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Yolume 58 Official County and City Publications Texhoma Oklahoma Thursday February 9 1961
01! THE IIIIE
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
BY GENIVEE
Mad about your gas bill?
Get slipped up on? tTh huh so
did we -
The hearing of the Western
Gas Service Company on their
application for an increase in
rates was held before a ref-
eree of the Oklahoma Corp-
oration Commission on De-
cember 8 1960 and the rate
raise granted
But nobody knew about it
tmtil the bills came out this
month - not even their local
manager!
He got his information when
the bills came in for mailing-
and only then He had not even
known the date of the hearing
A representative of Texhoma
was at the first hearing called
for November 16 but that hear-
ing was postponed to later be
set for December 6
S
Notice of the change in date
was sent out by the Corpora-
tion Commission but some-
how this notice was sidetracked
end the proper authorities were
unaware of the new date There
was no publicity given this
hearing at all other than the
one formal notice
Anyway your gas bill is
going to be bigger - IS bigger-
and there is nothing now to be
done about it
We CAN protect ourselves a-
gainst such behind the door
tactics on the water proposi-
tion BUT we will have to buy
the water plant to do it
That would be the most sens-
ible move we could make be-
cause the problems ' of insuf-
ficient water Which plagued
Texhoma last year have not
been solved - and in all prob-
ability will not be solved be
cause Western Gas Service In-
tends to sell the plant
The GAY of Texhoma could
buy this utility guarantee suf-
ficient water supply pay for
the plant out of revenue as well
as pay the operating expenses
of the plant and HAVE some-
thing more than a piece of
paper after the bill was paid
The City Council Is working
on this proposition and will
eventually submit it to the peo-
ple of the city
Oh yes - there will be a rate
raise - there will be THAT re-
gardless of the eventual owner-
ship of the water system but
at least we will be paying OUR-
SELVES the additional revenue
instead of paying it to an out
of state utility AND when the
bill is paid the system will be
OURS!
Time was when a small
town could vote an excess levy
of five mills to operate its bus-
iness - but the BIG TOWN -
seeing a chance to throttle the
small community had that law
stricken from the statutes of
Oklahoma many years ago
There are some folk who can
remember when Texhoma could
vote that levy and when we had
services comparable to ANY
city
S
Now the only hope of reve-
nue tor the small town is in
its utilities So far as the water
system is concerned the fran-
chise paid by the utility com-
pany does not offset the price
parld to it by the city for fire
hydrants alone And of the taxes
the utility company pays Tex-
homa receives only three and
one half mills that svouldn't
flush the streets once!
The council has been woric-
ing for weeks on this knotty'
problem and Mayor Smith will
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Histdrical Society xxx
FB Quarterly
Meeting Next
Monday Night
The first Quarterly meeting
of the Texas County Farm Bureau-
will be held in the High
School Auditorium at Tyrone
February 13 starting at 7:30
pm
Ernest Carpenter Director
frOra Tyrone will be in charge
of the meeting He has secur-
ed Mr Ralph R Gfeller form-
er head of the Farm Bureau
Mutual Insurance Company as
principal speaker Mr Gleller
has traveled very extensively
and will show pictures and
' films and collectors items from
all over the United States and
foreign Countries Mr Gfeller
will provide us with a very in-
teresting and unusual program
also his philosophy of Farm
Bureau
Farm Bureau Members are
asked to invite their friends
and neighbors The public is al-
so cordially invited to attend
Aggies Complete
Degree Work
At Mid-Term
Seventeen Panhandle A & M
College students completed
degree requirements for either
a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of
Science of Bachelor of Music
Education degree at mid-term
on January 20 Miss Helen Mul-
ler dean of students has stat-
ed Included among the graduat-
ing seniors are Robert Craig
Texhoma BS business- and
Kathaleen Thrasher Texhoma
BS Ousiness
Thrasher
Services Tpday
In Indiana
Funeral services for Luther
Thrasher 83 were to be conduc-
ted Thursday (today) in Ind-
ianapolis Ind with burial in
Leslie Ky relatives here have
been informed
Mr Thrasher who has spent
his summers here with his bro-
ther Joe Thrasher and other
relatives is well known in the
area
Mr Thrasher died in Indian-
apolis following an illness of
about three months Mr and
Mrs Joe Thrasher had been
with him the past five weeks
Texhoma Cafe
Burglarized
Saturday Night
The Texhoma Cafe at the Tex
homa livestock Commission
Company yards was burglari-
zed sometime Saturday night
with only minor loss
All the candy cigars and
confections in the show case
were taken and attempt was
made to break into the juke
box and the cigaret machine
but failed Mrs Irene Thrash-
er proprietor of the cafe re-
ported Entrance was gained through
a window in the hall between
the company office and the cafe
A transcient juvenile who
caught a ride out of town early
Sunday Is suspected of the
brealdn
FIRST MD CLASS
TO ORGANIZE
MONDAY EVENING
A meeting of persons inter-
ested in taking the prescribed
Red Cross First Aid Standard
Course is to be held in the of-
ice south of the Post Office at
7:30 pm Monday to organize
Arthur Canon instructor has
announced
This will be an enrollment
meeting and to be decided are
the nights for the regular class
meetings as well as the time
of meeting and other details
It will not be a long meeting
Canon stated
Illadmore To
Recover Part
Of Theft Losi
The crseldng of the burglary
ring in Amarillo earlier this
week meant good news to one
Texhoma businessman Scottie
Blackmore manager of Scotties
Texaco Station
The station was burglarized
lasb Thanksgivhzg week end
and until the discovery of the
loot in Amarillo no trace had
been found
Blackmore stated that he had
recovered his cash register
adding machine tires and o-
ther merchandise totaling a-
bout 75 of the loot taken The
Items are being held as evi-
dence but Blackmore will get
them back when they have
served as evidence in the trial
of the culprits
A 27-year-old man and a 17
year-old girl are being held now
and two other persons are be-
ing sought in connection with
the ring A service station man-
ager in Amarillo is being held
as an accomplice after the fact
In the concealing of the stolen
articles
The Texhoma robbery occured
while Blackmore and his fam-
ily were away visiting relatives
at Thanksgiving
Devi Hetes Are
Conference
Champions
By hunk Preston
Girls Squeeze One
This is your old pencil drib-
bling buddy again giving you
the trials and tribulations of
the Texhoma Goodwell feud-1
I mean game Well I guess
you could call it a feud because
all it lacked being a feud was
a couple of double barreled shot
guns The Texhoma girls play-
ed with great exuberance and
graceful motions In other
words it was close but they
won anyway The final alarming
and triumphant score was an
essential 26 to 24 And when I
say essential I mean essential
The high point girl for Tex-
homa was Judy Harland who
came bolting through like a big
herd of buffalo with twelve big
fat points and when I say big
I mean the large economy size
Treading close on Judy's heels
was Diana Knuth with a thrill-
ing blast of ten points
The high point girl for Good-
' well was Woodward with 13
points
The trophy that Vv Texho-
ma girls fought so triumhant-
ly for is the nicest one that
Texhoma has ever gotten And
I must say it couldn't happen to
a nicer team
Devils Come Close
The Texhoma boys almost
sneaked by the Hooker boys
Yes I said almost Well 55 to
59 - that's almost itI ever heard
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Texhoma Mothers March Nets $320
Some 46 mothers and Civil
Defense block wardens began
their march at 6:00 pm Fri-
day and within the hour all had
reported their efforts at head-
quarters set up in the South-
western Public Service Comp-
any office Mrs Olen McCabe
Mothers March chairman has
The total amount of contribu-
tions came to a 1u9ty $32047 for
the 1961 Mothers March
More than 32 women attend-
ed the meeting at 10:00 am
Friday at the Golden Spread
Din-A-Lounge where they re-
ceived materials and instruc-
tions Mrs McCabe expresed deep
appreciation for the cooperation
of all the folk those who help-
ed In the organhation of the
march and the marchers them-
'selves as well as well as those
who so generously contributed
This march Included only
thole persons living on the 0-
Last After The
Game Party
Friday Night
The last of the season's "af-
ter the game" parties at the
First Baptist Church will be
held this Friday following the
basketball games between
Keyes and Teochoma
All young people are invited
to this fellowship There will
be plenty of food and fun for
everyone J H New minister
has stated
These after the game parties
began during the football sea-
son and continued after the
home games during the bask-
etball season and they will be-
gin again next year with the
first home football game the
minister said
Tax Assessment
Renditions Lag
Deadline Near
To date only about 35 of
property owners in ITexas
County have declared their as-
sessments for 1961 A G (Gus)
Rockway county tax assessor
stated early this week This
represents almost 30 less than
at this time last year Rockway
stated
March 15 is the deadline for
rendering this assessment with-
out penalty
irumlituml New
Cook Boo lulu -
The Malting
The Carnation Carden Flower
Oub is in the process of com-
piling a community cook book
of donated recipes Mrs W H
Simmons project chairman has
annuoneed -
The club members would ap-
preciate favorite recipes and
If local cooks would be generous
enough to share with these
ladies just contact any Mein-
berg or call Mrs Frank Rice
at 4251 Trachoma and the rec-
ipe will be taken
The ladies hope to have the
book completed and ready for
distribution early in May Mrs
Simmons said
Mr and Mrs J H Settles
have recieved a letter from
their daughter Marion Le
Uganda telling of her evacua-
tion from the Cencro on Friday
January 27 The letter follows
In part:
Arua Uganda Jan 29th
Dears: This will be just a note
to let you know what has hap-
pened where I am what I am
going to do next etc Last
Tuesday night (24th) en our
mission broadcast we were a-
lerted for an important word
from the American Consulate
Our field director and deputy
Idahoma side of Texhoma since
Sherman County Texas had
previously held Its Mothers
March And this total does not
reflect the advance gift contri-
butions mailed to Guymon
earlier in the March of Dimes
drive which amounts to $4100
Assisting Mrs McCabe in the
organizaton of the march was
Mrs Walter Palmer Civil De-
fense Chic Warden The city
was blocked off by areas cor-
responding to the Civil Defense
Area map and where mothers
were not available the block
wardens served
Those assisting in Area A in-
cluded Mesdames Joy Jenkins
Marion Vinson Edith Ferguson
Mary Freeman Charlotte Ta-
bor Clara Roytse Clara Brock
and Juanita Hutson Area B
workers included Mesdames
Chloe Tarver Mary Rice Scot-
tie Hopson Mole Robertson Jo
Solialer Verna tong Phyllis
Garner Alice Hollis Valera
Lowry Alma Lee Daffy Edna
McDaniel New
Member Of
School Board
Continued on Paae 5
Because of a technicality Jr
Hamby who had been appoint-
ed to till out the unexpired
term of Board of Education
member B W Hale has with-
drawn and on Tuesday evening
the board appointed George T
McDaniel to the position
Hamby a ruralLmail carrier
is not eligible to hold the posit-
ion Irvin Hopson superinten-
dent of schools announced Wed-
nesday morning
McDaniel will serve on tne
Board of Education until the
regular election for the position
on March 28 1961
Hale tendered his resignation
some time ago because of his
health
Time To Get
'61 Dog Tags
City Clerk Walter Temple-
ton has recieved the 1961 dog
tags and the same may be pur-
chased from him at his store
The tags sell for $100 for a
male and $200 for a female
According to Templeton's re-
cords Texhoma had no female
dogs last year This year any
female dog picked up wearing a
license sold for a male dog will
be held until the purchase of
$200 license is recorded or
the animal is destroyed at the
cmd of the prescribed time
With the recurrence of the
dog Pack nuisance the city
council is issuing a warning
that pets should be kept up
Any dog or dogs running loose
without proper tags will be im-
pounded and held the prescrib-
ed period of time before des-
truction Owners will have am-
ple time to redeem the animal
This action is in the interest
of safety of all Texhoma citi-
zens and is not aimed at dog
owners spokesmen have em-
phasized Pets should be kept
lin fenced areas or on leash
even if the tag has been purchased
MARIAN SETTLES WRITES OF
EVACUATION FROM THE CONGO
field director were discussing
the late-t news the consulate
had information which I-1 them
to ask for the Immediate exe-
cution of emergercv plans al-
roady prep3red by the miss'on
The first step was to gather in
central places - our place was
Rethy Carl and Jim came hi
later and said that we single
girls should certainly move on
but that the men would try to
carry on We sat up most of the
night trying to pack but even
alter we went to bed there was
Stiles Lola Flint Genivee
Monroe H W Kaltman and
Mary Farmer
Area C wcalters included Mes-
dames Ilmde Anna Brown Har-
riett Schafer Sybil Hensley
Elnor Harland Helen Kight
Paggie Jones Marie Lucas
Elizabeth Howard Verna
Dubbs Juanita Montoya Geor-
gia Hook Maxine Dawson Carl
Osborn Mable Hale Mildr!d
Sayre and Gladys Evans Area
D marchers were Mesdames
Lorene Barnum Dorthy John-
son Pauline Palmer and Gwen
Freeman and the downtown
area was covered by Mrs Exie
Thomason and Mrs Dortha
Daniels
Mrs Imogene Glover Texas
Cotmty March of Dimes Chair-
man has reported that the
Goodwell Mothers March pro-
duced the sum of $7276 with
eight mtarching mothers under
the direction of Mrs W W
D & L Laundramat
To Open Soon
The D & L Laundromat is al-
most ready to go Mrs Darius
Barnum announced Wednesday
morning Most of the installa-
tion is completed and the dry-
ers are in operation
If nothing hinders the wash-
ing machines should be operable
by Friday she stated
The Barnums plan a grand
opening for the following week
providing no further delvys occur
Number 28
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Welcome Snow Blankets Area
Carmen Mitchell
Shows Champion
At Local Show
Last Saturday the Texhoma
FFA sponsored a Livestock
Show which was held at the
Texhoma sale barn
In the steer show there were
six Hereford steers and One An-
gus calf In the sheep show
there were two hampshire
lambs and one shropshire lamb
In the heavy weight steer
class Carmen Mitchell placed
first Sam Shilling second and
Garry Pratt third
In the light weight steers Bill
Huddleston placed first Ronnie
Elliott second Milford Berry
third and Sam Shilling fourth
Carmen Mitchell's heavy wt
steer was Grand Champion and
Bill Huddleston'e light weight
steer was Reserve Champion
Keith Flanagan showed the
first and Grand Champion lamb
Steve Flanagan showed second
and Reserve Champion lamb
Third place lamb was owned by
Steve Flanagan and shown by
Tim Gum
Steve Flanagan won the Show-
manship award
Last Rites For
Mrs Hawkins
Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs
Martha May Hawkins 78 were
conducted at 2:30 pm Wednes-
day at the First Methodist
Church in Texhoma The Rev
Mitchell Lowry pastor and
Rev J H New pastor of the
First Baptist Church conducted
the service
Interment was in Tlxhoma
cemetery under ths direction
of the Dawson-Welch Funeral
Home
Mrs Hawkins died in a Guy-
mon hospital about 2:00 pm
Monday following an illness of
a few weeks
She was born October 6 1883
in Carroll County Mo the
daughter of B F and Emma
1May Roney
On October 16 1902 she was
married to Homer S Hawkins
in Carrollton Mo and they
moved to Teideoma in 1917
They farmed west of town on
the state line until 1926 when
they moved into Texhoma
where they have lived since
Survivors are her husband of
ff) home one son Clifton
R Hawkins of Texhozna one
brother W J Roney of Kansas
City Kans four sisters Mrs
Eva Carr Cello Mo Mrs Lena
Gamier and Mrs Bernice Wal-
ton Kansas City Kans and
Mrs Troy Ridings of Rand
Colo three grand children and
six great and children
Music for the service was pro-
vided by Mrs W H Vincent
organist and Mrs George M
Riffe and Mrs Jerry Pugh duet
Active casketbearers were
Frederick Mason Fred Lyle
Franklin Baber Jerry Knowles
Buster Gum and Ernrin Hollis
Named as honorary bearers
were Bob D Evans George M
rtiffe Snowdon Burrows Bob
Evans John Bergner W O
Crismon Lee Gist Everett
McAfee Hugh Hass Walter
Templeton George L Aycock
George L Aycock Jr and
Brooks Spence
Snow which began falling
Saturday morning left a blank-
et of between four and five In-
ches of the wet white stuff in
the Texhoma area with a mois-
ture content of 28 of an inch
according to Fred Krull offic-
ial weather observer
Temperatures were below
freezing most of Sunday and
Monday warming up slightly
on Tuesday and melting some
the snow cover on Wednesday
City streets were extremely'
slippery until Wednesday when
maintainers scraped most of
the snow into the windrows
Angle parkers found much dif-
ficulty in getting away from
the curbs
The snow north of town varied
in depth from four to seven in-
ches with very little drifting
Roads for the most part were
open according to reports
The moisture was more than
welcome and with the level
cover most of it will go into the
soil
Folks in this area had exper-
ienced a few days of dust rem-
iniscent of the 'dust bowl' days
prior to the snow The unseas-
onally warm weather in Jan-
uary had brought out buds on
trees and shrubs Whether these
have been damaged by the low
temperatures of the past few
days has not been determined
FFA Competes
In Boise City
Judging Event
The Texhoma FFA livestock
Judging Team competed with
the Boise City team in a con-
tect at the Cimarron County-
Junior Livestock Show and Sale
held January 28th in Boise City
Albert Yanke vocational Ag-
riculture teacher has reported
Boise City defeated Texhoma
in team scores earning a total
of 845 out of a possible 900
points Texhoma score was 822
Bill Huddkston of the Texho-
ma team tied with one of the
Boise City boys for top individ-
ual honors scoring 296 out of a
possible 300 points
Mike Berry placed fourth in
individual scoring with a total
of 274 points
REP OGDEN SPEAKER
AGGIE CONVOCATION
Representative Frank Og-
den Guymon Texas County
State Representative will be
speaker at Spring Convocation
at Panhandle A & M College on
Friday February 10 Milton
Bradley professor of Music and
chairman of the committee on
assemblies and entertainment
said today
First Meeting
Of Year Fcr
C of C Tonight
New officens of the Texhoma
Chamber of Commerce will
preside at the first business
session for 1961 at the Golden
Spread Din-A-Lounge Thursday
(tonight) at 7:00 pm Olen Mc-
Cabe new president has an-
nounced Plans will be made for the
final drive for 1961 member-
ships as well as a progress and
instruction report on the Okla-
homa Community Achievement
Contest in which Texhoma is
entered Herb Mather is gen-
eral chairman of this commit-
tee Mayor Byron Smith is expec-
ted to report on the progress of
the city on the problem of the
purchase of the water system
from Western Gas Service Co
If enough concrete information
is available
Discussion of a number of
projects km the 1961 program
are expected at this first meet-
ing All members are urged to attend
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