FREE ADMISSION TO BIG DOG BBQ BARN DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT 4TH ANNUAL COOK-OFF SCHEDULE PAGE 7

Vol. 111 No. 38 | Thursday, June 24, 2021 | www.TheTexasSpur.com | ONE DOLLAR End of an era: Jayton’s Robert Hall Chevrolet to become Robert Hall Motors BARBARA BRANNON | THE TEXAS SPUR It’s a tough day when any But standing tall above hometown business closes, but them all until last Friday was the loss of Robert Hall Chevrolet the gold bowtie sign of Robert in Jayton, which is revising its Hall Chevrolet. The full-service business model this week after dealership, founded by Robert more than six decades, it’s the G. Hall after World War II, has loss of a landmark and an an- served as a mark of pride for chor of the community. the town, and also as a key gen- In population-533 Jayton, erator of tax revenue; county 4th of July celebrations Texas, every business is essen- judge Jim C. White estimates tial. The popular Kent County registrations and tax receipts General Store, which serves up from new car sales added as set for area towns meals, groceries, household much as $50,000 to county cof- and farm essentials, and gifts; fers annually. STAFF REPORTS the Co-op, which also pumps Locals understand that gas; the bank; the Jaybird Stor- change was probably inevi- JAYTON – JULY 1 age outfit, and a handful of oth- table following the November Fireworks will be available for viewing in Jayton via the ers supplement the employment 2019 death of longtime busi- parking lot of the Kent County Nursing Home at 9 p.m. on and enterprise represented by ness leader Robert E. Hall at Thursday, July 1. county, city and school district age 73. Compounded by the CHANGING TIMES Removal of the Chevrolet sign last Friday from the All guests are asked to view the fireworks from outside of offices. longtime Robert Hall dealership in Jayton marked the Hall family’s 2020 the gates of the nursing home to protect residents. Only staff See HALL, page 5 decision to sell the franchise territory. | DOUBLE J CHRONICLES and residents will be inside the gates. The Kent County Nursing Home welcomes donations for financial assistance with the fireworks and snow cones will Spur native Moeller to start Palace to show ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ be available. Sunday, June 27 at 2 p.m. WHITE RIVER – JULY 2 as Kent County Nursing Home STAFF REPORTS White River Municipal Water District and White River Ma- The Palace Theater will show rina are planning to sponsor 4th of July fireworks on Friday, administrator Aug. 2 its first movie of the season, “Godzil- July 2 at dusk. Please bring lawn chairs/blankets for viewing Starla Sessums to begin as director of nursing July 19 la vs. Kong,” during a Sunday mati- of the fireworks. Fireworks will be set off opposite the marina nee at 2 p.m. Concessions will open over the lake. BARBARA BRANNON | THE TEXAS SPUR at 1:30 p.m. This movie offers a spe- Recent weeks have brought big changes cial discounted admission for high SPUR – JULY 4 to staffing at the Kent County Nursing Home school and junior high students of For the first time in almost a quarter of a century, Spur will during challenging times for hiring—but soon only $2. Adult admission is $5. have its own fireworks and 4th of July celebration. a nearby native will be returning to the area The movie is rated PG and is con- Swenson Park will play host to an afternoon and evening to head up the team. sidered too intense for small children of celebrations on Sunday, July 4. Proceeds from the event will Kent County officials have hired Jordan due to the creature destruction. serve as a fundraiser for the Spur Volunteer Fire Department. Moeller, a 2012 Spur High School graduate The Palace has been renovated Festivities get underway at 4 p.m. and a graduate of the Texas Tech University from the water damage of the winter Activities include a Kid Zone with a 200-foot water slide and Health Sciences Center, as administrator of Jordan Moeller storm, and painting of the walls and a bounce house with water. the 60-bed facility starting August 2. Moeller floors and removal and replacement of the seating delayed the Fun for adults include a corn hole tournament. Fireworks will fill the position vacated by Bobby Simpkins, who resigned June season opening date until this Sunday. get underway at dark. 10. The facility is currently under the leadership of acting assistant The Roger Ebert movie review website had this to say about All activities take place near the baseball field. Please bring administrator Sandra Hudgins, who will continue in the assistant the film: “Godzilla vs. Kong” is a crowd-pleasing, smash-’em-up lawn chairs/blankets for viewing of the fireworks. Fireworks administrator role when Moeller arrives. monster flick and a straight-up action picture par excellence.” will be set off in the Spur bonfire location. Moeller, currently living in Midland, will be moving to Spur with The movie is sponsored by Madcap Media, a video production Entry is $5. Food can also be purchased. Hot dog plate will her husband and five children. The family expects to establish a company based in Spur. be $5 and hamburger plate will be $10. Kid Zone all day play home on the ranch land of her father, Ray Faubus of Spur. wristband for $10. “It is truly an honor to come back and serve the communities that raised me,” said Moeller, who also said that long-term care Perry, Spiller to host joint Town was always her career goal. Moeller earned her TTUHSC degree in speech, language and hearing science, and her nursing home Hall in Paducah June 30 administrator certification through Southeast Community College. STAFF REPORTS See NURSING, page 4 LUBBOCK—State Sen. Charles Perry and Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@ Rep. David Spiller will be hosting a joint Cottle thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues. County town hall meeting at the Bicentennial City-County Library in Paducah from 1 to 2 SPUR ISD SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM Spur ISD is required to participate in the Texas Department of Agriculture Summer Feeding Program. The cafeteria will be p.m. Wednesday, June 30, according to Chil- open each week day Monday–Friday, through June 25. Any child 18 years dress office district director Jennifer Foster. and younger will be able to eat lunch for free in the cafeteria. The meal will Following the recent conclusion of the be served from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The meal will be of the same quality 87th legislature’s regular session, Perry and as those served throughout the school year; however, only one entrée will Spiller feel this is an opportunity for the citi- be served each day. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. zens of Cottle County to get an inside look into the session. Most important, they will answer Sen. Charles Perry THE BIG DOG BBQ COOK-OFF returns to Spur’s Swenson Park June 25–26, with steak questions and listen to feedback from the event on Friday night (along with a hamburger and hot dog cookout at the people they represent. Pavilion, for the public) and Farmers’ & Crafters’ Market; outdoor games; “I am excited to be back in West Texas chicken, ribs, and brisket judging events; and a barn dance on Saturday. For and holding town halls again,” said Perry. details, visit www.facebook.com/BigDogSpur. “This legislative session demanded that the SPUR PRE-K4 AND KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP Students who will be 4 on or before legislature find big solutions to the problems September 1, 2021, and students who did not attend Spur Elementary last ADULT SOFTBALL CHAMPS The Can-Tex Roofing Mounties of facing Texans. We were able to take some big school year (2020-21) and will be 5 on or before September 1, 2021 are Idalou defeated the Holy Sox of the First Baptist Church of Spur steps forward in helping Texans, especially in eligible to sign up for Pre-K4 and Kindergarten on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in the 9th Annual Adult Softball tournament championship rural Texas. I look forward to meeting with from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m in the Spur school cafeteria. Please enter through game Saturday night. | COURTESY PHOTO the front doors of the Elementary building. Please bring the student’s birth See PERRY, page 9 Rep. David Spiller certificate, Social Security card and immunization record.

2 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 | THE TEXAS SPUR COMMUNITY & COMMENTARY TheTexasSpur.com 2020 Community Calendar

Community Services SPUR VISITOR CENTER at 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce. Vistiors seeking information on A visitors’ guide for the 4th Annual Big Dog BBQ cookoff: the area may email [email protected] or call (806) 474-5757. THE SPUR AREA FOOD BANK serves families throughout Dickens County. five things to know about ‘around here’ The Food Bank is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization operating off Vol. 111, No. 38 private donations and welcomes donations to this community work. (USPS 541-640) If you’re visiting Spur to ex- flicks to show later this summer Herd.” You’ll see picnic benches perience the 4th Annual Big Dog at the Palace. But, now, a new and a historical marker with a Donations are tax-deductible and are accepted directly into the Food Peridodicals postage paid at Spur, Texas. Bank’s account at Spur Security Bank or at 612 Burlington Ave. The Spur Barbecue Cook-off, welcome. We generation of Western glamour breathtaking canyon vista on The Texas Spur is published weekly. Area Food Kitchen Inc. does not discriminate due to race, color, national POSTMASTER Send address changes to hope that if you’re coming from is burning up the spotlight as Highway 70. origin, sex, age, or disability. The Texas Spur, P. O. Box 430, Spur, TX 79370 the Metroplex, the Hill Country the TV show “Yellowstone,” 5. SIX-MAN MECCA Jayton, THE KENT COUNTY LIBRARY, 156 W. 4th St., Jayton, is open for patron or Lubbock or Amarillo, you’ll has story lines that weave in the 24 miles east of Spur, hosts one services Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Staff will PUBLISHER Kay Ellington take some time, either coming 6666 Ranch, in Guthrie about a of the showcase events of six- bring requested materials out to patron’s cars if requested. Masks [email protected] or going to find out what makes half an hour from here. In May man football in the state. For are recommend for patrons. Library patrons may also check EDITOR Barbara Brannon this area special. Here are a few when The Texas Spur reported almost a decade, “The Jayton out e-books and audiobooks on the Libby app for free with their [email protected] things for you to consider either that the 6666 Ranch with a list- Gridiron Classic” has kicked library card. For information call (806) 237-3287 or “like” Kent County BUSINESS [email protected] on this visit or your next. ing price of $347.7 million had off football season for six-man Library on Facebook. (806) 271-3381 1. TINY HOUSE TOWN Since been sold to a group, including aficionados every Labor Day. If THE KENT COUNTY SENIOR NUTRITION CENTER, 156 W. 4th St., Jayton, is open Please send announcements, 2014 Spur has become known “Yellowstone” creator Taylor you watched the CBS All Access/ Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon and Tuesday and calendar events, and news items to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m A lunch meal is served at noon on as the “first tiny house friendly Sheridan, more than 2 million Paramount series, “Texas Six” [email protected]. Tuesdays and Thursdays for a nominal cost, and is also available for Display ads, classifieds, legal town in America,” and yes, there people clicked on our Facebook about the Strawn Greyhounds, carry-out. For information call (806) 237-3288 notices and obituaries should be are 35-plus (and the number is page to get the news. You can see you saw that they started their THE SPUR-DICKENS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 403 E. Hill St., is open Monday– submitted to their respective growing) tiny houses of every the 6666 Ranch, the jet landing year with a bus trip to Jayton email address: Thursday, noon–5 p.m., and extended hours on the first Monday [email protected] color, design and shape—in- strip and their futurity-winning and the Classic. By the way, year of each month until 7 p.m. Call (806) 271-3714 for questions. Free [email protected] cluding container homes, found quarter horses from Highway 82. in, year out, the Jayton football WiFi service (password spurlib2017) is available to guests from the [email protected] and here. If you drive on the east side 3. HISTORY AND JONES team is routinely ranked in the parking lot. [email protected] and west side of town, you’ll STADIUM. During the 1930s Top 10 in the state. Dave Camp- SPUR-DICKENS COUNTY MUSEUM, 327 Burlington Ave., Spur, is open 1 to 5 pm. Information may be Fridays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Disposable masks are available dropped off locally at get a pretty good glimpse of the Jones Stadium in Spur was bell’s Texas Football already has for visitors’ use. For other hours, please call a board member: Fronye 424 N. Burlington Ave., Spur. houses from your vehicle. Spur erected and named after the them pegged at #9 in this year’s was one of the first towns in founder of the town, Charles pre-season poll. You’ll recognize Morris, (806) 271-3577; Linda Swenson, (806) 271-3238; Woodie THE TEXAS SPUR is a weekly McArthur, (806) 271-4415; or Don Wright, (806) 271-4520. publication covering Dickens America to approve the small- Adam Jones. His work in the fa- Jayton by its iconic water tower SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER/SOUTH DICKENS, 210 Burlington Ave., provides a dine- and Kent Counties, including sized homes and even made mous Spur Ranch and his influ- with the town name emblazoned Spur, Dickens, Afton, McAdoo, in meal at noon Monday–Friday. A salad bar is also available Mon., Clairemont, Jayton and Girard. accommodations for them to ence on the town led to it being across the front. Wed., and Fri. A donation of $4 is suggested for ages 60 and older, All submissions are run at the connect to city utilities. decided his name should bare If you’re visiting from a big with a $8 donation for those younger than 60. For more information discretion of the editor. 2. SHOW BIZ BUZZ If you the banner. It was years later his city and have ever dreamed about call (806) 271-4472. CONTENT SUBMISSIONS Deadline for look up Spur in Wikipedia, you’ll son, Clifford B. Jones, would also settling down in a small town or SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER/NORTH DICKENS, 511 Montgomery St., Dickens, ad submissions, announcements see that in “Urban Cowboy,” have a stadium named after him. having a getaway in a small town, provides a meal at noon Monday–Friday, still practicing social and news is Monday at noon. Bud, played by John Travolta, So Jones stadium in Lubbock is look no further than Spur. Real distancing precautions. A donation of $5 is suggested. For more SUBSCRIPTONS are $30/yr for was from Spur. In fact, at a 40th a second-generation stadium, estate –and the cost of living—is information call (806) 623-5520. residents 65 and older and $35/yr NORTH DICKENS COUNTY MUSEUM is open 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 9 a.m. for all others living in Spur, Dickens, Annual commemoration last after the one in Spur—one home incredibly affordable, and we year at Spur’s Palace Theater, to Red Raiders, the other home have all the basics you need. From to 2 p.m. For information call Ruby Combs, (806) 269-6215. Afton, McAdoo, Jayton and Girard; KENT COUNTY LIONS CLUB meets the second and fourth Mondays of each $40/yr elsewhere in Texas and out- complete with a Bud and Sissy to the Bulldogs. Spur’s historic a grocery store to a hardware store month at noon at the Kent County Community Center, 156 4th St., of-state; and $40/yr or lookalike contest, the audience Jones Stadium can be found in to a Dollar General to a health $5/mo for online subscriptions. Jayton. Lunch is served at a cost of $10 per person; please RSVP to Go to www.thetexasspur.com to said the line in unison when Swenson Park. clinic. There’s even a place to go Daryl Ham at (806) 269-1179. subscribe using PayPal, or send Travolta uttered his now legend- 4. CANYON INSPIRATION fishing 10 minutes down the road SPUR ART GUILD Open painting day every third Monday at the Spur Senior payment to The Texas Spur, ary remark, “I’m from Spur.” Ten Also between Jayton and Spur at White River Lake. Citizens’ Center, 201 Burlington Ave., Spur. SPEC opens at 8 a.m., and P. O. Box 430, Spur, TX 79370. miles up the road in Dickens, is the Putoff Canyon where the If you’d like to find out participants can come and go throughout the day for painting. ADVERTISING display rates are $4.60 Roy Rogers filmed his last movie Western author Zane Grey and what’s it like to live in Spur, feel per column inch local and $5.60 per column inch national. Obituaries in 1975, “Macintosh and T.J.” A his artistic contemporaries of free to call or email the newspa- are $1 per line of copy plus $5 for a remixed, high quality version the 1920s recreated, and legend per and ask for the publisher. Public and Civic Meetings Coming Up photo. Classifieds and legal notices of the film came out this year for has it that is where he wrote his Email: [email protected] FEDERAL OFFICES will be closed in observance of Independence Day on are 20¢ per word, $10 minimum. streaming, and will be one of the 1925 novel, “The Thundering or call (806) 271-3381. Monday, July 5, 2021. Engagement, birth, anniversary and DICKENS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION Thursday, June 24, at 6 p.m., cards of thanks are 20¢ per word, $10 Museum, 327 Burlington Ave., Spur. minimum; wedding write-ups are $1 CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS per line of copy and include a photo. KENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Monday, June 28, 9 a.m., Kent County Courthouse, 101 Main St., Jayton. Copyright © 2018 by The Texas Spur. The entire content of each issue of The Texas Spur is protected under the Federal Copyright Act. No KENT COUNTY LIONS CLUB Monday, June 28, noon, Kent County Community reproduction of any portion of any issue will be permitted without the Heat wave prompts conservation call Center, 156 4th St., Jayton. expressed consent of The Texas Spur. TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION SPUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, June 28, at 7 p.m (time subject WWW.THETEXASSPUR.COM to change). School administration offices, Spur. AUSTIN—The Electric Reli- to the copious amounts of rain DICKENS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Monday, July 12, 9 a.m., County ability Council of Texas urged this spring. For current condi- Courthouse Annex, 508 Crow St., Dickens. Texans to cut back on power us- tions, visit the Texas Potential KENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Monday, July 12, 9 a.m.,, 9 a.m., Kent age last week when an unusually Outlook site: https://tinyurl. County Courthouse, 101 Main St., Jayton. large number of power plants com/3j84srd7 KENT COUNTY LIONS CLUB Monday, July 12, 9 a.m.,, noon, Kent County Community Center, 156 4th St., Jayton. Contact your elected officials shut down for unexpected re- JAYTON CITY COUNCIL Monday, July 12, 9 a.m.,, 6 p.m., City Hall, Main St., President pairs as temperatures soared. VACCINE RATE CONTINUES TO Jayton. Joseph R. Biden ERCOT officials announced SLOW. The number of Texans who ANDREW KENT MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Tuesday, July 13,, 4:30 p.m. District www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Friday that Texans could resume are fully vaccinated against CO- office at Kent County Courthouse, 101 Main St., Jayton. Governor of Texas normal levels of electricity use, VID-19 has hit 11.4 million, about Greg Abbott www.gov.texas.gov/contact however. 39% of the state’s population, ERCOT came under fire after according to Texas Department LETTER TO THE EDITOR, THE TEXAS SPUR United States Senate Sen. John Cornyn widespread outages during the of State Health Services. Reader appreciates ERCOT criticism 517 Hart Senate Office Bldg. winter storm in mid-February, Across the United States, Washington, DC 20510 resulting in the CEO being forced 45% of the population is fully Thank you for the “Austin’s Failure to Lead” column. Keep up (202) 224-2934 www.cornyn.senate.gov out and much of the board re- vaccinated. Texas ranks in the the good work. An important question for Texas: Which comes first: Lubbock Office placed. scheduled to expire on Sept. lower tier of states in percent- Making ERCOT effective or building a border wall? (I believe that Wells Fargo Center Saturday marked the official 1, although she could be reap- age of population that is fully ERCOT should be EUCOT, because of its unreliability). 1500 Broadway, Suite 1230 Lubbock, TX 79401 first day of summer. pointed. Senate confirmation is vaccinated. However, the num- It was established to be a Texas-only system that would provide (806) 472-7533 not required since the Legisla- ber of new COVID-19 cases in lower rates. (Governor Bush said, “Competition in the electric in- Sen. Ted Cruz BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION ture is not in session. The PUC Texas dropped considerably dustry will benefit Texans by reducing monthly rates”). However, Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., PLAN UNVEILED. Gov. Gregg Abbott will have a full complement of from the previous week, with it did not provide lower rates. A February 24, 2021 Wall Street Ste. SDB-40B Washington, DC 20510 last week announced several key commissioners for the first time 8,414 reported by the Corona- Journal headline said, “Texas Electric Bills Were $28 Billion Higher [email protected] facets of his plan for the state to since February. virus Resource Center at Johns Under Deregulation.” The subtitle was “Competition in the electric- www.cruz.senate.gov build a wall on its border with “I am proud to appoint Hopkins University, along with ity-supply business promised reliable power at a more affordable U.S. House of Representatives Mexico. Abbott and other state Lori Cobos to the Public Util- 186 deaths. Hospitalizations cost.” The WSJ article cited US Energy Information Data that found Congressional District 13 leaders signed a letter during a ity Commission of Texas, and I dropped slightly, with 1,564 lab that Texans had paid higher electric rates than they would have (including Dickens County) press conference, allowing the know that she will draw upon confirmed COVID-19 patients paid under the old system. Rep. Ronny Jackson Amarillo Office transfer of $250 million to begin her wealth of experience and in Texas hospitals, according More importantly (?), ERCOT did not provide reliability, which 620 South Taylor St., Suite 200 construction and to hire a pro- knowledge to faithfully serve the to DSHS. most states require utilities to do, in exchange for agreed rates. Amarillo, TX 79101-3541 gram manager and contractors. people of Texas,” Abbott said. (Progress is not the Texas Legislature’s most important product.) (806) 371-8844 www.jackson.house.gov The program manager will hire Cobos has served in several STAAR TESTS SHOW DROP IN MATH Bob Virden contractors and subcontractors senior-level posts at the PUC RESULTS. Results from the State of Dallas Congressional District 19 (including Kent County) needed to build the wall and will and ERCOT, including as chief Texas Assessments of Academic Rep. Jodey Arrington identify available state land, as executive and public counsel Readiness, which measures Lubbock Office well as private land whose own- for the Office of Public Utility students’ knowledge of several 1312 Texas Ave., Ste. 219 P. O. Box 6687 ers are willing to volunteer space Counsel. As a commissioner, she subjects, shows a sharp drop Lubbock, TX 79493 for the wall. will draw a salary of $201,000 in math scores, the Texas Stan- (806) 763-1611 Meanwhile, Land Com- annually. dard reported last week. The www.arrington.house.gov missioner George P. Bush an- new scores came after a school Abilene Office 500 Chestnut St., #819 nounced approximately 591,595 FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTERS year unlike no other, with many Abilene, TX 79602 acres of state-owned land will SENT TO AID OTHER STATES. Texas students taking classes online at (325) 675-9779 receive emergency authorization A&M Forest Service has sent home because of the pandemic. to be used to build part of the Only 42% of high school stu- Texas State Senate 25 firefighters, including two District 28 wall. Texas and Mexico share engine crews, to wildfires in dents who took the primary high (including Dickens and Kent Counties) 1,254 miles of common border, Colorado, Alaska, Arizona, New school math test were consid- Sen. Charles Perry according to the Texas Depart- ered to be “at grade level,” down 11003 Quaker Ave., Ste. 101 Mexico and Florida. Lubbock, TX 79424 ment of Transportation. “Texas state resources are from 66% last year. This year’s (806) 783-9934 The governor is also seeking supporting wildfire suppression STAAR results don’t include all [email protected] donations for building a wall via students, since some did not www.perry.senate.state.tx.us efforts in multiple roles, includ- www.borderwall.gov. State law- ing firefighters, engine sup- return to school in-person to Texas House of Representatives makers allocated $1 billion for port, prevention team members, take the exam. District 68 border security in the recently Gary Borders is a veteran (including Floyd County) aviation operations and sup- Rep. David Spiller passed budget, but Democratic port roles,” TFS said in a press award-winning Texas journal- Room E2.602, State Capitol officials have pointed out most release. The release said TFS ist. He published a number of P. O. Box 2910 of that money goes to the Texas community newspapers in Texas Austin, TX 78768 remains dedicated to protecting (512) 463-0526 Department of Public Safety. the state’s natural resources during a 30-year span, includ- [email protected] from wildfire while assisting ing in Longview, Fort Stockton, https://house.texas.gov/members/ ABBOTT APPOINTS COBOS TO PUC. Nacogdoches and Cedar Park. member-page/?district=68 other states, a common practice. (District office, Jacksboro) Abbott last week appointed Lori Across Texas, the potential Email: gborders@texaspress. Cobos to the PUC. She fills a term for wildfires remains low due com.

TheTexasSpur.com SOCIETY & LIFESTYLE THE TEXAS SPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 3

Top with the other slice of bread, buttered side up. Place sand- wich into the camp cooker and close lid tightly, locking the handle. Trim off any excess bread. Place camp cooker over prepared coals, or low flame. It’s ac- ceptable to place directly onto coals, but if there is any flame, or the coals are too hot, use a grate to place the cast iron onto, just above the flame or red coals. A cool, new tool for camp cooking Cook the sandwich for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or as much as 4 to 6 minutes depending on the heat. Naturally, I love to cook in the outdoors, so camp cooking is Camp Cooker Breakfast Sandwiches: exciting to me. Planning, and precooking, when necessary, makes Use the same method as preparing the pizza sandwiches but mealtime that much more enjoyable. It always takes me back to my with your favorite breakfast items between the bread, tortilla, or Girl Scout days in Blanco Canyon. And food seems to tastes better English muffin. As pictured: prepared outside, particularly after a long day of hiking and fishing. Flour tortillas When it’s just my husband and I, we keep it pretty simple. But Scrambled eggs, precooked, but whole raw eggs may be used if extended family or friends were to come, we like to experiment if you puncture the yolks with Dutch oven cooking. Cooked bacon This last camping trip was just the two of us but I found a cool Cooked hash browns tool I’ve always wanted to try. I heard about it years ago but never Salt and pepper purchased one. The one I have is called a camp cooker. It’s an in- Grated cheddar cheese GREAT OUTDOORS GADGET Cooking over a fire is made easier with hist new expensive cast iron device on the end of a long double handle that After cooking, top with salsa, if desired. gizmo. | ANGELINA LARUE opens up. They come in a single or double version. The one pictured is designed to cook two meals or treats at once, to speed things up. The cast iron is “pre-seasoned” and ready to use. LIBRARY NOTES DONNICE CARRUTH The equipment is similar to a panini press. It sandwiches | SPECIAL TO THE TEXAS SPUR together two slices of bread, or in this case, 4, and the fillings of your choice. A friend of mine told me their favorite was to create a “pizza-style” sandwich over the campfire. Former sheriff Williams donates Apparently, pie dough, pizza dough, and phyllo dough are easy to use in the press, as well. So of course, I thought of flour tortillas. volume to Spur library It all takes some time and experimenting to find what you like, and how much time to cook. The intensity fire and coals will determine One of the perks of be- how long to cook, as well. ing library director is getting The key points are to butter the sides of the bread, tortilla, or to meet new and interesting dough that will come into contact with the cast iron, and to trim people. any portion that overhangs when it is closed. I will also note to use I had the privilege to meet really soft, fresh bread, and do not overfill. and visit with Carl C. Wil- Other than pizza-sandwiches, some of our ideas for using the liams and his wife, Alice. Alice press consist of ham and cheese, fruit, such as sliced peaches (Crockett) graduated from Spur sprinkled with a little cinnamon and sugar on bread, phyllo, or High School in 1954. She loved pie dough, and breakfast sandwiches, complete with cooked eggs, our library, saying that it was bacon, Canadian bacon, or breakfast sausage patties, and a little an asset to the community. She cheese. was excited to find a couple of The manufacturer’s booklet has a few other concepts, like an high school yearbooks in the assortment of meat pies, and using leftover casseroles as a filling. book sale room that she didn’t They recommend using fully cooked meat in your fillings. And I like have. the tip they have for dessert-type creations; they suggest sprinkling Carl, former sheriff of Brew- the buttered side of the bread or dough with sugar to form a crispy, ster County, Texas, wrote a sweet coating. book on his life in law en- MORE THAN A BADGE Carl C. Williams, whose wife, Alice, is a Enjoy some fresh air, either camping, or right in your own back- forcement titled “More Than proud Spur ex-student, paid a visit yard. And enjoy food made fresh! A Badge: Rough Country, the to Spur last week and donated a copy of Carl’s book to the library. | Camp Cooker Pizza-Sandwiches: See LIBRARY, page 4 THE TEXAS SPUR Each sandwich will require: 2 slices soft, fresh bread 2 pats softened butter 1/3 cup grated mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons tomato sauce 1 teaspoon pesto (or dry Italian seasoning) 6 to 8 slices pepperoni Butter one side of each piece of bread. Place half the cheese on the unbuttered side of one slice of Church Directory bread. Add tomato sauce, pesto or Italian seasoning, pepperoni, and remaining cheese. Afton McAdoo AFTON BAPTIST CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Harold Abney, Pastor Rev. Bob Joyce, Pastor SS: 10:00 a.m. S: 11:00 a.m. SS: 10:00 AMS: 11 :00 a.m. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Chuck Harrison, Pastor S: 9:00 a.m. Dickens BIBLE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Peacock Marvin West, Pastor BAPTIST CHURCH It’s National Pollinator Week SS: 9:45 a.m. S: 10:45 a.m.; 5:00 p.m. W: 6:00 p.m. Rev. Joel Rister Pollinator Week is being celebrated the week of June 21–27. CALVARY TEMPLE SS: S: 10:30 a.m.; 6:00 p.m. This event is observed annually across the globe in an international Jamie Braly, Pastor intent to spread the word about protecting our pollinators. It is a SS: 9:30 a.m. S: 10:30 a.m. W: 7:00 p.m. Spur week dedicated to the appreciation of the diverse populations of DICKENS BAPTIST CHURCH pollinators and encouraging the public to support pollinator health ASSEMBLY OF GOD SS: 9:45 a.m. S: 11 :00 a.m. and what can be done to protect them. Mike Mitchell, Pastor Bees and butterflies are the usual pollinators, but the list houlds SS: 10:00 a.m. S: 10:45 a.m. be expanded to include bats, beetles, birds, flies, moths, wasps, and BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH even small land mammals. These diverse organisms provide humans C.L. Atkinson, Pastor one out of every three bites of food (“The Forgotten Pollinators”), Jayton SS: 10:00 a.m. S: 11:00 a.m. and the diverse pollinating insects and animals provide half of the JAYTON CHURCH OF CHRIST COMMUNITY BIBLE CHAPEL world’s oils, fibers, and raw materials (“Pollinator Partnership”). Minister: Jason Blankenship CC Noland, Pastor Where would we be without our pollinators? This was the reason Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m. SS: 10:00 a.m. S: 11 :00 a.m.; 5:00 p.m. W: 6:00 p.m. why, in 2007, the U.S. Senate in a unanimous vote approved and Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH designated a week set aside in June as “National Pollinator Week” Wednesday night 6:00 p.m. Rory Mosley, Pastor • Prayer Time 9:00 a.m. and fourteen years after the U.S. Senate recognized the need to ad- FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD SS: 9:30 a.m. S: 10:30 a.m.; 6:00 p.m. dress the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations, popula- SS: 9:45 AM S: 11 :00 AM W: 6:30 p.m. tions continue to decline. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FREEDOM CHURCH Some statistics from Pollinator Partnership underscore the Jake Edwards, Pastor importance of pollinators and the need to protect them. David Zarate, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a.m. • Between 75% and 95% of all flowering plants need pollination. SS: 9:45 a.m. S: 10:30 a.m. W: 7:00 p.m. The movers of the pollen attend to the pollination of over 180,000 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH plant species and 1,200 crops (Oikos, 120:321). Wednesday Meal and Bible Study Gary Eggart, Pastor • Economic impact is astounding. Pollinators add $217 billion for Children, Youth, and Adults: 5:45 p.m. SS: 10:00 AMS: 10:50 AM W: 6:30 p.m. to the global economy (Bioscience 56: 311) and honey bees alone FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HWY. 70 CHURCH OF CHRIST between $1.2 and $5.4 billion (Journal of Ec. Ento., 85:13). S: 4:00 p.m. in First Baptist Church David Pafford, Minister The decline in pollinator populations is affected by the loss of Fellowship Hall SS: 9:30 a.m. S: 10:30 a.m.; 6:00 p.m. W: 7:00 p.m. habitats, misuse of chemicals, and parasites, predators, and patho- Rev. Burt Montgomery Potluck last Sunday of month gens introduced to nesting sites by foreign bees. 11:00 a.m. in the Kent County community LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH The question home gardeners need to ask is what are the things center in Jayton on Sunday. Morning Service 11 :00 a.m. we can control? Manage our gardens so that pollinators are attracted For information: Bert Stanaland ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH and protected. Provide a clean fresh source like shallow dishes or (806) 237-2155; (432) 693-6236 Father Jeganathan Arulsamy birdbaths. The March 24 Texas Spur column devoted to pollinator Sunday Mass 12:30 p.m. gardening listed some perennials and shrubs that attract pollina- tors to the garden. Here are some are some flowering ornamentals These businesses invite you to visit the church of your choice in our area: to add to that list:

Borago officinalis, Borage Buddleja, Butterfly bush Echinacea, Coneflower Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William Diervilla rivularis, Honeysuckle Lavandula angustifolia, Lavender Helianthus annuus, Sunflower Lobularia maritima, Sweet Alyssum Pentas pentas spp. Star Feed & Seed 211 W. Harris St. Salvia farinacea, Blue Salvia Spur Zinnia elegans, Zinnia GRASS SEEDS - ALL VARIETIES TREES - ALL VARIETIES (806) 271-4532 Some information from pollinator.org; National Garden Bureau

4 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 | THE TEXAS SPUR SCHOOLS & SPORTS TheTexasSpur.com Gamma Eta members represent chapter at Denton conference

FOOTBALL AT WAYLAND Ethan Parsons of Spur, who played on the 2019 Bi-District Championship Spur Bulldogs football team, will be playing college football this fall. Parsons is a 2020 SHS graduate and currently a sophomore at South Plains College, has been signed by Wayland Baptist University in Plainview to play football this fall. | COURTESY PHOTO GAMMA ETA MEMBERS attending the 92th Texas State Organization TO INFINITY & BEYOND Debbi Ball’s project provided virtual reality goggles to Convention were, from left to right, Debbi Ball, Spur; Terri Egerton, Lubbock; Crosbyton CISD, Guthrie CISD, Jayton-Girard ISD, Lorenzo ISD, Motley County Janie Wigley, Allen; Jean Williams, Lubbock; and Sharon McDougle, Crosbyton ISD, Patton Springs ISD, Paducah ISD, Ralls ISD and Spur ISD.

STAFF REPORTS meeting was the Alpha State Texas Educational Foundation Five members of the Gam- (ASTEF) annual meeting. Dur- ma Eta Chapter of the Delta ing that meeting Debbi Ball Kappa Gamma Society Interna- was elected vice president of tional attended the Texas State Marketing and Public Relations Organization’s 92th Convention, and Janie Wigley was elected “Unlocking the Possibilities,” vice president of advancement. in Denton, Texas, June 16-19, Both terms will run 2021–2023. 2021. Those attending the con- On June 19 at the 92nd vention were Debbi Ball, Spur; Birthday Celebration Brunch, Sharon McDougle, Crosbyton; Janie Wigley was awarded the Terri Egerton, Lubbock; Jean Delta Kappa Gamma Society Williams, Lubbock; and Janie International, Alpha State Texas Wigley, Allen, Texas, formerly Achievement Award. Wigley was of Crosbyton. Benny Ball, Spur, nominated by her Gamma Eta accompanied Debbi Ball on the chapter. trip. Five members served on The Texas State Organiza- state committees July 1, 2019- SUMMER BASKETBALL The Spurettes varsity girls wrapped up their summer tion (TSO) has 230 chapters June 30, 2021. Those members basketball last week. They played 10 games in two days at New Home, and in throughout Texas, with an active were: Sharon McDougle, Terri total played 35 games this spring and summer. | COURTESY PHOTO membership of 5,934. A high- Egerton, K Dee Anderson, Debbi light was the announcement of Ball and Janie Wigley. Debbi Ball 13 collegiate members. is also the TSO Webmaster. At the opening session on The Mission Statement for Spur Senior Citizens June 17, Gamma Eta was recog- The Delta Kappa Society Inter- LINDA ALEXANDER | SPECIAL TO THE TEXAS SPUR nized along with other chapters national is to promote profes- Week of June 24, 2012 for its project, giving, year- sional and personal growth of The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., is offering free meals to those who are 60 and over book, newsletter and website. women educators and excel- through July 23. The charge for everyone else is only $4. At the TSO annual meeting on lence in education. Gamma Eta June 18, Sharon McDougle was meetings are open to all women Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, June 23 June 24 June 25 elected to the finance committee educators in Cottle, Crosby, TEXAS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Virginia Bowers, Muleshoe, from the TSO 2021–2024. Dickens, Kent, King and Motley Achievement Awards Committee presented Janie Wigley of Allen, The Delta Chicken Fried Steak, Beef & Bean Chili Verde, Chicken Salad Sandwich, Following the TSO annual Counties. Kappa Gamma Society International Alpha State, Texas Achievement Award. Mashed Potatoes, Country White Rice, Tossed Veg Tomato, Lettuce, Pickle, Gravy, Stewed Okra, Salad LCFD, Unsalted Saltine Macaroni Salad, Carrot Sticks, Seasoned Corn, Pumpkin Crackers, Fresh Cantaloupe Watermelon Square NURSING FROM PAGE 1 the area” that Moeller will bring will begin as director of nursing Richard Sessums. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, to the job. in mid-July. Sessums, a Level- The Texas Spur anticipates June 28 June 29 June 30 Kent County Judge Jim C. In additional action by the land High School graduate who doing more in-depth profiles on Beef/Macaroni/Tomato Beef Soft Taco, Spanish Rice, Cheese Burger on WWht Bun, White said that he has high Kent County Commission, which received her nursing training at these new leaders of the Kent Casserole, Lima Beans, Broccoli, Seasoned Corn, Potato Wedges, Tomato Wedge hopes for the “connections with oversees the nursing home, Vernon College according to her County Nursing Home staff later Wheat Roll, Fruit & Oatmeal Mandarin Oranges/whipped Salad, Melon Medley Starla Sessums of Brownfield Facebook profile, is married to this summer. Bar Topping

Ca#le Market Report, week ending June 17, 2021 LIBRARY FROM PAGE 3 see. The children all left with a narrator sounded so much like Lubbock Tulia Hollis Floydada bag of goodies and a smile on Loretta Lynn. The narrator was 6/15/21 6/17/21 6/12/21 6/16/21 Law and Me.” He left an au- their faces. They will definitely her daughter and namesake of tographed copy of his book be a regular feature of our chil- Patsy Cline, Patsy Lynn Rus- Steers 200-300 180-203 for our patrons to check out. dren’s reading programs. sell. Williams takes the readers on Speaking of a regular fea- Also new to the library 300-400 160-175 198 175-198 170-200 a journey through 60 bumpy ture, Joan Day and her animals and ready to check out is John 400-500 150-165 198 165-189 160-191 years of shoot-outs, freak snow wrapped up the June session of Grisham’s “A Time for Mercy.” storms, strong coffee, close Collaborative Summer Reading This is what Vannessa Cronin 500-600 140-157 155-170 147-170 130-162 scrapes and heart-warming programming on June 22. Joan from Amazon book review is always a favorite presenter. 600-700 120-145 150.5-153 138-157 120-150 tales. Williams is a natural had to say about it: “Grisham’s storyteller. The time spent to- Our new children’s pro- storytelling gifts are on full 700-800 115-130 136.5-142 125-150 100-130 gether was too short. We hope gramming director, Kristy display in ‘A Time for Mercy’ Price, has been busy schedul- they will come to Spur again as he keeps the reins tight on ing more events for the chil- 800-900+ 127-140 105-144 90-130 soon. a complex courtroom thriller, dren. On July 13 at 10 a.m., A big thank-you goes to the a heartbreaking drama about Heifers 200-300 150-171 award-winning chief meteo- Texas A&M Forest Service and two families from the opposite rologist from KLBK in Lubbock, 300-400 140-160 140 130-156 130-152 their representatives, Paige, side of the tracks, and a stir- Jacob Riley, will be here. Purvis, Jason Ballejo, Jonathan ring tale of a small, Southern Chris Espinosa, a young 400-500 135-155 154-157 125-150 120-143 town divided on the question Rainwater, and Smokey the audience’s nationally creden- 500-600 120-135 120-147 115-138 Bear for bringing in the biggest tialed teaching artist and Texas of justice versus loyalty.” The turnout for summer reading Commission on the Arts roster legal thriller got a 4.6 star rat- 600-700 120-129.25 134-137 115-142 100-132 that I have seen. Retired library artist, will be here on August ing out of 5 stars. director Merla Watson was here Also ready to check out are 700-800 105-125 117.5-133 105-130 90-121 10 at 10 am. The children of for the program and thought Dickens County are fortunate two new Christian romance 800-900+ 124 80-122 it might be a record-breaking to have the awesome program- novels, “Dreams Rekindled” turnout for summer reading. ming that is provided for them by Amanda Cabot and “The Young 1000-1300 Bred Cows Children and adults alike this summer. Greatest of Dreams” by Susan Pairs Young 1100-1500 1300-1875 were thrilled to see Smokey Ready to check out at the Ann Mason. the Bear and listen as they library are both the hardback “It Devours!,” a humorous Packer Cows 65-75 50-80 were read a book about how book and the audio CD copy of fantasy novel, was donated to Smokey the Bear became the “Me & Patsy Kickin Up Dust” the library and is ready to be Fat 62-66 mascot for preventing forest by Loretta Lynn. When I saw checked out. Boners 67-75 fires. They also brought one of who the narrator was for the Check it all out at the li- their fire trucks for the kids to audio copy I realized why the brary. Thin 50-65 45-60 Packer Bulls 92-107.5 80-105 High Yield 100-109 Low Yield 80-100 Keep up with local breaking news throughout the week with The Texas Spur social media.

TheTexasSpur.com SCHOOLS & SPORTS THE TEXAS SPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 5 Big Country EC Operation Round Up Program: Here to Meet Needs in Our Communities BCEC members’ participation makes a big difference!

SARAH MCLEN | SPECIAL TO THE TEXAS SPUR For six years now, Big Country Electric Cooperative (BCEC) extend the reach of helping hands in our communities. Families members’ Operation Round Up change contributions have helped and individuals with demonstrated financial need are also eligible families and service organizations locally. Since 2015, the Opera- for assistance. tion Round Up program has contributed more than $350,000 to our Applications are reviewed by the trust’s board of directors – your local communities through organizations who provide charitable peers and neighbors, who volunteer their time, hearts and consid- and educational services, as well as to families with demonstrated eration to making decisions that will positively impact lives in our financial need. Operation Round Up is supported by BCEC members communities. At the June 2021 meeting of the Trust, the following whose electric bills are “Rounded Up” to the nearest dollar. The organizations were awarded Operation Round Up grants: “Round Up” amount goes into the Operation Round Up fund for • Scurry County Ministerial Alliance $2,500 distribution in the counties we serve: Borden, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, • Senior Nutrition Activities Program (SNAP), Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall and Sweetwater $2,500 Throckmorton. Every penny stays in our local counties, benefit- • Sweetwater House of Peace ing folks right here at home. (The S.H.O.P.) $2,500 Who can apply for help? Any local organization or program The Operation Round Up board meets quarterly to review that serves needs in our communities. Food needs and food banks, applications. The next application deadline is Tuesday, August family shelters, medical and health needs, rescue organizations, 31, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. to be considered in September. To download JAYTON #9 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football has predicted Texas Spur Country’s Jayton Jaybirds to be the number 9 team in the state in 1A-Six Man educational projects, childcare programs and other special needs an application, please visit bigcountry.coop and click on Service football. Strawn, featured in its own TV show on the CBS All Access channel, are just a few of the ways this fund helps organizations and families Beyond Electricity. Please contact Sarah McLen at (325) 776-3803 now Paramount channel, is No. 3 in the Class 1A Division II poll behind top- in our local communities. Various food banks and senior citizen or at [email protected] with any questions. ranked Motley County and Richland Springs. Balmorhea is the defending centers, area volunteer fire departments, and a host of other commu- Big Country Electric Cooperative is proud to offer this program state champion, after beating Richland Springs in the title game in 2020. | nity outreach programs have been recipients of these funds which to share the cooperative spirit with our communities! COURTESY GRAPHIC

HALL FROM PAGE 1 train. “I wonder what those city wedding of Robert E. and Sherry cording to Jay Hall, was sold to slickers (Robert G. and Charlie) Kay Hall—shared memories of Mitch Hall and Lawrence Hall 2020 pandemic slowdowns and are going to do with all those what the Halls had meant to Chevrolet (no family relation- continuing supply-chain woes, cars?” them and to the community. ship) in Anson/Snyder. Calls to the difficulties would’ve been Today, all those years later, The following January, the the new territory owners were difficult to overcome in any size no one wonders what happened Kent County Junior Livestock not returned by press time. market. to all those vehicles. Soon after Show, of which the Hall family When the bowtie sign was “So sad to see this,” com- that, the dealership became had been longtime supporters, dismantled June 18 and a photo mented Ester Martinez on the affectionately known by the was dedicated to the memory of was posted on the local Double Double J Chronicles Facebook same old-timers as “Hog Wild” Robert E. Hall. J Chronicles Facebook page, posting. “I remember many vis- Chevrolet due to their volume comments poured in. its with Robert Sr. In his office. of sales. The dealership became Challenges for small-town Connie Martinez of Jayton Great memories.” recognized over its long and dealerships noted, “Awe, so sad…I know honorable history with Top Automotive News, the in- God has good plans for them… Founders of the business Dealer and hundreds of sales dustry publication for auto- Love this family.” One poster re- FOND MEMORIES While small-town dealerships are becoming a thing of and customer service awards. mobile dealers, published an called learning to ride a bicycle the past, Robert Hall Motors welcomes customers to its offices at 501-05 N. Hall family members Main St. in Jayton. looked back on their own his- After graduating from article on October 12, 2015 titled on the premises. Robert Wad- tory, shared this week with The Hardin-Simmons University in “The Slow Steady Demise of dell wrote, “Well. I will always Texas Spur by current manager Abilene, Robert Edward Hall the Small-town Dealership.” Remember My Good Friend and ing, under the business name courthouse—as will the memo- Jay Hall. (Little Robert) became affiliated The changing demographics his Family Mr Robert Hall.” Robert Hall Motors. ries of those who sealed a deal Robert G. Hall was born in with the dealership and moved of America away from rural life Ray Hall will continue to Motor vehicle inspections with a pen and a handshake, Cooper, Texas, on October 28, back to Jayton. Robert E. married combined with General Motors’ provide quality automotive ser- and tuneups will still be avail- or bought their first car, or 1921, and his family later moved Sherry Kay Stanford, and they desire to eliminate smaller deal- vice, pre-owned sales, and AC able at the familiar building were rescued from a roadside to Ralls, Texas, where he grew had three children, Tra, Jay, and ers, the author wrote, had dra- Delco Parts in the same build- on Highway 70 across from the breakdown. up on the family farm. His father Ray, all of whom as adults would matically impacted small-town farmed the land with several be affiliated with the dealership. dealers. The article estimated teams of mules and a breaking For years, Robert E. was awarded that a small-town dealer’s cost plow. Robert G. didn’t much care the top truck salesperson in to simply be affiliated with a ma- for the work of a farmer and the Dallas Region of Chevrolet. jor domestic manufacturer was vowed to leave the family farm Robert E. also acquired the Mobil somewhere between $17,000 and never come back as soon as Oil distributorship for the area and $20,000 a month before a he was of age. He later moved sometime after that. single car was ever sold, in ad- to Lubbock, Texas, where he dition to other overhead. worked for the United States Change in the industry General Motors and other Department of Agriculture sam- In 1970, for a brief period, manufacturers began restricting pling and grading cotton. Robert G. sold his interest in small-town dealers’ ability to Before being called to mili- the dealership to Charlie Wild obtain new inventory and plac- tary service in World War II, Hall and took over as president of ing excessive pressure on those married Clara Angeline Wild. He the Kent County State Bank same dealers to build “brand LANDLORDS & RENTERS had learned how to type, and upon the sudden death of his approved” and costly facilities to even won a typing contest when business partner in the bank. meet franchising requirements. he was young. He attributed This arrangement was short- Before his death in November his typing ability to keep him lived, and Robert G. bought out 2020, Robert E. Hall made the alive during the war. Until his his partner and brother-in-law difficult decision to sell the fran- dying day, he typed business Wild. The dealership then be- chise territory and retire. Behind on rent correspondence on an old Un- came Robert Hall Chevrolet. In his book “The Automobile derwood manual typewriter he The 1970s were not kind to and American Life,” historian kept on his desk. business nationwide. Stagfla- John Heitmann explained it like tions—double-digit interest this: “A significant institution in or utilities? Hall began his career in rates, inflation, and unem- American communities is being the automobile business by ployment—were a problem for pulled down.” When a family- buying and selling used cars people in business throughout owned dealership (like Robert The Texas Rent Relief Program soon after that in Lubbock. the country, much to the chagrin Hall Chevrolet) shuts down, He told the story many times of Robert G., a lifelong conser- Heitmann wrote, “it won’t just is here to help. that he would buy a car (and vative Republican. However, be the end of the business. It two trucks) from Lewis Mason the dealership’s floor plan was will undo a fabric of relation- of Mason Chevrolet in Jayton, locked in at 6% interest due ships that span generations. The COVID-19 has affected Texans across the state. We have Texas. Mason would make Hall to Texas’s usury laws, which closing will have a ripple effect emergency funds available to help Texas renters pay buy two pickup trucks for every prohibited sole proprietors from on employees, customers, and car because in the 1940s pickup being charged higher rates of the town.” current and past due rent and utility bills – even if the trucks were not popular, and interest. General Motors soon Robert Hall Chevrolet is the everyone wanted cars. grew tired of this situation and last of these small-town family- landlord has already sued for eviction in their local court. Little did Lewis Mason or forced Robert G. to incorporate it owned dealerships between Robert G. Hall know that trucks so they could charge 21% inter- Lubbock and Abilene to survive. Households must have incomes at or below 80% of the would be the foundation of the est rates on the floor plan. The family business for decades to dealership then became Robert A multi-generational legacy Area Median Income and meet other eligibility come. While doing business, Hall Chevrolet, Inc. “For over sixty-seven years requirements. For full details, visit TexasRentRelief.com Hall and Mason became friends. Sometime later, the Oldsmo- and three generations of Halls,” In 1954, Mason became deathly bile Franchise was added. The wrote Jay Hall, “it has been our ill, and Hall and Charlie Wild, business became Robert Hall honor and privilege to serve his brother-in-law, purchased Chevrolet/Oldsmobile, Inc. our community’s automotive For Information and to Apply Mason Chevrolet and started General Motors later eliminated needs. Our employees have Hall-Wild Chevrolet. the Oldsmobile Franchise na- always been more like family Toll Free Robert E. Hall was in third tionwide. than anything else, and we’ve 833-9TX-RENT 833-989-7368 grade when the family moved had some characters affiliated to Jayton to make their lifelong Passing of the torch with us. The legacy that Robert home. Soon after that, Kathy Robert G. Hall passed away G. (Big Robert) and Robert E. TexasRentRelief.com Assistance is available in multiple languages. Jean Hall was born. Robert G., or on August 18, 2004 after mul- (Little Robert) leave behind is Big Robert (as he would become tiple heart attacks, colon cancer, one of honest and fair deal- known) and Charlie obtained a and lung cancer on. ings to a beautiful community floor plan from General Motors Robert E. Hall took over the that we have called home for Texas Emergency Rental Assistance program administered by the and began stocking the dealer- ownership of the Chevrolet fran- all these years. Jayton and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. ship with more cars than anyone chise and became the sole own- surrounding communities have Providing false, incomplete, or inaccurate information on application forms or seeking assistance for months in which assistance has been or had ever seen in the town of er until his death on November been good to our family, and it 19, 2020. Many neighbors and is with great sadness that we will be provided, may result in up to 5 years of imprisonment and for Jayton. each occurrence a fine of up to $10,000. | Other program limitations and Robert G. recounted a con- friends—including newspaper say farewell to Chevrolet and eligibility requirements apply, not all households may be eligible. See versation he overheard outside and attorney Don Richards, General Motors.” TexasRentRelief.com for details. | Funds may no longer be available by the drug store when the cars whose father had once pub- the time a household applies. (and trucks) started rolling in lished The Jayton Chronicle and What the future holds and being unloaded off the who served as best man at the The Chevrolet Territory, ac-

6 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 | THE TEXAS SPUR TheTexasSpur.com

FLOYD BeeHive Homes residents establish Garden Club FLOYDADA—Residents of BeeHive Homes at Shepherd’s Meadow in Floydada have established a Garden Club, “Sow Beautiful,” and did their inaugural planting last week. The “members” have been preparing and planning their garden club for the last month. They started off by deciding the name for their club, and all partici- pants were given hot pink t-shirts with their garden club logo, sun visors, watering cans and gloves, and BeeHive Homes built them a raised bed to make gardening easier. They kicked off their gardening club by planting cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and squash. —Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon MOTLEY Matador masons to host breakfast for first responders, blood drive June 26 The Matador Masonic Lodge will host an appreciation breakfast on Saturday, June 26 at the Motley County Senior Citizens Center, 621 Stewart Street, Matador, from 8 to 10 a.m. All area first responders are welcome. The Matador masons are also sponsoring a blood drive. In apprecia- tion of all blood donors the lodge will provide a breakfast, with all the trimmings, also on Saturday, June 26 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Center.. GARDENING CLUB Residents of BeeHive Homes assisted living in Floydada have established a gardening club, and have planted and take care of their For more information call Ken Davis, (806) 898-6019; Wes Campbell, vegetables. | YELENA SERRATO, HESPERIAN-BEACON (806) 983-1000; Billie Farley, (806) 392-1954; Alvin Alexander, (806) 983- 0490; or Andy Falcon, (806) 930-4304. The Post Area Chamber of Commerce supported preserving the his- —The Caprock Courier toric building. It is the last standing depot of four designed by architect camp for children who have finished second through eighth grade. It will GARZA Louis Curtiss and played a big role in the town’s history. be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12-25. Train depot in Post awarded historical marker —Post Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook page This year, students will put on Frozen Jr. at the end of camp with per- POST—After a lot of paperwork and a long wait, the City of Post has SCURRY formances at 7 p.m. July 23 and 24 and 2 p.m. July 24 and 25. been awarded a historical marker from the State of Texas for the Santa Summer theater camp July 12-25 Registration is available now at ritzcommunitytheatre.org. Fe Depot in Post. SNYDER—The Ritz Community Theatre will host a summer theater —The Snyder News

Joe Hefl in Law Mark and · Attorney at Law · Kelly McCormick, Owners Wills Business Ralls (806) 253.2521 Probate Family CALL DERRICK PATE Lockney (806) 652.2312 Real Estate 220 Aspen Street, Crosbyton Pivot Sales and Service - Ontrac Telemetry 806-675-8076 Equipment Sales - Parts and Service Hours: Monday through Thursday 806-291-9944 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. www.goa-p-s.com

Every Home Deserves a Metal Roof Floydada Family Dentistry Metal Roofs • Better quality, same cost as shingles Birthdays | Sympathy | Anniversary Thomas Stewart, DDS Flowers For All Occasions General Dentistry James Taylor, Owner 806-577-8968 Fresh & Silk Flowers, Plants And Gifts 1541 FM 1831B [email protected] Delivery Available In Spur, Dickens, Jayton & Crosbyton! 901 W. Crockett St. 806-983-2975 Floydada, TX 79235 [email protected] Ralls, TX 79357 www.taylorroofingllc.com 622 E Hill, Spur, Texas | Find Us On Facebook @hisandhersflorist floydadadental.com  Make your financial PROPANE  future a priority. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE Manicure/ (806) 777-6697 EXPANDING TO YOUR AREA pedicure W  Propane services. Residential, Commercial, Agriculture and more!  Massages W (806) 281-8274   CALL TODAY  806 549 1256 Ron MATADOR PADUCAH SPUR Hair by Anita W (806) 252-2595  1314 Main 904 13th Street 602 Burlington  806 781 2443 Martin 806 747 1542 Main Store 806-347-2626 806-492-2333 806-271-3333 126 E. 5th Street, Spur 

Mon.–Fri. 8 am–4 pm S PUR L AW  - 201 W California Street - Call ahead for oil change MAYO III Expert Tax Return Floydada, TX 79253-2700 or car wash Preparation and E-Filing Wills | Probate | Estate Planning - CST Hours - 102 West Hill St. Mon-Fri 9am to 12, Spur, Texas Tax Law | Contracts | Real Estate 1pm to 5 Reasonable Flat Rates Saturday by Appointment Serving Dickens and Surrounding Counties Suzanne Mayo 701 Keeler Ave. - 806-983-3441 - (806) 271-3019 Spur, Texas 79370 701 Keeler Avenue Like a 806-271-4483 Spur, Texas 79370 REX TEACHENOR good neighbor, 806-686-6804 cell In Floydada, in same State Farm (806) 269-0709 offi [email protected] | www.spurtax.com [email protected] State Farm Location is there. Lawn Care–n–Handyman Propane SPUR Services 806.271.3378 All Kinds of Lawn Care and Remodeling Residential, Motor Fuel and Cylinder Spur and Surrounding Areas Propane Tanks and Supplies Available Roofs, Painting, etc. 24-Hours Service MESQUITE FIREWOOD / $185 CORD Brice Capps 325.201.6561 Meredith Gas NMLS612458 & Supply Reasonable Rates Kevin Chisum 806.269.0954 Free Estimates P.O. Box 148 · Roaring Springs, TX 79256 NMLS1877968 ALL WORK GUARANTEED 806-348-7332 · Fax 806-348-7218 515 Sterley | P.O. Box 240 capitalfarmcredit.com Call Lorenzo Robles at (806) 775-0460 Serving Motley, Dickens, King and Cottle Counties Spur, TX 79370 NMLS493828

CHEMICAL FERTILIZER SEED SALES TRIMBLE AUTOSTEER GUIDANCE Blackburn Service Company CUSTOM LISTING & PLANTING LAWNCARE NOW! David Clyde Blackburn -- AVAILABLEAVAILABLE NOW!NOW! -- Aerial Applications Owner OFFERING LARGE Heating & Air Conditioning Home Repair && Fix-UpFix-Up Quality Service and Pride" AND COMPANION ANIMAL CARE Sales, Service, and Installation Mowing, Weed-eating && TrimmingTrimming BY APPOINTMENT Call for free estimates (806) 253-2514 Attic blow-in insulation John Brewer (806)(806) 601-7252601-7252 Dr. Joyce Osgood E. HWY 82 BART 790-8533 now available P.O. BOX 1187 BUBBA 773-7991 Romans 5:1-21 E-mail: 2531 State Hwy 70, Spur, TX Serving Dickens and RALLS, TX 79357 DWIGHT 781-4136 SPUR Cell: [email protected] Kent counties 806-271-3355 [email protected] FAX # 253-2882 (806) 269- HEAT(4328) TACLB017405E

TheTexasSpur.com 4TH ANNUAL BIG DOG BBQ COOK-OFF THE TEXAS SPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 7 Welcome to the 4th Annual Big Dog BBQ Cook-off!

WELCOME to the biggest summer event in our tiny Texas town— 4th Annual the annual Big Dog BBQ Cook-off! It’s a competition for amateur cookers from Texas and beyond, and a feast for volunteer tasting judges and BIG DOG BBQ visitors. Competition and judging begin Friday evening after cook teams move COOK-OFF their rigs into Spur’s historic Swenson Park and get their IN HISTORIC steak entries on the grill. SWENSON PARK If you have signed up to judge a preliminary or SPUR, TEXAS final round, please come FRIDAY–SATURDAY to the side door of the Live- JUNE 25-26, 2021 stock Barn ten minutes No RV hookups; RV’s/trailers before your appointed time, must be self-contained and our head judge will give you a few simple guidelines. IBCA CATEGORIES If you didn’t already sign up BBQ Entry Fee $150.00 online, there may still be Brisket, Pork Spare Ribs, Chicken slots available for steak on Friday evening of three other meats—chicken, Must cook on-site ribs or brisket—on Saturday afternoon. No experienceis necessary, only a IBCA sanctioned rules apply commitment to making an honest evaluation of a dozen or more samples, and an appetite. Oh, and you do have to be age 18 or above. KING OF THE GRILL! If you’re musically inclined, hang out with us around the Pavilion Friday Night Friday after dusk for an open acoustic jam. Cook teams often bring BYO Ribeye Steak Cook-off their own tunes to their camps, and most welcome visitors to stroll by Must cook on-site and learn a bit about their cooking techniques. Grand and Reserve Grand On Saturday morning, enjoy shopping, food sampling and fun in the park with our popular Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market. More than 40 COOK TEAMS CONTACT: Champions based on Brisket, Pork Spare Ribs & Chicken vendors from Spur and vicinity will be selling their wares. Parking is Betsy Arnold 806-269-7373 • [email protected] available on the perimeters of the playground and pavilion area; please do not block the spaces beside the Pavilion, which vendors will use for load-in and load-out. Teams are welcome starting at 11 a.m. Saturday for a cornhole tourna- ment with cash prizes. Sign up in the Pavilion area. If you’re judging barbecue Saturday afternoon, events run from 11:50 The Big Dog Is Back! a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Presentation of winners and trophies begins soon afterward in the Livestock Barn. Bring a cool beverage, buy a Big Dog BBQ T-shirt, and cheer on our champions! Then, get your scootin’ boots on and PM come enjoy the sounds of the Fabulous • Burgers & Brats Fund-Raiser • FRI. 5 Sandbillies, who will be performing your • Singer-Songwriter Jam • FRI. 5 PM favorite tunes at a FREE barn dance in AM the Livestock Barn starting at 7:30-ish • Farmers’ & Crafters’ Market • SAT. 9 p.m. Entertainment is courtesy of the Spur • Cornhole Tournament • SAT. 11 AM Area Chamber of Commerce and the City THE FABULOUS SANDBILLIES of Spur, to welcome everyone back after • Barn Dance • SAT. 7:30 PM featuring a challenging year. Cook teams often stick around in the The Big Dog Barbecue Cook-off, COOK TEAMS • JUDGES • park on Saturday night. Congratulate Spur’s signature summer event, is back MUSICIANS • VOLUNTEERS WANTED! them all on their results, and thank them for visiting Spur! and better than ever for 2021! Building on the past 3 years’ successes as a SIGN UP NOW RESTROOMS are available in the Livestock Pavilion, at the Softball coveted spot on the IBCA cookers’ competitive @BigDogSpur on Facebook Field, and beside the lower-level concession stands at the track/football field. Portable toilets are also available. circuit, we’re keeping our June schedule in beautiful Swenson Park, with judging taking place inside the GROCERIES AND ICE are available at Lawrence Brothers IGA, Dollar SPUR AREA General, and Allsup’s Convenience Store in Spur. Show Barn and more family-friendly activities than SpSpiritirit of the eWestW st SPUR AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ever planned for multiple days of fun, food, and Serving the Dickens County communities of A FULL LIST OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS is available at  Dickens, McAdoo, and Spur in West Texas entertainment. Whether you’re a cook team, vendor, business • tourism • preservation the Chamber of Commerce booth during the Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market or visitor, plan now to join us this June! and at the Livestock Barn. Please patronize these establishments for any welcome center 101 E. Hill St., Hwy. 70 at Burlington Ave. food, fuel, and other needs you may have while visiting Spur. mailing P. O. Box 102, Spur, TX 79370 (806) 271-3097, [email protected]

SPUR FARMERS’ & CRAFTERS’ MARKET SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. SWENSON PARK, SPUR

Anita Brito • Tamales • Spur Debbie Cadena • Tamales, Brisket Burritos • Spur Becky Mathews • Nachos, Baked Ootatoes, Ice Cream Cake & Drinks • Spur Kenzie Randolph • Handmade Soap • Ralls Gene Roberson • 8mm and .223 ammunition • Spur Becky Rodriquez • Apple Watch Bands & Cheese Balls • Spur Vicky Smith • Pound Cake • Spur Andy Vargas Jr. • Corn Roast • Spur

A Little Taste Of Mexico • Amy Segura • Mexican Water, Fruit Cups, Etc. • Spur Ash’s Country Swag • Ashley Carothers • Clothing • Spur The Fabulous Sandbillies B’s Custom Tees • Michelle Bilbrey • Tee Shirts, Freshies, Empanadas, Etc. • Spur are Stephen Reynolds, Gary Dunlap, Kermit Wooley and Jeremy Beck. BCD Glass • Salome Vega • Glasswork & Collectibles • Spur Big Heavenly Creations • Gueritaa Adriana • Candies & Fruit Cups • Post STORY AND PHOTOS BY LIZ ADAMS was a retired ag teacher in Spur. together for eleven years. A wedding at Ransom Byou Jewelry • Debra Robertson • Jewelry • Dickens They first performed together for a Lions Canyon, Valentine’s dances in Paducah, and Captain’s Stach • Homemade Men’s Grooming Products Spur welcomes the classic country sound of Club talent show in Paducah. Jenkins imagined Homecoming in Spur have featured perfor- Catered To You • Beverly Brannon Pickett • Freshly Made Breakfast & the Fabulous Sandbillies for a performance fol- the band wearing overalls with red ties—though mances by the band. They’ve played for the Elks lowing the Big Dog BBQ Cook-off on Saturday the others didn’t share that vision. Lodge in Childress and for the rodeo in Benjamin. Lunch Goodies • North Carolina night, June 26. The Texas foursome will kick off Reynolds manages USDA offices in Spur and Every August, they perform for Paducah teachers Cousins • Ruby Combs • Soup, Dip & Chili Mixes • Spur their show at 8 p.m. at Swenson Park. Admission Jayton, though he was the serving in the same just before the beginning of the new school year. First Assembly of God • Irma Sanchez • Hamburgers & Corn Cup & Agua Fresca • Spur is free for all ages, with reserved tickets available role in Paducah when he became involved with This was the very first gig the original Sandbillies Freedom Church • David Zarate • Donuts, Breakfast Sandwiches • Spur through the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce the band. Dunlap invited Reynolds over to hear played after their introduction to the public—a Gloria’s Burritos • Gloria Vasquez • Burritos • Spur ([email protected] or on Facebook). him play in 2007. When Wooley heard him in a tradition that has continued for nearly twenty Familiar favorites by George Strait, George jam session the following day, Reynolds joked years now. Happy Junk Company • Amy Tanner • Upcycled Furniture • Spur Jones, and Alan Jackson define the band’s style. that they two made him audition twice before “We like to stay fairly local,” said Reynolds, Huffman’s Homemade Baked Goods • Vicky Huffman • Baked Goods • Lockney “It’s mainly older country dancing music. Our making him an official member of the band. though the Sandbillies have played for the na- J’s Metal Art • Jeffrey Mathews • Metal Art • Spur motto is if you can’t dance to it, we don’t play it,” The trio worked together for about three tional Future Farmers of American convention Jan & Jims BBQ • Jan & Jim Worsham • BBQ Brisket & Pork Sandwiches • Spur said lead singer and rhythm guitarist Stephen years before the addition of drummer and back- in Canyon, performed alongside Trent Willman Reynolds. ground vocalist Jeremy Beck in the fall of 2010. at the Motley County 4-H fundraiser, and even KCL Crafty Designs • Kyra Kincaid • Custom Tumblers • Snyder The cover band was initially called Wooley & “He was the perfect fit,” said Reynolds, who opened for Shenandoah in Lubbock for an FFA Linda’s Crocheted Towels & Extra • Linda Brown • Crochet Hand Towels • Spur The Sandbillies due to the band’s country flavor. explained that the group added “Fabulous” to fundraiser. Mama Bear’s Candles & Gifts • Candace Zarate • Freshies & Wax Crumbles • Spur “It was a joke, just about being a country their name after Beck came onboard. Reynolds They typically perform six to eight dances Miss K’s Designs • Kelly Mcneil • Southwest Jewelry • Guthrie person or hillbilly,” bass player Kermit Wooley described Beck’s harmonies as one of the best per year, though 2020 was a bit different for explained. The name was suggested by original qualities he brings to the group. most musicians who played for live audiences Ms. Pauline’s Smokin Hot Salsa • Pauline Cooper • Hot Sauce • Floydada member and professional bluegrass musician “I would take the guitar or the banjo up there due to Covid-19. Nancy’s Mexican Discada • Nancy Vasquez • Tacos, Burritos • Spur Jake Jenkins, who passed away in Dickens Coun- to the school, and Jeremy always loved the old The Fabulous Sandbillies recorded a demo Paragraph Ranch Books • Barbara Brannon • Fiction & Nonfiction Books • Spur ty in 2011 in a tragic crash with his parents while music, so I knew he would fit right in. He knew with three songs in 2010, though they prefer Scentsy • Becky Torres • Scentsy • Spur piloting his 1946 Stinson single-engine plane. every word to every song,” Dunlap said of his live performances to recording. The band is cur- Shea’s Sensational Scents • Shea Rosa • Wax Melts, Freshies • Matador Jenkins was an accomplished pilot and a former student, Beck. rently rehearsing in Paducah in preparation for starring banjo player with the Karl Shiflett and “He’s been drumming on furniture and every- upcoming shows. The ’Novas Bakery • Asiya Lecroy • Baked Goods • Paducah Big Country Show, touring in the late 1990s until thing else since he was born,” said Beck’s mother, Songs like Bob Dylan’s “Wagon Wheel,” Brooks Tipton’s Fresh Eggs • Rhieannon Tipton • Eggs • Lubbock he joined the Lubbock fire department in order Connie Beck, who added that he was recruited & Dunn’s “Neon Moon,” and Merle Haggard’s “The Tnt’s Things • Briana Sturgis • Eggs, Veggies, Soap, Etc. • Spur to be closer to his family. Jenkins also played in into the school band in seventh grade because Fightin’ Side of Me,” are likely to draw audiences Whats Knot To Love • Marylou Moreno / Wraps, Bows, band called Hickory Hill before forming the Sand- he was so talented. throughout the summer in Texas Spur Country billies with lead guitarist Gary Dunlap, a retired The four current members have now been and Caprock Country, as well. Bummies, Freshies, Etc. • Brownwood/Spur ag teacher in Paducah, and bassist Woolley, who playing dances, weddings, and other events Yardzee Games • Jamie Denison • Yard Games • Lubbock

8 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 | THE TEXAS SPUR EXCERPT TheTexasSpur.com

CONTINUED from The Texas Spur, June 17, 2021. The publisher of The Wolf Hunt has supported a promotion reminiscent of 19th-century popular novels—that is, serialization as “parts” in periodicals. The first installment ran April 22, and we hope we may continue to whet your appetite a bit longer.

IN THE RUGGED, DESOLATE CROTON BREAKS OF WEST TEXAS a spectral creature with a six-inch pawprint has spooked livestock of late. When British-born cattle baron Basil Wolverton is found dead outside his own ranch gate, cowhands and nesters alike whisper of an ancestral curse, the dire wolf of legend. Sir Basil’s executor Wesley Barlow knows what he must do: catch the next train for Fort Worth, where consult- ing detective Derrick Miles and his assistant Dr. Frank Hooper are his best bet to figure out whether there’s been a crime committed . . . or some diabolical force at work. If the story sounds familiar, it should. Transporting the Sherlock Holmes classic The Hound of the Baskervilles to Dickens County, circa 1891, author Will Brandon reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s thrilling tale with a Texas twist on a murderous beast, a fugitive outlaw, greed and grit, affairs of the heart, and a landscape yet untamed. In the popular tradition of serial publication The Texas Spur has obtained exclusive rights to run excerpts of this new novel, timed with its revised April 2021 release in book form. In the heyday of Charles Goodnight and Quanah Parker—and one of the craftiest stalkers on the frontier—The Wolf Hunt traces Hooper’s solemn pledge to solve the vexing case with which Miles has entrusted him and protect The Wolf Hunt. the Wolverton heir in his charge. But will bullets and iron bars bear out against the embodiment of evil? In this high Victorian adventure, the answer is anything but elementary. • A TALE OF THE TEXAS BADLANDS

BY Miles burst out. ten minutes to midnight I am to meet him at the station, and frankly, WILL BRANDON A slight rise of my eyebrows was enough to remind my colleague I am not myself enthusiastic at the prospect of heading back out into of our guest’s sensibilities. your infernal city. Now, Captain Miles, what would you advise me to A Derrick Miles Mystery “Excuse my language.” do with him when we rendezvous?” “Certainly,” Mr. Barlow replied. “I looked, myself.” “Why should he not proceed straightway to his late uncle’s ranch?” NOW AVAILABLE from Five Star Publishing, “And found nothing?” “That seems the natural plan, does it not? And yet, consider the a part of Gale, a Cengage Company “It was all very confused. The Earl had evidently stood there for local temper—and the danger that might await him there. I feel sure Excerpted with permission of the publisher five or ten minutes.” that if the Earl could have spoken with me before his death he would “How do you know that?” have warned me against bringing this, the last of the clan and the Chapter 3 “Because the ash had twice dropped from his cigar.” heir to great wealth, to that sorrowful place. It would also be unwise, Miles’s expression, as mercurial as the wind, shifted yet again. I should think, for a young and naïve newcomer to get caught up in Dire Deeds “Excellent! This is a colleague, Hooper, after our own heart. But the any renewed plan to organize a wolf hunt. {In which Miles and Hooper interrogate their footprints?” “Nonetheless,” Mr. Barlow continued, “it cannot be denied that, “He had left his own marks all over that small patch of caliche with the aggregation of ranch holdings under large syndicates like visitor from Crosby County.} and dust. I could discern no others.” the Spur, a balance to that monopoly is greatly needed. All the good Derrick Miles struck his hand against his knee with an impatient work which has been done by the Earl toward organizing a county he wind Chose that moment to rise in inten- gesture. “If I had only been there!” he cried. “It is evidently a case of and establishing a seat and a courthouse could be rapidly undone. sity, causing the shutters of our quite solid and quite extraordinary interest, and one which presented immense opportuni- I fear lest I should be swayed too much by my own obvious interest T urban dwelling to clatter against the clapboard. Had ties to the scientific expert. That red-dirt page upon which I might have in the matter, and that is why I bring the case before you and ask for we been attending a dramatic performance at the Opera House the read so much has by now been smudged by cattle and erased by the your advice.” effects could not have been more perfectly timed in the action, for boots of curious cowboys. Oh, Mr. Barlow, to think that you should Miles considered for a little time. “Allow me to sum up my under- the howling gale evoked nothing so much as the keening voice of an not simply have telegraphed me to come out to you straightway!” standing,” said he. “In your opinion there is a diabolical entity at work ethereal canine in the night. I felt a shudder pass through me. “I could not call thee in, Captain Miles, without risking the in- that makes Dickens County an unsafe abode for any Wolverton—that The Quaker’s own voice faltered, and he reached for his water formation becoming public and stirring up a hornet’s nest, as I have is your opinion?” glass and took a long gulp. Miles leaned forward, his dark eyes reflect- said. Besides, besides—” “Thee must appreciate there is some evidence to support the ing the lamplight. “Why do you hesitate?” possibility.” “You saw this?” “There is a realm in which the most acute and most experienced “Agreed. But surely, if your supernatural theory be correct, it “As clearly as I see you.” of detectives is helpless.” could exert its malice upon the young man in Fort Worth as easily as “And you said nothing?” “You mean that the thing is supernatural?” in Dickens County. A demon with merely local powers would make “I did not want to stir up speculation on the basis of a folktale—or “Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to say so—” a mockery of true evil, no?” to be thought a fool. But I have since begun to wonder.” “But you apparently think it.” “Thee puts the matter more flippantly, Captain Miles, than thee “How was it that no one else saw it?” “I hesitate to say . . . but on the day after the tragedy a visitor would probably do if brought into personal contact with these events. “The marks were some twenty yards from the body, not easily came to the ranch to tell me of incidents that are hard to reconcile Taking the inverse to be true, thy advice is that the young man will discerned by the light of torch and lantern the night before. And with the settled order of Nature.” be as safe in Dickens County as in Fort Worth? What, I pray, would further rain that afternoon erased that which I had seen, before the “Go on?” thee recommend?” coroner and the sheriff arrived to investigate for themselves.” “Sightings of wolves have been reported, as I mentioned to you “I recommend, sir, that you take a cab, call off your dog who is Miles leaned back and pressed his fingertips together. “Coyotes earlier—with increased frequency, even in towns. So have killings of scratching at my front door, and proceed to your hotel and get a bath are common in that part of the country, as they are here,” he mused. cattle, a few sheep. This visitor, a protection man well known on the before meeting Trey Wolverton at the depot.” “No doubt. But the size of the paw pad was a good six inches Spurs and now sheriff of my own county, was in a position to know At this directive Mr. Barlow rose reluctantly, and I divined in his across, with the extended nail print that distinguishes it from that of of these. When he received word of the Earl’s passing from one of crestfallen expression the anxiety with which he contemplated going dog or coyote.” the ranch hands, he came to pay his respects, and after learning I was back out into the night. “What about mountain lion—or panther, as it’s known around there, he called me aside. “And then?” these parts?” “Now Bill Standifer is counted a trustworthy sort, loyal if not al- “And then you will say nothing to him at all about a plan until I Barlow leaned back in his chair, as though to indicate the ridicu- ways even-tempered. He must have had some motivation for reporting have made up my mind about the matter.” lousness of such a confusion. “Here in the Panther City thee knows to me what cowpunchers and railway advance men had seen, and “How long does thee anticipate requiring?” well the distinction, Captain Miles. The print of the feline is wide why. And he must have felt it advisable to confide in me why there “At one p.m. tomorrow, Mr. Barlow, I shall be much obliged to you rather than long, and exhibits no nail marks, as the claws are retracted had been some consternation over the idea of mounting a hunt in if you will meet me and Mr. Hooper at the White Elephant Saloon when the animal is walking or running.” the neighboring county.” on Main Street for luncheon, and it will be useful if you will bring “Yes, precisely so.” Miles appeared to calculate these data with Barlow paused to let this sink in, and Miles prompted him again. Trey Wolverton with you.” a methodical nature that put me in mind of the difference engine “What have the men reported?” Fearing for the man’s safety, I offered, perhaps against my better which I had seen demonstrated during a visit to Boston some years “In recent weeks, Standifer told me, several people in the vicinity judgment, to accompany him to the train station. I rose and reached back. “You say it was large?” he continued. of the Croton Breaks had spied a creature unlike any known to science for my coat and hat. “Enormous, and with what might have been a scar or defect on skulking about the badlands. Word came to him whispered as though Barlow’s demeanor shifted instantly to gratitude—and action. “I one of the feet.” practical-minded ranchers and hardy settlers were afraid to admit will do so, Captain Miles,” said he. Withdrawing a pencil and leather- “But it had not approached the Earl?” their eyes might have deceived them. But all agreed it was a huge, bound notepad from the pocket of his coat, he noted the appointment, “The coroner swore there were no marks of any kind upon the yellow-eyed, four-legged mammal, bristling with gray fur but luminous then set his wide-brimmed hat on his head and started out the door body.” and ghastly. All related the same story of this dreadful apparition that in his strange, peering, absentminded fashion. “And you’ve said the night was clear and chilly, after a damp and put them in mind of the dire wolf of the legend. And this is curious Miles stopped him at the head of the stair. “Only one more ques- raw day—but not actually raining.” indeed: none reported tracks. Standifer thought I’d want to know.” tion, Mr. Barlow. You say that before Basil Wolverton’s death several “That is right; until the following day, we’d not seen a good drench- “And you, a Quaker of straightforward faith, believe it could be people saw this apparition down in the breaks?” ing rain for some months. I had even wondered if the Earl lingered supernatural?” “Three people did.” longer than usual, to take in the fresh and humid air.” “I do not know what to believe.” “Did any see it after?” “What is the trail like?” Miles nodded sagely. “My investigations, Mr. Barlow, have been “The sheriff did not speak of any.” “It is part of an old wagon trail, about eight feet across, flat- confined strictly to this world,” said he. “In a modest way I have com- “Thank you. Good evening.” Miles returned to his seat with that packed caliche and red dirt but worn by shallow ruts. On one side it bated the evil of men, but to take on an evil beyond this world—I’m quiet look of inward satisfaction that meant that he had a challenging is closed in by mesquite and hackberry, nearly impenetrable; on the uncertain my résumé would apply. We must admit that the footmark mental task before him. “Hooper, hand me my fiddle while you’re other by fence.” you saw is material, however, and in that aspect I can be of use.” up, would you? And you’re certain you don’t mind delivering your “Barbed wire, I assume?” “The ancient dire wolf was material enough to have left numerous charges to their hotel?” “The devil’s rope, as they say. Yes.” fossil remains, and yet the Kiowa believed him to be of the spirit world “Unless I can be of more assistance here.” “And the news article mentions a gate?” as well. And that, Captain Miles, is precisely why I came posthaste to “No, my dear fellow, it is at the hour of action that I turn to you “Yes, the cedar-pole gate in the fence that leads to the spring.” consult with you after my conversation with Standifer.” for aid. By morning I should be very glad to compare impressions as “Is there any other opening or side path?” “You have some doubt as to whether it is possible to lay the case to this most interesting problem which has been submitted to us.” I “None.” of the Earl’s death to rest, however. So, how can I assist you?” knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend in “So that to reach the trail one either has to come down it from “By advising me as to what I should do with Trey Wolverton, those dark hours of intense concentration during which he weighed the house or else to enter it by the ranch gate?” who arrives here by train”—Mr. Barlow looked at his watch—“in every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories, balanced “That is correct. From the gate, the trail eventually leads down the exactly one hour.” one against the other, and made up his mind as to which points were canyon to the spring and across a meadow, where an old half-dugout, “He being the next of kin?” essential and which immaterial. likely from Captain Marcy’s time, stands.” “Yes. It was well known that the Earl and his wife had no issue. I therefore accompanied Mr. Barlow in a hansom cab to fetch “Had the Earl reached this dugout?” Beyond that Sir Basil Wolverton generally kept details of his family his Arizona arrival, saw the pair safely to the hotel, and returned “No; he lay a good hundred yards from it.” quiet. I, as a confidant, was privy to some family secrets, primarily promptly to our lodgings. There I retreated to my own quarters at “Now, tell me, Mr. Barlow—and this is important—the marks that the Earl had long been estranged from his few relations, including the opposite end of the hallway, gladly washed my face in the basin which you saw were on the trail and not on the surrounding ground?” several nieces and nephews. To that generation belongs twenty-one- and changed into my nightgown, and slipped into a deep slumber “Yes, right on the trail; no marks would have been readily discern - year-old nephew Basil Wolverton III, Nigel’s son. beneath the covers, pulling the quilts up around my ears to relieve ible in the brush.” “A local attorney helped me locate Trey, as he is called, through the noise of the relentless wind. “Were they on the opposite side of the trail from the ranch gate?” discreet inquiries, and I wired to him in Tucson—where he had Barlow nodded. “Yes; they were on the edge of the trail beyond recently returned from the silver mines near Tombstone—and sug- • To Be ConTinued in The Texas spur • the ranch gate.” He answered each query with conviction, with an gested he come to Texas at once. He is quite unaware of the extent of expression equal parts conviction and puzzlement. his uncle’s holdings but is eager to pay a visit to the ranch. From the “You interest me exceedingly,” said Miles. “Another point. Was accounts which have reached me he is an ambitious young man of the gate closed?” great energy, and as executor of Sir Basil’s will I am happy to lea rn it.” LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? Stick with us as The Wolf “The padlock was unlocked; the gate stood open. We’d had some “There is no other claimant, I presume?” Hunt offers a few more parts in newsprint. Maybe we could entice you run-ins with fence cutters in the county a while back, and the Earl at “None. Sir Basil had only the one younger brother. Nigel, who to order your own copy now from the publisher, or your favorite online or the time had taken pains to defend his boundaries with armed guards had traveled to California with the forty-niners in search of gold and bricks-and-mortar bookstore. Or simply check it out at your local library! and to lock all gates. Once the law came to Dickens County, they’ve some years later died in a tubercular sanitarium in El Paso, was the Find us on Facebook—www.facebook.com/FiveStarCengage father of this young Trey. A half-brother, Randall, died without issue. seen little more of that kind of trouble.” Visit our website—www.gale.cengage.com/fivestar “How high is it?” A half-sister, Susan, daughter of Arthur Wolverton’s second wife, Leave your feedback on Facebook “About four feet high.” seems to have been a thorn in the side of the men. She appears to @AuthorWillBrandon “Then anyone could have climbed over it with a little effort?” have been a throwback to an ancient Wolverton strain of, well, dis - Contact Five Star Publishing at [email protected] “I imagine so, yes.” agreeable character. She lived to a ripe old age and died an old maid “Damnation, man, did no one even examine the scene with care?” in London six years ago. Trey is the last scion of the Wolvertons. At

TheTexasSpur.com THE TEXAS SPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 9

Advertise in The Texas Spur Classifieds:$10 for 35 words or less, 25¢ each additional word. Deadline is NOON Monday. Bring your ad with payment to our office at 424 Burlington Ave., Spur. Or call us with a credit card at (806) 271-3381.

DEADLINE | NOON Monday All items intended for each week’s edition must be received no later than noon on Mondays. Items submitted are subject to holdover for future editions, depending on size, content and available space. No guarantees or E-Mail [email protected] to place your classified ad. assurances are made to when articles or photographs will appear in print.

HELP WANTED WANTED TO BUY

WE BUY COMPLETE ESTATES. Hous- PUBLIC NOTICE OF es and contents, farms and equip- ment, pickups, cars. (806) 777-1042 EXPENDITURE OF ECONOMIC CLASS A CDL DRIVER needed for DEVELOPMENT FUNDS Spur, Dickens & Matador area. Must have side-load trask truck experi- DEADLINE | NOON ence. Call Albert, (806) 778-8962. Monday The City of Spur Economic Development Cor- All items intended for each week’s poration hereby gives notice to inform the tax REAL ESTATE edition must be received no later than noon on Mondays. Items submitted payers, pursuant to the Texas Local Govern- are subject to holdover for future edi- FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS tions, depending on size, content and ment Code, Sec. 505.160, that the Board has contact Sandra Dillashaw, Ekdahl Real available space. No guarantees or as- approved the following project in their special Estate, Lic# 583913, Mobile (806) surances are made to when articles or 269-7173, Fax (806) 284-5172, email photographs will appear in print. media meeting on June 11, 2021: A roof replacement [email protected] for the Spur Senior Citizens Center at 210 Burl- ington, amount not to exceed $30,000.00. Should any citizen object to the decision to use these funds for said project, please contact City Secretary, Lisa Forman, at City Hall 402 Burl- ington, Spur, Texas 79370 or at (806) 271-3316.

HELP WANTED Has an opening for a full-time Building/Utility Techni- cian at our office in Spur, Texas. The Building / Utility Technician will be responsible for the warehouse, pole and transformer yard, and all inside and out- TexSCAN Week of EMPLOYMENT side maintenance of the office. Seeking a highly June 20-26, 2021 HOUSE MANAGER: Private ranch near Bastrop, motivated individual with organizational and time Texas. Strong work ethic, good organization skills ACREAGE & flexibility required. Work schedule includes most management skills. weekends & some holidays. Responsibilities include Hunting/investment/recreational property. We • Will assist other departments as needed. supervision of house/kitchen, grounds & maintenance • Must live within a 30-minute response time to have some of the best in Texas! From the Hill Country employees, managing house & grounds operations, (Edwards, Menard, Coke, Val Verde County, free purchasing food & operating supplies, menu & meal the Spur office. ranging exotics) to South Texas (Kinney, Duval, Live preparation, table service, clean up after meals, general • Must be able to operate a forklift. Oak County, whitetail, hogs). Large or small acreage. house cleaning & doing “what it takes” to ensure the 30-year fixed rate owner financing, only 5% down. ranch house is always ready for family & guests. F/T: salary plus housing & benefits (med, dent, life, 401k, • Must have physical strength and dexterity to lift, Call toll-free or email for individual prices and terms, vac). Relocation considered. HS/equivalent educa- move and handle equipment. www.ranchenterprisesltd.com, 800-876-9720. tion, current driver’s license w/good driving record. • Requires a high school diploma and a valid Texas ANTIQUES Background check & drug testing required. Email drivers’ license. CDL preferred. resumes with work history including cooking & serving Indian Artifact Show & Old Coins, Abilene skills, salary requirements & references to HR@eprod. com with HOUSE MANAGER in the subject line. • Must be able to pass a background check and Convention Center, 1100 N. 6th St., Abilene, TX drug test. 79601. Show time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., July 10th. The City of Pharr is accepting applications for the Qualified applicants should apply at https://spec. Call 979-218-3351. following positions: Development Services Director, Public Safety Communications Director, Public coop/careers AUCTION Works Director, Public Works Assistant Director, City South Plains Electric is an equal opportunity Clerk, EMT-Paramedic, EMT-Advanced, PT EMT- Guadalupe County/Sheriff’s Annual Surplus Paramedic, PT EMT-Advanced. Prior to employment, employer. Auction, Sat., June 26, 10 a.m., 2605 N. Guadalupe all selected candidates must successfully pass a thor- St., Seguin, TX. 10%-12% B.P. View: Fri., June ough criminal background check, physical, and drug 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and sale day 8-10 a.m. Bid live examination. Online application, position qualification, and job description are available on our website at online or on-site. (2) Caterpillar steel wheel rollers, www.pharr-tx.gov. pickups, cars, TVs, bikes, tools and much more. See POSITIONS AVAILABLE website: www.siskauction.com, TXS#7425, John Sisk TRUCK DRIVERS Auctioneers, Inc., 361-456-7771. We’re Hiring Truck Drivers. Need your CDL? Attend The Kent County Nursing Home our driving school! Delivering Promises and Driving EVENT Success – CRST – The Transportation Solution. Apply now at jobs.crst.com/newspaper. has several opportunities in the Wylie – Bluegrass on Ballard, Sat. June 26. Music 1-9 healthcare field. We’d love to talk p.m.; Arts & Crafts 10 a.m.-9 p.m. (WylieTexas.gov); Be Your Own Boss, Choose Your Own Routes! Classic Car Show 4-9 p.m. (pre-register for car Looking for CDL drivers to deliver new trucks all with you about joining our team. show at DiscoverWylie.com). Event will be held in over the country, starting in Laredo, TX. Experience preferred. Must have DOT physical and be willing Historic Downtown Wylie on Ballard Avenue. More to keep logs. No DUIs in the last 10 years, clean He made it to the information at DiscoverWylie.com. MVR. Quality Drive-Away. Apply online at Full time RN/LVN for the role of charge nurse REAL ESTATE www.qualitydriveaway.com or call 574-642-2023. with a sign on bonus of $5,000. WANTED Big 5-0 Kerrville, TX – Grand Opening Land Sale, Sat. & Sun., June 26 & 27. 3 to 10 Acre Homesites. Live Need Extra Cash – I Buy RVs & Mobile Homes Full time Medication aide with sign on bonus –Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels, Goosenecks, Bumper AND STILL and work from home! Nicely wooded homesites, Pulls. In Any Area, Any Condition – Old/New, Dirty of $3,000. low cost of living, panoramic 30-mile Hill Country or Clean! I PAY CA$H. No Title – No Problem, we views, gated entrance w/underground electric & can apply for one. ANR Enterprises, 956-466-7001. LOOKING Full time CNA with sign on bonus of $2,000. internet, situated on the Texas Wine Trail, within 10 FREON WANTED: We pay $$$ for cylinders PRN for any of these positions will receive a min. of shopping/restaurants in Kerrville “Official and cans. R12 R500 R11 R113 R114. Convenient. Capital of Texas Hill Country.” 866-999-6616, ext. Certified Professionals. Call 312-291-9169 or visit NIFTY! portion of the sign on bonuses. 41, LomaVistaRanchTX.com. RefrigerantFinders.com.. Texas Press Statewide Classified Network Full time benefits include employer paid medical, 221 Participating Texas Newspapers • Regional Ads dental and life insurance premium. Partial reimbursement of deductible and Start At $250 • Email [email protected] out of pocket expenses. NOTICE: While most advertisers are reputable, we cannot guarantee products or services advertised. We urge readers to use caution and when in doubt, contact the Texas Attorney General at 800-621-0508 or the Federal Trade Commission at 877-FTC-HELP. The FTC web site is www.ftc.gov/bizop.

PERRY FROM PAGE 1 cated at 809 Richards Street, Please contact our facility for more information. Paducah, Texas, 79248. 1443 Main Street, Jayton, Texas the people of Cottle County to Charles Perry, a practicing (806) 237-3036 discuss the 87th Legislative ses- CPA from Lubbock, was elected sion and the upcoming special to the Texas Senate in 2014 and Equal Opportunity Employer session.” represents 51 counties in West Spiller described the 87th Texas. session as “one of the most David Spiller, an attorney We love you — conservative sessions in history” in Jacksboro, is serving his first and added, “I am thankful for term in the Texas House of Rep- Classifieds Really Get Results! the opportunity to serve as your resentatives. State Representative and look For additional details, con- CALL US TODAY! 271-3381 forward to being back in the tact Foster at (940) 937-0909 or [email protected]. Your Family district.” The Paducah Library is lo- gov. FARM & RANCH REAL ESTATE RESIDENTIAL 218.5±ac live water, fantastic hunting, city utilities IN CONTRACT 200 CR 421 Aspermont IN CONTRACT 3400sqft home, 4/3, barn/shop JONES COUNTY 1400 US HWY 380 Old Glory brick home, mesquite pasture w/elevation changes Properties are flying 89± ac CR 485 w/Rural water, tank, well off the market. List with us to FISHER COUNTY 41±ac 3 tracts available, buy 1 or all 3, nice building sites, some mesquite, native brush experience the Ekdahl Edge. 160±ac 97ac cultivated, 63ac brush, city water & electric on site 386±12+ac cultivated w/COOP and pond 853.44±ac 201 paved road frontage, rural water w/ponds 120±ac Hoyt Ranch 120 one mile from Clear Fork of the Brazos River, shinnery 3,480±ac Red Creek Canyon Ranch panoramic views, farming and grazing opportunities 70±ac Bitter Creek 70 Bitter Creek runs through property, pipe pens 311± ac 201± cultivated, 86± pasture w/rural water, tank and well water IN CONTRACT 705±ac rolling grassland, 2,525sqft home, barns, cattle pens, 4 stock tanks FLOYD COUNTY 330±ac hunter’s oasis, mile from Clear Fork of the Brazos River, shinnery 160±ac 15miles north of Floydada, open grassland, some CRP 428±ac Neinda Ranch large rock home, views of Double Mountains, COMING SOON 139±ac productive cotton farm, ½ mile of frontage, well-drained soils IN CONTRACT NOLAN COUNTY 155±ac 119+ cultivated Land w/35.4 ac heavily wooded pasture IN CONTRACT 2,082± ac rolling hills, 6 water wells, high fence 320.181±ac 40± ac of cultivation, 70±ac CRP, remainder native pasture STONEWALL COUNTY 987.5±ac CR 349 Farm and ranch w/ hunters cabin, Water well and river access SCURRY COUNTY 23±ac 4br/2.5ba, city water 238±ac road frontage on 3 sides, flat to rolling land 8.1±ac CR 421 4/2 3400sf COOP water 105±ac outstanding hunting, Little Rough Creek running through property IN CONTRACT 5,950±ac 7 Diamond L Canyon Ranch 9 miles of streams, managed for hunting & beef prod Larissa Place HASKELL COUNTY 660±ac Big Bass Ranch hunting & fishing, 3.5 miles south of Aspermont Rory Burroughs 21.56± ac Commercial Property, Paved road frontage 1,575±ac Hunting Haven Ranch, Shinnery, Well water Your Rolling 102 E Sammy Baugh 311±ac 50ac grass/pasture, remainder in cultivation, 2.5 miles south of Rule 80± ac Little Gardner open native range, co-op water IN CONTRACT Plains Realtor Ave Rotan, TX 79546 780.43±ac 60% cultivated, approx. 50ft elevation changes, mixed vegetation COMING SOON 330± ac Dieckmeier Co-op water, all improved pasture IN CONTRACT M: 830-591-3972 O. 325-776-8256 271± ac SE of Weinert, Dry land farm w/pasture, tanks and creek! IN CONTRACT 318±ac Miller 318 Irrigated Farm underground water, native grasses IN CONTRACT [email protected] 507± ac native pasture, borders Lake Stamford IN CONTRACT 2,082±ac Double View Ranch 1 mile DMF Brazos, 100ft bluff, brushy SOLD

10 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 | THE TEXAS SPUR TheTexasSpur.com SPUR CITY CLEANUP

CLEAN UP DAY Last week Spur volunteers came together and helped clean up the city. Some volunteered their time. Some volunteered their trucks. Some volunteered their brawn. Junk and trash from around town were hauled to the dump and beautified the city. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTOS

BABY SHOWER

Belle Smith & James Holt · JULY 10 ·

WILSON MOTORS 1101 East Coliseum Drive 1-800-545-5019 325-573-6352 62 Ronnie YEARS Est. 1957 Green www.wilsonmotors.net 207-2567

2014 Ford Edge SEL 2020 Buick Encore 2017 Ford Explorer 2015 Ford 2018 GMC Acadia FWD #21139A Preferred #20355A XLT #21139B F150 #21057C SLT #21046A $19,500 $23,500 $30,000 $30,500 $31,900

2018 Chevy 2016 Ford F150 King 2015 Jeep Wrangler 2017 Ford F150 XLT 2017 GMC Sierra Traverse LT #21135A Ranch #21035A Rubicon 4WD #H9394 2500HD Double Cab #N9398 #20344B $34,500 $35,500 $36,900 $36,900 SOLD

2016 Ford Super Duty 2015 Chevy 2018 Ram 2500 2018 Ford F150 2017 Ford F250 F-250 SRW Silverado 1500 Crew Tradesman Crew Lariat 6 #21137A Super Duty SRW #21078A #L9399 #21130A #21058A $41,500 $41,500 $45,500 $47,995 $51,000

2019 Ford Ranger 4 2018 Ram 2500 2015 Ford Super Duty 2015 FordF150 2019 Lincoln #20355B Laramie Crew F250 Lariat Raptor Supercrew Navigator Reserve #20288A #21121A #H9396 #21131A SOLD $52,500 $54,500 $67,000 $69,500