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VOL. 87 NO. 44 THURSDAY, JULY 14,1977 Throckmorton, Texas 76083
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CHAMPION OLD-TIMER ROPER—Bill Crowder proved the old saying that some people
don’t get older, they just get better, last week when for the second year in a row he won
the Old-Time Calf Roping Contest at the Texas Cowboy Reunion in Stamford. Crowder’s
time for two calves was 25.2 seconds to beat last years timing of 27.2 seconds. Crowder is
pictured proving his roping speed.
Crowder Is Still
Top Calf Roper
WEATHER
Bill Crowder did it again!
Crowder proved again last
week that he was still the
best calf roper in these parts
by winning for the second
year in a row the Old-Time
Calf Roping Contest at the
47th Annual Texas Cowboy
Reunion and Rodeo in Stam-
ford.
Crowder, 57, turned in a
14.2 seconds timing in the
morning eliminations in the
rodeo arena to qualify for the
matinee rodeo as one of the
eight finalists.
All but Crowder and Eli
Wallace, also 57, of Quanah,
were vying for the John
Selmon Memorial Saddle.
Since Crowder won the Sad-
dle last year and Wallace won
it in 1975’s Reunion, neither
were eligible to win it again
as TCR rules stipulate that
an Old-timer may only win
the saddle once. So, Crowder
and Wallace had only a
chance to win spurs and the
title of the best Old-Time Calf
Roper of the annual event.
Crowders afternoon time
The Throckmortpn Volun-
teer Fire Department ans-
wered a call Thursday after-
noon to a grass fire on the
Durwood Daws place.
of 11 seconds flat, penciled on
to his morning 14.2 seconds
gave him 25.2 seconds on two
calves and no other oldtimer
could top that.
Although a year older,
Crowder turned in faster
times for the victory in both
his elimination time and his
friends time than he did last
year to be named the top
roper.
Last year, Crowder, fore-
man of the W.R. Watt Ranch,
came through with a time of
15.6 seconds in the morning
eliminations and in the after-
noon, he clocked 11.6 seconds
which told the story with 27.2
seconds on two calves.
With Crowder ineligible
for the saddle, T.W. Flenni-
ken of Hamlin earned the
coveted award for his second-
fastest average of 32.7
seconds. The Hamlin roper
clocked 15.6 seconds in the
morning eliminations and
17.1 seconds in the afternoon.
Rusty Bradley, 66 of Elec-
tra won the belt bucket in the
morning eliminations for the
best time of an Old-Time Calf
Roper over 65.
Boley Cotton of Woodson
was also among the eight
finalists along with Bill Ditt-
inger and C.J. Shepherd Jr.
of Austin, Buel Webb, Evant,
and Buck Bowman, Okla-
homa City. ”
HIGH LOW
July 6 95 69
July 7 96 70
July 8 97 70
July 9 86 72
.01
July 10 93 69
.72
July 11 98 73
July 12 98 75
Rain this week: .73; Rain
this month: .73; Total rain
this year: 13.20; Rain this
date 1976: 11.36.
Throckmorton football fans
will be seeing home games
under new lights this fall,
Grease Burns
Hospitalize
Throck Youth
David Everett, eight year
old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Everett remains in
Throckmorton Memorial
Hospital with an injury he
received July 3 while he and
his parents were camping on
the river.
David received third
degree burns to his leg and
foot when he stepped on the
edge of a pan containing hot
grease. The pan had been
placed away from the camp in
order for the grease to cool.
While running and playing,
David failed to see the pan,
thus causing the accident.
He was admitted to the
local hospital, but his mother
said the burns were healing
well and she hoped she would
be able to take her son home
today (Thursday).
This was the only accident
reported during the holiday
in Throckmorton.
according to Burton Hurley,
school superintendent.
The lights, which Hurley
estimates have lighted Grey-
hound stadium for approxi-
mately 50 years, have been
taken down and will be
replaced with new poles and
lights by the time the first
home game is played Sept.
16.
The old light poles had
rotted out below the surface
and had become a hazard for
anyone to climb the poles to
replace burned out blubs. “In
fact, we finally got a man
from Breckenridge to come
and replace some of the
bulbs, but he refused to climb
some of the poles because
they were so rotted out,”
Hurley said.
Eddie Barrington removed
the old units and is building
the new bases and fixtures.
The new lighting, to be
paid for with school funds, is
the same type lighting used
The new lighting will con-
sist of two tripod type poles
on each side of the field with
a unit of 16 lights atop each
pole.
at the Rule football stadium.
“We have seen this type
lighting in Rule and feel it
will provide adequate light-
ing for our local field,” Hur-
ley said.
The 1977 football season
will kick-off Friday, Sept. 2
with the Greyhounds playing
Perrin there.
Former THS
Teacher To
Preach Here
Jim Coulston, former pas-
tor at Elbert Methodist
Church and a former Throck-
morton teacher, will preach
at the Sunday morning ser-
vices at First United Metho-
dist Church here.
He is presently superinten-
dent of schools at Tahoka.
Services will begin at 11
a.m.
Following the church ser-
vice, a luncheon will be held
in the fellowship hall of the
church to which everyone is
asked to bring sandwiches nd
chips for their family and
guests. A drink and dessert
will be furnished.
FFA Boys Attend State Convention
Seven members of the
Throckmorton Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America
are attending the 49th State
FFA Convention in Fort
Worth, Wednesday through
Friday of this week, in the
Fort Worth Convention Cen-
ter. The theme of the Con-
vention is, “FFA-Agricul-
ture’s New Generation.”
the three-day meeting of
representatives of over 899
FFA Chapters from through-
out the state will include the
awarding of advanced
degrees, scholarships and the
awards to outstanding mem-
bers of the organization.
One of the highlights of the
Convention will be the
awarding of the Lone Star
Farmer Degrees. Only the
top three percent of the total
State membership may
receive this degree each
year. To receive this degree
an FFA member must have
completed at least two years
of instruction in vocational
agriculture, must have earn-
ed and productively invested
at least $500 by his own
efforts from his supervised
farming and/or agricultural
work, must be familiar with
DWAYNE HARRINGTON
the FFA organization and
show strong leadership abili-
ties. The Lone Star Farmer
Degree is the highest FFA
Degree awarded by the State
Association.
Dwayne Harrington, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Harring-
ton, is among the top three
percent in the state to
receive his Lone Star Farmer
Degree at the Convention
this year. Dwayne is a 1977
graduate of THS where he
served as FFA Chapter pre-
sident two years and vice-
president one year. He also
served as treasurer and pre-
sident of the Oilbelt District
of the Future Farmers of
America. Dwayne was a
member of both the State
Senior Chapter Conducting
Team and the State Land
Juding Team. In addition to
various other FFA activities
Dwayne served as president
of his class both his junior
and spninr vpars. ITp was also
active in the Commercial
Club and lettered in football
four years and ran track.
Members of the Throck-
morton FFA Chapter attend-
ing the convention include:
Gary and Ray Fowler, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray
Fowler; Dalton Harrington,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Harrington; Jeff Bailes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robbie
Bailes; Tommie Joe Hudson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Hudson, Neal Cook, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook, Bodie
Cribbs, son of Mary Cribbs
and Jerry Payne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R.B. Payne.
Dalton will serve in two
capacities at the FFA Con-
vention. One of his duties will
include being a member of
the FFA Courtesy Corps.
This group assists in main-
taining order during the Con-
vention and gives directions
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