The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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The Panhandle Iedaid
Our 66th Year
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Vol. 66—No. 11
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1952
I Old Train Coming To Pampa Oct. 12
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Panthers Play Spearman
School Tax Assessor-
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Collector & Secretary
Jobs Will Be Combined
Game Scheduled
At Local Stadium
The Panhandle school board of
trustees is creating a new job.
Tax assessor-collector and secre-
tary to the board, a position com-
bining two jobs now held by
Robert Rorex and I. E. Padget
respectively.
Contracts of both Rorex and
Padget terminate Dec. 31. The
new job will be full time with
offices in the new elementary
building behind the superinten-
dent’s office. Mrs. A. W. Dills,
superintendent’s secretary will
serve in addition as secretary of
the newly created offices.
Written applications will be re-
ceived by Supt. J. R. Cox through
Oct. 14. Written details and an
analysis of job requirements will
be furnished by Cox to applicants.
Salary and commission have not
yet been settled by the board.
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First Southwest Soil Management and
Plowing Contest Attracts Large Crowd
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More than 1,000 persons attend-
ed the first annual Southwest Soil
' Ianagement and Plowing Contests
Wednesday at Pantech Farms.
This meeting was considered a
tremendous success by the four
county agricultural workers of
Hansford, Hutchinson, Armstrong
and Carson counties.
Farmers and others interested
in agriculture from all over the
High Plains were there to hear the
panel discussions, see the displays
of farm equipment, demonstrations
and comests. Many of the older
men had to take a back seat
the F. F. A., F. H. A. and 4H
boys, and girls demonstrated their
abilities in stubble mulch plowing,
tractor driving and range judging.
Panhandle winners included
Delores Rohan, first, and Lorraine
Leven, second in the girls tractor
driving contest. Delores represent-
ed both the F. H. A. and 4H and
Lorraine, 4H girls. Only 3 boys
placed . higher than Delores.
Gregory Sherwood placed 4th
in range judging; Don Vance 4th
in stubble mulch plowing, and
Jackie DeSpain 5th in tractor
driving.
In the senior entries Phil Hawk-
ins and Floyd Detten tied for
third place in the senior range
judging, and Curtis Metcalf placed
second.
Music for the occasion was furn-
ished by the 37 piece band of Pan-
handle High School under the
direction of Leslie Talbert.
HOME COMING
GAME IS AGAINST
LEFORS NOV. 14
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RAYFORD BURGESS
Empire Southern Gas Co. has
moved to its new location in a
building owned by Mrs. Rachel
Vance. To the south of the build-
ing is the P. I. Crum Jewelry and
to the north is the Surratt Motor
Co.
The office has been redecorated
and there is an exhibit of gas
ranges and gas refrigerator.
The rear will he used for stores
and equipment of the gas com-
pany.
Rayford Burgess is the manager
of the Company. He took the place
of R. M. Chastain, who moved to
White Deer, June 27. He came to
anhandle from Gorman in East-
land county after 4 years of serv-
ice with the company.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess are liv-
ing in the company house formerly
occupied by the Chastains. They
are members of the Baptist Church
and have 3 children, Durward, 13,
a pupil in the 8th grade,; Joyce, 9,
and Gary, 9 months.
\ Quartet Presents
Lions Program
Leslie Talbert, band director of
Panhandle school, presented a
saxaphone quartet composed of
Glenna Downs, Delores Rohan,
Elaine Bell and Sharon Cummings,
as the program for the Lions Club
Tuesday noon. J. R. Skaggs was
program chairman.
< Phil Pegues, Scout director, was
a guest of the club and met with
the directors after the luncheon
to plan Scout activities.
Other guests were Harold Welsh
of Frank Sparks, and J. D. Bar-
row of Clyde Poston.
New members announced for
the month were Dr. J. D. Pren-
dergast, Jerrel Julian, Leslie Tal-
bert and Howard Horne.
Kiser Discharged
From U. S. Army
Sgt. Calvin Kiser received his
discharge Sept. 19 at Fort Sam
Houston after two years in the
U. S. Army. He served overseas
in Germany.
Before entering service he was
employed as bookkeeper by Moore
Motor Co. After visiting relatives
he plans to enter an embalming
school at Houston.
The home coming game for the
alumni of Panhandle High School
has. been set for Nov. J4, when
Panhandle will meet Lefors at
Panther Stadium, according to
Vern Wisdom, president of the
Panhandle Alumni Association.
Participation of Panhandle High
School with • the crowning of a
football queen and special activi-
ties by the high school band is
promised by J. R. Cox, superin-
tendent of Panhandle schools.
Appointed as a committee to
plan participation of alumni and
the alumni meeting are Mrs. Louie
F. Cleek, Mrs. Douglas M. Smith,
and Mrs. W. R. McGregor.
The committee for selection of
dates for the annual meeting is
Kermit Lawson, Bobby Stepkeu
and Nelda Higginbotham. By-laws
committee is Mrs. Leta Hartsell,
Mrs. R. F. Surratt and Mrs. Har-
old Knapp.
All alumni of Panhandle High
School are asked to send their
addresses to Mrs. C. F. Hood, Pan-
handle. Those knowing addresses
and names of classmates are also
asked to send them to Mrs. Hood
as present names and addresses
of many are unknown. j
Plans now are for each class
to notify members of their class
of the homecoming reunion.
PAMPA—A real old timer of
the rails—an engine with two
cars—that rolled across the flat
Panhandle Plains during that
exciting period 50 years ago, will
roll its freight into Pampa Oct.
12 to become one of the many
attractions in the Gray County
50th birthday celebration, Oct. 12,
13 and 14.
The train is being brought to
Pampa through the cooperation of
Guy Buchanan of Amarillo, vice-
president and general manager of
the western lines of the Santa Fe
railroad.
M. K. Brown, general chairman
of the birthday celebration, has
announced the completion of a
program for all three days, featur-
ing a number of outstanding
attractions.
DISTRICT CANCER
MEETING TO BE
HELD OCT. 16
Representatives of 20 Panhandle
county units of the American Can-
cer Society will meet in Pampa
Thursday, Oct. 1,6., for the third
annual meeting of the^ state So-
ciety’s District 3-M.
The meeting will be held at the
Pampa Country Club and will fea-
ture talks by county, district and
state leaders. Directors for Dis-
trict 3-N are Leonard M. Gunder-
son of Amarillo, Mrs. V. O. Hen-
nen of Hereford and Dr. H. H.
Latson of Amarillo.
Election of the district’s lay
directors will be held during the
luncheon program while the after-
noon lay session will consist of a
discussion of long-term plans for
more effective cancer control by
ACS county units.
Counties comprising District 3-N
are: Armstrong, Carson, Collings-
worth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Don-
ley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley,
Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb,
Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter,
Randall, Roberts, Sherman, and
Wheeler.
NICHOLS HEADS
HOME SERVICE
OF RED CROSS
The quarterly meeting of the
Carson County Chapter of ' the
American Red Cross was held
Thursday n}orning. Sept. 25, in
the Red Crojt.3 room at the court
house. Asbeify A. Callaghan, chair-
man. presided at th4e meeting at
which all chairmen gave reports.
L. E. Godwin, who has recently
•moved to Amarillo, resigned as
Panhandle Panthers will go
after its third straight victory
when it meets the Spearman Lynx,
traditional rivals, in a non-con-
ference game at 8 o’clock here
tonight.
The Panthers have become a
Class A team while the Lynx have
dropped back a notch to Class B.
Thus, the rivalry is not so keen
since the annual contest will be
non-conference.
After defeating a tough Claude
team 6 to 0 in the season’s opener
here, the Panthers took a week
off and last week surprised the
strong Price College team with
a 25 to 0 victory. Panhandle had
beep doped to lose this game.
A surprising new offensive
attack, the Wing-T, gave added
power to the running of Panther
backs Dean Lewellen and Gene
Bentley in downing the Cardinals
of Price College 2 5-0 last week.
Panhandle used the Split-T against
the Claude Mustangs.
Dale Roselius and Gary Cum-
mings round out the Panther back-
field and all four got into the
scoring column against Price.
Bentley scored the first Panther
touchdown in the second quar-
ter. Lewellen was high point man
scoring in the third and final
quarters. Roselius pushed across
the double stripe in the fourth
quarter to add six points on a
quarterback sneak on the one yard
line. Cummings kicked one extra
point.
The Cardinals, led by Tom Kelly
and Gary McKenwa, held the Pan
thers scoreless in the first quarter.
Panhandle's first touchdown
came after a 78 yard drive with
Bentley crashing over left guard
from the 5 yard line. Cummings
try for point failed.
Lewellen put on a sustained
65 yard drive, carrying the ball
7 of 8 plays, scored the Panther’s
second touchdown from the 5.
Cummings converted.
The Panthers picked up two
touchdowns in the final period.
Roselius sneaking over from the
1 following an 86 yard march.
Lewellen rounded his own right
end picking up 28 yards for the
final 6 points. Cummings failed
to split the uprights on both
conversion attempts.
Two Price College threats were
stopped inside the Panther 20
yard line, the closcest being the
14 where Panhandle took over on
downs.
Game Statistics
Panhandle Price
First downs 23 11
Yards rushing 408 141
Yds. lost rushing 9 23
Passes attempted - 6 l-j
Passes completed 3 4
Yds. gained passing 47 52
Passes intercepted 1 1
Opp. fumbles recovered 2 0
Penalties 7 4
Yards penalized 45 20
home service chairman, and H. M
Nichols was elected to fill this
place, with Mrs. H. M. Nichols as
his secretary.
Howard W. Amick was elected
chairman of the 1953 campaign for
funds, with an estimated quota of
$1,000.
The chapter voted to participate
in the “Christmas on the High
Seas” program, with 20 boxes
as the quota for Carson county.
Mrs. L. B. Weatherly, volunteer
services chairman, will be in
charge of this program.
The next quarterly meeting will
be Dec. 'll.
Jimmy D. Rutledge
Serving In Alaska
FORT RICHARDSON, ALASKA
—Pvt. Jimmy D. Rutledge, whose
wife lives in White Deer, Texas,
recently was assigned to the
Army’s Alaska general depot at
Fort Richardson.
The depot is one of the principal
supply centers for U. S. Forces
in the Alaska area. Rutledge, a
truck driver in service company
at the depot, entered the Army
last February.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Rutledge, live in Republic, Mo.,
where he graduated from high
school.
Amarillo Man To Be
Speaker At Meeting
Of Farmers Local
The St. Francis Farmer’s Union
Local monthly meeting will be
held Sunday, Oct. 5, at 7 p. m.
in the Pantex Town hall.
P. C., Bennett, Amarillo, who
was sent abroad for 2 years for
agricultural technical work in
Korea and Europe will speak and
show slides showing the agricul-
tural problems of Europe and
Asia. Guests are welcome.
Mrs. C. O. Bullock, Greenville,
is visiting in the homes of her
father and sister, W. B. and Miss
Dessa King, and a brother, Davis
King.
Groom Boy Will
Play Tackle On
Team In Germany
WIESBADEN, GERMANY —
Army Pvt. Jean A. Quirk, Jr.,
whose parents live on Route 1,
Groom, recently won a regular
position on the 8tli Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Group’s football team at
Wiesbaden, Germany. He will play
tackle.
More than 150 soldiers from all
of the Group’s battalions tried out
for the squad, hut only 40 were
accepted.
The team will compete against
other service squads in the Army’s
Northern football Conference of
Europe. The three exhibition and
eight loop games already sched-
uled will take the men to Italy
and all parts of western Germany.
TWO GIVEN
SUSPENDED
'SENTENCES
Two pleas of guilty in criminal
cases were received and two di-
vorces were granted by Judge
Luther Gribble in 100th district
court Monday.
Oby Paulk and C. M. Stanford
pleaded guilty to charges of pass-
ing forged instrument. They were
each given two-year suspended
sentences.
Mattie Kirk was granted a
divorce from Paul Kirk and Hope
Meaker a divorce from Murray
Meaker. Custody of a minor
daughter, Melody Lynn, 3, was
granted the plaintiff with the de-
fendent ordered to pay $50 a
month, payable semi-monthly, for
the child’s support.
Christmas Mailing
Dates Announced
Mrs. Letha Gramer, postmaster,
has announced the following rules
for mailing Christmas packages
to service personnel overseas.
Packages must he mailed be-
tween Oct. 15-Nov. 15 except for
air mail parcel post, which may
be mailed as late as Nov. 25.
Instructions as to size, weight,
preparation, prohibited articled,
postage, addressing, permissible
additions Christmas cards, registry
and insurance services, and remit-
tances may be secured from any
postoffice.
KPDN Pampa Sold
To Two Employes
Radio Station KPDN in Pampa
has been sold by Freedom News-
papers, Inc., publishers of the
Pampa Daily News, to Coy Palmer,
station manager since 1950, and
Warren L. Hasse, sports editor of
the Pampa News and sports broad-
caster.
The sale is subject to confirma-
tion by the federal communica-
tions commission at Washington.
All Girl Grads of 1943 Class Married
BY CHARLOTTE HINSHAW
High School Student
We might call the Class of 19_43
the Class of Marrying Maids, for
all 19 girls of the group are be-
lieved married. Most are mothers.
Some are mothers of school age
children attending Panhandle
grade schools, their mothers’ alma
mater. >
Opal Calliham, valedictorian in
’43, is married to Clyde W. (Gabe)
Herndon, also a member of the
class. They live on a farm north-
west of Panhandle. Opal attended
West Texas State College, Canyon
for 2 V2 years after graduation
from P. H. S.
Larue Eagle, 'married to Capt.
Richard F. Bayton, U. S. Air Corps
is the mother of a 6-year old son
and a 5-year old daughter. Capt.
Bayton is stationed at Dayton,
Ohio.
Colleen Harris is married to
John Britten, Groom, They are
the parents of four children: Stella
Lee, 8; ^usan, 5; David Wayne,
1, and Leslie, 2.
Helen Homen, married Clarence
Gruber, Amarillo, and has a daugh-
iter ohe year old.
Lenova Ketchum married Fred
Nunley, Amarillo, after her grad-
uation from Northwest Texas Hos-
pital School of Nursing in 1946.
They have two children, Donita, 3,
and Fred Lee,, 7 months.
Jeanne McDaniel is now Mrs.
Jesse ames, 72 Tempff St. Vallejo’
Calif. She is the mother of a
daughter.
Peggy Lou McNeil has two hoys,
5 and 7 years old. A baby daugh-
ter, Cathy Celeste, was born Aug.
19. Her husband is Capt. Harold
Dennis, U. S. Air Corps, stationed
at Columbus, Ga.
Joyce Powell, now Mrs. W. C.
Sullivan, Huber Camp, Borger,
has two children, Anita Beth, 5,
and Michael, 3. Joyce worked until
recently for J. M. Thurman Lum-
ber Co.
Anne Perry writes that she and
her husband, Henry Lee Kinnison,
III, and son, Hank, born in Decem-
ber, 194 8, are. living on a ranch
100 miles southeast of Alamo-
gordo, N. M. Anne graduated from
the University of New Mexico in.
June, 1947, and married the same
month. She was a member of Chi
Omega Sorority and majored in
geology and biology. Her address
is Box 38.9, Alamogordo.
Ruth Robinson, who married
Stanley Curyea, has recently mov-
ed to Oregon.
Barbara Skaggs, married James
Haning, Borger, and has two chil-
dren, a daughter, 5, and a son,
2%.
Mary Lou Smith, Mrs. J. W.
Watkins, Jr., has a daughter, 3 y2.
The family’s address is 15330
Sherman Way, Van Nuys, Calif.
Mary Lou attended Washburn Uni-
versity, Topeka, Kan., for two
years before her marriage.
Hazel Sterling, living at Hico,
is married to Talmon Millican.
Hazel graduated from Texas State
College for Women and taught
school before her marriage.
Mary Jo Watkins graduated
from North Texas State College,
Denton. She is mailed to Joe Deav-
enport, a Navy electrical engineer,
stationed in San Diego, Calif. They
are the parents of one child.
Mary Sue Anderson, who mar-
ried Harold Eakes before her grad-
uation in 1943, is now the mother
of an 8-year old daughter who
attends the third grade in Pan-
handle.
Myra Biggs lives in Tulsa, Okla.,
with her husband, Noel G. Mathias,
and their two children.
Margaret Bonner attended busi-
ness college in Amarillo before
her marriage to C. L. Shield, Ama-
rillo. She is the mother of two-
months old Mike.
Vada Bonner also attended busi-
ness college in Amarillo. She is
now Mrs. R. E. Black, Fritch.
Betty Belle Broadaway and
Frank Stephenson are two others
of the class wh£> married. They
are the parents of a daughter,
Maxine. Frank works for the Pan-
handle Lumber Co. Betty works
at the P. M. A. office.
Other males of the class are
also members of marital society.
Some of the boys found education,
careers or marriages delayed by
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September Breaks
Weather Records
The month of September set
one record and helped set another
The month of September and the
8 months preceding set a record
as the driest 9 months in the-
history of the Amarillo Weather
Bureau with only 10.95 inches of
moisture with the normal 17.63
inches. The month was the third
driest September on record with
1910 having rain of .05 inch, and
1947 .38 inch, while .61 fell dur-
ing the past month.
The coldest Sept. 2 on record
was set with 49. This however
was not the coolest day which was
Sept. 23 with 45.
The extended forecast is for con-
tinued warm and dry weather with
the temperature averaging several
degrees over the seasonal normal
The high for the week was 89
Oct. 1 and the low 50 on Sept.
25 and 27. No moisture was re-
ceived.
Temperatures for the week
follow:
High Low-
Sept. 25 82 50
Sept. 26 8 6 5?
Sept. 27 85 50
Sept. 28 87 53
Sept. 29 86 56
Sept. 30 S3 54
Oct. 1 8 9 5 5
X-Ray Survey Is
Very Successful
T. B. x-rays had been made of
1172 persons in Carson county
up to Thursday evening when the
survey was completed at Pan-
handle with 65 5 persons x-rayed,
517 persons had been x-rayed in
White Deer the previous Tuesday,
This is more than had been x-rayed
in the whole county in any pre-
vious year.
The unit will be in Groom Sat-
urday from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m.
when it is hoped that many more
will take advantage of this free
service.
Mary Lemons On
Mississippi Faculty
Mary Lemons, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Lemons, left
Monday for Oxford, Miss., where
she will be on the faculty of the
University of Mississippi as a sup-
ervisor of Mississippi Hospitals
under a Kellogg Foundation grant.
Miss Lemons, a registered nurse,
has a B. S. degree from the Uni-
versity of Oregon at Eugene. For
the last 4 years she has been aa
instructor of student nurses at
Northwest Texas Hospital, Ama-
rillo.
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1952, newspaper, October 3, 1952; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881411/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.