The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1979
/IE 73 NUMBER 5
Rep. Heatly To Nodia Paducah”s First
City, School Elections April 7
Support 1%
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American Athlete
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Sales Tax
Bloodmobile Donors
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Fall Below Quota
H GERMAN
signs of spring... the
USA
number was 86 units.
llow
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d freshening earth is
Find Bargains Galore During Dollar Days
g fever is getting to
us
argy sets in just as soon
job is finished, and we
to sit at desks with
opped in hands, staring
window. It becomes
b 1
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THINK of wor-
> even
Leadership Workshop
WHITE
Scheduled at Center
STEVE JONES
Steve Jones
Nodia Vaughn goes high in practice at West Texas State.
Named Gen.
Association Starts
Fuels Mgr.
Unming fuent
Membership Drive
HOME BOX OFFICE IS
SOMETHING ELSE!!!
Art Forum
Plans Made
JAMBOREE
RETURNS
*****
APRIL 14th
attended (and partici-
Town House
Sells To
d did the same.
t many other towns
our
boast of and that is the
lented people who reside
Jimmy Fish
iem as well.
Injured In
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Cycle Crash
Annual Meeting Tuesday
NOTICE
4
Will Play at
Rodeo Dance
Night Planned
By Lodge 868
As the 37th annual rodeo and
horse show draws near on April
20 and 21 rodeo association
officers and directors will be
approaching many of you for
your annual membership dues.
short break at 3:30, the second
session will work on committee
functions... how to make it work,
the roadsides now...
ly yard, since it was
night... and thoroughly
every minute of it.
that most everyone who
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1-5 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.
10-12 a.m. Wednesday
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tained broken vertebrae, shoul-
der blade and ribs when his
cycle went over a jump and hit a
rough place, flipping him into
the air.
parents, parents, young folks
and even small fry may do just
that nightly, April 20-21, at the
V.F.W. Building to the music of
Gary Dean and his Western
Sound dance band.
Gary Dean comes to us from
If you are interested in art,
please, come and join us the
first Monday of the month, 7:30
p.m. at the library.
water members, will be discus-
sion of a rate increase. Three
directors are to be elected at this
time, also.
The financial condition of the
Corporation and a report on its
operation during the past year
will be given and discussed.
to me.
*****
who is essential to the project,
and steps necessary to comple-
tion.
All personnel and specialists
will be from Texas A&M, about
8 or nine persons, according to
Long, who urges specifically
that all leaders of the 13 or more
organizations in the community
attend the shop.
Henry Salley will display his
paintings in the library during
the month of May. Other artists
will be featured each month of
the year.
has been underway on a new
Jamboree Hall at 818 Backus,
next door to the Buccaneer
Stamp store, and the Hall is now
ready.
A Bigger and better show
than ever is planned to begin at
8 p.m. on April 14... so remem-
ber that date and make plans to
attend. There’ll be no stairs to
climb, and plenty of seating for
everybody, plus a concession
stand for refreshments.
See you there.
they are taking over. I
the heart to cut them
any sign of warm wea-
7:30 p.m. The game will be
stopped after the tipoff and the .
the square.
For the past several weeks, — ( D,tae
renovation and remodeling work HLe "• 1 CUOI
Patels have already moved into
the living quarters of the motor Past Masters
hotel.
nuch less have to move.
*****
believe that school is
i two months away from
jt. Soon, very soon, the
WEhe Beaver
The Paducah Art Forum met
Monday night, April 2nd in the
Library with President Nancy
Bratton presiding. Minutes of
the first meeting were read. It
was decided that western type
paintings will be asked of exhi-
bitors to display in the library
during the Horse & Colt Show
week and the remainder of the
month of April.
SIZZLE LEAN
act
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Representative W. S. “Bill”
Heatly said today that the
rebate for Texas cities from the
1% city sales tax will be based
on population whether it was
spent at home or not, according
to House Bill 941 by Rep. Ray
Keller of Duncanville. At the
Many of the regular perfor-
mers on the Jamboree are ready
and rarin’ to go, and guest
groups from Chillicothe and
Vernon, Quitaque, and Chil-
dress have been invited.
-
. Hmmon, Oklahoma, north of
He was owner-manager of
Travis’ Tire Shop following the
elder Jones death and then was
employed in the parts Depart-
ment of Arvis Davis Chevrolet
until his employment at Petro
Fuels.
Patel was with American Air-
lines in San Francisco for the
past 15 months, where he was
an electrical engineer. Before
that, they lived in London,
England for about 18 years. He
was a plant engineer there.
A sister of Mrs. Patel’s lives
in San Francisco, which promp-
ted them to come to the States,
he relates. When the oppor-
Less than half the needed
units of blood were collected at
the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit
here last Friday, according to
Mrs. Neiland Worley, blood
chairman for the county. Only
42 units were taken from 46
would-be donors. The required present time the Bill is in
High School Choir end of
school concert will be held
Thurs., April 5, in High School
Auditorium at 7 p.m. Public is
invited.
H.C. and Jasu Patel, natives
of Bombay, India, announce
their purchase of Town House
Motel from Mr. and Mrs. Roy
LeHew. The transaction was
effective last week, and the
wildflowers are
Most city merchants are fea-
turing one/half price or less on
lots of items in their stores,
spring merchandise, and all
kinds of things.
Advertising in this issue will
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It’s that time again, and
Paducah merchants are gearing
up for a big four-day bargain
bonanza during Dollar Days
starting Wednesday, April 4,
through Saturday, April 7.
The Crossroads Jamboree,
absent since October, will stage
a comeback on April 14, the
Saturday night before Easter, in
its new quarters downtown on
a
gg8 •:
He is in traction in room 364
E, Methodist Hospital, Lub-
bock, and would appreciate
receiving cards and visits from
friends at home.
le program were bands
idividuals from Altus,
’Chillicothe and Vernon,
e and other places... but
single person, either
pr player, from the host
will be the head of the other,
special guests will include Kan-
sas Senator Nancy Landon Kas-
sebaum, UCLA women’s athle-
tic director Judith Holland,
Kansas State’s Kim Price and
Kansas’ Kathy Petterson.
Elk City. Gary put together his
first band while in school at
Southwestern State. Dean sings
and plays rhythm guitar while
Paul Shields, a disc jockey from
Hobart, plays lead guitar and
provides the vocals. Other
members of his band consist of
Gary Murphy, Leedey, Okla-
homa, bass guitar; Jack Bailey
of Canadian, fiddle; and Bill
Trent of Elk City, drummer.
Gary Dean and his five piece
band played for such events as
the RCA Rodeo in Pampa,
Texas and Woodward, Okla-
homa last year.
Annually a highlight of the
Cottle-King Horse and Colt
Show, the western dances at the
V.F.W. Building will begin at
9:00 O’clock each night.
Steve Jones, manager of
Petro Fuels, Inc. since Novem-
ber of 1978, has been named
general manager of all the
wholesale and retain business
for the company in Paducah.
This announcement was made
April 1 by Sherry May, presi-
dent of the local based com-
pany.
Jones, son of the late Travis
Jones and Mrs. Jimmie B.
Jones, is married to the former
Janabeth Sweeney. They reside
at 1012 Bray Ave.
co-captain of the WTC Dusters
this year and helped her team to
a WJCAC co-championship this
City and county voters will go
to the polls Saturday, April 7, to
decide who will serve on the city
council and school board. Polls
will open at 7 a.m. and remain
open until 7 p.m. on that day, in
the city hall (for the city
election) and the school tax
office at the back of the old bank
building.
Seeking places on the city
council are incumbents Douglas
Yarbrough, place 1, and Pres
Canon, place 2.
Filing for election to place 5
on the council are Manuel Cruz,
Jr., and Dave Willis. Billy
Smith, who has served in place 5
on the council, is not seeking
re-election.
Mrs. Billie Wilkerson of
Paducah, took over the manage-
ment of the local Dairy Queen
restaurant Sunday, April 1,
upon the transfer of former
manager Ken Randall to Roa-
noke, Texas.
Randall and his wife Pat, who
also worked in the restaurant,
lived in Paducah about two year.
Under his mangement, the local
DQ gained the reputation of
having the best food of any store
in the chain.
Mrs. Wilkerson has been
employed at the restaurant for
the past several months, and
has been training to take over
the management position for the
past few weeks.
leadership, and delegation of
duties. At 5:30 a meal will be ;
served in the Center, prepared
by HD clubs of the county.
Final session, after dinner, g l
will teach volunteers how to "vi
determine the need of project, I i %
Red Sand Band, of which
ippy to be a part, was on
boree in a neighboring
last Saturday night. I
nention the name of the
because if it were my
would be embarassed,
don't want to embarass
Dance-To move the body and
feet in some kind of rhythm,
usually to music— Grand-
May, former owner-manager
of the company, will be
spending his time as General
manager over the Petro Fuels
brokerage and wholesale in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
and Oklahoma. He emphasizes,
however, that the Paducah
office will still be his general
headquarters, and he and his
family will continue to live here.
year. She was one of two
sophomores on the team, play-
ing the first-year Coach Joe
Cushing.
Among the records broken by
Miss Vaughn at WTC this year
were most points in a single
season (505), most rebounds
(280), and most field goals
(208). She also tied the record
for the most free throws in a
single game (12). She averaged
14.8 points per game.
Saturday night’s All-Star
game is scheduled to tipoff at
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basketball will be given to the
Basketball Hall of Fame in -
Nodia Vaughn, All-American
from Western Texas College, s
will play in the first women’s
All-Star game scheduled for
Saturday night (March 31) in
Hutchinson, Kansas.
Miss Vaughn, 5-7 sophomore
from Paducah, Tex., has been
There were several first-time Heatly also said he will support
donors, Mrs. Worley said; or it this legislation because the
would have been less than 42. cities in District 101 will profit
Recent widespread viruses of by it. The net gain for Paducah
(Cont on P. 7) is $42,784.
give you a good idea of the the city, and stock up for
assortment of bargains to be summer right now.
found.
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THE PADUCAH POST PADUCAH, COTTLE COUNTY, TEXAS 79248
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Be sure you take advantage of AKA 17 o
the big four days of sales around - " • — •V~
served as a reminder
Your TV set is about to
become something else!
A new service available to
cable subscribers, beginning
Friday, April 6, Home Box
Office is a new premiere service
channel, offering over 40 fea-
tures per month, from which to
choose, including 12-15 new
movies and exclusive specials
from all over the world. Sports
like you have never seen on
regular TV will be shown, as
well, and there will be no
commercials to interrupt at a
crucial moment.
A free preview, starting Fri-
day, April 6 and continuing
through April 10, on channel 3,
will give subscribers a taste of
the new service, and give them
a chance to decide whether they
are interested in subscribing to
HBO.
After April 10, the HBO
service will be available only to
those persons who subscribe
specifically to it.
An open house will be held at
the Television Signal Service
offices Friday, the 6th, to give
patrons an opportunity to visit
and find out more about this
new feature. Coffee and re-
freshments will be served, and
an official from HBO will be
present to explain all the ex-
citing ideas about HBO.
The public is cordially invited.
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COTILE CO. LILRA
Box 105
City
In the school board election, the board. Others in the race are
Dr. Jim Bratton and Carl Kent newcomers Jim Porter, Janice
Black filed early in March for Martin, Jerry McClendon and
re-election to their places on Homer Long.
THURSDAY, MAp
A leadership workshop is
slated for Monday, April 9, in
the Community Center, to be
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce, Cottle County pro-
gram building committee and
Cottle County Rural Develop-
ment Committee.
Chamber of Commerce
manager Homer Long attended
a recent planning session for the
workshop, and encourages all
volunteer workers to plan to
attend this training develop-
ment session.
Beginning at 1:30 p.m., the
first session will focus on the
individual with emphasis on
being more effective as a com-
mitteemember. Following a
-,2,-, flew away in a twit!
Dhha44, couldn't resist that.)
Naomi Gilbreath was appoin-
ted chairman of a committee
which will plan a 12-month
schedule of programs. Each
program shall have a different
topic of the Arts such as:
painting, ceramics, jewelry
making, sculpture, music,
needlework, macrame, etc.
APRIL 4-6— Open House, Lib-
rary; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
APRIL 5— Head Start Policy
Council, 5:00 P.M., Dunbar
Activity Center.
APRIL 10— King-Cottle Water
Supply Annual Meeting, Court-
house 2 p.m.
APRIL 14— CROSSROADS
JAMBOREE, 8 p.m. new Jam-
MT T/ outright revenue that the asso-
ew Manager ciation has.
boree Hail, 818 Backus St. Cottle-King Livestock and
APRIL 15- Easter Sunday, ATA 4 mA Rodeo Association is involved in
Cantata FBC IN dIIOU at U many community projects be-
APRIL ’ 20-21- Cottle-King sides just producing a rodeo
Horse Show, Rodeo activities. Mrs. Billie Wilkerson of every year. During the last five
JUNE 30— All School, and class Paducah, took over the manage- yearsinew pens and chutes were
of ‘59 Reunion activities. Make ment of the local Dairy Queen installed at the north end of the
vacation plans now! restaurant Sunday, April 1, arena, and a new concession
stand and ticket booth has been
constructed. At this time new
seats are being built for the west
side of the arena. This arena is
used throughout the year for
many youth and adult activities
besides just the rodeo in April.
If none of these reasons
appeal to you as an incentive to
continue your membership then
consider the monetary support
the Association gives our youth
through the annual calf and pig
show held each year in January.
The rodeo association furnishes
trophies, ribbon money and
utilities which amounts to bet-
ween $1500 and $2000 every
year.
Every area of the annual 2 day
affair has been hit by rising
expenses this year. Officers and
directors of the association do-
nate their time and money all
during the year because they
Paducah Lodge No. 868 A.F. are interested in seeing this
& A.M. has planned Past Mas- affair continued through the
ters Night April 10, 1979 at 7:30 years. We sincerely feel that the
P.M. We are happy to have the added business from out-of-
Grand Junior Warden of Texas, town people that would not
Jimmy Wilson, Jr. of Floydada otherwise come to Paducah will
tunity to purchase the motel as guest speaker. Through more than pay back a busines-
here came, he just “grabbed Masonic background Wilson has ses’membership dues.
it.” achieved numerous offices and When one of the officers or
The couple has two sons, honors of the highest rank. directors of the association calls
Shailesh, 10, and Rajesh, 4. Lodge will open at 8:00 P.M.. on you this year for your
Shailesh will be in fifth grade. Also there will be a short Music membership contribution we
Mr. Patel graduated from Program for the wives at 8:00 hope that you will be willing to
high school in Bombay, and P.M. A dinner is planned. All contribute toward the con-
studied for a career in electrical Masons and wives or guests are tinuance of a worthy community
engineering in England. cordially invited. project.
King-Cottle Water Supply
iw there are probably will hold their annual meeting,
I people there who sing Tuesday, April 10, in the Cottle
an instrument, but none County Courthouse.
fated so that others could The meeting will begin at 2
too. p.m. in the district courtroom on
, to me, is the second the second floor.
4) 1 (a God-given gift. Of special interest to the rural
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Assn. President Rodney
Rochelle announced at the last
regular meeting of the Associa-
tion that Sherry May has agreed
to accept the office of member-
ship chairman. This annual
membership drive is the only
| AMh # hs will be foot-loose and
1 88A 5 lee for three whole
I ■ E EA and everything will
I (eA9) Ewn to a crawl... except
I NVy BI fi taking the kids to the
e youth center, to their
houses, picking them up
ese, running here and
or dad, etc. etc., Little
Ballgames, mom and
allgames, picnics...
ver, this summer we
ve to do a little more of
ning on foot... looks like
there is going to be gas
g, and what gasoline
ill be... is going to be so
e’ll croak at the pump,
tell it will probably be
by summer, (per gallon
and near $2 by year’s
__ low that MAKES ME
SMM8 we nearly have our
bile paid for, (and it’s
eomai ning, by the way,)... and
SA Aslooks as though we may
y A set it up on blocks and
"A 582 I tires to buy gasoline.
gAke never been a pessi-
S0h “MSny view has
S A’c’est sera,... sera”...
A A; really has me bugged!
A
— “y way to work Wednes-
—emgst week, I stopped to
a pair of beautiful blue
a tree along the walk.
. । , hattered and fussed at
1 1 1 / / her and at me... til they
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west of the Mississippi. Four X
Kensaselayeznat westerh dom
sions, will finish out the rosters.
The coach of theNJCAA cham-
serpresenteddftr e.
the most valuable player, best
offensive player and best defen-I
sive player.
The teams will consist of eight I 4
players from east of the Missis- ’ \
sippi and eight players from
in) the Gospel music
at the high school
io
Vdhanthat we have one very
M -'*8 commodity in Paducah
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25 “sot only are they talented.
5 "eglling to participate in
" ^^^^vents so that others may
committee. Representative
Jimmy Fish, owner operator
of Fish’s Automotive here, was
King Cottle Water Supply ctidentisunadyjnamrntornyct
the Crossroads track. Fish sus-
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Taylor, Jimmye. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1979, newspaper, April 5, 1979; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1403677/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.