The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1966 Page: 7 of 9
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The Archer County News Thursday. Nov- 3. 1966
demans and Jake Horns are on
with nine points in the Thurs-
Hoffm&ns, Luigs
Take Lead In
Bowling League
In the Tuesday bowling league j
at Windthorst. Jim Hoffmans j
and Ed Luigs won three points
to take the lead with 23. I.eon-1
ard Schenks and Ernie Hoffs;
gained one and have 21. Andy
Rr>e\ves and John Schroeders and |
Ray Lindemans and Herman Fre-.
richs tied their first game each.j
getting a 1 point. Roewes and j
Schreeders picked up two more I
and have 141. Lindemans and j
Frerichs 131.
After three contests Ray Lin-|
day league A. R. Lindemans and
Geo. Veitenheimers have six and
Alfred Berends and Ernie Hoffs
also have six. Elmer Schroeders
and Ed Veitenheimers three.
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Texas Needs a "Can-Do" Man in the
United States Senate! Independent and effective
...that's Democrat Waggoner Carr!
Texas needs Waggoner Carr
in the United States Senate!
COUNTY JUDGE.
B. G. (Biil)Holder
+f»e undersigned elected public
officials and Democratic nominees, endorse
the candidacy of Texas' Attorney General,
Waggoner Carr, for the office of United
States Senator, and urge all Texas voters
to join with us in assuring his election.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Dick Coleman
Bennie Fichte
John Bell
‘ J \V. Dwyer
COUNTY SHERIFF:
Elect Democrat
WAGCQNERCARR
Floyd Hoggins
COUNTY ATTORNEY:
Paul O. Wylie
COUNTY CLERK:
Mrs. Irene Stanford
COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-
COLLECTOR:
Floyd Hoggins
COUNTY TREASURER:
Lola M. Beaty
A Democratic
Senator
can do more
for Texas...
and vou!
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.
B G. (Bill) Holder
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:
Joe Fields
United States Senator
Pel. Adv. paid for by Candidates For Carr.
Mrs. Don Hornady |
Is Guest Artist
At Friendship Meet
Mrs. Don Hornady. Archer j
City homemaking teacher, was
guest artist for the Friendship
Club at their meeting Oct. 20.
Mmes. Harvey Boone and L. C.
Alexander were hostess in the
club house, of the organization.
Mrs. Hornady demonstrated
the making of papier mache
flowers which were appropriate
for use as costume jewelry or
decorations.
Mrs. W. S. Ikard, club presi-
dent, was in charge of the busi-
ness session which preceded the
social hour. Members present
for the meeting were Mms. Ik-
ard,, L. R. Roll, S. V. Hawkins.
A. L. Wingo, Bobby Williams,
W. Wr. Ray, C. E. McMurrin. Don
Martin, Herman Adams, Lee
Sprott. Lee Harrelson, Maudie
Paschall and the guest, Mrs.
Hornady, and the hostesses.
The next meeting of the club
will be Nov. 10 with Mmes L.
D. Bailey and Walter Chaney as
hostesses.
W. P. Bracey
D^os At Olney
William Powell Bracey, 69,
died at his home in Olney Sa-
turday morning, Oct. 29.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Monday morning from
the Assembly of God Church in
Olney with church pastor, Rev.
J. A. Allard officiating. Burial
was in the Olney Cemetery un-
der the direction of Lunn Fun-
eral Home.
Born Dec. 18, 1896 in Bosque
County, Mr. Bracey was a re-
tired gas line maintenance man.
Survivors include his wife,
Tennie Lou, a daughter, Mrs. J.
M. Brothers, Beeville; two broth-
ers, Jim Bracey of Archer City
and John Bracey of Henrietta
and three grandchildren.
PERSONALS
Mrs. J. C. Strawn has return-
ed home from a weeks visit with
a friend. Mrs. Jessie Ulick, in
Duncan, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Morrison,
Jr., and children, Graig and
Clifton of Garland visited in the
home of his grandmother, Mrs.
Alice Morrison ,410 E. Plum,
over the weekend. Mrs. Morri-
son accompanied the family back
to the Dallas area Monday for a
two weeks visit with them and
a son and family, the Stanfcl l
Morrisons.
Impala Super Sport Coupe—a clean new sweep in roof lines.
Now that you’ve seen all the daring new things our stylists did,
get in and sample some of the safest, soundest ideas oil the road!
What you feel is as new as what you
see—thanks to all the fresh thinking
that’s gone into the way it rides,
steers, stops and looks after your
safety.
It’s got a remarkable new road feel
—beginning with a ride so hushed
and gentle you’ll feel like calling this
the ’67 Shhhevrolet. The steering
is as much as 10% easier. And you’ll
find the stopping smoother, too.
We put safety features on top of
safety features. For example, an
energy-absorbing steering wheel
atop the new GM-developed energy-
absorbing steering column. A dual
master cylinder brake system with
warning light. And seat belts front
and rear with pushbutton buckles.
All standard, to be sure.
And there’s a new SS 427 perform-
ance package—complete with 385-
hp Turbo-Jet V8 and flat-cornering
suspension. You can order it for
eitner the Impala Super Sport
Coupe or Convertible.
Of course, there are all sorts of new
custom features you can add, too,
such as tape or FM stereo. But if
you find so much that’s new a bit
too much to remember—drop down
to your dealer’s and take a drive.
It’ll all become unforgettable.
Eunythtng new that coukl happen ...happened! Now at your llicvrolet dealer’s.
42-0256
Murphy Bros. Chevrolet Co., Inc.
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS
PHONE 4424121
U. S. Census Bureau Reports
County’s Farms Now Total 402
A total cf 402 farms was count- by farms in the county in 1964,
eJ in Archer County during the 57,071.603; in 1959, $5,294,386.
1964 Census cf Agriculture, the | value of all crops sold by
U. S. Department of Commerce's countv farms in 1964, $1,090,474;
Bureau of the census reports. I jn 1959, $;86.090.
In the last previous Census of j Value of all livestock and live-
Agriculture (1959), the total stock products sold by county
counted in the county was 392 farms j„ 1964, $5,974,884; in
farms. 1 1959, §4,608,296.
The 1964 total is published in 1 information obtained for the
a preliminary report on the
county just issued. The report
also shows that average farm
size in the county was 1,639.8
acres and that the average value
of the county’s farms (land and
buildings) in 1964 was $132,351.
Others important county statis-
tics in the report are:
Value of all farm products sold
J.ocal FHA Chapter
Honors Mothers
With Salad Supper
The Archer City High School
Chapter of Future Homemakers
of America honored their moth-
first time in an agricultural cen-
sus included the amount of in-
come received by the county’s
farmers $6,245 from recreation-
al services as well as data on
the use of pest control chemi-
cals in the county in 1964.
A Census of Agriculture is
taken every five years in years
ending in “4” and “9” to gather
information on the nation’s ag
ricultural resources and produc-
tion. The data is needed to make
decisions affectiong many seg-
ments of the U. S. economy. The
19S4 farm census was the 18th
in a series that began in 1840
The preliminary report for the
ers’ with a salad supper Tues-|COun(y contains more than 500
day night, Oct. 18, in the school j facts about agriculture in the
cafeteria.
Business was combined with
the entertainment supper as
the chapter discussed new ways
of raising money for the year.
Mrs. Don Hornady is chapter ad-
visor.
Raylette Luig and Gayle Maag
were elected Girl-of-the-Month for
the months of September and
October, respectively.
FHA Chapter Mothers were
also elected to include Mmes.
W. W. Dorris, J. A. Starkey, and
Robert Robison.
Linda Sheppard served as
narrator of the program the
girls presented. Each girl on the
program portrayed projects they |
had done each month during last
year's school session.
Girls on the program were
Brenda Schlabs, Raylette Luig,
Pat Holder, Nita Huffman, Pam
Bryan, Evelyn Gensler, Janice
Parker, Beverly Stedman and
Petra Robison. Pam Bryan also
served as song leader.
Approximately 50 girls and
their mothers were present for
the affair.
county. Among additional facts
it contains are the number of
farms by size, type, and economic
class; the number of farm
operators by method of tenure,
age, color, off-farm work, and
number of school years com-
pleted; land in farms by use
and by land-use practices; data
on equipment and facilities; farm
expenditures; number of hired
workers; and number of farms
reporting poultry and livestock
production and those reporting
crop production by acres and
quantities as well as sales.
Herron’s Grandson
Receives Faculty
Excellence Award
Dr. William A. Cooper, a West
Texas State University research
biologist received the first an-
nual Faculty Excellence Award
of $1,000 at a dinner meeting of
the Phoenix Club held recently
in Canyon. Cooper is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cooper of
Denton and the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Herron of Archer
City.
Dr. Cooper, a professor of bio-
logy at WTSU, was selected by
the board of directors of the Ex-
Students, Inc. and the presenta-
tion was made by Wayne Thom-
as of Hereford, president of the
group.
A faculty member at WTSU
for the past nine years, he was
chosen over 11 other faculty
members nominated for the
award. Students, faculty and de-
partment heads made the nom-
inations.
Dr. Cooper was reared in Den-
ton and received his B. S. and
MS. degrees from North Texas
State University and his PHD
from Texas A&M. He was cited
at the meeting for his research
projects at WTSU, the most re-
cent being a biological study of
water life at Lake Meredith for
which he receivd a $3,000 faculty
research grant.
He is a co-author of a labora-
tory research manual which is
in use at WTSU and Texas A&M;
supervisor of 14 graduate assist-
tants and a member of several
biological and educational hon-
orary groups.
Dr. Cooper is married to the
former Miss Charlene Snodgrass
of Megargel and they are the par-
ents of four children, Vicki,
Andy, Ken and Judy, and reside
in Canyon.
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DISHWASHING’S a snap! New
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dishes and utensils needed for
family-size meals.
FREEZER-REFRIGERATOR is a ne-
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1966, newspaper, November 3, 1966; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708939/m1/7/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.