The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1973 Page: 1 of 16
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1S7S
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Rose Justus To Reign As Miss Crosbyton
"Fourth runner-u]
Virginia EXinn . . .thir
is I Greene", declared moderator known in seconds,
in- Mrs. Nathan Boardman and Two attractive, poised young
ner-up is Janie Snodgrass . . the suspense mounted as Miss ladies -- one a brunette sen-
second runner-up is Barbara Crosbyton for 1973 would be ior and the other a blond
C-C Banquet Friday
Outstanding Citizens To Be Revealed
Who is Crosbyton’s Citizen
of the Year?
His or her name, along with
mail the Yi
will be revealed tomorrow
the CitizenThrous
Prairie banker, who has "li-
terally talked himself into a
second job" while entertaining
audiences throughout the
ears, Southwest, cap off the banquet.
ROSE JUSTUS was dodarod Miss Crosbyton for '73 at tho conclusion of
Saturday night pagoant. Lynette Weaver, right, was first runnsr-up.
(Friday) night at the annual
Crosbyton Chamber of Com-
merce banquet. A special
award and plaque to Eldred
Mize, producer of the first
bale oi cotton, also are to
be presented.
The 7:30 p.m. event is to.
be staged in the Pioneer Mem-
orial Building.
Lee D. Hearing, a Grand
The more the vice president
of Grand Prairie State Bank
says about his "second job,"
the more he has to do. But
he likes it. And he figures
he's gained from every one
of the more than 100 speeches
he made last year to clubs,
conventions, civic groups,
trade gatherings, or what have
you.
WILL ROGERS STYLE
l/ii tw -5ro in ^h •
Vega Wins 51-50
CaprockRim Chieftain Bubble Burst
LONGEVITY
L. D. Huckaby from over
Ralls way has renewed his
Review subscription . . . for
the 44th year. Mr. Huckaby's
name has been on this news-
paper's subscription list since
1929, when he resided in this
community.
Has anyone out in reader-
land been taking The Review
for a longer period of time?
If so, we would like to hear
from you.
-oOo-
RUNS AS WELL
WITHOUT A DRIVER
Saturday morning with a
typical wintry day, complete
with snow and slick streets.
Mrs. T. E. (Alene) Thorn-
hill had an errand to run
before returning to her West
Side Drive-In.
In a hurry, as most of us
are, Mrs. T. stopped in front
of her residence at 204 South
Emerald and slipped her auto -
transmission into
matic
"park’
.almost I'
About the time she reached
her front door, Mrs. Thorn-
hill turned just in time to
see her, driverless Buick id-
ling down the street. She
raced to the slow moving
car, grabbed the door handle
and then . . .oops I Power
of the moving car plus a
slippery street left the drive-
in owner sprawled in the snow.
She watched in horror as the
Buick plowed through a deep
ditch ,rjust like a caterpillar
and continued its advance. "I
was just praying nobody would
come along. That car was
full of gas . . .1 thought it
never would stop I"
Basketball season ended
Tuesday night ... all too
abruptly ana suddenly to suit
the Chieftains!
Underdog Vega threw up a
staunch defense which shroud-
ed the high octane Super Chief
offense for 3 1/2 quarters
enroute to a 51-50 squeeker
which carries them into the
regional trials in Lubbock,
this Friday and Saturday.
The Longhorns, champions of
District 3-A, dictated the
game,, style slowdown
variety --in Hutchinson Cen-
ter on the Wayland Baptist
College campus in Plainview.
In the final three minutes and
20 seconds the CHS quintet
regained its form and nar-
rowed the deficit from nine
points to one at the final
buzzer. And, the Purple and
Gold struck for an even dozen
points during this span.
Despite the disappointing bi-
district setback, Coach Larry
Morris' warriors hustled
their way to the finest basket-
ball season in CHS annals.
They captured the first "mod-
ern day" district title and
were ranked as the South
Plains' number one Class A
uad enroute to a bountiful
Roger Freeman paced the
Tribe with 13 points, includ-
ing the bucket which started
the Chiefs on their late surge.
Kris Ellison, another junior,
pumped in 10. Vega's Keith
Pingel led the scoring parade
with 16, one more than team-
mate Ken Patterson.
Other Chiefs breaking into
the scoring column were:
Bubba Walters, 8; Bill John-
son, 7: Steve Ratheal, 6; Buddy
s«« CHIEFS T\vs
LEE D. HERRING
upois. Oddly enough, his flou-
rishing career on the knife-
and-fork circuit had its be-
ginning in a Will Rogers
manner. Some time back,
Herring got Up to talk. Every-
body laughed. And ever since,
audiences all over Texas and
the Southwest have been list-
ening and laughing, and quot-
ing Lee Herring jokes and
aa-libs.
Never using a "set" speech,
the former Texas Teen foot-
baller during the Pete Caw-
thon era appearing in the '39
Cotton Bowl, attempts to size
up his audience and get closer
to it.
"The only constant formula
I use is the recipe calling
for two-thirds humor and one-
third serious talk. A banquet
audience doesn't need a lot
to worry about."
TICKET DRIVE
Chamber directors are mak-
ing a dedicated ticket drive
>•• CHAMBER Pact Flv«
Junior -- remained among the
top five finalists in the color-
t*ST%» runner-up *
Lynette Weaver . . . and Miss
Crosbyton for 1973 is Rose
Justus," Mrs, Boardman an-
nounce*! as the gathering in
Pioneer Memorial Building
saluted its new queen.
CROWN AND ROSES
Miss Justus was crowned by
her predecessor, D'Ann Corn-
elius, retiring Miss Crosby-
ton who moments earlier had
spoken her farewell speech.
Buddy Brown, president of
the Crosbyton High School
Student Council, presented a
dozen long stemmed red roses
to Miss Justus.
The coveted crown must have
been especially meaningful to
the daughter of Mr. ana Mrs.
Arron Justus. The. petite
brunette miss was first
runner-up to Miss Cornelius
last year and was selected
among the top ten as a soph-
omore. She was sponsored
by Nickson Pharmacy.
ALTERNATES
Lovely Lynette Weaver, a
popular junior at CHS, is the
first alternate as Miss Cros-
byton '73. The blonde dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Weaver was sx * nsored by
Freeman's Flowers.
A blonde senior, the second
runner-up is daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Greene. Bar-
bara's sponsor was Bra-
shear's.
Janie Snodj
Ci
rass, the third
$108,000 For ’Lot
!i-
5 season.
Crosby Area Feeders is alive
and well.
The temporary steering
committee called a "now or
never,, meeting Friday night
in the school cafeteria to de-
termine whether to pursue
plans for the 30,000 head cattle
feed lot. i
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Future of the proposed feed-
ing facility took on a bright
look during the meeting as
$86,795 in cash and commit-
ments were collected. Sixty
to 70 men present expressed
a desire to continue with plans.
s path was
Church of
Finally, the auto’s
blocked by tl
Christ building. But its motor
still was running. Mrs.
Thornhill, nor her car, nor
the church suffered from the
incident. " *
Next time Mrs. Thornhill
leaves her auto, it's a good
bet the motor will not be
running,
. .-pOo-
fruitBasket turn
over
Do you realize that Cros-
byton has added six new bus-
iness firms within a six month
span? That isn't bad for a
town of 2,251.
West Side Drive-In, Lon's
Service Center, Crosbyton
Auto Sales, The Sport Scene,
Farmers and Ranchers Tire
Supply and Diamond A West-
ern Wear have been added
since Summer.
Auto Supply has moved to
a larger facility, Priscilla's
Young World has moved into
a new location. Foodway is
now locally owned and has
become George's Super Mar-
ket. Nancille’s Beauty Salon
is under new ownership.
Crosbyton Voters To
Elect Three Aldermen
Crosbyton voters will elect
three aldermen on Saturday,
April 7. The election was
called Monday night during
the city council’s regular Feb-
ruary meeting.
★★★
Karr Caadldate
For School Board
James T. (Jimmy) Karr has
filed to have his name print-
ed on the ballot in Place
Seven for tWe forthcoming
school trustee election.
Deadline for filing is next
Wednesday, March
J.
McAdoo Tries
Hermleigh
McAdoo's Eagles play their
fifth bi-district game in the
past six years at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday when they engage
10-B winner Hermleigh in
Slaton. Coach Bub Eldredge’s
high flying Eagles have posted
a 28-5 season mark and are
the top ranked Class B squad
on the South Plains.
it;
McAdoo and McGargle play
a practice game tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 in Munday.
Terms of A. F. Ogle, Alvie
Ratheal and George Witt ex-
pire this year.
The trio have signed as can-
didates for re-election. Other
aspirants may file to have
their name placed on the bal-
lot until March 8.
Absentee balloting begins
Friday, March 16.
Roy Lee Ellis was appointed
election Judge.
The council passed a resolu-
tion authorizing the Texas
Highway Department to install
curb and gutter from Harrison
Street west to the city limits.
This is a distance of two-
tenths of a mile on either
side of the Highway 82.
CONTAINERIZED TRASH
Preston Comer of Idalou was
present to discuss with city
officials Monday night a san-
itary landfill and trash haul-
ing. Comer's firm presently
containerizes and hauls away
trash for the cities of Idalou,
Slaton and a 500-trailer park
in Lubbock on a custom basis.
He proposes to containerize
the entire town, with one 3-
cubic yard container for every
five or six houses. Smaller
containers would be utilized
in sparsely populated sections
Arles Graham, acting as em-
cee on behalf of the steering
committee appointed a finance
committee consisting of: T.
W. Stockton Jr., chairman,
Bill Higginbotham, Comptqp
Cornelius, J. W. Jackson, Joe
Cargile, Billy Weems of Ralls,
Raymond Eldredge and Carlos
May of Idalou.
Members of this finance
committee are contacting var-
ious individuals concerning
purchase of grain producer
stock and/or debentures.
COMMITMENTS ACCEPTED
Grain producer stock, on the
basis of 70 cents per hun-
dred weight, may be secured
by: check placed in escrow
at Citizens relational Bank in
Crosbyton or by commitments
which may be called when the
financing is needed.
Eight per cent interest bear-
ing debentures also are being
accepted. These checks or
commitments will not be need-
ed when "the first hole is
dug on the land." Interest
is to begin accruing at this
time.
An Adtil 1 deadline has been
established to "determine de-
finitely if the capital is avail-
able."
The commitment and cash
total had reached $108,000 by
Wednesday morning when a
committee meeting was held.
Commitments for grain storage
reportedly have been received
from the following neighboring
communities: Floydada, Dough—
Idalou, Lorenzo and Balls.
erty,
itional pens would be con-
structed and cattle placed in
the lot on a continuing basis
until the lot reached its pro-
posed 30,000 head capacity.
An estimated $700,000 in
producer stock and $500,000
in debentures would be needed
to undertake the massive feed-
ing operation. A verbal
commitment to finance the
remainder has been received,
officials say.
Definite plans must be form-
ulated within the next six
weeks to allow time for pro- '
ducers, expecially those plan-
ning to grow corn ensilage,
S«« >108,000 Fag* Flv«
Jgrass
Jrosbyton High senior sel-
ected to the elite top five
finalists, is daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dck Snodgrass. Her
sponsor was Johnston’s Tex-
aco, which last year also
sponsored a finalist, Miss
Jtistus.
Selected as fourth runner-
up was a junior, Virginia Dunn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Dunn. She was spon-
sored by Citizens' Insurance
Agency, operated by her father
and grandfather.
The annual Miss Crosbyton
pageant is staged early each
_S»e MISS P»g« Fly_
Inker New DPS
Patrolman Here
Norman Luker assumed
duties Thursday as the se-
cond Department of Public
Safety patrolman in Crosbyton.
Patrolman Luker, 30, has
been stationed in Amarillo
since Joining the DPS on Oct-
ober 20, 1969.
Both he and his wife, Suzette,
are Lubbock natives. They
have one son, Chris Wayne.
The family attends the Luth-
eran Church.
Luker is a partner of Ken-
neth Witt, who has been work-
ing alone since Fred Owen
resigned last fall to enter
business.
place
money in escrow until his
crop is sold, he is asked
to sign a commitment. This
is designed to "give us an
idea of the capital available
and to show faith" in the
project.
APRIL 1 DEADLINE
The steering committee be-
lieves the April 1 deadline
would allow ample time to
have the feed mill in read-
iness and some pens to start
feeding cattle on a limited
basis ^'by September."
Add-
Correction
Us CITY Pag* Flv*
The Review in its last issue
incorrectly referred to Roy
Ratheal as "tax assessor-
collector-business manager’
of the Crosbyton Independent
School District. Ratheal is
not business manager of the
school. His title is tax ass-
es sor -collector -bookkeeper.
NORMAN LUKER, Dspartmsnt of Public Safsty patrolman os sign sd hors
last wssk, chocks out tho patrol car. His partnor Is Konnoth WIn, rlghf.
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Reynolds, Jim. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1973, newspaper, February 22, 1973; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519167/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.