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The Nocona News, Nocona, Tex., Thun., June 5, 1969
EDITORIALS
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
power of God unto salvation to everyone that be-
lieveth, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.—
Romans 1:16.
* * *
CAN WE STAND PROSPERITY?
xne uiuteo states oi America has had unheard
of prosperity since the close of World War n.
Our gross national product, or total amount of
manufactured goods, continues to rise each year.
More people have more luxuries than ever before
in the history of the nation. The government is
taking care of more people than ever before. This
all adds up to a lush society.
The question which bothers thoughtful people
is this: Can this nation stand prosperity such as
we have had in recent years? History will tell us
that we cannot stand it, if this prosperity continues
to breed selfishness, self-centeredness, an indivi-
dual interest only in what benefits the individual or
his immediate family.
Any nation that prospers must have citizens
who have an unselfish interest in that government,
people who want what is best for the common good
and not what is best for just his own personal in-
terests, citizens who are interested in their fellow
man, his welfare and his needs, people who are
interested in the welfare of the churches, whoattend
and support them, and those who are interested in
other public institutions.
It seems that lush times breed selfishness
and greed — and these two characteristics will
bring any nation to its knees in time. Can we stand
such prosperity or must we have a depression to
get us back to right thinking?
* * *
WHAT DO THE
DEMONSTRATORS WANT?
wnen we react aoout some students, college pro-
fessors, some clergymen and hippies by the score
demonstrating against the war in Vietnam, against
our involvement, criticising patriotism,love of coun-
try and almost everything else that we hold in high
esteem, we begin to wonder what it is that the demon-
strators want.
We feel sure that they want the freedom of
speech and assembly that we have in this country,
they want the comfortable homes, the prosperous
living conditions, the convenience of automobiles,
planes, etc. They want all the advantages that come
with a free enterprise country but apparently they
don’t want the responsibilities that go with that
citizenship.
In talking a Marine this week who has just
returned from more than one year with the Mar-
ine Corps in Vietnam, -he said, “The Marines
feel that the demonstrators want all the rights
granted in America but don’t want to fight for them.”
We think he is exactly right.
The demonstrators say they want a better
country to live in, but they offer no solutions to
make it better. “Eternal vigilence is the price of
liberty,” is a true saying. The only way we can
continue to have freedoms which we now enjoy is
to defend them with all that is within us. If we re-
fuse to do that, soon we will lose our freedoms, our
prosperity, our rights of all kinds. To us, it seems
that the demonstrators have an unrealistic attitude—
that is just not the way things work. In fact, their
so-called goals seem naive to us, even stupid. Some
time, perhaps, they will awaken to the facts of
life.
^CONGRESS IS CHALLENGED to modernize
or die as a viable force in America by Oregon Con-
gressman Wendell Wyatt. He seeks help, encourage-
ment and support from the American people “tc
bring the legislative branch of government kicking
and screaming into twentieth century.” The reward
for this effort would be a return to an effective
system of checks and balances among the three
branches of the federal government, an efficient
legislative procedure, and the savings of millions
of dollars to the taxpayers.
* * *
U. S. MOTORISTS drove a total of one trillion,
ten billion miles in 1968 — the equivalent of more
that 40 million trips around the earth — a new hlgl
record. The publication “Oil Facts” reports that ir
the course of this travel, drivers used 81 billior
gallons of motor fuel and paid more than $8.5 billior
in special state and federal taxes on the fuel. Stats
gasoline taxes average 6.8 cents a gallon; the federa:
tax is 4 cents a gallon.
THE NOCONA NEWS
Published Thursday of each week at Nocona, Texae.
inured as Second Class matter et the Post Office in Nocona,
ftxu, under the Act of Congress of March 3,1819. Second
class poetage paid at Nocona, Texas 76255.
Edgar R. Hays .................... Editor and Publisher
Mn. Edgar R. Hays ............Society end Personal News
Mrs. Zelda Robertson ........ Receptionist and Bookkeeper
SUBSCRIPTION RATIS
lrMr in Montague County ..........—
1 year outside Montague County...................»
Any erroneous reflection upon the character. Mandlhg
.--------- riisinisaHnn AflU
Mna given to O* editor at his office. Correepon-
JSceri^uld S addrwed to the Nocona. New., Box 538,
Nocona. Texas 78355
BIG CHIEF ON THE WARPATH
OTHER
NEWSPAPERS
ARE SAYING..
A SOLOMONIC DECISION
The decision which Hemp-
hill County Commissioners
reached a few days ago to
run at - large in future elec-
tions, while still preserving
present precinct boundaries,
is probably the best possible
solution to a troublesome pro-
blem of equal representation.,
the best possible, at any rate,
under existing state laws ...
and we applaud them for it.
Any attempt to divide Hemp-
hill county into four precincts
with equal resident population
could only result in a grotes-
que gerrymander, since pro-
bably more than eighty per
cent of the total county popula-
tion is concentrated in the
northwest corner inside the
city limits of Canadian itself.
The only possible divisions
which could result in four pre-
cincts of equal population
would create roughly pie-
shaped wedges extending into
the town itself and the balance
of voting power in each would
be in the city.
Such a division would not
only be impractical, geogra-
phically, but implausible, po-
litically ... since it would
tend to leave rural areas with-
out a voice in county govern-
ment at all .. a situation al-
most as inequitable as the pre-
sent arrangement in which
rural areas have most of the
voice.
Leaving the precinct boun-
daries intact satisfies the re-
quirement of state law that
counties be divided into four
precincts for this purpose.
And requiring that candidates
for County Commission posts
be bona fide residents of the
precincts which they seek to
represent satisfies the need
for rural areas to be re-
presented by residents.
But requiring all candidates
for County Commission seats
in future elections to be elect-
ed by all the voters in the
county satisfies the one man
—one vote principle.
On the whole , we think
it is a fair solution and a
workable solution ... and we
hope that it works as well in
practice as it promises to in
theory. — The Canadian Re-
cord.
BASIC ENGLISH
Boyd Pierce, writing in the
Williamson County Sun, came
up with some food for thought
on basic English:
If "gh” stands for “P” in
hiccough,
If “ough” stands for “0”
as in dough,
If “phth” stands for “T”
phthisis,
If "eigh” stands for "A”
as in neighbor,
If “tte” stands for "T”
as in gazette,
If “eau” stands for “O”
as in beau —
Tfie right way to spell potato
is: . Ghoughphtheightteau. —
CecH Waggoner in Claude
News.
PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
Max Rafferty, educator and
writer of California, may go
too far in blaming all the ills
of youth on “progressive edu-
cation*’ but he let the hammer
down on the system recently
when he wrote:
"I hate anything which hurts
children. Over the past 30
years, I’ve watched progres-
sive education produce a
generation composed of en-
tirely addicts, sexual immor-
alists and just plain criminals.
Certainly the vast majority of
our kids don’t fall into these
categories, thank Heaven.
Equally certainly, progres-
sive education has failed ut-
terly to produce what it said
it was going to produce: the
best educated, best adjusted,
most peace - loving, law -
abiding generation in Amer-
ican history.** — Cecil Wag-
goner in Claude News.
THOSE HIGH - PRICED
TOMATOES
Food store customers have
grudgingly seen the price of
tomatoes reach for the strat-
osphere and have assumed it
was just one more vicious,
symptom of inflation. But
judging by reports, there is
more behind the price of toma-
toes than natural inflationary
forces. Until recently, the do-
mestic tomato market was"
I augmented by imports from
Mexico.
There are an estimated 23,-
000 acres of land planted to
tomatoes in the Sinaloa - So-
nara sections of Mexico. The
economy of this region of our
neighbor to the South is hea-
vily dependent on the U. S.
market -- a market that has
now been seriously curbed by
a U. S. government embargo
on Mexican tomatoes. The em-
bargo is working a hardship
on both U. S. consumers and
Mexican agricultural inter-
ests. While in Mexico tons
of carefully cultivated, vine-
ripened fruit are being used
for cattle feed, U. S. house-
wives commonlypay34centsa
pound for winter tomatoes.
In the words of Senator Barry
Goldwater of Arizona, “ ...
there is no longer any reason,
economic or otherwise, for
keeping this embargo in
force ... the price of toma-
toes to the American house-
wife is moving higher and
the consumption of tomatoes
is being depressed ... I want
to say that we have nothing
to gain and a great deal to
lose by imposing trade re-
strictions on a friendly neigh-
bor.
This is the story behind
the high price of tomatoes
in the local supermarket.—
Industrial News Review.
WHO WILL HAVE A HEART
ATTACK?
• WHO WILL HAVE a heart
attack? This question brings
to mind a list of 15 questions
drawn up by two British doc-
tors ... H. Frank Wright and
G. Pincoorie.....as reported
by the Cooperative News Ser-
vice.
The doctors maintain that if
you answer YES to three or
more of these questions, you
run the risk of a heart attack.
Here are the 15 questions
they ask, all of which begin
with DO YOU:
0) Work 60 or more hours a
week?
(2) Drive more than 20,000
miles a year?
(3) Take less than three
weeks’ vacation?
(4) Fail to delegate tasks to
others?
(5) Get steamed up?
(6) Smoke 20 or more ci-
garettes a day?
(7) Take no exercise?
(8) Weight more than 20
pounds over the limit?
(9) Feel tired and exhausted
for no reason?
00) Sleep badly?
01) Neglect you wife and
family?
02) Plunge straight into
meetings and office work after
overseas travel?
03) Take more than four
drinks a day?
04) Have a high cholesterol
count and ascending blood
pressure?
05) Have no interest in out-
side work?
There they are! Fifteen im-
portant questions! — Wendell
Tooley in Floyd County Hes-
perian.
ON RACE RELATIONS
One of the better incidents
in recent racial relations was
Sunday night’s "Face to Face”
program on Channel 8, in
which Murphy Martin inter-
viewed Jerry Levias, SMU’s
gridiron great of the past few
years. The dialogue revealed
that the outstanding Negro
athlete deserves praise for
his attitude as well as his
ability.
His belief, he said, is that
every person should be judged
as an individual, not accord-
ing to race or nationality. If
a person has the ability and
willingness to do a good job
he deserves his opportunity.
As regards his breaking the
color barrier to become the
first black player In the South-
west Conference, he said that
he asked no favors because of
race and SMU exercised no
prejudice because of race. The
relationship was based on
merit all the way. —"Con-
fetti** in Muenster Enterprise.
Switzerland has one of the
highest per capita consumption
of liquor In the world.
History
From the files of the
NOCONA NEWS
JUNE 2, 1944
LAWRENCE-WILSON — J.
G. (Jerry) Lawrence and Mrs.
Ruby Wilson were married
Sunday May 28th in Waurika,
Oklahoma.
STATE SOON TO TAKE
OVER Road North From No-
cona — The Commissioners
Court met in a special ses-
sion on Wednesday and passed
the necessary orders for the
State to assume the construc-
tion and maintenance of 9.5
miles of the road running north
from Nocona. The State High-
way Engineer made a trip
to Nocona in the interest of the
road. Commissioner Shackel-
ford went with him over the
route. The engineer stated that
the road, when completed,
wouldbe the same type road
as that from Nocona to Mon-
tague.
H. N. PAINTER TO OPEN
GROCERY STORE — A new
grocery store will be opened
for business about June 10,
in the Earl P. Hall building.
The store will be owned and
operated by H. N. Painter. Mr.
Painter came to Nocona from
Wichita Falls.
NEWS FROM OUR SOLD-
IERS — Technical Sergeant
Reece Pemberton, who !<as
been in the Panama Canal
Zone for almost two years and
in the service for 25 months,
received his first furlough re-
cently and spent 27 days with
his parents. He was in the
Coast Artillery, but is now
stationed at Camp Fannin,
Texas, and is working in the
Camp Supply Room.
CADDY McCALL, of the
U. S. Coast Guard, who has
been stationed at St. Peter-
sburg, Florida, has recently
been transferred to San Fran-
cisco and will be assigned to
a ship. Mrs. McCall and son
who have been with him since
he enlisted are returning to
Nocona Saturday.
WAYNE LEWIS, Pharma-
cist Mate First Class, is
spending a 14 day furlough with
his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Lewis in Belchervllle.
DEWEY LATHAM, who is
stationed at San Diego, Calif-
ornia with Marine Corps, has
been recently promoted to
Corporal. Corporal Latham,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Latham of Bonita, has been an
instructor in a Motor Trans-
port School for the past
several months.
JUNE 5, 1953
JOY STUMP JACKSON —
Mother of three children re-
ceives Bachelor of Science
Degree in Education. Driving
from Freeport to Houston and
back each day for two years
this mother and housewife
completed her college educa-
tion.
NOCONA GIRL WINS
STATE ESSAY PRIZE — The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Roper, Flo Dell, has received
a check for $10 from the Texas
Friends of Conservation, a
state organization dedicated to
the promotion of all kinds of
soil conservation practices.
About 40 essays were sub-
mitted here. A local judging
team of three chose Miss
Roper’s as one of the local
winners. The winning essays
were then sent to the TFC
at Houston.
FISH FRY BACKGROUND
FOR TALKS For Nocona -
Ringling Bridge — Nothing
was done; nothing could be
done but the seed for a bridge
between Ringling, Okla., and
Nocona was planted a little
deeper last Monday night at
the annual fish fry held at
the Scott Dennis ranch near
Ringling in cooperation with
the Ringling Chamber of Com-
merce. Oklahoma is currently
completing a highway from
Ringling to the river, which,
with a bridge, would connect
with a paved road from Span-
ish Fort to Nocona.
JOHN MARSHALL REEVES
OF Belcherville received e
bachelor of science d< ree in
the school of agricti.. .e at
Texas A and M at commence-
ment services May 29.
NEW BAND DIRECTOR —
When school reopens in Sep-
tember the Nocona High School
band will be under the direc-
tion of George Drew, who was
employed recently. Drew will
replace J. H. Branchcomb.
The new bandmaster is coming
to Nocona from Portales, Nev ■
Mexico.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,
Four More Teachers Hired
By School Board — The new
principal will be R. T. Adams,
36, familiarly known in Texas
Sports as “Storky”, a former
basketball star at North Texas
State.
Adams is coming to Nocona
from Winters, Texas where
he is currently serving as
principal.
The new home economics
teacher will be Mrs. Vannie
Randolph, wife of the head of
the experiment statlonat Mon-
tague. She has had 15 years
experience, holds a B. S. de-
gree at Southwest State
SARAH STONE TO Received
B. S. Degree — Miss Sarah
Stone, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Stone, is a can-
didate for Bachelor of Sci-
ence degree in economics at
the University of Texas at
Austin.
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25 May 1969
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Saint Jo
BUSINESS &
DIRECTORY
PROFESSIONAL
WHITE’S
WHY PAY MORE? SHOP AT
Nocona Jeweler*
Aubrey Adams
Curlin & Sewell
INSURANCE
AGENCY
FOR SOUND
DEPENDABLE
PROTECTION
FROM A SOLDIER IN VIET-
NAM
Dear Mr. Hays:
If this could be included in
your letters to the editor col-
umn, it certainly would be ap-
preciated by a fellow news-
paperman. I am on the city
desk of The Houston Chron-
icle.
For some time now, I have
been working on the Gage
family history, and one branch
of the family settled in the
Nocona area sometime before
1900. I would like to hear
from anyone who might have
information concerning this
family.
A number of special awards
and scholarships were pre-
sented at the commencement
exercises of the 1969 class
of Nocona High School last
Thursday evening. Diplomas
were handed out to 52 young
men and women by Supt. Del-
ton Stilley and Dr. H. B. Wal-
lis, president of the school
board.
Perhaps the most popular
awards went to Mrs. Aubrey
H. Mitchell, who is retiring
as school librarian after 42
years of service to the local
schools. Mrs. Mitchell re-
ceived a silver tray from the
three local schools, a plaque
from the high school students
and also a plaque from the
school board. The school
board plaque paid tribute to tlie
retiring librarian for "42
years of service to the No-
cona Public Schools,” and the
high school plaque stated, “To
Aubrey Mitchell in apprecia-
■ tion for the service rendered
to the students of Nocona High
School."
Mrs. Mitchell wasaccorded
a standing ovation by an au-
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AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
GIVER AT COMMENCEMENT
THE NOMINATION of C.
L. Cooke to a term on the ,
Texas Industrial Commission >
was included in a group of
gubernatorial appointments
confirmed by the Texas Senate
May 31. Cooke, president of
Community Public Service
Company, also has been elect- i
ed vice president of the Texas
Atomic Energy Research
Foundation, an organization
co-sponsored by ten investor-
owned Texas utility com- '
panics.
Foxworth-
Galbraith
Lumber Co
When arranging funerals,
no detail . . . from floral
tributes to appropriate
music ... is left to chance.
Trust our specially trained
ana c nerienced staff.
Mr. an
ander ar
Prairie i
weekend
Auther S
Mrs. Wit
Walker’*
Magneto and
Ignition Company
Registered Service
Dealer For
BRIGGS And STRATTON
IGNITION SERVICE
Electric Motor Repair
Phone 825-3753
105 Montague St.
Mr. an
New and
Joe and
Chapel w
his pare
Bryant M
Dear Mr. Hays:
Just thot I’d drop you
line from the boondocks and
yell that I hope my Nocona
News is on the way.
Life in Vietnam is lousy,
to say the least. I’m stationed
at the Headquarters for the
1st Division working for the
Commanding General and the
Chief of Staff. Needless to say,
I’m learning quite a bit by
seeing the High Command at
work. The actual location is
"Lai Khe and the living condi-
tions are substandard Army
conditions, if that might give
you an idea. We do have cold
running water, however; and
our tents now have wood plank
floors. Progress to the Jungle.
I do think about you and the
paper often, and I especially
enjoy reading it since the
Army always manages to put
me so far away from home. If
you get any time in the near
future, please drop me a line
about your new printing press
(offset) that you and Bowie
went together on.
Thank you,
to get an education. They,
should have some responsibil4
ity at home too and if they dis-
obey they should be punished
even if it means going to the
woodshed with them.
The Bible tells us to spare
the rod and spoil the ehildand
that is so right. Let’s have
more articles like this one. I
say amen to every bit of it.
Mrs. M. D. Horton
803 Cooke Street
P. S. My home address is
Nocona but 1 am in the Me-
morial Hospital in Muenster
now, Room 117. I also enjoyed
the AA write - up by Billye
Stockton from the Crosbyton
Review and the one on per-
missiveness by “Confetti”
from the Muenster Enter-
prise.
SCOTT BROS
Established 1890
j<’or Fine Gifts
Watches and
Diamonds
Watch Repair
Visit
Amos Warren Gage and his
wife, Mary, moved from Mad-
ison County, Ark., to Wise
County during the War Be-
tween the States, then after
1880 moved into Montague
County. His children included
Mary A., William, Andrew J.,
Francis M., Albert, Laura
and Sis Gage. I understand
that Amos Warren Gage, a
brother to my great-great-
grandfather, died about 1905.
Yours truly,
Larry J. Gage
ANYONE HELP HIM?
6809 Concho
Houston, Tex.
77036
May 10, 1969
Mr. Edgar R. Hays
Publisher and Editor
The Nocona News
Nocona, Texas 76255
dience which filled the high
school gymnasium.
’Principal Marvin Frank
presented the "I Dare You
awards, provided by a pri-
vate corporation, to Phil Bar-
ron and Jane Thomason, for
outstanding leader ship ability.
A “Who’s Who Among Stu-
dent Leaders of America”
certificate was presented to
Jack McGaughey.
Three $4 0 scholarships
provided by the Library Club
were presented to June Cook,
Suzan Cardwell and Jane
Thomason.
A scholarship provided by
the Thursday Literary Club
was presented to Mike Brown.
The outstanding home-
making student award, pro-
vided by Crisco, wenttoSuzan
Cardwell.
Scholarship awards for
highest grade averages went
to Jack McGaughey, Jane
Thomason and Cathy Fenoglio.
The only speeches on the
program were the salutatory
address by Jane Thomason
and the valedictory address
by Cathy Fenoglio.
JACK LESH
TEXACO STATION
The best friend your car
ever had!
U-HAUL TRAILERS
Continental Bus Station
211 West Highway 82
Phone 825-3817
Your
Home Improvement
Headquarters
BOBBY ELDRED, Mgr.
Nocona 825-4824
Auto Store
PAUL BRAND, Owner
Nokona Athletic
Goods
Phone 825.3761
203 Clay Nocona
•The Lonely Heart
MOTLEY DISCOUNT
LEATHER GOODS
EAST HIGHWAY 82
Boots - Belt* - Handbags
Special Order Name Belt*
May 23,1969
Dear Editor;
I agree with you a hundred
per cent on the back to the
woodshed program.
If the fathers and mothers
were at home more with their
children, especially at night,
to have their family devotions
together instead of leaving
them with a baby sitter and
themselves out drinking and
dancing or maybe with some-
one else’s husband or wife, I
don’t think there would be so
much rioting. The children
would be glad they had a chance
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