White Deer News (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME X_NUMBER 15 WHITE DEER NFvVS, WHITE DEER, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS 79097 THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1969
Muse With Me
And what’s been going on in your
world? School’s out and the race is
on with lots of summertime activ-
ities beckoning for the youngster’s
attention and time. There’s Bible
School, Rodeo Time, The Summer
Reading Program, Driver’s Train-
ing Education Classes, Summer
Home Ec courses, weeding and yard
care, farm chores, Little League,
swimming pool opening, to mention
a few. College kids are popping in
and out as they prepare for sum-
mertime jobs here and about . . .
Special company from out of town,
vacation weekends, fishing, boating,
baseballin’, summer gardening, re-
laxin’, yard' work, farming, cook-
ing, housecleaning — a myriad of
things will fill1 our schedule for the
summertime and fun in the sun ac-
tivities . . . California has voted on
its mayor. California, with 319,000
Federal employees — compared
with 22,000 in the District of Colum-
bia — has some 988,000 state and
local government workers for a to-
tal public civilian payroll covering
more than 1.3 million, a total great-
er than the entire population of New
Mexico? Hmmmm. It was- noted ip
a National Association of Manufac-
turer’s publication that although
garbage disposal is hardly a glamor
subject, it is the third most expens-
ive service in all communities and
is worthy of taxpayers’ attention.
According to a recent report by the
U. S. Public Health Service, in 1948
Americans only discarded about two
pounds of trash a day. In 1968, they
averaged1 five pounds a day. Main-
taining of the dumpground for the
local populace is quite an item . . .
Memorial Day is Friday, May 30
... A day for quiet reflection horn
oring our dead who are still with
us in spirit ... Be musing again.
VACATION CHURCH
SCHOOL STARTS JUNE 1
Vacation Church School of United
Methodist Church will start June 1
at the Sunday School hour and will
continue through, June 8 from 9:00
a.m. until 11:00 a.m. daily. No
classes will be held on Saturday,
June 7.
A picnic lunch will be held Fri-
day, June 6. Everyone will please
bring a sack lunch and the drinks
will be furnished.
JAMES C. WHEELER GETS
CITATION AT COLLEGE
FOR ROTC RIFLE WORK
At a recent ceremony at West
Texas State University, James C.
Wheeler was presented a citation
for Meritorious Achievement during
the school year of 1968-69, while
serving with the First ROTC Rifle
Brigade. He was commended for be-
fog selected as the most valuable
member of the “Buffalo Guns,” the
ROTC rifle team. Lt. Col. Billy R.
Smith made the presentation of the
citation and trophy.
James majored in industrial edu-
cation. He will leave June 4th for
six weeks basic training at Ft. Sill,
Oklahoma.
To Manage Swimming Pool
White Deer swimming pool is to
he maanged this season by Gary
Stewart. Tentative plans are to op-
en the pool on Monday, June 2.
,n New Home
Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Nicholson
have purchased and moved into the
yron Hodges home on Swift Street
jhfs week. Mir. and1 Mrs. Hodges
ave moved to Amarillo.
APPRECIATION SOCIAL
TO HONOR BUTLERS AT
CHURCH MONDAY, JUNE 2
Rev. and! Mans. Gland Butler, pas-
tor family of First United Method-
ist Church of White Deer for the
past five years, will be honored at
an appreciation 'social Monday eve-
ning, June 2, ^at 7:30.
The event will be held in Fel-
lowship Hall of the church for all
local members and all other friends
of the community who desire to
share in the occasion. Pie and cof-
fee will be served, brought by the
families of the church.
Everyone of the church and com-
munity is invited1.
PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR SUMMER READING
Mrs. Potter, librarian, announces
the theme for the summer reading
program is “Know Your Presi-
dents” to be 'held at the White Deer
Branch Library.
Story hours are on Thursdays at
•the library June 5 at, 2:30 p.m.;
June 12, 9:30 a.m.; June 19, 9:30
a.m.; and June 26 at 9:30 a.m.
A picnic on June 27 at 6:00 p.m.
will mark the completion of the pro-
gram. It will be held in the White
Deer park and all should plan to
•attend.
BUSINESSES, OFFICES WILL
CLOSE THIS WEEKEND TO
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY
Carson County Courthouse in
Panhandle will be closed Friday,
May 30, 'in observance of Memorial
Day, and also closed on Saturday,
M ay 31.
Irene’s Beauty Shop and School
Tax Office will close Friday and
Saturday.
To close only Memorial Day are
Thriftway Food Center, Clint’s
Foods, Pettit’s Department Store,
White Deer Insurance Agency and
the City Office.
White Deer Beauty Shop will re-
main open both Friday and Satur-
day due to pre-schedUled appoint-*
ments, according to Mrs. Nelda
Gbrdzelik.
PUBLIC AUCTION SLATED
FOR SATURDAY MORNING
Public auction sale of real estate
owned by Vivian Riggins Ballard!
and Carolyn Riggins White will be
held Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m.
The 160 acres of land, ah in culti-
vation, is located 8 miles south of
White Deer on Farm Road 294, then
a half mile west.
Quentin Jenkins and Associates of
Amarillo are auctioneers. For more
details see sale notice on Page 5
of this issue.
CONGRATULATIONS
To Mr. and Mrs. David Armstrong
pf Portland, Oregon, who are the
parents of a boy weighing 8 pounds,
6 ounces boro May 22, 1969.
To Take Basic Training
Bobby Richardson and Monte
Hawpe will be in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma,
for six weeks basic training in con-
nection with their ROTC studies.
Bobby is a student at West Texas
State University and Monte is going
to Oklahoma A&M.
Drivers Education
Attracts Many
During Summer
Thirty-five White Deer students
and seventeen Skellytown students
are attending two-hour class ses-
sions taking Drivers Education. Th,e
class work and two hours actual
driving training will be completed
June 16, at Which time the written
tests will be given.
Four additional driving hours for
each student will be included after
the written test before the students
apply for restricted licenses.
White Deer students taking the
course under Coach Sherrill Bot-
toms are Mitch Abbott, Kay Bal-
lard, Vickie Bates, Nelson Britten,
Jerry Davis, Frank Diggs, Jamie
Dale, Nancy Evans, Bethie Galleg-
ly, Kathy Hodges, Pat Hudgins,
Gordon Hulsey, Robert Johnson,
Gay Kofcara, Steve Langston, Vir-
ginia Mooney, A! Morris, Melissa
McBrayer, Terry Sargent, Joyce
Pipes, Francis Sellers, Brenda
White, Glenda White, V. J. Rice,
Ricky Tackett, Mike Trantham,
Kenny Thurman, Debbie Thomas,
Becky Urbanczyk, Randy Warmins-
ki, Susan West, Mike Williams, Rob-
ert Williams Johnny Scribner and
Darrel Ewing,
Skellytown students under Coach
Tommy Thornburg are Debbie Al-
len, Rene Allen, Ricky Davis, Judy
Hassler, Kathy Moore, Mike Led-
ford, Kathy Lynch, Vicki Maddox,
Denise Matthews, Larry Mercer,
Ruth Neill, Sherrie Pershall, Terry
Putman, Gary Robinson, Laura
Snodgrass, David Stephenson mid
Diane Trolinger.
Two new Pontiacs are being fur-
nished this year by Monty Bell of
the Universal Motor Company of
Panhandle.
SUMMER BASEBALL
WHITE DEER LITTLE LEAGUE
“A” and “B” TEAM SCHEDULE
“B’ Team 6:00 p.m.—“A” 7:30 p.m.
May 12 , WD. at Panhandle Whites
Panhandle 6 - WD “A” 5
WD “B” 5 - Panhandle 4
May 22, Groom White at WD.
WD “A” 9 - Groom 0
May 26, WD at Skellytown
WD “A” 11 - Skellytown 10
WD “B” 9 - Skellytown 4
May 29, Claude at WD
June 2, WD at Panhandle Grays
June 5, WD at Groom Reds
June 9. Open
June 12, Panhandle White at WD
June 16, WD at Groom Whites
June 19, Skellytown at WD
June 23, WD at Claude
June 26, Panhandle Grays at WD
SKELLYTOWN SENIOR LEAGUE
Games start at 7:30 p.m.
May 13 — Claude, there
Rained out
May 16 — Groom, there
Rained out
May 20 — Panhandle, there
Skellytown 16 - Panhandle 11
May 23 — Claude, there
Skellytown 4 - Claude 3
May 27 — Groom, home
Skellytown 17 - Groom 13
May 30 — Panhandle, home
June 3 — Claude, home
June 6 — Groom, there
June 10 — Panhandle, there
June 13 — Claude, there
June 17 — Groom, home
June 20 — Panhandle, home
June 24 — Claude, home
June 27 — Groom, there
July 1 — Panhandle, there
MANY GIVEN AWARDS AT
GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF WDHS FRIDAY NIGHT
At graduation exercises Friday
night, Panhandle Ground Water
Conservation District presented1 two
awards for best essays on “Soil
Conservation.” First place went to
Doug Hinton with a cash award of
$150.00; second was Stephen War-
minski with $100.00 cash prize.
Mrs. Lem Greene, president of
Venado Blanco Study Club, made
awards to Obadd Smith and Deb-
orah Evans for Outstanding Senior
Class Otizens.
Awards for best class citizenship,
chosen by the faculty and presented'
by Mr. David Grayson, went to
freshman Nina Wheeley of White
Deer and Ricky Don Davis of Skel-
lytown; sophomores Ila Grayson
and Mike Williams; Juniors Mary
Beth Peters and Mike Wakefield.
W.D.D.C. Breakfast
Meeting Saturday
White Deer Development Commis-
sion’s monthly breakfast meeting
has been scheduled by Chairman
Don Davis for Saturday morning,
May 31. Ladies of Sacred Heart
Parish will serve the breakfast in
the 'Parish Hall at 6:30 a.m.
Committee reports will be given
and open discussion held on various
Commission projects.
Chairman Davis urges everyone
that possibly can to attend the early
breakfast to lend their voice and a
helping hand to the betterment of
this community.
Funeral Services
For R. G. Campbell
Are Held Monday
R. G. Campbell, 65, died at 2:15
a.m. Saturday at Highland General
Hospital, after he had been a pa-
tient there three weeks.
Bora July 13, 1903, at Goldth-
waite, he moved to to the Spring
Creek Community northwest of
Skellytown in 1934 from Eastland,
and was employed by Kewanee Oil
Company.
He and his wife moved into Skel-
lytown in 1965. He retired August
1, 1967. He was a member of Haile
Baptist Church, Spring Creek.
Survivors 'are his wife Zella, of
Skellytown; one daughter, Mrs. Jau-
nell Fanner, Canyon; one son,
Glenn, Canyon; six grandchildren;
four brothers; two sisters, and 15
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Monday at Haile Baptist
Church with Rev. Leo McMahan,
pastor, officiating. Burial was in
Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pam-
pa directed by Duenkel Funeral
Home.
FOUR HIGH SCHOOL OPENINGS
Supt. Dorman Thomas stated he
is looking for four high school
school teachers to fill vacancies for
the coming year. A science teacher
is needed, two math teachers and
one English-Speech teacher.
Priest Here Through June
Father James Gurzynski, former-
ly of Lubbock, arrived in White
Deer on Wednesday to fill in as
pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church through the month of June.
Father Gurzynski is presently Dio-
cesan Director of Religious Educa-
tion of the Amarillo Diocese.
Junior Rodeo To
Be Presented On
Friday, Saturday
White Deer Junior Rodeo that was
postponed two weeks ago due to the
heavy rains, was rescheduled andi
will get underway tomorrow night
at 8:00 p.m. in the local arena. The
second performance will be again
at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Over 80 entrants from as far as
Clayton, New Mexico, and includ-
ing some from Amarillo, Canadian*
Wheeler, among others, have mailed
their applications to the White Deer*
Riding Club. A spokesman for the
local riding club stated a much
larger show is anticipated this year
on Memorial Day and Saturday,;
judging from the unusual number
of early entrants.
White Deer Builders Supply is ro-
deo headquarters and members of
the club will start registration for
contestants today and continue onj
Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m.
to 9:30 p.m. on both days.
Boys and girls from ages 6 to 19
will be eligible to- participate in the
various events including pole bend-
ing, calf roping, calf riding, Shet-
land pony ride, ribbon roping, bull
riding, bareback riding, barrel rac-
ing and one new event this year*
calf daubing. Trophies and ribbons
will be given for each performance.
An entry fee of $2.50 or $5.00 will be
charged for each event, according!
to the age group. All contestants
must be a student in grade or high
school and have parent’s notarized
consent to participate.
The Junior Rodeo is sponsored by*
the White Deer Riding Club. Admis*
sion to the two evening perform-
ances will be $1.00' for adults and
50 cents for children.
Entry blanks may be picked up
at the White Deer Insurance Agency*
and entrants are urged to- register
early to avoid confusion on the days
of the rodeo at the White Deer Build*
ers Supply.
WHITE DEER STUDENTS
RECEIVE DEGREES AT
TECH COMMENCEMENT
LUBBOCK — More than 2,000 stu-
dent's have applied for degrees at
Texas Tech’s commencement exer-
cises May 31.
Dr. Fred Harvey Harrington,
president of the University of Wis-
consin, will deliver the principal ad.
dress at the 8 p.m. exercises in Lub-
bock Memorial Coliseum.
The list of degree candidates
from White Deer includes: Bachelor*
degree: School of Agricultural Sci-»
ences, Joe H. Wheeley; School of
Arts and1 Sciences, Penny Marguer-
ite Powers.
FIELD HOUSE NOW OPEN
FOR THOSE WISHING TO
WORK WITH THE WEIGHTS
Coach Sherrill Bottoms announced
•the field house will be open daily*
from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. for
all boys of White Deer and Skelly-
town to use the weights. The weight
room and equipment are available
for anyone who desires to use them.
Coach Bottoms suggests that boyS
be at least 13 if they plan to work
with the weights. He added that
boys should work only every other
day on the weights.
All that is asked is that the boys
leave the weight room in proper
order when finished.
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