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W. H. WHITEHURST
W. H. WHITEHURST
«CLAIMED BY DEATH
SERVICES HELD WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR RETIRED
SHAMROCK MERCHANT
Funeral service* were held at the
Womack Funeral Chapel Wednes-
day afternoon for W. H. White-
hurst. popular retired Shamrock
bJBhess man who died suddenly at
8:30 o'clock Monday morning of a
heart attack.
A large crowd of friends and a
profusion of floral tributes bespoke
the friendship held for Mr. White-
hurst who had operated a men’s
furnishings business in Shamrock
for 30 years until his retirement
three years ago. The funeral ser-
vice was In charge of Rev. Edw. C.
Day. Bearers were: Dewitt Snell.
Eraest Snell, Sol Blonsteln, Lewis
Hill. Bedford Harrison. N. J. Burk-
halter, Ernest Baggs and W. H.
Walker.
Interment was In the Shamrock
Cemetery.
The death of Mr. Whitehurst
came as a shock to his many
friends. He had seemed In excel-
lent health and had been working
t his farm home east of Sham-
the day before. The heart
attack struck him Monday morning
In his sleep. He made a slight
which attracted the atten-
Mrs. Whitehurst but death
Was instantaneous. v
Since his retirement from the
store which tjears his name. Mr.
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SHAMROCK
TEXAN
VOL. 43
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946
No. 28.
PATRONS INVITED
TO OPEN HOUSE AT
SHAMROCK SCHOOLS
PROGRRAM TO BE PRESENTED
IN OBSERVANCE NATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
ar
motion
tlon of
AgEA OPA OFFICE
CLOSEDJAST WEEK
PRICE CONTROL BUSINESS TO
BE HANDLED THROUGH
FORT WORTH OFFICE
The Price Control Board at Pam-
pa serving Wheeler County along
wUK Gray. Roberts and Hemphill
OoBtles was closed on Monday of
last week. R. E. McKeroan, chair-
man of the local board, announced-
"The step marks the conclusion
if almost five years of unprece-
lented patriotic service by citizens
if these counties who. throvrrh their
thousands of hours of volunteer
work, have prevented inflationary
langera from taking effect and saw
hat their neighbors had an equal
ig^y to their fair share of scarce
sommodltles during the days of ra-
tioning." Mr. McKeman said. The
panel members have done a great
ob and are to be commended for
heir loyalty and sendee.
"Members of this area'sjirlce eon-
.rol Board stayed on the Job for
nore than a year after the end of
he war. Production has had a
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)nly 296 Votes
kre Polled In
Land Election
In observing National Education
Week all stiulents of Shamrock
Public Schools have written Invi-
tations to their parents and other
patrons Inviting them to visit reg-
ular classes during the week and
especially to attend open house In
all schools Friday afternoon.
Activities for Friday afternoon:
Tom Thumb Wedding at Clark
Auditorium from 1:30 until 3:00
o'clock, presented by first grade
students. Mrs. Annie Bird, teacher.
Irish Band will play and inarch
on practice field west of the high
school and Junior high school
buildings from 3:15 until 3:45 o'-
clock.
High school physical education
classes will participate In games in
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Fry Drag Is
Burglarized
Second Time
Rev. Hubert Bratcher To
Serve Here Another Year
Rev. Hubert H. Bratcher, pastor
of the Methodist Church of Sham-
rock for the past 13 months, has
been returned for another year of
service with the local church. His
appointment, along with other pas-
tors of this am, was read Sunday
afternoon at the closing session of
the Northwest Texas Annual Con-
ference In Pam pa.
Members of the Methodist Church
as well as the entire citizenry of
Shamrock welcome the popular Rev.
Bratcher and hlz family back.
Rev. O. C. Evans, pastor of the
Briscoe-Allison charge the past
year. Is to serve aa pastor of the
Shamrock Circuit, replacing Rev.
Vernon Willard who had served In
that capacity the past two years.
Rev. Evans Is well known In
Wheeler County, having been sup-
erintendent of the Briscoe Schools
before taking over the Briacoe-Al-
llaon charge.
Rev. Willard as transferred tr
the Ovala-Lawn charge In the
Abilene District where he will be a
student In McMurry College. Rev.
Willard has done a remarkable
piece of work on the Shamrock Cir-
cuit and has a host of friends wpo
regret that he Is leaving but wish
him well In his school work and
i pastoral charge.
Fry Drug. 305 North Main Street,
was burglarlad Saturday night for
the second time In two weeks. An
estimated 5500.00 In cash and mer-
chandize were taken. Aaron Fry,
owner and manager said.
The burglar entered by pushing
In Uw front door until the latch
waa released. Hie cash drawer wlui
emptied of about 535.00 in cash.
Merchandise missing included three
diamond rings, a man's watch,
pipes, cigarettes and lighters, pen
and pencil set*. Jewelry,, cameras
and films. A piece of luggage was
also' taken and Fry believes the
robber used this as a means of car-
rying off the loot.
_ The robbery took place sometime
after midnight and S o'clock Sun-/
day morning when the store was
opened by Miss Arlene Logsdon.
The loss was not covered by In-
surance. Fry declared.
The store was robbed In a simi-
lar manner on Saturday night,
October 36. the cash and merchan-
dise loss amounting to an estimated
1175.00.
BEV. HUBEBT BRATCHER
Rev. Elmer D. Landreth. lor the
past two years superintendent of the
Clarendon District, was transferred
to the same position In the Ama-
rillo District. Rev. Tom. Johnston,
(or five years pastor of ’the First
Methodist Church, Sweetwater,
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10-COUNTY WATER
AND SANITATION
GROUP ORGANIZED
W. R. RITTER OF SHA58BOCK
CHOSEN VICE PRESIDENT
OF ASSOCIATION
Irish Tied With Pirates
For Second Mace In 3-A
drpn in
quest
Free TB Tests
Offered County
School Children
The attention of all parents and
teachers of Wheeler county Is call-
ed by Superintendent Allen Kava-
naugh that free tuberculosis tests
of school children are available
upon request.
Dr. H. E. Nicholson of Wheeler,
chairman of the recently organized
Wheeler County Tuberculosis as-
sociation, has advised the county
superintendent he will send a grad-
uate nurse to give (he tests to chll-
all schools making a re-
LOSE THRILLER JO
SKYROCKET ELEVEN
IRISHMEN DROP HOPES OF
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
1 WITH *4 TO It DEFEAT
Irishmen end-
si victory) »®
Wellington Iky-
An organization to be known as
the Fort Elliott Water and Sanita
ton Association was formed at
Canadian last Saturday with Wll
11am Cuszlck aa president and W.
R. Ritter of Shamrock ae vice presi-
(tent.
Other officers are: Delmaa Deen.
Pampa.. secretary-treasurer: E. a
Lowery, Pampa. group leader; Jim
Miller, Canadian, chairman of en-
tertainment.
Purpose of the association Is to
enable its members to meet and
discuss local water and sewerage
problems and to express new Ideas
in this field of work adaptable to
this section of the state.
The first monthly meeting will be
held in Pampa on Tuesday. Decem-
ber 3, Ritter said.
The association was formed fol-
lowing the last class of the Dis-
trict Short Water and Sewerage
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FIVE INJUHEDIn
HEAD-ON COLLISION
TWO VICTIMS IN SHAMROCK
HOSPITAL; THREE OTHERS
CARRIED TO PAMPA
the
rockets.
The proteges of Coaches Scott
McCall and Jack Dillon will
net' this week.end and wtt
Journey to Perryton next Friday
to play their final game of the
season with the powerful Rang-
ers of that city. The tilt will
be played la the afternoon,
Coach McCall said.
The defeat at the hands of the
Skyrocket eleven placed the Irish-
men In a second-place tie with the
Lefors Pirates In the District 3-A
race. Coach A1 Duncan’s .Welling-
ton crew hold top position and will
meet the Lefors club for both
team's final district game on Fri-
day night, of next week.
With the Shamrock. Wellington
and Lefors teams Idle this week'
end. the Memphis Cyclone and tbe
Clarendon Bronchos will wind up
their season with a clash at Mem-
phis Wheeler will play the Ama-
rillo Yannlgans on Butler Field.
Only 296 of Wheeler County's 4-
00*4ha!lfled voters went to the polls
ast Thursday to voice their opln-
ons on an amendment to the state
•institution providing $25,000,000 In
ends for purchase of land for sale
o veterans.
The unofficial tabulation of the
otes showed 330 for the proposed
.mendment and 56 against.
The amendment was approved
hroughout the state by slightly less
Ium 8-to-l vote.
OMjr 53 persons voted In the two
aces, 84 approving the
and 18 voicing disap-
proval. Forty-Ova voted In tbe
iprth box. while only seven votes
mav Durchane land! and sell
t at low prices to veterans of
ForlA War U
Kavanaugh urges school officials
and parents to avail their towns
and communities of this free ser-
vice. By means of the tests the
presence of tuberculosis esn be dis-
covered in time for successful
treatment, he said.
The test Is painless, consisting
of simply placing a patch on the
arms of those wishing tests. If a
reaction shows, further examination
Including X-ray teat la made.
The Wheeler school children have
already been given TB tests.
The Shamrock Irishmen lost their
chance to win the championship of
District 3-A last Friday night when
they dropped a hard-fought thrill-
er to Coach A1 Duncan’s Welling-
ton Skyrockets, 24 to 12.
Although the gridmen of Coaches
Scott McCall and Jack DUlon came
out on the little end of the horn,
the moral victory was definitely j
theirs. Decidedly the ’ underdogs;
when they entered the tilt against!
last year’s bi-dlstrlct champions,
the green and white Irish fought
stubbornly against the hard tackl-
ing, hard blocking and fast run-
ning Collingsworth County team, j
From the opening whistle until/
the last minute ticked off. It was j
a battle of two far-above-average
football clubs. The Skyrockets held
the edge and two fumbles In their !
own territory were costly to the
Irish.
There wasn't a fan in the huge
roaring crowd that didn't get his
money's worth. While the teams
were off Powell Field during the
half, the eolorful bands of Sham-
rock, Kellervllie and Wellington, |
marched, played and did forma-'
lions to draw the applause of the j
sporting fans.
The Wellington Leader ran the!
following excellent account of the j
game.
| Wellington's first touchdown came I
I In the latter part of the first quar- j
| ter after the ball had changed ,
hands two times between the hard ' amPP-l cd
battling teams. At this point Sham- i MOTHER OF WHEELER
rock gained possession of the ball RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
on their own 34 yard line after
Season standings:
Team W
L
T
Pet.
Wellington
7
a
0
.777
Shamrock
6
3
0
.667
Lefors
5
3
• 1
.811
Clarendon
4
2
2
.555
Wheeler
3
6
0
.375
McLean
3
6
1
.277
Mempihs :
3
6
0
.250
Lakevlew ««
1
7
0
.125
District 3-A standings:
Team *
L
T
Pet.
Wellington
•
0
0 .1000
Shamrock
5
2
0
.750
Lefors
4
1
1
.750
Clarendon
3
1
3
.867
McLean
3
4
1
.357
Wheeler
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5
0
.286
Memphis
5
0
.166
Lakevlew
0
T-
a
.000
T*o of five persona Injured In a
head-on collision 17 miles west of
Shamrock about 1:46 o’etoolt Sun-
day afternoon are resting nicely In
I the City Hospital The other three
' victims are recuperating In the
! Worley Hospital in Pampa. * ,
The victims here are Mr. and
Mrs. John Lillie of Chicago m.,
Mr. Lillie suffered s broken wrist
and shoulder. Mrs. Lillie's injuries
consisted of a broken shoulder and
lacerations about the face.
In the Pampa hospital are/Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Almond of McLean,
and their four-year-old son, Bobby
Almond. All were painfully in
Jured and the child sustained a
brain concussion and lacerations.
Highway patrolmen said that Mrs.
Lillie was driving west on the high-
way when the left rear tire of her
1538 Hudson blew out. causing her
to lose control of the car. When
the tire blew .out It swung the Hud-
son around to the left and Almond,
coming east in a 1543 Packard, hit
the Hudson along the right side,
the patrolmen reported.
Womack ambulances transported
the victims to the Shamrock and
Pampa hospitals.
Farmer-Commitfa
Be Elected In Coi
DR. J. HOWARD WILLIAMS
BAPTISTS ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
SHAMROCK CHURCH IS WELL
REPRESENTED AT ANNUAL
GENERAL SESSION
Rev and Mrs. Edw. C. Derr and
son, Jimmy, Mrs. Du ward Price and
Airs. J. J. Baird are In Mineral
Wells attending the Baptist General
Convention of Texas which began
Tuesday night and will continue
through a night session Thursday.
Texas personalities occupying
prominent places on the conven-
tion program were: W. R. White
of Austin. Carr p. Collins of Dallas,
E. J. Gregory of San Antonio, C. E.
Hereford of Corpus Chrtstl, E. H.
Westmoreland of Houston, W. H.
McKenzie of Dallas, Forrest Fee:
of Waco, Hal Buckner of Dallas and
Thomas J. Watts of Dallas.
Out-of-state speakers were J. W.
Marshall Duke K. McCall John D.
Freeman, and John L Hill of Nash-
ville, Tqm.. an Ellis A, Fuller of
Louisville, Kentucky,
C. E. Matthews, superintendent of
evangelism for Texas Baptists, pre-
sented his report at the Wednesday
night session. Emphasis was pti
ed on simultaneous evangelism. Un-
der the current plan churches In a
given area will engage In ml '
meetings at the serA^fttB ¥»&
107 of the 114 aseodatlonal areas
of1 Texas are committed to such
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Farmers in Wheel
will receive notices
next few days about
elections of
county farmer-<
rene Shaffer, chairman /
County Agricultural
said today.
Each of the county's I
communities will elect
mitteemen and two
well as a delegate to the <
convention where a
county committee will be
Shaffer said that ap
1,100 farmers are ell
In the elections this yi
farmers are those who
paling In the 1946 ,
servatlon Program or the g
gram, or who have a
the Federal Crop
oration. This Includes j
era tors, tenants, and
on farms where the i
the sugar program Is
out. Because of the
property laws in Tew
may vote If the husband 1* •
whether he be landlord,
'sharecropper.
In announcing the
Shaffer urged that all fan
are entitled go to the polling ]
In the community and vote,
the committeemen are
for developing, adapting, and
ministering national farm I
to meet local problems and
It Is Important that the men j
really represent the choice of
majority of the fanners to —
community. :v
GENE WORLEY
MAKE RADIO
TO I8TH^
CONGRESSMAN WILL
ROBLEMS FAC
SESSION EARLY
ngressman Oene Wo
announced plans to
report to the
within a few <
would discus
the dtotrict and
its next
to Strickland and Copelap
had gone Incomplete. On the flri
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MOTHER OF. SHAMROCK
RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
i held at
Funeral services will be
for Mr*- Martha Jane Bock, 84 years
liftAifflrr*-
PAYNE IS DEALER FOR
YOUNGSTOWN KITCHENS
The Payne Plumbing and Electric
has been appointed as exclusive
dealer for the new Youngstown
Kitchens, according to an adver-
Smlth Field, Weet Sem^to tST tou*.
---- A modern, well-equipped kitchen,
tabUahnMfnt^'riuf Younastowr^Krt”
s ", ”■}. UblUhnJtnt. The Youngstown Kit-
SSSt Sasgs-’-
[' Aside from,
this additional ser-
Mrs. John T. Wiley, Sr., mother
of H. M. Wiley of Wheeler, died
Friday. November 8, la Houston.
The late Mr. WUey and Mrs
Wiley moved to Canyon In 19U, so
that their children could
college there. She lived In
more than 30 years, and t»
known by both the faculty
many Weat Texas State
students. In recent
lived with a daughter
ill addition to Mr. ,1
" three
First Freeze
Sends Mercury
To 28 Degrees
Residents of the Shamrock area
shivered Saturday. 8unday and
Monday In the first freezing wea-
ther of the season. According to
Weatherman Burl Oolson, the mer-
cury'slid to the 32-degree mark
Saturday, while 30-degree weather
was recorded on Sunday and 38 de-
grees on Monday.
Temperatures began to rise Tues-
day when a low of 36 degrees was
recorded: Low on Wednesday was
37 degrees. Oolson said.
Roe Davidson reported .05 of an
Inch moisture last Saturday, bring-
ing the total for the month to l.M
inches.
Oolson says to watch next week's
Texan for the date and time of the
first snow of the season.
FATHER OF LOCAL
MEN PASSES AWAY
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service* were held In
Bond Baby Dies
After Illness of
Only Few Hours
Loyd Wayne Bond. 11-week-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bond
of Texola, Okla.. died at 6 a.m.
Thursday, November 7, at the fam-
ily home, only a few hours after
he became 111
Funeral services were conducted
from tbe Womack Funeral Home
chapel In Shamrock with Rev. E.
M Anderson, pastor of the Church
of Ood in charge, assisted by Rev.
O. E. Wright.
Interthent was In the Shamrock
Cemetery by Womack Funeral
Home with B, C. Warner. Thomas
Whtsenhunt, Thsral Whisenhunt
and Jerald Bush serving as pall
bearers.
Survivors In elude the parents, one
brother. John Curtis Bond, andj
three sisters. Betty
and Nadine Bond, all of Pittaburg.
Kans.. and the grandparents, C. M.
Bond. Parsons. Kans.: Lee Whlsen-
face at
<BH.
Worley would not
before the general
saying that he did not want I
port connected or confused 1
political issues or campaign*.
Congressman has been devotl
tirrfe to visiting In the
discussing Individual,
and district problems with 1
pie and did not have time
any political campaigning.
Oene’s statement, follows:
"Newspaper reporter* have
quested that I ■[
for making a full :
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PLANS MADE FOR
’NORWOOD ST/
COMMUNITY PROGRAM
FINANCED BY SELLING
SHARE8 OF STOCK
hunt, Tulsa, Okla.; and Mrs, Jessie
Smith, Pampa.
Between 70 and 80
the districts of l
rock and Wellington
Snmnonvood High
Thursday night to discuss pis
Jean. Maxine molding a |x?rmanent
I would accommodate a i
j an annual rodeo and night
ball. . “
Tlie meeting moved along s
and the following business was
.., pitted: •4 jigl
KELTON GRID TEAM Such organization as r
WINS SECOND PLACE planned to be used
--- tty unit, on a
The Kelton Lions closed the 1946 ; The money to
six-man football season last Fri- ing of this unit was
day. suffering a defeat at the hands : to come from
of the Oruver six. The game plac- plan was later shelved t
ed Oruver In first place and Kelton Cunningham made a
in the second position In the Class j was seconded by A. F.
B conference.
The Lions opened their basketball
season Monday with a promise sof
one of the best squads In this area,
having lost possibly one man from
last year's team.
FARMERS UNION IN
MEETING AT LELA
The Lela
No. 74 met
Farmers Union Local
at
per that shares of
finance a community
annual rodeo and i
This carried by a
A motion was made by ]
that the directors declan
dend from the net prof!
end of the year to be paid I
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