The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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Founded 1887.
Oldest Business Firm
In County.
The Panhandle Herald
Our 64th Year
Of Service To
Carson County
Yol. 63—No. 11
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
(8 Pages Today)
Price 5e
!oach Cowan Ousted
nd Boyd Williams
Appointed Successor
John Cowan, head coach of Pan-
andle High School, was relieved
of his $3,500 a year contract at
special meeting of the school
oard Tuesday afternoon. Assis-
ant Coach Boyd Williams will be
is successor.
Cowan, serving his second year
as head coach, will receive one
tnonth’s pay in advance from Oct.
3.
Motion was made by J. P. Smith
nd second by J. C. McCollough
ith the vote 5 to 0, J. E. Rosel-
ius, Minor Simms and C. H. Bell
oting affirmatively. Trustees El-
ten Vance and W. D. Ferrell, tho
atter from Gulf Camp, were ab-
sent.
Panhandle has lost four straight
games this season. Three non-
conference games were lost to
Phillips 3 3 to 6, Spearman 12 to
7 and Canadian 25 to 6. First
conference game was lost here
last week to Vega 20 to 7.
Cowan came to Panhandle two
years ago as assistant coach under
E. O. Thomas. This team was in
a three-way tie with Wheeler and
White Deer for the Distrist 1-B
title. Panhandle won the right by
a flip to play Happy for the bi-
' district and lost*
Cowan became head coach last
vear and won seven and lost three
ames.
The Panhandle team was much
sturbed over the board’s action
uesday afternoon and squad
lembers turned in their suits.
Sidewalk signs were painted
down town that night with words
such as “We Want Cowan.” Signs
were placed in front of the busi-
nesses of Bell and McCollough,
trustees, and the Brown Barber
Shop where Roselius, another trus-
tee, is employed.
Coach Williams has been pop-
ular and it is believed that he1
will be able to get the team play-
ing football again. Panhandle will
be idle this week-end and is sched-
uled to play a conference game
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T. G. Comingoer
Dies In Sleep
At Downs Apts.
Thomas McGrady Comingoer,
G2, was found dead Tuesday morn-
ing, Oct. 3, about 9 o’clock in his
room at the Downs Apartments
where he had made his home for
more than 20 years. Mrs. C. B.
Downs, returning home £fter
spending the night with a friend,
saw a light in his room and de-
cided to investigate. She found
him sitting in a chair with a fire
burning, death apparently occur-
ing from a heart attack as he
slept. He had been in ill health
for several months.
Funeral services were to be held
at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon
at the First Christian Church with
Rev. James Todd, minister of the
First Christian Church, Stinnett,
officiating, with burial in Pan-
handle Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Poston Funeral Home.
Grady Comingoer, as he was
known to his friends, was born
May 16, 1888, in Petersburg, 111.,
and came to Panhandle Jan. 8,
1908, with his father, brothers
and a sister. They farmed south
of Panhandle for ^several years.
He was employed by Panhandle
Butane Company at the time- of
his death.
Survivors are a sister, Mrs.
Howard J. Brooks, Long Beach,
Calif., and a brother, W. O. Com-
ingoer, Amarillo.
Cooking School Will Be
Held Friday and Saturday
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JOHN COWAN
with Groom here Friday night,
Oct. 13.
Some dissatisfaction had devel-
oped with Cowan’s coaching and
swift action was taken after the
loss of four straight games.
Cowan is a graduate of Mangura
Okla., high school and has a bach-
elor’s degree from Southwestern
Institute of Technology, Weather-
ford, Okla. He once was with the
University of Oklahoma football
squad.
Panthers Lose First Conference Game
To Vega Longhorns Here By 20-7 Score
The Vega Longhorns took com- j counter. Lloyd’s kick was through
plete revenge for the set back Ithe up-rights.
handed them last year by the 4 Following the kick-off, the Pan-
thers scored in 7 plays without
losing the ball. The final 9 yards
canre on a pass from D'uane How
ard to gule-fingered Jim Nayler.
Howard rooted over for the extra
point.
Another Panther threat was
halted late in the 4th quarter when
Dillehay intercepted H o w a r d’s
pass on his own 10 yard line.
The Panthers will be idle this
week-end.
Panhandle
Vega
Panthers. They beat the Panthers
20 to 7 here Friday night in Pan-
handle’s first conference tilt.
The running of two Vega backs
Harold Dillehay and David Lloyd,
was just too much for the local
boys. If Dillehay continues to op-
erate as he did Friday night, he
is sure to make the all-district
selection even though he is just
a junior.
On the second play of the game
he scampered 50 yards and was
finally brought down from behind
by the Panther safety, Bruce
Johnson.
The first score of the game
came midway in the second quar-
ter when Dillehay passed to Lloyd
for 13 yards and the score. Lloyd
kicked his first of two conver-
sions. This passing combination
was rolling deep into Panthers’
territory when the half ended.
A blocked punt gave the Long-
horns the ball on the Panther 40
and set up the second score in the
3rd quarter. Dillehay and Lloyd
carried to the 18 and there Lloyd
went over for the score. A bad
pass from center prevented his
try for point. -
The 4th quarter saw some ex-
cellent defensive play on the part
of both teams. It took the Long-
horns 5 plays to make 11 yards I Mr. and Mrs. Floy Ketchum, Con-
for their last score. Dillehay ram- way, and Mr. and Mrs. John Dris
xned over from the one for the I kill, Avoca.
5 for 21
4 for 30
Penetrations
1st. downs
Yds gained rushing
Yds lost rushing
Passes attenpted
Passes completed
Yds gained passing
Passes intercepted
Punts
Penalties
4 for 14
5 for 45
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Briskill are
the parents of a son, James Ike,
weighing 9 pounds, 4 ounces, born
at Northwest Texas Hosptal, Ama-
rillo, Sept. 28. Grandparents are
Borger Attorney
Dies of Attack
J. O. Ward, Borger attarney and
former member of the Panhandle
district school board, died in a
Borger hospital a few minutes
after he was stricken with a heart
attack Tuesday afternoon. He was
about 60 years old and was with
the production department of the
Vulf Corp. for many years.
1 Ward served as Hutchinson
county attorney in 1945 and 1946.
Survivors include his widow and
a daughter, Mrs. Maybell Reddin
of Midland.
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Mr. and* Mrs. Sam Labus are
the parents of a daughter, Sharon
Ann, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces,
born at St. Anthony’s Hospital.
Amarillo, Sept. 26. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Labus
and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Strafford.
Howard A. Cox, commercial
teacher in» Panhandle High School,
presented the program for the
Rotary Club Friday, Sept. 29. He
told of his experiences last sum-
mer in Mexico City where he spent
several weeks studying Spanish
with a class on a field tour from
Texas Tech. He also showed mov-
ies taken while there.
TEXAN PARADE
Early Medicine*
Was Mixed With
Superstitutions
By ROSS PHARES
The story of medicine in early
Texas is a strange mixture of su-
perstitutions, home remedies, herb
doctors, and “sawbone” surgery.
College trained doctqrs wer;? few
and far between. In view of such
hazards as unsuspected mosqui-
toes, and arrows it seems remark-
able: that as many pioneers pulled
through as did. Indeed, the must
have: been a hardy and courageous
lot.
Among the superstitutions that
made the treatment of slaves dif-
ficult was one concerning calomel
a chemical so severe to the hu-
man body that it might have been
blessing to humanity if the
slaves had won out. The Negroes
believed ..that this powder was
composed of the; bones of dead
people ground to a powder. The
caster oil that followed there
“rounds” of torturous “curtes”
they contended was extracted from
the same bodies that furnished
the bones for the calomel.
If Doctor Pedro Lartigue’s idea
about the cause of billious fever
was not an outright superstition,
he left no scientific basis for his
findings. In July, 1809, the com-
mandant at Trinidad reported that
not a single soldier was available
for* service due to the fever. The
governor sent Dr. Lartigue to
check on the epidemic. The trees,
he announced, were the: cause of
the malady. The doctor’s prescrip-
tion: cut down all the trees as
soon as possible. Just why or how
the trees caused the disease seems
not to have gotten into the “medi-
cal” report.
Malarial fever in the early days,
was attributed at one time or an-
other to about every thing imag-
inable except mosquitoes. “Bad
air”, bad food, over-exertion, too
much sunshine were high on the
list of suspects. A Houston news-
paper, in M843, made this enlight-
ening observation: “It has gener-
ally been noticed that fevers are
most frequent just after the excite
ments of the September election.
For the health and comfort of the
voting public the paper offered its
advice on the subject: “. . .We
hope that all will bear in mind
and endeavor to avoid all unneces-
sary excitement,; neither giving
way to passion nor intemperance.’
The most general treatment for
malaria involved the traditional
“puke, purge, and bleeding.”
These harsh treatments were sup-
posed to relieve the patient by de-
pletion.
When bleeding was “needed”
the barber was usually called in
to perform this and other surgical
“necessities.” Some of the Indian
medicine men availed themselves
of the' scientific learning of the
civilized white man, an'd took post
graduate: work in this field. Often
the Spaniards called the redskin
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Cooperating Firms in All-Electric
Cooking School This Week
Progressive firms cooperating in Panhandle’s
first all-electric cooki’ng school follow:
Lane & Co., General Electric dealer.
Panhandle Hardware Co., Kelvinator and Bendix
Preusser Implement Co., Philco.
O. D. Smith, Maytag.
All four firms will have displays of their lines
at the Carson County War Memorial building.
Go to the school. There will be ranges, freezers,
refrigerators, radios and other appliances.
There will be daily awards to those attending
the school. Let’s make Panhandle’s first all-electric
cooking school a success.
MISS FERN BRANNEN
The all-electric cooking school to be held from 2 to
4 p. m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7, will be in
charge of Miss Fern Brannen, home service advisor for
the Southwestern Public Service Co. She cordially invites
the public to attend the cooking school.
Three Carson
Selectees Go
Into Service
Selective Service Board 73, com-
posed of Hutchinson, Carson and
Armstrong counties, sent 17 men
to military service Monday.
Richard M. Hall of Groom,
James O, Walker of Conway and
Walter R. Martin of Lark were
in the group.
Others from Borger were: Billy
Tosh, Wesley B. Durham, Jr.,
Herman H. Long, Carl W. Slate,
Elberado E. Rodriguez, George H.
Thurman, Bobby Dale Mason,
Denny K. Lowe, Douglas D. Judd
and Karl Roger Klein.
James W. Harmon of Phillips,
Jackie Ray Dodson of Wayside,
Mallie Evon Dobbs of Forest,
Miss., formerly of Sanford, and
Elmer J. Basler of Sayre, Okla.,
formerly of Borger, were also in-
cluded.
The board will send 72 for pre-
induction physical examinations
Oct. 20.
Registration of 32 young men
reaching their 18th birthday was
reported by the board. Registrants
include:
Martin Thomas Green, Claude;
George William Eller, White Deer,
Bernie Floyd Boice, Panhandle;
Elbert Earl Gannon, Skellytown;
John William Moore, Claude;
Royce J. Garrett, Skellytown;
Ralph Earl O’Daniel, Claude; Bill
Halstead, Claude; James Glen
Cook, Skellytown; Joe Ethan
Noble, Skellytown, Glen Curtis
Drum, Groom.
Others were from Hutchinson
county.
Panhandle will have its first
cooking school in more than 15
years Friday and Saturday after-
noons at the new Carson County
War Memorial building.
School will be held from 2 to
4 p. m. by Miss Fern Brannen,
home service advisor for the
Southwestern Public Service Co.
This will be an all-electric cooking
school, the first cooperative one
ever held in Panhandle.
The Panhandle Herald is being
joined by four progressive elec-
tric dealers, Lane & Co., General
Electric dealer; Panhandle Hard-
ware Co., Kelvinator and Bendix
dealer; Preusser Implement Co.,
Philco dealer, and O. D. Smith,
Maytag dealer.
These four firms will have dis-
plays of their products in the
cooking school. All will have dis-
plays around the walls.
Each day there will be a num-
ber of door prizes presented.
Every person will be registered
and cards drawn for the prizes.
Person attending both days will
have two opportunities to win tha
door prizes.
Registrants must be at the be-
ginning of the program. Those
arriving late in the program will
not be allowed to compete for thet
awards.
There will be displays of elec-
tric ranges, freezers, refrigerators,
radios and other appliances.
All the women of Carson'county
are cordially invited to be present.
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25 Years Ago
Taken from the files of the
Panhandle Herald
Oct. 2, 1925
Texas Technological College at
Lubbock was formerally opened
Sept. 30.
A mass meeting was called to
reorganize the Chamber of Com-
merce.
Beatrice O’Keefe won fifth place
in the stock judging contest at
the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo, Mr and Mrs. K. I. Canned/,
placing first in the hog judging, j Greenville, and Mr. and Mrs. P. E.
Mrs. Willie O Neal was making and daughter, Juanita,
Kittens Defeat
Spearman 27-6
Panhandle grade school Kittens
defeated Spearman 27 to 6 there
last week. Recently Panhandle
defeated Sanford 13 to 7 here.
Panhandle was to play Groom
Thursday of this week there. Stin-
nett will be here Oct. 12. The
Kittens journey to Claude Oct. 19
and will end the season here Oct.
25 against White Deer.
Highway Patrol
Sergeant Talks
A. P. (Friday) Blosch was pro-
gram chairman for the Lions Club
Tuesday noon, presenting Ser-
geant E. M. Wells of the Highway
Patrol, who spoke of safety in
driving and the juvenile driving
problem. He presented statistics
showing how many teen agers are
involved in wrecks and the per-
centage of deaths. He advocated
a driving course in the Panhandle
school and told of one in Groom.
Jim Bain, grade school teacher,
was a guest.
plans to open an abstract office
in Plemons.
The Panhandle band gave its
first public concert.
White Deer and Groom had
each ginned their first bale of
cotton for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Franklin
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McNeil
were the parents,of daughters.
E. E. Carhart was building at
the corner of Main and Fourth
streets.
Oct. 9, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith made
a tour of the Eastern states.
Rev. W. D. Witt resigned as
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Asbery A. Callaghan was elected
president of the Chamber of Com-
merce.
For the benefit of the Cuyler
school library fund an entertain-
ment was given at the school with
Mary Purvines, soprano; Helen
Armstrong, pianist; Evelyn Car-
penter, dancer, and Arless O’Keefe,
reader, furnishing the entertain-
mnt.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Carhart and
Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor were
attending the Dallas Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Detten were
the parents of a daughter.
Mrs. J. E. Southwood entertain-
ed the Friday Bridge Club and
Mrs. Ina Bender Smith the Eru-
dite Club. ,
Glenn Downs was in Chicage
attending the: National School of
Music.
Mrs. John Hash was recovering
from surgery.
J. L. Gray of Long Beach,
Calif., was visiting friends.
Oct. 16, 1925
Material had been bought to
extend the city water system.
Ben Rector returned to his job
after being hospitalized for in
juries received on the Texas Com-
pany lease.
Clovis, were; visiting Panhandle
relatives.
Work had commenced on grad-
ing the oil field road.
C. L. Davis, head of the division
of vocational agriculture from the
state, department of education at
Austin, was entertained at a
luncheon prepared by the home
economics class of the high school
composed of Nadine Cleek, Leta.
Skaggs, Cornie Slagle, Glenna
Simms, Charlotte Bobbitt, Willie
Faye Petty, Louise Elston, Erma
Walker and Josephine Tisdal.
Oct. 23, 1925
The Plains Mutual Life Associ-
ation was organized with Asbery
A. Callaghan, president; Earl
O’Keefe, secretary-treasurer, and
directors, F. A. Paul, J. Sid
O’Keefe and George L. Simms.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Weatherly
were the parents of a son.
Mi', and Mrs. Floy Ketchum
were the; parents of a daughter.
The mercury dropped to 27,
severely damaging row crops and
cotton.
Mrs. W. T. Nettles had been
appointed visiting health nurse
for Carson county.
Oct. 30, 1925
Judge J. C. Paul donated a site
fbr a city park.
John Holmes submitted his res-
ignation as postmaster of Pan-
handle.
Claudes anid Hubert Lemons
purchased 1400 head of sheep.
They were placed on a farm south-
west of town.
Hostesses were Mrs. Ralph
Ellis for the Tuesday Bridge Club,
Mrs. J. L. North for the Erudite
Club, Mrs. A. A. Armstrong for
the Cuyler Study Club and Mrs.
G. L. Shank for the Liberty Com-
munity Club.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Skaggs were
the parents of a daughter.
Two Field Days
To Study Soil
Are Annouunced
All Carson and Armstrong coun-
ty residents interested in the prop-
er use of these good soils will have
two field days soon.
Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 1:3Q
p. m. Armstrong county resident^
will meet at the court house. As
soon as the group is assembled
supervisors of the Staked Plains
Soil Conservation District, will
make a few statements as to the
afternoon’s program. The group
will then take off to the scheduled
stops. As little time as possible
will be used on the road so the
greatest amount of time will be
spent on the farms and ranches.
Thursday, Oct. 12, at 1:30 p. m.
Carson county folks will meet at
the court house at Panhandle.
This group will leave shortly for
scheduled stops on the Carson
county tour. One of the early stops
will be at Lee Switch where the
weed control plots will be inspect-
ed.
Roger Hamilton of the Bush-
land Experiment Station will at-
tend both field days. He will ex-
plain the work he is doing in both
Armstrong and Carson counties
and will show those present tho
demonstrations he is conducting
and tell of the results to date.
The Extension Service, Soil Con-
servation Service, PMA and other
agricultural groups are working
with the board of supervisors of
the Staked Plains Soil Conserva-
tion District to make these two
days very worth while to all. All
persons of this area are invited
and urged to attend either or both
field days.
Harper’s Nephew
On Destroyer Hit
By Russian Mine
Murel Henry Harper of Shaw-
nee, Okla., nephew of Homer Har-
per of Panhandle, is a seaman
first-class cook on the Brush, des-
troyer, which hit a Russian mine
last week near Korea. No infor-
mation has been received, but it
is believed that he is all right.
Young Harper had another
brother on a nearby destroyer*
recent news revealed.
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