The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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Mothers To March In
Farm Program
Applications
Dimes Drive Monday
Vernetta Powell
Record Snow Measured Here
More Predicted This Weekend
captains.
as
a
Cub Scouts To Take Special Train
prepared
Trip To Childress Saturday
Graham Man
Announces For
Representative
Graham Purcell
at
district as well as
Announces For
be secured by contacting Herb I rates ranging from $3.50 to
Re - Election
be
Ken Andrew*
Bowie,
team Montague.
County,
been
Ar-
Great Plains Conservation Financial Assistance
Now Available To County Farmers And Ranchers
Temperatures
ar-
TO THE NOCONA NEWS
EMPLOYEES AND STAFF:
have been
City of No-
ing at 4 p.m.
Thursday pits
it stopped late Friday night, an-
other eight inches had accumu-
lated for the 13 inch total with-
per
per
per
per
per
Howard;
Roy San-
Christian
up
if
cratic Primary May 7, 1966.
The district includes the six
counties of Montague, Young,
Archer, Clay, Jack and Throck-
morton.
Mr. Andrews is 27 years old
and is an active civic worker.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church in Graham, as
well as a member of the Gra-
ham Jaycees and Graham Lions
Club.
pound
pound
bushel
bushel
bushel
essay should be written in the
student’s words as much as pos
sible and confined to not over
300 words. The best group oi
essays will be entered in the
state-wide contest sponsored by
the Fort Worth Press where a
$200 award is given for the best
essay on the subject in the
State of Texas.
peo-
U.S.
dur-
said
The thirty-ninth annual Cham-
ber of Commerce Banquet will
be held tonight (Thursday) at
Southward Cafetorium. The pro-
gram will begin promptly at 7
p.m. with Rev. Jerry C. Wal-
ker, first vice president, as mas-
ter of ceremonies.
in and to consolation winners in
| both girls and boys brackets.
ac-
after-
Fenog-
Second of three city council-
men whose terms expire, en-
tered his candidacy this week
for a second term to the of-
fice.
Kenneth Ragan filed his can-
didacy Tuesday for one of the
three seats to be voted on in
the election to be held April
", Other candidates seeking a
second term is Dr. K. J. Whar-
ram, who filed last week.
The third councilman whose
term expires is that of Dwight
Holcomb.
Prospective candidates have
until midnight Saturday, March
i 5 to file for places on the bal-
jlot.
partici-
must
partici-
not re-
ser-
ser-
the
rec-
my
a banner year for
Elm - Red Soil and
District.
Unless the soil is cared for
and protected some of the youth
district I may not have land available to
running [ them when they reach maturity.
Conservation is therefore the
i ikcD Ob 11 ALL — RELAXA7PON seem to be the
order of the day for this apparently tired snowman
in the Arnold McGaughey yard, 809 Main Street.
While Mr. Snowman relaxes with a newspaper,
Mrs. Snowman (???), left, looks on. The snow art is
the work of the McGaughey's 11 - year - old son,
Robert. Nocona News Photo
has extensive experience
ranching and farming.
Snow was still visible in No-
cona and vicinity Thursday fol-
lowing two days of the precipi-
tation last week, which amount-
ed to more than 13 inches.
First of the snow began last
Wednesday, when approximate-
ly five inches fell during the
day, ceasing around four o’clock
in the afternoon. However,
most of the flakes melted
Thursday as temperatures climb-
in three days.
Below freezing temperatures
several days slowed thawing,
with a low temperature Sun-
day morning reported at 3 de-
grees.
Numerous minor accidents
were reported throughout the
area Monday as a freezing driz-
zle covered the highways with
a thin layer of ice. Road crews
had cleared snow from most of
the highways by Saturday af-
ternoon.
Schools throughout the coun-
ty, with the exception of No-
cona, dismissed last Friday due
to the snowfall.
Farmers and ranchers of
Montague County are now eligi-
ble to participate in the Great
Plains Conservation Program,
rf. N. Smith, state conservatiou-
ist, reported this week.
The Great Plains Conserva-
tion Program will emphasize
conservation and management
practices that will provide the
most enduring benefits to sup-
port stable agriculture enter-
prises. The program is fully
voluntary on the part of the
individual farmer or rancher.
The program's voluntary charac-
ter will be continuously empha-
sized.
The Department of Agricul-
ture offers to farmers and
ranchers long term contracts
under which cost-sharing with
County Commissioners Courts
have cooperated whole hearted-
ly in the watershed program tv
achieve these results.
Graham
drews has
cona News
will be a
Representative from the 86th
District subject to the Demo-
situations and personali-
along with tenure of
is vital to effective
in the Congress. On
“Thank you for the nice
tides you wrote concerning the
Campfire Girls’ candy sale. All
the Leaders, Guardians and girls
themselves appreciate it so very
much. It is persons like all of
you who make the candy sale
a big success.
“Thanks again.
Mrs. Winifred Lee.”
(Note: These kind words are
ly appreciated by Us.
you!)
by the land user. Producers are
encouraged to use all other
available sources of assistance.
The Upper Elm-Red Soil Con-
servation District supervisors
have assumed leadership in fa-
cilitating the program. They
encourage the participation oi
farmers and ranchers to solve
their conservation problems in
the program. The program is
Montague County will be co-or-
dinated with the work plan of
the Upper Elm • Red SCD.
Farmers and ranchers desir-
ing more information regarding
participation in the Great Plains
Program should contact their
local Soil Conservation Service
office.
Congressman Graham Purcell
Democrat of the 13th Congress-
ional District of Texas, announc-
ed today in Washington that he
will be a candidate for re-elec-
tion in the 1966 elections.
Purcell, who was first elected
in a special election in January,
1962, was re elected to the post
in November, 1962, and Novem-
ber, 1964.
“It has been a real privilege
for me to represent the
pie of North Texas in the
House of Representatives
ing the past four years,”
Purcell, “and I look forward
to continuing my service in this
position as 1 announce my can-
didacy for re-election.”
Purcell continued, “My record
shows strong support for the
best possible defense program.
When 1 announced my candida-
cy for re election two years ago,
I said, ’We must always be rea-
dy to face the communist threat
in any locality from a position
of strength. I believe we will
do this under the firm leader-
ship of President Lyndon John-
son.’ Because of the problem
of Vietnam, this statement is ev-
en stronger today.”
Referring to the new Con-
gressional District lines drawn
by the Texas Legislature last
year and recently upheld by a
Federal Court in Houston, Pur-
cell stated, “I am grateful for
the opportunity to expand my
activities into the representation
of a large part of Dallas Coun-
ty. I believe there are many
common interests between the
citizens of the Dallas area and
the citizens of the eighteen
other counties in this Congres-
sional District. All of us have
the same objective, working to-
ward all that is in the best ia-
terests of Texas and our Na-
tion.”
“In the complicated and fast
moving world of today, there
is no substitute for current ex-
perience. Knowledge of the pre-
sent
ties,
vice,
vice
basis of my experience, my
ord in the Congress, and
continued desire for public ser-
vice, I offer my candidacy for
re-election.”
$5.50 per acre.
Anyone interested in any of
these programs should contact
the ASCS office as soon as pos-
sible. Funds and land to be
placed in the Cropland Adjust-
ment Program are limited,
lherefore aplications will
taken on a first come basis.
,-e seeding. These
new developments add to a list
of 120,000 acres of pastureland
previously established, 32,000
acres of range seeding and over
35,000 acres of pasture renova
tion. The land owners continue
to practice good management
of their grassland on many co-
operating farms and ranches in
the district. Another 25,000
acres of proper pasture use re
ported and over 40,000 acres of
proper range use reported to
add to impressive on the land
estimates for these two conser-
vation practices.
The cropland phase was not
neglected in the conservation
accomplishments for the past
year. Over 50 miles of new ter-
races were built with over 100
acres established into grassed
waterways for future terracing
There were over 50,000 acres
of cover crops growing on the
cropland last year and over
135,000 acres reported where a
conservation cropping system
was being used by the land
owner and farm operator. Good
management of crop residues re
ported on over 200,000 acres
in 1965.
The watershed program con
Families wishing to donate to
the drive are asked to turn on
their lights Monday night
signal to the volunteers.
entering are
Nocona, Forestburg,
Prairie Valley, Gold-
host
Kenneth Ragan
Seeks Second
Council Term
Nocona Boot Co. is one of
more than 20 manufacturing
firms from all parts of the na-
tion who have become charter
members of the newly-organiz-
ed Western Apparel and Equip-
ment Manufacturing Associ-
ation.
Purpose of the new trade
group is to promote broader
use of western apparel and
equipment and greater interest
in the western way of life.
WAEMA organizational plans
were finalized during the wes-
tern wear buyers’ market con-
cluded in mid-January at Den-
ver.
The organization’s charter
members include western wear
and equipment manufacturers
in Colorado, Oklahoma, Califor-
nia, New Mexico, Texas, Tennes-
see, New York and Kansas.
Announced goals of WAEMA
—whose membership ultimately
will be broadened to include
western wear and equipment
suppliers and retailers—are in-
dustrywide promotion, cooper-
ation with allied groups, adver-
tising, market research, and
member services.
The organization will be head-
quartered in Denver.
J. H. Kultgen of Waco, mem-
ber of the Texas Highway Com-
mission, will be guest speaker.
The program for the event is
as follows:
Dinner; invocation by Bob Si-
frit, Molsbee Chapel pastor; wel-
come, Jerry Walker; introduc-
tion of officers and directors,
State Representative Jack Crain;
presentation of awards, E. J.
Johnson, directors’ awards, and
Mrs. G. W. Humphreys, out-
standing citizen awards; remarks
by retiring president and in-
coming president; introduction
of speaker by Dow
address, benediction,
ders, pastor Central
Church.
The dinner will be
by Mrs. Rowe Brown and the
cafeteria staff and Mrs. Myra
Daugherty will provide dinner
music.
Hazel Adams and Anita Guinn
are in charge of decorations.
Officers for 1966 are Richard
Bailey, president; Jerry Walker,
first vice president; Posey
Brown, second vice president;
Hazel Adams, treasurer.
Directors are Mrs. Adams,
Bailey Brown, Jack Crownover,
Howard Johnson, James McCall,
Teddy McNabb, Oliver Motley,
II. N. Painter, Roger Sawyer,
Donald Sewell, W. J. Stone, Dick
Thomas and Walker.
Nocona Boot Co.
Charier Member
Of W.A.E.M.A.
| ASSOCIATION
McCall Co., Nocona, has
We received a letter this
week from a gentleman in Cali-
fornia who said some very nice
things about Nocona and we
thought you might like to share
it with us. It reads as follows:
Jan. 17, 1965.
THE NOCONA NEWS,
107 Clay St.
Nocona, Montague
•' Texas 76255.
Gentlemen:
My wife and I
old friends of the
cona for many years. One of
our friends mailed to us the
Nov. 25, 1965 issue of your
newspaper.
As we have recently purchas-
ed a Lakeside lot from Ben
Cunningham, I have been think-
ing it would be nice if we sub-
scribed to the Nocona News.
Within the next two years or
so we hope to build a house on
our lot and live among you.
i I have loved the city of No-
f | cona for almost 40 years and
I will be happy when we get to
live there. Please accept our
one-year subscription for the
Nocona News. Enter the name
and address as follows:
Mrs. Teresa M. Dawson,
1100 W. 31st St.,
;Los Angeles, Calif. 90007.
Thank you,
Art Dawson.
There have been laws passed
4 against discrimination between
’ white and negro people and be
tween male and female, but evi-
dently these laws do not cover
the freedom of individuals to
sell the products of their choice.
Guess most of you have read
or heard of the ordinance pass-
ed recently by the Dallas city
council to ban vending ma-
chines of out of town newspa-
pers within the city.
The motive of such an ordi-
nance would be, I suppose, any-
body’s’ guess. I have my ideas
and I’m sure you have yours.
This, in substance, would be
the same as our city council
passing a law that the mer-
chants here could only sell No-
cona boots, Justin billfolds or
Nokona sporting goods, since
these are manufactured here in
town. Or the same as the city
officials telling us that we could
only accept ads from local
stores. It also limits the op-
portunity of persons from out of
town from buying the newspa-
per of their choice and Dallas
has many visitors daily who
probably would be interested in
other sources of news than The
Dallas Morning News or the
Dallas Times Herald.
The Times Herald took much
exception to this news ordinace
and editorially attacked the
council’s decision.
I, certainly, am all for buying
Y and trading in your own home
town, as I have stated numer-
ous times in the columns of
this newspaper. However, I
think this should be a matter
of a person’s own conscience
and should not be forced upon
i him by regulations or laws.
This is still a free country,
and freedom of the press is of
the utmost importance. If this
one freedom is denied, then it
also denies the readers the free-
dom and opportunity of digest-
ing the unuiased, factual news
reports and drawing their own
conclusions and opinions.
I feel certain that the Dallas
City Council will soon realize
their error in this matter and
will repeal this ordinance in
the interest of all citizens con-
cerned.
attorney Ken An-
authorized The No-
to announce that he
candidate for State
business in the Upper Elm-Red McCALL CO. ELECTED
S&WCD. Over 10,000 acres of TO^AMERICAN ANGUS
brush control plus 1200 acres
of land clearing for pasture de-
velopment in the district in elected to membership in the
1965. 4500 acres of old pastures (American Angus Association at
by overseeding with legumes St. Jo eph, Missouri, announces
and fertilizing. 12,000 acres of Glen Bratcher, secretary.
and Goldburg meet
I in the initial
‘afternoon, with the girls . .
at 3 p.m., and the boys follow-
Eight teams will match shots
in the annual Montague Grade
School invitational basketball
tournament this weekend,
tion starting Thursday
noon, announces Melvin
lio, Montague principal.
Teams
Bellevue,
Antelope,
burg, and
Nocona
Being Accepted
Wayne Matthews, office man-
ager, Montague County ASCS,
announced that applications for
all 1966 farm programs are now
being taken. Producers who
wish to enter the cotton, wheat,
feed-grain, or cropland adjust-
ment program should come to
the county office and sign the
application before April 1, 1966.
There is no automatic
pation; every producer
sign an application to
pate. Otherwise he will
ceive any of the program bene-
fits.
The Food and Agriculture
Act of 1965 provides for a pro-
gram similar to the soilbank
program of the 1950’s. It is
called the Cropland Adjustment
Program (CAP). It is for peo-
ple who want to convert crop-
land into permanent vegetative
cover for which they will re-
ceive a yearly payment.
To be eligible the farmer must
have owned the farm for at
least three years. The farm
must have an allotment for cot-
ton, peanuts, wheat, or a feed-
grain base. All or at least one
of these must be put into the
program. All of them may be
if the producer wishes. Any
other cropland can then be plac-
ed under the contract at re-
duced rates. All rates will be
calculated according to yields
established by the county com-
mittee.
The per acre rates will be
calculated by multiplying the
projected yield for your farm
by the following rates for which
ou have an allotment or base:
Wheat .........52 per bushel
Cotton.........06
Peanuts.......03%
Corn ...........44
Barley..........34
Grain Sorhum .. .35 .
Non-allotment cropland will
be taken into the contract
Upper Elm - Red Soil District
Receives Statewide Recognition
The calendar year of 1965 new pasture planting last year,
is behind us and our records In addition to this there was 700
have all been completed and acres of r
compiled. How much was ac-
complished last year to stop the
ravages of soil and water ero-
sion in the Upper Elm Red Soil
and Water Conservation Dis-
trict How many people became
interested in the soil and water
conservation program and took
an active part in doing some-
thing about our common prob-
lems? These are just a few seri-
ous questions that cross the
minds of many people living
here in the
state wide.
1965 was
the Upper
Water Conservation
The district received state wide
recognition as being the out-
standing soil and water conser-
vation district in Texas for the
year. The Clear Creek Water-
shed Authority, being the best
small watershed in the state.
Gene Foster, former vocational
agriculture instructor at Whites-
boro, was declared the best con-
servation teacher in Area V of
the State which covers 50 coun-
ties. These are ju^t a few of
the state wide recognitions re-
ceived last year.
The Upper Elm • Red with
He attended Shearer and Gra-
ham Public Schools. Mr. An-
drews is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Texas and the Uni-
versity of Texas School of Law.
Andrews was raised in
cher and Young Counties and first and second place winners
Vine nvinncitm ia 4a aavv «a1 <>♦ . An tinnnnrc
over 6000 farms now has over tinues to push ahead, with 80
4100 active cooper:.tors in the Flood Water Retarding struc-
Soil and Water Conservation | tures now built in the District.
District program. Last year 205 Twelve structures are now un-
landowners asked for help in der construction with plans for
developing new conservation six more next year. The three
plans on their land and 133
landowners received assistance
in revising and updating old
plans.
Pasture and rangeland devel-
opment continues "to be big
entries | i he U pper Elm - Red SCD
Harold I will grant incentive awards oi
game Thursday ,
Is playing |
501 8th Street, Wichita Falls,
Texas from Paul Dyer, ticket
agent, by Saturday, January 22.
Units located in Iowa Park
Electra, Vernon, Quanah and
Childress should mail their
checks to the ticket agent in
Wichita Falls and should con-
sult their local ticket agent for
train time.
Tickets can be purchased
to the time of departure
there’s room on the train.
All registered Cub Scouts who
________ _ .... attend this special event will be
Legion Post, with' presented the “Cub Special”
follow-1 neckerchief slide as an additio-
’“ nal award. These will be dis-
tributed at the next Cub Round-
table in their district.
Additional information may I
be secured by contacting Herb I
Nelson, “Cub Special Trainmas-
ter” or the Northwest Texas
Council Service Center, tele-
The Northwest Texas Council
Boy Scouts of America is spon-
soring a “Cub Scout Special”
train trip which will leave for
Childress, Texas, on Saturday.;
January 29 at 8:00 a.m. This,
special event which is held an-
nually, attracts over 700 boys
from the 13 county council area, i
Upon arriving at Childress, |
Cubs and their leader will visit
the Round Hou e and shops of
the Fort Worth and Denver Rail-
way Company. At noon a hot
meal will be served in the
American
special entertainment
ing the meal. The train will
arrive back in Wichita Falls
at 5:45 Saturday evening.
Cub leaders, in order to guar-
antee that they will have a space
reserved on the train, should
pick up the tickets for their
pack at the Fort Worth and
Denver ticket office located at phone 767-4301.
Eight Teams To Participate In
Montague Basketball Tourney
Nocona mothers will make a
house to house canvass next
Monday night as part of a lo-
cal effort for the annual March
of Dimes drive here, it was an-
nounced this week by I. H.
Copeland, local chairman.
Copeland said that other
fund raising efforts for the
dimes drive include the placing
of containers in local .business
establishments and in all No-
cona schools. Funds were col-
lected from the school contain-
ers Tue-day, netting $58.37.
Mrs. Mel Chapman was ap-
pointed chairman of the Mo-
thers March with Mrs. Karnese
VVall, Melba Hudson, Anita' ed above the freezing mark.
Leonard, W anda Billings and I snow began falling again
Marcia Taylor named as group , 4:30 Friday morning) and before
the land users will be given farms and ranchesmay be used
on the costs of installing con-
servation practices planned for
a farm or ranch. The cost shar-
ing will be from 50 percent to
80 percent of the acreage costs
for the practice. The cost-shar-
ing contract shall not be for
less than 3 years nor more than
10 years. Cost-sharing can be
authorized for as much as $25,-
000 per farm unit.
The Soil Conservation Ser-
vice has the responsibility for
the administration of the pro-
gram.
The Great Plains Conserva-
tion Program does not replace
any other farm program in the
county. Any phase of other pro-
grams that contribute conserva-
tion objectives of individual
February hi Is Deadline For
S.C.D. Essay Writing Contest
Harold Skaggs, chairman of interested in the conservation
the Board of Supervisors of the of it.
Upper Elm-Red Soil Conserva-1
tion District, reminded all high
school students in the
today that the time is running (
out on the 1966 Essay Writing
Contest. February 1st is the' key to plenty,
closing date and all
snouiu De mailed to _________ _____ „_____ ___________ _______
Skaggs, Chairman of the Board I $15 for the best essay, $10 sec-
of Supervisors, Upper Elm - Red | ond essay, and $5 for the tnird
SCD, Route 1, Sherman, Texas, best essay on this subject. The
on or before that date.
This year’s contest is the sixth
in which the local SCD has par-
ticipated. The approved subject,
“Con.-ervation: the Key to Plen-
ty” is a challenging subject to
discuss. Certainly the youth of
our district have a precious
stake in the conservation of the
soil and they should be vitally
Other action on .
_________ _____ Antelope and j
Prairie Valley and Bellevue and 5-
Forestburg.
Second round play starts Fri-
' day, followed by the final
rounds Saturday.
Trophies will be awarded to
Area’s Outstanding Citizens To Be
Named Tonight At 39th Banquet
Tiursday.......
.. 34
28
Friday .........
.. 30
22
'aturday .......
.. 29
11
Sundf>v ........
.. 30
3
Monday ........
.. 34
26
Tuesday ........
.. 36
30
Wednesdav
26
RAINFALL
Total for week .
.. .90
Previous total ..
.. .45
Total For it.r .
........
. 1.35
Year Ag- ......
•......
. 2.15
TODAY’S THOUGHT
The Nocona News
NUMBER 34
NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966
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