The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1984 Page: 1 of 4
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Kerens, Texas
October 18, 198V
CHAMBER PLANS BIG CELEBRATION
AGAIN
THE KERENS CONNECTION was evident at the annual Trinity River Jamboree
Queen’s Contest held October 3 in Trinidad. Both runners-up and the la-
st year's Queen were all known to the Kerens community. Miss Cheryl Ly-
nn Bailey, left, was named first runner-up. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Bailey of Payne Springs and the granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Weldon Bailey, also of Payne Springs, Mr. and Mrs. James York of
Eustace and Mrs. Donna York of Kerens. She modeled blue parachute pants
with a matching jacket and carried roller skates for the sports-clothes
part of the event. Her party dress, given her by Sportsorama of'Kerens,
was a beige lace dress trimmed in blue and she carried a matching para-
sol. Miss Jennifer Ragland, center, wore a lavender dress with many ruf-
fles and a sparkling crown. As the 1983 Little Miss Queen, she crowned
the new queen. She is the daughter of Robert and Jackie Ragland arid trie
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ragland, all of Kerens and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Estes of Athens. Miss Ashley Kay Allen, right, was named second
runner-Up. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Allen and the grand-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie McNeese and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Allen, all
of Kerens. Miss Allen wore blue jeans and a western shirt for the sports-
clothes portion of the contest. She wore a many-ruffled light-blue dress,
white gloves and carried a matching parasol for the party-dress section
of the competition. With top honors garnered from a field of 11 contest-
ants, these young ladies are to be congratulated for the poise and con-
fidence they displayed in presenting themselves for judging.
SOMETHING NEW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL—HONOR ROLLS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WITH ALL
GRADES ABOVE 90 & ONE FOR THOSE WITH ALL ABOVE 90 EXCEPT FOR ONE IN THE 80'S
In an effort to promote
excellence, Kerens High
School will begin pub-
lishing an honor roll for
students in grades 7-12.
There will be one roll
of students who had all
grades of 90 or above and
another of students who
had all 90 or above ex-
cept for one grade in the
80' s.
A five and one-eighth
percent state and city-
tax on newspaper sales
in Texas went into ef-
fect October 2.
All subscriptions paid
after October 1, for de-
livery in Texas are to
include the tax which
the Tribune is required
by law to collect and
remit to the state com-
ptroller.
NEW RATES: Effective
October 1, I98A, rates
will be $7 per year if
paid during the month
due; $7.50 if paid the
following month for sub-
scriptions within the
county. Rates outside
Navarro County will be
$8 the month due and
$8.50 the following mon-
th. Outside Texas, the
rates are $9 the month
due and $9.50 the fol-
lowing month.
The following local
subscriptions are due
this month:
A. C. Allen, Buster
Atkeisson, B. B. Ben-
nett, Mary Clinkscales,
Susan Foreman, Mrs. Tom
Glanton, C. R. Hancock,
Hobart Hilliard, Isabel
Huggins, Mike Jennings,
Mrs. Loyd Kent, T. E.
Layfield, W. H. McQuary,
Roy Pryor, Bob Ragland,
A. H. Rawlins, John Sea-
le, Kenny Sessions,
Marie Smith, Sally Tho-
mas.
The following students
were on the honor roll
for the first six' weeks.
Those on the all 90*s
honor roll are: Jay Col-
vin, Dale Tarkington,
Leslie Ragsdale, Keri
Fields, Karen Goodwin,
Russell Anderson, Julia
Thornton, Alisa Congle-
ton, Julie Worley, Pam
Stephens, Lesle Orn, St-
ephanie Baker, Catherine
Choate, Jaymi Ezell, Ro-
ckie Lewis, Julie Grimes
and Leslie Paul.
Those with all 90’s ex-
cept one grade in the
80's are: Chuck Tolliver
Amy Evans, Sharon Horn-
buckle, Christy Tolliver
Titus Thompson, Lillian
Moss, Bobby Almendarez,
Regina Cloud, Kelly Kil-
crease, Anthony Arthus,
Jana Kelley, Pamela St-
range, Teresa Foreman,
Amy Simcik and Chris
Lassiter.
Exciting plans for the
annual Christmas celebr-
ation were presented
Monday night to the local
Chamber of Commerce.
Juanita Bullard, a mem-
ber of the planning com-
mittee, listed several
new items for the agend-
a. (Other members of
the committee are Gene
Bullard, Homer Gene Was-
son, Burton Sneed and
Frances Collins.)
To start things off,
the Chamber approved a
kick-off breakfast to be
held in the Fellowship
Hall of First Baptist
Church. The Kiwanians
have agreed to prepare
the meal of eggs, sausa-
ge, biscuits and coffee.
The price will be $3 and
reservations will be ne-
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eded.
The Kerens Volunteer
Fire Department has also
agreed to prepare a bar-
be-que lunch. They will
receive a percentage of
the profit. They will be
serving a sandwich, ch-
ips, beans and a drink
for $U.50 and $2.$0 for
a child's plate. The a-
dult tickets will be
entered into the draw-
ings after the meal. The
old Kerens Flower Shop
will be used for this
meal.
Tentative plans call
for two drawings, as
in the past, with cash
prizes and donated items
being given away. Local
merchants will be con-
tacted, soon for their
donations of prizes or
cash.
Lloyd Smith and Burton
Sneed will be in charge
of the bicycle rodeo,
which will begin at 9 a.
m. First prizes will be
bikes, donated by First
State Bank and R. A.
Bain Insurance and Real
Estate. Second places
prizes will be basket-
balls donated by Kerens
Auto and \ The Kerens
Tribune. For third place
the prizes will be wat-
ches donated by Hilliard
Drugs and R. E. Logan,
Chamber President. Deta-
ils of the rodeo will
be released later.
Plans call for a youth
and an adult choir to
perform. Henry Edgington
will be in charge of
these. The Sweet Adelines
have indicated that they
may be available again
this year.
.Mrs. Bullard also repor-
ted that McKee Lumber
Company of Malakoff and
Hays Hoskins Lumber Com-
pany of Kerens have do-
nated materials which
will be used to build a
platform.
The platform, which will
be in sections for easy
storage, will be used
for the drawing and other
public communications.
The Kerens Garden Club
will again be sponsoring
a window decorating con-
test with ribbons being
awarded the winners.
There are also plans
for pictures to be taken
of children with Santa.
First State Bank of Ker-
ens will be footing the
cost of this venture
with the proceeds going
to the Chamber.
Another new idea is for
a Santa's Helper Program
and the way it will
work is: local residents
will be asked to brine:
a toy (for children up
to 12 years of age) and/
or food items. The week-
end prior to Christmas,
an anonymous committee
will select families to
be recipients of these
items and they will be
delivered that weekend.
The arts and crafts area
of the celebration is ex-
pected to be a big draw-
ing card. Booths will be
open from 9 a.m. til A: 30
p.m.; there will be a $10
booth fee for an 8 X 10
space. Items will be lim-
ited to handcrafted
goods. Foods will be ac-
ceptable except for sand-
wiches, fast food items
and drinks.
Santa will make his ap-
pearance in the afterno-
on again this year and
it is hoped that the Ker-
ens band will also be
available.
With the whole celebra-
tion being in the plan-
nings stages, all items
are subject to change
and will be reported on
as time goes by.
The directors, under the
leadership of President
Logan, voted Mrs. Bullard
and the other members of
the committee a vote of
"thanks" for their effo-
i rts.
Secretary Nora Lee May
reported that Burton Sn-
eed had donated $100 to-
wards the remodeling pro-
ject and that the bal-
ance owed is now at $500.
She also announced that
Mrs. Collins had been in-
strumental in securing.
Marriott Mobil Homes as
a new member.
R. A. Bain and Steve
Arthus reported that they
are still looking for a
speaker for the annual
banquet.
Mrs. May reminded those
present that the next
meeting, November 19,
will continue the reports
on celebration plans.
KERENS BOBCATS OVERPOWER
MALAKOFF TIGERS, 51-0
submitted
The Kerens Bobcat expr-
ess continued to roll
this past Friday at the
pit in Malakoff as they
stomped the Tigers 51-0
for their first district
win and uped their sea-
son record to A-2.
They scored three times
in the opening quarter
—and it was Lester Sm-
ith's show. Kent Jett
kicked true on all three
extra points. In the se-
cond quarter Kerens sc-
» ored a safety as Billy
Martin fell on a Malakoff
» player in his end zone.
Russell Anderson got the
'Cats last touchdown be-
fore half time when he
scored on a three-yard
run and Jett kicked rout-
inely, the extra point,
running the score up to
30-0 at the half.
The second half opened
when Anderson tossed a
ten yard strike to Ricky
Layfield for the score
and the PAT was good.
The score was boosted to
AA-0 when Anderson ran
around right end for 55
yards and a TD. The final
TD was when freshman Kel-
ly Kilcrease got his first
score of the year on a
15 yard run. Jett ran
his extra streak of the
game to seven as the
scoring ended at 51-0.
The 'Cat’s offense was
led by Bobby Almendarez,
Chad Marion, Billy Mart-
in, Bobby Washington,
Larry Bell, Stanley Wil-
liams and Anderson's bl-
ocking up front. Smith
led the backs with seven
carries for llA yards,
followed closely by And-
derson with 13 carries
and 112 yards. He passed
for 11A yards.
On defense the leaders
were Jerry Graham, Will-
iams and Kilcrease at
their linebacker spots
and Marion, Layfield
and Brad Gallaway. Lay-
field had a field day as
he intercepted three pas-
ses to go with Bell's
one.
They will seek their
second district victory
this Friday as they tra-
vel to Palmer.
All fans are encouraged
to wear green and travel
to Palmer to support
the Bobcats.
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The Kerens Junior Vars-
ity warmed up the play-
ing field for the varsi-
ty game as they scored
36 first-half points
for a victory.
They got their first
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York, Donna. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1984, newspaper, October 18, 1984; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591698/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Kerens Public Library.