Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012 Page: 1 of 12
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May 17,2012
Issue 20
Urcfjer C ountp i^etos
500
□ Windthorst
and Archer City
boys on to next
round of playoffs
_-Story page 8
Columnist Ryan
Phillips invokes
Aristotle
_-See page 5
LHousing agency
awards $522,000
to replace older
homes, revitalize
neighborhoods
in Holliday
-Story page 7
I Trojanettes
fall to Petrolia in
heartbreaker
se-
ries.
-Story page 9 |
Archer City
Mayor
Ron Jeffries
118
Greg Pollock
79
City Council
Rick Jones
134
Paula Bradley
158
ACISD School Board
(Top 2 vote-getters win.)
Paul Wylie
185
Tracie Williamson
134
David Wuthrich
88
Megargel
Mayor
Kelly D. DeSautel
27
Danny Fails
17
Bruce Messimer, Jr
16
Lakeside City
Mayor
Jim Henson
145
Steve Holloway
101
City Council
District 1 Place 1 East
Michael D. Chap-
147
man
Mike Kirkland
101
City Council
District 2 Place 1 West
Pete Gil
150
Michael Ray
Baxter
89
AC Ambulance Service
receives notable award
Injured ambulance director brought home briefly in new
AC ambulance
The ambulance crew stands by their newly acquired ambulance From left to right:
Jim Bob Crowley, Mike Carriger, Jarrod Greene, Mark Hale, John Whitaker, Jarod
Cook, Pat Bryan, John Miller, Mellisa Srawbridge, Corene Crouse, Carol Crowley, Not
pictured Bill Sokora
Historians seek
to identify, honor
soldiers in Texas
Members of the High Plains Brigade Clarence Pope, Cecil Pope
and Rocky Sprott are on a mission to identify and honor soldiers of
the Confederacy who are buried in Texas.
By Jenny Schroeder
Watch out, Pat. Jim
Bob is driving! The two
head for a group picture
of emergency workers
with the new ambulance.
Thanks to a state emer-
gency grant and insurance
proceeds, the Ambulance
Service was able to replace
the ambulance that was lost
in the recent accident in
Wichita Falls last month.
Ambulance Director Pat
Bryan, pictured right with
Jim Bob Crowley, received
a day pass out of rehab to
celebrate the new ambu-
lance and the award.
BY BARBARA PHILLIPS
The ambulance crew of Archer
City drove to Wichita Falls to
pick up their injured Director
Pat Bryan, and transport him
back to Archer City for a quick
visit, ironically the first patient
in the brand new ambulance.
Archer received a brand new
state-of-the-art full service am-
bulance to be paid for with state
emergency grant money and in-
surance proceeds.
On April 16th the Archer City
Ambulance was in a wreck in
Wichita Falls because of a driver
who failed to yield to an emer-
gency vehicle. The ambulance
had four on board who were
working on a critical patient:
John Miller, William Pettit, Bill
Sokora and Ambulance Direc-
tor Pat Bryan. While all were
injured, Pat Bryan was critically
injured with his back broken in
3 places, numerous fractured
ribs and internal injuries; he
may never walk again.
The Archer Ambulance Ser-
vice just received a coveted
award “Ambulance Service of
the Year” from the North Texas
Regional Advisory Council.
The ambulance crew wanted to
make sure their Director was
with them to share in this award.
At the time of the accident, ap-
parently only Archer City and
another ambulance service were
in contention. The award is
based on many technical factors
from United Regional including
response time, patient care and
services. After the accident, the
support and cohesiveness shown
by the ambulance crew and the
community had a tremendous
impact on the selection commit-
tee, making their final choice an
easy one.
“I know that the accident was
a small factor in the decision
process, but if I had thought that
my injury was the main reason
for the award, I would have
declined it,” Bryan said. “One
year ago our ambulance service
was facing closing down from
lack of funds. The community
of Archer City came through.
Donations and support from
our citizens saved us. We have
made many improvements with
our services. It is the citizens of
Archer City and the dedicated
ambulance crew that got us this
award. It is a tremendous hon-
or.”
Suspects charged in last week’s burglaries
m
Franklin Dewayne Hubbard Billy Frank Self III
After leading authorities on
a high speed chase last Tues-
day, two suspects have been
charged.
Franklin Hubbard was
charged with the following of-
fenses: 2 counts of Burglary,
1 count Manufacture/Delivery
of Controlled Substance, Penal
Group 1 4grams, 1 count Evad-
ing with Motor Vehicle and 1
count Aggravated Assault with
Vehicle on Public Servant. His
total bonds equal $471,500.00.
Billy Self was charged with
the following;: 2 counts of
Burglary of Habitation, 1 count
Manufacture/Delivery of Con-
trolled Substance, Penalty
Group 1 over 4 grams. Total
bonds equal $200,000.00.
Both remain in custody in the
Archer County Jail.
Members of the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans, Texas Divi-
sion, stopped in Archer County
on Monday to get maps and in-
formation before leading a train-
ing seminar in Wichita Falls.
After singing “Happy Birth-
day” and “Dixie” to Tonya
Mooney at the Tax Assessor
Collector’s office, they stopped
in the newspaper office.
Wearing authentic uniforms
of the Confederate Army, the
three “soldiers” explained their
current research mission of a
nation-wide cemetery survey to
find and properly identify and
honor men who served the Con-
federacy.
The goal is to enter identifi-
cation information about these
men into a website database
that anyone can access. They
attempt to locate, among other
things, each Confederate sol-
dier’s full name, his mother’s
maiden name and his wife’s
maiden name. That way a sol-
dier’s burial site can be traced in
multiple ways.
Brigade Coordinator for the
High Plains Rocky Sprott, ex-
plained that they had recently
finished a survey of 48 counties
in the High Plains, logging the
graves of 888 marked Confed-
erate soldiers, 98 “Federalists,”
as they called them, and 2200
“able-bodied men bom between
1800-1851.”
According to Sprott, previous
research has shown that about
75-80% of those able-bodied
men will be proven to be Con-
federate soldiers. Another one
percent or less will be identified
as members of the Union Army.
For now they are gathering in-
formation and making plans to
See Confederate Sons, p2
One down, one to go
With local elections out of the way, early
voting for state primaries begins
There is no rest for the weary
at the County Clerk’s office. Just
as one election comes to a close
(results at left), early voting be-
gins for another.
Due to controversy over re-
districting maps, Texas’ prima-
ry, normally held in February,
was pushed to May 29. That left
County Clerk Karren Winter
with just the weekend to prepare
some voting booths following
the May 12 local election.
They knew well in advance
that this would be a busy time,
and they had everything lined
up to help the process go as
smoothly as possible.
Early voting is underway at
the Archer County Courthouse
Annex in Archer City and at
City Hall in Holliday. For a
sample ballot, see page 11.
Ingram to compete in UIL
social studies
Braydon Ingram of Windthorst
High School will be competing
at the State UIL Academic Meet
in Social Studies on May 22 in
Austin. He placed second in the
Abilene regional competition to
earn a spot at state.
VFD Fireman's Appreciation Day
is this Saturday, May 19. See
page 12 for more information.
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Phillips, Barbara. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012, newspaper, May 17, 2012; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633565/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.