The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1948 Page: 2 of 8
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The Panhandle Herald, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
Friday, June 4, 1948
The Panhandle Herald
Established July 22, 1887
Printed Every Friday at Panhandle, Carson County, Tex&a
MEMBER: Texas Press Ai yciation, Panhandle
Press Association and National Editorial Ass n._
DAVID M. WARREN, Editor and Publisher
Untered as second class matter, July 22, 1887, at the post
•ffice at Panhandle, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect, Cards of Thanks, etc.
2 cents per word.
THE HAND OF DEATH STRIKES
In three successive days recently, the
hand of death struck three men who had
been outstanding in the Panhandle of
Texas. They were Walter David of La
Jolla, Calif., Tom B. Gallaher of Chicago
and Dr. R. Thomsen of Amarillo.
No oil man was better known in the
Panhandle for 15 years than Walter
David, vice-president and counsel for the
J. M. Huber Corp., until his retirement
four years ago. He was only 61 years old
and passed away May 20 at La Jolla,
Calif., of a heart attack and was buried
May 24 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glen-
dale, Calif.'
Two years ago last May, The Herald
Editor was in Kansas City, Mo., to inter-
view a prospective president of the Uni-
versity of Texas. In the hotel lobby about
breakfast time came Mr. and Mrs. Walter
David, who had been in Liberty, Mo., the
previous day at William Jewell College
to see President Truman receive an
honorary doctor’s degree.
Mr. David said that he had retired be-
cause he had been led to believe that his
chances of living were only two years if
he continued work and that he had a
chance for seven or eight years.
Mr. Gallaher began his railroad career
in Amarillo more than 40 years ago and
had advanced through various stages un-
til he had become passenger traffic mana-
ger of the Santa Fe System at Chicago.
He was intensely interested in his work
and kept his contacts with the Panhandle
of Texas despite his removal to Chicago in
1936.
The Santa Fe official, only 62 years old,
dropped dead at a business conference in
Chicago May 21 and his body was brought
back to Amarillo for burial May 25 with
services at the First Presbyterian Church.
Many here recall Gallaher coming
through Panhandle a few years . ago on
his private car with Postmaster General
James A. Farley as a guest. Farley and
Gallaher shook hands with a;crowd of 200
or three hundred in a few minutes. Mr.
Gallaher said it was a great thrill to see
so many persons that he had known dur-
ing his years in the Panhandle.
Although Gallaher had not been well
for some time, he had found it difficult
to slow down and he stayed in the harness
until the end.
The death from a heart attack Satur-
day, May 22, of Dr. R. Thomsen, 73 years
old, Amarillo minister since 1910, was a
great loss to the entire area. He was min-
ister of the First Presbyterian Church for
35 years, retiring about three years ago.
Services in his memory were held the same
afternoon as those for Mr. Gallaher at the
Presbyterian Church in Amarillo.
This area never had a greater church
leader than Dr. Thomsen, who also was a
long time member of the Amarillo Rotary
Club. He was considered outstanding in
his knowledge of world affairs and world
history period. Recently, The Herald car-
ried an editorial opposing federal aid for
education and just about the same date
Mr. Thomsen in a public address expressed
his opposition.
During World War I he was a leader
in the American Red Cross. He recalled to
The Herald Editor from time to time of
addresses he had made in Panhandle when
traveling was not so easy.
AWAY FOR A WEEK
The Herald Editor was away all last
week on a trip that included visits to sev-
eral cities. Leaving here Sunday, May 23,
a one day’s drive to Austin. The follow-
ing day the Editor returned to Brown-
wood for the State Democratic Conven-
tion, which was held May 25.
Returning to Austin that night, this
writer was off early the following morn-
ing for the third and final day’s session
of the Texas Bankers Association’s 64th
annual convention. Coming back through
Austin, the writer then went to Temple
Wednesday night preparatory to going
through a clinic.
The clinic required two days and a one
day’s trip was made home Saturday, May
29.
Weather was surprisingly cool, the
warmest probably being the Sunday en
route to Austin and the Tuesday in Brown-
wood.
Office Joke Costs This
Company $6,704 in Cash
FRESNO, CALIF.—A harmless
“joke” in the office of the Mer-
cantile Acceptance corporation
here boomeranged and 'vhen the
smoke cleared, $6,704 in cash was
missing.
A. K. Linn, a collector, took the
bag of money for deposit from
Arlene Gaiser, cashier. Instead
of banking it, he playfully tossed
the bag into a wastebasket, tell-
ing Miss Gaiser:
“This is no good to me. I’ll
just put it with the rest of the
trash.”
In the Saturday noon closing
rush the cashier forgot to recover
the money. Then it was discov-
ered the deposit had not been
made. A search of the firm’s
trash cans failed to locate the
money.
14 Escape Death
In Train Slide
None Injured Seriously in Freak
Accident.
ALAMOSA, COLO.—In one of the
most spectacular railroad accidents
in history, three, railroad cars were
hurled like tiny toys down a moun-
tainside by a roaring snowslide,
yet all 14 passengers emerged alive.
None of the dozen passengers and
trainmen was injured seriously. One
who escaped injury entirely was
a 15-month-old boy who fell asleep
an his grandfather’s shoulder** as he
was carried to safety.
A 19-year-old nurse suffered frost-
EXPANSION OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE—In timetable
fashion, Czechosloakia became the seventh state in eastern Europe
to be engulfed by the red tide of Communism. The map shows the
progress of encirclement. The schedule so far: March, 1945, Yugo-
slavia and Rumania; December, 1945; Albania; May, 1947, Hungary;
September, 1947, Bulgaria; October, 1947, Poland; February, 1948,
Czechoslovakia.
The speed and ease with which the Communists gained control
in Prague may encourage them to take similar action elsewhere. Com-
munism, like Fascism or Nazism and the other totalitarian ideas,
seems unable to stand still. Where will it strike next?
Nazarene Church
First building north of the old
Panhandle Bank building.
Sunday school, 10 a. m.; preach-
ing, 11 a. m,; evening service, 8
p. m.; prayer meeting, Tuesday,
8 p. m.
Please accept this as a personal
invitation to worship with us. If
you believe in the old time re-
ligion, you will, enjoy these serv-
ices.
GIVEN ABSENCE LEAVE
Miss Charlotte Tompkins, home
demonstration agent, has been
granted a leave of absence from
June 21 to July 16 by the com-
missioners court and the exten-
sion service in order to study
at Colorado A. & M. College, Fort
Collins.
oitten feet as she scrambled, minus
jod. ^ # | stockings and shoes, up the frozen
Carson county is showing an increased -iope in the yellow light of train-
interest in the state convention. Attend-
ance from the county was probably the
largest ever recorded at a state Demo-
cratic convention.
The big problem at Brownwood was to
decide whether to send an instructed or
uninstructed convention. The uninstructed
leaders won the issue by a narrow margin
with a roll call vote.
Texans will go to Philadelphia for the
Democratic National Convention, which
will begin July 12. The 18th congressional
district has two delegates and two alter-
nates, the Herald Editor being one of the
alternates.
It is rather astonishing that Temple, a
city one-third the size of Amarillo, should
be regarded as a medical center, one
clinic employing hundreds of persons as
well as more than 100 physicians. These
great medical' facilities were built with
private capital, not with bond money.
Private enterprise can do big things in
the medical and hospital fields, if there
is sufficient vision. Amarillo is one of the
100 largest cities in the nation, but hun-
dreds of its citizens and residents from its
area are going to Temple, Dallas, Roches-
ter and other medical centers. Houston is
building the greatest medical center in
Texas and it may not be long until you
hear about thousands going there for ex-
amination or treatment.
Much of the Temple facilities would be
regarded out of date today To replace
them some where else with type of con-
struction now required doubtless would
cost many more times than what were ex-
pended in Temple. One Temple hotel has
been bought by a clinic and several floors
will he converted into additional hospital
facilities.
men’s lanterns.
The train, on the narrow gauge
Denver and Rio Grande Western
,ine between Alamosa and Durango,
was climbing toward Cumbres pass
vhen the slide struck.
The torrent of snow, 100 feet wide,
smashed into the last three cars.
They were swept down the slope
lor distances of 30 to 500 feet. Cush-
ioned by the packed snow, they did
lot overturn.
The nurse, Mary Martinez, of
Park View, N. M., said, “We hit
i large tree and the car splintered.
Dur car was at a steep angle and I
im sure we would have gone on
lown the slope if that tree hadn’t
stopped us.”
The wreck occurred at a 9,000-
loot altitude 50 miles southwest of
Alamosa in sub-zero weather.
Trainmen lighted flares and lan-
;erns beside the tracks and tossed
a rope down to the passengers
scrambling in the snow.
Miss Martinez, a nurse at the
Denver Children’s hospital, did what
she could for the injured, but had
20 first aid equipment.
Rodent Control
Work Postponed
Field Representative Carl Ja-
cobs of the Texas Wildlife Service
left Carson county after receiving
word from headquarters to come
in until the weather cleared. The
wet cooler weather made it im-
possible to complete the job of
prairie dog control at this time.
It was also too wet to poison the
Panhandle dump to rid the com-
munity of rats. Jacobs plans to
come back in two or three weeks
to finish the program. Residents
in the Groom, Lark, Panhandle
and White Deer communities who
have been expecting Jacobs will
be
Newspaper Boy Sues Rich
Heiress for $100,000
CHICAGO.—An attorney for 17-
year-old Silvio Garippo, a news-
ooy, filed a $100,000 damage suit
against Mrs. Muriel McCormick
Hubbard, granddaughter of John D.
Rockefeller, Sr., and Cyrus Mc-
Cormick. He charged that the heir-
sss hurt him in a fight over a res-
taurant check.
The suit alleged that Garippo re-
ceived cuts which will result in
“permanent disfigurement” when
Mrs. Hubbard threw a glass, half-
filled with water, into his face and
the glass' shattered, cutting his face
and his left hand.
The incident, the suit stated, took
place a few hours beforq. announce-
ment of an agreement by which
Mrs. Hubbard relinquished her two
adopted children after a long court
battle over their custody with her
brother, Fowler McCormick, board
Jyliss Juanna Jo Broadaway chairman of International Har-
was guest soloist at the First | vester company.
The suit charged that Mrs. Hub-
Iowa Soil Man
Inspects Comity
Memorial Rites
Alali J. Moen of tlie Soil Con-
servation Service, made an un-
official visit to Oars-on cohiity
last week. He was assigned to
Hamilton county, Iowa, when the
present county agent of Carson
county was county extension di-
rector in that county.
A person in the same capacity
as Moen will he assigned to the j
Staked Plains Soil Conservation
district as soon as possible after'
a definite program of work has'
been approved.
Moen looked over some of the
ranch land of the county. Hi3
thinking on the problems of Car-
son country from the standpoint
of still management is much in
line with that of Quentin Wil-
liams, of Pampa, district conser-
vationist for the U. S. Soil Con-
servation Service. Before becom-
ing a member of the U. S. Army
Air Forces, Moen was in charge
of a soils district in Oklahoma.
George Graves, manager of the
66G6 Ranch, took Moen over the
ranch and pointed out problems
as well as .corrections made to
protect the land. Quentin •Williams
and former county agent, J. P.
Smith, had w;orked with Graves
on these projects. Moen is a great
believer in proper land uses and
it is felt Carson county will be
the gainer when a person of hiq
caliber is assigned to the Staked
Plains Soil Conservation district.
Mr. and Mrs. Moen and daugh-
ters were guests of County Agent
and Mrs. H. M. Nichols. After sx
short visit in Oklahoma they will
leave for Iowa the first of June.
START ROADS SOON
Contractor is expected to start
work in about 10 days on paving
the two farm roads east and west
from Panhandle and across the
two lakes north of the city. This
information was given Monday to!
Judge O. R. Beddingfield.
Mrs. J. E. Enlow of Canadian
spent the weekend visiting her
uncle, Griff Shank.
Mrs. H. R. Padget, Mr. and
Mrs. Darrell S. Akers and daugh-
ters, Nancy, Jean Marie and Ann,
are visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Padget. Mrs.
Padget and Mrs. Akers are aunt
and cousin of Mr. Padget.
Joe Curtis of Duncan, Okla., is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Curtis.
H. H. SMITH
LAWYER
Specializes in Probate, Admin
istration of Estates, Titles and
Taxation — Federal and State
—Phones—
Office 80 and 32 Residence 75
in June. Others interested can
received such help by notifying
the agent at Panhandle.
Christian Church in Amarillo
Sunday morning, May 30. She
sang as an offertory solo, “Con-
given the promised assistance sider the Lilies.”
CONGRATULATIONS
V. F. W.
MAY YOUR BARBECUE JUNE 5
BE LARGELY ATTENDED
SWIMMING POOL
Best Wishes, Panhandle, for the opening Saturday
of this fine community project.
The First National Bank
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.
bard was “in an intoxicated condi-
tion.'
Girl, 15, Kills Mother
In Row Over Dance Date
FRANKLIN, N. J.—A beautiful,
dark-eyed school girl succeeded in
winning the right to attend a junior
high school prom—over her moth-
er’s dead body.
Fifteen-year-old Marian Russo
wanted to go to a junior prom at
Sussex high school, said Police Chief
Herbert C. Irons. Her mother, Mrs.
Lillian Russo, 35, objected.
Irons said the girl declared in an
oral statement:
A long dispute over the dance
culminated in. blows between the
girl and the mother in the basement
of their home.
During the bloody duel, the
mother struck the girl with a lead
pipe. The girl wielded a beer bottle
in defense.
Finally, the mother slumped to
the floor.
Terror-stricken, Marian tried un-
successfully to stuff the body of
her mother into a canvas bag.
The girl then washed away blood-
stains, changed her clothing, and
summoned a neighbor, Frank
Donche. She told him her mother
hud fallen down the cellar stairs,
and was badly injured.
Marian is in Franklin hospital
with a skull fracture, and physicians
said she would require treatmenl
for several weeks.
CALL
PANHANDLE
HERALD
Phone 56
Davis Food Store
A Modern Store
Selling Fine Foods at
A Moderate Price.
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
- ’ M. C. Davis
BACK V. F. W. POST
Buy Tickets For The
Barbecue, Baseball Game and Dance
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
ALSO ATTEND THE PIE AUCTION
AND SWIM IN THE NEW POOL
OPENING DAY.
SCHULZE BOWLING ALLEY
AND ATOMIC TAVERN
GO TO BIG BARBECUE
Sponsored by V. F. W. Post for
SATURDAY NOON, JUNE 5
Go to the other functions under auspices of V. F. W.
You can help to make this a big day for Carson County.
FOR GAS AND OIL, WASHING AND GREASING,
COME TO THIS TEXACO STATION
HUBBARD SERVICE STATION
Highways 117 & 60
Texaco Products
FLOYD HUBBARD
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1948, newspaper, June 4, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874229/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.