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Welcome Rains Dot
County; 1.38 In. Here
Thirsty Gaines County crop
and pasture land received wel-
come showers this week, but the
' beneficial rains were very spot-
ted.
Some areas received more than
-Nit
Two Children
Burned by Falls
Info Hot Water
Benny Marcus, 26-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Blackie Mar-
cus of Lovington, former Semin-
ole resident, is in a serious condi-
tion at Gaines Clinic-Hospital
from burns received at the Mar-
cus cafe in Lovington Wednes-
day afternoon.
The boy fell into a tub of very
hot water setting on the floor,
and received third degree burns
from the waist down. He was
given emergency treatment in a
Hobbs hospital and transferred
here fpr further care.
He was given a blood trans-
fusion Wednesday .night by his
sister, Fredda, who also has type
B blood.
Another child, three-year-old
Cherry Overman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Overman, re-
ceived first and second degree
burns at her home Tuesday when
she fell into a pan of hot water
as her mother was washing!
The girl received first and sec-
ond degree burns orf her left arm
and shoulder. She was reported
to be making good progress.
275,442 of Them
Ants Gather at
Courthouse, Too
For ants, like the human be-
ings of earlier days, the favorite
gathering place is the county
courthouse.
Two hundred and seventy-five
thousand, four hundred and forty-
two of the flying variety (ants,
of course) congregated at and
near the northwest corner of the
courthouse Wednesday afternoon
lor a general get-together and
quite a lot of flying.
The occasion was the mass mi-
gration of large numbers of ants
who by some quirk of a provident
nature had been provided with
wings. Various of the males were
seen to be getting into fights
with other sojourners.
In several places groups of
ants were locked in combat and
others sitting around watching—
not unlike the antics of humans
in piling themselves up in gym-
nasiums, football stadiums, box-
ing arenas, etc, to watch Athletic
contests.
County Agent L. H. McElroy,
who knows something about
ants, got out a reference book
and deduced that most of the
ants were males. He said that
social insects (those which live
together in colonies) can produce
entire winged generations from
time to time when the den gets
overcrowded.
Ordinarily only the drones and
the queens are winged. He said
the drones are not necessary for
reproduction in all varieties of
ants, as the insects have several
methods of reproduction.
He listed workers, guards,
drones and queens as the four
f \ types of ants found In dents. The
workers are unwlnged females
not capable of reproduction. The
guards are unwlnged males not
# capable of reproduction. He said
it was likely that the fighting
^ ants tumbling over and over on
K. the courthouse sidewalk repre-
V. dents these drones and guards
which somehow had grown
wings.
The drones will die and be kill-
ed by the other ants, with only
a few surviving to be consort to
a queen. Eventually ail these
ants, whether they get the "girl"
or not, will be killed.
The winged ants are capable of
stinging.
(Editor's note: We're not re-
vealing the method by which we
counted the ants. We must con-
fess we're not aure whether
there are 379,442 or 275,441.)
two, inches of rain from showers
Monday afternoon and night and
Tuesday afternoon, but in a few
places no rain at all fell.
Precipitation recorded here in
Seminole was .50 of an inch Mon-
day afternoon, .38 of an inch
early Monday night and .50 of
an inch Tuesday afternoon.
Heavier rainfall was reported to
the south and southeast of town.
Lighter amounts were reported
in the Loop area and near Sea-
graves, while some portlbns in
western Gaines County got no
rain at all. Amounts in the Loop
and Seagraves areas were so
light as to be of but limited bene-
fit.
The rains will greatly benefit
crops and pastures where
amounts even as small as .25 of
an inch were received. Where
rainfall was as light as this the
benefit will be only temporary
at best.
The rains already received,
plus prospects for additional
rains to come, have greatly im-
proved the outlook for dry land
cotton and small grain crops.
Funeral Services
Held Monday for
Wm. Blodgett, 62
Funeral services were held in
the Duff-Wharton auditorium at
10 a. m. Monday for William Les-
ter Blodgett, 62, who died at his
home here at 4:45 a. m. Friday
following an Illness.
Peter Venture, representative
of the Watchtower Bible & Tract
Society from Hobbs, officiated at
the last rites, Interment follow-
ed in the Seminole Cemetery.
Alpha's Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Blodgett, a boot and shoe maker
and machinist on lock-stitch ma-
chines by trade, was born Oct, 14,
1888. He was married to the for-
mer Sylvia Edith Winton March
4, 1911, to which union a daugh-
ter and two sons were .born.
These were Mrs. Irene Harland,
Kansas City, Mo.; Wm. H. Blod-
gett, Grand Junction, Colo.; and
J. Harold Blodgett, Wichita Falls.
She preceded him in death in
October, 1918.
Blodgett was married to Mrs.
Fairy Gazaway Gregory Oct. 3,
1915 in Grand Junction.
Mrs. Peter Venture and Mrs.
Mary Hall provided vocal selec-
tions at the last rites, accompan-
ied by Miss Hattie Mae Dunlap
at the piano.
The coffin remained sealed
during the last rites at the re-
quest of the widow.
Blodgett was an adherent to
the Jehovah's Witness faith.
Community Chest
Organization Is
Now Complete
Organization of the Seminole
Community Chest was completed
at a meeting of the board of di-
rectors Monday night.
Members of a campaign com-
mittee were named, although no
date was set to begin the fund
drive.
Organizations which wish to
participate in the drive will sub-
mit their applications for funds,
which will be considered by the
committee and funds appropriat-
ed according to the needs of the
organization and money avail-
able.
The Rev. E. E. Mulliner heads
the chest organization, having
been previously named. Other of-
ficers named Monday night are
J. D. Mitchell, first vice-chair-
man; Joe Young, second vice-
chairman; Mrs. W. B. Munner-
lyn, secretary; and Chester
Browne, treasurer.
Members of the budget and ad-
mission committee are Mitchell,
chairman; Floyd D. Stark, Hor-
ace Jones and Dale Puckett.
Members of the campaign com-
mittee are: Young, chairman;
Mrs. Ira Elkins, Bill Cox, Seth
Woltz, Ted Schuler, Sam Malone,
Thomas Worthington, G. A. Bras-
field, Earl Brasfield, Tom Las-
ley, Leon De Wald, Charlie Ben-
son, A. A. Beavers, Mrs. Holland
Evans and Myles Clark.
Titllst Barbara Wallace (right) in the senior bathing revue held in
conjunct Ion with the water carnival last week poses at the pool's
edge with runner-up Fredda Marcus to disprove the theory that
bathing lieautles never go near the water. The girls are holding
loving cups presented them by Supt. Joe Young. Miss Wallace Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wallace, while Miss Marcus is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blackie Marcus of Lovington.
Barbara Wallace, Juanell Wood
Titles in Bathing Revue Here
Misses Barbara Wallace and
Juanell Wood won loving cups in
the senior and junior bathing re-
vues held Friday and Saturday
night as a part of the third an
nual Semniole Water Carnival.
Miss Wallace, representing
Masters Cafe, was picked as the
winner of 26 girls competing In
the senior division by Judges
Tom Carle, Arzie Kirk and Vir
gtl N. Keyes.
Fredda Marcus, representing
the Frozen Food Locker, ' was
County Taxpayers
Pay .Taxes on Time
Gaines County Taxpayers have
been paying off In record fashion
this year.
As of July 1 99.01 per cent of
county taxes had been paid, or
$343,482.25, according to Auditor
Woodson Jones.
The Seminole school district
showed an even better record,
having made 99.32 per cent col-
lections as of the same date.
Last Rites Held
For Osborne Child
Funeral services were held in
Matador Monday afternoon for
Ronnie Lee Osborne, nlnemonth-
okl son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
D. Osborne, who died at 6 p. m.
Sunday In Gaines Clinic-Hospital
after a short illness.
The child was born in Hamlin
Oct, 28, 1950, and came here with
his parents several months ago.
Survivors In addition to the
parents include a brother, age
four.
Alpha's Funeral Home was in
charge of local funeral arrange-
ments.
City to Extend
Sewer Line East
Decision to extend a sewer line
in east Seminole to serve a dozen
or so families was made by the
City Commissioner at the regular
meeting here Tuesday night.
runner-up.
Other finalists were Misses
Barbara S a y 1 o r, representing
Saylor's Grocery; Pat Folmar,
B. Williams and Sons; Wanda
Lamm, M. L. Henry Service Sta-
tion; and Nelda Luttrell, Semin-
ole Booster club.
Both Miss Wallace and Miss
Marcus received loving cups, pre-
sented by Supt. F. J. Young.
Runner-up to Miss Wood, who
was sponsored by C. R. Anthony
Co. In the junior contest, was
Miss Phyllis Ann Wright, Jean's
Beauty Shop.
Other finalists In the junior
contest were Misses Shirley
Chadick, Bennett Motor Co.;
Sammie Pittman, Speck's Depart-
ment Store; Joyce Bishop,
Bishop's Upholstery; and Larue
Mason, Grayson's Service Sta-
tion.
Judges In the junior contest
wore Earl Brasfield, Bill Cox and
Meivin Steakley.
Good crowds were in attend-
ance for both performances of
the show.
Ted Hodges New
Chief of Police
T. R. (Ted) Hodges, who has
served on the Amarlllo police
force for the last eight years,
began his duties as chief of the
Seminole force Saturday. '
The addition brings the police
force up to full strength, with
Tony Simmons and Jess Hinds
the other officers.
Hodges called attention to the
city's 30-mile speed limit, and
said the limit would be enforced.
He asked cooperation of local
residents in reducing dangerous
.speeding.
Farmers Are Warned Against
Hit-or-Miss Cotton Poisoning
Farmers are advised to begin
poisoning operations in their cot-
ton fields only after finding def-
inite evidence of insect infesta-
tion and not on a hit or miss
basis, according to a report is-
sued by County Agent L. H. Mc-
Elroy and Harry Harvey, asso-
ciate county agent for entomo-
logy on the South Plains.
With the more favorable
weather for cotton since the re-
cent showers insect control will
be the big problem, since several
major cotton insects are present
and some are present in suffi-
cient number to cause concern.
Lots of bollworm eggs have
been found in several counties,
and a small number of boll
worms have been found on term-
inals and squares, causing boll
worms to be listed as the great-
est threat at the present.
Fleahoppers are becoming
more numerous, although the in-
festation in general is light and
scattered. Some fields are infest-
ed enough to need controls.
The importance of regular In-
Second Car of Holiday Motorists Come
To Grief by Collision from Rear
For the second time in a week
a group of pleasure trekkers
came to grief on a Gaines County
highway when the car in which
they were riding was struck from
the rear by another car.
The accident at 9 p. m. Sat-
urady three miles east of Semin-
Two Couples Get
Marriage Licenses
Opportunity to Save
Given by Sentinel
Advertisers
During the past three weeks
several local merchants have of-
fered merchandise at cost and
below to local residents through
the columns of the Sentinel. This
week's issue of the Sentinel also
carries announcements of sales
by three local merchants. Also in
this issue thrifty housewives will
find the advertising of three
major groceries.
HSU Cowboy Band
To Marchr Play at
Fair in October
The famed Hardin - Simmons
University Cowboy band of Abi-
lene has accepted an invitation
to march in the opening day
parade for the Gaines County
Fair and Livestock Show and
play a concert that night, C of C
Manager H. C. Kyle said this
week.
Dates for the fair are Oct. 9-11,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day.
Victory Exposition Shows,
the same carnival here last year,
has been signed for another year.
The operator says he will com-
bine two troupes for the stay
here, giving the fair a carnival
twice the size of the one last
year.
Another feature already book-
ed is Dr. C. S. Deafandory and
his Pueblo Indians from New
Mexico, who will do war and
other dances In full dress.
Rev. Kelly to Speak at
Presbyterian Church
The Rev. R. P. Kelly, pastor
emeritus of the First Presbyter-
Ian church, will speak at the reg-
ular morning service at the
With the cost of living ever on i church at 11 a. m. Sunday in the
the rise, could there be a better
place for the thrifty-minded
housewife to get full Information
about week end specials?
Coaches Leave for
Coaching School
Coaches George Zoller, Metz
LaFollette, Jake Ilarrell and
Marriage licenses were granted i Howard Hassell will leave this
to two couples In the office of
County Clerk Chester Browne
here during the past week.
The couples were Bill R. Tay-
lor and Joyce Skinner and Ro-
bert Edmond Nlchola and Joyce
Mae Rushing.
week end to attend the annual
coach school of the coaches' as-
sociation, held this year In San
Antonio.
The annual all-3tar basketball
and football games are scheduled
for the nights of Aug. 3 and 4.
Unusual Accident in Canada Claims Life of Arlie Murphrey Last Thursday
JIL
A 17-year-old youth who would
have been a senior in Seminole
High school In September wan
fatally injured in a freak unex-
plained accident in Dawst n
Creek, British Columbia at 2
p, m. last Thursday.
The youth, Arlie (Pill) Murph-
rey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Murphrey, fell from an upturn-
ed dump truck bed, striking the
ground on the back of his head
and suffering a broken neck. He
died instantly.
Murphrey, hia mother and
brother had joined hia father in
the Canadian city of about 4.500
after school was out in May to
spend the vacation fnonths be-
for# rtturniaf here for the
school term.
The Murphreys have called
Seminole home for more than 10
yeara, although the elder Murph-
*. M.
rey has been in the new Cana-
dian field for the last 23 months,
where he now is a tool pusher.
The youth waa helping a neigh-
bor who was hauling in dirt to
level up hia lawn. A load of dirt
had just been dumped and some
of the damp earth had stuck in
the topmost end of the bed. Mur-
phrey had climbed up in the bed
to knock It loose and for some
reason fell from the bed, striking
the ground on hia head.
Dawson Creek is some 1,500
miles north of the Montana-Cana-
dian border, not far from the bor-
der between British Columbia,
Alberta and Yukon territory. It la
the rail head on the Alaskan rail-
way and the beginning of the
Alcan highway.
The youth's body is being ship-
ped here by train, after earlier
plans to return the body by air-
plane had proved Impossible
Date of the funeral has not been
set pending arrival of the body.
The last rites will be held in
the First Baptist church, where
the youth was a member, and
Interment Is planned In the Sem-
inole cemetery. The Rev, T. L.
Denton, pastor of the church, and
the Rev. Sam Malone, pastor of
the South Seminole Baptist
church and a lifetime friend of
the youth, will officiate. Alpha's
Funeral Home is in charge of
local funeral arrangements.
Voung Murphrey Is well-known
here, having attended the Semin-
ole schools and worked at var-
ious part-time jobs during the
school term and ful! time joU
during holiday season. He had
iald plans to enter pre-medical
training on completion of high
school and later to attend medical
school and become a doctor.
Survivors in addition to the
parents include a brother, Edwin
Thomas, 15, and a number of
relatives who either live here or
who are well-known here.
These are: Uncles: Homer
Murphrey, Tommie Murphrey,
Thurman Sims, Cecil Sims, Aub-
rey Sims, L. H. Sims, all of Sem-
inole; Willie Otis Sims, Hobbs;
Carl Sims, Sacramento, Calif.;
J. P, Sims, Plainvlew. Aunts:
Mrs. John Oliver, Mrs. Jim Jones,
and Mrs. Gene Allen, Seminole.
The phternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mra. John Murphrey of
Brady, while the maternal grand-
parents are Mr, and Mrs. Ben
Subanks, Fori sumner, N. M.
Bob McReynolds, Bob Malone,
Cedl Hoi brook and Guy Nelson
were named as honorary pall-
bearers.
absence of the pastor, the Rev.
E. E. Mulliner, who Is attending
the church camp, Mo-Ranch, in
central Texas.
The Rev. Kelly will administer
the ordinance of baptism to his
great-grandson, Benny Robert
Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
ny Jack Hudson. He will make
appropriate comments concern-
ing the ordinance as he admin-
isters It.
The public is invited to attend
the worship services.
ale on Highway 280 did not have
the serious consequences that
the flaming wreck between Sem-
inole and Seagraves had a week
earlier. In that wreck four per-
sons died in the flaming wreck-
age.
Injured in the latest crash were
five vacationers from Pheonix,
Ariz. They were Fred Edson, 45.
Mrs. Edson, 50; their daughter,
Mrs. Walter (Geraldine) Schllef,
24. and her sons, Frank, four,
and Stephen, six. None were ser-
iously injured, although Mrs.
Schlief received a broken leg and
the others had cuts, bruises and
lacerations.
Driver of the other car, a 1951
Chrysler, was G. J. Stewart, 34,
Midland, who was arrested and
placed in the Gaines County jail
by Highway Patrolman Gene
Woffard, A charge of driving
wWli Intoxicated, second offense,
was filed against htm. His com.
panion was Boone W. Blancett, 44
also of Midland. Neither was in-
jured.
Officers said Stewart apparent
ly was overtaking the 1947 Nash
occupied by the Arizona party
and in pulling out to pass failed
to clear the car ahead. His bump-
er struck the right rear corner
of the Edson car, causing it to
go out of control and overturn
several times.
The car was as thoroughly de.
molished as any wrecked car
seen by local officers in several
years, but miraculously none of
the five persons were killed. It
was said that the two boys were
asleep at the time of the crash.
Woffard said Stewart would
be held over for action by the
grand jury on the felony charge.
Heat Relief
Default Judgment
Given Title Suit
A judgment by default was
given the DeKalb Agricultural
Association In a title suit heard
by Judge Louis B. Reed in 106th
District Court here Tuesday.
Defendant in the suit was
Schleicher County, which failed
to appear by a representative.
The plaintiff was awarded title
for the contest interest.
Involved In the suit was a half
interest in labors 14, 15, 26, 16,
17, 10 and 21, league 286; all of
labors 16, 23 and 24, league 285
and all of labor 3, league 286.
Transfered to Enid
T/Sgt. Elmo E. White, former-
ly with the U, S. Recruiting of.
fice In La mesa, has been trans-
ferred to Vance Air Force Base
at Enid, Okla. Until a replace-
Iment for White M/Sgt. "Tom
Bunch of the Big Spring station
will be at the post office in La-
mesa all day Friday of each week
to interview prospective enlistees.
Showers Monday and Tuesday
provided a very welcome respite
from the heat of the preceding
45 days, with maximum tempera-
tures Monday through Wednes
day ranging from 88 to 92 de-
grees.
A total of 1.38 Inches of rain
was received here from showers
Monday afternoon and night and
Tuesday afternoon. This was the
first rainfall recorded during
July, and brings to 1.44 inches
the amount received since May
25. Total rainfall for the year
now stands at 5.59 inches.
The week's lower temperatures
dropped the average for the last
50 days to 98 degrees, compared
to a 43-day average of 98.3 at the
same time last week.
A typical post-rain sandstorm
rolled in from the east about 5:30
p. m. Wednesday, but there was
relatively little dust in the air
as the ground In this area was
still too damp for the sand to
pick up.
A trace of rain was received
here Sunday night from clouds
moving In from the southwest at
about 10:15 p. m. No appreciable
rainfall amounts were reported
anywhere in the county from this
cloud.
festation counts Was stressed,
principally as bollworms and flea-
hoppers are concerned. Semi-
weekly Inspection should be
made, so that action can be taken
immediately to prevent damage.
Regular Infestation counts are
essential for efficient control. .
In checking for boll worms 100
or more main terminal buds from
plants selected at random from
over the field should be exam-
ined. Unless boll worm eggs or
four or five small worms are
found per 100 terminals control
is not needed.
Control measure are sprays
using toxaphene or toxaphene-
DDT mixture (2-1) at two to
three pounds per acre, or aldrin-
DDT (1-2) at % to 1% pounds
per acre. In the dust 20% toxa-
phene, 40% sulphur or 3-5-40 or
2 V4% adrin-5% DDT-40% sulfur,
at 10 to 15 pounds per acre can
be used at five-day internals. 2-10-
40 dust at 15 to 20 pounds per
acre is preferred for heavy in-
festations.
The same checking procedure
should be used for fleahoppers,
but only the actual insects should
be noted. Controls are needed
when 15 are found per 100 term-
inals.
Since boll worms are present
in several counties extreme care
should be taken not to kill off
beneficial insects which destroy
bollworm eggs and small boll-
worms, and poisoning operations
based only on infestation counts.
For such fleahopper infestation
as above a spray of % pound of
toxaphene to the acre and a dust
of 10% toxaphene—40% sulfur at
10 pounds per acre would kill the
fleahoppers and not damage
many beneficial Insects.
Aphids are present In almost
every field, but natural enemies,
such as lady beetles, lacewing
flies and hooded beetles are abun-
dant and are bringing the aphid
under control. If aphids are abun-
dant and honey dew is present
then control measures should ttt
applied.
In some Isolated areas careless
worms are a menace, and have
destroyed several fields. If they
are found eating on leaves con-
trol measures should be applied
at once, for they are fast feeders
and can destroy a stand of cotton
In a few hours. Sprays of toxa-
phene or toxaphene-DDT at two
to three pounds per acre can be
used. In dusts 20% toxaphene
or 3-5-40 mixture at 15% per acre
can be used.
Growers should not be con-
fused by finding damaged
squares and no worms. Often
this Indicates old damage and
can give a false impression of
insect infestation. Killing off
beneficial insects through ill-
timed poisoning operations can
set the stage for a great increase
In harmful insects later on.
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Last Thursday
Friday
Trio Lose Odessa
'War/ Get Nabbed for
Speeding Near N«n
Three people who apparently
had been in a private and unre-
ported "war" in Odessa earlier
Saturday night were arrested by
Highway Patrolman Gene Wof-
fard near Denver City about 1
a. m. Sunday.
The highway patrolman got
into the act when the car was
reported to have sped through
Seminole.
Doyle Whlttlngton of White-
face, driver of the car,
charged with speeding. Others
the car were his wife and
McDonald, Snyder.
The trio told Woffard
been in a fight in an
night spot. Woffard said
had cuts and bruises on
faces.
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Sunday
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Tuesday
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