The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1974 Page: 1 of 10
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FIRST WALKWAY in
Crosbyton -- installed in front
of the Winn's store where ren-
ovation is underway -- is
attracting considerable atten-
tion. Man in cap crossing the
walkway is Allen Anthony, a
Crosbyton resident since 1929
who was observing his 64th
birthday when photo was taken
last Thursday.
CHS Pair Qualify For State
During Saturday Region I UIL
competition, a Crosbyton High
junior qualified for state trials
in a literary event and a Chief-
tain freshman earned a trip to
Austin in an athletic event.
Mark Stegall captured first
place in science during the
regional meet, conducted in the
Texas Tech Science Building.
Ironically, Stegall placed se-
cond behind a Spur lad in Dis-
trict 4-A then reversed the
result at regional. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Notjris
Stegall, and Bill Bennett is his
science instructor.
Donald Ray Harris, a frosh
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Community Clinic 'Developing'
development. Resource people
have been hand picked to offer
we
Invitations have been extended
to "resource people" in Austin
and many other points through-
out the state to work with local
committees during the May 10
Crosbyton Community Clinic.
A list of experts in various
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Caprock Rim
By Jjm Reynolds
EDUCATING OFFSPRING
A Review employee (Ethel told
us not to mention which one)
has had children enrolled in
Crosbyton schools for 28 con-
secutive years.
Can anyone top that?
We would like to have the
names of parents who have had
children in Crosbyton or
McAdoo schools for at least
20 years. A photo of the per-
son or couple with offspring
in either schools the longest
period of time will be printed
in The Review.
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APPRECIATING REVENUE
FROM AGRICULTURE
Any business or professional
person who fails to appreciate
agriculture is a bit fuzzy
headed!
City sales tax payments is
an accurate barometer, we feel,
to retail sales. Even consider-
ing the toll inflation has taken,
sales tax receipts here increas-
ed substantially during the last
three quarters of '73 over the
previous year.
This, we hope, means that a
greater number of persons are
shopping in Crosbyton.
We do know that it reflects
a bumper agriculture year!.
Dollars spent by agriculture-
related families is what makes
our economy click. The Review,
for one, greatly appreciates our
farmers and ranchers.
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WELCOME HOME, MRS. B
"Old Hippie" Ballard is back
home from California. That's
the name Mrs. Jessie Ballard
has given herself after The
Review was privileged to do a
feature story about her hip
transplant.
Mrs. Ballard is one of our
favorites . . . and a visit with
her makes our day.
Weather
Gene And Bobbie Moore Will
Lend First Methodist Revival
"Music and The Word," will
be theme for a revival beginning
Sunday at the First United
Methodist Church in Crosbyton.
The meeting continues through
May 2.
Morning services are planned
for 7 a.m., with evening worship
beginning at 8 p.m.
"Rev. Gene Moore and his
wife, Bobbie, have witnessed
with the spoken word and music
to thousands of people around
the world," notes Rev. Henry
Salley, local pastor, who adds:
"It is their conviction that
Christianity is just as relevant
today as it was two thousand
years ago."
The Moores will lead the
revival here.
Rev. Moore is an ordained
minister, having been appointed
as evangelist in 1962, after
pastoring a church. "He feels
that evangelism is'his call to
the Christian church and thinks
that his God-given talents are
in this area," Rev. Salley adds.
Bobbie Moore is an accom-
plished musician. She and her
husband have sung duets for
gospel meetings, camp meet-
ings, at retreats, and before
civic groups. In 1968, the
Moores sang in Indonesia and
directed music at the Southern
Illinois Annual Conference in
1971. They have found that
music is "the universal
language."
See METHODIST Page Eight
fields planned for discussion at
the clinic was finalized during
a Friday morning meeting of
the steering committee.
Chairman Bob Rhoades points
out that due to lack of- space
on letters to prospective com-
mittee members "only the
names of heads of households"
were written on the letters. He
points out that both spouses are
invited to serve oncommittees.
Rhoades adds that several
women have expressed to him
a desire to serve on commit-
tees other than that which their
husband was listed.
"We need the participation
of everyone," the chairman
says. "if you would prefer
suggestions on an array of sub-
jects within each of the cate-
gories.
to serve on another committee
please feel free to do so,
-t
He hopes as many as 500 in-
dividuals will participate in the
community clinic which begins
with a general gathering at
6 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
Committees have been divided
into four categories: com-
munity service, civic improve-
ment:, agriculture and industrial
Little League
Organizational
MeetingTonight
"If our Little League program
is organized, parents must be
present" at a meeting tonight
(Thursday), according to re-
tiring President Don Ferree.
The gathering is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. in the Chamber of
Commerce office.
Officers lor the’74 season will
be selected, as well as
managers and coaches.
Ferree notes that a number
of boys whose parents assisted
with the program "graduated"
from Little League last year
and "new blood" (among
parents) is necessary this sum-
mer. Little League schedule
starts in late May.
athlete who is "just now really
beginning to come on," shocked
a field of upperclassmen to
break the tape and win the Class
A 220-yard dash the Saturday
regional finals in Lubbock. Har-
ris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Booker
T. Harris, recorded his best
time of the year: 22.1 seconds.
EVENTS MAY 2-4
State literary and athletic
events are scheduled May 2-4
in Austin.
Saturday was a disappointing
day for standout athlete Roger
Freeman, who was undefeated
in the 330-yard intermediate
hurdles prior to the regional
meet. He qualified for the
Saturday finals, but got off to
a slow start and had to settle
for sixth _place with a 41.8
clocking. Freeman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Freeman and
a CHS senior four-sport athlete,
was the district champion in
this event.
Neither of the Chieftain relay
teams qualified for the finals.
The mile relay quartet con-
sisted of Freeman, Harris,
Ronald Wiley and Chuck Carr.
Grady Moore replaced Freeman
on the sprint relay.
Coaches Vernon Clay, Tom
Paddock and Don Lawson work
with the track team. . ... ■
Coach Rodger B. Carter's golf
squad -- second in District
4-A -- shot a 36-hole total
of 699 last Wednesday and
Thursday during the regional
tourney at Pine Hills Golf
Course in Lubbock. They failed
to qualify for state. Members
of the golf squad were: Steve
Ratheal, Joe Mark Cargile, Joe
Simpson, Greg Salley and Robby
Ka rr.
GIRLS’ REGIONAL MEET
Willie C. Coleman will
participate in discus throw this
Friday and Saturday during the
girls’ regional track meet at
South Plains College in Level-
land. _
Ping-Pong Cancelled
Dje to a lack of interest, the
community ping-pong tourney
scheduled to begin here today
has been cancelled.
School Bonds Approved: 159-107
The green
Saturday to
oven
)sbyt
Common Independent School
was gi.
C rosin
ton
District board of education to
pursue a $775,000 improvement
and construction plan at the
Crosbyton school plant.
Final returns were close: 159
voters favoring issuance of
pro ic
and 107 voters casting ballots
against the measure. Percen-
tage of the majority was 59,7
per cent.
Of the 266 total- votes, 252
were registered Saturday in
balloting conducted at Pioneer
Memorial Building. Fourteen
Steve Ratheal Selected
For State All-Star Game
24_Hour
(8-
-inch depth)
Period
T emp.
Soil Temp,
Ending 7 a.m.
Hi Low
Hi Low
T hursday
81 44
67 58
Friday
76 59
70 53
S aturday
84 59
71 44
Sunday
83 43
72 44
Monday
81 50
72 44
T ue*day
74 45
71 43
Wednesday
79 49
72 43
MOISTURE: Trace Friday
and Saturday.
Steve Ratheal, a strong link
in the Chieftain basketball
team’s march to the regional
finals, has been selected to
perform in the all-star basket-
ball game conducted each year
in conjunction with the Texas
High School Coaches' Associa-
tion convention.
The 6'5", 185 pound CHS
forward will play for the North
squad in the July 31 contest in
Houston.
Ratheal, who lettered on two
consecutive Chief district
championship squad, averaged
13.4 points and 12 rebounds
per outing during his senior
year, according to Coach Larry
Morris. His cage campaign
started slowly following a leg
injury suffered in football.
After the Chiefs had completed
a banner 23-7 season, Ratheal
was selected unanimous all-
district, all-region tournament
team and Class A All-South
Plains.
Son of Mr/*Tmd Mrs. Roy
Ratheal, he has been contacted
by several schools concerning
a basketball scholarship.
Ratheal will be the first
Crosbyton High performer in
the state all-star game since
Lance Morris played in the
1968 encounter. Ironically,
Lance Morris is a brother of
Steve's coach.
were absentee ballots.
"About 100" voters went to
the poll by noon Saturday, with
a slower pace being detected
at blustry winds arrived in the
early afternoon. A late flurry
pushed the totals higher.
The 266 ballots cast in the
bond election compared with
578 in the recent'trustee elec-
tion.
Pal Berry served as election
judge.
In a pre-election statement,
school officials estimated that
approximately two months
would be required by archi-
tects to prepare specifications
and for the sale of bonds. Bids
then would be called.
Improvements would include
renovation of the high school
auditorium, installation of a
new heating system in the ele-
mentary building and repairing
the primary heating system,
renovation of the school cafe-
teria kitchen and dining area,
major innovations in the high
school auditorium and leveling
floor of Chieftain Gymnasium,
and enlarge the track to a
.regulation 440-yard facility.
Construction would include a
science-administration com-
plex, more than double size
of the vocational agriculture
building, install a fence, rest
rooms and concession stands’
at the football field.
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PRESIDENT Rick Karr is loaded with "hardware" by
Roger Freeman, left, and Joe Greene as the trio were
in a jovial mood following the Tuesday night Hank Smith
FFA Chapter Parent-Member Banquet and Awards Pro-
gram. Karr was cited as Star Chapter Farmer, Freeman
was named recipient of the first annual Danny Moore
FFA Memorial Scholarship, and Greene was recognized
as the Outstanding Green Hand. See story on Page Six,_
Surprise: Inch Rain At Kalgary
It can rain!
Up to one inch was reported
Thursday night in the Kalgary
community.
Lesser amounts fell on the
East Plains and north of Cros-
by ton.
Hail and high winds struck in
some areas
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Retail Sales Climb
Retail sales in Crosbyton
climbed during the past year
if the sales tax return is an
accurate barometer.
According to figures released
by city hall, the local govern-
ment's share of sales tax rev-
enue collected here was
$25,579.84 for '72 compared
with $24,305.10 the previous
year.
The second, third and fourth
quarters in '73 showed appre-
ciable gains over the previous
year.
First quarter of '72 was
$8,221.67, considerably more
than the $5,620.11 for January,
February and March 19/3. Per-
haps the main factor was the
close out of Wallace [Depart-
ment Store inventory in early
1972.
Following is the sales tax
revenue received by City of
Crosbyton for each quarter the
past two years.
A« Editorial
Vandals Will Be . . . Caught
number of the young trees,
particularly along Aspen
Street near the city park
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rampant here _.
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1972 A
$8,221.67
S5.228.49
S5,028.26
S5,826.68
i-First Quarter --
--Second Quarter --
--Third Quarter --
--Fourth Quarter --
1973
$5,620.11
! >5,934.34
56,554.73
$7,470.66
STEVE RATHEAL, shown
putting up a shot in bi-district
game against Farwell, has been
selected to perform in the Texas
Coaches Association all-star
basketball game.
must be stopped I
Crosbytonites from all
walks of life contributed to
a fund to help beautify their
town with a variety of trees.
It required the cooperation
of many persons to collect
the money, order trees, plan
where to place them and plant
the trees.
Chamber of Commerce,
City of Crosbyton, Garden
Club and Green Thumb work-
ers all were Involved, along
with numerous individuals
had a part in making this
a genuine "community pro -
Now, what happen*?
Vandals have broken a
of age, have so little regard
for his town as to smear
Street near the city park - obscene wording on public
and on the school premises. and private property and
Some of the trunks were knock down those little
snapped off only a few inches trees?
above the ground.
Too many persons have too
much money, time and effort
invested in the beautification
to have it totally wasted!
UNNECESSARY PAINTING
Then unknown vandals went
on a painting spree late last
week. Wording was not only
unsightly,{ it was vulgar.
Among targets of the "pain-
ters" were the First Baptist
Church bus, Silver Falls
State Park and signs west
of town.
How can anyone, regardless
Realizing that law enforce-
ment personnel cannot be in
all places at all times, we
strongly suggest that any
person spotting such de-
structiveness immediately
contact officers.
Any town has an ample
supply of "natural prob-
lems" in attempting to up-
grade itself without having
such unwanton damage in a
short time what it takes
weeks, months and even
years to improvement. This
must stop NOW!
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