Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
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CARSON COUNT*' LIBRARY
CIT*
ESTABLISHED JULY 22, I&07
Rains Soak Area Since Sunday
VOLUME 78
November 19, 1964
NUMBER 19
In Season's Finale
Panthers Blasted By Gruver
Panhandle’s 1964 Pan-
thers suffered their worst
defeat of the season, 46-0,
as they were blasted by
the Gruver Greyhounds in
the final football game of
the season for both teams
here Friday night.
Panhandle’s loss kept
them into the District 1-A
cellar with 0-4 record
while the win placed the
Greyhounds in second
place with 3-1 record.
The host eleven con-
tained the Gruver attack
throughout the first quar-
ter with two fumble re-
coveries by the Panthers,
one by Ralph Cody and one
by Calvin Robinson, being
used to halt Greyhound
drives.
As the second quarter
continued, the see-saw
battle up and down the
field continued until in
the final two minutes the
visiting Hounds began on
the Panther 25 and in six
plays moved 75 yards for
a score with the final
six plays moved 75 yards
six plays moved 75 yards
for a score with the final
six yards being made by
Frank Silva on a play a-
round right end with seven
seconds left in the half.
The extra point try failed
and the Hounds took a 6-0
lead into the dressing
room at the half.
The roof fell in on the
Panthers as the second
half got underway. Taking
the opening the kick off,
the visiting Gruver squad
marched 70 yards in 11
plays, capped by a four-
yard run over left tackle
by Danny Riley with 6:54
left for six more points.
Panhandle returned
Mack Hoel’s kick off from
their own 25 to the 50 yard
line before it was fumbled
and the Greyhounds took
possession on a recovery
by Silva. On the first play
from scrimmage, Quart-
erback Sam Tipton passed
to Hoel for 41 yards and
another Gruver tally with
6:18 left. Danny Riley
carried for the extra
points as the visitors went
ahead, 20-0.
Held for thrSe downs
midway in the third
frame, the Panthers kick-
ed and the Hounds started
another TD drive, this one
from the Panther 45 which
took 13 plays, including
a fourth and nine play
on which Silva gained 13
yards. The drive wascli-
maxed by a one-yard
plunge by Silva on the
first play of the final
quarter with 11:58 left
in the game. Hoel kicked
the extra point as the
score became 27-0.
A fumbled pitchout by
the Panthers after picking
up a first and ten on a
Bobby Elder-Leon Choate
pass play was recovered
by Rex Shapley for the vi-
sitors on the Panhandle
32 and in three plays,
Allen Etter went around
left end for 14 yards and
another Gruver score.
Hoel toed the point and
raised the score to 34-0
with 9:02 left in the game.
Holding the Hounds on
four downs after they gave
up the ball on a punt, the
Panthers started from
their own 10 when a
fumble recovered by
Wayne Leatherman for
the visitors on the Pan-
ther eight set up the sixth
tally for the Gruver ele-
ven. Three plays later,
Danny Riley went over on
a quarterback sneak from
one yard out for the tally
with 4:39 left in the game.
Gruver’s score was en-
larged 40-0.
Being held to short
Cont. on PAGE 2
Basketball Season Opens With
Four Games Here Friday Night
********** * *
Eight Seniors
On Panther
Cage Squad
j Panhandle High School,
Panther basketball team
will begin the 1964 cage
season with four starters
from last year, with a
line-up comprise od
line-up comprised of
eight seniors and two ju-
niors on the varsity
string.
Four of last season’s
B-Team members plus
two lettermen, complete
the normal total of ten
players carried on the A-
Team squads.
Varsity team members
are, Larry Cole, Leon
Choate, Larry Duckett
and Gifford Ensey, all
seniors and starters from
last year.
Also, lettermen Gary
Beddingfield, a junior;
and Johnny Stone, senior.
Up this year from the
B-team are Ralph Cody,
senior; Darayl Pannell,
senior; Robert Park, se-
nior; and Frank Vance,
junior.
Managers are Kim
Johnson and Gary Grif-
fith.
Coach Calvin Murray
said Tuesday that the
Panthers hope to improve
on their 12-7 record of
last season when they
split games with district
and regional champions
Sanford-Fritch.
Murray listed 30 play-
ers on the Panther B-
team eligibles. They are,
Buster Brannon, Robert
Choate, Bob Bulla, Les-
lie Cleek, George Cos-
sey, Her shell Downs,
Brian Elliott, Lanny Gar-
ner, Randy Griffith, Tom-
my Hanson, Clyde Ket-
chum, Ricky Mangum,
Darrell Matthews, and
Robert Vick.
Joe Nunn, Barry Met-
calf, Darrell Ogletree,
Carl Olson, Ronnie
Pingleton, Johnny Pratt,
Vernon Pratt, Gaylon S
Vernon Pratt, Gaylon
Stamps, Terry Tackitt,
Bill Vance, Melvin Ware,
Wes Wester, Winifred
Williams, Mike Zamora,
David Maddox and Rocky
Adams.
Four basketball games
will highlight the opening
of the 1964-65 basketball
season for the Panhandle
Panthers and Panthe-
rettes Friday night in the
high scholl gymnasium as
they will be host to the
Stinnett Rattlers.
Opening the four games
will be a contest between
the Panhandle and Stinnett
B-Team girls at 4:15 to
be followed by a Pan-
ha n d 1 e-Stinnett B-team
boys game.
Tipoff time for the A-
team girl’s game will be
7 p.m. with the A-team
boy’s game to follow the
conclusion of the girls
game.
Tuesday night, the
same four Panhandle
teams will be in action as
they host a series of four
games with the Eagles of
Sanford-Fritch.
PHS BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE
November 20
Stinnett
Here
November 24
Sanford-Fritch
Here
December 1
White Deer
There
December 4
Miami
Here
December 8
Groom
Here
Dec. 10-11-
12
Panhandle Tournament
December 15
Groom
There
Dec. 17-18-
19 .
Miami Tournament
December 22
White Deer
Here
January 2
Miami
There
January 5
Sanford-Fritch
There
January 7-8
-9
Stratford Tournament
January 12
*Gruver
There
January 15
*Sunray
Here
January 19
*Claude
There
January 22
Price College
There
January 26
*Stratford
Here
January 29
*Gruver
Here
February 2
*Sunray
There
February 5
* Claude
Here
February 9
Price College
Here
February 12
* Stratford
There
************
Veterans Fill
PHS Girl
Cage Squad
Panhandle High School
Pantherettes opened bas-
ketball practice Monday
eleven of the 12 girls
named to the varsity A-
team returning from last
year’s A and B teams.
Seniors on the squad
are Karen Doughten, Su-
san Doris, Adonna Vin-
son. Juniors are Lupe
Canales, Cheri Haw-
kins and Lana Veteto.
Sophomores, all of
whom played together on
the Kitten squad in junior
high school here are Mary
Alice Crist, Audra Craw-
ford, Ann Olson, Becky
Martin, Shelia Williams,
and Janie Beddingfield.
Coaching the girl’s
team this year is Mrs.
Curtis Metcalf who was
formerly the junior high
girl’s coach.
The B-team will
be caoched by Mrs. Dan
Duncan, high school phy-
sical education teacher.
Members of the Pan-
therettes B-team are Sue
B i c h s e 1, Linda Gibson,
Sharon O’Neal, Kay Ben-
nett, Judy Millsap, Kathie
Bunch, Diana Franklin,
Edy Wilkens, Jan Veteto,
Linda Park, Lanita Witt,
Ann Stamps, Anne Lewis,
La Donna Duckett, Vicki
Mitchell, Jo Dell Meaker,
Helen Price, Patty Bich-
sel, Joanetta Pratt and
Ava Jean Judy.
The two teams will open
regular season action
Friday night in a game
contest which opens at
4:15 in the local high
school gym and matches
the B-team girl, B-team
boys, A-team girls and
A-team boys from Stin-
nett against the host Pan-
thers and Pantherettes.
District Court
Set For Monday
District Court will con-
vene at 10 a.m. Monday
in the Court room of the
Casron County Court
House.
District Judge Charles
Reynolds will preside ov-
er the one-day session,
sheriff’s office said.
Rain, ranging from
heavy downpowers to light
mist, has staked all parts
of the county with mois-
ture ranging from 3.30
inches to .75 inches since
Sunday.
Heaviest rainfall was
measured by Felix Ryals,
rain reporter for the Pan-
handle Wheat Growers,
Inc,, weather map, with
a record of 3.30 inches.
Lighest rainfall repor-
ted was in the Groom area
where .75 inches was re-
ported with heavier rain
fall being reported all a-
round the city area.
At Skellytown, Dutch
Join! C Of C
Committees Will
Meet Tuesday
The first joint meeting
of the committee chair-
man, committee mem-
bers and the board of di-
rectors of the Chamber
’of Commerce since the
new officers were instal-
led recently will be held
at 7:30 *p.m. in the First
National Bank building
Tuesday.
“This is an important
meeting as the chamber
will begin work on its
1965 program’’, L. C.
Curtis, president said.
The C of C meets twice
monthly, the second and
fourth Tuesdays. The
first meeting of the month
is for the board of direc-
tors with the second
meeting set asice for
meeting set aside for
committees to meet with
the board and later as se-
perate committees to
conduct the work of the
chamber in promoting the
growth of business, in-
dustry and residents in
Panhandle and the sur-
rounding area, Curtis ex-
plained.
Grant reported 1.65 Due
north of town George Jef-
fers reported 1.90 and at
Abel, M, G. Weeth repor-
ed one inch even.
To the west at Pantex,
O. D. Riggs reported .98
inches. At Conway, Jack
Martin measured 1.90 and
south of town, Louie
Cleek had 1.10 inches. In
Cont. on PAGE 2
Open House Set For City Hall,
New Water Facilities Sunday
An open house at the
recently remodled City
Hall at 117 Main Street
and at the new water well
and pumping facilities at
Charles’' and Thirteenth
Streets will be held Sun-
day from 2 to 5 p.m.,
according to city offic-
ials.
The two civic improve-
ment projects were com-
pleted as a result of funds
approved in a bond elec-
tion early this year.
Improvements in the
City Hall included a new
front, lowering the cea-
ling, purchasing all new
office furnishings, a new
counter, painting the ex-
terior or the pillars and
brick in front of the build-
ing and purchasing some
new office equipment.
Funda approved by the
voters for the new water
well and pumping facili-
ties were used to drill
the new well which will
keep the town provided
PHS Holiday
Dates Listed
Thanksgiving Day Holi-
day schedule for Pan-
handle High School will
start at 3 p.m. next Wed-
nesday with classes to re-
sume the following Mon-
day morning at usual
hours, according to R.E.
Hickey, high school prin-
cipal.
Christmas schedule
was given as starting at
3 p.m. December 18 with
normal classes resuming
the morning of January
4
with water during the peak
usage periods in the sum-
mer and prevent any wa-
ter shortage in the event
any trouble arises at any
of the other city wells.
In addition a 500,000 wa-
ter storage tank was con-
structed at the site of
the new well and the
grounds around the area,
adjacent to Paul Park
were improved and fenc-
ed.
Quarterback Club To Fete
PHS Footballers Soon
The Quarterback Club
of Panhandle will hold its
annual Football Banquet
at 7 p.m. December 17
in the school cafeteria.
The event will honor a
football player, to be se-
lected by his team mates,
with the club’s “Fighting
Heart Award.” The award
is presented annually for
“outstanding perfor-
mance,* according to
Wayne Cox, president of
the QB Club.
The player to be hono-
red is not known prior to
the night of the banquet,
when he is named in a se-
cret ballot by his associ-
clt0S
This will be the fifth
presentation of the award
which has been awarded
to one football player each
year since 1960.
Receiving the award in
previous years were, Bob
Medlin, 1960; Rudy Ro-
binson, 1961; Larry Pin-
gleton, 1962; and Jim
Prendergast, 1963.
“Most significant in the
selection of a recipient
for the award is that the
player is selected by his
team mates,** Cox said.
Also featured on the
program will be a guest
speaker, not known at this
early date.
A catered dinner and
program of entertainment
is also planned during the
evening, the spokesman
said.
Invited to attend are
football team members,
their parents and guests.
Further information
may be obtained by con-
tacting Howard Bedding-
field, banquet committee
chairman, or Wayne Cox,
club president.
New Senior
Citizens Home
Is Opened Here
A1 Graham of Amarillo
has purchased the Morgan
Nursing Home which was
closed recently and re-
opened it under the name
Senior Citizens Lodge.
Former residents of
Cont. on PAGE 2
Mrs. Albert Wilson Named Woman Of The Year
Mrs. Albert Wilson,
president of the Pan-
handle Home Demonstra-
tion Club, was named
Carson County Home De-
monstration Club Woman
of the Year in ceremon-
ies Monday in the War
Memorial Building.
Mrs. Loyd Collis of
White Deer, mistress of
ceremonies introduced
the program, readings,
The Unicorn and the Gar-
den, and the Seal, Who
Became Famous, by Judi
Caldwell, and “The Cre-
ation,” by Audrey Ann
Crawford, both of Pan-
handle; songs, Paci, Paci
by Mrs. Johnny Garcia
White Deer, accompan-
ied by Mrs. Don Vance,
also of White Deer. The
program closed with
songs, People Will Say
We’re In Love and Climb
Every Mountain by Mrs.
Max Summers, accom-
panied by Mrs. Gene Car-
ter, b th of Groom.
Mrs. Gene Gideon,
council chairman, intro-
duced officers for the
year 1965, Mrs. Hood,
council chairman; Mrs.
Aubrey Allen, vice chair-
man; Mrs. Latta, secre-
tary; Mrs. Milton, trea-
surer, and Mrs. Warmin-
ski, THDA chairman.
She thanked the com-
mittee on arrangements
for the luncheon, Mrs.
J. W. Hermesmeyer, who
with her s i s t e r-in-law
had made corsages as
place cards, and has as-
sisted in the arrangement
for the program, Mrs.
Collis and Mrs. Allen.
About 40 women were
seated at the tables, de-
corated in a fall motif.
A special guest was Mrs.
J. W. Thomas, whose hus-
band is the new Carson
County agricultural
agent. Also present was
Mrs. Sybil Stringer, home
demonstration agent and
guests from Panhandle,
Groom and White Deer.
The Carson County
Cont. on PAGE 9
Carl McAdams Of WD
Named All-American
National sports recog-
nition this week was be-
stowed on former Carson
County school football
star, Carl McAdams, of
White Deer, who has been
named “NEA All-Ameri-
can’ for his gridiron pro-
wess at University of Ok-
lahoma.
McAdams, a 6-foot- 4-
inch 208 pound lineman
on the Sooner eleven,
played his high school
football for Coach Collie
Huffman at White Deer
where he made Texas All-
State in 1962. He cap-
tained the team as a full-
back that year.
Following recent
games this season, oppo-
sing team players credit
McAdams with being a
great football player. ....
He’s smart and seems to
hold their defensive unit
together. You can’t be-
lieve how fast he is,”
were the words of Gary
Lane, quarterback for
the Missouri Tigers, the
team. O U played last
week.
Gomer Jones, head
coach at Oklahoma Uni-
versity jestingly told a
national television audi-
ence Sunday “We will
have to change McAdams
to a fullback next year the
way he ran on that play,”
refering to McAdams’
blasting through the Tiger
line in Saturday’s game.
In eight games this sea-
son, McAdams is credi-
ted withinte rcepting
three passes, returning
them 50 yards. He also is
credited with recovering
three opponent fumbles.
STOPPED - Ralph Cody, Panther half-j Other Panthers in the action are Leon
t back (22) is halted after a short gain Choate (89) and Johnny Stone (80). The
in the early minutes of the Panhandle- Gruver squad rolled over the Panthers,
Gruver football game here Friday night. 46-0. (Herald Photo)
WOMAN OF YEAR — Mrs. Albert Wil-
son of the Panhandle Home Demonstra-
tion Club was named Home Demonstra-
tion Club Woman of the Year at a meet-
in the War Memorial Building Monday.
Presenting a plaque to Mrs. Wilson is
Mrs. George Latta of Groom.
(Herald Photo)
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