The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1965 Page: 1 of 10
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hammer
of Clarksville and Is a Kappa
Delta Social Sorority pledge at
East TWM.
Miss Hammer will represent
Red River County at the Dis-
trict contest September 2 at
the Blackstone Hotel In Tyler.
Miss Janie Bachman, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
rhornas was named runner-up.
She is a senior at Clarksville
High School.
Other contestants were; Janet
Baird, daughter ofMr.andMrs.
Queen honors Alvin Daird; Marie and Carolyn
Pace, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie N. Pace and £on-
M. E. Phillips, J. R. Gatlin,
Detroit; Wayne Holcombe, Mor-
ris Nicholas, Avery.
The jury recessed Monday
subject to further service be-
fore the current term of court
adjourns.
BUZBEE TO MAKE
PALUXY TEST
Sam Buzbee of Bagwell will
drill a 2,000-foot Paluxy wild-
free. If response Is sufficient to cat 10 miles northwest of Bag-
warrant establishment of a per- *ell as No. 1 Arthur Moore,
manent office for Red River Location Is 180 fleet from south
County, the TEC will consider and 950 feet from west lines of
such a step. Henry Taylor survey, A-876.
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elbow room despite civilisation tin Construction Company, en-.
encroachment! Parks and Wild- *ared in work on Highway 37
life Department estimates place
the available grass lands at
100,000,000 acres.
Committees have been named proceeds will go to the Red
and planning is well advanced
for the annual Fair and Live-
stock Exposition barbecue and
auction sale, scheduled for the
Legion Park in Clarksville on
Friday, August 27.
About 1,000 persons are ex-
pected to attend for the barbe-
cue meal and to bid on some
200 Items of merchandise which
will be offered for sale. All
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Adams of Detroit.
This office Is being establish-
ed here primarily for farm
placement services,' Adams
stated, but all employers and
persons In need of work are
Invited to register and efforts
will be made to serve their
respective requirements.
Office hours will be 8 to 5
dally except Saturday. Adams
will bb at his desk during the
morning hours and expects to
be out some in the afternoons
making contacts. He Invites In-
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bery is Staged
Miss Patsy Hammer, a sopho-
more student at East Texas
State University in Commerce
topped a field of six contes-
tants to win Red River County
Farm Bureau
Monday night. The judging was
held at the Red River Nation-
al Bank parking lot ut 7:30. nle Cheyne, daughter of Mr.
Miss Hammer is the daughter of and Mrs. John Ray Cheyne.
Roy Custer, Area Field Dl-
rectof‘‘of District 5 presented
Miss Hammer the crown and
bouquet. Mrs. Margaret Har-
vey was pianist for the event
and entertainment was furnish-
ed by Marie Pace, County En-
trant In the Farm Bureau talent
event %nd Miss Carolyn Sue
Brown. Phil Keener was Master
of ceremonies.
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Leonard. These teams Httre
Scheduled to meet Wednesday
tight.
Clarksville Nationals defeat-
ed Wolfe City. Roxton forfeit-
ed while Cooper was winning
over Paluxy No. 2. Clarksville
defeated Cooper for a place In
We final contest against the
winner of tl« Wednesday night
game.
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NATIOIUL ALL STAR LEAGUE--Bottom roW, left Io right, Johnny Booker, Mike
Vaughan, Stete Rodgers, Allen Bean and Brent Duren. Second row, left to right. Coach
Mack Brannan, Larry Booth, Rickey Sm Alter mon, Fred Black, Jack McCoy and Coach
. Buck Harbr. Back row, standing, left to right, Steve Dale, Allen Gibson, Harold McLeroy,
Jake Puckett, John Burtner and Bobby Parker. Not shown, Le8 Garrison and Billy*
Miller, (p^hq^ey studio Photo)
north of Clarksville, was stol-
en Sunday night, according to
the Sheriff's Department.
QUARTERBACK CLUB
TO MEET FRIDAY
First meeting of the Clarks-
ville Quarterback Clbb will be
at 12:15 at the Blue Room of
the Alps Cafe Friday, Apgust
20. President Ted Lawson urges
all members as well as those
wishing to take part In the
season’s activities to attend.
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MISS PATSY HAMMER was selected as Red River
County Farm Bureau Queet Monday night. She Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hammer of R.. 4. Clarks-
ville. (Dehoney Studio)
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ivnie, Xy., wiio had ended afcooper. \ •
The man faces several char-
ges, including theft of the auto-
in Massachusetts,
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fective on August 1 and wlB
continue through December 31,
1966.
The county has not had a de- TALCO MEN FILED ON
FOR GASOLINE THEFT
Two Talco men were arrest-
lenry G. Ferguson, who liv-
a short distance west of
Highway 37, near Sulphur Riv-
er, died at his home Aug. 12,
about 8:30 p.m. from a shotgun
blast, which had been fired
through a rear screen door as ho
sat In, a chair. Death was In-
stantaneous. .
Lewis Bulln, who lived south
of Bogata, was placed under
arrest by Sheriff J. C. Beville
Friday. He was indicted by the
grand jury in 102nd District
Court Monday for the rriunfer
of Ferguson.
L^st rites for the stain man
w.>re „JieId, Aug 1.3 In thp Ro-________
gata Cumberland Presbyterian
Church by Sister Virgie Temple
of Paris. Interment was In Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery near De-
port. Bogata Funeral Home was
in charge.
Pallbearers were Troy Bry-
son, Pat Lindsey, Roger Han-
son, K. O. Shoulders, Joe Ford,
and Robert Lewis.
Deceased was born at Deport
Feb. 25, 1907. His parents were
P. H. andQertrude(Bogan) Fer-
guson.
Surviving are daughters,
Mrs. Vivian Moss, Petty, Tex.,
and Mrs. Harold Harris, Pecos,
Texas; sisters Mrs. Homer
seoggtae, Bogata, and Mrs-
Harold Sykes, elite, Tex.; bro-
thers, Jim Ferguson, Pittsburg;
Tom Ferguson, Gainesville,
Fta., and .Travis Fer<usoa!
Pasadena, Tax.; ataofour grand
children.
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llnquent tax collector for a per-
iod of about four years, and It
^at about 2150,000 edby Deputy Sheriff Jim White-
" man last Thursday for alleged buildings at the County Falr-
- theft of gasoline from a prl- ’ grounds, in charge of C_-
vate storage tank on the W. D.
Harvey ranch, a few miles
southeast of Bogata. One or
more not appreliended were in-
The 1958 graduating class of volved In the thefts, Whiteman
Clarksville High School will said. The men were filed on for
hold their second class reunion theft. In excess of 300 gallons
on Sunday, September 5, at South of gasoline had been Illegally
Lake. * removed from the tank at the
Each graduate Is asked to time the arrests were made,
bring a picnic lunch to be spread
for the evening meal. :
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fHbKDAY; AaGUSfi»: ?965
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Committees Plan Registration Schedules
CountyFairAuction Announced for Schools
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River Counter Fair fund.
The event will be held rain
or shine In the vicinity of the
livestock barn at the park,
either inside or out depending
on the weather. A Country Store
will open In the barn at 5 p.m., (
featuring many Items of food,
needlework, and craft Items, |
as well as merchandise. Serv- J
lag time begins at 6:30 and will j
continue until 7:30. A new sys- I
tern of feeding is expected to
reduce the wait In the food line I
to a maximum of ten minutes.
There will be folk and country
music entertainment during the
meal.
The auction Is scheduled for
7>0 with more than 100 Items
tn,be sold to the highest bidder., ■
SI* prizes will be given free' I
during the sale. Barbqcue tic- .
kets are priced at 75? and 35?. J
There is no attendance charge I
for those who do not wish to eat. ]
Committee chairmen Include: I
Gavin Watson, Jr., general J
chairman; C. O. (Son) Welch, J
food; Mrs. Pat McCoy, secre- ’
tarlal; Maurice Wooley, auc- !
tlon; Jimmy Hurt, entertain- J
meat; Phil Keener and Fred I
Fisher, tickets; Fred Landry, j
w" merchandise; A. J. Bell, Mrs. ’
Bill Marr, and Mrs. Mavis |
Bailey, rural products; K. E. |
Sfteppard and C. L. Reed, priz-
es; J. H. Summers, conces-
sions.
Other merchandise chairmen
include: Paul Hill, Bogata ;
Tommy Burks, Detroit; Herbert
Medford, Avery; Charley Jones,
Annona; Pert smith, English;
and Charlie Brooks, Bagwell.
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Clarksville Elementary stu-
dents will register Monday,
August 30, at 8:30 a.m. in the
Elementary School building.
Students entering first grade
must have a>*opy of their birth
certificate and a certificate
showing they liave had a small-
pox vaccination,
Junior High students will re-
gister Monday, August 30, at
8:30 a.m. in Junior High School
building.
High School students will re-
gister as follows: Seniors at
8;30 a.m.; juniors at 10:00 a.m.;
sophomores at 100 p.m.; and
freshmen at 2:30 p.m. During
High School registration stu-
dents win have their Individual
pictures made forthe annual and •
buy their 1986-copies of the
“Tig«r Claw.” The price of the
annual Is $4.00. .Students are re-
quested to dress as follows tor,
their pictures: —
Senior Girlsf Boat neck
blouses (Furnished by staff)
Senior Boys; bark suits and
He (black)
Tunlor Girls: V-neck blouses
(furnished by staff)
Junior BOys: White dress
shirts and tie (black)
Sophomore Girls:
sweater (cardigan) and Peter
Pan collar (collar furnished by
sta^f) ■
““ Sophomore
sports shirts
Freshmen
blouses
Freshmeri Boys: solid, dark
sports shlnts
The 1964-65
are to be given out Monday, Aug-
ust 23, nt 7:30 p.m. In the
Clarksville High School build-
ing.
Bus*., will run at 1:30 a.m.*
and /e.urn home at IB noon
on the day of registration.
Regular classes will begin
at High School on August 31.
Thirteen Indictments were
returned by the grand jury In
the 102nd District Court Mon-
day. Five are not in custody,
according to County Attorney
Jim D. Lovett. Eight, whose
names can be disclosed, against
whom indictments were return-
ed, were listed by Lovett as
follows:
Lewis Bulln, murder with
malice;
Lawrence Whitley, rape and
conspiracy to commit rape;
R. E. Jaynes, rape and con-
spiracy to commit rape;
Hubert Johnston, rape and
conspiracy to commit rape;
Frank Emilio, rape and con- ,
splracy to commit rape;
William James Taylor, bur-
glary;
Dorothy Jones, felony theft;
John Ernest Lennox, felony
DWI, second offense.
Jury Personnel
Members of the grand jury TRIO ARRESTED AND .
serving In this term of the FILED ON FOR BURGLARY
court are: Stiles Jones, An-/. man and wife and a third
man, all under 20 years of age,
were arrested by Constable Olin
Humphrey at the Lane’s Cha-
pel community center last Fri-
day and heldas theft suspects.
The man and wife, who live in
Grand Prairie, were released
on bonds of $300 each set by
Justice of the Peace Lucian
Reed. The third man had not
been released early In the week,
Constable Humphrey stated.
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MEMBERS OF THE CLARKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAN® pa|»l
are shown in a pre-season workout this week. The band will present majoi
precision mafehing shows at the haMttm. football shows Instead of thi
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Rican, age 20, being booked at Red River County jail by
Sheriff J. C. Beville, who returned him from Cooper,
where be was arrested aboct 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. Under
five-year probation in
he was headed for. M
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*ftulz was armed wlth<ver -under
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In an active August meeting,
the Red River County Commis-
sioners* Court has accepted the
county tax roll, set the tax rate,
and signed a contract for the
collection of delinquent taxes.
Based on a total evaluation of
more than $14,500,D00,’”W in such taxes are outstanding,
county tax rate will remain at
$1.10 per $100 valuation, un-
I changed from the 1962-65 rate.
Division of the levy by county
11 fund* is : General Fund. 446
Road and Bridge Fund, 30?;
■ Hospital Interest and Sinking
r Fund, 15?; Road and Bridge
Warrant interest and Sinking
Fund, 11?; Permanent Improve-
ment Fund, 5?; and, Jury Fund,
3?.
A, contract for the collection
• of county delinquent taxes was
signed with Pat C. Beadle,
attorney. The contract was ef-
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ESTABLWD JANUARY
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Band Boosters
To (hen Drive
F*»r Members
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ter club membership drive will
begin Wednesday, August 25,
with a short concert on the
_ »MMr» by the band at 9:30
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tbje Chevrolet, haACrt- a goal of 1500 member ships
number plates, bat had h#g by th<
‘ blds the band financially as
well as in other ways. Several
new Instrument* have been pur-
chased by the club this year.
In announcing the drive, band
director Burley -Bowman said,
that both the band and the boos- t
ter’a club are very appreciative
of the support given them by in-
dividuals and merchants. He
hopes that all will continue
their support by contributing a
dollar or more for current*
memberships. He also invites
everyone to attend the free
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CLARKSVILLE AMERICAN ALL STARS- First row, left to right, John
Lyiw Davis. Johnny kfcGulre, Bo Staton, Keith Green and Ronnie Holley. Second
rovf, Kenneth Lawler, Bill Rice, Kenny Dial, David Holley, Regan Bell and Tony
White. TJ^rd ^w, Roy Williams, manager; Keith Heiberg, Randy Pipes, Bruce
Seay, Mike MSwery, Keith Moore, Vernon Harp, James Boone, assistant manager.
(Dehoney StbOlo Photo)
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Clarksville American All
Stars, managed by Roy Wil-
llgins, and Clarksville National
AU Stars, managed by Mack
Brannan, have been meeting
apposition with a high degree
Of success In recent weeks.
Clarksville Americans de-
fMtad Honey Grove to reach
the semi-final contest against
Utae Oak, which had defeated
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returned utes after it hadoddurr
1ft fo the the wanted man
Cou«fy~ "jail *at Jtaisbd
a charge of armed robbery. *. *ide area were alerted
Vllllam StaeW* aU.V)us*d freedom for the parolee
of Danvflie, Ky., who hid ended kTCooper. ■. r
int the night at tM roadside The man faces several char-
ik, flUC he was relieved of u—» —
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Pinson, Joe. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1965, newspaper, August 19, 1965; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281070/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.