The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1978 Page: 9 of 16
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DECEMBER 21,1978
Christmas Gift Idea!
"The Reagan Countv
Story", a history of Rea-
gan County. For sale at
The Big Lake Wildcat.
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Velour is the most pop-
ular selling fabric for ac-
tive sportswear such as
warm-up suits, because it
is attractive as well as
practical and comfortable,
reports Becky Culp, cloth-
ing specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
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has Christmas party
Notorious Wrong Way Run
jBest Wishes
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May you share the joys
and blessings of this
special holiday time
with your loved ones.
To you all . . . thanks.
May joy and laughter
light up your household
during 1978.
Big Lake
Electric
Maurine and Dick
Terry Page
Ins. Agency
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Globe Well Service,
Inc. held its annual
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day, December 16, at 7:30
p.m. with a dinner for
employees and their wives
at Garaland's Steak
House. Sixty-five were
present.
Following the dinner,
semi-annual safety bonu-
ses, totaling $7,615.34
were presented to twenty-
nine employees by Ken
Soles, Safety Engineer,
to those who had worked
six months without a
disabling injury and had
been with the company for
at least six months.
Special recognition was
given to Joe Chavez who
received the largest safety
bonus.
Frank Sandel stated
this year's bonuses were
the largest ever given, in
IS Vi years in business,
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auu mey were
more than the bonuses
given 6 months ago. He
gave credit to the men for
the growth and success
of the company and
thanked them for promot-
ing safety in their work.
Sandel recognized
twelve men who had com-
pleted the AOSC School of
Management, Motivation
in Midland and Odessa,
for well service employ-
ees. Mike Lopez, one of
the men completing the
school, gave a short
speech on w hat he had
learned and how it could
help the employees.
Employees of Globe
Well Service presented
Sandel with a gift.
First Methodist Church
will hove Candelighting
Service December 24
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Roy Riegels heads for wrong goal line In the IMS Rose Bowl.
PASADENA, CA—There Ui a right way to do things and a
wrong way.
Tiie English drive on the ’wrong" side of the street, aviator
Douglas Corrigan hew the “wrong way" across the Atlantic and
baseball player Jimmy Piersall once ran around the bases the
The First United Meth-
odist Chlirrh of Rio l alre
will have a candlelighting
service Christmas Eve,
December 24. The ser-
vice will begin at 6:30
p.m.
The service, "God with
Us - Christ in Us," was
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The first U.S. census, that of 1790, cost about $44,000,
or just over a penny for each person counted.
May health, happiness and success
be abundantly yours and may good
friends always surround you.
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‘wrong way.”
But none of these exploits, or
any other, match the moat
famous play In the 65-year his-
tory of the Rose Bowl football
game—the “wrong way” run of
Roy Riegels.
It happened in the 1929 Rose
Bowl and the memory of the
infamous play will surely resur-
face as its 50th anniversary oc-
curs at the Jan. 1,1979 game.
Riegels was a Junior roving
defensive center for a Cal team
matched in the New Year’s Day
classic against a strong, un-
beaten Georgia Tech squad.
It was early in the second
quarter of the scoreless contest
when the alert Riegels picked
up a Tech fumble on the 35-
vard line, headed briefly for the
correct end zone, then suddenly
spun and ran towards his own
goal line 65 yards distant.
As the crowd roared at the
unfolding miscue, teammate
Benny Lorn took off after his
confused colleague. He finally
caught him, dragging him down
by the arm at the one-yard line.
The damage was done and Cal
had the ball in precarious field
position.
Cal coach Nibs Price told Lorn
to quick kick the ball away, but
In the hurry, his punt was
blocked out of the end zone for
a two-point safety. The score at
halftime was Tech 2. Cal 0.
Both teams exchanged touch-
downs in the second half, with
Tech missing its extra point try.
Although the embarrassed and
forelom Riegels came back to
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play an Inspired game, his ef-
forts weren't good enough as his
team lost, 8-7. Had it not been
for his goof which led to Tech's
safety. Cal would have won, 7-6.
There have been many expla-
nations as to why Riegels
headed in the wrong direction.
Including those claiming a blow
to the head during the play
made him groggy and disori-
ented. Riegels refuted these,
saying at the time:
"It was a terrible boner. I
don't know what happened. I
can’t even think of a decent
alibi. I Just bounced out with
the ball, saw a pair of goal posts,
and headed for them.”
"Wrong Way" Riegels. who
now runs a fertilizer business in
the northern California town of
Woodland, has never been able
to forget his faux pas.
"I suppose I could suffer over
what happened long ago, but
I’m not the kind who suffers,”
he reflected recently. "I guess
I could hide from it too. but
I'm not about to hide. I’ve al-
ways worked hard to do the
best I can. The way I see It. If I
hadn't been trying. I wouldn't
have been on that football field
in the first place. What hap-
pened Is Just one of those things
in life you have to accept.”
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May Christmas bring
to you a fair share of
all good things.
Warner Lear
Exxon Station
prepared by Durward Mc-
Cord The service in-
cludes the singing of Ad-
vent and Christmas
hymns, the reading of the
Old Testament prophecy
and the Christmas story
from the New Testament,
a brief message by the
pastor, and the candle-
lighting ceremony.
"It is an impressive ser-
vice that prepares us to
celebrate Christmas in the
right spirit," the Rev.
Joseph M. Scott, pastor,
stated. Everyone is invit-
ed.
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And all the world is bright
and cheerful. May your holiday
be one to long remember.
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to all our friends, old and new.
May your holiday be one to remember
in all the years to come.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1978, newspaper, December 21, 1978; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615089/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.