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Volume 58 Number 36
THS Entries
To State
Science Fair
Four of Texhoma High Schools
Science Fair entries will be tak-
en to Norman next week for en-
try in the State Science Fair
on the campus of Oklahoma U-
niversity Dean Richards sci-
ence Instructor has announced
Etries certified for the State
Science Fair in March include
Martin McDaniel's "Demonstra-
tion on Insulation" Steve
Ritte's "Model of a Thermo-
stat" and Bill Harland and
Mark Thomason's "Electric
Thermometer" To be taken
es an alternate entry is Mike
Johnson and Carl Blacksten's
'Reaction Time Tester"
Former Textioma
4-H Boy Shows
Osage Co Champ
Lynn Hawkins son of Mr and
Mrs Ulys (Bay) Hawkins and
former Texhoma 4-H Club mem-
ber showed the grand champion
Hereford calf in March in the
46th annual Osage county 4-H
Junior livestock show and sale
in Pawhuska He had purchased
the calf from Claude and Jerry
Harland before his family mov-
ed from Texhoma
- Lynn sold his steer for $433
(47e per pound) and in addition
earned a $25000 registered
Hereford heifer a gold wrist
watch and two trophies His
steer rated top in a field of 44
steen3 his father wrote the Has
lands
The youngster plans to feed
two steers a Hereford and an
Angus for the 1962 show his
father reported
Hawkins reported that his
Meats Judging team from Spee-
ry won first place in Oklahoma
City contests and would get an
expense paid trip to Kansas
City in October where they
would represent Oklahoma in
Judging contests Guymon's
Meats Judging Team was sec-
ond to Speery
Hawkins was Vocational Ag-
riculture instructor in Texhoma
High School before moving to
Speery
'A Message From
j Edgar Hoover
America historically an im-
pregnable fortress against ty-
rarmy is engaged in a mortal
struggle with world commun-
ism It is time for both citizens
and governmental authorities
to confront this threat in a calm
realistic rational law-abiding
manner
The ingredients for commun-
ist coups in nations which have
fallen under its spell always
include a populace shaken with
sear hYsteria and confusion
Above all however is the dang-
er of irresponsible counterac-
tion by citizens who lend Im-
petus to communism through
Inept attempts to fight this in-
sidious menace
The leaders of worldwide
communism proclaim that e-
llen America can succumb to
the "rules of revolution" con-
ceived by Karl Marx and gal-
vanized into the first success-
ful communist revolution by V
I Lenin
Lenin said "The more power-
ful enemy can be conquered
only by exerting the utmost ef-
fort and by necessarily thor-
oulaln carefully attentively
and skillfully taking advantage
of every even the smallest
'rift' among the enemies "
There exists today in our
land a vital "rift" which the
ccanmunists are exPloitingUn-
fortunately this involves cer-
tain people across the country
who engage in reckless charges
igainst one another The label
of "communist" is too often in
Continued on page 8
Ilistdrical Society
'1The Tex
First Golf Club
Tournament Set
For April 9th
The first Texhoma Golf Club
tournament of the year has
been set for Sunday April 9
beginning at 1:00 pm Le Carl
Wooten president of the club
has announced
There will be tour flights and
entrance fee is to be MOO
Prizes in each flight will be golf
balls with three balls for first
place two for second and one
for consolation The first nine
holes will be match play to de-
cide winners and consolation
bracket and then the second
nine holes will be played Low
18-hole score will win
There will also be a junior
Mat for any interested young-
ster 18 years old or younger
Wooten said There will be no
entrance fee for the junior
flight
Wooten also has announced
standing committees for the
year G M Riffe is chairman
of the Fairways committee
Delmer Schafer chairman of
the Tee Box committee Jim Os-
elotto chairman of the Water
Committee and Olen McCabe
chairman of the Greens Com-
mittee Members assigned to
individual greens include: No
1 Walter Templeton and Walt-
er Johnson No 2 Terry Huse
and Paul Huntington No 3
Jim Nichols and J D Knowles
No 4 George Freeman and
Curtis Kendrick No 5 Charles
Brown and J P Montoya No
6 Tommy Welch and H E
Tarver No 7 H E Lucas and
E L Chesser No 8 Junior Ja-
cobs and Earl Winters and No
9 Olen McCabe and George
Derryberry
Band LeavesC
Wednesday For
State Contests
The Texhoma High School
Band will leave the school
grounds about 1:00 pm next
Wednesday for Stillwater where
It will participate in the State
Music Contests on Thursday
Exact time the Texhoma Band
will play has not been learned
Superintendent Irvin Hopson
stated Wednesday
The Texhoma Music Depart-
ment garnered 27 Superior rat-
ings at the District Music Fest-
ival held last month at Pan-
handle A & M College
The members of the band will
be taken to Stillwater in pri-
vate cars and most of them will
return on Friday Superinten-
dent Hopson said
Goodwell Elects
New Aldermen
Goodwell voters elected two
new aldermen Tuesday when
the final tally of votes showed
Larry Gordon with 121 votes as
Alderman for Ward One again-
st 53 votes for W W Grooms
who had held the post for sev-
eral years
In Ward Two Freeman McKee
was kept in office as Alderman
by an 87 to 86 vote against his
opponent Harold Hef ley In
Ward Three Nolan McWhIrter
defeated incumbent B E Shaw
by a 130 to 42 vote for the office
of Alderman
H B Hale was elected City
Clerk and Marvin McKee was
elected Treasurer They had no
opposition for the offices'
New Grain-Feed
Program Features
t Higher Supports
A new feed grain programs
featuring higher support prices
bdt reduced acreages of corn
and grain sorghurns is now be-
ing explained to farmers They
have the option of accepting it
or planting as much acreage
as they like There are some
definite disadvantages howev-
er for those who do not coop-
erate in the program admin
Continued on page 8
IMX
Daniel's Drug
Grand Opening
Hew Saturday
Mr and Mrs Lyndell Daniel
have set Saturday April 8 as
the date of the Grand Opening
for the Danders Drug They
have recently put in a drug
store In the Crismon building
location of the former Tabor's
Drub which was liquidated in
February
Lyndell is a native of Texho-
ma and a graduate of Texho-
ma High School He had been
employed with Cabbot Corpor-
ation in Beaver prior to pur-
chasing the drug store Mr and
Mrs Daniel moved to Texhoma
on March 17th and took over
active management of the
store
Guests will register for the
door prize drawing to be held
at 5:30 pm Saturday a Stereo
Hi-Fi set Refreshments will be
served throughout the day cof-
fee for adults and ice cream
cones for children
Many specials will be offer-
ed on this Grand Opening day
both in gifts and In everyday i-
tems Joining in the specials for the
Grand Opening is the Crismon
Prescription Shop
The Daniels extend an invi-
tation to everyone in Texhoma
and the area to visit their new
drug store on Saturday get ac-
quainted with them and learn
what their store has to offer in
goods and services
The formal announcement of
this Grand Opening will be
tound on page 4 of this issue
Contributions
ciTo Park Fund
Being Accepted
Oontributions are being ac-
cepted now for the Park Board
Improvement Fund Frank Rice
chairman of the Park Board
has stated These funds will be
used for plantings and other im-
provements at the new Munic-
ipal Swimming Pool and in the
park area
The Iris Garden Club has
contributed their $25000 Sears
Foundation Grant toward plant-
ings around the pool The
Chamber of Commerce has
contributed the cost of trans-
planting the grass from the
Carnation Garden Flower Club
Park to the pool area the L
B Field Agency has contrib-
uted toward the curb consturc-
tion and the First National
Bank has made a contribution
toward the curb and the pur-
chase of evergreens for the park
area
Individuals or organizations
desiring to contribute to this
'fund may designate a particu-
lar project or they may con-
tribute to the fund in general
with the money to be used
where most needed Rice em-
phasized Contributions in any
amount will be welcome
This is a community project
and everyone may share
The Texhoma High School
Career Day has been scheduled
for Friday (tomorrow) at the
hiA school with representa-
tives of various educational
plants present to consult with
high school students Dean
Richards principal of the high
school has announced
"We especially invite parents
of the students to attend this
Career Day" Richards said
The day's activities begin at
8:30 when all the high school
boys will meet with representa-
tives of all branches of the Mil-
itary to learn their obligations
In that field This session will
contnue until 9:30 in the audi-
torum At the same time the
girls of the high school will
meet in the Study Ha 11 with reP
resentatives of the Northwest
Texas Hospital School of Nurs-
ing Amarillo
At 9:35 juniors and seniors
AMMO
Texhoma Oklahoma
Receipts And
Prices Up At
Friday Sale
Trading was very active Fri-
day at the weekly sale of the
Texhoma Livestock Commission
Company Wayne Ross secre-
tary of the organization stated
A large attendance of buyers
was on hand to absorb the of-
fering of 4289 head at prices
fully steady to 50c over last
week Some sales of medium to
good kinds advanced as much
as $100 over last week
Consignments for next Fri-
day April 7th now total 3500
cattle These consignments in-
clude cattle from Dumas Tex-
homa Stratford Eva and Dal
hart
Texhoma Livestock Com-
mission Company Ls a nationally
Certified Livestock Auction
Company offering the best in
marketing facilities and the
benefit of nation-wide advertis-
ing Every Friday is sale day
at Texhoma Livestock Commis
sion Company
Cayce Moore To
Speak At Rotary
Convention
Cayce Moore "America's
number one barber philosopher
and humorist" will be the fea-
tured banquet speaker at the
annual Rotary International
District Conference to be held
In Guymon Oklahoma on April
15 16 17 E Lee Nichols "On
to Guymon" Chairman for the
Texhoma Rotary Clullhas an-
Moore will speak chlring the
Governor's banquet at ethe mid-
vtay point of the threl day e-
vent Moore whosesprhicitial voca-
tion is barbering first began his
"new" career when he began
writing a weekly column for the
Hearne Texas weekly news-
paper About the time he ac-
quired fame as a writer he be-
gan getting speaking engage-
ments and has been in heavy
demand throughout the United
States since that time
Moore was featured in the
Saturday Evening Post article
"What a Line This Barber Has"
by George Sessions Perry Stric-
tly a humorous speaker Moore
mixes in his philosopries of life
on such suchjects as "Living—
or just Lookin" and "Pecker
woods Politics and Potlicker"
APPkoP00P00PkOVamPtA0kA
Don't FPcret The
Faculty Men VS
Hazel Walker's
Girls Tonight
WIOWVOufo4OV1
TO DAUGHTER'S RECITAL
Mr aryl Mrs A H Duffy left
this morning for Oklahoma City
to be present at a voce recital
in which their daughter Miss
Sandra Duffy will sing tonight
She is a voice student of Miss
Donna Boston a t Midwest
Christian College
THS Career
will meet with Dr George
Churchill of Oklahoma Univer-
sity in the Study Hall Fresh-
men and sophomores will view
the films "Finding Your Life's
Work" and "A Date With Your
Family" in the auditorium
At 10:35 to 11:30 those stu-
dents interested will meet in
the Study Hall for sessions on
engineering electronics and
specific fields of scientific
study at Oklahoma University
MI other students will meet in
the auditorium for a panel dis-
cussion on "High School and
Your Future"
At 11:35 juniors and seniors
will meet in the study hall with
a representative of Oklahoma
State University and freshmen
and sophomores will view the
films "How Honest Are You"
and "Your State Trooper" in
the auditorium
Sessions in the afternoon will
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Rotary Easter
Egg Hunt Draws
Big Crowd Sat
The annual Rotary Club East-
er Egg Hunt last Saturday was
most successful with the larg-
est aggregation of youngsters
yet on hand Dean Richards
chairman of the hunt commit-
tee stated
A total of 25 pounds plus one
dozen 12-ounce packages of
candy eggs were hidden by Ro-
tary members
In the preschool age group
the $100 prize egg was found
by Luke Freeman 50c eggs
were found by Terry Garner
Billy and Debby Auld Twenty-
five cent eggs were found by
Debby Auld Johnny West Lee
Allen Gist Jeff Agent (two
eggs) Dean Rhoden Diana
Kendrick Lonnie Ford Dean
King Norma Ford and Lona
Pugh
In the six to 12-year age group
MOO prize eggs were found by
Tony Montoya and Jack Lew-
is Carmen Mitchell Beekie
Toombs Tim Rice and Gary
Burrow found 50c eggs and the
25c prizes were claimed by Lin-
da Toombs Tommy Mitchell
Jennifer Roberts Gary Burrow
Joe Roberson (two eggs) and
Steve Kendrick
"Darktown
Strutters"
De Darktown Strutters Will
go on stage at 8:00 p m
day and Saturday nights at the
Tochoma Grade School Audi-
torium and you are invited —
nay -urged — to secure your
tickets early and be there on
This entertainment provided
by the Senior Class of 1961 pro-
mises to be "something differ-
ent" according to all advance
information
Tickets may be purchased
from members of the class or
from the fifth grade students
or at the box office
African Film
Sunday At Oslo
Lutheran Church
The film "Date With Revolu-
tion" will be shown at Oslo Lu-
theran Church Sunday April
9 at 'TM pm This is the regu-
lar family league night and all
are invited There will also be
a "slave auction" whereby the
leaguers are putting themselves
up for sale to the highest bidder
to do your work the Rev Rob-
ert Cordes pastor has announc-
ed Proceeds will be used to help
pay part of the cost for seven
youth going to a Luther League
Convention in Miami Florida
next August
The film "Date With Revolu-
tion" is a current release It
portrays in vivid color today's
Africa with its political up-
heavals new allegiances and
challenges Africa a place of
yesterday's tribal 1 o r e I s
caught up in the present atom-
ic age
'-You are invited to attend
No charge" the pastor said
ay Friday
begin at 115 with students in-
terested in engineering meet-
ing in the Science Room with
Prof Venn of Oklahoma State
University Students interests('
in Education Teacher Train
ing will meet with Dr Massey
of PAMC in the History Room
Agriculture will be discussed in
the Shop Building by Eugene
Reeves of PAMC Business in
the Commerce Room with Zola
Gilmore of PAMC and Nursing
In the Home Ec Room with
Jane Burt Texas County Health
Department
There will be a coke break
from 2:30 to 2:45
At 2:45 juniors and seniors
will meet with Dr Freeman
McKee of PAMC in the Study
Han and freshmen and sopho-
mores wit meet in the auditor-
ium to see the films "How to
Succeed in School" and "Sec-
ends for Survivs1"
e
Thursday April 6 1961
Thomason Wins City Post
Precipitation
This Week 105
Rain and snow which began
late last Thursday evening and
continued through the night
left 80 of an inch of moisture
to add to the total received so
far this year
A repeat performance of the
mixture of rain and snow began
early this Weenesday morning
continuing through the rl to
add another P5 of An
good moYpre ole to-
tal for the week to 105 innIrlq
Total for the year is now 378
Ose letto New
Civil Defense
Director Here
W J (Jim) Ose letto has tic
cepted the post of Teshoma
Civil Defense Director and has
assuthed his duties as such di
rector
He has announced the showing
of films of the "Blackwell Tor-
nado" and "School for Surviv-
al" to be held at the Grade
School Auditorium on Saturday
evening April 15 beginning at
7:30 o'clock
All members of the local Civ-
II Defense Uunit as well as all
Teshomans are urged to at
tend this showing of the films
These films are drsigned to RR
sist In the operation of the
cal Civil Defense Unit in time
of necessity
"With the tornado season up
on us it ts necessary that the
departments in the local unit
are geared to action This area
has been lucky for a long time
but tornados have come close
to us and this could be the year
they could come closer" Ose-
lotto stated
He replaces Olen McCabe
who has served the past year
as Director of the Texhoma Civ-
il Defense Unit McCabe resign-
ed because of other pressng ob-
ligations Oseletto's appoint-
ment became official at the last
meeting of the City Council
Huge Crowd
Attend Welch's
Grand Opening
An estimated 600 persons visi-
ted the Welch Gift and Variety
Store last Saturday at the Grand
Opening Thomas Welch report-
ed Guests were given a tour of
the store and were served re-
freshments of coffee fruit
juice donuts and cookies
Drawings were held during
the day for both adults and jun-
iors with Mary Beth Rice Bec-
ky Toombs and Steve Roach
winning $100 gift certificates in
the junior drawings Mrs Bob
Pierce Willie Rolls and Eddie
Shubert were the lucky regis-
trants receiving $500 gift cer-
tifioates in the adult drawings
Assisting Mr and Mrs
Welch in this grand opening
were her parets Mr and Mrs
A H Dawson Sr Mrs Arden
Dawson Mrs A C McKinley
and Mr ad Mrs Harry Vincent
To Erect New
US-54 Signs
An tminterrupted Conference
from Friday evening March 17
to Saturday afternoon March
18 by 22 dedicated men from
Nliosuori Itanses Oklahoma
Texas and New Mexico was
the way A J Zimmerman of
Santa Rosa secreary of Nat-
ional Highway "54" Associa-
tion describes the meeting held
in Liberal Kans last week
Seven new highway signs will
be erected to encourage motor-
ists to travel US Highway 54
The signs will be in various
parts of the United States Hen-
ry Freeman national president
of the US Highway 54 Assoni-
ation reported
Freeman was accompanied
to Liberal for the meeting of
Continued on page 8
Jerry Thomason was elected
councilman from Ward Two in
the largest city election In
years which was also the first
contested city election In years
Three candidates had filed for
this position on the city com-
a incumbent Mayor Byron
Smith Thomason and Dale
Hartman Thomason went in by
a landslide of 172 votes against
56 for Smith and 29 for Hart-
man Incumbent city judge C J
Brown was defeated by his op-
ponent Roy Hacider by a 169
to 104 vote
Thrsms s Wr lch incumbent
councilman from Ward Three
remained in office by defeating
his opponent J P Montoya by
a 189 to 65 vote
Other officers unopposed in
the election are Darius Bar-
num councilman from Ward
One Walter Templeton City
Clerk and Frank Rice City Tre-
asurer The new officers will assume
their duties at the first regular
council meeting in May which
Is the first Monday May 1
Attendance At
Local Churches
Zooms Easter
A beautiful Easter Sunday
was reflected in the attendance
at both Sunday School and wor-
ship services in Teschonla with
a total of 673 persons in the
Sunday Schocgs and 932 persona
observing Easter Worship Ser-
vices according to reports of
the eight ministers'
This represents 51 percent of
the total Texhoma population
(according to the 1960 census)
attending the church schools
and 71 percent attending the
worship services
Services For
Will Wright
Saturday
Funeral services for Morris
Wilson Wright 79 long time res-
ident of the Eva community
were held Saturday at 2 pm
from the Evangelical -United
Brethren church Eva with
the pastor LeRoy Sargent of-
ficiating Burial was in the Baker cem-
etery Born in Montrose Iowa Mr
Wright came to the Panhandle
in 1906 from Keokuk Iowa and
homesteaded near Eva He mar
ried Florence Brooks of Clay-
ton N M He was a member
of the Evangelical United Breth-
ren Church
Besides his wife of the home
survivors include three sons
Jerry and Leonard Wright of
the home and Scottie V Wright
of Eva two daughters Mrs
Edo Lee Sprague Liberal Ks
and Mrs Ada Barnes Kansas
City
Open House At
Telephone Co
New Home Sun
Texohma residents will be
welcome at the Open House of
the General Telephone Com-
pany to be held at the now in
stallation in Guymon on Sun-
day April 9 from 2:00 to 6:00
pm J W Shelley district
manager has stated
The new ultra modern tele-
phone building is located at the
corner of Fifth and Ellison
Streets in Guymon and visit-
ors will receive a full scale tour
of the building Shelley said
The tour will include a behind
the scenes look at the long dis-
tance switchboards special tel-
ephone exhibits and an explan
ation of how the intricate dial
equipment now servicing Guy-
mon operates
"There will be giveaway I-
tems and refreshments for all"
he added
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