Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1974 Page: 1 of 4
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The
WESTERN TEXAN
Volume 3# Issue 11
Western Texas College
Snyder/ Texas 79549
^lursday^April 4, 1974
Candidates
Visit WTC
Dr. Robert L. Clinton issued
an invitation for all candidates
in upcoming elections to visit
WTC's campus.
Borden County Judge Glenn
Toombs, legislative candidate
for 63rd District, brought his
family to WTC on March 26.
Candidates appearing on
campus meet first with the
administrative staff in the board
room, then go to the Student
Center for question and answer
sessions during informal coffee
times. Students, faculty, and
any other interested persons are
invited to attend.
Candidates speak to govern-
ment classes in session during
their visits.
Other political hopefuls who
have responded are Mike Ezzell,
Charles Finnell, and Mrs.
Frances Farenthold, the only
democratic gubernatorial
candidate scheduled. Mrs.
Farenthold will be on campus
from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April
16.
Ezzell, democratic candidate
for state representative, will be
on campus at 10 a.m. Monday,
April 8. Finnell, also scheduled
for 10 a.m., will express his
views on Tuesday, April 9. He is
a democratic candidate for state
senator.
Cindy Jinkins
Tennis Favorite
Sophomore Cindy Jinkins of
Snyder was recently named
tennis sweetheart by the 1973-74
tennis team.
At WTC, Cindy has been a
cheerleader, a member of Phi
Theta Kappa and Los V aqueros
for two years. At high school,
she was a nominee for band
sweetheart.
HERE WE GO!—Scotty Hoyle# Post freshman, demonstrates his bullriding
ability at the county arena. Typical scenes will be a part of WTC's NIRA rodeo
tonight through Saturday. (Photo by Danny Chastain)
SET APRIL 15—19
County Observes History Appreciation Week
by Bob Mike Burton
Tribute to a Buffalo Hunter is
the theme of Scurry County's
observation of History Ap-
preciation Week, harking to the
buffalo camp days of early
Snyder.
In keeping with the theme,
downtown stores will display
guns, barbed wire, buffalo
relics, and Indian artifacts
during the week of April 15-19.
WTC will host a Western art
show in the Fine Arts Building,
and the Museum Room in the
LRC will be open each afternoon
from 2 to 5.
The home of buffalo hunter J.
Wright Mooar will be toured by
school children Monday.
Mooar had a hand in designing
the buffalo gun and shot
Snyder's famous White Buffalo.
He was later one of the area's
earliest settlers and was
Snyder's leading citizen for
many years.
His story is told in Charles G.
Anderson's book, IN SEARCH
OF THE BUFFALO, which will
go on sale Tuesday in local
banks and stores, with
autographed copies to be
available on campus Friday
evening.
Thursday night at 7:30, Bob
Clifton will MC a musical
program directed by Mary Lou
Scott, choir director at West
Elementary, set among the tents
of a buffalo encampment
arrangement by the Boy Scouts.
Western Texas College will
host the final observance Friday
night.
Musical entertainment will
begin at 6:30 on the Sentell
Memorial Stage, to be followed
at 7 by a Chuck Wagon Dinner in
the Student Center. Featured
will be buffalo and beef bar-,
beque with genuine old fiddlin'
as an appetizer.
Speech students from Lamar
Junior High will present a
pageant entitled "In Search Of
The Buffalo" in the Fine Arts
Theater. The Science Lecture
Hall will host a screening of old-
time movies. These events will
both begin at 8, but will be
repeated at 8:45.
Frontier Days
Features Rodeo
Western Week activities will
be held April 4-6 at WTC,
featuring their 2nd annual NIRA
Rodeo, sponsored by the Rodeo
Club. Tickets are available from
any member of the club, with
profits going to scholarships.
Admission will be adults $2,
students $1, and pre-school $.50,
beginning at 8 each evening in
the Scurry County Rodeo Arena.
Dances will be held after the
rodeos in the Scurry County
Coliseum, admission $2.
Thursday, Jody Nix and the
Comancheros will play, with
David Price and the Rodeo
Hands appearing Friday and
Saturday.
Mr./ Miss WTC
Finalists Named
Six girls and boys have been
named as nominees for Mr. and
Miss Western Texas College.
One hundred and forty-eight
ballots were cast and counted
March 26.
The nominees are Paula Bell,
Janice Browne, Sonja Davis,
Kay Dunn, Judy Fondy, and
Lisa Weaver while the nominees
for Mr. WTC are Bobby Cobb,
Scotty Hoyle, Mark McCraney,
Rick Medford, Marc Pitzer, and
Pee Wee Sellars.
Monday and Tuesday, a final
election was held to determine
the winners. The top girl and boy
with the most votes will be
crowned Mr. and Miss WTC of
1974 while the runner-ups will be
crowned campus favorites. They
will be announced at the Spring
formal which is held April 16 in
the Scurry County coliseum.
LARIAT LINGO'
BEOG Applications Available
Cindy Jinkins
The Basic Educational Op-
portunity Grant applications
have arrived and are available
in Mrs. Wilma Crawford's office
in the administration building.
This grant is available to
students who began their post-
high school education after April
1,1973 and who are attending on
a full-time basis.
The grant is based on a
Federal formula which
measures the ability of the
student and his family to meet
educational expenses. They are
awarded to qualified students
enrolled in eligible programs at
approved public and private
colleges, universities, com-
munity colleges, vocational
schools, technical schools, and
hospital schools of nursing.
Amounts range up to ap-
proximately $800 for the 1974-75
academic year.
If you are enrolled or accepted
for enrollment in an approved
postsecondary educational
institution and are a citizen or
permanent resident of the
United States, you are eligible to
apply for assistance under this
program.
Remember—grants are gifts
but loans must be repaid.
Phi Theta Kappa sent 19
students to national convention
in Kansas City, Mo. today. They
will be gone until April 8, and
hope to return home with Cary
Billingsley as national president
and Karen Morris as southern
representative.
Dr. Mary Hood and Ed
Barkowsky are faculty sponsors
for the honorary scholarship
fraternity, and are ac->
companying the group.
I^OOOBOOOOO1
Anyone wishing to purchase
photographs from the Jour-
nalism Department must pay
for them before they are
processed.
"We've had two or three
students to order pictures, and
later decided they didn't want
them," said Mike McBride,
advisor.
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On April 9 and 11, during the
Tuesday and Thursday activity
periods, a sex lecture will be
given in the Science Lecture
Hall.
Guest speaker will be Winnie
Poyner, WTC nursing in-
structor. She will discuss
venereal diseases and con-
traceptives.
Anyone is welcome to attend.
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Block, Pam. Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1974, newspaper, April 4, 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430114/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Western Texas College Library.