Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
tdm Hill ttmmk
"COVERING SCENIC CEDAR HILL - - TOWER CITY OF THE SOUTHWEST"
Volume 5, Number 17
Cedar Hill, Texas
IOC Per Copy
Thursday, September 25, 1969
Bullies Scalp Indians
In Runaway,43-6 Game
The Bullies defeated the
Alvarado Indians 43-6 in their
game last Thursday night at
Longhorn Field.
The Indians took the open-
ing kick-off all the way for
a touchdown, but the Bullies
held them on their extra point
try.
The Bullies got the kick-
off and took it in for a TD
on a pass from Gary Pace
to Billy Phy. Ricky Vincent
ran the extra points. Cedar
Hill's next TD was made by
Vincent on a short plunge in-
to the middle of the line. He
also made the 2 extra points.
Vincent brought in another
touchdown in the 1st quarter
Chronicle Office
To Close Mornings
The Chronicle office will be
closed on Thursday and Fri-
day of this week until 1:30
p.m. For information on copy
or ads you may call the
Suburban in Duncanville, 298-
4211 or the Chronicle after
1:30.
and Bobby Carrell kicked the
extra point bringing the score
to 23-6 at the end of the first
quarter.
The Bullies scored twice
more in the 2nd quarter.
Mike Smith took on Alva-
rado punt back for a TD and
Carrell kicked the extra point.
The scoring in the first half
ended on a pass from Pace
to Glen Davis for a TD. Car-
rell again kicked the extra
point bringing the score to
37-6 in favor of the Bullies.
The only score of the second
half came early in the third
quarter on a run by Smith.
Carrell's kick was wide and
failed, the game ended 43-6.
Pace and Smith both inter-
cepted passes and Mike Nor-
ton, Don West, Danny Brooks,
Phy and Smith had a fumble
recovery each.
Coach West said ne was
pleased with the Bullies ef-
fort, both offensively and de-
fensive but that they would
have to have the same de-
termined effort to defeat Bis-
hop Lynch whom they play
here tonight.
By Peggy Motley
Saturday, September 6 saw
the passage of a tax bill by
the Texas Legislature de-
signed to provide funds for
the operation of Texas State
Government for the next two
years. At the time of the
passage oi tms bii* the State
of Texas was operating on an
emergency tax measure
passed by the Legislature.
This two-months emergency
measure will be superseded
by the bill passed September
6.
The new tax bill, which
passed the House by a vote of
106-34 and the Senate by 24-5,
will go into effect October 1.
It will raise the State sales
tax from 3% to 3.25% and will
also include sales on beer
and liquor; increase the cig-
arette tax by 4.5% per pack-
age; raise the corporation
franchise tax by 50£ per thou-
sand dollars of assets, and will
be applied to Texas sales by
out-of-state firms; increase
the natural gas tax from 7%
of market value to 7.5%; and
levy a 5£ per serving tax
on drinks sold in private clubs
and on airlines. This tax
package is designed to pro-
duce about $348 million in new
revenue to the State.
Revenue sources for State
and lo ;al governments are be-
coming more and more crit-
ical. It is increasingly more
difficult to agree on tax me-
thods as evidenced by the
recent session of the Texas
Legislature.
In the forest of political
slogans, one stands out head
and shoulders above all
others. It carries with it
a shrewd philosophy, a mes-
sage, if you will. It states
simply that: Free men are
not equal; equal men are not
free!
Think about it. What ex-
actly does it tell us? It
tells us that a free man liv-
ing in a free society is an
individual; that he is his own
master; that he can climb as
high as he wishes on the lad-
der of success.
And the beauty of it is that
a free society offers its cit-
izens the opportunities and
challenges which make for in-
d.vidual greatness.
In a free society the sky's
the limit. Men have the in-
centive to achieve personal
and business goals. A free
man can be anything he wants
to be!
From another point of view,
a free man can criticize his
government. He can vote
in elections to bring about
changes in government pol-
icy--a privilege people in
commuiist countries do not
enjoy. The free maiffNiy
wM
Longhorns Down
Springtown, 8-0
voting judiciously, puts into
office those men who will
see to it that he remains
free.
***
Let's discuss the second
part of the slogan: Equal
men are not free. Social-
ism and communism spread
the false theory that all men
are equal.
A society of equal men al-
ways reaps a low standard
of living. The people turn
over their goods and their
lives to a ruling body of men
who do their thinking for them.
That is why communism is
such a dismal failure--it de-
prives man of his creativity,
his capacity to think for him-
self, and turns him into a
vegetable.
The equal man is not free
to do anything. His vote
doesn't count, of course. He
has to get permission to trav-
el in his own country. And
if he should dare to criticize
his government, he'll either
be shot or thorn into a con-
centration camp.
***
We Americans are lucky.
We still have a choice. But
many of us tend to be gulli-
ble. The power-hungry poli-
tician dangles the carrot of
security before our noses. He
woos us with the promise of
some vague dreamland, a wel-
fare society where all our
needs, from cradle to grave,
will be taken care of. And
because some of us take our
freedom for granted, we vote
carelessly for the man who
would snatch our freedom
from us.
Events show that when a
nation embraces socialism,
it is sunk! The socialistic
road inevitably leads to chaos
and despair.
We Americans have always
stood proudly on our own feet.
Let us continue to rely on
our own personal efforts. Once
we permit a government to do
our thinking for us, we can
wave goodbye to liberty--that
priceless possession and very
foundation of our Constitution.
***
Remember, you can be a
free man or an equal man--
it's your choice!
***
At the market, a store own-
er and customer were argu-
ing loudly and excitedly about
a deal when a friend of the
customer came by.
He called the man over and
said, "I can't understand you,
you've never once paid a bill.
You know you're not going to
pay the bill anyway, so why
argue about the price?"
"I know," answered Willie,
"but he's such a nice fellow,
I'd like to keep his losses
down."
HEADED DOWN FIELD—Pete Murdock, a senior halfback, goes for good yardage against
the Spring town Porcupines Friday night. The Longhorns won, 8-0.
HEMMED IN--Quarterback Ronald Cole is surrounded by a host of Porcupines here, but not
until he picks up good yardage. Cole led his team to its second victory of the season in two
starts.
Mobile Home
Is Robbed
A mobile home located on
Bear Creek Road and occu-
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Martin was broken into Mon-
day morning and stripped of all
valuables.
The person or persons
gained entry by tearing down
a metal front door during the
rain, since muddy footprints
were left throughout the house.
A color television, clock
radio, guns, silver, linens and
numerous miscellaneous
items were taken. "Wedding
gifts that were never used
were taken," said Mrs. Mar-
tin.
The Dallas County Sheriff's
department is investigating
the theft.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin are
both teachers at Cedar Hill
and were at school when the
robbery occurred.
Parade, Rally
Set Friday
Longhorn football fans are
asked to gather at the city
hall Friday at 2 p.m. to de-
corate cars for the parade to
the High School Gym where
the Pep Rally is scheduled
at 3:15.
There will be decorating
material available at the site
but if you would like to bring
something of your won, feel
free to do so.
Members of the Quarter-
back Club are urging every-
one to "support the Long-
horns." Get into the parade
and attend the Pep Rally.
Everyone is invited.
Boy Scout Night
Set For Monday
Monday night will be ob-
served as Student Night for
the Scouts and a special meet-
ing is planned for all boys
in Cedar Hill scouting age and
their parents.
Scoutmaster Walter Jay
Thomas said that Scout Troup
520 will hold a regualr meet-
ing and show their visitors the
way meetings are held and the
meaning of scouting will be
explained.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m., Monday in the high
school cafeteria and all boys
living in Cedar Hill and their
parents are invited to attend,
Thomas said.
The Cedar Hill Longhorns
defeated the Springtown Por-
cupines 8-0 Friday night at
Springtown.
The Longhorns scored six
points on its first possession
of the ball in last Friday's
game at Springtown. After
a pass interception by alert
defensive halfback Danny Po-
gue, the Longhorns moved 30
yards in just 4 plays: a Ran-
dall Cole pass to Pete Mur-
dock carried inside the ten,
with Murdock getting the last
5 on a pitchout around left
end. Danny Hartin's kick was
wide, leaving the score at
Cedar Hill 6, Springtown 0,
just 3 1/2 minutes deep in
the first quarter.
At this point the Longhorn
offensive faltered, but the de-
fense rose to the occasion.
Midway in the second quar-
ter. with Springtown on the
Longhorn 5 yard line, first &
goal to go, blinzing lineback-
ers Cole and Billy Barrett
forced the Porcupines to fum-
ble, with Cole recovering for
Cedar Hill. The first half
ended with Cedar Hill lead-
ing 6-0.
In the second half, with the
ball on the 20 and the 18,
Danny Hartin attempted 2 field
goals, both to no avail. Har-
tin's punting however, was
superb, keeping Springtown
backed up on its own goal
line most of the second half,
and allowing the defense to
score a safety in the third
quarter, with Hartin and Cole
making the tackle for the 2-
pointer.
Coach Baldwin praised the
defense highly, as they al-
lowed Springtown only 1 first
down and 5 yards total offense
in the second half.
Offensively, Murdock was
the leading ground gainer for
the local team picking up 34
yards on 19 carries and cat-
ching 3 of Cole's passes for
47 additional yards. Cole car-
ried 13 times for 29 yards,
and completed 7 of 17 passes
for 87 yards. Danny Hartin
carried 9 times for 16 yards,
Billy Barrett caught 3 passes
for 33 yards and Ricky Sims
caught 1 for seven yards. Dan-
ny Pogue returned 4 Spring-
town punts for a total of 30
yards.
Middle linebacker Billy
Barrett was the leader on de-
fense, scoring 75 points, Ran-
dall Cole was second with 57
points, and Danny Pogue was
third. The Longhorns praised
the Springtown team as being
tough on defense and "good
hitters."
This week's game is with the
Has Lengthly Meeting.
City Council Approves Budget
During a lengthy session
of the City Council Tuesday
night, the Council considered
a request by the Jaycees to
use the fire hose to help keep
the Town Square clean, a re-
quest by Tom King for street
signs on new streets, ap-
pointed a Library Board, and
discussed the amount of land
that would need to be annexed
in order to extend the city .
water lines to the Hoyt Wright
property on Tar Road.
The Council expressed the
opinion that Wright could pe-
Chronicle To List
College Students
The Chronicle will run its
annual College Census in the
October 9 issue, so anyone
having boys and girls in col-
lege or know of anyone in Ce-
dar Hill attending are urged
to turn their names in to the
Chronicle as early as possi-
ble.
The information needed is
name, home address, college
and year attending.
I Council Commended
The Board of Directors of the Cedar Hill Chamber ;X
of Commerce believes the action of the council is a
vi progressive step for Cedar Hill future.
The City Council is to be commended for its recent $;
action in requiring residents to tie on to the sewer
line if the sewer line is within 200 feet of the residents'
:* property.
;j;j At a time when most city governments are facing xj
serious growing pains, it is encouraging to know that ;$
our city has joined with four other suburban communities
jjj; in an effort to case some of the financial burdens that $
accompany growth. The decision of the council is one
jiji step necessary toward completion of the TRA project. Sj
j:j; To do otherwise, it would have been finoncially impossible •*
for our city to participate in the project.
$ --R. C. AMMONS, President #
tition for five acres to be
annexed. The Council also
felt that Wright should be ad-
vised that his property would
probably be annexed when the
city begins to annex property
to straighten out the southern
city boundry.
Council men told the Jaycees
that if the Fire Department
agreed to help with the equip-
ment, the Jaycees could use
the fire hose to wash down
the city square as required
to keep it clean.
In answer to King's request
that the city erect street signs
on new streets, the Council,
on a motion by Councilman
Jim Strickland, passed a pro-
posal that the city erect signs
when needed on new streets.
The Council adopted a re-
solution that established a City
Library Board which will
serve as an advisory board
to the city council in develop-
ment of library policy. The
Council appointed Jimmy
Mobley, Dale McLeod, Mrs.
Willard Murdock Jr., Mrs.
Guy Harrison, Mrs. Tom Tay-
lor, and Mrs. David Bailey
to the board. Mobley was
designated by the council as
Chairman of the Library
Board.
The major portion of the
Tax Office
To Open
The County Tax Office will
open October 1st City Hall.
Jackie Hendricks will be in
charge to collect State and
county taxes. Woter registra-
tion forms will also be avail-
able.
The office will be open from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
meeting was spent in the bud-
get hearing. The majority of
the discussion was centered
around the sales tax income,
city employees salaries, and
the library budget. The new
budget provides for expendi-
tures to cover the cost of
codification of city ordinances
and surveying for annexations
into the city. It was noted
that though there is a reserve
fund of $49,503.50 some of the
funds would be needed in the
near future to improve the wa-
ter storage facilities by build-
ing a ground storage tank and
booster pump for the well at
Kingswood and eventually
erecting a cooling tower for
the well. The council approved
the budget.
Councilman Jimmy Mobley
moved that the final budget be
published in the newspaper.
All members of the council
approved this motion. It was
pointed out at the meeting that
the budget was a budget only
and that expenditures, includ-
ing those of salaries, con-
struction and equipment pur-
chases, were still subject to
final action by the council.
A copy of the final city bud-
get will be published in a li-
ter issue of the Chronicle.
--Jimmy Mobley
Rockwall Yellowjackets.
coached by Randy Roten.
Coach Baldwin is quoted as
saying, "Rockwall is by far a
better team than any we have
faced thus far this season.
They have average size and
tremendous speed on offense,
with a well balanced running
and passing attack. They are
very aggressive and quick on
defense. They hit good, pur-
sue well and gang tackle. If
we are to win this one, we
must correct all our mistakes
on offense and play flawless
defense. Inotherwords,we've
got to have a great team ef-
fort."
Game time is 8 p.m. Friday
at Longhorn Stadium.
Eighth Grade
Downs DeSoto
The Cedar Hill Eight Grad-
ers defeated the DeSoto Eighth
Graders, Tuesday night, 24 to
0, in a game played at
Longhorn Field.
After scoreless first quart-
er, the local boys hit the
scoreboard on a TD by Clif-
ton Felts and added the extra
points.
Felts repeated his per-
formance in the third quarter
bringing the score to 16-0
in favor of the Cedar Hill
team.
Jimmy Crawford scored the
final score for the Cedar Hill
side and the extra Point ry
side and the extra point try
good.
The Eighth graders fought
the Midlothian to a 6-6 tie
in their first game of the year
last week at Midlothian. The
Cedar Hill score came on an
exciting 70 yard run in the
fourth quarter.
The Cedar Hill team was
holding the Midlothian eleven
on the one yeard line when
the time ran out.
Seventh Grade
Wins Two Games
- The Cedar Hill Seventh
Graders added another victory
to their record, Tuesday night
by beating a DeSoto seventh
grade team, 22-0. They beat
the Midlothian Seventh, 14 to 6
last week.
The Hocutts seemed to be
running wild against their op-
ponents with Dale Hocutt scor-
ing the first touchdown in the
first quarter ofr a 6 to 0
score at the end of the first
quarter score and Ricky Ho-
cutt bouncing back in the se-
cond quarter for the second TD
AND THE EXTRA POINTS.
Paul Switzer added the final
touchdown to the Cedar Hill
score with a Hocutt adding the
extra points in the last quar-
ter;
llbi
First Place Winner in the light weight class at the Ellis County Junior Livestock Show
held last Saturday in Waxahachie was this prize owned by George Walden Jr. Pictured with
the winner is George Sharon and the Ag. teacher Mr. Jay Martin.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Brown, Royce. Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1969, newspaper, September 25, 1969; Cedar Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth480483/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.