Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 133, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 22, 1976 Page: 1 of 10
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Tuesday
June 22, 1976
* The Home of Tarleton State University *
Iwo Sections
‘ Vol. 107,33
Phone AllDepartments 965 3124
Stephenville Texas 76401
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Comptroller’s Department
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Ruth Ann
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Kris Fanning is
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Of Church
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Prices to Increase
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Tax Representative
To be Available Here
Meat Grading
Workshop to
Suspects Are
Transferred
No Opposition
To Rezoning
MAIN ENTRANCE - The Stebbing Royal European Circus has
set up on the Livestock Arena grounds. Late yesterday they only
had the main entrance up but will be ready come show time. The
circus will have two performances; one at 2:00 p.m. and one.at
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Adams. Susan Parks. Melanie Maniotis,
Connie Lynn Stone. Melody Denning and
Jacqueline Curtis, as well as Kris Dena
Adams and Susie Parks also won at tlx*
Awards Breakfast
Kris is looking forward to participating
in the International Finals at Baton Rouge
in August Celebrities there will include
Russell Anns. TomNetherton of the
lawrence Welk show and Vonda Van
Dyke, former Miss America
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OFFICIAL BICENTENNIAL FLAG - This-is a picture of Stepheny ille’s Offje ial
Bic entenniaLFlag.lt was designed by (apt. Larry D. Tatum and handmade by Senior
Citizens of 1976 Pictured are hr Betty Whitacre, Horizons Chairman of the
Bicentennial; Lena Tatum. Mary Moore and Linda Gray, makers of the flag it will be
on.display at Farmers Bank. Stephenville Bank and Trust and Stephenville Savings
and Loan. The flag will be dedicated to the Stephenville Historical Museum for
permanent display. July 4. The flag was framed by Bob Burleson of American
Handicrafts and a bronze plaque engraved with names by Swindle jewelry.
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(HR Ill'll MISS - Stcphem file’s Kris Fanning won second in the State Our I ittle Miss how the principal could become the
< ontcst at Bay lor l ii iv ersitv in Waco.this past weekend Kris II, is the daughter of Mr instr uctional and educational leader in the
3 school; how to handle the managerial and
8:00 p.m. Tickets are 12.75 for adults, 11.75 for children and $7.00
for the entire family at the gate. The circus is sponsored by the
Lion's Club.
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MRS KITH ANN STEPHENS
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To Comanche
The three men charged with rape in the
--Proctor area Saturday night have been
transferred to ( omanche. The last of the
three to be caught was Raimundo J
. Jeronimo who was pic ked up in an attic at
his home on Dodge Street Deputy Sheriff
Jack Pern and Polic eOfficer Cecil Stone
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John II Ratliff, 1 3 acres, William Sims' oh the Bosque 3 p.m July 4 have been
Surv Abstract 683 includedin a calendar of events for the
- American Revolution Bicentennial Admin-
Twirl to Hey , look Me l her
The winner of the contest was Margaret
Whitehead, a violinist from Ode ssa. La-
Petite winner wa Robyn W bile of 1 emple
and talent winner was Traci Goza of
Orange
This was the sixth year for Kris at the
pageant There was a, large contingent
from Stephenville Brandy Blue, Dena
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and Mrs ill I aiming. Huckabay Highway. Stephenville
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Rededication
Bringing service to the people, the office of State Comptroller Bob Bullock
will have a representative available here once a month for the assistance of
local residents with their tax problems —
The tax representative will be in Room 205 on the second floor of the
Courthouse on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning July 13 A
representative of Ilie Ft Worth District office will be on hand to-answer
questions residents or businessmen have concerning their tax problems
The service is another in Bullock s effort to bettet serve Uh- people in the.
people who are writing textbooks and
communicate to them our needs," she
says.
Mrs Stephen's husband, Sid, is manager
of the Neblett Hereford Ranch and they
have three children Steve, 19 a student at
A&M and working during the summer for
Safeway; Joel, 17 a student at SHS who
works for Gibsons, and Leah, 13 and in the
8th grade who is working on the ranch this
summer
She once had hobbies such as water
sports, horseback riding, and sewing-but
this teaching business, she finds, now '
takes almost all her time
She says that she will encourage ways ,
for her teac hers to c ounsel with working i
parents "You would be surprised at the 1
number of fathers who are interested in
their children's progress".
Mrs Stephens believes that her first
responsibility is to the children, to the
parents, to her teachers, and finally to the
taxpaying public
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He was read his rights by City Judge, today with its report on-consumer prices
J.P Hedrick . to Coman- for May Maynard ( omiez, acting chief
che after bail of $25,000 w as set econom ist for the Commerce Department,
The ethers involved are Miguel Rico and said Monday he expects 'the month s
Cordoba Samuel They are in jail in price-increase to be in the range of April's
. ( omanche County jump of four-tenths of 1 per cent
B F Sartor, 134’ X 160' acres, William
Sims Surv Abstract 6833
David Johnson, 130’ x 165', Williams
Sims Surv Abstract as
15 Daily 35 Sunday
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Kris Fanning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Fanning. was selected as First Alter-
nate in the State’ Our Little Miss
pageant this past weekend
Kris. 11. was selected first as a Top
Ten- finaljst Then she was named lop
Five' and finally runner-up for the state
title
Kris participated in the following con-
tests Close-up Appraisal and Interview
Talent Sportswear and Party Dress For
her talent portion, she did a Strut and
Pageant Set
By Somervell
| The Somervell County Bicentennial
Association will present a historical
pageant on Friday, June 25, Saturday June
1 26. Thursday, July 1, and Friday, July 2, -
1976 The title of the pageant is "Somervell
. USA" and tells the story of our country's
history beginning in Europe up through the
settling of Somervell County Somervell
natives trace their roots through their
colorful ancestors who were involved in
the Revolutionary War, War Between the
States, the settling of the West, and also
| the Great Somervell County Moonshine
I War of the 1920‘s. The characters are a
combination of fact and fiction in .order to
I guve a broad representation of all events
The entire cast consists of local citizens
doing narration, singing, and dancing The
) pageant is writen and directed by Margo
I P Brandt of Ft Worth, Texas
, Advance tickets are $2 00 each, or $3 00
| a, door Tickets may be ordered by
writing to Carroll Gann, Box 578 Glen
l Rose, Texas 76043
Performances begin promptly at 8:00
■ p m each evening at the Glen Rose High
: ' School Auditorium There will be wagon
i rides from the courthouse down town to the
auditorium and fiddlers will be on' hand
i each evening with good old toe tapping,
foot stomping fiddle music for your
Surprisingly there was little or no
opposition to rezoning several tracts dur
mg a public hearing Monday at City Hall
No one in the audience expressed
opposition and the only opposing views
came from a couple of the councilmen
Four different tracts were discussed-and
voted on
Ilie first was Lot 15, Block 145, City
Addition, as requested by Bert Carlton He
requested tlx- plat be i ezoned from R 2 to
B-1 The council passed on the motion to
rezone tlx- property , with no opposition
One a request from JW Shannon, on
lots 5B and 6. Block 140, City Addition. to
rezone from R 2 to B 1. again there was no
opposition.
Telefus awyer had requested that lot
Illi, Block 139. City Addition, lx- rezoned
from RI to R 2 The council passed on the
motion with Count ilwoman Betty Heath
voting no
A large tract on the east side of town,
bounding on Highways 377 and 281, was
also passed, with Councilman Jim Chum
bet s voting no.
The tract ine ludes the following
Genaut Industries, Ine , 12 94 acres, •
William Sims Survey Abst 683 A John
Blau Survey Abstract 3.’
Eve Drennan, 52 acr, William Sims
Surv Abstract 683
W .A Keith, 1 9 acres, William Sims
Sui v Abstract 683
Bear Gas ln< , 3 6 acres, William Sims
Surv Abstract 683
S’ville Industrial Found., 6 35 acres.
William Sine, u Abstract 6113
Fibergrate Utt , 5 767 acres, William
Sims Surv Abstract 683
HG Martin. 100’ x 158’ acres, William
Sims Surv Abstract 6833
II F Curry, UMI' x 375’ acres, William
Sims Surv Abstract 683
Ihomas Miller, approx 85 acres, Wil-
liam Sims Sur , Abst 683
CL Sherrill, % acres, William Sims
Sur , Abst 683
lawrence Eggleston, 2 acres, William
Sims Sm Abst 683
J C Riggs, 16 71 acres, approx , William
Sims Sur Abst 683
Frank Garcia, 4 acres, William Sims
Su Abst 683
Eugen Miller, 1 7 acres, William Sims
Sur Abst, 683
H N Robinson, Jr . 3 97 acres, William
Sims Sui Abst 683
Weldon A Newman, 8 2 acres, William
Sims, Sur Abst 683
I'll Maguire, Jr, 7 5 acres, William
Sims Sur Abst 683
Jesse Sexton, 7 5 acres, William Sims
Sur Abst,683
All the tracts had been examined by tlx*
Zoning Board and had been recommended
for charge . -
Present at the public hearing were
Mayor Don Jones, City Secretary Joyce
Pemberton, City Attorney Joe Chandler
and Councilmen Chambers, Heath, Char-
les Riggins. Cal McGiee, Bill Irwin and
Raymond Anderson
economists expect no sharp divergence in
the nation’s divergence in the nation’s
inflation rate over the next few months,
although they believe the pace of price
increases will pick up before the year is
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Begin June 28
A "Meat Grading Identification Work
shop' for Texas high school vocational
agricultural teachers will start Monday.
June 28, at Tarleton State University
This is - one of several in-service
education workshops which have been
approved by the I exas l du ation Agency,
according to TSU agricultural education
head, Dr Bill F Irick More than 200
teachers are expected to participate in the
workshops
Other workshops set this summer al
Tarleton include "Procedures for Main
faming Clippers, Sharpening Blades and '
Blocking Lambs;" July 1-2, and
"Supervised Experimental Farmer Appli
r ations," July 6-7 •
Hamilton County. Texas, at 10:00 ‘Clock
in tiie morning beginning with registr aion
of guests, followed by group singing,
entertainment, a short business meeting
and lunch.
An "Old Fashioned Covered Dish
Luncheon” will lx- served at 12 (10 O’Clock
in the school cafeteria Everyone is urged
to bring a covered dish of salad,
vegetables, or dessert The bread, drinks
and barbeque will lx* furnished by Carlton
Homecoming Association
All former students and residents of the
(Jarlton community are urged to attend the
meeting and celebration by bringing with
them their families and-firends for fun,
good food, and lots of fine fellowship with
former friends
The officers of the Carlton Homecoming
Association are President, Kay ‘G
Wright, Fort Worth, Vice-President, J W
Jordan, Carlton; Secretary -Treasurer,
Mrs. Hazel Curry, Waco The directors of
the Homecoming are Hubert and Otho
Stuckey, Hobdy Thompson, Carlton, and
Tyrus King, Hico.
istration
This word was received, by Di’ C.
Richard King, president of the Stephenvil-
le Historical House Museum board, from
J K Morrison, III, inforination and
i esearchet coordinator for the Master
Calendar Services, Washington, D (
Information about the observance also
will appeal in BINET on line search
listings and reports produced ten days
after the event it also may lx- listed in the
September edition of the Comprehensive
Calendar
A series of retrospective publications
planned for early 1977 also will 'contain
i eference to the ceremony
in preparation for the services, at which
lime tiie old Presbyterian Church, which
lias been removed to museum property
and is being restored, will become The
f'hapel on the Bosque, displays are being
prepared in the- Carrigage House and
Berry ( ottage
The .exterior of the church has been
painted, and work was scheduled Saturday
morning for returning the finial to the top
of the building The I nual was damaged in
a windstorm in February
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record'keeping tasks of school and how the
principal can foster community relations
with tlx* various segments of the public
One of the problems facing not only the
principal but all teachers everywhere is
the problem of textbook selection There
are some people writing textbooks who are
not aware of regional differences in the
United States Here in Texas, we need
textbooks which talk about farms, and not II A — A, p imie
urban-oriented things like tenements and l O III CCUlllIlIl
coal-burning fireplaces," she says
The selection of these textbooks must be AImA,Aoc
made from a list of similar type books. ATIliUUi iLLU
’ "What we need to do is to somehow get to
the people who are writing textbooks" A4 Cc.,4
says Mrs Stephens "As it is, we try to get /AT LOriTOs
the best for teaching tin- basic we can find
I on tiie list." - The Carlton Homecoming Association
1 Mrs Stephens sees this textbook Announces their Annual Meeting and
problem as one of the problems facing Celebration on Sunday, July 4, 1976, at
I schools today We need to get to the' ( arlton High Sc hool Auditorium, Carlton,
by Barbara Lancaster. , -
The new principal of Chamberlin School
is more than ap extremely attractive
woman, she is bright and kowledgeable
On May e, 1976, Ruth Ann Stephens
received her Ph D from Texas A4M
University
( Her dissertation was on problems that
will face principals of elementary schools
in tiie future Among these problems were
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Maikell, Elgin. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 133, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 22, 1976, newspaper, June 22, 1976; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1500609/m1/1/?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.