The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1975 Page: 1 of 4
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W. 0, Richard3on
Wortham, TX 76693
SERVING WORTHAM
And Its Tri-County
Trade Area
The Wortham Journal
VOLUME 77
4 PAGES
WOKTHAM, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 8,1975
10 CENTS
NUMBER 4
Worthamites are reminded
that the Bloodmobile will be here
at the Community Center,
Wednesday, May 14 from 2 to 6
p.m. Please note the change of
hours. Plan now to donate a pint
of blood to help Wortham meet its
quota.
Welcome to Wortham to Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Urich and
daughter. Mr. Urich is the
manager of the I.M.C. plant in
Mexia and is moving his family
here from Chicago. They have
purchased a home in the Twin
Circles addition.
Mr.' Jesse Miller, official
weather observer, states that
Wortham received a total of .15
inches rainfall since the first of
May.
unusual winner of a painting,
given as (he prize in a drawing in
Florida. She registered for the
drawing during a recent trip
there to visit with Lt. and Mrs.
Tommy Guest and daughter.
The Cavalier Gallery of Art, Inc.
of Fort Walton Beach has notified
her she is now the owner of an
original oil painting of a
seascape
Happy Birthday to Patsy Scott
and Hiram Boyd on May 9; Ann
Massey and Emilie Jones on May
10; C.J. Modisette and Lonnie
Lambon May 11, J T Tims, Mrs.
W R. Marberry and W.A. Collier
on May 13; Dale Miller, Gene
Allen, Mike Batts, Annie Bell
Doss, Clara Kinnison, Jerry
Roberts and Betty Lamb on May
14; Lydia Lane, Vance Murphy
and Warren Livingston on May
15
Donald Calame, newly-appointed Director of Volunteer Services at Mexia State School,
tends to office business with Mrs. Sandy Comer. (Staff Photo by Tad Hershorn)
Calame To Coordinate
Volunteer Services
Appointment of Don Calame as
Coordinator of Volunteer Ser-
vices at the Mexia State School
was announced today by Supt.
Malcolm Lauderdale.
Calame, a state employe with a
diversified background, succeeds
Mrs. Odell Burrows, who retired
in February of this year after a
long tenure of service with the
Mexia State School.
Calame received almost a year
of intensified “on-the-job’
training for this new position,
having been selected a year ago
as an Assistant Coordinator of
Volunteer Service and working
closely with the retiring Coor-
dinator during that time.
He has held several other
position of responsibility since
joinging the staff of the Mexia
State School in 1967 as Assistant
Director of the Foster Grand-
parent Program. In this
assignment, he worked closely
with employes, residents of the
school, and with other depart-
ments of the facility.
When the team concept came
into being at the local facility in
1971, Calame was one of the first
individuals selected for the new
role of Team Project Director.
He was assigned to the White
Rock area, where he supervised
78 dormitory personnel and
where he was responsible for the
welfare and training of 330
female residents.
A year and a half later, Calame
accepted the position of Team
Project Director for the
Shamrock area. There he
supervised 80 dormitory per-
sonnel and coordinated training
programs for 400 high level
female residents.
From the Shamrock area,
Calame moved to the Volunteer
Service Department as Assistant
Coordinator on May 1, 1974,
During this past year, he has
worked with community
organizations and other groups
interested in the welfare of the
residents of he school, has ,iu,cle
informational speeches before
clubs and other groups, and has
assisted in the directing of ser-
vice programs aimed at helping
all of the residents of the facility.
A resident of Wortham,
Calame originally planned to
pursue an agricultural career,
and did for several years. He was
graduated from Texas A and M
University in 1951 with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Agricultural Education.
After leaving A and M
University, he joined the Texas A
and M Agricultural Extension
Service and served as assistant
county agent in Hildalgo County
for just over two years.
Unknowlingly at the time, it was
in this position that he got an
excellent start for the new role he
has at the Mexia State School. As
assistant county agent, his
primary responsibility was the
organization of 4-H clubs in all
communities of Hildalgo County
and getting local adults to serve
as sponsorrs and-or leaders of
each club. After the clubs were
formed, he supervised their
activities. There were 400 boys
and girls involved in the overall
program.
Following his service with the
A and M Agricultural Extension
Service, Calame continued in
agricultural-related work until
he joined the Mexia State School
except for a period in which he
represented a life insurance|
company.
Further adding to Calame’s
qualifications for Volunteer
Coordinator is his years of
volunteer service and civic
responsibility on the local level.
For two years, he served as
president of the Wortham united
Fund and was president two
years. He is a former president of
the Wortham Lions Club and was
district camping chairman for
the Boy Scouts of America for
three years.
He has served on the ad-
ministrative board of the First
United Methodist Church seven
years, including one year as
chairman. He is a past-president
of the Mexia State School
Chapter No. 56 of the Texas
Public Employees Association,
was on the board of directors for
two years, and was a member of
the T.P.E.A. Regional Council
for two years.
Calame is a Past Master of
Wortham's Longbotham Lodge
No 428, A F and A M He and his
wife, Joycelyn, are the parents of
four children.
Sample To Be Taken
Among the various exhibits at the Third Annual Arts and Craft Fair
held Saturday in Wortham were these rock paintings shown by
Mrs. Beverly Rider of Wortham. (Sun Staff Photo by Monte Smith)
| Police Report|
Picked up one run-a-way out of
Euless, a fourteen year old girl.
Called her mama to come get
her. I told her mama I would hold
her if she wanted to use a belt on
her. Had to go to Waco to have
the Old Thing’s hearing aid
worked on. I know big mammt
taught our long legged sheriff
better, that boy thinks you are
supposed to wear a hat in the
house. Not my house he don’t.
Had a little get together down
at Swico the other morning where
man wanting to get off with a
bunch of wheels.
Now Tommy has a new job,
poor boy. don’t know what he is in
for. Had call the other night
where woman done gone and lost
a $100.00 but then she said she
found it in the floor. Man I sure
wouldn't mind cleaning her
But the Old Thing is one of those
narrow minded gals. She would
pitch a fit if I did.
B.N. OWENS
Chief of Police
During the last half of May, a
random sample of some 24,000
Texas farmers will receive a
crop acreage questionnaire from
Charles E. Caudill, Agricultural
Statistician in charge of the
Texas Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service, Austin,
"Come Alive”
at Kirvin
A “Come Alive Crusade’’ will
be held at Kirvin Baptist Church,
Kirvin, Texas, May 11th through
the 18th nightly at 8;00 p.m. The
evangelist will be Rick Scar-
borough. Rick is a former college
football player and has had ex-
perience as a pastor before
becoming an evangelist The
people of Kirvin invite you to
come to Kirvin on May 11-18, 8:00
p m Let’s all COME ALIVE
together.
Texas.
This information will be the
basis for determining the planted
acreage for the state of Texas
and for each county. Texas
covers such a wide area that
state totals alone do not provide
adequate information on Texas’
most basic industry
agriculture. The Texas
Legislature has provided a
program of estimates for each
county. This is a cooperative
effort of USDA's Statistical
Reporting Service and the Texas
Depargment of Agriculture.
Accurate estimates are of
great importance to farmers in
planning production and
marketings and in providing an
unbiased picture of Texas
agriculture. Farmers who
receive questionnaires are urged
to complete and return them by
mail. All individual reports are
confidential and are used only for
state and county totals.
In the handwork the following
winners: Pillows - 1st - Mrs. M.P.
Mandeville, 2nd - Mrs. M.P.
Mandeville, 3rd - Mrs. Ruby
Mathison; Crochet - 1st - Mrs.
R.D. Willard, 2nd - Mrs. Ruby
Mathison, 3rd • Mrs. Ruby
Mathison; Afghans - 1st - Mrs.
M.P. Mandeville, 2nd - Mrs
Steve Swift, 3rd - Mrs. Verdie
Calame; Bed Spreads - 1st - Mrs.
Willie Ann Jackson. 2nd - Mrs.
M P. Mandeville, 3rd - Mrs. O.D.
Williams; Patch Work Spreads -
1st - Verna Jean Cherry, 2nd •
Mrs. Ruby Silva, 3rd - Mrs. Ruby
Mathison ; Afghan and Pillow Set
- 1st - Mrs M P Mandeville, 2nd -
Mrs. M.P. Mandeville.
Miscellaneous - Crochet Shawl
- 1st - Mrs W.G McKeever, 2nd
Baby Blanket - Mrs. Fred Cotton,
3rd - Quilt Top - Mrs. L.I. Moore,
Macramc • 1st - Miss Debbie
Wren. #
Mrs. Glen McComnifei,
chairman, of this division wishes
Watercolors - 1st - “Win-
terscene" - Merle Smity, 2nd -
"Flowers” - Beverly Rider; Oil
on Wood - 1st - "Squirrel” - Jane
Williams. 2nd - "Eggs and
Chicks” - Kathleen Green, 3rd -
"Watermelon" - Jennie
Modisette; Miniature Oils - 1st -
“Bucket with Cattails” • Beverly
Rider, 2nd - “Lemons” • Bobbie
Richardson, 3rd - “Shape of
Texas” - Jane Williams.
Pastels - 1st - Portrait - Peno;
Miscellaneous - 1st - “Raccoons
on Rock” - Jane Williams, 2nd -
“Miniature on Button” - Jane
Williams, 3rd - "$500 Reward” •
decoupagc - Leonard L. Jones;
Rock Painting - 1st - “Tennis
Shows" Jane Williams, 2nd -
“Mushrooms” - Beverly Rider;
Picture in Needlework - Madge
Ray.
Judges for the Art Show were
Mrs. Clyde Sims and Mrs Joe
Frank Bell of Hubbard, both
Mrs Roy Miller displays her mother's coffee grinder and a 75 year
old gourd at the Third Annual Arts and Craft Fair held Saturday in
Wortham (Sun Staff Photo by Monte Smith)
artists and art teachers in the leaches in Corsicana and Mrs.
public schools. Mrs. Sims Bell teaches in Mexia
Winners in the clothing and
hand work division of the Arts
and Crafts Jubilee Celebration
are announced as follows:
Ladies Daytime Dresses - 1st -
Mrs. R.D. Willard, 2nd - Mrs.
David Batts, 3rd - Mrs. R.D.
Willard; Coats - 1st - Mrs. Dale
Rider, 2nd - Mrs. Vernon Red;
Party Clothes - 1st - Mrs. E.A.
Strange, Jr. , 2nd - Mrs. H P.
Bounds, 3rd - Mrs. Roy Miller;
Children’s Dresses - 1st - Mrs.
H.P. Bounds, 2nd - Mrs. W.G.
McKeever; Children’s Shirts - 1st
- Mrs. Ruby Silva, 2nd - Mrs.
Wanda McCord; Casual Clothes -
1st - Mrs. Bailey Bounds, 2nd -
Mrs Bailey Bounds, 3rd - Mrs.
David Batts; 4th Grade Entry -
1st - Tiffany Tacker, 2nd - Nicky
Pitts, 3rd - a tie - Terri Lane and
Beverly Buchanon; Mens Suits -
1st - Mrs. Bailey Bounds.
to thank each one who brought
articles for display.
Judges for the Foods, Quilts,
Sewing and Handwork divisions
were Mrs. Tressie Langston,
County Home Demonstration
Agent, Corsicana, and Mrs. S.F.
Herod, Home Economist, of
Angus.
Mrs. Fritz Chancellor,
chairman of the Local Art
Division of the Jubilee
celebration, announces the
following winners in the show:
I,ocal Artists Oil Paintings - 1st
- “Onions” - Evelyn Chancellor,
2nd - “Tree Landscape” - Jewell
Ixx-khart, 3rd - "Blacksmith
Wortham FFA Banquet Held
Shop” - Madge Ray; Out of Town
Arists - Oil - 1st - “Monarch and
Milkweed" - Raye Calhoun, 2nd -
“Sunflowers” - Virginia Walters,
3rd - “landscape and Horses” -
N. Hopper.
Charles Sikes, reporter
Wortham Future Farmers of
America had their annual
banquet last Friday, May 2 in the
school caferterium Ap-
proximately 80 persons enjoyed a
meal of bar-b-que, ranch style
beans, potato salad, pickles,
onions, bread, potato chips, iced
tea and pie.
The opening ceremonies were
held after the meal and were
give'" bv Harm ond S' ssions.
Elaine Bounds brought the ac-
complishments of the chapter.
Mark Moore gave the course of
study of V.A. I, Johnny Chapman
V.A. II and David Robinson V.A.
III. Michael Fleming brought
productive projects, Jackie
Ridge gave a talk on shop
projects, Tommy Lane gave the
financial report.
Tim Enders, the Area VIII Vice
President, was the special
speaker for the meeting.
Mr. Wayne Poe, Superin-
tendent, then presented the
awards. The following received
awards in Public Speaking:
Charles Sikes; Poultry - Clint
Davis; Swine - Elaine Bounds,
Livestock - Elaine Bounds; Soil
and Water - John Calame; Farm
Safety - Johnny Chapman;
Ouldoor Recreation - Mark
Moore; Sales and Service -
Randy Adams; Ag. Processing -
Kenneth McManus; Crops - John
Calame; Home Improvement -
Rex Spakes; Ornamental Hor-
ticulture John Calame; Fish
and Wildlife - Jonnny Chapman;
Beef Production - Hammond
Sessions; Farm Mechanics -
Charles Sikes; Dairy - Jim
Jones; Forestry - Johnny
Chapman; Natural Resource
Development - Tommy Lane.
The Dekalb Award was
presented to David Wren and the
Star Greenhand Award was
presented to Elaine Bounds. The
Star Chapter Farmer Award was
presented to Hammond Sessions.
Certificates of Merit were
presented to the following Ag III
students: Randy Adams -
Welding and Horsemanship; Don
Allen - Shop Skills; David
Robinson - Genetics and Elec-
tricity.
Vo. Ag. II students receiving
the following certificates were
Tommy I,ane - Small Motors;
Chalres Sikes - Small Motors;
Kenneth McManus - Electric
Arch Welding; Ronald Davis -
Sanding; Johnny Chapman -
Electric Arch Welding.
1 students received these
certificates. Elaine Bounds -
Beef Judging and Hor-
semanship; Mark Moore - Beef
and Dairy Judging and Talent
Contest; Brent Jones - Dariy
Judging; Fred Carter - Beef and
Swine Judging; John Calame -
Beef Judging and Beef Por-
duction; Rex Spakes - Swine and
Dairy Judging.
The Chapter Advisor, Glen
Wren was presented with a gift of
a pen and pencil set from the
chapter officers.
Officers of the F.F A. Chapter
are President Hammond
Sessions; Vice President - Chuck
Calame; Secretary - Johnny
Chapman; Treasurer - Tommy
Lane; Reproter - Charles Sikes;
Sentinel - David Robinson. Of-
ficers of the Greenhand Chapter
are President - John Calame;
Vice President - Elaine Bounds;
Secretary - Johnny Allen;
Treasurer Brent Jones;
Reporter Mark Moore; Sentinel
- Fred Carter. The Chapter
Sweetheart is Spring Miller.
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THANKS 9
The Wortham Study Club
members wish to express
their appreciation for the
cooperation and assistance
received from friends in
helping to make the 1975
r Wortham Jubilee
celebration an enjoyable
one for the community.
To those who shared
their arts and crafts,
sewing and needlework,
foods and flowers for the
displays, for the many
buildings used for exhibits,
the Bates lot for the flea
market, the school for the
use of the cafetorium and X
auditorium, the open house II
at the Ted Weaver home, I]
and to the Wortham ■
Journal for publicity, the |j
club gives a special thanks II
Mrs Bobby Wilson, U
coordinator, states without
the help of the town, the
Jubilee celebrations would
not have been possible.
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The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1975, newspaper, May 8, 1975; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106365/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.