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The
Western Texan
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE
Volume 4, Issue 4
Western Texas College
Snyder, Texas 79549
Thursday, October 31, 1974
aPPFflRS ON CAMPUS
Mary Kirchoff Outlines
Needs For Legislature
Mary Kirchoff, Republican
candidate for the 30th District of
the Texas Senate, stopped brief-
ly at WTC Oct. 21 to speak to in-
terested persons and visit with
students and faculty.
Speaking initially in the Stu-
dent Center, she outlined
various needs she will be con-
cerned with if elected to the
legislature and her stand on
different issues.
The Plainview resident ex-
pressed a need for an industrial
bond in Texas. This would allow
industry to come into the state,
and set up production on credit
backed by the state.
"Those states that have it are
eating our sack lunch," she
stated.
While participating in a later
"question and answer" session
in Ray Robbins' law enforce-
ment class, Mrs. Kirchoff ex-
plained further why she feels
this way. "Clovis, N.M. has at-
tracted four different industries
that were unable to set up in
Plainview due to the absence of
an industrial bond in Texas."
The Republican candidate
feels something should be done
about second and third crime
offenders. She explained, "We
can put our heads together down
there and come up with a
solution."
Kirchoff stated that there is
an urgent need for doing
something about the water
problem in West Texas.
She is in agreement with the
"right to work" issue, with the
exception of the agency shop
platform. It calls for forced un-
ionization.
With the surplus money in the
Texas treasury, the 30th
District candidate stated that a
refund should be given to the
taxpayers.
Finally, she is in favor of
keeping "Texas' natural
resources in Texas."
At the other session, Kirchoff
provided background on herself.
"I was born in a house with a
dirt floor in the Ozarks of
Missouri. There were five girls
in the family, and when time
came to go to the fair, only the
oldest got to go."
Mrs. Kirchoff is presently a
schoolteacher in Plainview. She
said the largest amount of her
income comes from farms that
she and her husband own.
She served on the committee
responsible for bringing the
Central Plains Hospital to
Plainview. She is now serving
on the State Executive Board.
Mary Kirchoff will face Ray
Farrabee, Democratic
nominee. Nov. 5 for the Senate
seat. Farrabee is employed as
an attorney in Wichita Falls.
Crew Receives Recognition
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by Katy LeMond
Charles Holland, WTC Drama
Director, has asked that all
members of the backstage crew
for the fall production of "Last
of the Red Hot Lovers" receive
a formal "thank-you" for their
aid in the success of the produc-
tion.
Countless hours of assistance
and presence were required of
the five-person crew who per-
formed odd jobs and maintained
key responsibilities during
rehearsal and production nights.
Jakie Fontenot, stage
manager, played the crew's star
role. Co-stars were Robert
Howell, backstage guidance and
assistant aid to cast members
(more popularly known as
commode-flushing engineer),
Carol Posey, prop collector and
distributor, Katy Lemond,
ighting, and Doug Harmon,
sound and slide show technician.
Fontenot held all stage and
technical responsibilities. To
mention a few ( and only very
few) of his numerous tasks,
Fontenot cleaned the stage
before and after productions,
cued actors, relayed messages,
passed out Rolaids, and provid-
ed spontaneous morale for ac-
tors.
Howell, in spite of his respon-
sibility to the cassette-recorded
sound effects of Barney's
commode -flushing, also
dedicated his time backstage to
safely exiting the actors from
the stage area during the dark
scene changes. Howell also
assited with props, curtain
calls, and backstage lighting.
Posey memorized countless
lists of props needed for each
act, including everything from
shot glasses and liquor bottles to
apples and after-dinner mints.
LeMond managed house and
stage lighting. Two
switchboards, one containing
100 on-off circuits and a possible
variation of 2200 dimmers, had
to be triple-checked before each
rehearsal and performance.
Every square inch of stage area
had to be sufficiently lighted. If
a failure in the lighting
developed, circuits and
dimmers had to be traced
(along with an Excedrin bottle).
Harmon, alias 'Evil Knievel'
on the WTC campus, organized
slides and sound production.
Music and slides were repeated-
ly synchronized for proper dis-
tribution and viewing. At times,
Harmon manned two tape
recorders and a slide projector
simultaneously, while h£ and
LeMond, equipped with
headphones, corresponded with
Fontenot, backstage, for direc-
tions and advice.
CHATS WITH INSTRUCTORS - Mary Kirchoff,
Republican candidate for the 30th District of the Texas
Senate, visits with Franklin Pruitt (right) and Toni Turk
during her recent stop.
Four Senators Attend ACUI
Convention At College Station
Paula Bell, Jakie Fontenot,
Teresa Scott, Pee Wee Sellars,
members of the Student Senate,
Pictures To Arrive
In Mid-November
Arthur Burks, of Arthur Burks
Photography for Schools, has
asked that students who ordered
color package pictures be
notified of a mid-November
arrival.
"There are a few who were
late on getting their order in,
but I will notify them that their
order will be delayed," Burks
said.
Ray Robbins Instructs
From 'Top Experience7
and Mrs. Mickey Baird, spon-
sor, attended the Association of
College Union International
(ACUI) at Texas A & M Univer-
sity Oct. 24-26.
The group attended sessions
such as trends into unions, con-
cerns of unions, and union
programming.
"The main concept of the
workshop is that the college un-
ion isn't just an extracurricular
activity. Rather the union is co-
curricular," said Mrs. Baird.
She was re-elected to the
regional board as regional coor-
dinator of two year colleges in
Region XII. This region is a
three-state area which includes
Texas, Arkansas, and
Louisiana.
The 1975 fall convention site
for ACUI is set at Tulane
University in New Orleans.
i { ' .
str^ucV^^ pOINT — Ray Robbins, law enforcement in-
durin,?r' exP'air|s a question to Curtis McGlothlin (right)
9 one of his classes.
by Paul Williams
"I guess I've got the most."
This was the answer Ray Rob-
bins, WTC Law Enforcement in-
structor, gave when asked about
the number of students major-
ing in his field.
Mr. Robbins is credited with
an impressive background in the
criminal law profession.
Besides working for a number
of police forces in the past, he
gave up his job as Chief of
Police in Andrews to accept a
position on the original teaching
staff here at WTC in 1971.
Starting with an Associate
Degree in Police Science from
Odessa College and numerous
certificates in everything from
Police Administration to Nar-
cotics and Vice from the
Midland Police Academy, Rob-
bins attended various Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Texas
Education Agency workshops.
He received the Advanced and
Instructor's Certificates from
the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education, as well as
attended the 75th Session of the
FBI National Academy in
Washington, D.C.
Working with hundreds of top
state and national law enforce-
ment officials, he says he was
twice privileged to meet the late
J. Edgar Hoover.
A couple of weeks ago, he
attended a Refresher Session of
past graduates from the
National Academy. His enroll-
ment has also been recently
accepted at the Oklahoma
University College of Liberal
Studies.
Although he is uncertain of his
ultimate career objectives,
Robbins says that he and his
wife, as well as his two children,
are very pleased with his posi-
tion here.
Course Offered
Graphoanalysis, a scientific
approach to personality assess-
ment through the study of
handwriting is offered as a Com-
munity Service course. The
class started Oct. 23.
In this course, the student will
learn to detect approximately
100 personality traits from
handwriting. Graphoanalysis is
said to be as accurate as any
other means of rating personali-
ty.
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Ellington, Benny. Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1974, newspaper, October 31, 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430159/m1/6/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Western Texas College Library.