Sarah Lockwood Macina, 84Sarah Lockwood Macina, 84,

of Midland died on January 23, 2015. Funeral Services were held held at 11 a.m. at Grace Lu-theran Church with Pastor Robert Pase officiating on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Interment was at Pakan Cemetery in Shamrock, Texas, at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan-uary 30. Arrangements were un-der the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funereal Home & Cre-

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For as long as I can remember there has been a stigma attached to people who sell cars, particu-larly used car salesmen. I guess that one of the reasons for this is that all of us have dealt with this situation in one way or another at some time. We all know people who sell motor vehicles. Now, I don’t believe for one minute that people engaged in the automo-bile business are any more dis-honest or nefarious in their deal-ings than the rest of the world, it’s just that enough of them have been that the reputation has per-meated the industry to the point that all have suffered from being associated with dishonesty and misrepresentation of a product.

I spent a good many years of my life dealing with horses as owner, trader, trainer and, at one time, we owned a sizable training facility. Similar stories abound in the horse trading business that have plagued used car salesmen. “He’s never bucked me off” - the

buyer doesn’t have to be told that I never threw a leg over him. When you get him home he may turn out to be a real mooneyed outlaw.

The above examples of how people intentionally deceive po-tential clients is not anything new. I have never thought that this was a good idea for the sim-ple reason that very few business entities have survived with one-time customers, mortuaries be-ing an exception. We all want return customers and those who perceive themselves to have been cheated will not be back.

What brought this to mind was that I saw on TV a man who was trying to sell a “corn shucker.” I wondered what such a machine would look like until they showed it on camera. It was not a corn shucker, it was a corn sheller, a distinction that had not been impressed upon the owner. The man was demonstrating how you turned a handle which rotat-

ed a disc with fingers on it inside the machine and when an ear of corn was inserted the kernels were removed from the cob by the rotation of the disc. The corn kernels came out a spout and the cob was sent out in another direc-tion. In a time before everything was operated by electricity or some other mechanical device, a hand operated corn sheller was an invaluable piece of machinery on a farm which had to support and feed a certain number of cat-tle, horses, hogs, etc. Shelled corn was also transported to a grist mill which converted it into corn meal. At this point in histo-ry those little corn shelling ma-chines are antiques and, I would think, extremely rare.

Some misrepresentations are intentional, but not all. Some are just a matter of ignorance and are attempts to enhance the curiosi-ty and interest of a buyer. When the cobs exited the machine the seller went on to say “they fed

the cobs to hogs and they loved ‘em.” I’ve been around animals all my life and I’ve never seen one of any description eat a corn cob. The man just had to add something to his sales pitch and this must have been the best that he could do. But then, again, maybe he was a retired used car salesman. Ever heard this: BUYER BEWARE? It certainly seemed appropriate in this case.

Just something to think about.

ObituariesLester “Red” Hall, 73

Services for Lester “Red” Hall, 73, of Allison, Texas, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 2015, at the First Baptist Church in Allison with Reverend Michael Price, officiating and Gary Hall, assisting. Burial followed in Zy-bach Cemetery under the direc-tion of Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian, Texas. Lester passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015, in Canadian, Texas.

Lester was born January 27, 1941, in Wheeler, Texas, to the late Mr. James Hall and Mrs. Nona (Dyer) Hall. He was a 1959 graduate of Allison High School. He married Clydene Markham on September 9, 1961, in Clovis, New Mexico. Lester worked for Boydston Oilfield Service Com-pany and was the last founding member of the Allison Fire De-partment. He was also a mem-ber of the First Baptist Church in Allison.

He was survived by his wife, Clydene Hall of Allison, Texas; his daughter, Carol Archer and husband Bruce of Allison, Texas; his sons, Jim Bob Hall of Allison, Texas; Chris Hall of Amarillo, Texas; his brothers, Lee Hall and wife, Sharon and Gary Hall and wife, Linda all of Amarillo, Tex-as; Terry Hall and wife, Nora of Jacksonville, Florida; his grand-children, Josh Archer of Allison, Texas; Kinsey Hall of Pampa, Texas; Chelsea Archer of Allison, Texas; Krista Hall of Amarillo, Texas; Leslie Archer of College Station, Texas; Grant Archer of Allison, Texas; Quinten Rayton of Seattle, Washington; Ella Hall of Amarillo, Texas.

The family suggests memorials be made to the Hemphill Coun-ty Hospice, 1020 South 4th St., Canadian, Texas, 79014, or your favorite charity.

You may send condolences online at www.hughsfuneral-home.com.

Barry Lloyd Wakefield, 69Barry Lloyd Wakefield, age 69,

died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Oxnard, California. Services were held at 10 a.m., Wednes-day, January 28, 2015, at John-son Funeral Home Chapel with Kerry Wood officiating. Burial was in Childress Cemetery.

Barry Lloyd Wakefield was born February 28, 1945, in San Diego, California, and lived in Childress County until his gradu-ation from Childress High School in 1963. He was the eldest son of Lloyd E. (Ted) Wakefield and Barbara Ann Orr Wakefield.

Barry enlisted in the Navy in 1965 and was stationed in Flori-da aboard a destroyer as a radio-man. He served in the Mediterra-nean Sea. Upon his discharge, he resumed his enrollment at Texas Tech and graduated with a degree in business and ac-counting. This led to a career in the agricultural chemical industry and his move to California. At the time of his death, he was the manager of Oxnard Farm Supply, an ag-chemical company that he co-founded.

Barry enjoyed reading, college and Texas High School football and music. He had a deep, res-onant voice and enjoyed spirited conversation.

He was preceded in death by his parents and younger sister, Diane, in 1949.

He is survived by his brother, Joe Wakefield and wife, Linda, of Magnolia; brother, Jim Wakefield and wife, Cheryl, of Shamrock; nephew, Matt and wife, Monique of McKinney; niece, Lindsay of Clovis, New Mexico; great-neph-ew, Mason of McKinney; and aunt, Marjorie Orr of Austin. Barry had several cousins with whom he was very close and he considered his close friends in California and Texas to be family.

Abby Bond, a senior at Wheeler High School was recently named to the Pres-ident’s Honor List of Clar-endon Jr. College for the fall semester of 2014. This honor is reserved for individ-uals, who have distinguished themselves academically by maintaining a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. Abby’s inclusion is the result of hard work and dedication and she is to be commended for her accomplishments.

matory of Midland. Sarah was born on July 27,

1930, to Carroll Joy and Aileen Lockwood. Sarah was a lover of words and music. She was al-ways a teacher and had a great sense of humor. Her daughters dreaded going with her to the Safeway supermarket, because she took her red teacher pen with her and cheerfully corrected such things as the spelling of brocco-li as she filled her basket. She winced every time she passed a music store on the Andrews High-way whose signs advertised the sale of pianos with a misplaced apostrophe. From the age of three, Sarah read constantly and always had a book in hand. At times, there was a book on each couch. When her eyes failed, she listened to recorded books.

Not long after her birth, the family moved to Beaumont, Tex-as. There she and her younger sister, Carolyn, sang and played the piano. They were members of many choirs that performed publicly. Among these was one called the Melody Maids. Later, both girls graduated from North Texas State University. During the summers, they performed in the Dallas State Fair Sum-mer Musicals. Sarah continued to perform when she moved to Midland, landing the female lead in the musical Brigadoon at the Midland Community Theatre. Sarah earned her master degree in English from St. Johns College in Santa Fe. In the ‘60s Sarah be-came the choir director at Grace Lutheran Church, a position she held for approximately 20 years.

Sarah taught English at Cowden, San Jacinto Junior High School and Midland High School. She enjoyed her diverse students and especially enjoyed teaching at Midland High School where she also served as the Chairman of the English department for a number of years.

Among her many gifts was being ambidextrous. She would stand in front of the middle of the chalkboard, and begin writing a sentence with her left hand and would then switch the chalk to her right hand to complete the sentence. It usually took her stu-dents a semester to figure it out.

During the ‘80s, many of her AP classes designed tee-shirts with slogans and caricatures that depicted her as a slave- driver. One quote that appeared at least

twice was the advice, “Abandon all hope ye who enter here”

She is survived by her lov-ing husband of 63 years, Bob Macina: daughter, Mary Maci-na Durham and husband, Tom; daughter, Kathy Macina Harrison and husband, Roy; grandchil-dren, Jennifer Harrison Thomp-son, and her husband, J.P.; Da-vid Harrison, Caitlin Durham and Josh Durham. She is also sur-vived by three great- grandchil-dren, Peyton, Parker, and Paxton Thompson.

She is preceded in death by her parents; C.J. and Aileen Lockwood; and her daughter, Susan Macina.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Sar-ah to the Baumann Scholarship Fund at Grace Lutheran Church or the Capitol Campaign at Grace Lutheran Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com.