The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971 Page: 2 of 8
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The Archer County News
PuWiehed at Archer City, Texas, 7*351, weakly except the le»t
Second class postage paid at Archer City. Texas, 76351
Subscription rates: $3 50 in county and adjoining counties
and $5 00 elsewhere.___
Any erroneous reflection on the character, reputation or
standing of any person, firm or corporation which may appear
in The News will be gladly corrected If brought to the atten-
tion of the publisher.
TEX
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PRESS ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971
Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Bot Canada
and Mrs. Noel Holt. The Ar-
cherites and Alaskian families
will be joined in Homer by Mrs.
Canada’s father, MelfordHedg-
lin erf Ravenna, Neb. The lo-
cals will return home June 23.
and sons. Lewayne and Bobby,
left June 1 for Homer, Alaska,
where they will be several days
visiting with Mrs. Canada’s sis-
ter, Eileen Wythe and family
and her aunt and uncle, Mr.
The Canada son, Michael, re-
mained in Archer City with his
grandmother, Gertrude Du-
gan.
A REPORT FtOM YOUR
County Agent
w hen a plant wants nitrogen,
it doesn’t care if the source is
a compost pile, steer manure
or a granulated commercial
fertilizer out of a crisp, clean
bag. To a plant, nitrogen is
nitrogen, and it doesn’t care
where it comes from.
The question erf organic ver-
sus inorganic or commercial
sources of fertilizer nutrients
is raised periodically. It is now
of interest again because erf the
organic food fad and the con-
cern about pollution of waters
with nitrate.
Despite claims, these fads
do not have a scientific basis
in the chemical and biological
happenings of a system in-
volving soils and plants.
Nitrogen is an essential con-
stituent erf all living cells -
plant and animal. Plants obtain
their nitrogen almost entirely
from ammonium or nitrate
forms, both organic.
Plants cannot tell the dif-
ference between nitrate from
inorganic fertilizers and nitrate
derived from compost, manure,
or any other "natural” source.
Scotland CMS
To Sponsor
Summer Project
The St. Boniface Christian
Mothers Society met for their
regular monthly meeting at the
Knights of Columbus Home June
10, with Mrs. Edna Krahl, pre-
sklent, presiding.
Several items of business was
on the agenda and again mem-
bers were reminded of the sum-
mer project. This program is
all children, Catholic and pro-
testant alike, from ages six
through 12 will be held daily.
Mrs. Robert Geis is chairman
of the project and will need as-
sistance.
Mrs. Lloyd Schreiber and
Mrs. Lawrence Schlabs are del-
egates to the State League Con-
vention in San Angelo July 16-
18. Alternates will be Mrs.
Edna Krahl and Mrs. S. E. Mc-
Donald.
Mrs. Krahl will be the chauf-
feur this week for ladies wish-
ing to go to the rest home to
make visits. Everyone is re-
minded to turn in their coupons
and gift coupons.
Personal
Saturday overnight guest in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. D.
Byrne was Vera Blair of 01-
ney. The Byrnes and Mrs. Blair
attended Sunday services at
West View Methodist Church,
located between Gainesville and
w hitsboro, where the three had
attended services when they
were youngsters. They were in
attendance for the homecoming
services.
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ARCHER CITY,TEXAS
RETIRES FROM NURSING DUTIES - Mrs. Paul Easley will
be retiring from her job as an LVN at the Archer County
Hospital July 14. She is one of the original staff members at
the hospital at the opening in January, 1962. (News Staff Photo)
A/1 rs. Easley Retires
From Nursing Duties
Megargel Man’s
Rites Tuesday
Funeral services tor Thomas
Earl Hobbs, 65, at Megargel
were held Tuesday afternoon
from the Megargel Baptist
Church. Mr. Hobbs died of an
apparent heart attack Sunday
north of Archer City.
Officiating was the Rev. Jim-
my Hedges, pastor, and Bill
Gathings of Seymour. Burial
will be in Megargel Cemetery
under the direction of Lunn
Funeral Home.
Mr. Hobbs, who operated a
service station and grocery-
store in Megargel many years,
was born Nov. 25, 1905, in
Poolville. He married Faye
Crawford in 1933 at Walters,
Okla., and had been a Megar-
gel resident 45 years.
Survivors include his wife;
a sou, Ken of Phoenix, Ariz. ;
a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Da-
vis of Valley View, Tex.; his
mother, Mrs. Allie Hobbs of
Olney; a brother, Grady of
Hobbs, N.M.; two sisters, Mrs.
B. P. Phillips of Olney and Mrs.
Bob Bennefield of Odessa,
Tex.; and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Paul Easley, LVN at
the Archer County Hospital,
will retire July 14 after having
completed nine and one-half
years with the hospital staff.
She, Edith Wright, and Mary
W ingo are the only employees
of the original staff that start-
ed to work on Jan. 2, 1962.
Edna resides with her hus-
band, Paul, in Olney and has
commuted to work. She says
she is retiring, not due to age,
but to be able to spend more
time with Paul, who retired
from his job in February of
this year.
She has been a LVN for 12-
1/2 years and had worked pre-
viously for the Olney hospitaL
Members of the hospital staff
had nothing but kind words for
their fellow worker. They said
she was compassionate, gener-
ous and dependable. They also
included that she didn’t take
her money out of town to spend.
She traded with the local mer-
chants.
The first patient for Archer
County hospital was Clarence
w oif and he was also the first
patient scheduled for surgery.
He entered the hospital at 8:12
a.m. Jan. 21, 1962. The staff
worked prior to Jan. 21 in
cleaning and getting the hospi-
tal ready for the opening.
In concluding remarks Mrs.
Easley had nothing but praise
for her fellow workers and
added, that Mrs. Wright, as di-
rector of nurses was one of the
best She says that she would
always have a special place in
her heart for the people of
-Archer City and recalled sev-
eral happy incidents shared
with patients.
Now that she is retiring she
plans to have more time for
her church work at Southside
Baptist Church where she is
now an adult training union
teacher. Hobbies include knitt-
ing, playing the piano and writ-
ing poetry. She was installed
as Electa in the Olney Order
of Eastern Star.
She and Paul plan to take a
leisure trip to California later
this summer and also have
planned several other sight-
seeing trips in the future.
Edna says that she will miss
the hospital routine hut plans to
be on call if she is needed.
Mrs. Easley was honored with
a party by hospital staff mem-
bers Tuesday morning and was
presented with a silver charm
braclet and charm. Refresh-
ments of strawberry cake, her
favorite, and coffee was served.
C-C Bridge
Winners Named
First place winners of the
Archer City Country Club
bridge party Thursday evening
were Dennis Garrett and Gus
Peters. Secood through fifth
places were Nell Barton and Ru-
by Knox, Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Atchley, Bess Pndeaux and
Dolly Gaulden and Helen Mc-
Nutt and Lois Bass, respective-
ly.
Bridge is played every
Thursday evening at the club.
Personal
Miss Buna Stovall accom-
panied Mr. and Mrs. Bert Her-
ron from their homes in Dallas
to Archer City where they visit-
ed with Mrs. Joe Shelton, Mrs.
B. P. Berry and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Abernathy and children,
Vivian and Abbey. Miss Sto-
vall is Mrs. Shelton’s sister.
Mrs. Mitchell
Is Eastern Star
Worthy Matron
Mrs. Lucille Mitchell was
installed as worthy- matron of
Archer City Chapter 917 Order
of Eastern Star at an open in-
stallation meeting last week.
Installing officer was Mrs.
Florence Harris. She was as-
sisted by Mrs. Martha Killian,
marshal; Mrs. Velma Willman,
chaplain; Mrs. Vivian Burdick,
secretary, and Mrs. Jessie
Ikard, organist
Other officers installed were
R A Killian, worthy patron,
Mrs. Beatrice Elmore, asso-
ciate matron; Ira Elmore, as-
sociate patron; Mrs. Eddie
Moore, conductress; Mrs.
Grace Stewart, associate con-
ductress; Mrs. Fay Burnett,
chaplain; Mrs. Ikard, organist,
Mrs. R A Killian, secretary;
Mrs. Florence Harris, Adah;
Mrs. Meta Ikard, Ruth; Mrs.
Gena Shelton, Esther, and Mrs.
J. C. Strawn, Sr., Electa.
Morris Family
Holds Reunion
Some 75 descendents of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. A Mor-
ris congregated Sunday, June
13 at the Archer City park
for a family reunion.
Relatives from Levelland,
Marble Falls, ArTIngron,Sher-
man, Wichita Falls, Graham,
Amarillo, .Garland, Odessa,
Azle, Jacksboro, and Archer
City spent the day visiting and
taking pictures following the
basket lunch.
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on their Annual
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Old Settler’s Reunion
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971, newspaper, June 17, 1971; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708257/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.