The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1954 Page: 1 of 14
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NUMBER TWENTY-THREB
ALL SPECIAL COUNTY ELECTION DEC. 4
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Ayres of the Bonita club.
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The week
found
Special Downtown Activity, Including Visits By
during
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tore
ing the Boy Scouts of America
without which there could be no
local troop or Cub pack.
the
cop
Downtown carol*
To further promote the Christ-
mas spirit during the holiday shop-
ping season, Yule music will be
broadcast throughout the business
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me of the new model* are
idy on display here. Other*
be here next week. All of
i present amazing improve-
rs over the same cars only
year ago.
t there's one thing about
r>ese new models that puz-
ihe average newspaperman,
bceive* great quantities of
hwhile advertising-and pub-
1 matter in advance of the
Ic showing. Thi* material
des beautiful 8 by 10 glos-
totographs of the new mod-
fid, invariably, a beautiful
is either about to enter the
r she is sitting at the wheel.
puzzle? We've yet to know
>ne who could buy th* car
Is pictured — girl included,
lyway, drop around and see
Mw models even if you're
in the market. They're the
edition of one of the enter-
s which is making America
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NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 12, 1954
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found
About
Nocona
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cona cops who have had a
tor collecting police badges
the
special Yuletime activity in No-
cona, including a visit by Santa
Claus, decorating of both the
downtown and residential areas,
family shopping nights, and Christ-
mas music.
Members of the retail merchants
committee of the chamber of com-
merce have arranged for Santa
Claus to visit Nocona Saturday,
December 4, and an effort is being
made to obtain a helicopter to
speed his arrival. He will bring a
supply of candy for the children.
Santa will make a return trip to
Nocona by arrangement of Nocona
volunteer firemen on December
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k* Brown, son of th* Posoy
m* of W. F., is only three
I old, but he ha* already
p great satisfaction in being
hrixl **
kiting hi* grandpa, Shelton
tn, Mike was taken to Mon-
a's Methodist church for
morning service. After the
Ice, Shelton invited Preach-
in Bob Taylor to the Brown*
Sunday dinner.
s sort of puzzled little Mike.
Ily, he (ust hed to com*
with hi* inner thought*.
fhy is Rev. Taylor going to
er with us?" Mike asked hi*
dpe, end grendpe, in turn,
»d, "Rev. Teylor is not
’led, ho he* no table end
dace to cook."
lowered little Mike quick
flash: "Gee, granddad. I'm
glad we're married."
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>ppcd at Bell* the other
for coffee — and informa-
— and learned that the
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| hobby have reached
of the line.
I sayeth city council
lay night.
fems that every time
I fathers hire a new
I’s no badge to give him.
| we’ve bought badge after
fe,” Manager Aubrey Hunter
[council.
pt’s all council needed to
ie quickly that hereafter
I a new cop dons a uniform
[going to have to buy his
badge. But when he leaves
force he will get his money
— provided he doesn’t de-
to keep the badge as a
*nir.
City's Population Increased 150
By Formal Annexation 01 Fair View
Nocona’s population was increas-
ed some 150 last Monday night,
when city council formally an-
nexed Fair View addition on the
south side along Montague street.
Council having previously de-
creed that the city’s population is
now 4,433, the approximate 150
newcomers to the city brings the
population up to an official 4583.
Annexation of the addition was
unanimously voted after council
received a formal petition for such
annexation. It was a split petition.
Forty eight signed in favor of it
and 17 signed against it, but at
least one who signed against it, $1 instead of $1.50.
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males and 25 bulls, will be offer-
ed in the final sale of the year.
The three hundred head will in-
clude many three in one combina-
tions.
Sale time is 10 a. m. and the
sale will run until the last animal
, has been auctioned.
■ Lunch will again be served on
jdhe grounds by members of the
Congressman-at-large
Martin Dies, Dem., 1386; Tom
Crash Victim,
Is Improving
Pvt. Wilton Admire, 21 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ad-
mire, was reported somewhat im-
i proved at Sheppard Base hospital
at Wichita Falls from serious in-
juries suffered last week when
his automobile upset as he was
driving between Montague and
Bowie.
Taken first to Bowie hospital
and then transferred to Sheppard
field, young Admire was found,
upon examination, to be suffering
with a fractured spine, three brok-
en ribs and a punctured liver
caused by one of the broken ribs.
Although he still remains on the
hospital’s critical list, attending
physicians told his parents Wed-
nesday that if Wilton successfully
takes food within the next couple
of days they feel that he will fully
recover.
The accident occurred when Ad-
mire lost control of his car on a
wet pavement. Two Noconans, Lon-
nie Lacy and Bobby Cox, were
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Mrs. C. E. Ayr**
—Photo by Kent Bellah
Another Aberdeen-Angus Sale A!
Benton Ranch Nov. 18; 300 Head
Nocona will again be the mecca
for Texas and Oklahoma cattle
buyers when another of a series
of Aberdeen-Angus round-up sales
will be held at the Joe Benton
ranch next Thursday, November
18, it was announced today by
Benton and C. W. Chandler, sales
chairman.
Three —hundred head, 275 fe- ’ Nocona Eastern Star.
Dad's Night
At Jacksboro
Game Tonight
Dad’s night, an annual gridiron
event, will be observed at tonight’s
football game between Nocona
and Jacksboro. Tonight’s game, a
conference tilt, will be next to
the last game of the season. Final
encounter will be with Bowie here
next Friday night. ,
Fathers of all of the Nocona
players will sit on a special dads’ u
bench inside the field and along-'
side the benches occupied by their
player-sons.
Dads will wear numbers on their
id with the num-
bers worn by their sons in the
game. Upon arriving at the gate,
the dads will be escorted to the
field by cheer leaders.
They will also be recognized ov-
er the speaker system sometime
during the evening.
the field house pen.
They will be sold between now
and Thanksgiving.
Prior to taking on /he chicken
project, the students leased a
To Per
Aftern
Pers will i
Tire Co.
s Sunday al
the Chis]
I list of the contributors will
pund on the back page.
k not billed as a show, but
[greatest show on earth is
Ing in Nocona thi* month.
I no other part of the world
people so privileged a* we
frican* are to view without
I or obligation the annual
iuct of one of our foremost
fete enterprises — the new
■I automobiles.
lery year it seems to all of
lhat the great enterprise
th is the automobile indus-
feannot possibly improve up-
last year's models, but it
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ceedings by Mrs. Kent Bellah and
Miss Reba Burright. Following
special music given by Mrs. Au-
dra Coleman, Mrs. Cleo Lanier,
Mrs. Ray Jackson and Mrs. Ray
Balch, with Mrs. Shirley Lanier
at the piano, Mrs. C. E. Ayres gave
a resume of “Home Demonstration
Clubs Then amj Now.’”
From that small beginning in
1928, with Miss Alice Strawn as
county agent, the county now has
12 clubs with approximately 270
members. By 1929 when the first
yearbooks were made, there were
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HDC COUNCIL PRESIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS —
These veteran members of Home Demonstration club work are
among the survivors of council chairmen who have served club
work during the last 25 years. They met together at the clubs’
silver anniversary party at Bonita last Thursday night. They are,
seated: Mrs. Claude Baker, incoming chairman, Mrs. W. H. Jack-
son, Miss Isla Jo Martin, current chairman; standing, Mrs. J. K.
Seibold, Mrs. Jim Woodruff, Mrs. Paul Thompson, Mrs. Bill How-
ard, first council chairman, and Mrs. C. E. Ayres.
—Photo by Kent Bellah
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Admire, met again in Bonita, this time to attend a silver anniversary
banquet commemorating the development of the first club into
today’s dozen organizations.
A long U-shaped table set up in
the Bonita Community Center was
covered in white and decorated
with numerous containers of mix-
ed native flowers and foliage.
Guests and members to be given
special recognition were seated
at the head table, where Miss Isla
Jo Martin, council chairman, acted
as master of ceremonies
Bonita Serves Dinner
After group singing and invo-
cation, dinner was served by Bo-
nita club members who had also
prepared the three-course meal.
Pictures were made of the pro-
Voters Asked
To Pass On
30-ceni Levy
Montague county’s commissio»«
ers court, by unanimous decision,
this week called a special county
election to re-enact at the county
level the 30-cent general fund
tax which had been collected by
the state up to 1951 but which
has not since been collected by tin*
state. Instead, the legislature auth-
orized counties to continue the tax
The election has been set for
Saturday, December 4 at all of the
county’s voting places, which will
probably be the same as those
used in last week’s general elec-
tion.
The tax is one which is applied
to farm to market road construc-
tion and maintenance.
No Increase From *50
In announcing the election, the
court stressed that approval of,
the tax‘will “not increase the tot-
al state and county tax which you
paid in 1950 and prior years.”
The commissioners also pointed
out that “funds from this tax will
be divided equally among the four
commissioners precincts each year
as it is collected,” and, the board
further stressed, “homesteads up
to $3,000 tax valuation will be
exempt from the payment of the
30-cent tax if favorably voted in
your county.’ ’
Commissioners accompanied their
request for the election with a
detailed written explanation of
why the tax is being asked, why it
was not asked earlier when other
counties were voting on it and
what it proposes to do with the
money.
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sy Wind
snther Lot
Size, now only
smoothing, 00l
); hmitrd time.
said he hoped that it would pass.
In accepting the addition, coun-
cil made no promises as to when
city services will be extended to
the new residents. Council did,
however, say that such services
would be extended as quickly as
finances would permit, but it has
a couple of other promises to fill
before Fair View.
Meanwhile, Fair View residents
will no longer have to pay the
' one dollar water service charge
now that they are a part of the 1 backs to corresponi
city. And Community Public Ser-1
vice’s mimimum charge to the
J new residents will henceforth be
Cl inctonrl rxf C1 RA
Following are the complete tot-
'als for all state, county and town-
ship candidates:
Governor -
Allan Shivers, Dem., 1281; Tod
Adams, Republican, 131.
Lieutenant Governor
Ben Ramsey, Democrat, 1415.
Attorney General
John Ben Shepperd, 1431.
U. S. Senator
Lyndon Johnson, Dem., 1323;
Carlos Watson, Republican, 156;
Fred Spangler, Constitution party,
1.
. . . Prr*
nr Bobby Walker fund this
k jumped $85.10, which Bob-
[ dad has added to the pre-
[s $401.03.
fee total so far has enabled
py’s dad to pay in full one
bital bill which had been
ling over him. There are
fever, more medical bills
[more are piling up with
| additional trip to Wichita
Final Election Totals Reported;
Reflect Interest In Amendments
A post-election survey of the Montague county vote disclosed
that apparently some of the county’s voters voted only on the eleven
proposed amendments and did not vote for all of the candidates.
There were 1,634 votes cast, but no one candidate received that
many.
The county’s popular sheriff,
Tom Lindsey, led the ticket with
1,478 votes, 156 less than the total
cast. Next highest vote getters
were Tax Assessor G. W. Self and
County Clerk-elect Glen Pribble,
each of whom received 1,475.
Totals for all unopposed Demo-
cratic candidates were made a-
vailable after last week’s press
time when the last box to report,
Ringgold, was turned in.
Two Write-ins
There were two write-in candi-
dates for county surveyor. Don
Peterson of Nocona and Burton
Karstetter of Bowie each received
one write-in vote.
NOCONA RAIN RECORD
Total for week .............9ft
Previous total ............ 22.1*
Total for year............ 24.0ft
DIRECTORS TO MEET
Directors of Nocona Rotary club ,
will meet next Monday night at ’ doing to learn; earning to live;
7:30 for a business session at Ro-1 living to serve.
tary hall.
Temperature
Readings For Week
High
... 75
... 78
... 80
... 77
... 76
... 64
... 60
Mrs. C. E. Ayres Rounds Out 25
Years In Home Demonstration Work Wilton Admire
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Santa, Being Planned Here During Christmas Season
Members of the street decorat- remaining open nights dur
Plans ^are well underway for ing committee of the chamber are Christmas week, it was decided.
i now contacting merchants to raise
funds to purchase additional street
decorations to supplement those
left from last year which are still
in good condition. Due to the
stormy weather last year while the
decorations were up, most of the
foil festooning was damaged be-
yond repair, Chamber President
Lloyd Thompson has advised. De-
corations will be in place by Dec-
ember 4, Thompson has promised.
Merchants set Friday and Satur-
dayn nights, December 17 and 18.
as family shopping nights and
stores will remain open until 8
o'clock on both nights. Merchant*
>i<[ will um their own discretion about
Full Explanation
The explanation follows in full:
“In order that you may know
the reasons for and the purpose
of the special election to be held
throughout your county on Decem-
ber 4th, 1954. we wish to give you
the following information and
facts:
“In accordance with a state
constitutional amendment of 1948,
the state would, after January 1,
1951, no longer levy the 30 cent
general fund tax. By a legislative
act in 1951 the counties of Texas
were authorized to levy this tax
for construction and maintenance
of farm to market rpads and for
flood control, provided said tax
was voted by a majority of the
qualified property voting citizen*
in the various counties.
“Several .counties throughout the
state voted this tax in 1951 and
others voted it in 1952 and 1953.
Your commissioners court did not
need the revenue from this tax
prior to this year, but since we
have been called upon to finance,
out of the regular road and bridge
fund, a lot of expensive right-of-
way for state highways and farm
to market roads, this additional
income is badly needed at th*
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Dollar Days j
Here Friday
And Saturday
Nocona's participating merchant*
in monthly Dollar days thi* week
were again slashing prices on var-
ious articles in preparation for
November Dollar days, which ar*
to be observed today (Friday) and
Saturday.
All Dollar day specials went on
sale when stores opened Friday
morning and the prizes will pro- Jft
vail through Saturday closing ftM.
time. ft
Again, as during previous Dol-
lar days, Noconans answering their
telephone with “This is Dollar
day” instead of their usual way
of answering stand to win gift
certificates good for from one
dollar to $100 in trade.
Home Demonstration Clubs Of
County Mark 25ih Birthday
J Twenty five years ago 14 women of the Bonita community gath-
ered at the home of Mrs. W. H. Admire and formed the first Mon-
tague county unit of the Home Demonstration club movement which
was taking hold over America.
Last Thursday night more than 130 club women, including Mrs.
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ht
November is a “red letter”
month for all Montague county
Home Demonstration club mem-
bers because it has brought the
twenty-fifth anniversary of club |
work in this county, but the an- I
niversary does not mean as much»
to any one as it does to Mrs. C. E. !
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A charter member of the first
was
launched in Montague county in
Bonita — Mrs. Ayres has been
from the outset one of the most
active and most dependable mem-
bers. ,
Mrs. Ayres has not only served
all of the offices which any club
or council can offer — except sec-
retary, a post which she declined
—she has worked as diligently for i
a quarter of a century out of of-
fice as she worked in office.
The veteran HDC member’s ac-
tivity in club work dates back to
the days when there were no good
roads in Montague county. She
Boy Scout-Cub Annual Financial
Drive Here Opens Next Tuesday
A 9 a.m. coffee at the Hotel . ed next week is to raise Nocona's
Coffee shop next Tuesday morning I share of the overall cost of operat-
will open the 1954 drive to raise ing the Boy Scouts of America
local funds to carry on the Boy
Scout and Cub program in Nocona
for the next year. Similar drives
are to be conducted during the
same period in fifty other com-
munities comprising the Scouts’
Northwest Texas council.
Troops and Cub packs of No-
cona and other Montague county
communities are a part of the
Chisholm Trail district, which is
a part of the Northwest district.
The local district functions un-
der the leadership of District
Chairman Morris Johnson, also of
Nocona.
Currently, there are around 50
Cub Scouts enrolled in the Nocona
pack whose cubmaster is Joe Just-
in, who is assisted by ten other
Noconans. Educational, recreation-
al and inspirational programs are
provided by this group at all cub
meetings.
The city’s Scout troop has also
grown to 20 members under the
leadership of Scoutmaster Bill
Compton.
The drive which is being launch-
ocona Dollar Days Friday, Saturday, Shop And Save
HDC work
i FFA Boys At High School Raise Pin,
Chickens; Birds Now Ready For Sale
Thompson’s boys completing a
broiler project of 510 White Rock
fryers which are now ready for
sale and are being sold.
The boys raised the birds in the
west side of the new field house.
None of the chicks have ever been
in contact with the ground.
When six weeks old they weigh-
ed two pounds; a few weighed a
little more than two pounds. The
boys uied only 2.4 pounds of feed
to make o*e pound of gain. This
is considered good because the
average chicken takes four pounds
of feed for one pound of gain.
The students made the feeders
and the birds were raised under
infra-red lights, which constitute
the power of sunshine. Ground'
uruaucasi mrvugiiuui me uusmcsn cotton burs were used as litter
district by means of recordings for the chickens to walk on in
and loud speakers placed at strate-
gic points.
A trophy will again be offered
for the best decorated window in
the business district. Judging
of the windows in the business , small hog pasture for $50. bought
district will take place Saturday , twelve pigs which they have been
night, December 11, between 6 fattening with garbage and gfain.
and 8 o'clock. Out-of-town judges I The hog pasture has been sowed
will make the relection. December to barley for the winter and the
Dollar days are scheduled for Dec- hog* will be ready for marketing
ember 10-11. 1 by December 20
Nocona’s Future Farmers this
week observed American Educa-
tion week by proving the value of
putting into practice the organi-
zation’s motto: Learning to do;
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The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1954, newspaper, November 12, 1954; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1216692/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.