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The Panhandle Herald, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
Friday, May 16, 1952
Page Four
Personals
Stewart Lee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clement Labus, was honored
with a birthday dinner, Sunday,
May 4, at his home. Attending
were Mrs. Pete Kuehler and Gene-
vlfeve, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rut-
Tcowswi and Sammy and Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Labus.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Dart, Sr., were their son
and wife, Mr. and tylrs. Wendell
Dart, Denton. All were Saturday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dart
of Dawn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rogers
Idalou were in Panhandle Tuesday
en route to Mountain Grove, Mo.,
to visit relatives. Their son, Morris
(Red) Rogers, owns a drug store
at Big Lake and their daughter,
Mrs Jimmy (Bertha) Dollar, lives
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MISSING ACE ... Major George
Davis, Jr., Lubbock, Texas, top
tl.S. air ace in Korea with 12 enemy
planes to his credit, is missing in
action. His wife said the army had
promised. to send him home after
his last victory and then refused.
Iraan, visited over the weekend
with Mrs. Hackworth’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Claycomb.
They were accompanied home by
Mn and Mrs. Claycomb, who will
visit them , for two w.eeks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hughes will
return today from Corpus Christi,
where they visited in the home of
Mrs. Hughes sister, Mrs. Howard
Anderson and Mr. Anderson.
While away they also visited
friends at Austin.
Concrete slabs for the two class-
room wings of the elementary
'school have ben poured and brick
work has started.
Mrs. Winnie Carothers received
a divorce May 2 in ilOOth district
court by default from A. P. Ca-
rcthers. Her former name of Ping-
elton was restored.
District court suits filed are:
H. G. Haefner vs. Otis L. Grant,
et ux, trespass to. try title, May
3; Nawatha Beatrice Barkley vs.
Richard Barkley, divorce.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stone
have returned from a visit with
relatives in Manteca, Calif. En-
route they visited the Grand Can-
yon, Boulder Dam, Las Vegas, San
Francisco and other points of in-
terest. They were accompanied by
their daughter, Mrs. S. L. Sellers,
Mr. Sellers, and their daughter,
Shelby Sue Patterson.
25 Years Ago
Phoebe Sue Eakes celebrated
her eighth birthday April 30 with
a line party at the Panhandle
Theatre. Following the show the
gifts were opened and refresh-
ments of hamburgers and birth-
day cake were served to Frances
Jones, Sandra Price, Annette Far-
rell, Marylin De Spain, Frances
Metcalf and the honoree.
I THESE WOMEN!
Rv ri’Alessin
“Have you got the names for three girls and one boy
handy, Mr. Jones ?”
Office Supplies
. . Typewriters
• . Typewriter Paper
• . Pencils
. . Ink
. . Index Cards
• . Blank Books
• . Bookkeeping Sets
• . Stapling Machines
• . Daters
. . Stamp Pads
• • Typewriter and Adding Machine Ribbons
. • Pencil Sharpeners
• . Most anything you might need in the way of
supplies for your office, we would like to have
you come in and look over our stock or call us
and consult with us before you go out of town
for the items you need. We believe we can sup-
ply your needs and we assure you that we will
do everything within our power to supply them
at a reasonable price.
JOB PRINTING
. Letterheads
. Envelopes
. Programs
. Wedding Announcements
• Personal Stationery
. Commercial Forms
. Pamphlets
. Postcards
. Any kind of job you might have—no matter
how large or small, bring it in and let us
figure with you—we’ll treat you right
The Panhandle Herald
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PANHANDLE. TEXAS
Phone 56
Taken from the files of
the Panhandle Herald
May 3, 1927
The Masons completed their
building at a cost of $50,000
and $5,000 for furnishings. Wor-
shipful master was S. G. Bobbitt.
Other worshipful masters had
been George H. Purdue, H. H..
Smith, O. P. Russ, Howard Apel
and J. Sid O’Keefe. Charter mem-
bers were George H. Purdue,
H. H. Smith J, Sid O’Keefe, H.
H. Cleek, J. F. Weatherly, C. L.
Upham, C. P. McCullough, F. H.
Hill, A. A. Armstrong, 'R. L.
Cornelius, B. D. Garmon, J. W.
Sparks, O. L. Thorp, M. B. David-
son, W. H. Miller, O. C. Warriner,
O. P. Russ, E. T. Russell, W. P.>
Stepken, C. W. Martin, T. W.
Woodward, J. O. Holmes and C. E.
Cleek.
The First National Bank was to
occupy the first floor of the
building.
J. C. Paul wrote a history of
the bank, in which he stated that
bank was started with a capital
of $5,000. Opening date for the
bank was set for May 6.
Most of the 34 page paper was
taken up with congratulatory ads
to the lodge and to the bank.
Dwight Chenoweth went to Aus-
tin to compete in the 880 yard
run of the Interscholastic League
meet.
A history of the P. T. A. of
Panhandle Schools was given on
the society page. The Association
was organized Sept. 8, 1914.
The Erudite Club was reported
as organized March 17, 19 21.
The Carson County Federation
of Women’s Clubs was reported as
organized in the fall of 1925 with
Friendship Circle, Hobart P.T.A.,
Groom Community Club, Cuyler
Study Club, Women’s Study Club
of King, Erudite Club and Pan-
handle P. T. A. as members. Mrs.
J. B. Howe was an individual
member.
Short sketches were given of the
lives of Mesdames F. H. Hill, J.
LilT, E. E. Carhart and George
Simms.
The second section of the paper
was devoted to oil news, the third
section to the agricultural history
of the county, the fourth to the
history of the bank and lodge.
Throngs attended the opening
party of the First National Bank.
The reception was followed by a
dance at the Panhandle Inn.
The Santa Fe prepared for a
new station.
May 15 was set as the opening
date for the oil field highway.
Several stories were evidently
interesting to others for several
have been clipped from this issue.
Two pages were taken up with
legals of the proposed amend-
ments to the constitution.
May 10, 1927
Ulmer S. Bird, minister-of the
Methodist Church, delivered the
baccalaureate sermon.
The city officials visited Okla-
homa and Texas towns in order
to see various types of paving.
The home economics girls of
Panhandle High School took high
honors in the district meet. Tak-
ing first place in cake baking
were Lena Price and Bessie Blan-
ton. Winning second places were
Elva Petty and Hester Shepherd
in cake baking, and Odell Mullins
and Helen Bobbitt in biscuit bak-
ing.
High winds Saturday and Sun-
day broke many windows and
blew down many signs.
The senior play, “Anne What’s
Her Name,” was presented that
Tuesday night.
W. L. McConnell, Waco, became
a partner of J. Sid O’Keefe in
the law business.
May 13, 1927
Forty - six received diplomas
•from grade school, names were
not given.
A. L. . White was ordained into
the ministry at the Christian
Church.
Asbery A. Callaghan was in-
stalled as president of the Rotary
Club.
A dance was held at the Pan-
handle Inn for money to buy uni-
forms for a baseball team.
Ruby Williams, assistant sec-
retary of the Chamber of Com-
merce, was chosen to be Miss Pan-
handle at the WTCC convention at
Wichita Falls.
May 17, 1927
The Christian Church bought
a site for a church from the Coe
,& Parks Lumber Co.
Carson County doctors selected
the following as staff for the
new Garland hospital: Miss
Blanche Kencade, superintendent:
L. E. Petty, business manager:
surgical staff, D. W. Vincent;
physiotherapy and x-ray, L. E.
Petty; internal medicine, J. H.
Walker, L. P. Giggs, O. York,
C. W. Merrill, W. W. Carter, L.
McGee and R. T. Foster.
(bounty court opened for a 5
week term.
A bond election was called for
the purpose of paving 20 blocks
on the best streets.
Graduating from Panhandle
High School were Lynn Arm-
strong, Charlotte Bobbitt, Carol
Broadle, William Hugg, Hugh
Kennedy, Herman Lemons, Rich-
ard Orr, Josephine Rorex, Cecil
Simms, Glenna Simms, Cornie
Slagle, Melvin Martin, Mildred
Matteson, Jesse Trayler, Jewel
Traylor and Adolph Weidenbaum.
May 20, 1927
A new oil pool opened in north
Carson county.
Paving and refunding bonds
were voted with $65,000 for pav-
ing and $121,550 for refunding
of bonds.
E. SL Ellis died May 12 at
Phoenix, Ariz.
Hostesses were Misses Lillian
and Pauline Callaghan at a bridge
party; Mrs. Marion Cox to the
Friendship Circle Club, Murrie
Stone to the Junior Erudite Club
and to a birthday party.
Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Johnson
were given a “pounding” by mem-
bers of the Baptist Church, it be-
ing Rev. Johnson’s birthday.
May 24, 1927
Sidewalks were widened on
Main Street.
Boy Scouts took a swimming
test with J. T. Billingsley, assis-
tant scout master, conducting the
test.
Churches of the town planned
a union observance of Memorial
Day May 29.
Mrs. Asbery.A. Callaghan was
hostess to the Fine Arts Club.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lill were
the parents of a son.
May 27, 1927
Panhandle streets were paved
with brick.
Panhandle had another oil lo-
cation 7 miles north of town.
Extensive imprvements were
made at the Boy Scout camp near
Claude.
Miss Ammie Cheatham and Or-
ville Murray were married May 2 2.
May 31, 1927
Members of the Kimes-Terrell
gang were held in the county jail
before being taken to Oklahoma
to answer charges of bank robbery
and murder.
With the opening of the new
highway persons could go from
Panhandle to Borger in 40 min-
GIFTS
For Graduates
Scores of appropriate gifts at
Ferrell's for girl and boy gradu-
ates of high school and grade
school.
Shop early as high school com-
mencement is May 23 and grade
school is May 26.
Ferrell Pharmacy
AND APPLIANCE STORE
F. F. FERRELL, Registered Pharmacist, Owner
We’ve Moved
Southwestern Public Service Co. has moved
its office from the Panhandle Inn building to 214
Main street in the new building erected by F. F.
Ferrell and leased to us.
It will be some time before we get everything
like we want it, as equipment and fixtures are to
be received and installed. Also, we are moving
our repairs to the new location.
utes.
Mrs. Willie O’Neal was elected
president of the Panhandle Ceme-
tery Association.
The fire in the Cockrell-Mcllroy
well was extinguished by Tex
Thornton after it claimed the lives
of 8 persons.
Olfiver Russell was a surgical
patient in Garland Hospital.
Ferrell York was an honor
graduate at the University of
Texas. He was a pre-med student.
Twenty-five students were en-
rolled in the summer school con-
ductd by Mr. and Mrs. K. H.
Clough and Miss Louise Orr.
The Christian congregation mov-
into the property purchased from
the Coe & Parks Lumber Company.
High Spot
Iron Mountain, highest spot in
Florida, is only 325 feet above sea
level.
SOUTHWESTERN
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY
27 YEARS Of COOD CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT
J. L. Prendergast,
Osteopathic Physicion
& Surgeon,
announces the opening of
offices in the Panhandle
Inn Bldg.
Office Telephone 226
Residence 225
With a dazzling
ARRAY OF SIEW
wwamiable
ROBERTS
MOTOR COMPANY
Panhandle, Texas
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881613/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.