The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1961 Page: 1 of 7
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The Archer County News
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VOLUME 47
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS
SHORT CRASS RANCHINC CAPITAL OP THE WORLD
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961
NUMBER 24
Achievement Day Program Closes Memorial Day
ScM Year For Janitr High Nw Sale For
Veterans Sat.
As Memorial Day approaches
j we are again reminded of those
departed heroes who gave their
Eighth grade Achievement
Day program was held last
Wednesday May 17 as the school
auditorium.
Marsha Lewis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lewis
was named valdictorian.
Michall Fall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Fall was named
salutortorian.
Invocation was given by
Barney Oliver.
The pledge of allegiance was
given by the class.
Class History was given by
Phylis Wright.
Class Will was given by De-
lores Schlabs.
The Class Song was sung by
the class.
A poem, “Eighth Grade Re-
grets” was given by Danny
Moore.
Recreation For
Archer Youth
For Summer
Recreational activities were
announced this week by Mr.
Crowder for the young people
of our school. The first through
the 7th grades will have the
morning sessions, beginning at
fi o'clock and ending at 11. The
children will be able to partici-
pate in baseball, basketball,
kick ball and other sports.
Coach Crowder will be in charge
of our youngsters in those ses-
sions.
There will also be evening
sessions for the 8th through the
high school age group, beginn-
ing at 5 o'clock and ending at
8 Coach Rexrode will be fri
charge of those sessions.
Archer City has taken a big
step in accomplishing the job
of helping our young people to
become better citienzs and see-
ing that the children of tomor-
row will always have a place to
go for entertainment, in this
one group of sessions.
Coaches Chowder and Rex-
r^de should be commended for
their interest and their ability
to do something about the sit-
uation. I’m sure that many of
the school children will take ad-
vantage of this wonderful op-
portunity to visit with and be
around their school friends this
summer, beginning June 12 and
ending July 28.
Alex Crowder, elementary,
school principal presented per-
fect attendance award, to the
following students: Jerry Allen
Billy Anderson Aquilla Boren,
:"v“ln""”"l“0'our"“"J
Burks. Linda Burks. R.y Bussey. j7.»/Td a Z
Mavis Coleman, Judy Crowley, w.or*<1 we *n‘cn Jlav!> naa * P*"
Donald Dorris. Michall Fall. °f keeplng the tor'h ofh bert*
Berry Ann Findley. Raymond bur™g’ ‘he 18 ha,,owed
Frericli, Janis Gaulden, Elvis by ,th* ashes °f those who gave
Gensler! Velda Goforth, Junior the,r llves ,n that cause-
Harrelson, Jane Huffman, Etta Many came home, their bodies
Mae Johnston, Marsha Lewis, maimed and health broken to
Nancy Lewis. Margaret Loftis. spend their days in our veter-
Linda Love. B. J. McAlister, hospitals. It is for their re-
Judy McMurtry, Danny Moore, habitation that we support with
Barry Morrison. Jerry Wayne | *he Poppy program of the
Morrison, Lee Nelson, Barney American Legion Auxiliary: Our
Steve Parsley, Jimmie disabled veteran in exas hospi-
Program
Festivities
For Pool OPen*nS
Saturday Outlined
Windthorst 4-H’er Shows Grand
Champion Pen in Broiler Show
Oliver,
Bobby
Dale Peck, Billy Pitts,
Pitts. Nina Robertson,
Garry Rhodes, Delores Sch-
labs, David Singleton, Roy Smith,
Ellen Stephens, Mike Stewart,
Gary Tepfer, Richard Threet,.
Tr«i, Trigg. K.r.n Vance, Sue S“lTSdS
w,iiru,^ r.ddi. saiuraay, may z/, in Arcn**r
tals make the paper poppies.
The Units of the Legion Au-
xiliary sell them on Poppy Day,
the Saturday preceding Memor-
ial Day. We wear them proudly
in honor of the dead and to aid
Bricks Are Needed
For Swimming Pool
Post Commander, R. J. Walsh,
has asked for the donation of
bricks to be used to brick the
bath house at the swimming
pool. Anyone wishing to make
a donation can call Mr. Walsh at
the station and he will send a
lick up to get the bricks.
The bath house is paintel for
the coming season, but hope to
have enough brick for it in the
near future.
Walker, Phyllis Wright, Lannie
Yeager.
Superintendent A. C. Wallace :
presented diplomas to students, i
Judy McMurtry gave the i
benediction.
The Junior Hi"b faculty is
composed of the following Mrs.
Nell Trent ard Don Dunagan,
sponsd;. Other members are
Dayle Lee, Jeff Floyd, Richard
Perot and Miss Mary Slack.
City.
Burkett Park Ha*
New Entrance Sign
Something new has been add-
ed to the city park.
As the east entrance a huge
sign has been erected bearing
the name “Burkett Park” in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Z. T.
Burkett, who have both worked
so diligently to make our park
a reality and not a dream.
Official dedication of the
“Burkett Park” will be held
Saturday night immediately fol-
lowing the bathing revue.
Florence Zotz, Windthorst 4-H
showed the grand champion pen
of six broilers here Saturday
during the annual Archer Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce Broil-
er Show.
The young girt first won a blue
ribbon, and then judge Roy Mc-
Clung, Baylor County agent,
named her pen of birds as the
best of the show. She was given
a $10 gift certificate from King’s
Grocery for the placing.
Another Windthorst youth,
Claud Hoff, won reserve champ-
ion honors with his pen of six
and received a $7.50 certificate
from Texas Electric Service Co.
Raymond Osterman, Windthorst,
won third place and $5 from
Horany’s Department Store.
James Teitchman of Scotland
received the $3 award from Wal-
sh Brothers Service station for
winning fourth place.
R. A. Killian, manager of the
chamber of commerce, said the
youths received the 50 baby
chicks on March 24 and raised
the birds for this show. They
selected their best six for the
judging. A total of 2.100 baby
chicks were distributed for the
program.
County agent Willie Wilhoit.
and Ben Fulton, SCS, helped
McClung with the judging. Wil-
hoit said the birds shown will
be sold to businessmen from
Archer City for $1 each to help
finance next year’s show.
The results of the judging are
listed below:
Blue Ribbons — Charles Be-
rond, Windthorst; Joe Brennis,
Windthorst; Leslie Conrady
Windthorst; Ellen Munchrath,
Windthorst Raymond Osterman,
Windthorst; Claud Hoff, Wind-
thorst; James Stallcup, Scotland;
David Stallcup, Scotland; Rose-
marie Schreiber, Windthorst;
Wade Schreiber, Windthorst;
James Teichman, Scotland; Char-
les Veith, Windthorst; Jerry
Veith, Windthorst; Lloyd Wolf,
Windthorst; Sandra Wolf, Wind-
thorst; Charles Zotz, Windthorst;
Alfonze Zotz, Windthorst; Flo-
rence Zotz; Windthorst.
Red Ribbons—Delton Atchley,
Windthorst; David Berend, Wind
queen contest will be a bathing
revue in which all Archer Coun-
—See BROILER SHOW, Page 4
MICHAEL PALL
Blakley And
Face Voters
Tower To
Saturday
By DELL MARTIN
The outstanding slate of events
of the season for Archer City
and surrounding area will be
the opening Saturday afternoon
of the American Legion Swim-
ming Pool and accompanying
festivities which will begin with j
the pool opening at 2 p.m. and I
continue through the afternoon |
and evening to a dance to be |
held at 9 o’clock at the Archer 4h
County Livestock Association’s ,vl
platform near the scene.
The Archer City High School
Wildcat Band will entertain at
4 p.m. under the baton of Direct-
or Dick Perot, with the dedicai
tion of the pool to follow at 5
p.m. American Legion District 13,
Commander Aubery Bullard of
fiainesville will give the princi-
pal address for the dedication
service in which other Legion
dignitaries will participate.
A barbecue supper at 5:30
p.m. will delight the gastronom-
ic desires of the many area
citizens and Legionnaires who
are expected to attend. Beef for
the supper is being donated by
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson.
At 7:30 p.m., a round of festi-
vities to be held in the Berry
AUBREY BULLARD
Stadium will include the mueh-
publicized Archer County Queen
Contest being presented under
the auspicies of the Women’s
Division of the Archer County
Chamber of Commerce for the
benefit of the pool fund.
Immediately preceding the
queen contest will be a bathing
—See FESTIVITIES, Page *
Larry McMutry Receives Acclaim
For “Horseman, Pass Me By”
By DELL MARTIN
As diverse as probably are
the personalities and interests
of the reviewers are two reviews
given the past week of “Horse- _
man. Pass By,” the first novel | Bwltwi. antf his
written by Larry McMurtry. 24 1 from Rice University
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff McMurtry of this city. The
ty as result of his writings. A
graduate of Archer City High
School, young McMurtry took his
bachelor’s degree in journalism
at North Texas State College,
Archer voters, as will all of
the state of Texas, will go to the
Democrat or Republican will fill
polls Saturday to decide whether
the Senate seat vacated by Vice-
President Lyndon Johnson.
The special election was call- j
ed when Senator Johnson was j
elected to the vice-presidency.
Blakley was appointed as the
interim Senator by Governor
Price Daniel. In the first time
; the Texas voters went to the
J polls, some 60-odd Democrats
I were on the ticket. Tower was
the lone Republican, and goes> ,
i into the runnoff with the Dal-1.
las cattlemen and oilman, who 1
| has twice been appointed to the
Senate seat.
Young John Tower of Eichita
Falls, showed surprising strength j
in the April election and is cam- ;
paigning as a conservative in
opposing the policies of the Ken-
nedy - Johnson administration.
Tower has the support of many
Republicans in high office, many
of whom are in the state actively
working for his election.
Supporters of Senator IBakley
are putting his record in Wash-
I two reviews referred to are the
ington before the voters of Tex one. given in last Sunday’s Mag-
as. He is campaigning as a “Crea- j azjne Section of the Wichita
tive Conversative”, and has pans Times by Margaret Reid,
carried his campaign to every Times Book Editor, and one of
sector of the state. the same date given by Diana
In the April election the two Poteat Hobby, of the Houston
candidates both ran behind Con- j Post.
MARSHA LEWIS
Snakes Alive-
Two Hospitalized
By Snake Bites
Two persons were bitten by
snakes last week but luckily
neither snake was poisonous.
Last Wednesday afternoon.
Mack Howell, 14, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Howell, decided to
take a swim in a tank East of
their house, which is behind
Berend Bros. Feed Store. While
swimming he saw the snake and
got out and shot it. Thinking it
was dead he started to pick it
up and the snake bit him on
his right index finger.
Mack was rushed to the hos-
pital at Olney by Ben Adams.
He remained in the hospital
overnight and returned home
the next day after the doctors
concluded it was not a very
poisonous snake.
Mrs. Howell was at the grocery
store when she learned of her
sons plight and immediately
rushed toward Olney. On the
! way she burned the rods out of
her car and a passerby came
to her rescue and carried her
on to the hospital.
Sylvara Yeager had a scare
last Tuesday night at her home.
About 10 p.m. she started from
the bath room to her bedroom
In the hall were two pieces of
luggage that Mrs. Yeager had
not put away after returning ■
from a trip that day. Lying
comfortably by the luggage was
New Cheerleaders
Are Elected By
Student Council
New cheerleaders for 1961-
62 have been selected by vote
of the students. The election
was sponsored by the Student
j Council. •
This year tryouts were held
and each girl had to lead two
| yells. Before a girl was eligible
to tryout, she had to have a
petition with 10 students and
one faculty members name on
gressman Jim Wright of Fort
Worth. Wright polled 253 votes
in Archer County, and Tower
was a close second, with 202.
Senator Blakley, with 197 Arch-
er votes, was in third place. A
total of 920 votes were cast, the
remainder being scattered among
the other remaining Democratic
candidates.
Twenty absentee votes were
cast, slightly below normal, but
what is considered high for this
particular kind of election.
Everything indicates that the
vote count Saturday in Archer
County, as well as statewide, will
set a record for party choice.
Holliday Student
Is Science Fair
Exhibit Winner
Tryouts, were by classes. A
new amendment was added to
•he Student Council constitution j
for next year so there will be Dwane Morrow, seventh grade
two seniors, two juniors, one student, won first place on his
sophomore, and one freshman exhibit in the Science Fair held
eligible each year. jn j|0uiday school some time
| a 2 foot snake that pounced on
Sylvara’s left foot, biting her 3 j Louna Doiron.
times. Mr. Yeager killed the Sophomore — Anne
I snake and rushed both victim
j and attacker to Olney to the
I hospital. Dr. Meredith treated
i the bites and applied packs and
| Sylvara remained in the hos-
i pital overnight. Luckily this
| snake was non-poisonous also,
and the doctors said it was the
tame kind of snake that bit both
persons.
some
ago. His exhibit was a model
bridge that he constructed of
wrapping twine and tooth picks.
He had the thing worked out
to show the points of gravity
Juniors - Karen Jansen, j 8nd unusua, str8in
This model was also shown
After ballets were counted
the following girls were select-
ed for next year.
Seniors — Barbara Allen, Sue
Moore.
Howing-
ton.
Freshmen — Nancy Lewis,.
The six girls chosen will go
to SMU this summer and attend
a cheerleaders school.
It looks as if there will be
a happy group of leaders next
year and we are sure they will
learn some new tricks at the
cheerleading school.
kittle Leaeue
T- <Wn Play
The yonnesters working so
hard to sell their “I Support Kid
Baseball” nins was certainly a
success. They netted $348 so
some verv proud, happy, boys
will be sporting new shirts and
cans to prove how hard they
really workel.
When the season opens Mav
29. let’s rfll go out and see the
boy’s pl»v and stand behind
them lOO'T of the way. The
first scheduled games are:
PEE WEE LEAGUE
May 29-Ostermann Bros, vs
New Service Station at Hollidav
May 29-Texas Electric vs. Hai-
good and Campbell, here.
May 30-Horany’s Dry Goods vs.
Club Cafe, here.
MINOR LEAGUE
May 29-Holli-Tex Supply
Mobil at Holliday.
May 29-Troy’s Drive Inn
“Horseman, Pass By” is pub-
lished by Harper (S3.50) and was
in book stores Wednesday of
this week. A check at Lovelace’s
in Wichita Falls that day re-
vealed that all copies received
had already been sold. However,
Colonial Book Store in Parker's
Square had a supply on hand
Wednesday afternoon. .
Even if this reporter had read
the book, which I have not sim-
! ply because I have not at this
writing had access to it, I leave
1 book-reviewing to those w’hose
! business it is.
Larry is at present winding
up a nine-month Wallace Steg-
ner Fiction Fellowship which
he received at Stanford Universi-
in Hous-
ton where he did many review*
for Oveta Culp Hobby of Hous-
ton Post fame. According to in-
formation Larry started the
writing of “Horseman, Pass By”
some three years ago.
McMurtry and his wife, Jo,
will arrive in Archer iCty June
5. for the summer with his folk
here before he goes to his posi-
tion as instructor at Rice next
September.
The best way for Larry’s
friends and acquaintances to
form an opinion of his adventure
into the field of fiction writing
is to read his book
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Eugene Thomas is resting
comfortably after a bone sur-
gery in General Hospital, Wich-
ita Falls, as reported this Mon-
day morning. He is expected to
return home tomorrow or in
the near future.
Mr. and Mrs C. G. Osborne.
Sr. and Roy, of Granbury, Tex-
as. were week-end visitors in
the home of their son and fam-
Bacca laurete Services Open
Fin?l Week For Seniors Of ’61
Rev. David Darnell, pastor of) If we are to go farther, we must
the First Christian Church, de- have God.”
vs.
vs.
in the Science Fair in Wichita
Falls and placed third in a field |
of more contestants and some Kings Gr0Cery. here,
of them in higher grade. MAJOR LEAGUE
The Fair was under the super- May 30-Tally Ins. Co. vs. Ber-
vision of his teacher, Mrs. Liz- j end Bros,
zie Christenson. ________ '
Dwane is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Morrow of Holli-
day.
Mr. Zack Burkett is improv-
ing at home after a stay in the
Bethania hospital.
livered an impressive baccal-
aureate sermon Sunday night
at the school auditorium.
“Ours is an explosive age he
stepping out into a fearsome
but challenging world” be said.
“Mankind holds in his hands
the weapons that can wipe out
our civilization. We have now a
population explosion also.” ,
He urged the young grads to
make up their minds to be a
pari of the solution of today’s
problems by reaching out our
hands to alleviate distress. We
wage peace and prepare our-
selves, in medical social, and
religious work, he said. We must
fight for equality and help build
an economy of sharing.
“The only way we can meet
the critical issues of this ex-
plosive age is by dedicating our-
selves to the service of God. A
nation,” he reminded, “that for-
gets God cannot survive” In
concluding he said, “Let us seek
God, love God and serve God.
Rev. Darnell had real sound
effects to help bring out bis
point. Calmly, he brought his
message while huge hail stones
were pounding on the roof
above, during th“ terrific hail
storm Sunday night.
Processional and recessional
music was provided on the
organ by Mrs. O. M Ellis.
Invocation was given by Rev.
Willard Cox. Miss Katy Merle
Sumerall sang a vocal solo.
Superintendent A. C. Wallace
introduced the evening speaker.
Benediction was given by Rev.
James McGinlay.
Ushers were Joe Bledsoe and
Tommie Eustace Usherettes
were: Gaye Rutherford, Linda
Sue Moore
Pink and white Carnations,
chosen flowers of the senior
class, were used to decorate the
stage.
Commencement will be held
Friday evening at 8 o’clock et
the school auditorium.
A student participation pro-
gram will be given.
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Smith, William B. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1961, newspaper, May 25, 1961; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708520/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.