The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1972 Page: 2 of 12
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FRAUD WARNING
Political Comments
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INSURANCE
AGENCY
We have
fine vine-ripe
West Texas Tomatoes
25* lb. or 3 lbs. for 60*
California Peaches and Grapes.
Also Plenty of homegrown
black eye peas, squash, apples,
cantaloupe, watermelon, sweet
potatoes, bell pepper, onions
If it’s available - we have it!
Whitecotton
Foxworth*
Galbradth
Lumber Co.
and
OZARK SPRING WATER
in 1 Gallon and 5 Gallon sizes
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News Briefs
CLARKS ARE HOME
Leonard
Insurance
Agency
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By CHARLENE COFFIELD
Secretary
Sheriff’s Advisory Council
FOR SOUND
DEPENDABLE
PROTECTION
Curlin, Sewell
& Uaelton
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PHOTO COPYING
by Larry Lemons
$1.00 for 5x7 black and white
$1.50 for 8x10 black and white
Black and White Reprints
B. G. Lemons Residence ■ 915 Young St
___________HOCOKA,
Wednesday
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Sunday
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TEMPERATURES
High
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RAINFALL
Total for week
Previous total
Total for year
Total a year ago :
September 23rd, and
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EMPLOYEE of the month during July at Action Line
was Mrs. Louise Robinson, right. Pinning on the corsage
is Supervisor Mrs. Mabie Krammes.
Special guests of the Cen-
tral Christian Church on Wed-
nesday night, September 27,
at 7:30 will be the Crown
Singers, known in this area
as the Baker Family.
FIRE — CASUALTY
EXTENDED
COVERAGE
AUTO— BONDS
Office Phone 8254371
SPECIAL SESSION
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Mrs. Hugh Snapp, Mrs. W.
J. Chambers and Mrs. Leona
Hambright attended the sing-
ing in Montague Sunday after-
noon.
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DeBerry Will Speak
At Nocona Lions
Club Wednesday
Austin — Assistant State
Highway Engineer B. L. De-
Berry will address a luncheon
of the Nocona Lions ClubSep-
tember 27 as a part of the
observance of Highway Week
in Texas.
Highway Week is an annual
event sponsored by good roads
groups throughout the nation
to call attention to the bene-
fits of safety and convenience
which are derived from to-
day’s modern highways. The
observance in Texas is spon-
sored by the Texas Good Roads
Association in cooperation
with local citizens* groups.
Theme of this year’s ob-
servance is “Highways Help
People.” Governor Preston
Plans Hobo Day
The Forestburg Future
Homemakers chapter plans to
hold a Hobo Day on Saturday,
nd people
invited to
call them for work. They will
be available for work in the
communities of Forestburg,
Montague, Dewey, Saint Jo,
and New Harp. They will ap-
preciate your calls.
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VISIT RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thur-
man went to Henrietta Sat-
urday and visited Mrs. Thur-
man’s sister, Mrs. Lonus
Lowrie in the hospital. They
also visited in Wichita Falls
with Valton Rolls in the Gen-
eral Hospital. Mrs. Thurman
and Mrs. Vallie Buck went
to see their sister Sunday
and reported her to be im-
proving. .
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11 day service on cleaning and press-
Hing.
West on Highway 82
Phone 825-3854
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THE NOCONA NEWS
Published Thursday of each week at Nocona, Texas
Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office in Nocona
Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Second
class postage paid at Nocona, Texas 76255.
Clark, who has been spending
the summer in California, re-
turned home with them.
Places of interest which they 4-H Club is requested to enter
a team in each phase of the
contests.
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visited on their trip Included
the Painted Desert in Arizona,
the Queen Mary at Long Beach,
Sea World, Balboa Park Zoo,
and a Harbour Cruise in San
Diego. They also visited
Tiajauna and Escenada, Old
Mexico.
Business Breakfast
Set For Sept. 26
The business breakfast,
sponsored by the Nocona
Chamber of Commerce, will
be held on Tuesday morning,
Sept. 26, at 6:30 a. m. at
Sands Restaurant, it was an-
nounced this week by Bob
Bashe, C-C manager.
All business men and wo-
men are urged to attend the
breakfast. Included on the
agenda for discussion is plans
for Christmas retail promo-
tion and also hours during the
Christmas shopping season.
Those wishing to attend are
asked to call the Chamber
Office by 4 p. m. Monday,
Sept. 25, so that adequate res-
ervations may be made.
of gospel music.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shields
and Mr. and Mrs. Delton Stil-
ley will serve as off icial hosts
and hostesses for the program
and fellowship hour. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Cecil's Bexall Pharmacy
Phone 825-3318 209 Clay Street
the week of September 24-30
as Highway Week noted:
“No single factor affects the
Ilves of all Texans as does the
highway system. Practically
everything Texans buy, sell,
make or consume moves at
some time over the 70-thou- '
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Amendment No. 3 would require that all justices of
the peace in all counties in Texas be compensated by the
commissioners Court on a salary basis rather than a
fee basis. This would be effective January 1, 1973. Those
urging the adoption of the amendment point out that it
would promote integrity and better justice by removing
the possibility of conflict of interest which could exist
in a court where the compensation of the justice of the
peace is dependent on the fees he collects. Law enforce-
ment associations say that the amendment would help
abolish the “speed trap” image now associated with some
courts. It would also provide uniformity in the compen-
sation of justices of the peace and would give greater
dignity and respect to the justice court.
Those opposed to the amendment say that the fee
system has a tendency to encourage greater diligence
among the justices of the peace and that a salary basis
may cause the justice to lose some of his independence
and become subservient to the commissioners court.
The amendment would not affect Montague County
since the justices of the peace in this county are already
paid on a salary basis.
Editor and PubiHEer
... Society and Personal Newt
Receptionist and Bookkeeper
. Justowriter
Manger Scene Will
Be Added To City
Xmas Decorations
The Chamber of Com -
merce annual addition to
Christmas decorations for the
city this year will be a
manger scene featuring life
size paper mache figures of
as many of the characters
as possible. Mrs. Sam Camp-
bell is in charge of the pro-
ject. Nocona artists will do
the final painting of clothing
and features on the figures
after the paper mache bases
are prepared by others. Any
one interest in making one of
the figures is urged to con-
tact either Mrs. Campbell or
the Chamber office. It is hoped
that this might be a com-
munity effort with church
groups as well as clubs and
individuals contributing a
individuals contributing a
figure to the manger scene.
The Chamber plans to add to
the display each year until
an outstanding tableau depict-
ing the real meaning of
Christmas is attained. The
base figures will be formed
of chicken wire with paper
mache and should be started
soon.
Mrs. Bill Beemer, Char-
mle. Shelly, Sherry and Ja-'
son left Wednesday of last
week for Elgin, Illinois where
they are visiting her sister,
Mrs. Roger Lamb and family.
They will also be visiting in
Detroit, Michigan with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Jasin and attend the wedding
of Mr. Beemer’s brother In
Illinois on October 7.
Brooks joined the group for
a wiener> roast.
By The EDITOR
The voters of Texas will be faced with approval or
disapproval of 14 constitutional amendments on the general
election ballot in November as well as a decision on presi-
dential electors, congressional candidates, and state and
district office ca ididat is. As promised earlier we begin
this week a review of the 14 proposed amendments. We
may not do them in order or discuss them every week but
we do plan to cover them all before the election.
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Amendment No. 1 proposes to increase the annual
salary of the members of the Texas Legislature from
$4,800 to $8,400 per year. No changes are made in mileage
or per diem allowances. Those advocating the adoption
of this amendment say that the Legislator can no longer
be considered a part-time official. Increasing complexity
in the problems of state government and greater expendi-
ture of time as a member of standing or special Interim
commitees meeting between sessions leave the legislator
little time to devote to his business or profession. Many
well qualified persons do no* become candidates for the
office because they cannot afford or do no* want to make
the financial sacrifice necessary to holding the office.
Under the present salary, the Legislator is forced to en-
gage in other business or profession in order to make
a living. This creates a conflict of interest and perhaps
encourages the Legislator to accept fees which he shouldn’t
accept.
Those opposed point out that a substantial increase
for members of the Legislature would further increase
the cost of state government at a time when state finances
are over burdened. Under the constitution the legislature
is required to meet in regular session not to exceed 140
days every two years. Thus the job is not a full-time job
and the Legislator should not receive a full time salary.
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Amendment No. 2 abolishes the Lamar County Hospital
District and authorizes the commissioners Court to dispose
of the assets of the district. The district was created by
the Texas Legislature and operated several years but is
no longer in operation and thus the county seeks to dispose
of the assets. No arguments are given against the amend-
ment.
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Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sisk
i Phone 825-3531
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Today’s Subjoof: "Watcb Tho«o ’Balt and Switch’ Ads”
Wiat is a “Bait and Switch” advertisement? It is a prac-
tice used by what might be termed unscrupulous businessmen
who advertise something at a ridiculously low price ... an
article they do not intend to sell you in the first place. The
idea being, of course, is to get you into their place of business
and sell you something higher priced. Reports of “bait and
switch” are coming in regularly from across the country and
the Better Business Bureaus fight these tactics with every meth-
od at their command.
Here’s an example: a would-be customer answers an ad in
a paper which offers a “repossessed” vacuum cleaner for $2.00
per week, for a total of $20.00. She finds on questioning tlw
salesman who comes to her home in response to her inquiry
♦hat the vacuum cleaner advertised was sold, but they have
others of equal quality they are willing to sell on the “same ba-
sis.” If the buyer is anxious and fails to read the fine print
in the contract, she later finds that she has signed a contract
not for $20.00 total price, but several hundred dollars! And,
once the contract is signed it is pretty hard to prove that you
didn’t know what you were signing.
Consumer goods which are most often used in the bait ad-
vertisement schemes are automobiles, furs, furniture, home ap-
pliances, jewelry, pianos, radios, TVs, sewing machines and
vacuum cleaners. It is suggested one does not become con-
fused in his thinking about “bait and switch” advertising. You
could very well go Into a local retail establishment and be told
their advertised product had been sold out on their special offer,
and it is a true fact. The difference being that you are dealing
with a company locally that you KNOW and can TRUST. The
“bait and switchers” are usually fast-buck artists who are new
on the business scene. And, the chances are they won’t be in
town long.
Legitimate business people locally are always fighting this
problem of the unfair tactics used by fly-by-nighters. They try
to expose them by letting the public know what is going on and
what is happening locally. But, still some people fall for
schemes of this type because they think their local retailer is
too high priced. Most always you’ll find, if your local dealer
does have a higher price on an item, it is because he stands
behind the product he sells, the quality is far superior and the
guarantee better. There’s always a reason!
The door-knocker or the telephone caller with a “special
deal” takes millions of dollars away from unsuspecting people
every year all over the country. The National Better Business
Bureau has frequently said the only way to save people from
themselves, (fix making a foolish mistake), is through educa-
tion on the subje< of sunsumer frauds. And, of course, that is
the reason for the FRAUD WARNING series of articles . . . to
Last October the family a- constantly remind le public here in our community that they
long with a quartet visited must be on their guard ! Sometimes, we in this department,
^uGospel Co*]cert- feel that people are more aware of what to watch out for than
xu j tthey are in reality. Therefore, we say, once again, deal with
people you know . . . local businessmen. You may not know
u.l.uulo ...... **iem Personally' but at y°u will usually know of them,
and hta "wife, Betty- Debbie", When a new company comes on the scene and offers you some-
tkxL If you're really interested in making the purchase ask
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Edgar R. Hays
Mrs Edgar R. Hays
Mrs. Joyce Bennett
Mrs. Manie Crenshaw ..
Randall Robertson
In New Lance
Missile Program
E-2 Randall Robertson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Avis Robert-
son of this community, and a
graduate of Nocona High
School, is a member of the
only Lance missile battalion
in existence. It is the 1st
Battalion (Lance), 12th Field
Artillery, at Fort Sill, Okla.
Randall is a squad leader and
has a rank of E-2.
The plans call for taking
95 men right out of basic
training and train them as
; > Lance crewmen in an intense
seven-week program of ad-
vanced Individual training.
The program is now going on.
“We get better than aver-
age soldiers in our battalion, ”
Lt. Col. Lowell G. Smith said,
“because everyone who is as-
signed here must have a se-
curity clearance. We are
really happy to get these men
because we need them to per-
form our mission.”
The mission of the new bat-
talion is to provide standard
troop requirements for the
missile branch of the Field
Artillery School, to provide
crews for demonstrations, and
people and equipment for the
Lance missile carde courses
at the school.
The Lance has greater
range and mobility then the
Honest John missile, is a
single stage, two-phase liquid
bi-propellant vehicle, basic-
ally a warhead section and a
missile main assembly.
Randall is married to the
former Debra Hoover of Saint
Jo.
They liked the area and now
less than a year later have
moved to this city. The fam-
ily includes Wayman Baker
16~years old; Doug’ 12;' Rick thing special that sounds too good to be true go forth with cau-
11; and Ronda 9. The family C—. ~ ——„ —:---—- -- —— -o —•—~ -
along with the quartet have around and find someone yourself who has done business with
traveled extensively over the the company, don’t take THEIR references for granted. The
western part of the United company could be covering 50 dissatisfied customers with one
States, with the tour last Oc-
tober taking them as far east
as Nashville, Tennessee, to
the National Quartet Conven-
tion.
The family will feature
solos, duets, trios, quartets;
singing all styles of gospel
music from standard gospel
hymns to southern style
music. It will be a program
geared to reach every age
*e®le_rn_J??rL °Lthe, 4”^ comPany could be covering 50 dissatisfied customers with
" xu xl. x . or Gerais smart, be careful . . . think ! !
More on FRAUD next week. Be with us, won’t you?
sand - mile State - maintained
highway system.
“Further, highways provide
the means for convenient
movement of Texans them-
selves to business, educa-
tional, recreational and cul-
tural activities. To say that
‘Highways Help People,’ is an
and will be a happy evening understatement of Texas -
size proportions.”
"Get Acquainted"
Night Observed
At Montague
“Get Acquainted Night” will
be observed at Montague
School beginning at 8 p. m.
Thursday. All parents and pa-
trons are invited, according to
Parent - Teacher Association
officers, program sponsors.
Skits and essays by several
students will be presented
during the program. Music
will feature songs by Miss
Kathy May, a sophomore mu-
sic major at Midwestern Uni-
versity.
Refreshments will follow
the program. New PTA of-
ficers and committee chair-
men will be introduced at a
short PTA program which will
be held. Mrs. Donald Fen-
oglio is new PTA president,
succeeding Mrs. Jimmy Dun-
can who recently moved to
Tyler. Other officers are
Mrs. Bud Lee, secretary, and
Mrs. Bert Sledge, treasurer.
A new vice-president will be
selected at the meeting.
* WHO CALLEP ME A LAME PUCK— ?’
Nicky Merrell
Suffers Injury
Nicky Merrell, of Hobbs,
MOLSBEE GUESTS New Mexico, 15 - year - old
Visitors in the home of Mrs. grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
O. M. Molsbee Jr., last week- gar Hays, Nocona, suffered a
end included Sonny, Cindy and badly broken arm while play-
Mark Molsbee of Odessa; ing soccer at school Wednes-
Keith, Wanda, Janice and Bon- day of last week.
nie Molsbee of Bowie; Linda, Nicky, who spent six weeks
Gerald, Kyle and CodyRober- in Nocona last summer, was
son of Arlington; O. M. Mols- transferred from a Hobbs hos-
bee III of Gainesville, Don pital to University Hospital,
Earl, Avia Brooks and family, Lubbock for surgery. Both
Nocona. The family placed bones in his left arm were
flowers on their father’s grave broken. He remained In the
Sept. 15, which would have hospital a week. His parents
been his 52nd birthday. On are Mr. and Mrs. Fred B.
Saturday night Mrs. Donnie Merrell.
Friends wishing to write to Smith in officially designating
Nicky may reach him at 801 “ . - - . . ----
Lincoln Road, Hobbs, N. M.
Mrs. Marilyn O’Neil, David 8«240.
and Jennifer of Wichita Falls —------—
visited Saturday with her par- Forestburg FHA
2 ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
si»ncer- Plane Hnhn Dav
SUBSCRIPTION RATCS
1 year in Montague County
1 y»«r outside Montague County -------
Any erroneous reflection upon the chsracter, Mending
or reputation of sny person, firm or corporation whicle ap-
nears in the columns of this paper will be corrected upon
due notice being given to the editor at his office. Correspon-
dence should be addressed to the Nocona News, Box 53P.
Nocona, Texas TffiN-
Annual Grass Judging Contest
Set For Tuesday, October 3rd
The board of directors of
the Upper Elm-Red Soil and
Water Conservation District
along with other agricultural
workers in the district set
Tuesday, October 3rd, as the
date for the Annual Grass
Judging Contest.
“This will be our 23rd an-
nual contest,” said J. H. Bayer
of Muenster, chairman erf the
board of directors. “The
board started this contest back
in 1950 and it has lasted down
through the years and has
proven to be one of our best
contests for the youth of this
district”.
This year’s contest will be
held at Cooke County Junior
College in Gainesville. Reg-
istration will start at 1:00
p. m. and actual judging at
2:00 p. m. This contest is
open to all Agricultural Ex-
tension Service 4-H Clubsand
Future Farmers of America
Chapters in the three county
district. “We are hoping to
have at least 100 students
competing in this year’s con-
test”, Bayer stated.
This is a unique contest in
that it is based on actual know-
ledge of fifty plants growing
on the farms and ranches of
this district. These plants are
identified by giving them the
correct common name and
then classified as to grazing
value, wildlife value, annual
or perennial, native or intro-
duced, and as to whether cool
season or warm season grow-
ing plant. It would be pure-
ly accidental to make a very
high score by guessing. The
students who apply them -
selves, study and practice for
a number of days before the
contest to learn as many of
the common plants growing
about them as possible. With
the help of their advisor they
can become very proficient in
learning the common plant
characteristics. This type of
information is helpful to them
all through future life as many
of them will own and operate
farms.
Chairman Bayer stated that
plans call for a meal to be
served to all team members
and their coaches after the
Mr. and Mrs. Sevier Clark contest. Awards will be pre-
have returned home from sen ted winning teams and high
visiting their daughters and scoring individuals,
their families, Mr. and Mrs. This contest will have a
Danny Wear and family of junior division for the first
Lompoc, Calif., and Mr. and year agriculture students and
Mrs. Bob Russell and fam- a senior division for advanced
ily of Santa Paula, Calif. Their students. A team will be com-
other daughter, Miss Susan posed of four students with the
team score made up of the
three highest scoring indivi-
duals. Each school or County
Mrs. Letrice Barnes visit- rietta, and attended the Clay
ed Saturday with her sister, County Old Settler’s Re -
Mrs. Opal Maddox in Hen- union.
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