Brazos Tributary (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1970 Page: 2 of 4
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Longhorns
By Alta Lynn Turner
Student Council Reporter
Gordon High
(This week's column in-
cludes a wrap-up of what
students and teachers did
over the holidays.)
Debra Dillard went with
her parents to Old Mexico,
and they made stops at San
Marcos, Padre Island, and
Port Isabell.
Alta Lynn went with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.D.
Turner, when they took her
brother, Jimmy, back to the
Navy base in Millington,
Tenn.
Gail Boggus spent a lot
of her holidays in Fort
Worth, visiting her uncle
and aunt.
It looks like some of the
students here got some fan-
tastic gifts: Darlene Cun-
ningham got a Vaxall—the
gears are different so it
may be a while before we
see her driving around in
it. Donna Cameron got a
diamond ring from Gary Tur-
ner. Looks like the wedding
bells will be ringing here
around May. A lot of people
got pool tables and other
really nice gifts.
David Arnold, Johnnie
Joe Jackson, and Steve Bur-
gett went to the "Bag" New
Year's Eve and heard the
popular rock group "Rage."
A group of young people
Henrietta
(After an extended vacation by the crew of Herman
and Henrietta, the cast is back. If you will remember,
Herman was visiting with Kangaroo Rat, and Henrietta
was still in a severe predicament. So, we will now
check in on the tending of the fire by Bluebeak Crow
and the problems of Henrietta.)
Henrietta squirmed against the sappling to which
Bluebeak had tied her. She alternated between fear and
exasperation. Exhausted from screaming, she had col-
lapsed over the vine which held her and was crying.
She was filled with longing to see Herman and their
chappy home on the beach. Then, her crab back stiffened
and she thought, "That Herman! He has had ample time
to get here and back, even walking sideways. Of course,
everyone knows that men crabs are terrible procrastin-
ators , and Herman always has been a prime example.
Never act when you can sit and be scholarly, thinking
about what to do and impressing everyone with your
sagacity."
Thus agitated, Henrietta squirmed with renewed energy.
"But I miss him, and I want to see him, and I knew he
would be here by now, and I wish I had never left."
she sobbed.
Meanwhile, Bluebeak tried to coax the dampened twigs
into glowing flames. He shook his ugly black head from
side to side, vaguely regretting that he had been too
busy with learning the evil tricks of his tribe to be
bothered with the Boy Scout training he now could very
well use.
He drooled as he thought of Henrietta, and cursed
crow curses as the twigs refused to catch. He even
thought of dispensing with the cooking step, but de-
cided he was not yet civilized enough to savor an un-
cooked meal.
(Next week: Back to Herman and the Kangaroo Rat.)
Attention!
Single copies of the Brazos Tributary are now 10<fc.
The Brazos Tributary is published in and for Palo Pinto
County and is entered in the mail at Palo Pinto, Texas,
76072, each Thursday.
News contributions will be accepted at the editorial
office--main street Palo Pinto.—or by phone, 0L9-3555.
Publisher & Editor........................R.N. Hinkle
Associate Editor................Leia Abernathy Hinkle
Advertising Representative.............Anna Lou Isham
Staff Artist............................Becky Justice
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Page 2 Thur, Jan 15, 1970 BRAZOS TRIBUTARY
from the Baptist church
went to Santo to sin Asso-
ciation Youth Rally. The
program was really good. A
group of students from Par-
ker County sang, and the
Association youth director
of Parker County brought a
great message that really
reached the 150 people who
attended.
We heard that Tim Roper,
Johnnie Joe Jackson, and
Tommy Grace played some
really rough games of el-
ectric football.
Mrs. Dark, our math teach-
er, had some of her child-
ren home for Christmas.
Then, on the 27th., she was
guest of honor at a birth-
day party. There were more
relatives there, and she
seems to have really enjoy-
ed the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Med-
ford spent the holidays in
Clyde and Haskell visiting
their relatives and friends.
Mrs. Judy Jones and her
husband spent the holidays
in Houston.
Mr. Hilliard spent Christ-
mas with all of his family
in Mineral Wells and visit-
ed his mother in Kerens.
Mrs. Dortha Talley moved
into her new house during
the holidays. She got a
color TV, and gave her hus-
band, Buddy, a pool table.
Our school has a new cus-
Robin’s Corner
By Robin Scudder
Direct from our news
room, high atop the first
floor of the fantastic Gra-
ford High School building
located in the suburbs of
beautiful Graford, comes
the news you've all been
waiting to read.
The last day before school
closed for the holidays,
was a bad day in the life
of one of our favorite pe-
ople around the school.
Mr. Elmor Dudley, the
school custodian, lost his
single shot .22 rifle in
a robbery. The rifle was
kept at the school to be
used for shooting the bird
population that has been
growing steadily in our
gym and auditorium.
The thieves apparently
entered through a bathroom
window. (What a great name
for a song!)
' Then, they went through
the office window to steal
the goods. Besides the rif-
le , a polaroid camera and
six rolls of film, a pair
of binoculars, a radio, and
about ten dollars in cash
were taken.
Any person having evidence
leading to the conviction
of the thief or thieves
will receive a $25 reward
from the school.
But that's all bad news.
The good news is that the
student body of Graford
High felt that the dirtiest
part of the robbery was
that good ol' Mr. Dudley
lost his gun.
The more we talked about
it, the more we felt that
he should have a new gun
before Christmas. Dan Fikes
and I took up a collection
on the morning of the last
day, never even thinking
that we could get enough
to buy a very nice gun.
We set a $25 goal. In less
than two hours, we had $46.
The gun was purchased
and given to Mr. Dudley as
a surprise from Santa. Mr.
Dudley said that he had
never had such a nice
Christmas, and everyone
felt in the true Christmas
spirit.
The rifle was a beautiful
Winchester .22 automatic.
After school closed, a
number of parties were held.
One of the largest was held
by the Blue family of PK
Lake in the dormitory of
Morris Sheppard Dam..
One of the largest New
Year's parties was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Berry by their
granddaughter, Cindy Cau-
dill.
Another big event happen-
ed during the holidays. One
of our senior coeds, Donna
Kelly Mussey, and Ruben
Mussey were married on Dec.
31. Donna will have her
shower on Thrusday, Jan. 15
at the First Baptist church
of Graford.
Claudia Cooper of Alces-
ter, S. Da. gave a tea hon-
oring the women of the Gra-
ford School faculty in the
home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Scudder.
Claudia carried out a Char-
lie Brown theme, using cups,
napkins, and decorations
featuring the cartoon fig-
ure. Favors were balloons
and pencils.
Guests were Grace Mann,
Earline Clayton, Norma Mar-
lin, Dora Ruth Green, Ro-
chelle Couger, Sue Kincy,
Sara Velte, and Sam Ford,
superintendent. Others were
Marguerite Scudder, Charles
Cooper, Ira Scudder, Gary
Marlin, Penny Ford, and
Tim Ford.
School started on Jan. 5,
and temperatures have been
below freezing most of the
week. Everyone is making
sure that the car heaters
are in working order. Maybe
we should be making sure
that the cars are in working
order first—especially
those nuts behind the
wheels.
Please be careful on the
streets and highways, we
con't want to begin the
year with an accident or
death. Remember, the life
you save might be vours,
but even more important,
the life you save might be
mine!
During ball practice,
recently, one of our play-
ers suffered a badly sprain-
ed ankle. We all wish you
a speedy recovery, Mike
Reed.
That's about it from the
land of the Jackrabbits,
this week. So this is your
reporter, Rovin' Robin,
wishing all of you a great
and happy 1970, and signing
off.
Palo Pinto
Marie Fox is better after
a bout with bronchitis.
Dean Stewart really has
a problem. PK Lake is low.
Dean's bull is on the
southeast bank of the lake.
And his cows are on Cos-
tello Island.
Mrs. Stewart has promised
to notify the Tributary
when Mr. S. sets out to
clear up the matter. Some-
one is bound to fall in the
mud on that one, and we
want to be there to snap
the picture.
Usually, a trailer is
simply driven onto a barge,
but this year, they're
going to have to figure a
way through about fifty
yards of goop on either
side. Much fun, Mr. Stewart!
You know, one of the best
ways to tell if everything
is OK in Palo Pinto is to
look for Tom Jordan's old
green pickup. The other day,
it had a flat, and that
left a rather sad feeling—
as if an old friend had a
toothache.
Mary Turner reports that
Jess III has written sev-
eral letters home from Viet
Nam.
We think of you over
there, Jess. Send a note
to the Trib when you have
time—we're finally getting
them in the mail to you.
When you get back, we'll
gather all the new husbands
and wives and organize a
kick-the-can game in your
grandparents' back yard.
Mingus
Bud Hamilton has sold his
tavern to Rex and Wanda
Jones of Mingus. The Ham-
iltons have moved back to
Stephenville.
Best of luck at the bend
of Main in Mingus, new
owners.
Butch Frank Solignani was
home from Dallas on Jan. 5
to visit his parents, the
Geno Solignanis.
Frank Arnold of Mingus
entered the veterans hos-
pital in Dallas for back
surgery.
todian, Mr. Tom Pierson.
The Piersons have moved in-
to one of Leroy Reasoner's
houses in the west part of
Gordon. They have five
children in school. Two of
the boys, Tommy and Rodney,
are in high school. We're
really glad to have this
family in our community,
and we extend to them a
big welcome.
Now, let's take a look at
basketball.
Lipan girls, 42, to Gor-
don's 41.
At the end of the first
quarter, the score was Li-
pan 17, Gordon 4. Our
girls made a great comeback
to nearly win our first dis-
trict game, but took a
heartbreaking loss of 1
point. High point girl was
Paula Kostiha with 20 points.
Lingleville girls, 43 to
Gordon's 42.
The score was 19 to 19 at
the half, and the rest of
the game was nip and tuck,
as we came out one point
short again.
Lipan boys, 64 to Gordonfe
60. High point boy was
Johnnie Joe Jackson. Our
boys played a great game
and we were really proud of
them.
Lingleville boys, 60 to
Gordon's 32. High point was
Tim Roper.
Scedule for the remain-
der of district games is:
Jan. 13, Huckaby, there;
Jan. 16, Strawn, here; Jan.
20, Tolar, there; Jan. 22,
Lipan, there; Jan. 27,
Lingleville, there; Jan. 30,
Huckaby, here; Feb. 3,
Strawn, there; Feb. 6, To-
lar, here. All start at 7
p.m.
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Our Junior High teams
have been playing some
great games: Strawn boys,4,
Gordon, 40, Joe Dale Smith
high point; Strawn girls,6,
Gordon, 46, Debra Boyd
high point; Morgan Mill
boys,29, Gordon, 27, Billy
McLendon was high point;
Morgan Mill girls, 15, Gor-
don, 32, Debra Boyd high
point.
Junior High district
schedule is: Jan. 19, Lipan,
there; Jan. 26, Morgan Mill,
there; Feb. 2, Huckaby,
there; Feb. 9, Lingelville,
here; Feb. 16, Tolar, here.
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