The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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Dallr.s, Tex 75235
CROSBY COUNTY’S OLDEST INSTITUTION-ESTABLISHED JANUARY 7, 1909
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Volume 66
Crosbyton, Crosby County, Taxes 79322
Thursday, Soptombor 5, 1974
11 CENTS PER COPY
Numbor 36
Electrical Shock Claims
Life Of Richard Vega Jr
An electrical shock knocked
Rjlcardo (Richard) Vega Jr. "50
foot ft«o»>\ n
feet backward" from a truck on
which he was working at mid-
afternoon Friday shortly there-
after claimed the life of the
21-year-old Crosbyton man.
Vega, an employee of Crosby
County Pump, was attempting
to erect a pulling tower at-
tached to a truck when the der-
rick came in contact with
an electric line. The accident
occurred at 2013 North Ash
Avenue in Lubbock, about 3:30
p.m.
Littlefield
Woman To Aid
HH Auxiliary
TWENTY-SEVEN Chieftains warriors will
represent CHS this season in football warfare,
which begins tomorrow night against Floydada.
The varsity squad consists of: front row,
left to right, Lupe Castillo, Ronald Wiley,
Jimmy Justus, Robby Karr, Roy Luera, Ruben
Munoz, Manuel Guerrero; kneeling, Jay Cox,
Cameron Lowrie, Billy Steen, Joe Mark Car-
Tom Anceli, L. D. Terrell, Homer Vera,
immy Farias, Max Lawson, Greg Salley,
oe Greene, Gilbert Navarro, Donald Ray
arris and Tony Canales. Grady Moore is
not pictured.
Vega
Arnold
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1
and two co-workers,
Ozuna and Leonardo
Moreno, were removing a water
pump.
football Season Opens Here Friday Night
SOLES WET
The victim's crepe-sole shoes
apparently were wet as he oper-
ated the tower clutch with his
foot. He was knocked from the
Mrs. Mary Cowan, head of a
Littlefield auxiliary which
works with two nursing homes
and a hospital, and other volun-
teers from that city will be in
Crosbyton next Monday to work
with persons interested in
forming an auxiliary to help
enrichen lives of Crosbyton
Care Center residents.
CHIEFS HOST MIGHTY FLOYDADA
truck when the tower made con-
tact with the high voltage line.
Ozuna and Moreno summoned
help. Vega was relayed to
Methodist Hospital by Aid Am-
bulance. , * . , ,
Although he
wasn't breath-
ing, he was
still alive when
he got to the
hospital," The
Review was
told, but lie
succumbed
minutes later.
Joe Hargrove,
a co-owner of
Crosby County
Pump, des-
cribed Vega as
'a hard worker
and a very de-
pendable man.'
RITES MONDAY
Father Harold Waldo
conducted funeral mass at 11
a.m. Monday in St. Joseph Cath-
olic Church.
Burial was in Crosbyton
Cemetery. King Funeral Home
directed arrangements.
"We've paid our nickle and
we’re going to dance with 'em,"
Coach Don Lawson says, im-
Rev. Vernon Hagar, adminis-
trator of the local nursing home,
invites "everyone interested in
our senior citizens" to attend
the meeting at 2:30 p.m. Monday
in Crosbyton Care Center.
Coach Don Lawson says, im-
plying that his youthful Chieftain
squad will give their all in
squad wiil give
tomorrow (Friday) night's grid
opener against traditional
powerhou se Floydada.
The 8 p.m. lid-lifter is slated
for Chieftain Stadium.
Mean Green fold. However,
Coach L. G. Wilson suffers
heavy graduation losses every
year and fields an equally com-
petent squad the next fall. Floy-
dada is among the area's lar-
ger AA schools.
The Purple and Gold has talent
in the offensive front wall . . .
Mrs. Cowan will exchange
ideas with local persons,
explain how the auxiliary
operates in Littlefield, and
' melp set up an auxiliary here
if we are interested." She was
recently instrumental informa-
tion of a nursing home auxiliary
in Lubbock.
Floydada is to District 4-AA
what University of Texas is to
the Southwestern Conference.
The Whirlwinds again are fav-
ored as- they grab for their
fourth consecutive loop cham-
pionship.
Three offensive and seven
defensive starters return to the
ALL-STATE CANDIDATE
All-state candidate Mark
Craig, a 195 pound senior, is
the nub of the Whirlwind de-
fense. The Floydada roster
shows seven lads who tip the
scales at 195 or heavier.
but this talent is young. Center
Greg Salley and guard Ruben
Munoz are the lone starting
returnees. End Homer Vera
and guard Mark Odom also had
some experience last fall.
Center-linebacker Greg Salley
and runningback Wiley were
standouts for the Tribe. Sopho-
more no seguard-fullback Robby
Karr also turned in a creditable
performance.
Born January 25, 1953 in Cald-
well, Richard Vega Jr. moved
Crosbyton with hir-----*~
1959 from Bryan.
parents
He had
the pump
gins five
Coach Wilson sees the lack
of overall speed as his squad's
greatest deficiency.
MATADOR SCRIMMAGE
The Purple and Gold had some
bright and some disappointing
spots Friday night in a scrim-
mage at Matador. The offensive
line play generally was improv-
ed over the previous week
against Olton, but the defense
made mistakes, coaches state.
JUSTUS QUESTIONABLE
Flanker Jimmy Justus still is
nursing a sore knee and remains
a question mark for the Floyd-
ada encounter.
Otherwise, the Chieftains were
in good physical condition early
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to
in
been employed By
company and local
years.
In addition to his wife, Ignacia,
survivors include: one son,
Ricardo Vega III, three months
old; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Vega Sr. of Crosby-
ton; one brother, Salome Vega,
Crosbyton; five sisters, Lena
Pacheco of Crosbyton, Mrs.
Rosa Ortego of Lubbock, Er-
linda, Josephine and Maria
Vega, all of the home.
For State
TAA0 Names Ratheal
'Assessor Of Year’
CHIEFS HAVE SPEED
While Floydada is destined to
enter the Friday night game as a
heavy favorite, the Chieftains
may nave a slight speed advan-
tage.
Both runningbacks, Ronald
Wiley and Donald Ray Harris,
are capable of "breaking for
the long gainer" if given day-
light.
Matador crossed the goal line
four times, to three for the
Chieftains who stayed with a
"basic offense." The Matadors
twice tallied on long passes
and had one lengthy run. Their
fourth TD came as a player
fumbled in the end zone, and a
teammate covered. Chiefs’
scores came on two sweeps by
Donald Ray Harris and another
by Ronald Wiley.
■■H
Texas Association of
Assessing Officers has chosen
a Crosbyton official as its
Assessor of the Year in taxing
jurisdictions up to 5,000 popu-
lation.
Roy Ratheal, assessor-
collector for Crosbyton Conso-
lidated Independent School Dis-
trict since 1965 has been
notified that he is the unani-
mous selection of the TAAO
Achievement Awards Com-
mittee. Ratheal has been invited
to accept the award October 29
at the organization's conference
in the Moody Center, Galveston.
"The reason our tax office
would be qualified for such an
award is through cooperation of
school boards, past and present,
to provide modem ana neces-
sary equipment," Ratheal
states.
TAAO annually recognizes
four members in different pop-
ulation categories. Ratheal was
nominated by the South Plains
Chapter of TAAO.
The local man's selection was
first revealed by David F.
Robinson, chairman of the
awards committee, in a phone
Texas Association of
Assessing Officers is anorgan-
ization of all tax assessors
within Texas: school districts,
municipalities, counties, and
other taxing agencies.
Crosbyton's backfield also will
be heavier than in '73. Wiley,
a junior, now weighs 151 pounds
and Harris, only a sophomore,
goes 165. Getting the starting
nod at fullback will be. Max
Lawson, who tips the scales at
187. Marty Davis, returning
as the regular signal-caller,
adds his 175 pounds to the
backfield.
Improved speed at the wide
receiver posts also has caught
Coach Lawson's eye.
Weather ^
24 —Hour
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Ending 7 a.m.
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Jail Renovation Contract Let
Contract for renovation of the
ing
;Ad
a ph
conversation with J. _W. Jack-
rosbv
son, president of the Crosbyton
school board. Confirmation
also has been received by mail.
Award is based on achieve-
ments and programs within the
tax office.
Ratheal
of the C ro sby ton - Me Adoo area.
He and his wife, Merle, are
parents of four children:
Wynola and Otto, students at
Baylor University in Waco;
Steve, a freshman at Odessa
College; and Edrie, an eighth
grader. Mrs. Ratheal is sec-
retary to Superintendent Sam
Hawkes.
Crosby County Jail was awar-
ded Thursday during a called
of Lubbock was successful bid-
der. His bid was for $109,000.
meeting of the Commissioners
Court.
Lloyd Price Construction Co.
The project calls for standard-
izing the jail facilities "to meet
state specifications." No ad-
dition will be made.
EFFORTS to
wreckage of his
following
of Cros
Allan Adams
The 68-year-old Newcastle man died at 12:50 p.m. from
iefe—
release Thomas Eugene Williams from the
1970 model Datsun continued 15 minutes
crash, 1.2 miles east
. , is partially visible as
; (white shirt) and others work to free him.
-old Nev
the accident injuries.
VJX mo 1I1UUC1 l-^aLSUIl
rig Saturday morning two-car
sbyton. Williams (arrow) ii
Perish
/
Separate
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Traffic Mishaps Near Here
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The shrill sound of sirens
punctured the air and red lights
whirled at a dizzy pace Fri-
day and Saturday in a series
of Labor Day week end traffic
accidents which left a 20-year-
old Lubbock and a 68-year-old
Newcastle man dead.
Both highway fatalities
occurred in the immediate
Crosbyton vicinity . , . within
18 hours!
k
Five other persons were
injured -- one seriously --in
the nightmarish accident flurry.
IIS
ROY RATHEAL, tax assessor-qollector for Crosbyton
Consolidated Independent School District, has been selected
as Texas "Assessor of the Year" for taxing districts
under 5,000 population. A
INSTANT DEATH
Donnie Ray Harrington of 7901
Magnolia in Lubbock met in-
stant death about 5:10 p.m.
Friday when the 1974 Chev-
rolet station wagon he was
driving went out of control on
a hill decline 11 miles south
of Crosbyton on Farm Road
651 and traveled over 725 feet
before coming to rest.
The vehicle weaved 393 feet
along the highway from the
first tire marks, skidded an
additional 285 feet "on and off
the pavement,” overturned
once, burst through a barbwire
fence, again overturned and fin-
ally landed in an upright
position.
Harrington apparently lost
control soon after topping the
hill and starting downward.
The driver was thrown from
the vehicle, and it possibly pas-
sed over his body.
Two companions -- William
Edward Watkins, 21, of 2111
20th Street in Lubbock, and his
17-year-old brother, John Ran-
dall Watkins -- were not ser-'
iously injured. A
ambulance to Crosbyton Clinic
Hospital. The brothers were
reportedly taken by private ve-
hicle by their mother to Lub-
bock Osteopathic Hospital.
The trio were enroute to White
River Lake.
Services for Harrington were
at 10 a.m. Monday in Rest-
haven-Singleton-Wilson Chapel
in Lubbock. Burial was in
Resthaven Memorial Park.
An 11 year resident of Lubbock,
Harrington is survived by his
wife, Camille; his father, Ev-
erett J. Harrington, Lubbock;
a brother, Gary, Lubbock; and
a sister, Mrs. Cindy Oliver of
Trinidads
They were brought by
TRAPPED IN WRECKAGE
A 68-year-old retired combine
operator and his wife passed
through Crosbyton Saturday
morning enroute to their New-
castle home after visiting with
a son in El Paso.
Thomas Eugene Williams
never reached his destination!
Their 1970 model Datsun
collided at 11 a.m. with a 1971
Chevrolet which carried a
Brownfield couple. The grind-
ing two-car crash was a^’near
head-on." 1.2 miles east of town
on U.S. Highway 82.
Williams was trapped inside
his demolished compact vehicle
for some 15 minutes before
desperate efforts to free his
pain-wracked body fromThe ve-
hicle were successful. He was
pinned against the steering
wheel.
The Newcastle man died at
12:50 p.m. -- about 1 1/2 hours
after /reaching the local hospital
-- from 'massive internal in-
juries.
See ACCIDENTS Page Six
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Reynolds, Jim. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1974, newspaper, September 5, 1974; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth518999/m1/1/?q=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Crosby%20County%20-%20Crosbyton%22: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.