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ESTABLISHED JULY 22. IS07
VOLUME 77
Thurs., Feb. 21, 1964
NUMBER 32
Four District Tournament
Games On Tap For Today
Pour basketball games
are on tap today in the
semi-finals of the District
1-A tournament being play-
ed here this week
In the afternoon session,
the Stratford and Sunray
girls will begin play at 2
p m. and the Stratford and
Panhandle boys will tip
off at 3:30.
The Stratford girls, third
in the district, entered the
semi-finals after downing
fifth place Panhandle, 39-
38, in the opening game
Tuesday night. Sunray’s
girls drew a bye in the
meet by being the second
place team in the district.
Stratford's boys entered
the semi-finals after down-
ing the fifth place Sunray
Bobcats, 72-45, Tuesday
night. Panhandle, second
in the district round-robin
play, drew a bye to enter
the semi-finals.
The night session will
match the first place Gru-
ver girls and the fourth
place Sanford-Fritch girls
in a game at 7 p m. and the
first place Sanford-Fritch
Eagles against the fourth
place Gruver Greyhounds
at 8:30.
Friday night’s finals will
start at 7 p.m. with a girl’s
game and the boy’s game
is to start at 8:30 p.m.
In the event a girl’s
team other than Gruver
wins the girl's division in
the tournament, a play off
game to determine the dis-
trict champion will be play-
ed Saturday night In the
boy’s division, if any oth-
er team than Sanford-Fritch
wins the tourney, a play-
off game will be held Sat-
urday night
The site of any play-off
game if any are necessary
willbe set by the two teams
which will participate in
the contest.
Winner of the boy’s divi-
sion in District 1-A will
play Wellington, winner of
Stratford In
Double Win
In Tournament
With 35 seconds left,
Myrna Hester of Stratford
sank a field goal to give
the Elkettes a 39-38, vic-
tory over the Panhandle
Pantherettes in the opening
round of the District 1-A
tournament here Tuesday
night.
The loss closed out the
1963-64 season for the Pan-
therettes and the win mov-
ed the Elkettes into the
semi-finals of the tourna-
ment to be played Thurs-
day
High for Panhandle was
Barbara Hager with 22 and
high for Stratford was Char-
lotte Eller with 20.
In the boy’s game, third
place Stratford, behind 36
points by Duane Pittman,
over ran the Sunray Bob-
cats, 72-45, to gain a
berth in the semi-finals of
the tournament
The Elks took an early
lead and moved to an 18-7
]first quarter lead and a
"35-15 half time lead over
the Bobcats.
Car Wash Set
For Saturday
A car wash to raise
funds for Troop 1 Explorers
will be held from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday at the
Metcalf Motor Company.
District 2-A, in a bi-dis-
trict contest Tuesday night.
The site of the game will
be selected by officials of
the two schools following
the selection of the Dis-
trict 1-A champion.
The District 1-A girl's
champion will play the
district 2-A girl's cham-
pion Tuesday night with
the time and place to be
picked when the two dis-
trict winners are known.
S-F Edges Panthers In
District Round-Robin
Final Score
Made In Last
12 Seconds
FRITCH - With 12 sec-
onds left, number 12, Cur-
tis Whaley took a pass
under the basket and drop-
ped in a field goal to give
the Sanford-Fritch Eagles
as 59-57 victory over the
Panhandle Panthers here
Monday night and hand
the Eagles first place in
District 1-A round-robin
play
In the final two minutes
of the contest, the Pan-
thers were down one when
Ricky Potts tied the Score
at 55-55 with 53 seconds
left. Duane Holley of the
Eagles was fouled in the
battle for a rebound of
Potts’ second shot and he
sank both charity tosses
to put the Eagles ahead,
57-55.
Mike Eklund of the Pan-
thers and Holley tied the
ball and one of the Eagles
was in the circle to soon,
giving the Panthers the
ball out of bounds with 30
seconds left. Johnny Ad-
ams, who had just entered
the game for the Panthers,
dropped in a field goal,
with just under 30 seconds
left to knot the score, 57-
57.
Panhandle took an early
Cont. on Page 8
One Killed, Two Injured
In Wreck West Of Groom
GROOM — One man was
killed and two persons in-
jured in a car-truck acci-
dent about 6:30 a.m. Feb-
ruary 13, 10 miles west of
here on Interstate 40.
Dead is James Whitaker,
46, of Henderson, Ky. Hos-,
pitalized in Groom Memori-
al Hospital are Mrs, Whit-
aker and a friend of the
family, Louis Edward Dean.
The accident occured as
the Whitaker vehicle was
being driven west on the
divided highway and it
struck the rear of a parked
Texas Highway Department
truck, according to the
investigating officer.
Highway department em-
ployees had parked the
truck and had sanded an
icy area on the highway
when the wreck occured,
it was reported.
Highway Patrolman Paul
Little investigated the ac-
cident.
The fatal accident was
the first highway death in
Conway Woman
Injured In
Wreck Sunday
CONWAY - A Conway
woman suffered a broken
neck in a one-car accident
two miles north on State
Highway 15 of here Sunday
afternoon about 2:30.
Hospitalized in the Groom
Memorial Hospital is Mrs.
Joe Bethel.
Mrs. Bethel was driving
north on State Highway 15
when her car apparently
when out of control as she
entered a curve, struck snow
piled on the west shoulder
of the i highway and turned
over one time.
The injured woman was
not thrown from the cir,
however, a portion of her
body was thrown through
the windshield in the acci-
dent, a witness said. The
car was not equipped with
seat belts.
Highway Patrolman Paul
Little investigated.
the county this year. Eight
persons lost their lives in
highway accidents in Car-
son County in 1963.
Prec.
Wanda Hayton
New Owner Of
Coffee Shop
Mrs. Wanda Hayton is
the new owner and oper-
ator of the Panhandle Cof-
fee Shop in the Panhandle
Hotel. .
Mrs. Hayton recently op-
ened the business. Hours
of the coffee shop are 6
a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and
it is closed Sundays.
Mrs. Willie Gorden is
the cook in the coffee
shop and Mrs. Lora Wil-
liams is employed as a
waitress in the coffee
shop.
Membership
Stressed At
BCD Meeting
The value of membership
was the theme of a talk
by Ralph Duncan of Abilene
at a membership drive
kick-off breakfast of the
Board of City DeveloPment
in the War Memorial Build-
ing this morning at 6:45.
Duncan is manager of
the member relations de-
partment of the West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce
and a veteran of more
than 28 years in profes-
sional chamber of com-
merce work.
He joined the staff of
WTCC September 1, 1951.
At that time he was nam-
ed manager of the organ-
ization’s community ser-
vices department. Since
1957, he has served as
manager of both the mem-
ber relations and commun-
ity service department.
Following the general
membership meeting this
morning which kick-off the
membership drive, Duncan
met with the directors and
the heads of several local
organizations and busi-
nessmen to discuss the
value of a community sur-
vey.
The community survey
would be made to prepare
a brochure on the city and
surrounding area which
inventories all assets
which would be attractive
to the establishment of
new industry and business
in the area. The survey
would attempt to include
all answers people con-
sidering Panhandle as a
business or industrial
sight might wish answer-
ed when studying an area
for possible location.
Teams of the member-
ship drive committee work-
ing under the general chair-
manship of Clarence C.
Williams, county judge,
began solicitations this
morning in the annual
membership drive.
Farewell Party
For Grayson
Family Set
A farewell party for the
Louis W Grayson family
will be held in the War
Memorial Building February
26 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
“All interested friends
of the family are invited
to attend,” the hosts for
the event said.
Grayson, manager of the
local ASCS office, is mov-
ing to Wheeler where he
will be manager of the
Wheeler County ASCS of-
fice,_
Groom Entries Take Four Of Six
Top Honors In Livestock Show
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STEER CHAMPS - Larry Dale Brown of
Groom, left, holds his steer that was judged
grand champion in the first annual Carson
County Junior Livestock Show here Saturday.
At the right is Bill McCray with his steer
which was judged the reserve champion of
the show.
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Non-Paid Polls
Now Available
Deadline for persons
who wish to obtain the
non-paid poll tax receipts
to be eligible to vote for
the federal officials is
March 6 The non-paid polls
can be obtained at the
county tax office
Non paid poll tax re-
ceipts are available to per-
sons who have not paid
their current poll tax and
who wish to vote in the
1964 general election for
elected federal officials
only, according to C. L.
(Lloyd) Sterling, county
tax assessor-collector
The non-paid poll tax
receipts are the form of
registration authorized by
the state legislature in the
last session pending the
approval of the twenty-sec-
ond amendment to the fed-
Cont. on Page 2
11 Polls, Exemptions
For'64 Elections
Than For1960 Voting
Poll taxes and exemptions
issued for the 1964' elec-
tion are up 11 over the
last presidential election,
according to Lloyd Sterling,
county tax i ssessor-collec-
tor.
Carson Countians paid
2,361 poll taxes to be eli-
gible to vote this year and
97 received exemptions.
In 1960, there were 2,368
Cont. on Page 2
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ONE HOSPITALIZED — Mrs. Joe Bethel of ently went out of control, struck snow along
Conway is in serious condition in the Groom the highway and turned over, two miles north
Hospital as the result of injuries sustained of Conway Sunday afternoon on State High-
when this car which she was driving appar- way 15 about 2:15. (Herald Photo)
Junior Livestock Show,
Sale Is Called ‘Real Good’
“We had a real good
sale,” one of the officials
of the first annual Carson
County Junior Livestock
Show and Sale said Satur-
day night following the
sale.
The grand champion calf,
an Angus shown by Lonny
Brown of Groom, brought
37 cents per pound; and
the grand champion swine,
a Hampshire shown by
Carla Ketchum of Conway,
brought 55 cents per pound)
The average price paid
for the calves sold at the
show was 37 cents per
pound and the average
price paid for swine was
48 cents per pound.
Prices paid for the show
animals were above those
paid, on the average, for
animals sold at the show
and sale in Amarillo last
month.
Junior High Science Fair
Will Be Held March 9-12
More than 200 entries
are expected for the an-
nual Panhandle Junior
High School Science Fair
to be held March 9-12 in
the junior high school
gymnasium
Exhibits will be on the
plaj) deck of the gym and
will be open to the public
March 9 from 6 p.m. to
8:30 p.m., March 10 from
9 a m to 4 p.m. and again
from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
and from 9 am to 4 pm.
March 11 and March 12
from 9am to 12 noon
Students will set up their
exhibits from 8:26 a.m. to
9:30 am March 9 and judg-
ing will be from 1 to 5
p.m. that day. The show
will be closed during the
judging. Exhibits will be
removed the afternoon of
March 12.
Entries will be in two
basic classifications, phy-
sical and biological sci-
ence Fifth and sixth grad-
es will compete in the in-
termediate division and the
seventh, eighth and ninth
grades will compete in the
junior division.
Ribbons will be award-
ed to the first five places
and two honorable men-
tions of each classifica-
tion and division Seven
winners from the junior
division and four from the
intermediate division of
the local fair will be elig-
ible to enter their projects
Cont. on Page 2
Brucellosis, Sugar Beet Meeting
Set For February 27 In Courtroom
A county-wide meeting
at which the forthcoming
Brucellosis testing pro-
gram will be discussed
will be held at 7 p.m. in
the district courtroom Feb-
ruary 27
The meeting preceeds a
county sugar beet group
meeting scheduled in the
courtroom the same night.
Veternarians who will
be conducting the Brucel-
losis testing program will
be at the meeting of live-
stock producers to explain
the testing program and to
give the line up of cattle
to be tested. They will an-
swer questions regarding
the testing program which
is scheduled to start Mar-
ch 1.
Carson County was de-
clared a Type 2 Brucello-
sis area February 14 by
the State Animal Health
Commission after county
livestock producers had
petitioned the commission
to take the action late last
year
Sugar Beet Company
Man Will Address
CCSBG February 27
Joe Lilly, general man-
ager of the Holly Sugar
Company of Hereford will
present a program at the
annual meeting of the Car-
son County Sugar Beet
Growers February 27 in
the district courtroom.
The program will be a
film on raising and pro-
cessing of sugar beets
In the business session,
two new officers will be
elected, according to John
Dale Kelly Jr , lpresident.
“Everyone interested ia
urged to attend this meet-
ing and new members are
invited,” Kelly said.
Groom youths walked
away with four of the six
top honors in the first an-
nual Carson County Junior
Livestock Show and Sale
held here Saturday.
Showing the grand cham-
pion gilt was Kyle Black
of Groom and Lonny Brown
of Groom had the reserve
champion gilt Larry Dale
Brown of Groom had the
grand champion steer and
Bill McCray had the re-
serve champion. Carla Ket-
chum of Conway had the
grand champion swine and
Roy Crawford of Groom the
reserve champion.
Trophies for showman-
ship went to Norman Kirk
in the fat lamb class and
Roy Crawford of Groom,
first, and Carla Ketchum
of Conway, second, in the
swine class; and Clyde
Ketchum of Conway, first,
and Carl Hudson of Groom,
second, in the steers.
Scramble calf winners
were all from Groom. They
were Kyle Black, first,
Bobby Brooks, second, and
Carl Hudson, third.
Bill McCray had the top
heavy weight Hereford with
second place going to Clyde
Ketchum of Conway and
third to Becky Martin of
Conway. Clyde Ketchum
had the top light weight
Hereford with Clint Wil-
liams second and Johnny
Dauer, third. McCray's
steer was judged best of
the breed
Larry Dale Brown of
Groom showedthe top heavy
weight Angus and Becky
Martin of Conway showed
the second place Angus
with James Martin of Con-
way showing the third
place Angus. In the light
weight Angus class Pat-
rice O’Neal showed the
top animal with Shawn
O’Neal having the second
place animal and Lonny
Brown of Groom was third
Brown’s steer, which was
eventually grand champion,
was judged best of the
breed.
Fat lamb honors were
won by Panhandle exhibi-
tors with first and second
place going to Jimmy Lain
and third to Dennis Kirk.
First place in the light
weight Durock class of
swine went to Antha Ket-
chum of Conway with sec-
ond going to Dan Brackeen
and third to Carolyn sStamps
Roy Crawford of Groom had
the top heavy weight Du-
rock and Brad Major of
Groom was second with
Dan Mooney of White Deer,
third Crawford’s Durock
was judged best of the
breed.
Groom youth took the top
three spots in the light
weight Hampshire class
with Roy Crawford, first;
Butch Brown, second; and
Larry Brown, third Carla
Ketchum of Conway had
the top heavy weight Hamp-
shire with Larry Dale Brown
of Groom having the sec-
ond and third place anim-
als Miss Ketchum’s swine
was top in the breed.
Light weight Poland
Cont. on Page 2
PTA Meeting Set
For Tonight
Panhandle Parent Teach-
er Association will meet
tonight in the school au-
ditorium at 7:30.
A panel of high school
students will discuss the
PTA Family, a Firm Home
Base. First grade pupils
will present a February
program.
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1964, newspaper, February 20, 1964; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883877/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.