The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1956 Page: 4 of 8
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The Panhandle Herald, Panhandle, Carson County,. Texas
Lions See Film
On Boys Ranch
Grady Stapp showed a film on
Boy’s Ranch at the meeting Tues-
day noon of the Lion’s Club.
In the business session plans
Were completed for the family pic-
hic at 7 p.m., June 12, at Lake
McClellan. There will be no noon
meeting on that date.
Rev. M. P. Garner, Davis, S.C.,
Was a guest of his brother-in-law,
Marvin Sparks.
R. A. Burnett Dies
R. A. (Rusty) Burnett, 64, who
had been an extensive oil and gas
operator in Carson county, died
May 8 in Amarillo after an illness
of several weeks. Burial was May 9
in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, fol-
lowing services held by Dr. N. J.
Robinson, minister of the First
Christian Church.
Burnett was born in Pratt coun-
ty, Kan., iand had been in the Pan-
handle area since 1926. Survivors
are his wife, daughter, three grand-
children, four brothers and two
Sisters.
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FOR
UEUTBHAM
GOURHOR
Hughes Cuyler
Elevator Gets
First Wheat
H. J. Hughes Elevators at Cu-
yler received the first load of wh-
eat for the Panhaandle area Thurs-
day afternoon. The wheat testing
63 pounds, with moisture content
of 11.98 was raised by C.J. and
Robert Kuehler on the Krisinger
farm, 2 miles south and a mile
west of Cuyler. It was estimated
to be making 8 or 10 bushels to
the acre and .was to be put in
government storage.
CANDIDATE BOX SUPPER
IS SCHEDULED JUNE 24
There will be a candidate box
supper Sunday evening, June 24, at
Pantex Hall given by ladies of the
Altar Society of the St. Francis
Church. Boxes will be auctioned at
6 p.m. For further information con-
tact Mrs. John Detten, Route 3,
Box 457, Amarillo, phone DR 2-6934
or Mrs. Tom Detten. route 1,
Claude, phone DR 3-3072.
DICK FOOSE IS ELECTED
CURTAIN CLUB PRESIDENT
AUSTIN — Dick Allan Foose;
University of Texas student from
White Deer, is the new president of
the Curtain Club, dramatics group.
Foose, a drama student, is th.e
son of Mr. end Mrs. E. E. Foose.
He is a member of Acacia Fra-
ternity.
Rev. Todd Accepts
Plains Pastorate
Rev. James Todd, a former min-
ister of the First Christian Church
of Panhandle, resigned as pastor
of the Muleshoe Church May 4 and
became pastor of the Christian
Church at Plains Sunday, May 6.
Plains is west of Brownfield in
Yoakum county.
Todd served at the Stinnett
church five years before he went
to Muleshoe in November, 1954. He
had just completed a building pro-
gram at Muleshoe and dedicatory
services were held during his
final week as pastor.
The church at Muleshoe was or-
ganized in 1950 and part time min-
isters served it until Rev. Todd wjas
called as pastor.
Kenneth Dart, Amarillo, visited
over the, weekend with his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dart.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McCune
and children, Harlingen, are visit-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Audie Morgan.
C. L. Johnson visited last week
with relatives in Holdenville, Okla.,
and Texarkana, Ark.
GRAIN
SORGHUM SEEDS
See Us For Prices
We Can Save You
Some Money
HUGHES
GRAIN ELEVATORS
PLAINS GROCERY
& MARKET
Phone 3301
Your Stamp and Premium Store
HOLIDAY GOOD GALORE
Friios
Potato Chips
Olives
Lemonade
Cookies
Ice Cream
Orange Juice
Pork & Beans
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Paper Napkins
Pickles
Sandwkich Spread
Crackers
Cheese
Lunch Meat
Charcoal
MANY MORE ITEMS
Let Us Quote You Prices
W. A. MILLER
O.E.5. Installation
Has Voyage Theme
Bells of Ireland and pink roses,
tb carry out the incoming worthy
matron’s chosen colors of pink and
green, decorated the bon voyage
ship centering the serving table at
thb officers of Panhandle Chapter
of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Arrangements for the supper were
made by past matrons with Mrs.
Burl Dickson as chairman.
Preceding the open installation
Mrs. John Nunn, past matron,
presided at the regular business
session, when Audie Morgan, out-
going patron was presented a gift
from the chapter. Mrs. Loyd
Thorp, in-coming matron made the
presentation.
Installing officers were Mrs.
Nunn, matron? Elmer Padget,
patron; Mrs. Dickson, marshall;
Mrs. Padget, chaplain; Mrs. Frank
Sparks, secretary; Mrs. Van
Carter, treasurer, and Mrs. J. E.
Southwood. organist.
Installed were Mrs. Thorp, wor-
thy matron; Loyd Thorp, worthy
patron; Mrs. Victor Held, secre-
tary; Mrs. Emerald Held, treasur-
er; conductress, Mrs. Ben Stone;
associate conductress, Mrs. Avia
Brown; marshall, Mrs. W. E. Dart,
organist, Mrs. Leta Hartsell; Adah,
Mrs. Van Mills, Ruth, Mrs. Harold
Eakes; Esther, Mrs. Ray Ander-
son; Martha, Mrs. A. M. Pember-
ton; Warder, Mrs. S. H. Hammer-
er, and sentinel, Sewell Ham-
merer.
Officers not there were Mr. and
Mrs. Merle Lewellen, associate
matron and patron, Mrs. Morgan,
chaplain, and Mrs. J. E. Weather-
ly, Electa. All were out of town.
Geraldine Mayes
Rejects Post As
Carson H. D. Agent
Miss Geraldine Mayes, Stinnett,
home demonstration agent of
Hutchinson county, who had been
employed as agent for Carson
county, notified the commissioner’s
court May 31 that she would not
accept the position but would re-
main in Hutchinson county.
Miss Doris Leggitt, district ag-
ent, Amarillo, told the court and
interested persons that the agent
she had recommended for Hutch-
inson county would be recom-
mended for the position in Carson
county and it is hoped an agent will
be hired for Carson county before
the end of the month.
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Friday, June 8, 1956
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NUDIST . . . 'Kathy Fielder, 4, chases brother Bill, 2, with his
pants which he discarded at San Francisco’s China Beach during
record heat wave.
Roiimson WHS Be Mine Small Texas
Cities Assessed
No Taxes In 1955
Air Base Historian
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robinson and
children left Friday morning for
Blytheville, Ark., where he will
become historian for the Air Force
Base. He lacked only six weeks of
completing work for a degree at
Texas Tech College before he re-
ceived his transfer. •
The Robinsons visited from Wed-
nesday night until Friday of last
week with her mother, Mrs. E. E.
Ewing, and other relatives.
YFW Presents Flag
To B. Gordon Home
Following Memorial Day ser-
vices at the grave of Coe Cleek,
members of James Mecaskey Post
6972, Veteran’s of Foreign Wars,
went to the Bernard Gordon Me-
morial Home and dedicated the
new flag pole there and presented
the Home with a flag.
Miss Kathryn Williams, is work-
ing part time in the Carson County
Library. Miss Williams will enter
West Texas State College this fall
where she will start preparation
for hbrarianship.
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USD A Studies Bread Costs
CENTS
SOURCE: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
Rising costs of operations in
the flour mill and in the bakery
are credited with the responsibil-
ity for increased bread-prices in
a publication recently released
by the Agricultural Marketing
Service of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The publication' “Marketing
Margins for White Bread” points
out that bread prices have ad-
vanced 70 per cent in the past ten
years. The cost of wheat in the
loaf of bread has gained from
2.1c to 2.7c, but the farmer’s
share of the consumer bread dol-
lar has declined from 25 per cent
in 1946 to 18 per cent in 1955.
The wholesale price of bread,
<the price received by the baker)
was listed at 14.8c. Of this total,
the baker retains eight-tenths of
a cent as profit before taxes.
A separate study by the Mar-
keting Service showed net profits
of six leading bakers, after taxes,
declining from 5.3 per cent in
1946 to 2.3 per cent in 1954.
, The report noted that aver-
age hourly earnings of grain mill
workers advanced 85 pen cent in
the ten year period, that hourly
earnings of bakery workers ad-
vanced a third between 1946 and
1950 and “a further rise of ap-
proximately the same amount
has taken place since 1950.”
The publication notes that the
price of paper similar to that
used for bread wrapping ad-
vanced 87 per cent in the period
covered. It also reported that
handling, transportation and
milling cnarges rose from 1 cent
to nearly 2 cents per loaf. 1
Grocer mark-up was noted as
little changed in the ten year
period. <
The report commented that
large baking plants have been
meeting the challenge of rising
labor costs by increased mecha-
nization and bulk handling of in-
gredients, creating greater eflfU
ciency of production.
The report can be summed up
as showing that the higher price
of bread paid by consumers has
not been reflected in increased
profits for farmer, miller, baker
or grocer but is due entirely to
greater costs in transportation,
processing and delivery.
AUSTIN — Round Top (Fayette
County) had the lowest municipal
tax rate in Texas in 1955 — 15 cents
per $100 of assessed valuation, a
University pf Texas Institute of
Public Affairs survey shows.
Lynn F. Anderson, the Institute’s
assistant director, conducted the
biennial survey for the League of
Texas Municipalities. His report is
published in the latest issue of the
League’s monthly journal, Texas
Municipalities.
Seven towns have a 25-cent tax
rate, Anderson found. They are
Avery (Red River County), Bev-
erly Hills (McLennan County),
Byers (Clay County), Paint Com-
fort (Calhoun County), Rio Vista
(Johnson County) Blam (Hill Coun-
ty) and Woodsboro (Refugio Coun-
ty).
Nine small cities levied no pro-
perty tax whatsoever in 1955 : 01-
mos Park and Terrell Hills (both
in Bexar County), Richland Hills
(Tarrant County), Fairfield (Free-
stone County), Roma (Starr Coun-
ty), Iraan (Pecos County), Newton
(Newton County), Camp Wood
(Real County) and Roanoke (Den-
ton County).
At the other end of the scale,
eight cities levied the constitutional
maximum tax of $2.50 per $100 of
assessed valuation: Breckenridge,
Cisco, Eastland, Edinburg, Lock-
hart, Mercedes, Ranger and Wes-
laco.
The average tax rate for all 189
cities included in the survey was
$1.45.
Carson Lodge
Elects Officers
Gene Skaggs was elected wor-
shipful master of Carson Lodge
116.7 A.F. & A.M. at the meeting
Tuesday evening in Masonic Hall.
He will take office June 24.
Other officers elected were M. L.
Lewellen, senior warden; Louie F.
Cleek, junior warden; Richard Orr,
treasurer, re-elected, and I. E.
P&dget, secretary, re-elected.
. Harold Knapp is the present wor-
shipful master.
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LETTERS TO'
THEEDITOR
Panhandle Herald
Panhandle, Texas
Dear Editor:
When we read in The Herald of
the contest of the local option el-
ection our thoughts went back to
the last county local option election
in 1942, when the county went wet
by a margin of 68 votes. The drys
did not contest that election. Now
the Voice of the People is heard
with a dry margin and there are
those who do not want to abide by
the vote of the majority.
We were told in Panhandle that
if Conway, White Deer and Skelly-
town wanted to be dry we should
let Panhandle and Groom alone to
their own desired. So looking from
that view point, we are quite sure
that those living east of Pan-
handle and those south of White
Deer who have been trading with
merchants in Panhandle and
Groom, can very easily turn all
their trade to White Deer, where
they can buy groceries, dry goods,
drugs, automobiles, machinery and
repairs. Also Conway folk can go
across the county line to Claude,
where all these things are avail-
able, or only a few miles further
to White Deer.
If, as some say, there is more
liquor consumed in dry territory
than in wet territory, why had not
the Brewery Association rather not
have all counties dry so that their
sales would be greater,
better under prohibition”, let us
say, “We have for these many
years had legal sales. It is hard to
say, legal control, for it not con-
trolled, and alcoholism has increas-
ed to almost unbelievable numbers.
The greatest increase is among
women. This was not so during
prohibition.”
Why not give prohibition a
chance to prove what can be done.
It was done before and can be done
again.
Before prohibition days there
were in the United States 247 al-
coholic hospitals and by the end of
that period there were only 14.
Now in these years of legal con-
To those who say “It will be no
trol there are more than 600 alco-
holic hospitals in our land. The
Voice of the People is asking for
Carson County to be dry. Shall we
LIBRARY NOTES
By JO BATTLE
The bookworms of the Carson
County Library are busy at work
these days. The first two days of
the reading program the library —
including Panhandle, Groom,
White Deer and Skellytown —
checked out 480 books and Pan-
handle has signed , up 79 readers
to date. The report from the other
towns will come in at the end of the
week.
It is not too late to enroll in the
reading club. This year the reading
certificate will be awarded for the
reading of 15 books in the two
month’s period or an average1 of 2
books per week. There is still
plenty of time for every one to
join.
Each library has a teepee and on
the teepee the reader places the
various awards given him. It is
fun for all.
The “easy” book shelves at the
library are almost depleted but
more books are on their way. This
weel| the library received 65 new
book's for the pre-school child up
through the third grade. Books for
older readers are now in the cat-
aloging department and will soon
be on the shelves.
As soon as we can get the chil-
dren’s books out, we have many
new mystery, western and light
fiction books for adults. These will
soon be on the shelves as well as
the outstanding books for June. -
Some new books to be found at
the library are: STOP, LOOK AND
LIVE, by James Keller. A story
for each day of the year to bring
out the power within you. . .a new
Christopher book.
DAVID by Pierro Bargellini.
DAVID is the story of the Shepherd
King, re-created with simplicity
and reverence and singing beauty,
and all the depths and lights that
are the secret and substance of
Bargellini’s art.
UTOPIA 1976 by Morris L. Ernst.
Looking only twenty years into the
future, the author has drawn a
breath-taking — and wholly satis-
fying — picture of Jife in 1976. 1976
is fully discussed from all aspects:
population, food supply, business,
home and family life, education,
health, religion, freedom of
thought, government, law, and the
problems of war, peace and the
United Nations.
Miss Jo Battle, librarian of Car-
son-Kutchinson County Regional
Library has been advised by Mrs.
Robert Lindsey, president of Sev-
enth District Texas Federation of
Women’s Clubs that she has been
made chairman of the Libraries
Division of the Education Depart-
ment of Seventh District.
Mrs. Ralph Metcalf has been a
surgical patient in Highland Gen-
eral Hospital, Pampa, Her condi-
tion is satisfactory.
let majority rule?
Mrs.. R. W. Calliham
Conway, Texas
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1956, newspaper, June 8, 1956; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881251/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.