Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 190, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 3, 1973 Page: 4 of 10
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Drawing on the tradition of
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national platoon. Made up of
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Puerto Rico and Guam, it will
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at Pratt’s TV Service. There are batteries, ear-phones, and all kinds of blank recording tapes-both
eight track and casseue.
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3 constituents. There are many leer, area in Bell County “We as federal agencies.
3 need's of our communities and are most fortunate,” Poage “We are always seeking ways
- individual people that require said, “to have Nick Parker join to serve the Eleventh District
: more and more direct contact our staff, and with him in better,” Poage stated, “and
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Even if it happened, he adds, said, “some churches because
the body can deal effectively of improper kitchen and
with a small number of such sanitation procedures and lack
bacteria. He says the chances of trained personal can also
of it, however, are further potentially spread disease in
reduced by a customary church-prepared meals.”
Energy Supply not Going to be Adequate
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DRAWING HELD-The Xi lota Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.sorority raffled off so pounds of
meat, 40 pounds of beef and 10 pounds of turkey, Monday afternoon. The drawing was held on the
north side of the courthouse Stacey Angerman is pictured as she draws the winning tieket from the
bowl and presents it to County Judge L. L. “Blackie” Martin to announce the winner. The lucky
ticket belonged to Charles Holbrook of Route 1, Stephenville. The sorority made a profit of .>ver
membership will be made by line will cost 60 cents a gallon the Arabs are now pressing
the recruiting districts com- by 1977 their advantage with the same
13: manders. , And Joe F. Moore says “there finesses that their forebears
3: Besides being part of an is not a possibility" that energy exercised with captured Chris-
5 innovative and prestigious unit, will be in adequate supply bans during the Crusades-a
R platoon members will receive before 40 or 50 years. beheading today, a disembowl-
: $307 month starting pay less Moore, president of Bonner ing tomorrow, and ransom
* normal deductions, housing, and Moore Associates, Inc., of notes delivered on Sunday.”
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GIVE-AWAY TV-The TV set shown will be given away December 15 in a drawing at Pratt’s TV.'
Drop by and sign up, you do not have to be present to win. Shown are Jennie and Jack Pratt, owners
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factory warranty service for present to win.
eleven years. He has recently
Jack Pratt has had 18 years of and service, black recording
experience in the TV Service tapes, both eight track and
business. He worked with Hecht cassette, and batteries for
Company in Washington D.C. stereos.
from 1955-57, then came to Fort on December 15, there will be
Worth where he set up his own a drawing for a Sony black and
business- white television set. Be sure to
Dr. Joseph Bistowish, direc-
tor of the city’s health
department, said he took the
action after learning that some
churches “empty baptistries
only once every month or two.”
He said they should be
emptied after every baptismal
service unless they are hand-
chlorinated and have circula-
tion and filtration systems. Few
have such equipment. He said
chlorination was a minimum
safeguard.
' Another thing,” Bistowish
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; ton of basic and advanced "The oil picture was very controloilor oil policies gains
| ’ individual training. fuzzy” for about a year after uu •
Welcoming ceremonies are that, he told » meeting of the
scheduled at Ft Ord, Calif, on Houston Roundtable of the He also said “world wars
Veteran’s Day, October 22. National Council of Physical among the big powers are quite
I 1913. The 104-man platoon will Distribution Managment, a possible as nationalistic aspira-
then attend basic training at Ft. group representing companies tions conflict in bidding for
Ord and serve its first tour of engaged in transportation of dwindling supplies of petrole
g duty at FL Carson, Colo. goods. um."
J ~ For further information on “It took a little while for the
the American Infantry Platoon, Arabs to fully realize that they The United States, he said.
call Sergeant Dick Womack at controlled the,.world fully "will finally develop a program
1 917-325-4202 or visit his office at realize that thsrintrplled the to gain self-sufficiency, but at a
the courthouse each Tuesday in word oilecnbmy," Moore price roughly double that of
I Stephenville said energy from today’s sources.”
L timenbetwn wshington Sanitation Question Brings Problems
TP and duties throughout the
, District. Under the new plan, NEW YORK AP - Sanitation practicing of wiping the cup’s
I Leath will spend most of his and sanctity sometimes spark edge before it is passed on.
scene," Poage said, and he Despite recurrent assump- where health officials ordered a
will make periodic trips to tions that this might spread water-sampling survey of
Washington to coordinate these germs, a new scientific study church baptistries.
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ment consultant predicts gaso- has now passed, however, and
$200 from the raffle. The money will be spent on service projects carried out by the argouhoti—
Congressman Poage Plans Stronger Staff
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U.S. Congressman W. R. Poage also announced that said, “it is necessary that wee
Poage has announced that he Nick Parker of Killeen has constantly review every bill to
has provided for a stronger joined his staff and will be be considered. Nick can be of
office staff in the Eleventh available in the Washington great assistance to us in this
Congressional District. “Our office to coordinate and assist area, too.” '
District now includes nineteen in District development activi- Parker’s duties in Washing-
counties." said Poage, “and ties. Parker is a recent ton will also indude coordina-
with Congress staying in graduate of the University (A tion for visiting constituents
session usually ten months out Texas at Austin, and is the son who are in Washington and
of the year. we get to spend of Mr. and Mrs. Nichols M. need to meet with Members of
the District and in the At issue in such cases is those of past studies, although
I r Congressman’s Texas office, whether systems of spiritual state health boards sometimes
3- “Marvin’s primary duties of sustenance subscribes suffici- raise questions about it.
assisting in the industrial, ently to sanitary safeguards. Because of this, many Prates-
economic, and public works The question has come up tant groups - Presbyterians,
development for our District repeatedly in regard to wor- Methodists, Baptists and others
and for providing assistance to shippers using a “common - switched in the last century to
individuals, local governments, cup” in partaking of the wine of using small, individual cups,
and companies in dealing with Holy Communion, as is done is Another hygienic issue, this
L federal agencies can be donw Episcopal, many Lutheran and one concerning baptism, cam
Dr. Edward P. Dancewicz, of
the Ceter for Disease Control
in Atlanta, says tests show that
relatively few organisms re-
main on the rim of the chalice
after one individual sips from
the cup.
Writing in the Journal of the
American Medical "Association,
he says the number of bacteria
on a person's lips is small, and
even on the minor chance that
disease-bearing bacteria are
present, there is little risk of
swallowing them.
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3 gap,” Poage said, “we have greatly improve our ability to service to those who need us."
‛ assigned Marvin Leath to assist in many ways.” Leath can be reached at 205
5 primary duties within the Parker win also assist the Federal Building in Waco,
: District." Congressman in legislative telephone 817-752-7271. Parker
Leath is a Marlin banker who research matters. “With the can be reached in Washington
has served the last fourteen large amounts of legislation we at 2107 Rayburn Building,
K months as the Congressman's consider every session,” Poage 202-225-6105.
: Special Assistant for District
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Jennie and Jack have six tems, and all types of service.
children: two girls and four Gos out and sign up far the N,"
boys. Martha, 8; Tammy, 10; drawing tar the television set, 1 IclVVSl
Randy, 12; Larry, 13; Rick, 16 and get acquainted with Pratt’s "1..... "
and Glenn, 18. All except Glenn TV Service.
attend Dublin schools. Rick It is located at 984 North
works after school in the shop Graham Street and the phone
as an apprentice service man. number is 965-7537
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Ellis, Darwin. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 190, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 3, 1973, newspaper, October 3, 1973; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1500176/m1/4/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.