The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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55th Year
The Archer County News
Short Grass Ranching Capital of The World
Single Copy 10£
Archer City, Texas 76351
Thursday, Noven ber 23, 1972 Nun.ber 47
JUNIOR STOCK SHOW SETS NEW RECORD
Lea Hornady, Terri
Skinner Win Trophies
Terri Skinner and Lea Hor-
nady won top honors in the
home economics division of the
fifth annual Archer County Jun-
ior Livestock Association-
sponsored livestock show, Sat-
urday, Nov. 18. Terri was
the overall foods division win-
ner with her Italian cream pie
and Lea was overall clothing
division winner with her pant-
suit.
Both girls received a trophy
in addition to their blue rib-
bons and premium money.
In the senior clothing divi-
sion in the blouse class, Deb-
bie Matus, of Megargel placed
first, Georgia Darilek of Me-
gargel, second, and Joyce Gaf-
ford of Holliday, third. Pant-
suit class, Lea Hornady, first;
Lynn McWhorter, Archer City,
second, and Beth Wolf, Wind-
thorst, third; pants, Charlotte
Palmer, Megargel, first; Ellen
Sykora, Megargel, second, and
Debbie Taylor, Megargel, third;
jumper class, Marie Gage,
first; school dress, JoAnn Shep-
pard, Archer City, first; Ro-
salie Kulhanek, Megargel, sec-
ond; semi-formal, Linda Liv-
ingston, Megargel, first, Janice
Williams, Megargel, second;
pajamas and nightie, Cheryl
Martin, Archer City, first.
Junior clothing division win-
ners were pantsuit class, Carol
Berend, Wlndthorst, first, De-
nise Schroeder, Windthorst,
second, and Michelle Wolf,
Wlndthorst, third; jumper, Cin-
dy Casey, Holliday, first; pant,
Doris Wolf, Windthorst, first,
Thanksgiving
Service
Is Wednesday
The annual Archer City com-
munity Thanksgiving service,
hosted by First Baptist Church,
will be Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 22, instead of Tuesday,
Nov. 21, as stated in last week’s
News, according to the host
pastor, the Rev. Gene Bynum.
The annual Thanksgiving ser-
vice is planned to give towns-
people an opportunity to meet
together to give thanks for the
blessings of the year and is
under the sponsorship of the
Archer City Ministerial Alli-
ance.
Every Archer Citian is in-
vited to participate in the com-
munity worship service.
Patti Williams, Megargel, sec-
ond, and Jane Parker, Holliday,
third; blouse, Jackie Steinber-
ger Windthorst, first; and
apron, Tracy Williams, Megar-
gel, first.
Junior layer cakes division,
Debbie Abshier, Archer City,
first, Sharon Matus, Megargel,
second, and Jody Hudson, Ar-
cher City, third.
Junior fancy cookies, Cathy
Frerich, Archer City, first and
Bethann Bell, Archer City, sec-
ond.
Junior loaf cakes, Terri Skin-
ner, Archer City, first, Lisa
Hoff, Windthorst, second, and
Michelle Wolf, Windthorst,
third.
Senior quick breads, loaf
bread, Lea Hornady, Archer
City, first, Lynn McWhorter,
Archer City, second, and Luann
Morris, Archer City, third.
Senior yeast bread, white
loaf, Luann Morris, Archer
City, first, and Lea Hornady,
Archer City, second.
Junior quick breads, muffins,
Tammy Schroeder, Wlndthorst,
first.
Junior Candy, marshamallow
fudge, Cindy Meurer, Wind-
thorst, first; Tammie Zotz,
Windthorst, second, and Geneva
Schroeder, Windthorst, third.
Senior candy, divinity, Lea
Hornady, Archer City, first,
Luann Morris, Archer City,
second, and Debbie Langley,
Windthorst, third.
Junior ice box cookies, De-
nise Schroeder, Windthorst,
first and Tammy Schroeder,
Windthorst, second.
Senior rolled cookies, Kel-
lie Smith, Megargel, first.
Junior drop cookies, Wina
Hoff, Windthorst, first, Tammy
Cuba, Megargel, second, and
Rita Qstermann, Windthorst,
third.
Junior fruit cake, Renee Con-
rady, Windthorst, first, Carol
Berend, Windthorst, second,
and Martha Ostermann, Wind-
thorst, third.
Senior chiffon, sponge, or
angel cakes, Lea Hornady, Ar-
cher City, first, Laura Gels,
Archer City, second, and Lynn
McWhorter, Archer City, third.
Senior layer cakes, Luann
Morris, Archer City, first,
Kathy Schlabs, Archer City,
second, Carol Hopkins, Archer
City, third.
Junior candy, cooked fudge,
Denise Schroeder, first and
Bethann Bell, Archer City, sec-
ond.
Junior candy, divinity, Cheri
(Continued on page 5)
Holliday Rejects
Telephone Rate Hike
The City Council of the City
of Holliday at its regular meet-
ing of November 13, voted to
refect the General Telephone
Company’s request for a rate
increase. The rate increase
application, filed on October
9th, asked for a one party
business phone to be Increased
from $17.75 to $22.50 per
month. A one party residen-
tial phone from $7.65 to $9.20,
a two party phone from $6.55
to $7.65 and rural business
phone increase from $17.00 to
$19.35.
The General Telephone Com-
pany exchange at Holliday
serves over 600 customers in
the City of Holliday, Dundee and
Mankins rural areas.
The City Council’s rejection
was based on the study sub-
mitted by the City Attorney that
the financial statement of the
Telephone Company as submit-
ted, did not justify a rate in-
crease and that the rate of
return for the Company exceeds
seven percent per annum, which
is a fair and reasonable rate
of return on its plant invest-
ment at the City of Holliday.
The City Council also rejected
the proposed rate increase be-
cause the City had granted the
General Telephone Company a
rate increase on October the
first. 1970.
Mayor Pat Brotk
Proclaims
Friday, Nov. 24
'Bomb The Bears Day1
Win Bi-Di
County Youths Pocket Over
$23,000 At Auction Sale
Archer County’s Fifth Annual
Junior Livestock ended on a
successful note Saturday as
buyers paid $23,370.75 for pro-
jects exhibited by young 4-H,
FFA and FHA students of the
county. Mrs. A.W. Simmons,
representing the First State
Bank in Archer City, was again
the top buyer at the show.
Mrs. Simmons purchased the
grand champion steer, grand
champion barrow and grand
champion lamb. City Pharmacy
of Archer City purchased the
grand champion turkey tom and
Ed’s Cafe of Windthorst pur-
chased the grand champion tur-
key hen. Listed elsewhere in
today’s News is the complete
list of exhibitor’s that sold
projects, the purchaser and the
price paid.
Blane Burger, 11-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bur-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Buerger of Archer City, showed
the grand champion steer. The
918-pound Hereford steer was
named top of his class in the
heavy weight division and then
picked as grand champion over
the winners of the light and
middle weight divisions. Blane,
a 4-H student, showed the re-
serve grand champion at last
year’s show.
Reserve champion steer was
of Megargel showed the grand Pion female. Reserve champion
champion buck in the rabbit was shown by Mike Jacobs.
division. Abby Abernathy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Aber-
nathy, of Archer City, had the
grand championdoe. The cham-
pion meat pen went to Darren
Kennon.
In the swine division Robert
Veitenheimer, son of Mrs.
Frances Veitenheimer ofWtad-
thorst, showed the grand cham-
The grand champion barrow
was a crossbreed shown
by Mike Jacobs and the re-
serve champion was a Duroc
shown by Ronnie McQueen of
Megargel. Swine showmanship
award went to Tommy Brewer
of Megargel.
Jay McWhorter, of Archer
(Continued on page 5) •
Breck Is Site
For Bi-District
The Archer City Wildcats
will make their third appear-
ing staff the Bears have dis-
played a balanced air and ground
ance in the state play-off in attack. In their game last
UIL history Friday night when week with Abilene Wylie they
they take on the Baird Bears
at Breckenridge. Gametime has
been set for 7:30 p.m.
went to the air about 40 per-
cent of the time. In the line
the Bears have two large pla-
GRAND CHAMPION STEER - Blane Buerger, U-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Buerger of Archer City, is shown here with his 918-pound grand champion Hereford
steer just prior to the auction sale Saturday. Blane’s entry was judged best from 31
steers in the Fifth Annual Junior Livestock Show held here the past weekend. Mrs.
AW. Simmons, president of the First State Bank in Archer City purchased the cham-
pion steer. Last year Blane showed a crossbred steer that was judged reserve cham-
pion. (News Staff Photo)
Herman Marcus Interviews
175 Prospective Employees
agreed on the neutral site. The
only flip of the coin necessary
was in deciding who would be
the home team. Baird won.
Archer City will enter the
play-offs with a 5-5 record and
will be facing an undefeated
team with a record of nine
wins and one tie. The tie was
an Angus-Hereford cross shown rate<1 AA Cisco ear-
by Mitchell Gillispie, Archer , in season-
City FFA student, and son of According to the local coach-
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gillispie.
David Livingston, Megargel
FFA student, won the showman-
ship award in the steer divi-
sion.
Grand champion dairy animal
was shown by Mark Hoff, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo (Bud)
Hoff of Windthorst. Reserve
champion award went to brother
Clayton, along with the show-
manship award in the dairy di-
vision.
Gerald Jacobs, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Jacobs, of Wind-
thorst, showed the grand cham- „ .
pion market lamb. He also
School officials from both yers but the backfield is about
schools met Saturday and the size of the locals, accor-
ding to Coach Bobby Ray. They
run a 5-4 defense and on of-
fense they operate from the
straight T and sometimes will
shift to a wing T.
Admission to the game will
be $2.00 for adults and $1.00
for students. Tickets will be
available in the high school
principal’s office through Wed-
nesday and available Friday
at Holder’s Jewelry.
Rodeo Association
Elects 1973 Officers
The Archer County Rodeo As-
sociation held its wrap-up
meeting for the year, Tues-
day, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Lions Club with Charles
Schroeder, president, in
charge. Officers were elected
and the financial report for
showed the grand andreserve
dZ" Beesinger^Archer serve - ^sident for thp
City FFA student! showed the enSuing year along with Wayne
Some 175 area people were meats will be under the direc-
interviewed for prospective tion of Frank Alagna of the
jobs with Herman Marcus, Inc. Texas Industrial Commission
of Dallas, Friday and Saturday, and funded through the Texas
Nov. 17-18, as company rep- Education Agency.
resentatives were in Archer
City surveying the available
work force for their project-
ed Archer City garment fac-
tory.
Job applications, in excess of
200, have been filled out and’
turned in to the Archer City
Industrial Foundation. Further
interviews will be conducted by
Jim Lewis, Rob Starnes, and
Mrs. Don Shearmire, Marcus-
trained interviewers. Appoint-
ments may be set up by call-
ing the Archer County Cham-
ber of' Commerce, 574-4212
and requesting an interview, ac-
cording to James B. Adams,
president of the Archer City
Industrial Foundation.
Fred Hoekstra and Charles
Groden, vice presidents with
Herman Marcus, were favor-
ably impressed with the wide
range of qualifications found in
the job applicants interviewed
during the two days in Archer
City. They found qualified per-
sonnel for all types of needed
workers.
A key to Herman Marcus,
Inc. expansion into Archer City
will be the willingness of job
applicants to realize the need
for a training or re-training
period to become acquainted
with the ladies dress and suit
making industry.
Although ladies now employed
in pant factories will not usual-
ly need a full 80-hour retrain-
ing period, they must be will-
ing to undergo such training
as Marcus deems necessary.
Arrangements are under way
for a training school to begin
job training prospective em-
ployees as soon as negotiations
are finalized between Herman
Maicus, Inc. and the Archer
City Industrial Foundation, Ad-
ams stated.
The training school arrange-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Don Shear-
mire, Donna and Darryn, during
Hoekstra and Groden, accom-
panied by Barry Henry, real-
tor, who is working closely with
the Dallas firm and the Archer
City Industrial Foundation,
were highly impressed with the
high quality of workers avail-
able, the prosperous appear-
ance of the town’s business son of Houston are expected to
area, the apparent community visit with their niece and fam-
solidarity of desire for the
dress and suit factory and the
cooperation of volunteers who the Thanksgiving holidays,
assisted with the job interviews.
Adams and other officers and
directors of the Archer City
Industrial Foundation express-
ed their sincere appreciation
to high school students, Miss-
es Nancy Bussey, DeLane Mc-
Griff and Jan King, and Archer
City boosters, Mmes. Rob
Starnes, Wayne Abshier, Bob
Russell, Don Shearmire and
J. W. Sturgeon, who assisted
with job interviews, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Definite conclusions are ex-
pected to be forthcoming from
Herman Marcus, Inc. within the
very near future, Adams said.
“Having met the representa-
tives of Herman Marcus, Inc.
and having had them in our town
for these two days has made
me realize just how fortunate
Archer City would be to at-
tract such a company to our
town. They would be coming with
the intention of becoming an in-
tegral part of the community
so the company and commun-
ity would be able to grow to-
gether,” Adams also stated.
Richard Marcus, son of Her-
man Marcus, has just been pro-
moted to the position of presi-
dent of the company and Hoek-
stra and Groden to vice presi-
dents.
The company’s principal la-
bels are Herman Marcus and
Mr. Jack, although their wo-
men’s apparel are sold under
five labels: Herman Marcus,
Top-Of-The-Line, are priced sheep division,
to sell from $28 to $70; Mr. Mike Jacobs, of Windthorst,
Jack, medium price, from $20
to $50; Lisa Originals, an ex-
clusive line of sweater dress-
es, priced from $30 to $50,
and Creative Image, Career
Apparel.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Speedy Thomp-
showmanship award in the
of Windthorst, showing the re-
serve champion pen of broilers.
Johnny Winter and his 42-
pound turkey tom was named
and reserve honors went to Gil-
bert Koetter.
ship of Mmes. Cecil Haigood,
Fred Edge and Bob Robinson.
The theme will be ‘Nursery
Rhymes.” A rodeo date will
be set later, according to a
spokesman for the Association.
Rep. Finnell
Attends Industrial
Development Meet
State Representative Charles
reserve erand champion mar- Petlt’ vice president; Travis Finnell is attending public hear-
ket lamb ^a^o SeTve^he Nelson, secretary; and Mac Me- tags this week in Big Spring
ket lamb and also received the Greg0f( treasurer. which set up administration of
Larry Meurer and J. B. Maag the Texas Rural Development
rotated off the board of direc- Act under the Texas Industrial
showed the trrand champion tors’ was ^-elected to Commission,
broilers and Randy Wolf Jtao serve another two-year term, ’ One of the largest obstacles
broilers, ana icanay wou, aiso aJong with Charlie McMurtry. to industrial development in
Holdover directors include rural Texas is the financing of
Jimmy Rounsaville, Cecil W industrial projects,” said the
Fletcher and Floyd Petit. third-term legislator. “It is
erand champion with reserve Some 90 stockholders were my hope that the Rural Devel-
going to Harold Schroeder notified * the mee,ing °* the opmem Act wtU of great
Grand champion turkey henwas Rodeo ******* J T gratif1^ that
shown bv Larrv Veitenheimer were Present- Joe K Cole* each 01 the four counties in
shown by Larry Veitenheimer mail was tbe original stock District 53 has made applica-
holder who attended. tion to qualify under this Act.”
Tracv Williams daughter of The rodeo P*rade for 1973 ThP nPW 1<?tfslatton (S. B
Mr and Mrs. James Williams will be under the tri-chairman- Ml)MProJtes lor direct loans
to non-profit industrial founda-
tions for up to 40% of the cost
of financing a new or expanding
industry in a “rural area” as
defined by the Texas Industrial
Commission.
E. R. Winter
Is Buried
The Rev. E.R. Winter
of Houston, noted Assembly of
God Evangelist, was buried
Monday, Nov. 20, at Coleman,
following funeral services at
Bethel Temple in San Angelo
at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev, Winter, father-in-
law erf the former Mary Nell
Surgeon of Archer City, has
held many revivals in the Ar-
cher City area and pastored
churches in Texas, New Mex-
ico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
Born June 3, 1893, in Stam-
ford, he was married to the
former Clora Jackson of Jay-
ton on July 25, 1915.
He died Friday, Nov. 17 in
Skin Angelo, where be was
scheduled to prep"h
day.
Survivors include
Houston, one son, W. H. Winter
at Albuquerque, one daughter,
Mrs. Floyd Tucker of Houston,
two granddaughters, one great-
grandson and two great-grand-
daughters.
ARCHER COUNTY PRODUCE goes to Dallas as gifts to Herman Marcus, Inc. repre-
sentatives and Barry Henry, realtor who is working closely with Marcus and the Ar-
cher City Industrial Foundation. Pictured (L to r.) Jim Jacobs of Windthorst, as an
official representative for his community presents a blue-ribbon turkey to Fred Hoek-
stra, Ctarlie Groden and Henry, along with one for Marcus. James B. Adams, Ar-
cher City Industrial Foundation president, assisted Jacobs in making the presenta-
tion of Thanksgiving turkeys to the visitors, along with two pens of blue-ribbon broil-
ers, a case of eggs and several pounds of cheese. The prize-winning produce was
entered in the fifth annual Archer County Junior Livestock Show Association’s show.
(News Staff Photo)
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1972, newspaper, November 23, 1972; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709090/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.