The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1966 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XLI
BIG LAKE, REAG \N COUNTY, TEXAS (76932), SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 Single Copy — 10c , NUMBER 3#
Big Lake Downtown Park
December 1965 - A Drab Eyesore
September 1966 - A Soothing 'Spot Of Green'
The before and after scenes town property. A common noted by City equipment
pictured above are a gratify- enough occurence, but unus- cleaning up the premises,
ing comparison to Reagan ual in its location. The first County equipment hauled in
County citizens, especially stirring of alarm increased in about 14 loads of good soil
since enjoying the “spot of the summer and fall of 1965 and leveled the grounds,
green" while driving through j when the crumbling remains Planting began in April and
town this summer. j of five decades in history was will continue until ultimate
The first was snapped in being removed, slowly but goals of the gardeners have
December, 1965 shortly after
it was realized that razing
and salvage was complete on
the old landmark, the Big
Lake Hotel. The site is now
the Downtown Park located
at the center intersection of
downtown Big Lake, and its
improvement means more to
home town folk than just a
garden spot now seen by tour-
ists.
It stands as a monument
to community pride.
Its development into a
beautiful downtown area
shows the interest and coop-
eration of Reagan County and
the City of Big Lake manpow-
er and equipment with aid
gradually. During the winter been reached.
months when the West Texas A completed picture of the I in.
Rankin Devils Burn
3ig Lake Owls, 23-0
By John Werst
The fired-up Rankin Red
Devils were cooking on all
burners as they scorched the
Owls of Reagan County High
School by a score of 23-0. We
have it on good authority
that last Friday night marked
the first time that Rankin
ever beat Big Lake in high
school football.
Rankin had a strong, fast
team with 10 seniors and one
junior in the starting lineup
besides being psyched up for
the game, played before a full
home stadium of cheering
fans. A strong Rankin kicker
kept Big Lake bottled up in its
own territory with poor field
position.
Elg Lake’s story was mainly
or.c of Individual mistakes,
a-ucial fumbles, intercepted
passes, and poor field posi-
tion. These frustrating cir-
cumstances were probably due
to lack of experience against
an older team and the neces-
sity of taking chances to get
on the scoreboard.
However, the Owls, out-
weighed man for man, had a
great team effort and stayed
in there fighting all the way.
The Owl defense threw Rank-
in for losses 8 times and stop-
ped Rankin drives two times
at the 20 and 11 yard lines
and forced the Devils to set-
tle for a field goal at the 9
yard line another time. The
Cwl offense mounted one big
threat to the Rankin 17 yard
line that was stymied by pen-
alties. Also one drive that
passed midfield and 3 other
drives that reached midfield
were stopped by intercepted
passes Two fumbles and two
more interceptions frustrat-
ed other Big Lake possessions.
In the first quarter, Rankin
took advantage of a Big Lake
fumble on the play after
opening kickoff at the Owl
15 yard line and Wayne Hale
broke over for the touchdown
from the 15 on Rankin’s first
play. Joe Clark kicked the
point to make it 7-0 for Rank-
northers added more junk to park includes another center
the pile of debris, more con- „ ___ , _ , ,
cerned townspeople finally of West, T?xas shrubs
faced the fact that a new fnd "at‘ve Plantf arranged
structure wouldn't replace ln * Afferent design for the
the old hotel, and that the s°utheast c°™er of the space.
vacancy downtown would re- Jhen more dlscutsslon c*n;
main s0 ters on a downtown clock
Concrete action for doing *bat can be serv‘cet to both
something about the situation tba comrnunity and travelers
was initiated in February by a Ike'
the Reagan Garden Club. The I Enough has already been
group was fortified by assur- I accomplished to show public-
ance of help from many re- j ty what pride, interest and
sources and it put into action cooperation a community sus-
the expressed wishes of a con- tains in a common endeavor,
cerned township. Its first Tourists passing through
step was in obtaining written i gain a close view of West
permission from the property Texas native plants simply
for further improvement owner who stated that plans by parking about five minutes
coming from funds and other
resources of private citizens,
for resale were in the far dis- ; along the curb on Highway
tant future. From then on j 67. Natives enjoy the trans-
work proved a pleasure for formation of caliche and
local companies and business
firms i
those actively engaged in grass seeds combined with
The community was left; overseeing the beautification i about 35 inches of water, a
with the eyesore pictured J of the site. j "spot of green” 140 x 50 ft. in
above because of an out-of-' When weather permitted i an area with annual rainfall
town investor in the down- the first improvement was | of 14 inches.
Dr. Hagard Guest Of Owl Booster Club Punt, Pass & Kick
Delta Kappa Gamma To Meet Monday Nite Date October 15
Delta Kappa Gamma of
the Texas Gamma Gamma
Chapter, was host for a tea
held Saturday afteroon, Sep-
tember 24, from 2:30—4 p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall of the
First Methodist Church.
Dr. Lara Hagard, director of
Midland-Odessa Symphony,
was guest speaker. His sub-
ject was “Creativity in West
Texas”. He stressed the nec-
essity of a teacher helping
children develop talents to
the greatest potentialities.
The business session was
presided over by Mrs. Mabel
Brown of Crane.
McCamey, Iraan, Rankin,
Crane and Big Lake were re-
presented by 42 members
present, and numerous guests.
Next week only the Reagan
County Owl Booster Club will
meet on Monday night, Oct.
3, due to the Chamber of
Commerce banquet set for
Tuesday night in the school
cafeteria. Time is 7:30 p.m.
Fresident Jim Newsome
said that all persons interest-
ed are invited to the Owl
Booster meetings.
Business included approval
of the ordering of ball point
pens with the Owl basketball
schedule imprinted on them,
and the ordering of Owl de-
cals for cars and windows.
Scouting and game reports
were given by the coaches
and a film was shown.
Texas has 45.6% of all U.S.
oil reserves.
| The Punt, Pass & Kick
j competition sponsored nat-
] ionally by the Ford Dealers
j of America and the National
Football League will be held
in Big Lake Saturday, Octo-
ber 15, at 9:00 a.m. The date
of October 8 was announced
last week by Boone Motor Co.,
local Ford dealer, but has
been changed to October 15.
M. H. Boone, owner of
Boone Motor Co., stated that
all area boys 8 through 13
years of age are invited to
come in and register any time
through October 7.
The PP&K competition will
be held at the high school
football field, and boys will
be judged on distance and
accuracy of their punting,
passing and kicking.
Later in the first quarter,
QB Billy Brown passed to end
Earlex Williams on a 31 yard
touchdown play. Clark again
kicked and Rankin was rol-
ling on, 14-0.
In the second quarter, the
Owls got tough, forced Rank-
in to punt and mounted their
own drive to Rankin’s 17 on
Wade Daugherty’s passing to
Robbie Luxton for 12 and to
Eddie Burkett for 23 on roll-
out patterns. However, penal-
ties stopped the Owls and also
called back a Danny Love run
to the 6 yard line.
Rankin took over and
marched to the Owl 9 yard
line on the fine running of
HB Wayne Hale and QB Billy
Brown. The Owls again got
tough and threw Hale for 7
yards losses, but Clark sal-
vaged a field goal for Rankin
to make it 17-0.
After the halftime kickoff,
Big Lake drove out over mid-
field to the Red Devil 39 yard
stripe on the long runs of
halfbacks Dick Miller and
Eddie Burkett before Daugh-
erty’s pass was intercepted by
Ronald Ivey.
Rankin started from there
on its last scoring expedition.
After moving to the Owl 6
yard line on the passing of
Brown, the catching of Jim
Pettit, and the running of
Hale, the 195 pound Gary Up-
ham crashed through 6 yards
for the touchdown. The kick
failed and the scoring ended
at 23-0 for Rankin.
There was action to come,
however, as in the remaining
time of the third and all the
fourth quarter, the Owls and
Devils battled up and down.
Big Lake showed tough and
I exciting play by gambling on
' fourth down tries, long passes,
| and trick plays trying to score
while successfully staving off
I Rankin thrusts deep in Big
Owls Travel To
Alpine Friday Night
Chester H. Lauck
Lauak toed Speaker
Far Chamber Banquet
Chester H. Lauck, executive
assistant to the Chairman of
the Board of Continental Oil
Company, will be the feature
speaker at the Big Lake
Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet. The third annual ban-
quet will be held in the Rea-
gan County School Cafeteria
on Tuesday, October 4, at 7:30
p.m.
Mr. Lauck gained fame as
“Lum” of the “Lum and Ab-
ner” radio and movie team
which was very popular from
1£31 to 1955. He has been in
great demand as an after
dinner speaker in the 11 years
since his retirement from
show business and travels
coast to coast more than 130,
000 miles per year for Conoco.
An important list of radio
“firsts” underscores the pop-
ularity of "Lum and Abner”.
They made the first major
network broadcast from Rad-
io City in New York in 1933,
the first marathon broadcast
for charity (more than 12
hours), the initial show for
the Mutual radio network,
and the first international
broadcast by a radio team.
Lake territory around the 20
and 11 yard lines.
The running of Dick Miller
and the passing of Wade
Daugherty to Miller, Ray Sol-
omon, and Robert Howard
marked big plays for the
Cwl’s last 3 possessions, but
interceptions by Rankin stop-
ped the Big Lake bids to drive
and score.
The standout players for
the Owls on defense noticed
most for their aggressiveness,
desire, and never - give - up
spirit were linebacker James
Ratliff, guard Phil Arms, end
A1 Barnes, and cornerbacks
Ray Solomon and Dick Miller.
The defensive secondary has
matured somewhat in three
games, is doing better de-
fending the pass and will im-
prove more during the season.
The Owl Band won the
halftime battle of the bands
with a fine show and good
sound as a result of much
work and practice.
The football boys are work-
ing and trying hard. The fans
and townspeople are aware of
that and are proud of their
efforts. They know that now
the team is able to make big
plays on 1 or 2 downs of each
4 down series and that soon
this year the team will make
3 and 4 good plays each series,
get on the victory trail, and
have a big say so in District
8-AA.
Mr. Lauck has been success-
ful in business and civic af-
fairs, having served as presi-
dent of the Lions Club, of the
; Retail Credit Association, and
| as a director of the Chamber
! of Commerce, all in Mena,
Arkansas. He was manager of
the Citizen’s Finance Corpor-
ation and associated with the
Union Bank, both also in
Mena.
Lauck’s present business
success is serving as a direct-
or of the American Capitol
Life Insurance Company of
Houston besides his duties
with Continental Oil Co. He
has received an Honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from
the Atlanta Law School.
Mr. Lauck can combine a
serious message with humor
as evidenced by a Freedom
Foundation Award for a
speech entitled “The Eleventh
Hour”. A rewardiing evening
will be had by all who hear
Chester Lauck.
The new Chamber officers
and directors will be intro-
duced to the members at the
banquet program. The new
officers for the Big Lake
1966-67 are: Charles Jackson,
president; Dr. Royce White-
field, vice-president; and Mrs.
June Jameson, secretary.
The newly elected directors
are: Gaylon Solomon, Ike
Chaffin, Joe Johnston, Dick
McReavy, Stanley Turner,
Glen Preas, Mrs. June Jame-
son and Dr. Whitefield. Tom-
my Hayes was appointed to
fill the one-year term vacated
by Amos Floyd.
Big Lake’s Reagan Owls
travel to Alpine FYiday night
for the District 6AA football
opener for both teams. The
Alpine Bucks, defending dis-
trict champs, Will field an-
other strong team with
quarterback George Gonzales
leading a long list of veterans
back from last year’s team.
Game time is 7:30 p. m.
The Bucks have the heavi-
est and most experienced
team in the district and are
heavily favored, to retain the
Eistrict 6AA championship.
The Bucks opened this season
with a loss to Monahans, 29-6,
but since have defeated two
other AAA opponents, Pecos
33-14. and Fort Stockton 33-3.
The Owls opened with a
victory over Iraan 28-6, and
have lost their last two games,
Ozona 0-33 and Rankin 0-23.
The Owls are in fairly good
shape physically with the ex-
ception of George Wright who
is out with an injured foot.
Following is the Owl roster:
Reagan Juniors Win
Over Iraan, 46-22
Reagan Junior High Owls
defeated Iraan Junior High
46-22, here last Thursday aft-
ernoon in the second game
of the season and their first
win. Dickie Duesing and Dan-
ny Curtis led the Junior Owls
with two touchdowns each.
Curtis also ran over two
extra point conversions for
four points, and Duesing car-
ried over one conversion for
two points. Clifford Anderson
and Arthur Puentez scored
one touchdown each.
Jamie Ellison passed to
Charles Cobb for a 2-point
conversion, and Ellison ran
over one 2-point conversion.
In the Owl “B” team game
which followed, the Iraan “B”
Braves defeated the “B” Owls
14-6. James Watson scored
the Owls lone touchdown on
a pass from David Chapman.
No. Name
Pos.
Wt.
10
Joe Barnes .....
QB
129
12
Danny Love____
QB
138
14
‘Wade Daugherty QB
156
20
Robbie Luxton ,.
HB
133
22
Larry Black____
HB
125
23
‘Eddie Burkett ..
HB
155
as
‘Ray Solomon ..
WB
125
40
‘Dick Miller.....
HB
130
41
Bobby Ferguson
HB
147
50
‘Mike Hooker . .
. C
155
SO
‘Phil Arms ......
. G
160
62
Harville Settle .
..G
140
64
Tobe Browder ..
G
168
66
Mike George ...
. G
150
68
Nelson Newsome
G
140
70
‘Gary Miles .....
. T
170
73
John Watson ...
. T
190
74
•Mike Hale ......
G
195
76
‘James Ratliff ..
T
169
<’’()
James Watson .,
. E
147
84
‘Robert Howard .
.. E
158
82
George Wright .
E
155
83
*A1 Barnes......
.. E
175
86
Juan Levario ...
. E
134
87
Billy Pettit .....
. E
155
‘Probable starters.
New Cars On Display
Today and Tomorrow
New Chevrolets and Olds-
mobiles go on display today
at Glasscock Chevrolet Co.
with a new Camaro line being
featured in addition to other
Chevrolet models. Norman
Guess, manager of Glasscock
Chevrolet invites the public
to come in and look over the
new 1967 models.
Tomorrow at Boone Motor
Co. the new 1967 Fords, Mus-
tangs, Fairlanes, Falcons and
Mercuries go on display for
officially showing the 1967
line of models. M. H. Boone
issues an invitation to come
by, visit and see the 1967 Ford
Motor Co. cars.
Partnership Golf
Tourney Oct. 1-2
A Partnership Golf Tourna-
ment is set for the week end
by the Big Lake Golf Associa-
tion. Partnership teams will
play 18 holes Saturday and
27 holes Sunday. It is planned
to make this Fall Partner-
ship Tourney an annual af-
fair.
Entry fee is $20 per team.
Een Hogan woods will be a-
warded flight winners, and
golf bags will go to second
and third place in each flight.
A barbecue will be held
Saurday night. R. L. McKin-
ney, greens committee chair-
man is in charge of the tour-
nament.
SNELSON SPEAKER AT
LIONS CLUB TODAY
State Senator Pete Snelson
of Midland will be the guest
speaker at the Reagan County
Lions Club at noon today.
Senator Snelson will pre-
sent a program on the 16 pro-
posed amendments to the
Texas Constitution which will
be voted on November 8. He
' will discuss the background
1 and significance of each.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1966, newspaper, September 29, 1966; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth659722/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.