The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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THE PADUCAH POST
PADUCAH, COTTLE COUNTY, TEXAS 79248
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1978
Notice
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9-
inmye Taylor
Hutchison called
meeting for 7:30 p
.m. April 27,
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JOHN BRINSON
John Brinson Hired
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SATURDAY, APRIL 22
Jth
8 P.M. Rodeo
9 P.M. Dance
Ramblin
NEW CITY LEADERS
SWORN IN APRIL 13
CHUCK WAGON FEED
EVERYONES FAVORTIE
uare
xas
COMING
EVENTS
FREEDOM
OF T HE PRESS
4:00 P.M. the next afternoon.
Count’um folks, that’s 18 hours
One aspect of our celebration
that everyone enjoys, whether
e
ece
registration for one of Colt Show parad
est growing phases of
chairman, and Buster Tippen,
food chairman,
APRIL 24 — Date for C. of C.
meting (changed from April
Saddle Club, in lining up the
riding clubs and floats.
The parade will be led by
Cottle county sheriff Frank Tay-
lor and former longtime sheriff
Elmer R. Clark, followed by the
foreman of the 6666 Ranch, J. J.
Gibson,and the Swenson Ranch
APRIL 25th — Special Meeting,
Paducah Rod and Gun Club,
Courthouse 7:30 p.m.
10 A.M. Old Timers roping in arena
APRIL 21 — Bake Sale, Friday-
at 1 p.m. in front of Halls.
cession stand will be open.
» Weather
36th Annual Horse & Colt Show
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
In a special meeting Tuesday,
April 18 the Paducah school
board voted to hire John Brin-
son, former principal of Padu-
cah High School, as superinten-
dent of Paducah Schools for a
three year term.
Brinson began teaching in
Paducah as a math teacher in
1960, and has been principal of
the high school since 1964.
PoEESDIHEIAMEMDIT
a special
Notice
Parents must pick up report
cards for their children this
week, according to John Brinson
Principal. Cards can be picked
up from teachers between 1:30
and 4 p.m. Thursday, April 20,
and talk with their children’s
teachers at the same time.
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bration, the Old Settlers
£ 4*,g . Each year the veterans
T EG nearly bursts at the
"‘with all the ole-timers
reacquainted. Visitation
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Notice
The regular Chamber of
Commerce meeting will be held
on April 24, due to conflicting
activities on the regular date,
April 17, according to Robert
Worley, C. of C. manager.
Joe Meador, contributions
order as the parade winds its with floats or similar entries
way through town. from the Chamber of Com-
rent said usually entries merce, the Freshman and the
continue to come in up until the Junior classes, Lions Club, Beta
last minute, and if you have a Sigma Phi, 1923 Study Club,
float or want to ride in the Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Delwin
parade, whether or not you Home Demonstration Club,
received an invitation, just come New Country Players Band, and
on and “we’ll get you in there,” the Pythians.
“we want everyone to feel
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carried.
Motion by Sweeney, second
by Park, was made to pay
2134.14 to the criminal Justice
Division out of the General
Fund, for reimbursement of
funds.
Members of the hospital
board visited, to discuss the
hospital laboratory, '
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6 P.M. Chuck Wagon Meal at old dance barn, rodeo grounds
8 P.M. Rodeo, rodeo grounds
pPM. Dance, veteran’s building with Leon Rausch and the APRIL 21 ■ Delwin H.D. Bake .Alsovisitingwas J.w. Polk of
Y yS Sale. In front of Norris Furniture the Bea utification committee, to
Co. present recommendations from
the Beautification Committee
APRIL 27-30 Slow Patch Softball for. the courthouse lawn. No
A Tournament. Homer Biddv t on was taken on the recom-.
ZA.M. Quarter Horse Show and youth activities, Livestock show Field. Y mendations.
Darn and arena 3-"
ther’s going to kill me.
ad Erma Bombeck’s
n learning to ride a
i it reminded me of
in she first bought her
eler.. .a big tricycle for
been after her for a
years to buy one...I
Tis would be the ideal
her to get some
and had always heard
they are to ride; at
i wouldn’t have the
f trying to balance a
FRIDAY, April 21
9 A.M. Registration, Old Settler’s Reunion at Veteran’s Building
4:30 P.M. Line up for parade
5 P.M. Parade, Downtown Paducah
pm e g
. V.L Hutchison, owner opera- Hutchison said he hoped his
tor of cable television Channel two former opponents would
5,was.sworn in as mayor of now work with him and the
regular meuringy oie hhaat council as he wo uidhav e coope.
council. Also sworn in were ratedlwith them had '“her won
councilmen Walter Liedtke, the election.
newly elected, and Wesley (cont on page 2)
Gibbs, re-elected.
with someone watching and
spend many turning it all the time to keep it
hours each year making sure from burning. Just in case you
there will be plenty of food for like beans and potato salad how
everyone to enjoy. Stop and would you like to wash and sort
think for a minute and you will 135 lbs. of beans or peel 500 lbs.
realize that this is no small of potatoes. No small matter is
job-preparing food for 2500 the 25 doz. eggs that have to be
peop e. boiled and peeled for the potato
Many weeks ago Buster start- salad. Also included in the order
ed placing orders, which in- are 25 gals, of pickles, 150 lbs.
eludes 3300 lbs. of beef. This of onions, 40 gals, of bar-b-que
sauce, bread, and enough sea-
sonings for this much food. All
this work is done during the
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Notice
The Paducah City Council will
hold a special meeting April 27
1978 at 7:30 P.M in the
Community Center to discuss
applying for a proposed Com-
munity Block Grant.
All interested persons are
urged to attend this important
meeting and express their ideas
as to the amount of the grant,
what the grant money should be
spent for, and the purpose of
applying for the grant.
Grant money should be spent
to benefit low income and
minorities of the community.
anuus--fes. Directors Vote 5 to 1 To
Paducah Monday, April 24, at -
- Install New Lab in Hospital
examination should contact the P (
Outreach Center, phone 492- - o the hirst time in its to arrive and in the meantime a „ , .
3612, by Thursday, April 20. 47-vear history, W.Q. Richards the maintenance supervtme Anum ber of items will be Mrs. Young later reported
Memorial Hospital will have its would construct the Palsntr expensive according to prices such a special fund, the W.Q.
own medical laboratory. required. She was instructed to the board ’ , the concensus of Richards Memorial Hospital Lab
I The board of directors voted order the equipment innedi. theboard was. to make the lab a Fund, had been set up at the
| April 12 in regular session to set tely. P media first class facility, an investment First National Bank.
I up and equip a lab. inequip ment andLservice which Rodgers recommended that
T, wn , The revised list of equipment "1 uhaye a 1ong life and provide the lab technicians at Childress
yThevote1follow ed a report by and supplies anticipated Pnaent plab in which citizens of the and Wellington who assisted
sell nRodgers and Hoyt Rus- to an estimated $26,000 Loca- “The area.cantake pride. him and Russell in their study of
sell appointed in March to tion will be the two rooms in the « The hospital belongs to the equipment needs be sent a note
determine equipment needed basement of the old hospital peoplesand a well equipped lab of appreciation. Board members
A2.bibuilding, formerly used bv Dr. Wil. benefit everyone who may commended the men on work
A discussion of needs, F.C. Harmon as his offices need, the services it will pro- accomplished. Dr. Gardiner said
costs and advantage of one Plans call for the $io 240 84 vide ’ H^y stated. the equipment list was well
piece of equipment over ano- certificate of 5 704.84 • Itwas suggested that $10 left planned.
ther, the board voted 5 to 1 to cashed for the Posit r to.be in the building fund account at (cont on P. 2)
establish a lab in the hospital oXv hospital s initial the bank when the new wing 4
with the cooperation of Dr. will be hateverelse is needed was built be used to set up a Co (AITt
George Orr and Dr. Maxwell CD . board wnom apsecond fund and anyone who wanted(to —•e ~OurL
Gardiner and the lab techni- Holley pointed oit B J’ have a part in furnishing the lab A l m
cians, Mrs. Tom (Thilda) Edelen Mrs you-goy. 2, could make a contribution which Attends E O
and Mrs. Robert (Patti) Worley. 30 to 60 ungesa 4 it would take will be used to purchase equip- Q
Walter Liedtke, who voted days for the equipment ment for the lab. 9 P Rc:m cg
against, said “I will agree with — -S---UN}
the others that the lab should be H ATIr_)9 V GA D:4L Commissioners Court of Cot
in the hospital, that it should —dY PIOW •ltch tie County met in regular ses-
havebeen done a long time ago, HT TT _ sion on April 10 in the County
Tourney Here Next Week coporyusdsnansmission.in
with the rest of theddonra was pForothesoecond year, the already 23 teams entered, and pfprine wS wasement fora
because I think there is an aducah Softball Association they are having to turn entries county roads, was accepted bv
unjust and biased opinion, and I willagain sponsor a round the down, as the tournament is the court. b
A e e _ don’t think they are cooperating Cock.sowPitch Softball Tour- limited to 24 teams. On a motion by Lester Moss
Ac G-A-m-, with the doctors. n ’ ournament, which Entries have been received second by G. Park, the court
~ ~UDcrIIOnOont Since the lab is passed, we prvedato beextreme ly popular from seven Lubbock teams, voted to transfer $500 from the
— • should all work together-the dst yarrswiubeginon Thurs- teams from Childress, Wichita general fund to the Criminal
Brinson is a member of the board, the commissioners court, round AP 1 7 ,, .continue Falls, Hereford, Lamesa, Abi- Probation Fund.
Chamber of Commerce the the doctors, the nurses, and roundthe clock through Sunday, lene and Crowell, as well as Moss made the motion, se-
VFW, Paducah Golf Club, and a administration-for the good of Pj pate Long several Paducah Teams. cond by Parks to approve the
past president of Paducah Lions the hospital, Paducah, and Cot- Fare.-ong. nd Jim Umpires will again be from quarterly report prepared by the
Club. S tie county as a whole.” Farquhar, tournament chairmen Altus Air Force Base, and County Treasurer
for the event, said there are trophies will be presented to A motion by Moss, second by
each individual in the first four Park transferred $8,483.52 from
placed teams. the General Fund to Officers
Games will be played day and salary fund.
night except Thursday night, James Sweeney made a mo-
-ongsaid.. • • • tion, second by Park, to transfer
I he public is invited to attend $500 to the city-county am-
this exciting tournament. Con- bulance service. The motion
$1
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to name department heads and
to consider the drilling of an
additional water well for the city
water system.
The swearing in ceremony
was conducted by Mayor Ed-
ward Maxey, who had served in
that capacity since July when he
was appointed to fill the un-
expired term of Oran Mowrey,
who resigned. Maxey was not a
candidate in the recent election.
Hutchison, mayor for 16
_ years, was first elected to the
er. She, bless her city’s executive position in 1958
rt, is not the athletic- and reelected continuously thr-
Pe. ough 1972. In 1974, Huthcison
the outcome of it all chose not to run and Mowrey,
he purchased a three- his former business associate,’
with basket, and the filed for the office and was
he took it out should elected; and reelected in 1976.
ed us all of what was Maxey and Brooks were com-
appen. First of all, it mended by the new mayor for
START hard to pedal, and services rendered during their
SAvIide handlebars made tenure. He expressed also his
OUR to. steer; appreciation to J.W. Polk and
cASHle it two blocks before Tini Caraway for the clean race
REGIS- they conducted for mayor.
TAPEond time out, she was
Tg2 a little farther, but I .
EVEnreturned to the house, U COO Sit S I In
WEeurn up into the lawn, -----9 •F
to the curb and the
y e trike and all in the Two Million
F iisesand scrapes. k
97 /the day came when SinAA 1
/ Arfriend (who also had Punee —-66
Aeable to pedal several
/1 er 2 pooping out, but Deposits at First National
/ J as as fun as they Bank showed a whopping in-
_ //, to going to be. crease of over two million over
/ ! $Fe,e wheel monster the same period last year, in the I,,
// 151red to a post in her statement of condition released He Was born in Athens,
/ / li 7 pony with one this week by George Deaton. Arkansasi grew up in DeQueen,
/ 8 08 1 doubt she will president 8 A r.k ” and graduated from high
/ * ox out this summer. So in comparison, in the state- schgolthere.He hasa Bachelor
mother and the tri- ment of condition published in ofscienct degree from Loui
April, 1977, deposits were listed sianastate Ur a Masters of
at $14,066,000. At the close of Education from East , Texas
business March 31, 1978, the state U and completed addi-
e+An,4 ri •+ . tional graduate work at West
ISagaini The 2., stetement lists deposits at Texas State U.
kr. c, Ihe 36th $16,542,330.92, an increase of R.;2, 1 ,
pse Show, Rodeo, $2,476,330.92 for the year. Brinson also attended South-
Parade, Old Settlers, According to the most recent ernArkansas University, Toledo
qalthe goodies that quarterly report, issued in Jan- -njersityin Ohio, and South-
tope you have made uary of this year, deposits for ea st University, Dur-
1 k ere for all the the quarter were also up. The u - f
whishwill be starting January report, issued at the tHeisa four yearveteran
iidav S Reunion close of business in December of theU nitedState AirForce,
■»y morning. From 1977, listed deposits at where he X-Ray Techni-
1 nttlsaturday, it will $14,438,064.66, compared to ian.and.onsspecial assignment
busy.time for Cottle this $16,242,330.92, tothe Atomic Energy Commis-
in tians as they an increase of $2,104,266.26 in H. j ai , .1 ,
I this biggest event deposits for the latest quarter. pHeismarriedto the former
I T.+31 104 r . . 11 Renae Rochelle of Paducah, and
seeing you , tal assets listed on the they have two daughters Polly
8 you there, current statement show a total 11 n A, gnnn8n‘
of $19,213,729.79. students ’
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36th Annual Horse Show Kicks Off Friday
yith Old Settler’s Reunion, Parade, BarB-o
A.M.Friday.activities."Texas,.OurTexas",thetotheparadetheme,originaus, ... ‘ K
theme of this year’s Horse and attractiveness, construction aS
, ‘ . e’ evidently has relationship of the entry to its
been an inspirational theme for title.
many as Parade Marshal Ken- The parade will get underway
nothsTrentreportsthereare at 5 P’m” beginning at the
tered at tto .K 4 8 clubs en- corner of 7th and Backus and
teredatthistime. a winding its way around the
ntil 10:30 when the all civic gories, made up of courthouse square and several
gets underway. A var- individuals 8jn Category^ and pdininingblocksIt isto begin foreman Taylor Martin,carrying . .. ....
gram of awards and school and youth groups in interseltion with Us Street, its the flags. welcome and wanted,” he ad-
~ numbers followed by Category 11, divide the parade front of the with7th street (in Miss Rodeo Texas Kim Hen- ded.
~Fr HIgsbeen P lanned y fS entries this year. old candle factory office, or Gerson, and Miss Cottle King At press time, entries in the
hl KESArmstrong and Louie Prizes will be awarded to 1st entries are to be in nla E n a Rodeo, Jeanna Tippen will be parade included Riding Clubs
id they invite everyone, 2nd and 3rd places in each pm Place by 4:30 next, followed by the Paducah from Quanah,’vernonF) cnar every
you are an ole-timer or category. Judging will be ac Pdi,n __ n High School Marching Band. dada, Kirkland, Childress Cro Iat everyone enjoys, whether meat is cut into chunks and
me and enjoy yourself, cordtag to the apprpriatenas paren HaHowell.wiII assist Floats, riding and well Trail Ride sandIth Cro yuarearodeo fan or not, is the placed in the pit over mesquite
PP P lateness parade marshal Trent, along working cowboys will follow in Crossroads Saddle Club alonJ eh U Im™agon bar-b-que feed fire about 10:00 P.M. Thursday
-b‘ along held immediately following the night and cooked until about
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Taylor, Jimmye. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1978, newspaper, April 20, 1978; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1403631/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.