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Crosby County's Oldest Bu*inc»« Institution — Established January 7, 1909
Grandparents
Galore Greet
Year's First Baby
equipment 1“ j There were gnrndparonts ga
installed, the date to he an ! |,ir). |() r,Crush) ton s fust ha
nmitired later j by of into, who was Misty Mi
belle Wall, daugh'et of Mr and
I r.ol of Crosby
i
Karr is serving a> manager of
the new coffe# shop anil is cur
rent I y assisted by Mrs. Bud
Posey They arr serving foun
tain drinks, coffee, u e Ctoain,
milkshakes. malts, doughnuts,
sweet rolls sundaes and banana
splits, and feature a supply of
candies, gum. cigatcties and
cigars.
The building has been redoro
rated \satft walls and fixtures n:
beige and tables and chairs an*
in matching brown tones.
Williams, who is al.-o ownei
of Williams Dairy Marl, grew up
at Harmony Hill west oi Fl"\ila
da Before corning here in Idas
he was engaged in (arming and
the dairy business.
Karr is a native of Crosby ton
and has formerly tx-en employed
in local drug stores. Until le
oently he was in the insurance
business, tiien worked brietly in
Falls He served w ith llie Coast
Guard in the South Pacific dur-
ing World War II
Mrs- Don Wall
ton
She was both at Pali a in Jan,
uary 6 in the local hospital ana
weighed seven pounds, two o/>
at iurtli
Wall farms east ni Crosbyton.
Maternal grandpateiils are Mr.
and Mrs Ciiffor.iJ P Helms of
I.akeview communityPatotrta*
grandparents are Mr and Mrs.
A B Wall of Crosbvion.
Misty Michelle is Hie Wall's
fust child and is the fifth gene
i.iiion on her mother’s side.
Maternal grandparents in-
clude Misty Michelles great-
j iandparents, Mr. and Mrs P. I>
Helms of McCoy , her great great-
grandmother, Mrs. Bill Helms of
Arkansas, her great grandfath-
er. H K Giles of Portales. N. M..
and her great great grandmoth-
er. Mrs Lindsey Wairen of Floy
dacla.
Her great grandparents on her
father's side are Mr. and Mrs. Is.
R Campbell of Crosbyton.
T. J. TAYLOR
Elected President
Late Cotton, Lowei Price Cuts Fall
Business Activity Here 10 to 30%
Despite a cotton crop almost
as luigo as luc bumper 1963
crop, economic conditions in Ihe
Crosbyton art a were a far cry
from being as healthy as they
were a year ago, local bankers,
business men and farmers re-
IKirt. Most Crosbyton business
men had a disappointing year in
small percent to a whopping 30
percent reported by one mcr
chant, from those of 1963.
Last year on Jan. 2 The Review
reported 38,573 bales of cotton
had been ginned in Hie territory.
This year, on "Dec. 31, two days
earlier, the total was 38,060, just
a little more than 500 bales un-
der the bumper 1963 crop.
&' A number of reasons were
Pgiven for the disappointing busi-
ness yea/, which seemed general
over most of West Texas.
1964. with retail sales oil from a! considerably less than in the
preceeding year.
Crop More Expensive
Because of the drouth during
the 1964 growing season, irriga-
tion farmers had to irrigate
more, thus increasing the cost of
producing the new crop. The
drouth also cut dryland produc-
tion except in those areas lucky
enough to receive the spotted
showers.
Small towns perhaps lost more
business to Lubbock than in
prior years. Lubbock firms,
which had already bought heavi-
ly, were forced to reduce mer-
chandise prices in order to get
out from under their big inven-
tories. Crosbyton merchants were
able to compete in some lines,
but not in others.
The year was also a “catch
up” year for many people. It
was easy to buy in 1963, and
many families had over extend-
ed their credit. Result was that
their income went to make pay-
ments o*n merchandise bought
the previous year.
Another result of the general
shortage of money is that mer-
chants who do credit business
report collections have beer,
slower than in recent years. All
are hoping that the sale of cot-
ton during January will help to
clear up these accounts.
Bank Deposits Off
Although bank deposits at
Citizens National Bank were off
some from the previous year on
December 31 report, the decrease
was surprisingly small. Last
(Continued on Back Page)
Marriage Licenses
in ’64 Total 118;
Grant 21 Divorces
Marriages are still outnumbex-
ings divorces in Crosby County
according to the number of mai-
riage licenses issued and di-
vorces granted in the County
during 1964.
County Clerk Floyd McGinnes
reported that a total of 118 mai-
riage licenses were issued in his
office during the past year.
Records in the office of Dis-
trict Clerk Geneva Starred show
that 21 divorces were granted
during 1964. A total of 28 suits
for divorce were filed during the
year. Two cases were dismissed
and the total number of suits
pending from 1964 and previous
years is 49.
Number of divorces granted is
17.79 percent of the number of
marriage licenses issued during
1964.
Nearly News
VOLUME rirrY SEVEN CROSBYTON. CROSBY COUNTY TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, 1965
T.). Taylor Named President oi
Chamber ol Commerce Directors
T .1 Taylor was elected to serve as president of the
Chamber of Commerce during the coming year at the
meeting of the hoard of directors Tuesday night. \V
Jackson was elected vice-president and CWnrles Freeman
w a5 named treasurer \ \
i New directors' 'elected by (he
I membership to serve two years
| are Taylor. Charles 'Freeman,
j Roy Rat heal, Nathan board m a n,
Bill Niekson and Arthur Griffin.
I They succeed R H Farris. Jr,,
(Glen Moody. Don Anderson, I>msi
Patton and Freeman, who was
serving the remainder of Doti
McDermott's unexpired term
T- Hold oyer directors .axe jeti.jr
ing president Jack Brashear, Boh
j Hardin. T W Stockton. Jr., J W
! Jackson, John Will Stewart, Lee
Anther and John Cheiry.
j New directors and oil leers will
! he installed at the annual Cham
j Ini' of Commerce membership
; banquet slated Friday, Feb. 2b*
Invocation for the meeting
was given by R. 11 Farris, Jr.
All new' directors were welcomed
and the minutes road and ap-
proved Ttie financial statement
and Chamber accounts were re
viewed and payment of out
standing bills approved,
j Arrangements for the banquet,
at vvlucn t lint Formby of liere-
I ford will be principal speaker,
were discussed. Formby, a form-
er MoAdoo resident now owner
of the Hereford radio station, is
noted as a speaker.
Mrs. Don Anderson is chairman
of t!x> decorations committee foi
the banquet. Theme will be "wa-
ter recreation."
it was reported that no bids
have been received as yet for
serving the banquet.
Glen Moody is in charge of
banquet entertainment. It was
announced that this will include
a vocal trio from Lubbock and
organ music by R. C. Matheny.
Don Anderson will serve as
master of ceremonies and will
also ne in charge of the dedica-
tion of the Lamar monument
preceding tile banquet.
T. W.- Stockton, Jr., won first
prize in the membership contest
and John Will Stewart placed
second.
Bob Hardin and Arthur Griffin
were congratulated on the Cros-
byton Christmas decorations, of
which they were in charge.
Members voted to^stan a pro-
ject to secure pictures of all past
presidents of the oganization to
be hung in the Chamber of Com-
merce office.
The proposed program of work
for the coming year was review-
ed and will require further study,
it was reported. When revised,
copies will be mailed to all
members and prospective mem-
bers, Chamber Manager Billy Joe
Thomas reported.
Taylor, who goes on the
board next month as new direc-
tor and board president, is busi-
ness manager of the local hospi-
tal. He is a former Chambei
board member and has served as
vice-president of the board.
Born at Anna, Nov. 20, 1916,
he moved with his family to
Foard County in 1919. He attend-
ed Texas Tech, majoring in ag-
gricultural economics.
Before accepting his present
position as hospital business
manager, Taylor had also served
as clerk in the area WPA office
at Vernon, manager of the gin
at McAdoo, manager of a milk
company in Harlingen.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have two
daughters, Mrs. Larry Ratheal of
Lubbock, and Mrs. Elaine Moore,
bne granddaughter and one
grandson.
NUMBER ONE
Local Basketball
Teams Lose To
Roosevelt, Spur
Crosbyton Varsity boys and
girls have both lost their district
basket ball games.
RHosevelt, in games here New
Year's Lve defeated the Ixiys
58 37 Jim Blagg scored 16 points
for ( roshylon and David Lun.s
ford mwi d 17 points for the
Eagles.
ivoosevelt girls won 37-13 over
Crosbyton with 1 tee Gregory
scoring 21 points for Roosevelt
and Sylvia Curry putting in fi\*
tallies for Crosbyton.
Tuesday night the Chiefs were
defeated at Spur by Spur 56 36
Jack Alexander tossed in 11
points for Spur and Bragg scor
ed 15 points for Crosbyton.'
Crosbyton's "B” boys yvero de-
feated 49-26
The girls lost to Spur 44-36.
Nora Mock scored 2i pointy fyr
Spur and Bette Ellison was high
point girl for Crosbyton with 1\
points. >-
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BISHOP EUGENE SLATER
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Farmers received from $12.50
to $20.00 per bale less for their
cotton in 1964 than they did irx
1963'. Counting'the average loss
at $15. this would mean farmers
received $570,(XX) less for their
1964 crop than in 1963. In addi-
tion, the percentage of the crop
sold before the new year was
BY
BILLYE
STOCKTON
The sophisticated reader of the
New York Times might find n
highly amusing to read the col-
umns of a small town weekly
and learn who visited who dur-
ing the holidays. Even many
small newspapers are leaning a
way from the little "personals"
or *locals” because sometimes it
takes as long to get the informa-
tion and write a "local” as it
does to write a comprehensive
coverage of the City Council
meeting.
I still think "names make the
news,” as I was taught by work-
ing with some folks who’ve been
in the news business a goou
while.
So, thanks to each of you who
remember to call and come tell
us when you have company oi
go somewhere. Please keep it up
during 1965. Folks iiere and all
the Buds, Joes, Marys, Jeans,
Joneses, Smiths, Browns and ot-
hers who’ve moved away like to
know what’s going on "at
home.”
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Jeff Lemley says he recalls
when folks from elsewhere
thought everyone in West Texas
wore glasses. Seems in the Glen-
rose area many had a rim, sim-
ilar to that caused by glasses, a-
cross the bridge of their nose.
Wasn’t glasses, though, Jeff said
The mark was really caused by
drinking corn wiskey out of fruit countered with, "I don’t
Jars, he explained. He assured but maybe they all have
us he wears glasses and was j shot eyes to match tire red
able to furnisrx the abcive lnfoi tig."
matiob only through observation
and not through participation.
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Lubbock, aa uaual, i« jCwtl of
big “sales" now. Which reminds
me of the local man who said of
his wife, "When she dies, she
doesn’t want to go to heaven.
She wants to go to. . . . (anu
named a Lubbock name1 store.)
Frankly, I’ve always found
that my "sale” purchases over
there were only slightly highei
than if I’d bought them at regu-
lar price. Besides, crowds botrie.
me.
Statistics have shown that if
you go to one of those "sales”
and buy just the items you
know, positively, are a bargain,
you can save money. You may
get trampled in the rush and
break a leg, but you can save
money on the purchase for the
hospital bill. When you depart
from the “sale” items and buy
something else, though, you’ll
pay at least full price and may-
be make up for the ieduetion on
your "sale” purchase.
When you trade at home you
know how much things have
been selling for regularly, so you
know for sure when you’re get-
ting a bargain.
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Someone commented to Jack
Brashear .that the blue Post Of
fire jackets match his eyes.
While others speculated on what
percentage of postal employees
bver the nation have blue eyes
to match the jackets, Brashear
know,
blood-
bow
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Jim Holman received the fol-
lowing official-looking message
(Couttnoid on Bade Pay*)
New Population Estimate of 2,258
Shows Steady Increase Since '60
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J. W. JACKSON
Vice-President
iissia
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JACK BRASHEAR
Retiring President
Information on
1965 Programs
Due This Month
It will be about the last of Jan-
uary before information on the
1965 domestic cotton program
and on the 1965 feed grain pro
gram, reports James Winter ot
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation.Service of the
Department of Agriculture.
Winter said the ASCS office
has been receiving inquiries con-
cerning the two programs. He
stated that signup time will be
Feb. 8 until March 26.
He stated that farmers are cur-
rently bringing in their produc-
tion records for requirements for
export cotton acreage.
Junior High Teams
Lose All 4 Games
to Idalou Monday
Crosbyton Junior High teams
lost all four of their games a
gainst Idalou at Idalou Monday
evening.
The 8th grade boys wore de-
feated 30-27. Phil Morris was
high point man with 13 points,
according to boys’ coach David
Verner.
The 8th grade girls lost 22-18
Girls’ coach Ben Richardson said
the 8th grade girls hit 60 percent
of their free throws and cited
Laurie Anderson's defensive
work. Brenda Suther was tp scor-
er with 9 points.
The 7th grade boys lost 34 10
to the Idalou 7th graders. Mike
casanova, who played only a
portion of the game, scored the
most points, 4, for the Crosbyton
team.
The 7tn‘ grade girls lost 23-12
after leading Idalou 10-9 at the
end of the first half Top scorers
wore Jan Proctor and Debra
Brown. Coach Richardson said
defensive work was weak
Three Junior High warns play
again today, Thursday, at McA-
doo. The 7th grade girls will
A conservative estimate, using
i a system similar to the Federal
! government’s procedure in fig-
uring the statistical population
of any given city, shows that the
population of Crosbyton had in-
creased from 2,080 during the
census voar 1960 to 2,258 as ot
Dec. 31, 1964.
The 2,258 estimated popula-
tion includes only residents in-
Methodists Begin
New Church-Wide
Study Sessions
A'church-wide study of Span
ish- Americans based on the
book, “Death of a Myth,” began
Wednesday night at the First
Methodist Church.
Study sessions, to which every
one is invited, will be held eaen
Wednesday night this month.
Leading the studies will be
Mrs. "E E. Medlock and the Rev.
Jacinto Aiderete, pastor of the
Latin American Methodist
Church.
Baby-sitters will be provided
for the study sessions.
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Farewell Party
Fetes Mrs. Taylor
at Courthouse
Mrs. 3’. J. Taylor, who is leav-
ing her position with the Old
Age Assistance office, was sur-
prised \frith a farewell party in
the courthouse Tuesday morn-
ing.
Attending were Mrs. Homer
Smith, Mrs. S. P. Starrett, Mrs.
lleene Stobaugh, Mrs. Jewel Mc-
Ilroy, Mrs. Ronnie Traylor, Floyd
McGinnes, Harry Jung, Cecil
Berry, Mark Hogan, Mrs. James
SeiglCr. Mrs. Forest Griffin, L. T.
Starkey, Mrs. Vera Flowers and
Mrs. Junior Long.
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Mrs. A. W. Wallace and Mrs.
Lois Ratheal attended funeral
services Tuesday afternoon at
the W. W. Rix Funeral Chapel
for Mrs. Chloe McIntyre of Lub-
bock.
Building Permits Issued in 1964
Drop 50% From Record Setting '63
Construction begun here in
1964 was considerably less than
the total construction begun in
1963, according to building per-
mits issued by the City of Cros-
byton.
A total of $293,550.00 in con-
play at about 5:30 p in., followed
by the 8th grade girls’ g
6:3p p.m. The 8th grade
will olay the final game
evening.
ame at
boys
of the
Only 340 Have
Paid Poll Taxes,
J. C. Smith Says
Only 340 County residents
have paid their poll taxes to be
able to vote in school or city c-
lections during 1965, according
to . C. Smith, Jr., Crosby tax as-
sessor-collector.
Poll taxes may be, paid at
Smith's office until January 31.
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Birthday Calendars
Expected Here By
End of This Week
Hulen Clifton, chairman of the
Birthday Calendar project of the
Crosbyton Lions Club, announ-
ced Wednesday that the calen-
dars should be delivered by next
week.
The calendars, which list
birthdays, anniversaries, club
meetings and other events, wer»
Dec. 28 and are expect-
week.
meetings
shipped E
ed this w
struction was begun in Crosby-
ton during 1964 according to
buildirig permits issued during
the year, City Secretary Norton
Barrett reports. Two thirds of the
total was for residential con-
struction.
The 1961 construction total Is
less than half the construction
total for 1963 when building
permits for $681,674.00 worth of
construction were issued. Large
portion ot the 1963 total was the
$141,0Q0 for the Junior High an
nex and additions to the school
gymnasium and lunchroom,
which were completed last
spring. The 1963 total set an all-
time high for local construction.
Much of the construction for
which permits were issued in
1963 was completed during the
past year. Some construction for
which permits were issued in
1964 is still underway
Of the building permits issued
during 1961, $87,600 was foi
commercial structures, four of
which were new structures and
two were additions or repairs.
Permits f&r 13 new residences
and for seven repair, remodeling
or additions were issued during
the past year for a total of $205,-
950.00. Residential permits, new
and additions or remodeling, in
1963 totaled $423,97400, more
than twice the total issued last
year.
Total permits issued in pre-
vious years were 1962, $348,575,
and 1961, $444,435.
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suin' the. jyity limits. City Secre-
taiy\\ Norlqii Barrett estimated
that appiqximately 125 addition-
al peraons‘^side ou. ade the city
limits, but adjacent to the City
of Crosbyton |proper.
Method for figuring ihe esti-
mated population1 is to take the
number oi gas i)i)d water meters
at the time of the last census,
divide each into' the number or
persons officially counted in
that census and thus arrive at
the moan aveijage number oi
persons per melef.
That average!, (figure, multi-
plied by tile present number ot
meters, gives tho.^p figuring an
accurate approximation of tht
population. 1
The 1960 Federal Census gave
Crosbyton a population of 2080,
which was something less than
the estimated figure at that
time. Crosbyton liaqi 763 gas me-
ters as of Jan. 31, I960, which di-
vided by 2080 shows that there
were 2.73 consumers per gas me-
ter at that time.
Applying, the same ratio oi
residents to gas meters in ser-
vice today, 2.73 times 801 gas
meters on Dec. 31, 1964, gives
Crosbyton a gas metei popula-
tion of 2,186.73.
In 1960 there were 711 water
meters in Crosbyton. Today there
are 795 water meters. Using the
above means of computation,
those figures give Crosbyton an
average of 2.93 residents per wa-
ter meter. Multiply that figure
by the present number of me-
ters, 795, and the water metei
population is 2,329.35.
The average of 2.18G.73 and
2,329.35 is 2,258, an increase of
178 persons over the i960 cen-
sus figure. This is approximate-
ly 44 persons per year.
City Secretary Norton Barrett
pointed out that some areas of
Crosbyton are not served by gas
or sewer lines, and thus the pop-
ulation in those areas is not in-
cluded in the estimate.
The population estimate indi-
cates a slow, but steady growtn
here. Barrett said, "We can bt
pleased with this indication.
This means that the City has
been able to take caie of the in-
creased population growth as we
went, instead of having to go in-
to debt. For example, the watei
works extensions have been paia
for right out of the water workS
and sewer funds and we didn’t
have to vote tax bonds to pay
for the expansions, as we would
have had to do in the event of a
population explosion.”
He cited the recently develop
ed Ellison addition* apd the
block on the wPst side of Cros
byton recently annexed into the
city limits. Water iinesi and fire
plugs were extended to these
areas with funds from the wa-
ter works and sew^rljj lunds ana
the City didn't h«ve to vote
bonds to pay for tmr1 expansion.
He concluded, HWith slow,
steady growth, we can] .take cart
of the increase as We go, rather
than going into debt) absorbing
the growth while maintaining
our souhd fiscal operations.”
Use of electric meters for com-
putation could produce a slight-
ly higher estimate, \ but t figures
on meters within thfe city limits
in 1960 were unavailable.' y;„
Weather Warm
Tuesday and
Wednesday
Temperatures Tuesday and
Wednesday were unseasonably
warm after a low temperature ot
25 degrees recorded Sunday
morning. Coldest day of tht
week was Saturday when the
highest temperature recorded
that day was 44 degrees
Tuesday afternoon the high
temperature recorded was 70 de
grees. At 2:30 p.m. Wednesday
the thermometer had climbed to
a warm 76 degrees.
A light sprinkle of rain was
recorded about 5:30 am. Thurs-
day and light mlat Was recorded
Saturday. \'
New Members of
Library Board
Are Appointed
New members of the Crosby
County Library Board were ap-
pointed at the Commissioners
Court meeting Jan. 4.
They are Truett Mayes, Mrs.
Lloyd Gambrel. Mrs. Gene Mc-
Laughlin and Joe Darden.
Retiring board members are
Mrs. Robert Work, W. O. Lock-
wood. Mrs. A. J. Cowley. Darden
was appointed to fill the unex-
pired term created by the death
of Mrs. Blllye Zumbrum.
In other action bonds for coun-
ty employees were approved.
In a'special meeting Jan. 1
the oath of office was taken by
elected officials.
Church Dedication. Homecoming,
Memorial Service Slated Sunday
Itishop Kugene Slater will conduct the dedication of the
new hirst Methodist. "Church sanctuary and educational
building in a service at 1 1 a m, Sunday morning here, the
Hev Hill Kent, pastor, has announced.
The dedication ,service, which marks completion <«
payment for, the structure, w ill in* followed by a day-lonff
series of activities, .including a basket lunch at noorf,
homecoming for former members, and an afternoon mem-
orial service. The Rev. Kent stated that everyone is invit-
ed to attend each of the activities
The dedication service will be
held during the regular morn-
ing worship service with Bishop
Slater delivering the sermon.
Presentation of the building will
t lx1 by Dr Dale Rhoades, chair
| man of the building committee,
j Miss Sylvia Curry will be or-
ganist and special music will be
j presented under the direction of
| Mrs. S. T Hawkes. Also partici-
i pitting wilt he District Superin
| icndent J Howard c’.awford and
the Rev Kent
Luncheon
] Burning of the note by Robert
Work will take place at the
basket luncheon In the church.
Harry Jung will serve as master
of ceremonies for trie lunch, to
which those attending are to
| bring a basket lunch for their
families. Invocation will be
given by the Rev Jacinto Aide-
rete, pastor of the Latin Ameri-
can Methodist Churen here. Re-
cognition of guests,. including
former pastors of the church, 1
will be by Sam Davis
Memorial Service
A Memorial Service is sche-
duler at 2 p.m. in leinunbrance
of all those who. tnmugh the
years, contributed to the spirt- %
tual growth of the members of
the First Methodist Unurch, the \
Rev. Kent said
Officiating ministers will be
Rev. Wilbur Gaede of Matador,
the Rev. Calton Thomson of
Abernathy, the Rev. George Tur-
rentiric of Lubbock and the Rev.
Kent.
Church History
The history of the Methodist
Church of Crosbyton stems back
to a church organization at Old
Emma in 1890 when Emma, Es-
tacado and Cone were part of the
Floydy Circuit.
History of the Crosbyton Meth-
odist Church began in 1910 when
C. D. Pipkin was the first pastor.
The first building was a taber-
nacle in the north part of town
which was used until early in
1914. The building erected in
1914 served until 1929.
The old Methodist Church
building, constructed in 1929,
was occupied 31 years and is
now in use as an pducation
building.
Plans for the new sanctuary
and education building began
dufing the ministry of the Rev.
Wilbur F. Gaede. A building
committee was appointed by the
Fourth Quarterly Conference of
1959 and consisted of Dr.
Rhoades, chairman, Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Evans, J. C. McNeill III,
Charles Tyler and Robert Work.
At the Annual Conference of
1959 the Rev. Carlton Thomson
was appointed pastor of the lo-
cal church. Plans were develop-,
ed which resulted in construc-
tion of the new building with
Seminole Construction Company
of Lubbock as contractor.
Total cost of the building and
furnishings was approximately
$140,000. The new structure was
completed and moved into in
January, 1961. A Consecration
service was held January 22,
1961.
Bishop Slater, a native of
Louisiana, was elected to the of-
fice of Bishop by the South Cen-
tral Jurisdictional Conference in
San Antonio in 1960 on the first
ballot. Prior to that he had been
pastor of Polk Street Methodist
Church in Amarillo for 10 years.
He is the only Bishop ever elect-
ed while serving in the Confer-
ence. 1
He is assigned to the San An-
tonio-Northwest Texas Area by
the 1964 Methodist Jurisdictional
Conference.
He served for several years in
the Southwest Texas Conference
after graduation from Perkins
School of Theology at S M.U. in
1932. He was recently elected
president of the General Board
of Education of the Methodist
Church for the 1964-68 quadren-
tiium. He was an officer of the
Confeernce Board of Education
and for several years chairman
of the Administrative Council in
Northwest Texas, now known as
the Conference Council.
Mrs. Slater is tl# former Eva
B. Richardson. They have two
children, a daughter living in
Dallas and a son who is teach-
ing in East Texas.
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Curry, W. H. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1965, newspaper, January 7, 1965; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519634/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.