El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 65, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1982 Page: 1 of 28
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El Campo, Texas, Saturday, November 6, 1982
2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES
Ricebirds Top Brazosport But Miss Playoffs
By JONATHAN FEIGEN
The El Campo Iticebirds con-
cluded their 1982 season last night
with a 21-6 homecoming victory
over Brazosport that was
somewhat tempered by big West
Columbia and Bay City wins that
knock the Ricebirds out of the
playoffs.
El Campo, Bay City and West
Columbia all finished with 5-2
district records but the Black Cats
and Roughnecks will advance to
the playoffs because of victories
over El Campo.
The Ricebirds combined a
dominant first half defense with
eight Brazosport turnovers to win
last night. Seven of those tur-
novers were in the second half.
Senior Tim Parma scored twice
for the Ricebirds as he found open
running rooom down the right
sideline for scores of 27 and 19
yards.
The first Iticebird touchdown
came with 3:40 left in the first
quarter. Parma’s 27-yard run
capped a four-play, 39 yard-drive.
A fake to Lawrence Francis held
the Brazosport lineman allowing
Parma to run untouched down the
sideline for the score. A pass in-
terfence penalty on an attempted
pass from Greg Swoboda to Mel
Rasmussen set up the touchdown
Swoboda kicked the extra point.
The Ricebird defense held
Brazosport to three plays and a
punt on every first half possession
but one The game then got slop-
py
Brazosport fumbled on their se-
cond play of the half but five plays
and a first down later, the
Ricebirds gave it right back
Ricebird senior Booker Runnels
and John Parker made the
recoveries.
After a Ward Nohavitza sack,
Runnels came up with an in-
terception He fumbled on the
return, however, and Brazosport
regained possession They fumbl
ed the ball right back when Heath
Sherman made a big hit and Bob-
by Contreras the recovery for the
fourth turnover in five plays and
fifth turnover of the half.
Parma ended the sloppy play
with his second touchdown and
Swoboda's second extra point
gave El Campo a 14-0 lead with
8:20 left in the third quarter.
Brazosport began to get their of
fense moving but continued to
hurt themselves with turnovers.
Quarterback Wes Vanderhoofven
completed passes of 14 and 18
yards to Billy Burns and Derwin
Amboree before Parma came up
with an interception
Senior Clyde Gary ended the
next Exporter possession with a
fumble recovery and an in-
complete pass and a fourth down
tackle by Sherman frustrated the
Exporters on their next two
possessions.
The Exporters quickly got the
ball back on a Ricebird fumble
recovered by Jerry Le Compte.
The turnover wasted a 20-yard
run by Swoboda on the previous
play.
Brazosport did not waste the op
portunity as freshman Tony Dar-
thard exploded for 33 yards to set
up an eight-yard Vanderhoofven
touchdown with 4:33 left to play.
The Ricebird went nowhere on
their next possession but Gary in
tercepted a Vanderhoofven pass
with 2:05 left to play and streaked
38-yards to cap the victory.
Swoboda kicked the extra point.
Darthard ran for 135 yards on 21
carries while Parma picked up 90
yards on 13 carries for El Campo.
D’Anne Holt was named El
Campo’s Homecoming Queen
before the game
Patman Victorious In Most
Of 14th District Counties
With all votes counted and
former Congressman Joe Wyatt
carrying only one county in the
district, incumbent Bill Patman
joined other Democrats state-
wide in declaring victory over
Republican challengers in his bid
for the 14th Congressional
District
“I’m very encouraged and
grateful for the support," Patman
said Wednesday. "We won by a
more substantial margin than 1
thought.”
"Our polls showed us leading
before the election,” Patman con-
tinued “Of course, you never can
tell until the votes are cast That's
the only poll that counts.”
Patman also expressed
gratitude to his staff and
volunteers for his campaign. He
called the results of the election
"heartening and inspiring.”
Wyatt carried only Victoria
County, his home county and the
largest in the 22-county district,
by a margin of 2,061 votes, with
El Campo Woman Dies
From Gunshot Wounds
Disaster Drill
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Transporting injured patients (alias high school drama students) during
Wednesday’s mock disaster drill were emergency medical technicians,
Mark Sablatura. left, and Steven Goetsch. In the background are El Cam-
P<» Memorial Hospital personnel and other drama students posing as
parents and reporters. (Please see story on Page 2-A).
A 22-year-old El Campo man,
currently charged with the at-
tempted murder of his wife, could
be charged with murder pending
notification of the county attorney
after a Sunday shooting which has
resulted in his wife’s death
According to Larry Hensley,
criminal investigator with the
Wharton County Sheriff’s
Department. Arthur Davis, 22,
1414 S Prosperity, may face a
murder charge following the
shooting which resulted in the
death of Sheila Davis, 19. same
address The victim was repor
tedly shot after an argument
Davis was transferred to
Houston's Hermann Hospital
Sunday in critical condition from
Teachers Recognized For Service
Approximately 375 people at
tended the 27th Annual Teacher
Recognition Night banquet co
sponsored Thursday evening by
he Rotary Club of El Campo and
the Kl Campo Independent School
District
Superintendent Jack Birtchet,
who received a 30-year service
pin. said the service award
recipients represent 795 years of
teaching in the Kl Campo district
He also said the present El Campo
High School campus oftenod 30
years ago
After Rotary President Jim
Canncll and Birtchet made their
welcome addresses, Ihrlchet
asked those teachers and
HMarians who had attended the
first banquet to raise their hands
Vppmvimalety Whand* went up
Guest speaker Oscar I.
Newton vice (resident of putilii
relations of Amrrii in f ,
l.ife Insurance Co served as
guest speaker, and received a
standing ovation when he
finished
Also on the program were Sgt
Roy Benavidez 1 Ret», who led the
Pledge of Allegiance, the Rev
James Campbell, who pave the
invocation, benediction and who
as the Rotary Club's song leader
led everyone in a couple of songs
and Richard Manske, EC1SD
Board president who handed out
service pins
Several groups of faculty
members were recognized at the
banquet new teachers to the
district and those who retired last
vear as well as thoae who have
mt\«*d the district for five III 15
•o ?5 and to vears
Special lte< oKnrthMi
Three retired teachers and two
rrtired xtiail tmard members
received special plaque* of
r«sognilion although two of the
te icber* w ere not at the banquet
Morrison A Hill, who taught
agriculture in the Kl Campo
district 34 years, was on hand to
receive his plaque
Absent was Olga Mae Hefner,
who s(H*nt 22 of her 29 years in the
Kl Campo District She retired
last year as a special education
teacher at the Opportunity
Center
Also absent was Lillian Ham
Men who was with the Kl Campo
district eight of her nine years as
a teacher She retued as a
resource teacher in Louise
Robert Meek re< eived a plaque
for serving 15 years on the Hoard
of Trustees Me served from !‘**7
until he chose not to run for re
election this year
Waller Ely who served as
hoard president from I9H»> lute
was given a plaque for serving
nine year* on fhe t«oard from PCI
until fht* vear when he a Iso i hose
to not seek re-election
.30- Year Pins
Jack Hirtchet. William K
“Bill" Dowden. Melvin Koym.
Doris St Clair and Virgil Svajda
IS 3 car Pins
Patricia Anderson. Hazel King
and Betty Rondel
20-Year Pins
Inconel Garza Ann Graham.
Mickie Holesovsky. Margarettc
Little. Wendell Hudloff. Mary
Richter. Floyd Stephens and
Thomas Washington
IS-War Pins
Carolyn Arledgc, Pat Clark
Anna Gar/a James Himly Hetty
Mill* Margaret Montello Nancy
Nelson Dorothy Rohbins Jackie
Rntmrtson Patricia Roger* and
(iene Nhv a
Id War Pins
Hriu« Ashcralt Marv la*n*c
Rell Patricia Davis Richard
k id* Linda Elliot• Art Keinarth
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four gunshot wounds to the head
She died Wednesday night
The suspect was released from
the Wharton County Jail on a
$10,000 bond following the
shooting when he turned himself
into authorities at the Wharton
County Jail
Police are searching for the
suspect or suspects reportedly
connected with the Thursday
evening burglary of The Rodv
Works clothing store located at
See POLICE. Page2)
8,768 votes cast for Wyatt and
6,707 for Patman.
Patman carried Wharton Coun-
ty easily, with 6,196 votes to
Wyatt’s 3,355, a difference of
2,841
Aransas County reported 1,850
votes tor Wyatt and 1.869 for Pat
man in the closest margin
reported in the race. Patman car
ried Austin County with 2.630
votes to Wyatt’s 1,709.
Bee County reported 1,787 votes
for Wyatt and 3,456 for Patman;
Brazoria County, 1,173 tor Wyatt
and 2,421 for Patman; Burleson
County, 649 for Wyatt and 2,616 for
Patman; Calhoun County, 1,936
for Wyatt and 3,295 for Patman
The incumbent also carried Col-
orado County, 2,758 to 1.435;
DtWltt County, 2,339 to l.K;»H
Fayette County, 3,543 to 1,755,
Goliad County, 1,015 to 717; and
Gonzales County, 2.273 to 871
Guadalupe County went to Pat-
man with 6,161 votes for the in
cumbent and 5,338 for Wyatt, as
did Jackson County, 2,800 votes
for Patman and 1,2131 for Wyatt,
Lavaca County, 3,158 to 1,645, Lit*
County, 2,049 to 699. Matagorda
County, 4,447 to 2,173; Refugio
County, 1,498 to 822, Waller Coun-
ty, 2.839 to 1.462. Washington
See ELECTION. Page 2)
Fat ('hatire ...
By JKKRY VI I IIS
The boorish, stay-too-late, unwelcome guest has been the
prime subject for several plays and the butt of thousands of
jokes
But it ain't funny when the unwanted visitor turns out to be a
pudgy stranger staring at you from your own bathroom mirror
Where did he come from’’ What happened to the young «»uy,
the one with clear blue eyes, square jaw and trim build9
Well don't bother searching for him in the bathtub or under
the bed The young dude vanished down memory lane, going the
way of "Greasy Kid Stuff" and white buck shoes
In his stead we got old chubby, and the only way to get rid of
him is to sweat
Which is why me and the rest of the "over the hill gang” are
here in this gym. sweatin', swearin and pumpin' iron
Actually, w'e do more swearing than we do pumping if
cussing could get you in sha(>e I'd M* the next Mr Universe
Hut it won't and neither will expert tailoring, although I
should have guessed a change was due when my tailor sent me
to Omar the Tentmaker tor my last suit
So. it's lift that dumb liell, rurl that bar M*ll. roll the medicine
hall sweat those pounds off. make it hurl
What h an't figure <mji is whv I have to suffer this agony The
other guys earned their pain living former live* of wine,
women and song tail I rn suffering along with them and I
don t remember having such a g**»d time with m> previous
bodv
There just am t no justice Alright Who s tlw wim- guy
who s#-t tlx bench |»re*a at ton (rounds9 I damn near got a tier
nia "
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 65, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1982, newspaper, November 6, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1007163/m1/1/?q=Negroes+held: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.