The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1977 Page: 9 of 13
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completion of major railroad
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was essential to the trade,
settlement, and growth of the
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Librarian
In the good old days, there
was a lot of movement west of
the Mississippi River. The
push for settlement of the west
was in progress, mining in the
Rockies was in full swing, and
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men are getting rich and who say, “Food is for
people, not for profit?”
Buy, Sell or Trade
For Almost Anything
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This message brought to you as a service of:
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ENERGY MANAGEMENT
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FAMILY AFFAIR
. . . the ten million vegetarians in the U. S.,whose
numbers are increasing at the rate of one million
per year?
mt. As the people
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WINTER - set your thermostat at the lowest
setting which is reasonably comfortable. A
maximum daytime temperature of 68° is
desirable. Every degree higher can add an
additional 3% to your heating bill.
Use our
SELF SERVICE Pumps
and pay cash and get a
Watch For
"BETCHUR BOOTS
SALE”
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AARP plans theater trip
The Nocona Chapter of Mrs. Loucile Walker and Mr*. chairman, introduced Col.
Dow Howard checked the
blood pressure of those people
who wished it.
After the business meeting,
Weldon Cowan, program
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at the Community Center on
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Spanish Fort
The best thing you can do is
vote in the Beef Referendum,
The Beef Development Taskforce July 5-15.
wishes them well.
Mercy sakes, it’s time for
another CB meeting, this
Sunday evening. We’re still
meeting at the Community
makes his home in Amarillo,
Tex., retired from the Santa Fe
in 1958 as chief engineer of the
Western Lines, and in his book
“From Cab to Caboose"
covers his fifty years service
from the time of steam
locomotives until the advent of
the Diesel engine. Whether he
is writing of camp cooks or
transverse fissures, rail kinks
or washouts, his remarks are
apt, colorful, and amusing,
and his book, with its 64
superb illustrations, is a must
for the railroad fan.
Hill's House of Fashion
219 Clay 825-6537
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SUMMER - set your control at highest setting which is reasonably
comfortable. It has been found that 78° is a comfortable thermostat
setting for most people during the summer. Each degree higher can
save about 4% of the air conditioning operating cost.
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Automatic Needle
Threader and Cutter
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Noble, who
program
The Gerald Doyle WMU
group of the First Baptist
Church met at the home of
Marinell Gist Tuesday, June
21. Molly Weiss, the group
director, led the program on
"God’s Kind of People.”
After the inspirational
program, light refreshments
were served to those present
which included: Margaret Lee.
Mildred Reynolds, Beulah
Albin, Leone Hays, Alice
Thomas, Lois Reed, Leona
Hambright, Evalee Chambers,
Molly Weiss, Bobbi Collier,
Flo Brock. Hazel Field and one
guest, Brenda Collier and the
hostess.
Eleven riding clubs have
written parade chairwoman,
Sharon Williams, to say they
are coming to this year’s
Chisholm Trail Roundup
Rodeo Parade to be held on
Thursday, July 14 at 5 p.m.
This is the largest number of
riding clubs entered in any
area parade in years, and the
list of clubs includes such
outstanding groups as the
newly formed Maskat Moun-
ted Patrol, Electra Mule
Riders, Hank Snow and the
Promenaders, and the Texas
Ranger Belles, as well as such
familiar sights as Saint Jo
Riding Club, Jim Bowie
Saddle Club, Wichita Mounted
Patrol and the Gainesville
Riding Club. Others to apear
are the Lost Canyon Riding
Club, Jefferson County Riding
Club and the Young County
Riding Club.
Float entries to date are the
Grand Assembly of the
Rainbows in Fort Worth on
Sunday. She was accompanied
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OES meets
Thursday
Nocona Chapter #62, Order
of the Easter Star, will meet
next Thursday night, July 7, at
8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall.
Outgoing officer reports will
be given bv Lindy Ritchie, past
Worthy Matron. Connie Shel-
ton, secretary and Kamese
Wall, treasurer.
Rose McLaughlin, newly
installed Worthy Matron, will
distribute her yearbooks and
announce committee appoint-
ments for the new year.
Refreshments will be served
following the meeting by
Pearlene Eldred and Mary
Howard. All area Eastern Star
members are cordially invited
to attend.
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The Charm Shop
THERMOSTAT SETTING - wise control of your thermostat can make
a large contribution to energy conservation. Try to avoid changing
thermostat settings more than twice a day. Frequent changes in set-
-tings iffcrease heating cost in the winter and cooling cost in the
summer.
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Governor Dolph Briscoe takes time out to visit with honorary
House messenger Dinita Sewell and honorary Senate page
Monte Sewell during the closing hours of the Sixty-fifth State
Legislature. Miss Sewell served as an honorary Senate page
on several different occasions throughout the meeting of the
legislature and as an honorary House messenger during the
last week of the meetings. The childrens’ parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Don G. Sewell of Nocona.
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Melvin Fenoglio who told
about a proposed one day trip
to Sheppard Air Force Base in
Wichita Falls to tour the base
and to see the show
"Carousal" that will be
showing at the Back Door
Theatre. It will be on July 28.
at 8:15 p.m. A bus will be
available for those who want to
go. The cost of the trip will be
$12 to $15, depending on the
number of people wishing to
go-
Col. Fenoglio introduced the
guest speaker, Lt. Col. Glen
Askew, of the Technical Air
Force Center in Wichita Falls.
He showed a film of the Base
with commentary accommpan-
ing the film.
Rev. Idell, coordinator of the
Carpenters Shop, reported on
the progress of the carpenter*
Shop. He stated that a
mini-bus has been approved
and that the Meals on Wheels
Program was instrumental in
obtaining this approval. He
expressed appreciation for the
cooperation of people in
Nocona in working together to
get things done. He said the
next project to work on was in
getting a Senior Citizens
Center in Nocona.
Leia Cochran and her
committee served refresh-
ments of cake and punch. The
meeting was adjourned.
$1 00
Center and coffee will be ready Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbs, has
about 7 p.m. It’s free and been notified that she was
visitors are always welcome to named to the dean’s list for the
come share a cup and ratchet spring semester at Texas Tech
jaw with us. Hope all the club University where she will be a
members will make an extra junior.
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Hey, thanks for the break, effort to come and remember
Who’ve I got here, good to bring along anything you
buddy? Missed you at the have that can be used on the
dedication ceremony, in the float we’re building for the
new Medical Facility, last rodeo parade. We need
This week the library has
ready for circulation books
covering both methods of
transportation.
Henry P. Walker’s "The
Wagonmasters” is the first
comprehensive account of the
colorful bygone industry of
wagon freighting and fills an
obvious gap in Western
history. The book is filled with
interesting accounts of the
bullwhackers and mule skin-
ners. who were a breed apart,
and who developed their own
language, greatly to the
enrichment of American
speech. The business was
hard, dirty, and dangerous,
but the wagon freighter, like
the U. S. mail, almost always
came through.
Another colorful period in
the settlement of the west was
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Distinguished American High
School Students.
They are Ronnie Harlow,
Mike Brock, Mark Wright,
Leigh Moore, Tammy Thomp-
son, Lucienda Morton, Robert
Weaver, Ricky Howard and
Greg Brock.
The Society, which is one of
the nation’s foremost high
school honoraries, inducted1
the students because of their
excellence in academic and
civic achievements according
to Brasier.
Fenoglio’s Delicatessen
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The Charm Shop
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Circle N Square Dance Club, going to the outstanding
Nocona Chamber of Com- musical group.
merce’s Pecan Queens, Geor- Parade entries will be
gia’s Kid’s Duds and S&L accepted for the next two
Clothiers. Parade prizes have weeks, and those who wish to
been raised again to Sweep- enter in any category may
stakes, $50; 1st place, $45; 2nd contact Mrs. Williams at
place, $40 and Novelty, $20, 825-4638 evenings or week-
with a special $25 prize now ends.
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New Fall
Long-sleeved
Turtleneck
Blouses
100% polyester
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after sale $4095
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Jim Orman Rogers of
Nocona was among 1,150
graduates awarded degrees
May 14 at the 87th annual
spring commencement at
North Texas State University.
In addition to 851 bachelor’s
degrees, the university grant-
ed 259 master’s and 40
doctorate degrees, during
ceremonies in the NTSU
grounds are shaping up nicely, early day costumes. Bring
the shrubs and trees look yourself on out and let us hear
good, Brother Idell brought a your ideas. Bet you’ve got
very appropriate message and some good ones tucked away,
we were all treated to a tour of Hey. I sure gotta’ go and get
the facility. myself 10-6 for awhile. Have
Our new doctor should find yourself a superfine day and a
it a pleasant place to work and safe "poppin" good Fourth of
the Red River Ranger CB Club July. The Lady J said that and
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Potato Salad
. . . the claims that beef is bad for your health —
that it causes heart disease, colon cancer and
overloads the kidneys?
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highly advertised?
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{ BY MRS. VIOLA BIGBIE by Mrs. Sue Heathington of
3 News Correspondent Nocona.
3 Montague County Advisory Mr. and Mrs. John
4 Committee, conducted by Crownover meet Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Davenport of. Cooke Howard Brister in Gainesville
CountyrElectric, held their Sunday, then the group
A meeting Tuesday evening at attended memorial services in
Ethe Spanish Fort Community Bethany, Ok. for Mrs. Erma
E building. Representatives Ruth Gilbert McClung of
* were present from 3 communi- Houston. Mrs. McClung was a
ties, A very interesting and cousin of Mrs. Crownover and
'^informative program was Mrs. Brister and had visited
presented by Davenport.. here in past years.
Refreshments of cookies and Mrs. Betty Tullos of Denton
. punch were served. was a short caller of Mrs. John
‘ Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Crownover, Friday afternoon.
1 Evert Carpenter Thursday and Mn. and Mrs. Austin
Friday wer Mrs. Lucille Crownover froi Waco are
Keister from Dallas, Mrs. spending the week at their
Mark Meonning from Foun- home here.
lain< Colo. „ Mrs. Jackson Crow Visitars during the past
and Mrs. Minnie Crow. week of Mr- and Mr»- Des
* Friday and Saturday visitors Ridenour weje, Mr. and Mrs.
pf Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bob Talley from San Antonio
bhipley were Mr. and Mrs. Pat and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Talley
McCommas from Mineral from Illinois.
Wells. Mrs. Bobbie Swearington
4 Bob Weaver attended funer- from Nocona Hills visited
al services in Glencole, Okla. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Tuesday for an uncle, Jim Johnnie Uselton.
Sappington. Others accompan-
ing him were David and
Tommy Sappington and Mrs.
Walser of Nocona.
Mrs. Bob Weaver attended
James Brasier, principal of there was the allure of gold in
Prairie Valley Schools, an- California, and where men go,
nounced today that several of freight must follow.
their students have been From 1822, when the first
inducted into the Society of wagons were used in the Santa
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Hollingsworth, G. D. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1977, newspaper, June 30, 1977; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493784/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.