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FROM THE
EDITOR’S
PEN . . .
By EDGAR R. HAYS
Congressman Graham Pur-
cell has furnished us with the
results of a questionnaire which
he circulated in this 13th dis-
trict of Texas several months
ago with replies still coming
in. It deals with the war in
Vietnam. Briefly it shows that
81 percent of the people think
we should be involved in the
war in Vietnam, 84 per cent
think it is vital that we save
Vietnam from Communism, 78
percent think we should further
expand our involvement in the
war, 69 percent think we should
bomb the industrial cities of
Vietnam even though civilians
will be killed, 81 percent think
we should throw up a naval
blockade of Vietnam, and only
six per cent would favor our
stopping of military operations
and withdrawing our troops.
In other words, the people of
the 13th district of Texas want
the United States of America
to throw everything we have
into the war, win it and get
it over with. That makes sense
to us.
The matter of Daylight Saving
Time is being considered by
our Texas Legislature and the
arguments are waxing hot and
heavy. One thing we notice-
most arguments against it say
that it will mean one hour
less sleep in the morning. Now
voters will put up with a lot
from their legislators but when
you start fooling around with
their morning’s sleep you are
treading on dangerous ground.
Our advice is to go slow, v’ery
slow indeed.
We note with pride that our
Texas congressmen voted al-
most unanimously to exclude
Adam Clayton Powell from
membership in the national
House of Representatives. Our
own congressman, Graham
Purcell was among these. On-
ly the most liberal members
from Texas voted against it.
Probably this action won’t keep
Mr. Powell out of Congress
very long, but it will at least
be a stand for right and hon-
esty for the time being. Now
if the House will just take some
action on Mr. Dodd from Con-
necticut, things will be deci-
dedly improved. Mr. Dodd is
almost as_guilty as Mr. Powell
about using other people’s mon-
ey. The color of the skin should
not excuse him.
Most of us were disappoint-
ed in the fact that we didn’t
reach our United Fund goal.
We raised $3,423 or 83.5 per
cent of our goal and our giv-
ing amounted to 86 cents per
capita. Bowie had a larger goal
than Nocona, of course, but
they reached only 48.4 percent
of their goal and their per
capita giving amounted to 78
cents. Their total gifts were
$4500. Next year we hope No-
cona can go over that United
Fund goal.
We sure hope Old Man Wea-
ther will co-operate on our
track meet this weekend. The
forecasters say that it will
probably be cold but maybe
they are wrong—again. We un-
derstand that probably 450 to
550 young men will be here,
weather permitting, to partici-
pate. The new track built by
the Booster Club will be in-
itiated in fine style if all goes
well.
Money is made, wages paid
and profits gained in propor-
tion to the ability to do a
specified task better and quick-
er than others can do it. In
other words, the rewards go to
the man who can make two
blades of grass grow where
one grew before. In manufac-
turing this advantage is usually
gained by invention, or by su-
perior organization. The indi-
vidual who sells his talents
in the markets must offer
something superior to that
which can be gained from thou-
sands of other sellers. The
wages of those who offer no-
thing except common labor tend
to the point of mere subsis-
tence. To command a salary
of $15,000 a year a man must,
directly or indirectly, accom-
plish as much as two or three
common laborers.
—The Imperial Magazine
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sam King who has been
confined to Major Hospital the
past week is reported some
improved at press time Wed-
nesday. Mrs. King was named
Nocona’s Outstanding Woman
of the Year at a recent Cham-
ber of Commerce Banquet.
TEMPERATURES
High Low
Thursday-------------82 46
Friday...............87 52
Saturday--------------84 42
Sunday--------------65 35
Monday-----—-------49 30
Tuesday 62 32
Wednesday-------------- 14
RAINFALL
Total for week------------.10
Previous Total-—------1.15
Total For Year -—-——1.25
Year Ago---------------3.50
The Nocona News
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VOLUME SIXTY-ONE SINGLE COPY 10c NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, THURSDAY MARCH 9, 1967 NUMBER FORTY
C-C Directors
Hear Improved
Financial Report
Directors of the Nocona
Chamber of Commerce, in reg-
ular meeting Monday night,
heard a report from the treas-
urer showing a vastly improv-
ed financial condition for the
body and optimistic reports
about overcoming the diffi-
culties the Chamber has had.
All overdrafts have been clear-
ed up and the note at the bank
has been reduced, according
to Mrs. Linda Page, the secre-
tary.
The improvement was due
to increased membership and
payment of delinquent dues by
others as well as careful hand-
ling of the Chamber’s money,
the report showed.
Membership Chairman
Dwight Holcomb reported 12
new members during the drive
as well as reclaiming some
delinquents and said that the
drive would continue.
The board voted to allow nom-
inations of either individuals
or organizations for the Lane
Bryant Annual Awards, which
are given for outstanding work
benefiting the community.
Blanks are available at the
Chamber of Commerce office
for any one desiring to make
a nomination.
Pete Barbee was elected a
director of the Chamber suc-
ceeding T. H. Howard who re-
signed recently because of
press of other business.
The resolution regarding the
setting up of a bank for rural
electric co-operatives was
signed and will be mailed.
Saturday, October 7th, was
accepted as Nocona Day at the
State Fair of Texas.
Plans were discussed for the
annual July 4th barbecue and
celebration. It was decided that
a barbecue will be held and
that a charge of $1.00 per
plate will be made. Commit-
tees will be named later.
The directors voted to buy
an adding machine for the office,
and also decided to secure a
sign for the office. They voted
to donate $50 toward the ex-
pense of the Nocona Industrial
Board.
W. J. Stone reported that the
Highway Department has agreed
to build a boat ramp on Nocona
Lake.
Mrs. Page reported that the
Nocona Lucky Shopping Days
promotion went over well and
that some merchants are sug-
gesting that it be staged once
each month. There was lots of
interest shown and the event
drew people to town, she said.
Present for the meeting were
President Richard Bailey, Jer-
ry Walker, James McCall, Earl
Nunneley, Teddy McNabb, Jack
Crownover, Mrs. Aubrey
Adams, Mrs. Anita Guinn, Mrs.
Beulah Wayland, Dwight Hol-
comb, Posey Brown, Linda
Page, W. J. Stone and Edgar
R. Hays.
Golf Tourney
Here March 19
The Nocona Golf Club has
announced a local member-
ship and green fee player tour-
nament to be held Sunday af-
ternoon, March 19th. First tee-
off will be at 1 p. m.
Two top players will be cho-
sen and they will take turns
in choosing their team. The low
combined total score of the team
will be used in determining the
winner. Each member of the
winning team will receive golf
balls as prizes and the losing
team will be divided into flights
and the low scorer in each
flight will be awarded golfballs
as prizes.
Entry fee is $3.00 for mem-
bers and $4.50 for green fee
players, club officials said.
Players will play 18 holes.
The annual low-ball partner-
ship tournament will be held
here on May 26, 27 and 28,
Paul LaMar, clubpresident said
this week.
Rev. Gibson To
Speak Here
Rev. Jack Gibson, former
pastor of the local Methodist
Church, will be the speaker
at the Lenten service Wednes-
day evening, March 15, accord-
ing to announcement by Rev.
F. M. Talbot, pastor.
A covered dish supper will
be served at 6:30 preceding the
worship service. The member-
ship is urged to attend, bring
a covered dish and join in the
fellowship and worship. Mrs.
Billie Lunn will be soloist.
It is possible to leave Wake
Island on January 21 and arrive
at Midway Island on January 20.
READY FOR THE first running of the Nocona Indian Relays here
Saturday are members of the Nocona High track team, from left, Pat Uselton,1
440 yard run and mile relay; Larry Carter, 440 yard run and mile re-
lay; Jimmy Walker, 880 yard run, and Phil Barron, 880 yard run.
500 ENTRIES EXPECTED IN
FIRST INDIAN RELAYS
Entry lists received up to
Monday by Coach Glen Savage
indicates that some 500 high
school tracksters will be here
Saturday to participate in the
first annual Indian Relays on
the brand new Nocona High
School track. These boys will
represent about 35 area
schools, Class B, A and AA,
The meet will be “divided
into two divisions, with Class
B schools competing in one
division and Class A and AA
competing in the other.
Members of the Nocona In-
dian Booster Club, who led in
the building of the new track,
will assist Coach Savage and
the other coaches in staging
the track meet. They hope to
make it an annual affair.
At a meeting of the Club
and the coaches Monday even-
ing in the high school cafe-
teria, plans were laid out and
members of the club assigned
to various duties in the staging
of the meet. Still more help
is needed, however, and others
will be recruited to assist,
Coach Savage said.
Some of the better track-
sters to be seen in the meet
here Saturday will include Gary
Lovitt, a hurdler from Saint
Jo; E. Kubecik, dash man from
Locket; M. Lewis, also a dash
and relay man from Locket;
Pharis Anderson, a quarter
miler and P. Scott, a mile
runner, from Decatur; John-
ny Robertson, dash and relay,
D. Branch, 880 yard run, and
and Kenneth Davis, dash and
relay, from Plano; Glen King,
dash and relay, D. Branch,
880 yard run, and William
Clevelland, high jump and hur-
dler, all from Jacksboro; and
other good track men.
Coach Savage said that he
will enter 17 from Nocona High
with some of them being Phil
Barron in the 880; Joe Staley,
880; Jimmy Guinn, mile; Ran-
dall Robertson, mile; Pat Usel-
ton, Larry Carter, Dale Coff-
man, 440; Ronnie Stewart and
Randy Duckworth, 220 yard
dash; Ronnie Hill, 100 yard
dash; Ronnie Hill, Pat Uselton,
Dale Coffman and RoyC. Fitts,
440 yard relay, and Roy C.
Fitts in the high hurdles and
high jump. Other local boys
will participate but their event
had not been decided Monday,
Savage said.
STARTS AT 9:00
The schedule of events be-
gins at 9 a. m. Saturday with
the preliminaries to be run
off that morning and the finals
in the afternoon.
At 9 a. m. the following
field events are scheduled: Pole
Vault for Class A and AA,
High Jump for Class A and AA,
Long Jump for Class B, Shot
Put for Class A and AA;
Discus throw fro Class B.
At 10:30 a. m. the following
field events are set: Pole Vault
for Class B, High Jump for
Class'B; Long Jump for Class
A and AA; Shot Put for Class
B; Discus throw for Class A
and AA.
The running events begin at
9:30 a. m. with a 440 yard
relay for Class B schools and
continue through the morning
at 10 and 15 minute intervals.
These include the relays,
dashes and hurdles.
The finals in the running
events begin at 2:30 p. m.
with the Class B 440 yard
relay and will also be run off
regular intervals. These in-
clude the dashes, relays and
hurdles.
The mile run for each class-
and the mile relay in each class
will all be run off starting
at 4 p. m. The boys will be
running against time in these
events, thus no preliminaries
will be used.
DEDICATION PROGRAM
A short dedication program
will be held just proceeding
the final events Saturday after-
noon at which the Booster Club
will turn the new track over to
the school authorities. Presi-
dent Bob Bennett of the Booster
Club appointed a committee
composed of Hoppy Thomas,
Bud Nix and Marvin Frank as
a committee to work out the
details for this.
A meal will be served in the
school lunchroom to the athletes
and their coaches as well as
Booster Club workers.
Also during the meeting, Ben-
nett appointed a committee to
make plans for a basketball
tournament here next year. This
committee was composed of Roy
C. Fitts II, Ray Shields and
Robert Agee.
Schools which have sent in
entry blanks and the number
of entries listed were announced
as follows:
Valley View 10, Crowley 19,
Coppell 24, Valley View Kamay
12, Chillicothe 18, Allen High
School 12, Lovelady 10, Era 17,
Saint Jo 18, Muenster Public
School 8, Muenster Sacred
Heart 10, Locket 13, Windthorst
5, Perrin 4, Redoak 12, Ce-
lina 10, Bridgeport 15, Bowie
26, Wilmer Hutchins 2 3,
Whitesboro 11, Decatur 20,
Plano 16, Jackslxiro 18, Forney
21, Carroll 16, Northwest 16,
Pilot Point 21, Ferris 4, Burle-
son 20, Cedar Hill 18, Midlo-
thian 13, Electra 13, Wolfe City
12, and 17 boys will enter from
Nocona High.
Rotary Elerts
New Directors
Nocona Rotary Club elected
six new directors in recent
balloting with the results being
announced at the Tuesday noon
meeting this week by Presi-
dent Dwight Holcomb. The new
directors are Glenn Wilson,
Edgar R. Hays, Richard Bailey,
Doyle Powell, Caddy McCall,
and Grant Hoover. Holcomb,
as retiringpresident, will serve
as a director and vice-presi-
dent. The new officers take
their positions at the start of
Rotary’s fiscal year, July 1.
A meeting of the directors
will be held next Monday even-
ing at the home of President
Holcomb at which time officers
for the new year will be se-
lected from the directors. The
meeting starts at 6:30.
CAMPBELL PRESENTS
PROGRAM
Sam Campbell, manager of
Justin Leather Goods Co. here,
presented the program to the
Rotarians Tuesday. It was a
series of slides showing the
many fine points of the City
of Nocona with Campbell nar-
rating the slides. It is a pro-
gram which has been worked
up by Nocona’s Industrial Com-
mittee to be presented to in-
dustrial prospects.
The talk and slides covered
the city’s schools, churches,
recreational facilities, the lo-
cal factories in existence here,
building sites available, and
other interesting aspects of the
city.
County Food
Show Will Be
Held Saturday
The annual Montague County
4-H Food Show will be held
Saturday, March 11, in the Farm
Bureau Building in Montague.
All entries are to be in place
ready for the judges by 9:00
a. m.
There will be four sections
both in the junior and senior-
divisions of the show. These
will be Milk Group, Meat Group,
Fruits and Vegetable Group, and
Bread and Cereals Group. Sen-
ior 4-H members are those
14 years of age or older Jan-
uary 1, 1967.
All 4-H members in Mon-
tague County who have par-
ticipated in a club food show
in 1967 will be entitled to par-
ticipate in the county show.
Four In Race
For Council
Four candidates will be on
the ballot for city councilman
in the city election to be held
Tuesday, April 4th. The two
whose terms expire, Mrs. Mary
Blevins and Homer Dodson,
have filed for re-election and
there are additional candidates,
Clarence Lowrie and Hollis
Gayden.
Homer is an employee of Con-
tinental who retired recently,
Mrs. Blevins is medical tech-
nologist at Major Clinic, Low-
rie is a Gulf station operator
and Gayden is manager at Chap-
man Chevrolet-Olds.
Mayor E. J. Johnson has also
filed for re-election and has
no opposition on the ballot for
that office.
Henry Fenoglio was named
election judge, and the voting
box will be at the city hall.
Snow And Cold
Hits This Area
Snow and cold weather struck
this area this week. About an
inch of snow covered the ground
Monday morning and the total
moisture amounted toone-tenth
of an inch, according to Wea-
therman Dewey Holcomb.
Wednesday morning the ther-
mometer dropped to 14 degrees
above after a cold front had
moved through the area Tues-
day night.
Anumber of fruit trees were
bloomed out and the fruit on
those will no doubt be lost.
Juvenile Arrested
After PU Stolen
Frank Mike Ornelas, age 16,
was arrested in Memphis, Tex-
as, about 11 p. m. March 4th
after stealing a pick up from
Jack Mercer here earlier in
the evening. He is in jail at
Montague, according to infor-
mation from Sheriff Howard
Middle ton.
Ornelas is an escapee from
the juvenile reformatory at
Denver, Colo., Sheriff Middle-
ton said. He was filed a juvenile
petition on the prisoner.
MRS. BARBEE ILL
Mrs. Pete Barbee remains
ill in Major Hospital here where
she has been a patient for the
past two or three weeks. She
is improving and may be able
to return to her home wfthin
a few days, relatives said.
Band Members
Place High In
Did. Contests
Members of Nocona High
School Band and the Junior
High Band placed high in the
standings at the Interscholas-
tic League contests at North
Texas State University last Sat-
urday. Some 37 members of
the two bands made the trip.
Results were announced as
follows by Band Director R. C.
Sech:
High School students:
Division 1, superior: Lee
Dean, solo; Diana Butler, Gary
O’Neal, Barbara Barr, Karen
Jackson, saxaphone quartet;
Ann Haralson, solo.
Division Q, excellent: Nathan {
Addington, Karen Fuller, Ann !
Haralson, Toby Howard, Kenny :
Howard, Mike Milburn, brass
sextette; Holly McCall, Cindy
Curlin, Mary Adkin, woodwind
trio; Mary Adkin, solo; Mark
McCall, solo.
Division 111: Warren Sawyer,
Kent Clayton, Mike Robertson,
Ronnie Hill, cornet quartet;
Jerry Smith, solo; Mike Buck,
solo.
Junior High students:
Division I, superior: Pam
Prather, Larry Gee, Randy Stil-
ley, cornet trio. (The judge
commented that this was the
best Junior High group he had
heard all day.
Division n, excellent: Robert
McGaughey, solo; Debbie Mor-
gan, Martha Thompson, Mary
Jane Thompson, Beth Allred,
clarinet quartet; Jo Ann Spiv-
ey, solo; Mike Yancey, Beth
Spivy, Cindy Skidmore, flute
trio; Julia Medlin, solo; Mar-
tha Thompson, Jo Beth Howard,
Donna Davis, clarinet trio; Son-
ya Bell, Jo Ann Spivey, Jan
Sims, Julia Medlen, saxaphone
quartet.
March 20th Is
Date Of Easter |
Seal Fund Drive
March 20 has been set as
the date for the annual Easter
Seal appeal in Nocona, Mrs.
P. M. Martin, chairman, an-
nounced.
Proceeds from the drive will
go to the North Texas Rehabil-
itation Center in Wichita Falls
where eight children or adults
from Nocona have received
help.
In Nocona, the drive will be
a mail-in campaign. “On be-
half of all of the handicapped
children and adults in this area,
Mrs. Martin said, "1 want to
ask you to please be sure to
read your Easter Seal letter
which you will receive March
20.”
Out of every 1,000 people
in Montague County, an esti-
mated 118 of them have a
physical disability of some sort,
she said. “Six per cent of the
school-age children have a
speech problem serious enough
to require expert help, accord-
ing to state statistics,” she
said.
“This help is available. It is
available at the rehabilitation
center in Wichita Falls,” she
stressed.
The effects of crippling in
America are so enormous - both
in terms of human suffering
and cost to the nation - that they
cannot be calculated, she said.
“But we can glimpse the mag-
nitude of this problem from the
fact that some 30 million Amer-
icans are prevented by crip-
pling from leading entirely nor-
mal lives.”
There are an estimated three
million children in the United
States who have serious speech
defects. “A child suffering a
severe speech defect is out of
touch with the world around
him,” she said. “He is unable
to ask the questions a child
needs answered. He cannot eas-
ily establish relationships with
others, and his personality de-
velopment is slowed.”
Mrs. Martin said that “We
here in Nocona are fortunate
that our children have an op-
portunity to receive help at the
rehabilitation center in Wichita
Falls.”
The children and adults who
receive physical, occupational
or speech therapy at the center
are not asking for “hand-outs.”
They are willing to undergo the
hard work of therapy.
“But they do need help. So
when your Easter Seal letter
arrives, please don’t think of
it as ’junk mail’ and throw it
away,” she said. “Read the
letter and then mail in your
contribution.
“Your Easter Seal letter may
be the most important piece
of mail you receive this year,”
she said.
Classified ads really work. Try
Nocona News.
Seven Candidates, Including
Two Women, Seek Trustee Posts
STEVE BARR
Steve Barr Is
Winner Of Peace
Essay Contest
Steve Barr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Barr and a senior
in Nocona High School, was
named winner of the essay con-
test sponsored by the Nocona
Lions Club recently. He was
presented with a Certificate
of Achievement at the noon
meeting of the Lions Club Wed-
nesday.
Theme to be written upon
was “Peace Is Attainable” and
all Nocona High School students
were eligible to enter. Mrs.
The lima Dunaway, English
teacher, was in charge of the
contest here.
Steve’s essay will be sent
to the sub-district level for
competition with other local
winners, the winner there will
go to the multiple-district level
and so on until the international
level is reached, where the
winner will receive a $25,000
award.
Noble Foundation To
Present Program
Here March 13th
A program of interest to No-
cona area farmers will be pre-
sented by the Noble Foundation
Agricultural Division March 13
at 7:30 p. m. at the F & M
Community Room.
Foundation specialists will
discuss the “plow pan” condi-
tion present on many farms
of the Nocona area and the
methods of eliminating the loss
in income from this condition.
Weed control practices includ-
ing information about spray
equipment will be another fea-
ture of the meeting. Farm en-
terprises to be considered as
income sources for Nocona area
farmers will also be discussed.
Refreshments will be served.
TO LONGVIEW
Mrs. H. N. Painter, Mrs.
Joe Janeway and Mrs. J. P.
Janeway spent Wednesday in
Longview visiting Mrs. W. L.
Robinson, 82, who has been
confined to a hospital there
for three weeks. Mrs. Rob-
inson is a former long time
resident of Nocona and she-
and her husband operated gro-
cery and floral businesses here
for many years.
Seven candidates had filed
for a place on the ballot as
candidates for trustee of the
Nocona Independent School Dis-
trict when the deadline passed
last Wednesday evening. The
list includes two women. Three
are to be elected.
The candidates include:
R. B. (Buddy) Henley, now
serving as trustee, and cash-
ier of the Peoples National
Bank.
C. E. (Jack) Lemon, used
car dealer.
Phil D. Howard, rancher
Roy C. Fitts Jr., employed
with National Supply.
Mrs. John Major, housewife.
Chester B. Taylor Jr., office
manager at Nocona Boot Co.
Mrk. John Womble, house-
wife and ranch owner.
The other two trustees whose
terms expire with this election,
did not ask re-election, t hey
are William (Bill) Yeargin and
Floyd Womack.
The election will be held
Saturday, April 1st, in the North
Ward school house. Bill Leon-
ard Jr. was named election
judge.
Absentee voting will begin
March 13th and continue through
March 28th. Absentee ballots
may be secured from Miss
Ruth Hamilton at the office
of Supt. Delton Stilley.
Winners Named In
Science Fair Held
At North Ward
Winners have been named
in the Junior High Science Fair
held Monday of this week at
the Junior High School gym.
An open house was held Mon-
day night at which the public
viewed the exhibits.
Shane Milson of Montague
was named the overall winner.
The 7th and 8th grade winners
were: first, Randy Stilley; se-
cond, Tony Vann, Montague;
third, Cindy Skidmore, Jo Beth
Howard.
The 5th and 6th grade winners
were: first, Rhonda Prater of
Ringgold; second (tie), Phil Sta-
ley of Ringgold and Donna Vic-
kery; third, Doug Thompson.
In addition to the winners,
the following students will al-
so be taking their exhibits to
the Regional Science Fair at
Midwestern University in Wich-
ita Falls: Davis Samples, Stan-
ley York, Scott Bell, James
Morris, Martha Leonard, David
Sharp, Jimmy Shields, Steve
Campbell, Robert McGaughey,
Billy Henley, John Womble,
Mark Thomas, George Geurin.
A total of 133 students par-
ticipated in the Fair, Mrs. Lloyd
Thompson reports.
License Plate Sales
Above Average Here
The sale of license plates
has gone above average here,
according to Mrs. Bud Nix,
who is selling the 1967 tags
at Newland Plumbing Co. New
tags must be on motor vehicles
by April 1st, Mrs. Nix said.
Buyers of the license plates
should have their certificates of
title and last year’s license
receipts with them in order
to expedite the matter, Mrs.
Nix said.
Mrs. P. M. MARTIN, chairman of the Easter Seal
campaign here visits with Joe Jack Crain, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Crain of Nocona, who is receiving physi-
cal and occupational therapy at North Texas Rehabili-
tation Center in Wichita Falls, one of the organizations
benefitted by the Seal campaign,
benefitted bf the Seal campaign.
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