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PUBLISHED AT YOAKUM, TEXAS EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT YOAKUM. TEXAS 77995
TUESDAY, AUG. 25, 1970
10 CENTS PER COPY NO. 87
Rotaiy Dist Governor Gardner
Visits Yoakum Club Hus Week
Sister Henrietta At
Huth Hospital
Rotary District Governor Sam
J. Gardner of Austin and his wife,
' Margaret, will be the honored
guests of Yoakum Rotarians this
week, Aug. 25th and 26th, local
• .club president CharlesSoehnge
,has announced.
Varied activities are planned
.for the couple when they ar-
_ rive here this week, including
directors of the local Club and
%a irafftoership meeting Wednes-
day at LaMancha.
District Governor Gardner
Joined the Rotary Club of North-
-west Waco in February of 1958.
As the captain commanding the
Waco District iJI the Texas High-
way Patrol, his classification
/was Public Safety, Police Ser-
vice. He served that club as
chairman ofmany.committees,as
-director, and as president in
1965-66. While in Waco he was
a member of the Methodist
v Church, a director of the YMCA,
Chairman of the American Red
Cross chapter and of the Cen-
• tral Texas Blood Bank.
He joined the Rotary Club of
• North Austin on July 1, 1969,
after having ^«en transferred to
Austin Jgfllie Texas Department
.of Public Safety to serve as In-
spector of the Highway Patrol
m
Sister Henrietta Bednarsky,
formerly with Burns Hospital in
Cnero, has joined the Huth Hospi-
tal staff as supervisor of the
second floor, it was learned here.
Sister is one of several staff
members due to be leaving Burns
Hospital when that facility closes
and patients are transferred to
the Cuero Community Hospital,
a tax supported institution due to
open next month.
Already closing is the Cuero
Hospital which has been adminis-
tered through a foundation.
Burns Hospital is owned and ope-
rated by the Sisters of the In-
carnate Word and Blessed Sac-
rament, the same congregation
which administers Huth Hospital
of Yoakum.
Faculty Announced For Yoakum
Public Schools 1970-71 Term
New Management Team
Secondary PTA
Leaders To
DIST. GOV. GARDNER
Service. He is now a director
of the Travis County Red Cross
chapter, a member of the Aus-
tin Society for Public Adminis-
tration, and a vice president of
the Texas Police Association.
He and his Rotary Ann Mar-
garet now live at 500 E. Ander-
son Lane in Austin.
Livestock Auction To Benefit
Bthebonnet Youth Ranch
r The directors of the Blue-
bonnett Youth Ranch were noti-
fied late last week that the Hal-
.lettsville Livestock Commission
had donated the use of their
auction ring on September 15th
-for a big livestock sale for the
benefit of the Youth Ranch.
It was aflliounced that any-
* one wishing to donate livestock
to the Youth Ranch may do so
at the sale on Tuesday, Scp-
•tember 15th. Bluebonnet Youth
Ranch which will be a home for
dependent and neglected chil-
* dren is now scheduled for con-
struction in the early fall. All
proceeds from the sale of live-
* stock at this September 15th auc-
tion will be used in the con-
struction of the first home. Any-
one wishing to donate animals
(for the auction are asked to
bring thei1*westock to the sale
on September 15th and tell the
attendant that they wish to do*
* nate this animal. The first home
of the Youth Ranch is scheduled
, to house 8 to 16 young men and
wom&l. Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Bowman have been selected as
the first house parents and Mr.
' Bowman will double as the exe-
cutive director. Several contri-
butions of building materials
have already been donated and
* the site located on Highway 77-A
between Yoakum and Cuero is
about ready for the construction
* to begin.
It is hoped that many local
farmers and ranchers along with
. other people who own livestock
' will take advantage of this op-
portunity to help such a worthy
cause. All donations made bv
individuals will be tax deduct-
ible as the Bluebonnet Youth
Ranch has been approved as a
non-profit tax-free organisation.
2nd ANNUAL
FOOD FAIR
Meet Aug. 25th
There will be a meeting of
the executive committee of the
Yoakum Secondary Schools P-
TA on Tuesday, August 25th,
at 8:00 p. m. at the Yoakum
Junior High School.
Mrs. Fred Kuester, presid-
ent, advises all elected offic-
ers, committee chairmen, and
committee co-workers to
please be present as a budget
will be set up and plans of
work of various committees
will be discussed and approv-
ed to be ready for adoption at
the first regular meeting of
the Yoakum Secondary
Schools PTA.
If you were elected an offi-
cer, or if you consented to
serve on any committee, it is
your duty and obligation to be
present, PTA spokesmen re-
jninded.
See you Tuesday, August 25
at 8:00 p. m. at the Junior
High School building.
The following faculty has been
announced for Yoakum Public
Schools for the 1970-71 school
term. Beside each name is also
listed the main course or grade
taught by the person named.
HIGH SCHOOL
Melvin H. Borcher, Principal
Agnes Abernathy, English
J.W. Alee. P.E., Geog., Coach
David Bernshausen, Band
Mrs. Nevylnn A. Bland, English
Robert J. Daugherty, History
Mrs. Lilah Jane F. Doty, Book-
keeping.
Mrs. Mary M. Fitzpatrick,
Science
Mrs. Mary E. Gabrelcik, Lib-
rary
Mrs. Erma V. Gee, English
Finley W. Goodwyn, Biology
Thomas L. Graves, Shop
Melvin L. Hairell, Government
Mrs. Sandra Lynne C. Jenkins,
English
Albert W. Lilley, Voc. Ag.
Thomas R. Marshall, Coach,
P.E.
Mrs. Mary Ann Manning, Typing
Henry D. Morgan, Spanish
Leroy E. Muenich, Algeb.a,
Math
Mrs. Lillian M.S. Muenich H.E.l
Mrs. Charlotte M. Parks, Girls
P.E.
Thomas M. Rinn, Amer. Hist.
Lyndell G. Schaefer, Ag. 1
Charles D. Schomburg, Geo-
metery
James M. Thibodeaux, Chem.
Mrs. Marilyn Thibodeaux, Math
Harry R. Thiele, ill, Eng. P.E.
John E. Trott, Jr., Math, P.E.
Harvey H. Wetz, German
Mrs. Sarah Ann Wilson, H.E. 11
James R. Yeager, Jr., Bio.,P.E.
Mrs. Linda K. Zeigler.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 9
Harvey P. Schneider, Principal
Mrs. Marie A. D. Boothe, Read-
ing and Spelling
Mrs. Vera D. Connally, Math
Young Homemakers Hear
THIS SATURDAY Guest Speaker Lamont Mill
The second annual Interna-
tional Food Fair will1 be held
Saturday, August 29, from 5:00-
10:00 PM at Stroman High
School, located at 3002 E. North
Street in Victoria, Texas.
The fair benefits the HEAR
Foundation of Texas, an organ-
ization devoted to helping deaf
children develop an orientation
to sound and to acquire normal
speech and language. The event
is conducted by parents and
friends of HEAR.
Tickets are $1.00 for adults,
with children under 12 admitted
free. Servings of food are from
10c and up.
Food booths representing 10
countries will be featured and
a program of entertainment will
be presented. In addition num-
erous prizes will be awarded
during the event.
Tickets are available at Yoa-
kum Federal Savings and Yoa-
kum Herald-Times for advanced
sales.
The Food Fair was no suc-
cessful last year that demands
See FAIR Page 4 Col. 2
The Young Homemaker s of
Texas met August 8, in the Home-
making Cottage with Mr. Lamont
Mill as guest speaker. “Pre-
paring Your Child for School'
was llr.Hill’s topic tor the eve-
ning. Communicating and read-
ing, to the child, establishing
reasonable standards, and re-
spect for their parents were em-
phasised by Mr. Mill.
the Chamber of Commerce. The
Viet Nam package was sent to
Cecil Windsor.
Miss Weld At
SWT University
On Scholarship
Mrs. Robert Walters and Mrs.
Leon Petru were hostesses for
the evening. Coming events for
the year were announced by the
President - Area X Convention
in Golaid on September 26,1970;
YHT Week - September 19-26,
1970; State Convention in Fort
Worth to be held in January.
Projects, committees, and
programs for the coming year
were discussed. It was voted
to end the Membership Drive
October 1. The club also voted
to promote welcoming new-
comers to Yoakum sponsored by
New School Business Office Building
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This is a view of the Yoakum
Independent School District's new
general office building.
This building, located across
the street- from the new pinior
high building and near the high
school annex, houses the ad-
ministrative offices of school
superintendent Harold Knape;
supervisor and coordinator of all
federal programs, Lamount Mill
and elementary supervisor Joe
Sutton. There are four office
personnel besides the three
executives named.
The building was constructed
under a base bid of $48,000.
It is the first time that the Yoa-
kum schools have a separata
building tor the school admin-
istrator and his associates, mak-
ing it convenient not only for
the public having business with
the school officials, but making
operations more efficient and
workable.
Office personnel include Mrs.
Delores Lilley. Mrs. Shir ley Gib-
son, Mrs. Lorens Armstrong and
Mrs. Mary Nall Bosning.
Miss Albina Walfl, a 1969
graduate of Yoakum High School,
was the special guest at Wed-
nesday's Rotary Club meeting
here. Miss Welfi, completing her
first year at San Marcos State
University, majoring in elemen-
tary education, is attending col-
lege on a Rotary -sponsored
scholarship.
She outlined in detail her col-
lege work and accomplishments
and expressed gratitude to Ro-
tarians for assisting her.
The daughter of Mrs. Victor
Welfi of Hallettsville, Route 4,
Albina is a member of the Col-
lege spiriteers pep squad and is
active in other campus activities.
Al YHS she was a member of
the Student Council, Junior His-
torians, Spanish Club and mem-
ber of the Future Teachers or-
ganization.
Rotarians Tuesday heard a
message from another source,
Texas AIM University, where
Carl O'Neill, a 1970 graduate,
has enrolled for studies, also
under a Rotary - sponsored
scholarship. Rotarlan Joe Jar-
mon read the letter informing
Yoakum Rotarians that Carl had
enrolled at the University.
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Darryl L. Dippel, Science
Charles V. Dullye, Math
Mrs. Patsy T. Graves, Horn?
Economics
Jajnos C Hermes. P.E.. Coach
Mrs. Wanda Hilty, Special Ed.
Mrs. Katherine J. Lenzy, P.E.
Mrs. Geneivieve Lyons, Social
Studies.
Mrs. Carolyn Ann McKenna,
English
Ralph E. McMaster, Social
Studies
Mrs. Ruth O. McMaster, Read-
ing and Spelling
Mabel Lee Merrem, English
Louise D. Orsak, Special Ed.
l Mrs.’ Rith H. Sanders, Social
Studies
Mrs. Mary M.Schroeder, Read-
ing.
James W. Story, Math & Coach
Mrs. Virginia Karin Thiele,
English
Helen M. Thornell, Librarian
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 9
Calvin F. Gilpin, Principal
Mrs. Ruth Marie Albrecht, 4th
Mrs. Catherine H. Barron, 4th
Mrs. Lucille M. Benbow, 5th
Dorothy G. Gibson, 4th
Lucile R. Gregory,' 4th
Lillian F. Guettner, 5th
Carolyn B. McMillian,
Public School Music
Emma Rita Orsak, 5th
Shatta Mae Quam, 5th
Inita M. Smith, Special Ed.
Mrs. Mamie E. Edwards, Re-
medial Reading
Mrs. Haidee E. Swaney, Phys.
Ed.
Mrs. Sue B. White, Libarian
Mrs. Tena M. Lewis, Physical
Ed.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Carl D. Snyder, Principal
Mrs. Eva M. T. Adams, 1st
Mrs. Mary E. Alexander, 3rd
Mrs. Vera Elizabeth Anders,
3rd
Mrs. Betty Ann Borchers, Kin-
dergarten
Mrs. Effie W. Buehrtng, 2nd
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NEW TEX TAN MANAGEMENT TEAM — John W Coshy. Jr (Contcri, new
president and general manager of Tex Tan Welhausen Company, a division of the
Tandy Corporation headquartered in Yoakum. Texas, meets with A A Tolbert
(left), vice president-production and Ril] Wright (righti, vice president sales and
merchandising.
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Betty
Katie
Buethe, 3rd
Cheatham, Sp.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Ed.
Mrs. Merle B. Davis, 1st
Mrs. Marguerite M. Donnelly,
1st
Mrs. Hilda R. Edgar, 3rd
Mrs. Lillian L. Guettner, 2nd
Mrs. Ethelyn McManus, 1st
Mrs. Jo R. Plume 1st
Mrs. Frances L. Snyder, 2nd
Mrs. Mary L. Whitley, 2nd
EUnor B. Butler, Phys. Ed.
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Houston,
Phys. Ed.
Mrs. Jessie Mae Johnson, Re-
medial Reading
Mrs. Carine T. St. Clair, School
Nurse.
A new management team is
now heading the Tex Tan Wel-
hausen Company, a division of
the Tandy Corporation head-
quartered in Yoakum.
John W. CcjSby, Jr., has been
named president and general
manager; A. A. Tolbert, vice
president -production, and Bil 1
Wright, vice president-sales and
merchandising. Cosby succe-
eds Lewis Shows, who was
named a vice president of the
Tandy Corporation and has moved
to the Ft. Worth area.
Tex Tan, makers of belts, bill-
folds and other leather goods, has
been in business for 50 years and
has had a 400 percent sales
volume increase during the past
10 years. The firm’s products
are distributed internationally.
Cosby had been vice president
and field sales manager. He
joined Tex Tan in 1948 as a
salesman, became assistant
sales manager in 1959 and was
named field sales manager in
1961.
A graduate of Texas A&M,
Cosby is active in the Yoakum
Rotary Club, Chamber of Com
merce and A&M Club. He is
Muster Chairman of the A&M
Club and a director of the Blue-
bonnet Youth Ranch.
Tolbert began work with Tex
in 1928 as a hand tooler
sather belts in the factory,
progressed through the pro-
iction ranks to foreman and
superintendent and is presently
in charge of Tex Tan’s four
manufacturing units, which em-
ploy some 600 people. He is
a native of Yoakum
Wright joined Tex Tan in 19-
59 as a sales representative in the
San Francisco Bay area. In 1966,
he was named Western Regional
Manager In his new positidh,
he wil! supervise four regional
sales managers, whoarerespon-
sible for 60 full-time sales re-
presentatives.
Wright is a California native
and had worked as a buyer for
Destine’s in Los Angeles before
joining Tex Tan.
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Rains Cool
August Heat
Little League
Execs Meet Friday
Mrs. Harry Neal
Rites Held Friday
Last (all For
Bargain Day
The last call for advertising
copy for the September 1st Yoa-
kum Bargain Day was sounded
today since the circular will go
to press this week. Ad copy
should be in at the printers
early this week in order not to
delay printing and mailing for
the Sept. 1st sales day in Yoa-
kum. __
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon for Mrs. Harry
V. (Josa) Neil, 81, who died
Tuesday at 10:25 p.m. in a Yoa-
kum nursing home.
Mrs. Neal was born Oct. 3,
1888, in Jackson County. She was a
long-time resident of the Strat-
ton Community.
Services were conducted at
Buffington Funeral Home with
Rev. Joseph Ray officiating. Bur-
ial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Alex and
Tom Benbow, Ernest and Wil-
liam Kuester, L. T. Burns, and
Otto Wagener.
Surviving'are two sons: Floyd
of Houston and Ed Neal of Bee-
vllle, a sister, Mrs. J. T. Self
of Port Arthur; five grand-
children and four great grand-
children.
All Little League managers
and officers are asked to attend
a LL meeting on Friday, Aug.
28th at 7:30 p.m. at the old City
Hall, President Robert Zaruba
announced today.
It is important that all officers
be present in order to officially
close out the 1970 LL season.
SCHOOLS OPEN
Vacation days for school-
age youngsters are over as
classes began this week Mon-
day in a new 10-month school
year. Enrollment figures were
expected to be finalized later
this week as schedules be-
come operative.
Yoakum School District have
called for a public hearing on
the school budget for tonight,
Monday at 7:00 p m
A wave of showers and thun-
derstorms along a front stretch-
ing from. Texas to New England
Sunday afternoon broke swelter-
ing heat in some areas of the
state and brought refreshing
rains to the hot parched earth.
Showers were reported along a
line from Cotulla to Northeast
Texas. Rainfall varied from less
than a quarter inch to two and
three inches.
Yoakum rainfall amounted to
1.07, according to weatherman
Leo Brier. The gauge at the
Plant Disease Research Station
out on Hwy. Ill recorded .7 of
an inch.
In the immediate Yorktown
area an unofficial 2 to 3 inches
were gauged while other areas
in the vicinity had much less
rainfall.
Just prior to the arrival of
the wave of showers, thermo-
meters hovered at the century
mark as was the case for seve-
ral weeks of hot, dry August
weather. Prospects for more
rain Monday appeared good.
At Hochheim Prairie less than
a quarter-inch of rain fell al-
though high winds and dust
hampered St. Ann's picnic at
National Hall later in the after-
noon.
Tn the Hope area Mrs C. Y.
Jacobs reported .9 of an inch
of rain Sunday.
NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FULLY OPERATIONAL
This Is a view of the gym-
nasium side of the new Junior
High School building completed
on a base bid of $596,000, part
of the overall $950,000band issue
voted for school expansion and
improvement of Yoakum schoo'.s.
Providing classroom
re-
creational facilities tor students
in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th, there
are classrooms staffed by 19 in-
structors (listed elsewhere under
faculty listing) and office per son-
who is
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formerly with the HeraM-fitmea,
secretary in the (Alee of
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Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 87, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1970, newspaper, August 25, 1970; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120979/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.