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Miller, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Miller, Nocona,
FARM BUREAU
NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 31, 1961
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VOLUME FIFTY-SIX SINGLE COPY 10c NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 31, 1961 NUMBER FOURTEEN
TENTH ANNUAL RODEO OPENS FRIDAY
'Round
Nocona
Friday; Ringgold
Classes Underway
| Nocona, PV Schools To Reopen Tuesday
About Montagne Opens —
, . . Para
Happy days are here again
for Nocona and area school
children who next Tuesday will
again begin playing the lead
role in the greatest mass op-
portunity the world has ever
known — public schooling the
American way.
Unfortunately, there are those
students who do not greet an-
other school term as happily as
they should, but their attitude
can be written off as stemming
from an unwitting childish view-
point. During the years to
come, they will admit that their
public school days were the
happiest of their youthful lives.
Each one has been born with
many priceless heritages and
among them is the privilege of
what is customarily known as
free education. It is not free.
On the contrary, it has steadily
grown to become one of the
most costly of all American un-
dertakings, but generations of
public educated children have
proved the cost to be insignifi-
cant compared to the dividends.
America needs schooling to-
day more than it ever has in
the past. Once the world’s
^greatest nation and once the
world’s leader in everything
from science to diplomacy, we
are today a nation suffering
mightily from lost prestige. We
\?4fere caught in a web of interna-
tional intrigue. We are no long-
' er making all of our decisions
ourselves. Yes, we are still
looked upon as. a great financial
power by those who are doing
everything that they can do to
drain and nullify that power
by stealthily accepting our bil-
lions, some of which are being
sent to nations we know are
our enemies. And our politici-
ans are giving it to them.
It’s an alarming picture we
oldsters are handing to today’s
graduates and today's public
school students, tomorrow’s
graduates. Never in our history
has the challenge been so great
as it is today. Never has there
been a time when students
should concentrate on their
studies and all else that is the
American way as they should
today.
The taxpayers have voluntar-
ily given them good school
buildings, lenient working ho-
urs, good teachers and general
good learning facilities. It’s up
to them. They’ve delivered in
the past; surely, they’ll deliver
in the future.
• • *
When Artie Hawkins of Ring-
gold drove to town the other
day to do some shopping she
little dreamed that she had an
unwanted hitch-hiking passen-
ger.
Parking In front of Crains
dry cleaning emporium, Artie
stepped Up the curb to the side-
walk and for some reason or
other she glanced back at her
car to discover —
A fairly good-sized chicken
snake crazily wrapped around
the front bumper.
Only a couple of doors away
from Service Barber shop where
snakecatcher and snake author-
ity Leonard Bertram operates
his jewelry repair shop, Artie
went directly to 01' Leonard
for help. Couple of minutes
later said snake was coxily
wrapped around Ol' Leonard s
erm. He then delivered it to
Billy Williams' boy, Dennis,
who has quite a collection of
(^reptiles, including a five-footer
Leonard captured in our yard
several weeks ago.
All of us need to appreciate
having Leonard and Floyd Gar-
*Mier, another snake charmer,
• around these here parts. Both
have relieved any number of
residents of snakes of which the
residents themselves were "scar-
ed to death."
see
Lady, pet doggie of Edith
Rice, who lives five miles south-
west of Nocona, proved the
other day that although she is
blind her usefulness Is not
(Continued on page six)
Faculties completed, everything
was in readiness today for reopen-
ing the Montague school tomor-
row (Friday) and the Nocona and
Prairie Valley systems next Tues-
day. One school, Goldburg, (Ring-
gold-Stoneburg- reopened last Mon-
day.
Faculty meetings, which are
customarily held the day before
opening day, will be held at 9
o’clock Monday morning at both
Nocona and Prairie Valley schools.
Superintendents C. R. Hardison
and O. C. Mann have announced
The Montague faculty session was
held last Monday with Principal
Melvin Fenoglio.
First day at each school will be
a complete instruction day.
Following is a thumbnail sketch
of each system on opening day:
Goldburg
Already almost a week into the
new school year, the Goldburg
school will not observe Labor day
as a holiday, Supt. E. O. Martin
has reported.
Faculty members for the first
six grades at Ringgold are: Fifth
and sixth, Principal Wayne Mat-
thews: third and fourth. Mrs. Ed-
ward Patterson’ first and second,
Mrs. Vina Henry.
During the summer all of the
Ringgold school classrooms have
been repainted and all of the
floors have been refinished.
Montague
The complete faculty list was
announced several weeks ago. Af-
ter Friday’s classes, the school will
be closed over the week-end, in-
cluding Labor day. and will re-
sume Tuesday.
No major changes have been
made to the physical plant, but
the gvm floor has been refinished
as it is each summer.
Prairie Valley
PV’s faculty was announced
la't we°k. Labor day is being
observed as a holiday. Improve-
ments during the summer include
’•^finishing of all floor* of both
the elementary and high school
buildings, including the gym floor.
Nocona
Nocona’s faculty was complete
this week with the employment of
Mrs. Adeline (Wylie) Roberts of
Montague as high school English
teacher and David Pyle as assist-
ant high scoool coach.
Mrs. Roberts holds a B. S. de-
gree from East Texas State Teach-
ers college and has more than
(Continued on page six)
Contraci Lei
For Addition To
City Hall Here
Construction of the recently au-
thorized addition to the city hall
is scheduled to get underway next
Tuesday.
Contract for the work was let
last Thursday night by city coun-
cil after council studied four bids
for the L-shaped addition.
The contract was let to Gary
Nees Lumber company of Gaines-
ville, whose bid of $14,185 was
the lowest of the four.
Other bids were: Randall Mer-
rill and Co. of Fort Worth, $16,-
400; J. J. Gentry and Son of Hen-
rietta, $15,180; C. E. McCarley of
Nocona, $18,112.
The addition, which will be
built around the water tower will
cover the space previously used
by the old fire engine house built
around 1912. After letting the
contract, council instructed City
Manager Thrasher to raze the old
structure. This was done the next
day, last Friday.
The addition will house the fire
hall and . Truck Driver Wichita
Tucker’s quarters.
Completion date is scheduled to
be set before work is begun.
Temnerature
Readings For Week
High Low
Thursday .......... 89 55
Friday ............. 92 66
Saturday .......
... 93
62
Sunday .........
... 97
67
Monday .........
... 96
70
Tuesday ........
... 92
69
Wednesday .....
... 91
67
Added Features Include Parades,
Horseback Church Services Sunday
Fresh stock, some of which have never been ridden, will high-
light the Chisholm Trail Roundup, which opens tomorrow (Friday)
night at the Nocona rodeo arena.
The rodeo will play Friday, Saturday and Monday (Labor day)
nights with all performances scheduled for 8 o’clock.
As in past years, there will be
and the second Monday afternoon,
the high school at 5 o'clock.
This year’s rodeo is the tenth
to be presented by the Nocona
Rodeo association which was bom
during the summer of 1952 and
Sweetheart Crowning Friday
This year's rodeo sweetheart,
Miss Carol Major, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Major, will
be formally crowned at 7:45
Friday night in the center of
the rodeo arena by Riding Club
Captain Jack Crownover.
which produced its first show nine
years ago thjs week.
Fourteen riding clubs from
other communities have been in-
vited by the Chisholm Trail Rid-
ing club to participate in either
or both of the parades. It is ex-
pected that several will respond,
especially for the Monday parade
inasmuch as Monday is a national
holiday.
Trophies Offered
A number of bands have also
two parades, one Friday afternoo*
Both are scheduled to move front
been invited. First, second and
third place trophies are to be pre-
sented to riding clubs and to
bands which are judged in that
order by judges who have not
been announced.
The Nocona high school band
directed by Charles Gregory will
head the Labor day parade and
will provide music at both the
Saturday and Monday night shows.
The band will be unable to appear
in the Friday parade and at the
Friday performance because it
will be with the football team at
Decatur.
The riding club has also an-
nounced that it has chosen Carol
Major, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
A. D. Major, to serve as its 1961-
62 club sweetheart. She replaces
her sister, Kay. Both are mem-
bers of the club.
| Another highlight prior to the
Labor day parade and rodeo will
(Continued on page six)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Because a
sales tax is new in Texas, the
Texas Research league has pre-
pared a comprehensive question
and answer report on the sales
tax for distribution among mem-
bers of the legislature. A copy
has been forwarded to The No-
cona News by Rep. Jack Crain
in an effort to inform News
readers, consumers, and retail-
ers, on what the tax means to
them individually. The consum-
er and retailer sections of the
reoort follow:
Questions from a Consumer
PEP RALLY TONIGHT
A pep rally and bonfire will
ar s junior queen. ,
The crown was awarded to Billie |
is this year’s Montague County Fann Bureau Queen. Junior queen is Billie Doris Foster, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Foster of Forestburg. — 1“
Fort Worth. After the work was
completed. State Health Depart-
ment Inspector Roy P. Cypert
came to Nocona Tuesday and. fol-
lowing inspection with city offi-
cials, formally approved the clear-
well for operation.
September 1 had tentatively
been set for the changeover from
( well to lake water within the ci-
next because you happen to
furniture or some other ma-
item of taxable merchandise
year and not the next.
On the average, however, the
(Continued on page two)
Another NHS football season
will open Friday night when No-
cona's Indians will clash with De-
catur on the Decatur field.
Both teams are meeting each
other “blindly” because Head
Coach Joe Hawkins has not had
an opportunity to see the Decatur
team play nor has the Decatur
“During vacation months motor-
ists have not been confronted with
school buses and it is altogether
likely that a remainder of the
law is in order,” the officers said.
Continuing, they said: “We have
•> m0’ 3-'~«4ent record in Mon-
tague county insofar as school
buses are concerned and we can-
not too stronglv urge every driver
to maintain this record during
the oncoming school year.”
The officers warned that school
bus drivers are under instructions
to report the license number of
cars which violate the bus law,
and they further warned that,
“We will not hesitate to prose-
cute offenders.”
Article 30LB of the penal code,
(Continued on page six)
(1) When does the tax go into
effect?
September 1, 1961.
(2) How much will the new
sales tax cost me?
That will depend on how much
you earn, how much you spend
of what you earn and how you
spend it. You may pay substan-
tially more one year than you do
the
buy
jor
one
One instance is fertilizer. If
June Rutledge Is
Awarded Decree
With Honors At NTS
Patsy June Rutledge of Nocona
was one of 21 honor graduates re-
ceiving degrees at North Texas
State college last Thursday night.
Miss Rutledge, daughter of Mrs.
Lucile Rutledge, received the
bachelor of business administra-
tion degree in business education.
Miss Rutledge was the only
graduate out of 124 in business
administration to be graduated
with honors.
NTSC awarded 414 bachelor’s,
206 master’s and eight doctor’s
degrees. With January and June
... _ . _ . commencement figures, this makes
1.545 graduates for the college in
Photo courtesy Bowie News jggj — *”
Banks, Postoffice,
Some Businesses
Closing Monday
Both Nocona banks and the
postoffice and some businesses
will be closed Monday in obser-
vance of Labor day, last national
holiday of the summer.
The postoffice will be open to
receive mail and to accommodate
box patrons, but there will be no
window service and no deliveries,
city or rural.
Businesses to be closed include
the city hall here and the court-
house at Montague. The Nocona
News will also observe the holi-
Here Are Questions, Answers Aboul
Sales Tax Going Into Effect Friday
Sheriff, County Attorney Remind
Motorists Of Schocl Bus Law
On the eve of reopening schools stopped until children have either
in the county, Sheriff Tom Lind been loaded or discharged,
sey and County Attorney Earl
Fitts, today issued a joint remind-
er to motorists of the continued
existance of the state’s law re-
quiring that motorists must stop
upon overcoming a school bus
from any direction and remain
Filtration Plant Tank Repaired;
Changeover To Lake Water Delayed
Recent discovered cracks in the
floor of the filtration plant having
been repaired within the last
week, the plant was given full ap-
proval Tuesday by the state health
department, but Nocona will not
begin using lake water Friday as
had tentatively been anticipated.
The cracks have been repaired ,
under the supervision of the en-' ty’s water system. No date is
gineers, Freese and Nichols of 1 scheduled as of today.
Nocona Girl Wins Farm Bureau's
Queen Coniesi At Annual Picnic
Brenda Miller, 17, daughter of, ants for this year’s junior queen
Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Miller, No- “
cona, is Montague county’s Farm
Bureau queen for 1961-62.
Miss Miller was chosen from a-
mong six contestants at the bu-
reau’s annual picnic and queen
contest held last Thursday night
at the courthouse. As county win-
ner, she represented the county
at the annual district queen con-
test held Monday night at Vernon
where Lydia Schoppa of Oklaun-
ion won the crown.
Jerry Southward, 16. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Southward
of Bowie, was judged runner up.
Queen Brenda was escorted by
Steve Salmon and Jack Compton
served as escort for the runner-up.
There were only two contest-
1 Two Per Cent Sales Tax Goes
Into Effect Here At Midnight
coach had an opportunity to wit-
ness the local team in action.
Hawkins, however, expressed
optimism on the eve of the open-
er.
“There is a lot of spirit among
our players and a lot of together-
ness is also strongly in evidence.
Players are well knitted into a
earn and are ready for the sea-
son,” the coach said.
First home game wilt be against
. Bowie next week. In the past,
Doris Foster, 13, daughter of Mr. |tbis game has traditionally been
and Mrs. Cecil Foster of Forest-1 t^e last.
(Continued on page six)
Football Season Opens Friday At
Decatur; First Home Game Next Week
Beginning at 12:01 tomorrow
(midnight tonight), Montague
countians and all other Texans en-
gaged in sales of any kind and
i their customers will enter a new
(marketing era occasioned by the
i new state 2 per cent sales tax.
m pep rauy ana aonrire win I Sales tax eve. ’ finds both sei- | urucers pernaps race tne oig-
be held tonight (Thursday) at (*ers and buyers in an almost com- gest headache because some of
8 o'clock as a prelude to the plete state of confusion here and | their merchandise will be sub-
opening of a new gridiron sea- j aH over the state, confusion that ( ject to the tax and other articles
jon. ' primarily stems from certain ex- will not
1 emptions to the new law. I All restaurant meals will can-
(Continued on page six)
fertilizer is bought for farming it
“ is not taxable. If it is used on
yards or flower beds it is taxable.
The tax will also apply to all
on-premise dinners served by
churches and PTA’s. also hot dogs
and coffee sold at athletic events
such as football games.
Grocers perhaps face the big-
u, a,, auu»» vum- gest neaaacne Decause some of
plete state of confusion here and . their merchandise will be sub-
all Avnr tho cfofo ' 2 ——x tL- ___s «.s
Carol Major
(1961 Rodeo Sweetheart)
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