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7"Ae‘SHAMR0CK
TEXAM
VOLUME 53
SHAMROCK. WHEELER COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 19511
NUMBER 30
City Council Names Sanitarian;
Will Publish Financial Reports
Allr.i Wayne Sims, four-year-
The city Council named Hollis was granted upon the motion by Acting upon a petition submitted ;,(a of -v_1r and Ml.s jaCk gims
Rainey as city sanitarian and trans- Hofmann seconded toy Tindall, by interested citizens, the council- former icsidents of Shamrock, was
acted a variety of other business Westmorelnd operates tne pumps men voted to install a street light killed late Tuesday afternoon when
at their monthly meeting Monday on the city wells located four miles at the cornet of Wall and Alfred he was run over by a motor vehicle,
night. south of Wheeler, and farms the Streets. The accident occurred in Clark,
Among a number of decisions place on which the wells are locut- -p^c lnatt<*r of selecting a city ‘^’kth Dakota, where the Sims
4-Year-0!d Boy
Is Killed When
Run Over By Car
Annual C-G Banquet Tuesday Night
Promises To Be Top-Notch Affair
The top civic “brass" of a dozen from several Oklahoma and Pan- Shamrock to be on hand.
Panhandle towns has been invited handle towns have already accept- “Wes Izz.ird will have a message
tc the Shamrock Chamber of Com- r d, and the number is expected to of vital Importance to fanners,
nitrce annual membership banquet reach 25 or 30. labors, orfice workers, profes-
next Tuesday evening when Wes Tickets are Si.50 and may he sional people and housewives, ad
Iz.zard, Amarillo newspaper-radio purchased at, the Chamber of well as retail business men.”
executive, will speak on problems Commerce office or from Bed- Mr. Izzard, recognized as one of
confronting rural communities. ford Harrison, (Q>rge Parris or the top newspaper and radio men
A brisk ticket sale indicates a Albert Cooper 0f this Tri-State area, has been a
new attendance record for civic "Wo cordially invite ill citizens resident of the Texas Panhandle
functions may be set. said Gerald to attend this important meeting," for 30 years. He has seen Amarillo
Mnyfiela, president. Three hundred raid President. Mayfield. “It is not crow from a town of 30000 and has
persons is the goal and it 'nay be confined to members Cf the Cham- witnessed phenomenal development
reached, ne said. her of Commerce but is open to the of the Golden Spread from a point
Newspaper editors. Mayors and general public, and we urge every of vantage. IPs personal exper-
Ohambt rs of Commerce managers oup interested in the tuture of ience and keen sense of observe-
—--------------——-------— tirn make him somewhat of an
Exposition To Be Expanded: Q
tom mills
School Building
Work Progressing
As Per Schedule
made by the aldermen was one to
publish the annual financial re-
ports both city and the city-
ovmed Shamrock General Hospital
in the local newspaper.
Attending the meeting were
Mayor Seibert Worley; Aldermen
Hubert Tindall, John Hrnciar, Jr.,
and Cliff Hofmann; and tax as-
sessor-collector, Ode Cain. Absent
were Councilmen Jack Stroup and
Billy Holmes.
eci for a
fieri.
part of his remunera-
(Continued on Page 6, Sec. 1)
C. I. Van Zandi Will Head
'57 State-Line Free Fair
Many Area Farmers To
Plant Sorghum Almnm
o
Plans for an expanded State- such a-, a street par^Je, conceits
Line Free Fair at Shamrock in by three or four bands, high school
family recently moved from Peoria,
III
Details of the accident had not
been learned here this morning.
Body e.f the little bov was to _ _
arrive by plane in Amarillo at 10T5 11157 indicate that about the only glee clubs, and a iUrfUs :
a. m. and be brought to Shamrock llung will remain the same is ail these improvements have been
by Clay Funeral Home. That fun- thr namP added by the recently reorganized
crai home wall be in charge of ar- Erection of an additional live- Slate-Line Fair Association,
rangements for burial in Shamrock RL0C*C barn so animals may be kept c j \im /..mm
authority on community problems
and his seivices as a speaker are in
wide demand.
The speaker will be introduced
by a friend of many years stand-
ing, Harold Teegerptrom. superin-
tendent of United Carbon Co.,
_Inc. O
Uz Harry Frye, 1955 president of
the Chamber, of Commerce who
retires tills year as a director,
will be toastmaster. There will be
brief remarks by President May-
i @1 and President-elect Sam
P„kan.
^rgan music will be played while
Cemeterv.
Allen Wayne was born in Sham-
larmer-stock- sfifsts nrc gathering and during
the meal, and there will be one Q
Farmers in the Shamrock
plan to plant many ureas
The councilmen discussed briefly
(£) proposal by Ben Westmoreland, ‘Jla“ w F‘»‘“ »«»
V. „ , , ., spring to sorghum almum,
city pumper, to place the city- os
owned farm, which he operates, in
the soil bank. Unanimous approval
Work on the construction cf
Shamrock’s new high school plant
is progressing about as was sched-
uled last summer at the time of
the awarding of contracts, accord-
ing to Herbert Brasher to, Associa-
tes, Architects-Engineers Lubbock.
The announcement was marie
through the resident architect,
Tom Mills, who has been in Sham- , .. _ „ _ _
(rock much of the time since ]ast **
June and will establish his home
here for the remaining of the pro-
ject period. O
area Now that the tall cane-like lock, August 11, 1952. His father ‘“elusion
next grass has been proved its ability was born and reared here, Mrs. „***,
a new to thrive on many types of soil, Sims was formerly employed by the |
grass recently Introduced by John despite adverse moisture eondi- local branch of West Texas Utilities ;
Coleman of Dozier Community. tions, more and more farmers Company.
Some farmers plan to put the and stockmen are wanting to buy The paternal grandfather, H. S.
grass in their soil bank acreage. t*16 seed.
ether plan to plant it for the Coleman said this week that or-
purpose of obtaining seed, a®d still ders are coming from all over the
others want from a few to several drouth area ancf demand is ex-
acres of the 'miracle ;®ass' for ceeding the supply,
grazing purpose./ When the 2,800 pounds of seed
The following story about sorg- were put out this year, Cole-
hum almum was written by Burl man, a former county agricul-
Hollis Rainey, owner and man- McClellan, Amarillo Daily News *ure scattered test plots
w;is Farm Editor, and used in a Scent over a "‘de area, lhere Is one
named City Sanitarian at a meet- edition of that newspaper.
on display for two days, the aridl- man of Wheeler, was selected to
tion of poultry exhibits, and the henri thrjenlnrged community ex- mastcM number' on the progfi©.,
of free entertalnmentQ)0,;it|on at a meeting of Fair p sald
Hollis Rainey
Assumes Duties
As Sanitarian
(Continued on Page 6, Sec. n
Education Week
Being Observed
By Local Schools
.
V,
tlie City
tag Monday night of
Council Farmers and ranchers are totting
Raijey was to assume his duties up results of the first year's pro-
t ip time of the awarding of today (Thursday). He replaces Mrs. duetion of sorghum almum high
.on . ac s on the school building, a j}orjS Ritter who resigned the posi- and farmers who were skeptical
na ion-wide strike in the steel in- tjon several weeks ago. arc now' clamoring for seed of
( Ustiy resulted in a delayed de- The new sanitarian was reared (lie miracle grass.
81teel’” ,“.ills in the Lutip Community, 13 miles Early in the spring when John
fabricated *-n ’m's S n'n:J <i0llth ot Shamrock. He attended Coleman, the man who Introduced
f in. Oxlaho.ua City and school at LuMe and Shamrock and the New Zealand sorghum almum
o should be delivered in Shamrock v/as graduated from the local high
by the first of the year. school ln 1934
Using the theme, "Schools for
a Strong America," the Shamrock
Public Schools are observing Na-
tional Education Week.
Closing the series of events being
held :n connection with the annual
observance will be open house at
"imor inch and high school tonight
(Thursday). The junior high open
house is scheduled for 5:30 p. m. to
Cotton glnnings in the south part 8 30 p. m ; and the high school
Partner^ 0f wheeler County have more than fee 7;30 p m. to 9:00 p. m
The public is cordially invited f.-y. Trftfm TL
visit the schools during thesiy Jtl Vt llvVlJ 10
(Continued on Page 3, Sec. 2)
3.146 Bales Of
Cotton Ginned At
Shamrock, Twitty
i
IY ( K
Bobby Crooks To
directors held in the Shamrock
Chamber of Commerce W,ice last
Thursday night.
Willie Knoll, Collingsworth^)
County farm leader who has served
ns president the past two years,
was named vice president, and
Mrs. C. G. Cmiitreil. Jr.("Shamrock
Chamber of Commerce secretary,
was re-eleclrd secretary-treasure!
Twenty-five farm men and wo-
men, county agents, home demon-
stration agents, vocational ag
Instructors ai® homeinaking de-
partment heads, took part In the
enthusiastic meeting, the second
held for the purpose of taking steps
to revitalize the Fair setup.
As in tlie previous directors
meeting, It was (U|.c concensus of
those present that frank criticism
and lxisitive suggestions of un-
proven,cut could make the annual
Diners will be seated at fibles of
eight. The tables @11 be numbered
(Continued on Page 6, Sec 1)
Large Quantity
Of Pipe Js Being
Stockpiled h^re
O
El Paso Natural (Ja Com-
pany has 1prrP(I a tra* ♦ of
land just smith of • city
limits of Shamrock, wtere *«i
urge quantity of pipe I < being*
stockpiled, presumably in pre-
paration for construction of *
gathering system.
Thu pipe >ard is located on 40
1U) It MY (ROOKS
to this country, and his
“In the meantime most of the "'T«,r T „ °van Starkey put 2,800 pounds of doubled during the post three
lo’m < i atim i ,h„3 been hastened. lBIf workSfUaTStaU^served Sd°" menyTmm Sought’the wtdne ° vteU the durt"1'
S^eXSt’SLSSiSrS " City Sanitarian in Hereford «r drouth was'too severe to permit A* fr(MtmA<tPr
J — thr <“«* Tor sfx months. ^ ST °" ^ ^ “J TTJn ^
(Continued on Page 6. Sec 1>
Bag-O-Bulbs Sale
Iso Scheduled For
oo
Monday Evening
He returned to Shamrock in Dec-
ember of 1953, and mirchased the
IT & I Laundry, which he has
operated since that time©
Rainey jerved on the police force
in Herefoi* for five years and his
duties incitded those of chief of
police for about a year.
Hg is marr|?d to the former Miss
Estcllt® Preuit of Aberdeen. Theg
have two children, Mrs. Sondra
Irish Will Host
Rangers In Last
Game Of Season
Shnmrock’s Boy Scout Troop 76.
the last check wns made, and the Fpfcuously over the city this week. 22 members strong has been re-
total now stands at 3.146 bales. and attractive place mats have organized with Robert I, (Bobby)
At thus time last year the same been distributed for use at all Crooks. Shamrock Junior High
four gins had processed 4.?/f bales civic dinneis and luncheons School football coach, ns Seont-
John Woolly, manager ■/. Traders North and South Ward Schools irgster George Smith’ and 7iy'is
Sidney will serve the troop as As-
io 50-acre, traw on the east side
Shamrock exposition one in which 0f Highway 83, about one mile
the entire Eastern Panhandle wmth „f downtown Shamrock. The
would lake pride. laud war leased from Earl Mit'hell.
It was agreed public attendance Arrangements (or the land ve.re
and support wouTtt be forthcoming made some 10 days ago, and pipe
ii public relations of the Sh.ourock arriving last week-end ,’olin
Chamber at Commerce, Ipatyor- ^ matsv'yl -.nan for El
In- (frganlzatlnn, were strengthen- >aM Natural ens Company, i., ,n
rti. Suggestions vrrif made the charge of the yard.
Chamber make closer contact with Aiuk one, .nent of their plans
community and town organizations hope has not been marie py the
of the area and ®ivite more active company, which is a large distribu-
<Continued on Page 6. Sec. li
But Anri Use Them:
Compress, had received approxi- have held open house all weeks,
mately 10,000 bales up to Wednes- Radio' scripts are being present
(Continued on Page 6, Sec 1)
(Continued on Page 6. Sec. U
.Shamrock Irishmen are pointing Firsl Christmas Letter Received:
fur their final grid game of the---------------
the
- q nave i/yvv ----------
i.. ™. Irg Time To Write Santa
The comerc-nce contest, starting
(ft 8 p. m„ promises to spell another Santa iClnus .has received his
defeat for tlie out-numberd, out- first letter ot the season from an
Seed IrishnSSn anxious Shamrock youngster
©of th? average housewife — the penon Nevada; and Rom
bulb (jinatiSier! It's a sack full of m,.n Rainey, 12 years old.
Christmas Seals
Being Mailed To
County Residents
Irishmen, 46 To 0
-,(9 various size light t^ilbs which will be
CEEHS Skyrockets Dump
® o ember 19. from 7 to 10 o’clock.
® Fyiyh Shamrock business firm also
°wil) be given tSe opportunity to
thv’fift the pesky bu]b-snaT,(S)pr in
the organization bv-itocking up on
the W9R-o®>ulbs deal.
D The orocWds f#m the light bug)
paki vMl bp used to defray exf^fenses
of the club’s various Qiivlc and
0iaritabte activities, Margin
aleby of backs and a line,®an, who
broke into th®scoring column the are all-around
o Bv NORBF.RT SCHLEGEL
The Weliingtc® Skyrockets, tak- H- Peterson, has
weighed inexperienced
whose line-up will include only one
senior.
The Rangers, coached by James
a record of j six
victories and three losses.
tag advantage of perfect f®>tball
weather, sno«ad under the Sham- pi"pllp" ohamploMhip two
Crock Irish with
downs in a conference contest
Wellington l®t Friday night. _ . , ......
Wellington turned loose a fine mPn las! Prltlav nlKht: 4fl-°-
(fiall, bng-o-bulbs chairman, said
In artSAouns|ngoplans for thf;^ro-
They
w,‘olis
'7. r:;;;;; ng0 when ti«y whipped the wen- w“s w,‘ltc" u-v ^“,mi lVL^ls
a flurry of touch- skyr»keU ^ 8ky. envelope addressed: Santa,
rockets, in turn, stopped the Irish-
That means Christmas can t be
far away and it’s time for all kid-
dies to begin thinking about
dropping the Jolly old gent a note
St. Nick said the first letter lie
received from the Shamrock area
was written by Randi Myers. In an
sistant Scoutmasters
Mr. Crooks, 23 years .aid, Is a
graduate of Memphis High School
G class of 1950, where he earned two
letters in high school football and
was named all-district left half-
baek in 1949 He attended Southern
Methodist University and wns
graduated from West Texas State
little College, Canyon, in August of 195.6,
w.th a B S. Dpgrp,e in
Education and minors in Eriuca
tion and Social Science
"The troop is, indeed, fortunate Fpa,f’ tipMaT,r'1 r,Tv ,r,5,i ^
0------------- Brandt, Colorado artist,
(Continued on Page 8; :tec. 1)
tor of natural gas on the West
Coast.
Uno"icial reports are that the
cQ:ipany lias acquired a huge
block of :icrea®> it, south Wheeler
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'Continued or Page 6. Sec. 1)
Hew ‘57 Mercury
Now On Display
The Rangers’ greatest assests
Jprt“ £’ ’ , ... first time he got to carry the ball.
The bag-o-bi*s #nl. wh'ch was Tank porrf,Rteri jOO-pound Well-
made («al1ab’.c through West Texas jiipton iruardi h_oke )nto thp clpar
ITtilitim Company, includes *2 07
team speed
depth.
Their ’fjftories )%ve been
with 61 cents from g|ch sale goin0
)lo the Rotary Club to bolster the
organization’s (Jagging coffers.
Team Captains and workers
(Continued on Page 6, Sec. 1)
Be good to all the poor
children
I want a bat. And a airplane
And a trick baseball And a army
set.
Randi Myers
So the season for writing letters
to Santa is with us again.
The Texan will print all the let-
North ters it receives in the annual
Christmas edition which will be off
the press on December 20. Kiddies Amarillo will celebrate Holy Oom-
you may mail or bring their letters to munlon and preach the sermon
for The Texan office. After they have Sunday, November 18. al 1:30 p.
"Xmas" with a telescope. Please been typed, they will be forwarded m. in St Mlchaeft and All Angela
bring my brothers, Tim, Shawn to Santa Claus at the North Pole Fyl'copal Church.
Letters should be received by 'Hie Tlie public is cordially incited
„,,i
Pole, was this message:
Dear Santa:
I promise to be careful if
Services Scheduled
At Episcopal Church
Claude E. Canterbury
Rev.
Tlie ChttSImna Real piwgrir — 4 i | ■ i i .
beginning in 1907, continuing today At , IClPF MAtfir
nd fnot toward 1,1 1 IWlVI
the defeat of tuberclosig - that Is The new Mercury, now on dis-
the idea behind the Christmas !|lav at Lister Motor Company.
Helai West Highway 66, spans the
element of time b>’ offering you
The 1956 Christmas Reals are *hp very first Dream car you can
being mailed to county residents (hive today, R.o. Lister, Jr., Lin-
hidfiy by ihc Wheeler Tuberculosis coin-Mercury Agency Owner, said
Assoclatloh. Corftrlbutions Support ': 0'1'
tlie TG prevention and (jlmti'ot "UP until now, so-called 'cars of
activities of the association. tomorrow’ have been strictly ex-
"Tli'e 1956 Seals nre (’ signed pertmentsl models. You can't drive
to lltiKtmi.e tlie spirit of this 50th <|,lp for l0VP no1 ln,’'t much less
nd will bring me a B-B gun
and Barry, and my sister, Jill, lots
cf nice things too.
Texan not later than December 10. to attend.
heading the bag-o-bul*'s sa'
Obtain Gerald Mayfield.
(Co^tinu@ on Page 6. Sec 1)
Shamrock could never get a sus-
tained drive going until late in the
fourth quarter, and then lost the
ball on downs on the Wellington
11-yard line. Most of their of-
fense consisted of th@ passing of
Dcugen, Cannon and Tarbet. Can-
This Was News In Shamrock 25 Years Ago
annual Christmas Seal Sale," ar- °'vn nne. zour motoring appetite
cording t* Dr, H E Jicholsoh of *ll!* teased vith all sorts or
Wheeler, founder and prtsident of ,a'’V curves, exotic interiors, and
the local association "Children f;mclful features — things that
march across ench sheet (,f Sea's Bnmp riay’ might be yours,
rarrying the Double-BaiTed Cross, ‘‘Now Mercury has broken the
trademark of the National Tuber- ,,or‘ds ‘'T P'adual nrw car evolution
culoels Assoclstton and ils 3,000 af- "’llli new Dream-Car Design. In-
filiates, Into the future. Two SeRls Ktriiri of new fenders one year and
one showing a girl and the other n npw hood the next, the magnif-
n boy, both dressed in green, make *rpnt 1 (5.67 Mercury leaps 'way a-
Lein 8th Graders
To Preseift Plap
weie named on the committee of
arrangements. They were P. T
Bnstoti, J. A. Winchester and
Hill.
Shamrock was well
the cents per pound, large loaves of
men brand were 10 cents and small
loaves could be bought for 6 cents.
A 20-pound bag of corn meal was
Ouy only 34 cents Lewis wain selling
good tender steak for 12 cents a
A quarter of a century ago the "Laughing Boy," and "Chief Con- 18th District Meeting of the Legion In the grocery ads we found
first snowstorm Hit the Shamrock temporary Dramatists.” to be held in Bnrger that year that the Matt Lewis Grocery nnd
area on November 21 and the Irish football squad was Plans were in the making to take Maiket had pecans ori rale at 25
lion's running was well def*nsed mercury' dropped to 19 degrees, honored by members of the Sham- tllp Shamrock Irish Band to
hv t.h» Wellington team but. he Drivers were forced to use candles rock Uons club with a banquet in District Meet, nnd three
get in some fine runs on fake ^ thaw u‘p ice oTf of thelr wln<*- Johnson Hotel,
passes. CiUnon, C. Tyler and sllie*dK O Pouring of the first section of
Charles Brothers were also out- The football game with Wheeler concrete on Highway 66 was in
Qtao®ng on defense for the Irish, was called off because of the eariy November of that year. Pav-
This week the Irsih host the severe weather. ing o( Highway 66 and Highway 4.
Cotton Qinning was also slowed was going forward at that time
down because of the snowstorm with the Whitham Construction
and bitt|^ cQl Company of Wichita Falls in
There was a whale of a cotton charge of the work,
crop that lull. We found the record Grain sorghum crops were un-
of 14.219 bales of cotton which had usually good that year. James and stratton~Club was" organized
Pqj. Saturday Ni jht 1,£en ginned in wheeler County up Glenn Passon of Kelton won the
H B Hill believes many readers Ul November 1, In 1931. hlRhest award at. the Texas State slden(.';
of The Texan w'll be interested in Wheeler Countyjiad a new news- fw^thrtr^MftlWL The nnd Ml.g E w poolp at_
the fact that there will be a com
plete eclipse of the moon Satur- the Mobeetie journal came
Wilburn dav night. the press on Thursday,
Mr. Hill savs the almanac lists 29. It was published by Mrs. H. E. other varieties.
up for the pattern.
"The Christmas Seal
children
head to bring you the shape, pow-
er and features of Q.ings to come
(Continued on Page 6, Sec. 1)
(Continued on Page fr, Sec. ' )
Former Resident
Claimed By Death
(Continued on Page 5, Sec. 1)
Total Ecliostj’ Of
Moon Is Scheduled
eighth grade class of Ij^a
School will present a one-act
comedy, "Life O’ The Partv,” on
Monday night, November 19.
The play, which is being direct-
ed bv Mrs. Johnnie Bentley, will
be presented in the Lela gvmn-
nsium. .starting at 8 o. m. Admis-
sion nriwfi will be 25 cents(!$r grade
school students and 50 cents for
adults.
Appearing in the play will be:
Williams Horton as
Maxwell: Emma Jean McMullin as
Betty Lou Maxwell: Mary Ann Iour eclmse for 13dR
Crowder as Connie Maxwell;
Vanelle Whatley as Mrs. Maxwell:
•kCnlvin Haws as Mr.
represented pound and roast licrf was in cents ip,.,,,,,.-!! ■u;nii„m
which was held In Amarillo,
delegation of 34 local teachers was
headed by Superintendent W. C
Perkins.
The China
Stone’s Department Store ~ had
new fall prints for 04 rents per
yard; men’s oxfords were $198
Flat Home Demon- and they had one lot of children's
with shoes for 25 cents per pair BlRck
Mrs. J. c. Tinsley as the first pre- sateen was 10 cents a yard, nnd
paper that fall. The first issue of white pearl kaffir entered by the ,ended the Panhandle Plains Bu- pound cans of coffee i©$1.10 and
of Charlie Lawler of this city, were
hejd at 10 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
Chapel in Amarillo.
Mr. Lawler, 74 years old. (lied
Thursdav morning of last week in
ladies fall dresses were only $198. Northwest Texas Hospital.
Bill Porter was selling three
0»f two Wheeler CrfUnty boys,
October named grand champion over
jl - — Secretaries Association with the purchase of each can Bill
which was held in Amarillo that was giving enali customer three
November.
bounds of sugar free of
two of the Castleberry. It was a six-column Jake Tarter, who was Wheeler Mr*. A R. Hugg held a pantry He was selling two nice fresh stalks
w..i .Knot nr»r>tain1nf7 Pieht nncrp«t nf riMintw Aoont at LVio# tlmo was rioTn-,^,1.,...: . * . . i-uwici,
of County Agent at that time was demonstration at her home and the of East Texas sugar cano for 15
In or nl.n. #__II__ annual - _
moon and two of the sun — but sheet containing eight pages
that the©eltpse of the moon Sat- material. completing plans for the annual showing of her canned goods was cents.
Maxwell- urdoy night w'll he (he only one Mrs A M. Htlburn was librarian Wheeler County Poultry Show the talk of the town. She showed
QCnivin tJaws d| ’ visible In the United State; the Shamrock Public Library, which was to be held early ln Dec- some 800 quarts ol meats, veget-
^ Marv The eclipse is scheduled to start Five new books were announced, ember. ables, Jellies, and preserves There
Smith, Merits ,h p at 10 o’clock pm. Saturday, local The title were: “The Boy Patrol, American Legion officials were were 55
Brown; Judy Brock ns Judy Mar-
(Con tidied on Page 6, Sec. 1)
tiime, with a total eclipse at eight Cm Guard,” "Baseball Joe,"
miinutes after midnight, Swift In The caves Of
"Tom nud-irg plans to send a large de- which were
Ice,” legation from the Irish City to tke at *285.00.
varittes in her
estimated at
pantry,
a value
Baker-Ha nna Brothers had a
good quality of children’s cotton
hose for 10 cents and women's
heavy ribbed rayon hose were 25
Elder W H. Fox of the Primi-
tive Baptist Church officiated at
the last rites.
PallbearerR were Mr. Lawler’s
ch?f?!e’ nephews: Calvin King, Roy Lee
Odell Proffett. Gilbert
Lawler, W O. Sloss and Oscar
Bloss.
Burial wa« in Llano Cemetery
in Amarillo.
Mr I-aw’.er, who resided in
Shamrock for many years, had
(Continued on Page 3, Sec, 2'
PRIZES. TO BE AWARDED
IN HOME DECORATING
DURING YULE SEASON
Shamrock Garden Cluh will,
sponsor a contes^ among
Shamrock citizens during the
Y'uletide season, on decorating
homes over the city.
A prize of $7,50 will be pre-
sented for the first place; $5.00
for second place and third
place award will be S2.50.
Garden Club membe-s are
a sked to decorate their homes
but only noil-members wilt be
eligible lor prizes.
Competent Judges will In-
spect decorations and name
pinners.
All local citizens are urged to
lilan to make Shamrock a
fesldve place this holiday sea-
son by decorating their homes
and helping to add to the
Christmas spirit by giving to
those who are less fortunate
In cur town.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1956, newspaper, November 15, 1956; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529480/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.