent waiting will
dwindle into minutes. People
down the line will stretch their
necks looking to see how long it
will be before the parade reaches
them. Then the big moment ar-
rives, the parade goes by and you
can hear them say, "It was well
worth it".
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The big rodeo will start at 11:00
that evening, excitement is at a
boiling point. The show gets start-
ed by the grand entry, introduc-
tions, and then the various events
of the program get underway,
when the announcer barks out,
"Watch chute number so and so,
for the first rider of the evening,
Joe Blokes coming out on Light-
ning Rod."
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The nightly show ends with the
the bull riding event. There is
nothing like a good bull ride to
send the people home in good
frame of mind. Also a good clown
is needed to not only to put on a
show, but to protect the bull rid-
ers. One of the best in this field,
will make his appearance here,
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After the third night, the 64th
lodeo and reunion will come to
an end The majority will be most
satisfied, but you will hear the
disgruntled ones voice their opin-
ions. But, that doesn’t last long
Come to the 65th rodeo and reun-
ion, ail will be on hand.
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To deviate from the rodeo, we
noticed where another astronaut
Hill be put into space la-fort long
■ °- A 'V
SEYMOUR
RODEO
COMING ’
JULY 20,21,221
SEYMOUR, BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
FOURTEEN RAGES
T. r. ! °inam Resigns
Superintendent Job
T. P. Linam, superintendent of
Seymour Public Schools for the
past four years, was elected super-
intendent of the Edna Independ-
ent School District recently. Mr.
Linam was released by the Sey-
mour board from a new three year
contract Monday, July 10th, and
has accepted the Edna superinten-
dency.
Mr. Linam, who is married to
the former Faye Graham of Waco,
has served in the following posi-
tions: athletic coach in the Cam-
eron Public Schools, high school
principal of Rosebud Independent
Scoool District, and superintendent
at Forney, Mart, and Seymour. The
Linams, who have two children:
Linda, aged 11, and Ruth, aged 8, I
will be moving to Edna, August
1st.
The Seymour board also accept- I
ed the resignation of Wayne Bon-
ner and Mrs. Giva Lois Thompson. 1
Mr. Bonner, who was guidance
counselor and assistant coach the#
past year, has accepted the posi-
tion of counselor in the Big Spring
schools. Mrs. Thompson, who
taught 4th grade the past year, is
moving to Wichita Falls.
The board elected Mrs. Ozella
Flewharty, subject to teaching as-
signment.
T. P. LINAM
Blood Donors
Badly Needed
Hospital Administrator Clay Ellis
I stated this week that the hospital
JUNIOR PARADE, JULY 21ST is again in “poor" shape, as far
Claude Morris, chairman of the as blood situation is concerned.
Rodeo Parade Committee, has an- ] The hospital now has run up a de-
nounced a new and special event ficjt 0f 40 pints of blood that they
for this year, a Junior Parade. This owe the Wadl Blood center in
will supply a valuable pomt of m- Dul,as whl h th are affiliated
terest for Friday afternoon, saving wlth Ellig said that this blood
a letdown from the big opening needs
parade of Thursday.
The parade will tuke place on ;"jtd‘7h‘e ‘"enler*
Friday afternoon, July 2lst, be- ,ne ien,ei'
ginning at 5:00 o’clock. Any teen-
age boy or girl is privileged to
enter anything: car, truck, bicycle,
riding horse, or anything that will
to be replaced immediately
in order to keep their connection
An urgent plea
is being made by the hospital for
bi3od ucnors to help replace this
shortage.
Donors can come by the hospital
be considered of interest. Suit- un>- tin^ durin« working hours,
able decorations will be in order, ^ takes only a few minutes and
but not required. it makes no difference what type
First, second and third prizes <)f blood >'ou have. The only thing
will be given for the best entries; they ask is that you not eat any-
and the committee urges that the thing for four hours prior to giv-
youngsters join in to make this one 'n8 blood.
of the best features of the rodeo. Beginning next week The Ban-
Co-operation of the perents is so-, tier will give a list of those who
licited. Anyone interested in the gave blood the previous week. In
Junior Parade is asked to contact a community of this size we should
any member of the committee, have no trouble at all in getting
which consists of the following: i this many blood donors. The hos-
Clifton Mooney. Tate Pittman, Don | pital staff will greatly appreciate
Tabb, and Lawrence Harmel. | all donations.
Local Woman Attending ,
TWU Workshop
DENTON.—Mrs. Deane L. Valen-
tine of Seymour is in Denton July
10-15 to attend a special Texas
Woman's University workshop on
sociological and pn.vch<.logical
clothing problems for the consum-
er.
A it'";' of outstanding experts
arc '.n campus to discuss various
I' will be either Glenn or Gris-1|>{" *’ "f 1 ' ;’ ,o"bh-rn with
sun. This reminds us of a saying i workshop parti. Topic,
that has born floating around the i *° ,l‘w u> -*d included «lothinx
( , I for tlu- handicapped, apparel i/e
|i« search, colot p»>. lining) and re-
! -eareh data Dr
I of 1'WU’I C«ll«
Ait- and S. irii.e is in chatg*
NEW SUITS — Through the courtesy of the Harmel Oil
Company. The Seymour Teen-uge baseball team will be
wearing new suits The team is currently in first place in
league standings. The suits are white, trimmed in red. The
above photo shows H. F. Harmel presenting a suit to Robert
Willbonks. Also present is George Bickly, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. The suits were presented to the
team last Sunday. The name of the new team is the Oilers,
which appears on the front of the suit.—Photo by Dixon.
tSeymour Oilers
Play Saturday
A double header that was sched-
uled with Monday last Sunday,
win postponed on account of the
min, and will lie pi lyed later.
The Oilers Will be host to the
Rule team In a double header game
that Is scheduled to start at 1,4ft
put . Sat in day. July 1ft, weat her
pet (Hitting
Another contest wilt >e played
here Sunday afternoon agatnat
Munday with game time set for
2 ,ld p m
Seven Locations
Staked By Martin
J. T. Martin, «t al, Seymour,
have staked tha following loca-
tion::
Numbers 4 and 5, Lydia Seedier
’case, in section 63. block 45, H&
TC, R.R., Co. survey, 3 miles south-
east of Goree, near the Baylor-
Knox County line, in Knox Co.
Number 3, Lindley Carter, sec-
tion 03, block 43, H&TC R R. Co.
survey, 3 miles southeast of Bom-
arton. In Baylor County.
Number 1, Minnie E. Golden, in
section 62. block 45, H&TC, R.R.
Co. survey, 3 miles southeast of
Bomarton, In Baylor County.
Number 1, Chloe Hargraves, sec-
tion 1, block 45, H&TB R. R. Co.,
survey, 5 miles southeast of Bom-
arton in Baylor County.
Number 1, W. T. Green, section
5, block 46, HT&C R.R. Co. survey,
6 miles southeast of Bomarton in
Throckmorton County near the
Baylor County line.
Number 1, Louis Kubala, in sec-
tion 322, block 149, T&NO R.R. Co.
survey 5 miles southeast of Sey-
mour in Baylor County.
OILERS COMPLETED
IN BAYLOR COUNTY
American Petrofina Co. of Texas
No. 1 Vernon Teague in the Bay-
lor County Regular Field flowed
75.47 barrels of 34 gravity oil per
day through 12-64-inch choke from
40 perforations at 1156-66 feet.
Casing pressure was 170 pounds
and tubing pressure was 45 pounds.
Gas-oil ratio was 110-1. Pay was
treated with 250 gallons of acid.
The 5 Mt-inch pipe was set at 1225
leet after hole was bottomed at
1236 feet.
The well is five miles south of
Seymour in J. M. Lope/, survey
A-263.
In the same field Jimmy Priek-
ett reported a daily pumping po-
tential of 18.79 barrels of 36 grav-
ity crude, plus 20 per cent water
for the No. 6 Mrs. Lizzie Macha,
six miles east of Bomarton section
73, T&NO survey. Pay was per-
forated at 1288-95 feet. The 4Mt-
inch production string was landed
on bottom at 1350 feet. Gas-oil
rtio was 150-1.
VV. A. Lofton, Wichita Falls, will
re-enter, clean out to 4,000 feet and
test No. 1 Mont Allen 1,263 feet
from north and 330 feet from east
lines of section 72, TANO survey.
10 miles north, northeast of 4,900-
foot production, one mile southeast
of a 5,292-foot dry hole and four
miles east of Fuldn in Baylor Coun-
ty.
The wildcat originally was drilled
by Ada Oil Company and aban-
doned at ft,198 feet Jnn 12, 1953.
Attention
All Golfers
The Olney, Haskell, Monday and
Knox County clubs have been in-
vited to Seymour for an Inter-City
golf match on Sunday, July 16,
1961 at 1:00 p.m. All golfers in
the Seymour area are invited and
urged to participate in this event
so it will be a success. We have
also invited golfers from Throck-
morton and Holliday and we are
expecting a good number of golfers
from these neighboring towns to
participate.
Our course will be in fine shape
for Sunday and W. C. Youngblood
has kept the course in the best
shape this year it has been in for
a long time.
Tile Inter-City golf match with
Olney last Sunday was called off
on account of the rain.
WESLEY HARRISON
PROMINENT CITIZEN
DIES MONDAY NIGHT
Wesley Harrison, 81, passed away
about 10:30 o'clock Monday night,
after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were held at
3:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
from the First Baptist church. In-
terment was in the original ceme-
tery, besides the graves of his fath-
er and mother.
Although the family and many
friends knew Mr. Harrison's con-
dition, and the seriousness of his
disease, not many were prepared
for the suddenness with which the
end came.
Mr. Harrison's brother, Arch,
died on Feb. 7th; and some two
weeks later Wesley went to the
Harris hospital in Fort Worth, for
examination and treatment. He
drove his car down, alone. He re-
turned home for a short time and
then went back for a prostate
gland trouble correction. At that
time his malignancy was discov-
ered, and the infection had spread
to such an extent that any attempt
at eradication would have been
fruitless. Even then, most of his
friends thought he would regain
his strength to the extent that e
could be up and out, at least for
a while. But the malady worked
fast, and it finally became evident
that he was not long for
world.
Three Robberies In
Seymour Last Week
Roddy s Cafe seems to be a prime vis Grocery was robbed of 3305.00*
target for thieves, as since the new all in five dollar billa. According
owners, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Laws to a report by Sheriff Styles, de-
have taken over burglars have en- tads °* the robbery were as loi-
tered the place four times. lows: Mr Davis went outside of
The latest entry happened last h,B 8tore to 3®t BOm« lc®. the lew
Saturday morning between the house. located on the north side of
hours of 12:30 a m. and 4:30 a m. Ithc stor*. while getting the ice
The back door was forced open !?*"* “** took *h® moW out °*
to gain entry and the burglar or ®
burglars took the safe that was in | cxnnn regIhler' the thieves
the office in the north part of the i le™ng ,3° °°'
building and pulled it into the din- j
ing room, located in the south part.
There they proceeded to "peel"
open the safe door.
From a report given by Sheriff
Wesley Styles, a little over $600.00
in cash was taken from the safe
and damage to the safe ran $165.00,
one filing cabinet had the lock
broken oft, but nothing was tak-
en.
Sheriff Styles also stated that
this job was pulled off by person
or persons that knew what they
were doing.
Last Friday morning, Floyd Da-
a house break-in tfrat occur-
red last Sunday night, C. O. Bishop
residence, located at 303 Nortta
Foley, was entered while the oc-
cupants were out at a cafe eating*
Loss at Mr. Bishop's residence was
3265.00 and some watches.
All three concerns were cover-
ed by insurance to offset their loss-
es.
It seems that a rash of theft and
break-ins have been happening in
Seymour lately. The sheriff's of-
fice would like to caution the peo-
ple to be on alert, keep their eyes
open and report any suspicious
happenings or people.
Bodeo Tickets
Now On Sale
Rasarvad taat tlckats to tha
forthcoming Saymour 64th An-
nual Rodao and Old Sattlara
Raunion to ba hald July 20-21-
22 ara now on tala at tha
Chambar of Commarca offica.
Ratarvad taats ara 31.85 aach
and paopla out of town can gat
thair tlckats by writing tha
Chambar of Commarca offica
and stating tha numbar you
want and which of tha thraa
nights you plan to ba hara.
TO BAR ASSOCIATION
Judge I. O. Newton and wife
represented Seymour at the State
| Bar Association’s annual meeting
I in Fort Worth. The attendance this
, year was the best in a long time,
some 2600 members and their wives
| registering.
Also, the best program in years
had been provided. Several na-
i tionai celebrities were present, and
appeared on the program. One of
I these was Vice President Lyndort
| B. Johnson. The national situa-
tion, as it pertains to the law pro-
fession, was well brought out
William L. Kerr, attorney front
Midland, is the new president elect
with Buster Cole of Bonham, the
vice president. The next meeting
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Wh), put a man into -pai« '"
Ju*t put him un top of the na-
tional di M and let him look
down "
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(<>LLOQ I’m tired, aren’t yuuT
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Hide Verxe Ttwitlorr t m ***,,, *t keep hi*
»t*eli love the Lord tti> (iuS and . < omnaintf n>ent
keep hie thargt, and ku diltai ] II I
On Tuaaday, tli
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Mo Valentine, who**- addle-
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UNUSUAL WEATHER
SO FAR IN JULY
Not that we are complaining
about it, but from a report from
Mrs. Claude Daugherty, she re-
ports that the first half of this
month as been most unusual than
in the past years.
As of this date, the thermometer
has yet to reach tine 100 degree
mark, the high being 98.
Also, we don’t generally have thc
rainfall in July that has been oc-
curring here of late.
The past week we received a
total of 1 29 inches of rain, with
.68 received on Friday, 48 on Sun-
day, and 13 on Tuesday.
The past week's readings have
been:
Thursday 97 and 75;
Friday, 96 and 70.
Saturday, 90 and 71;
Sunday, 76 and 59
Monday, Hft and 64.
Tuesday, 67 and 66
Wednesday. 86 and 70
BANDS TO REHEARSE
FOR SEYMOUR RODEO
There will be ,i reliearxal of all
i I high school and juiii- ■ high school
| band mem la i at 7 >" pm Mon
; day, July 17.
* The band will need to rahrarae
* several nan he- a it will la- a *ta
' Initial > band m front 4 On f'mi
* i National Itank Pudding for the
i< , i - <b *i pgiadi. Jury t1'
•> All niilikk band '-ember* are
ut gad to attend 'In* meatrng
MRS. BUCK'S AUNT DIES
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buck and ; will be in San Antonio, and it will
this Paul Clayton are in Mabank today include a trip over into Mexico.
' to attend the funeral of Mrs. Buck’s--
A suitable obituary for Wesley j aunt, Mrs. A. C. Mitchell. Mrs. j Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Lee, Sr., went
Harrison could not be composed j Mitchell died Monday night in a '° Midland over the past week end
hurriedly, and no attempt will be 1 San Antonio hospital. J 1° visit in the home of their dtiuph-
made to carry an extended article | Mrs. Buck left Tuesday for San i l®1-' Mrs. Louis Weekly, and to takes
about him this week. Suffice to j Antonio and the men left today. 1 home Jan Weekly who had been
say, the community has been sadly | Funeral services will be held at visiting here for a week. Nancy
bereaved: and it has lost a citizen 3:00 o'clock at Mabank, which is Weekly returned borne with her
impossible of replacement. ' about 75 miles from San Antonio, grandparents for a visit.
Big Rodeo-Reunion Starts Thurs.
Rodeo and Reunion time is prac- free meals being absorbed by the Wednesday, July 19 at 8:00 p.rifc.
tically upon us, and everything is Rodeo Association, together with i where tht,v wjl| bt, judged.
"Miss Rodeo Queen of 1961” will
be presented at the first night of
the Rodeo. The public is invited
to come out and view the judging
of the queen's contest on Wednes-
day night.
Following th»- Rodeo performance
each night, as in the years past, a
big outdoor dance will be held on
the tennis court, adjacent the rodeo
grounds. The public is cordially
invited to attend dances each night
following the rodeo.
Thc rodeo stock will be furnish-
ed by Ratjen Bros, of Happy, Tex-
as, who will also provide the
clown and the announcer. The
clown will lx- Richard Walters of
Amarillo, and the announcer will
be Speck Lunsford of Dallas.
The rodeo entrants are coining
in, and in a very satisfactory way.
None but amateurs are being ac-
cepted.
The Hughes Decorating Co. of
Vernon began Wednesday in put-
ting up flags and bunting, and wilt
finish the work on Thursday.
being put in readiness for the big the extra 15 cents on the other
event. All we need is for the stock tickets sold.
to be shipped in, and the crowds to | Following the Reunion will be
gather. the big Parade, through the main
The three-day program starts at streets of Seymour. This is due to
9:00 o'clock Thursday morning, start at 5:00 o'clock. Much work
July 20. with the Old Settlers Re- is being done in the preparation of
union at the Park. Many letters floats, with prizes being given for
have been sent out, extending in-; the best ones. Scores of riders will
vitations to the Reunion, and there be in the Parade, including the
has been enough response to indi- participation of 10 visiting riding
cate that the old timers will be clubs. Prizes will be given for the
coming back in goodly numbers, best of these. The SHS Band will
T. E. Craddock will be announcer play, and will be seated on a plat-
for the program, which will be a form near the First National Bank,
limited one. The main thing will The rodeo program will begin
be the visiting of the old friends each evening at 8:00 o'clock The
who have known each other for so first night, just prior to start of
lung. the program, will be the Grand
Another Important feature will Entry, one of the most impressive
be the lunch at noon, to be served iglitj of the entire Rodeo,
by the Underwood Catering Ser-1 Another feature tills year, will
vice of Wichita Falls. All of the lie the selection of "Miss Rodeo
old settlers, local and foreign, who Queen of 1961 "
came to this section as long as ft() Thirteen local girls have entered
years ago, will receive a free ticket this contest so far. More are cx-
for their meal. Others in atten- pected to enter before the deadline
dance will be served for $1.00 per Saturday, July 15 The Queen will
plate The charge b) the caterers be selected at a meeting of the con-
will be $1.15 per plate, with the testants at the rodeo grounds on
uppfOtoni r
thc.( will I t
Tb • (.twboy Joint i|u it# makt it, but th# opi fit and determination
i tv baid to beat Th# u>wt*>y pictured above muy not pot m hu
r tnji king hart# will Thiv n one ot »>«e Ratjen tin* bo* king hurt**
0 JM 7? lor moor' 64*h Annual R* dec and Reunion
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