The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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1978 Junior Rodeo
Has Very Close Finish
The Reagan County 4-H Club
Rodeo ended in its closest finish
ever Saturday night with two-2
way ties, two-3 way ties, and one-4
way tie for honors.
The All Around Cowboy for the
rodeo was Cody Everett ?nd he
was the winner of a Donahue Sad-
dle donated by Globe Well Ser-
vice. Cody came in tied in the sub
junior boys category with Brad
Jenkins and Cody won the flip.
The Junior Boy All Around winner
was Louis Bunger. The Senior All
Around winner was Casey David-
son.
Brad Jenkins, Cody Everett,
and Louis Bunger all came in tied
with 12 points each for the title of
the All Around Cowboy of the 1978
Reagan County 4-H Club Rodeo.
Cody was the lucky cowboy of this
group also and he won the honor
on the flip of a coin.
The Sub-Junior Girl belt buckle
was won by Donna Comer on the
flip of a coin after she came in
tied with Sunnie Harris. Sheri
Wiedebusch won the Junior Girl
All Around belt buckle.
The Senior Girl All Around
buckle was won by Jill Schnee-
man. Jill won on a flip after com-
ing in tied with Gay Burns and
Pam Luce.
The All Around Cowgirl of the
Rodeo was also decided on the
flip of a coin. Jill Schneemann,
Gay Burns, Pam Luce, and Sheri
Weidebusch all came in tied with
12 points each. Gay Bums
won the flip and she also won the
saddle and the Best All Around
Cowgirl of 1978.
The saddles were donated by
Globe Well Service. The buckles
were donated by Val Verde Ser-
vices, Inc.; Schaible's Grocery,
Big Lake Lumber Co. and Western
Auto Store, Glasscock Chevrolet,
D. D. Poynor Construction Co.,
Oil Field Maintenance, and State
Wide Hot Oilers, Inc.
Hamilton Scott (center) presented Jill Schneemann with the Max
Schneemann, Jr., Memorial Buckle at the Reagan County 4-H Club Ro-
deo and David Felton received the J. D. Armstrong Memorial Buckle.
The buckles were donated In memory of Schneemann and Armstrong,
two local men who during their lifetimes worked to make the 4-H Club
and Rodeo the success It Is today.
(Wildcat Photo)
Glancing Around
by David Worst
Here is something which I
found to be interesting if you 're in
the mood to keep up with it. It
has to do with city government but
nothing to do with any individual
members of the present City
Council. The present City Council
is made up of aggressive and pro-
gressive people doing a good job.
But, are they representative of
the town?
Yes, they probably are rep-
resentative of most of the com-
munity but I'll bet they miss spots
here and there because: They
never go there - they don't live
there-their friends don't live
there. That is not saying that a
council member wouldn't help
someone in another part of town.
All that says is that a council
person who does not live on the
west side of town might be una-
ware of some of the concerns and
needs of westside people.
What 1 am talking about is di-
viding the town into places or
wards and then electing someone
who lives in that particular area to
a place on the council. The county
does it that way and calls the pla-
ces precincts. And the person
elected from the precinct is rep-
resenting his area as well as the
best interest of the county. The
school district does it that way
also. School board members are
elected to places according to
where they live or they are elec-
ted at large.
Any city or town not divided
into places or wards that elects its
alderman at large may passs an or-
dinance 60 days prior to any regu-
lar city election to provide that al-
dermen should be elected by the
place system. Then, as soon as
possible after the enactment of the
ordinance the City Council would
assign place numbers to the offi-
ces of aldermen then held by the
incumbents. After that, as terms
of incumbent aldermen expire any
candidate would file for a specific
place on the council such as, "Al-
derman Place No. 1", "Alderman
Place No. 2", and so on.
There would be some problems
to work out such as elections and
so forth but it could work that way
very easily. I'm not advocating
that the council adopt such a pro-
cedure but it is something to think
about.
The 75th Birthday Party for Rea-
gan County turned out to be a suc-
cess despite the fact that not a
whole lot of people were present.
There should have been more
publicity but there just wasn't.
The people that made the party
and following auction a success
were Larry Settle, VFW Post 3216
Auxilliary, Maurine McReavy,
Andy Glassock, Jim Sartor, J. B.
Bitner, Jr., Dale Fisher, Judy
Claytofi and all who attended the
auction. Larry Settle especially
deserves a lot of credit as he at-
tended to a lot of the small details
City Dog Pound Now On
Daily Operating Basis
If you own a dog - and if that dog
is not hanging around your place
anymore - you might just ought to
check the brand new City of Big
Lake Animal Shelter. The pound
has been in operation only a few
days but all pens are full of one or
more animals.
The City Council has worked
steadily for several years but
never had a system that worked
until now. The ordinance regu-
lates the keeping of dogs in the
city of Big Lake and specifically it
prohibits dogs from running at
large. City officials say that dogs
running at large will be impound-
ed to protect local residents and
ranchers.
The city has hired an Animal
Control Officer to impound dogs
running loose in the city. The
dogs will be kept for three working
days and if they are not claimed
then they will be destroyed. In
order to claim a dog the owner
must pay a pound fee of $2.00 for
each and every dog of his im-
pounded and an additional fee of
one dollar.
Persons wishing to purchase a
dog from the animal shelter must
contact the Animal Control Offi-
cer . After the proper waiting per-
iod, if the dog remains unclaimed,
anyone may redeem or purchase
an animal by paying all applicable
fees and have the animal licensed.
Wimberley — Gossett
Win Golf Tournament
Melvin Wimberley and Jamie
Gossett of Rankin took champion-
ship honors at Big Lake Golf As-
sociation ' s Annual Couples
Tournament. The Wimberley-
Gossett duo had a total point ac-
cumulation of 217. Emil Jost and
Millie Harrison from San Angelo
were second with a 211, and John-
nie and Lanelle Guilker from An-
drews and Jim and Jimmie White
rounded up the scoring in the
championship flight.
Raymond and Mary Meacham
from San Angelo won first flight
trophies. Second was Jerry Davis
and Mary Tucker from Big Lake;
third was R. L. and Evelyn McKin-
ney from Big Lake and third was
Clyde and Lorene Parry from
Barnhart.
Bob and Jo Green from McCam-
ey won the second flight followed
by J. H. and Ester Guilker from
Colorado City. Third in the second
flight were Nolan and Gail B&gley
and fourth was Gregory and Mary
Powell.
Twenty eight teams competed
in the local tournament which had
a few other events. Wade Daugh-
erty captured honors for the long-
est drive for the men and Millie
Harrison had the longest drive for
the women, Clyde Parry won clo-
sest to pin for the men and Lanelle
Guilker for the women.
Wildcat Inquiry
Cody Everett won the Best All Around trophy at the Reagan County
4-H Club Rodeo on the flip of a coin after coming In tied In points earned
with two other cowboys. Brad Jenkins, Cody Everett, and Louis Bunger
all finished up with 12 points towards the All Around title but Everett
won the title as well as a brand new Donahue Saddle donated by Globe
Well Service. Pictured L-R are Louis Bunger, A. C. (Rusty) Clayton of
Globe, Cody Everett, and Brad Jenkins.
(Wildcat Photo)
Joyce Injured In Ranch Accident
After hearing several comments
on the subject of the Cable Tele-
vision Company here in Big Lake
and after hearing complaints on
reception and a lack of available
channels, The Wildcat did some
checking around and found out
some interesting developments in
our Cable TV watching future.
A City Franchise Ordinance was
granted to Western Communica-
tion Service on May 11, 1976 for a
period of 10 years. Since May 11,
1976, Western Communication
has been the only Cable Company
in town, but they have given rea-
sonably good service although not
much in the way of program
choice. The local tube watcher
must look at ABC, NBC and CBS
programming, which at certain
times, left a lot to be desired.
The Wildcat called W. L. An-
derson of Western Communica-
tions in San Angelo to ask him
about the possibility of more
channels and he said that "We
are working toward that end."
Anderson said that his company
was in the process of hooking up
with a satellite that would give lo-
cal people very good service.
There will possibly be one re-
ligious channel and possibly 2 en-
tertainment channels. The enter-
tainment channels frequently
and he personally put on the
Greased Pig Catching Contest
which was enjoyed by all. Con-
gressional Candidate Nelson Wolff
was also in attendance with his son
Kevin. Wolff was high bidder on
the prize winning decorated cake
the VFW ladies entered in the dec-
orating contest. The Baby Crawl
was probably the funniest event
and the loudest.
show old movies late into the night
and early moming-sometimes
staying on all night. Anderson
cautioned The Wildcat against
quoting him on any date set for
installation of these services but
he guessed it would be within
60-90 days. He is unsure about
the time because of FCC regula-
tions and waiting on parts.
One Wildcat subscriber wanted
to know "Why we can't have
Home Box Office' and we asked
Anderson about that. Home Box
Office is a channel that shows
first run movies just like at a
theatre with no commercial in-
terruptions. Anderson said HBO
will not be available unless the
people of Big Lake want it."
We asked him how many people
would have to sign up for HBO in
advance for us to get that service
here and he said 300. So, If local
people want HBO all they have to
do is ask for it. Those interested
may either drop a short note to the
Wildcat indicating who they are
and if they are present cable sub-
scribers and that they want HBO
or - they may drop a note in their
next cable payment envelope.
So, there are the coming de-
velopments for T.V. watchers.
Several new channels, maybe
HBO, and all night old movies.
What more could you ask for?
The Weather
Rain
High
Low
July 20
100
73
July 21
101
71
July 22
98
70
July 23
%
70
July 24 .20
100
64
July 25 .06
90
66
Julv 26
97
69
Rain for July .90
Rain for Year 8.29
Larry Joyce of Big Lake suffered
critical injuries about 7:30 a.m.
Sunday morning when a horse
pitched and threw him off and
then came down on him while still
pitching. The accident occurred
on the ranch of his uncle, Weldon
Joyce, 25 miles south of Fort
Stockton out the Sanderson high-
way. Larry was helping in the
shipping of cattle when the horse
he mounted began pitching for
reasons unknown. He was taken
to Pecos Memorial Hospital in
Fort Stockton where he was opera-
ted on about noon Sunday. His
spleen was ruptured and had to
be removed. He also suffered five
broken ribs, a bruised kidney,
bruised liver, and bruised lung.
He was in intensive care the first
part of the week but now is pro-
gressing satisfactorily. His wife,
Cindy, and parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Joyce, have been there with
him.
L-R Louis Bunger, Brad Jenkins, and Casey Davidson won top honors
In their divisions at the Reagan County 4-H Club Rodeo. Bunger won
the Jr. Boy All Around title, Jenkins came In tied for the Sub Junior All
Around title but lost on a flip, and Davidson won the Senior Boy All
Around trophy. (Wildcat Photo)
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1978, newspaper, July 27, 1978; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615071/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.