The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1965 Page: 1 of 10
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The Archer County News
51st Year
Short Grass Ranching Capital of The World
Archer City, Texas 76351
Single Copy 10c
Thursday, March 25, 1965
Number 12
/ JOTS
By JOE K. STULTS
An urgent plea has been made
by the president of the Kid Base-
ball program, L. J. Cathey, for
all adults that are interested in
the summer program to be pres-
ent at the organizational meeting
to be held in the Lions Club
building Monday night.
We too, second this pica!
The Kid Baseball program en-
joyed a very sucessful year main-
ly due to a lot of hard work put
forth by the president and
members of the governing board.
To mention a few of the acom-
plishments, besides furnishing
two months of good wholesome
recreation for some 200 Archer
County youths, is the new mobile
concession stand, grass infield
and watering system, new dug-
outs, and at the present the seat-
ing capacity is being doubled |
with new bleachers being added.'
This is a fine program—one
that warrants your support Mon-
day night—be there!
—jot—
Ooops! We’ve done it again! We
reported, last week, that Bobby
Hickman’s bride’s maiden name
was Miss Martha Mamza, and it
should have been Miss Martha
Lamza, we hope they will for-
give us and have a long and
happy life together.
Clean-Up Campaign
To Begin March 29th
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DEMOLISHED AUTO—This is tha 1963 Ford
sedan that Raymond Viath of Scotland was
killed in last weak in a one-car accident two
and half miles east of Archer City. Other oc-
cupants of the car that ware hospitalized in
the county hospital were Arthur Frerich Bob-
by Vieth, Johnny Anderle, Tommy Berend and
Richard Vieth. Still hospitalized are Frorich,
Bobby Vieth and Anderle.
(News Staff Photo)
Kid Baseball Meeting
Slated Monday Night
Rev. L. Hill Is
Faith M. Pastor
Rev. Lewis Hill has accepted
the pastorate of Faith Memorial
Baptist Church and has assumed
his duties as pastor, effective
Wednesday, March 17.
Rev. Hill has been in the min-
istry for almost 25 years and has
held a number of pastorates, the
last being Bethel Baptist Church
of Nocona, where he was pastor
for 111 years.
He holds a BA degree from
Hardin-Simmons University in
Abilene. He has been employed
by the Texas State Highway De-
partment for the past 16 months
and will continue in their em-
ploy.
H»s wife, Mary, is employed at
the State Hospital in Wichita
Falls where she will continue to
work for the present.
Rev. Hill was moderator of
the Montague Baptist Association
for two years, a member of the
Nocona Lions Club, and president
of the Nocona Ministerial Alli-
ance for four years prior to com-
ing to Archer City.
The Hills are at home at 304
E. Chestnut, in the Church par-
sonage.
L. J. Cathey, president of the
Archer County Kid Baseball or-
ganization has called an organiza-
tional meeting to be held Mon-
day night, 7:30 p.m. in the Lions
Club building in Archer City. He
has asked that all residents in
Archer County that are interested
in the baseball program to be
present for this meeting.
All parents of boys ages 7-14
are especially encouraged to be
present to assist in formulating
plans for the new year. The
three divisions of the county
league are: Pee Wee, ages seven
through nine; Minor, ages 10 and
11; and Majors, for boys 12
through 16.
Last year over 200 boys par-
ticipated in the program with
teams from Megargel, Wind-
tliorst, Holliday and Archer City.
There were eight teams in the
Pee Wee League, five in the
Minor and six in the Majors.
In the meeting scheduled for
Monday night new officers and
directors will be elected and
rules for the new season discuss-
ed. Cathey has asked that all
managers and sponsors be pres-
ent for this meeting as there is
much business that needs to be
taken care of.
‘To have a successful program
there must be adequate adult
help and supervision, and every
person that is interested in work-
ing with this organization is en-
couraged to be present Monday
night,” Cathey stated.
LOOK WHO’S
NEW
Tammy Kay was born in the
Archer County Hospital, March
18- She weighed 7 lbs., 10 ozs.,
and is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Maxwell of Holliday.
FAITH MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH'S NEW PASTOR the
Rev. Lewis Hill and his wife, Mary, assumed Hie duties of his
new position Wednesday, March 17. The Hills are at heme in
the church personage at 304 E. Chestnut. Rev. Hill has been
in the ministry for IS years.
Biddy Basketball
Tourney Slated
A. C. Wallace, grade school
principal and director of the
biddy basketball program, an-
nounced today that the biddy
tournament would get underway
April 1. The games will be play-
ed on Tuesday and Thursday
night with about five nights
needed to complete the tourna-
ment, the director said. Each of
the ten teams, (five boys and five
girls) will play at least two games
in the tournament. The winner
in the losers’ bracket will meet
the winner in the winners’ brac-
ket in the championship game.
Listed below are the teams and
their managers:
HORNETS
Tommy Goodwin will coach
the Hornets this season and they
have chosen green as their color.
Boys making the team are Kenny
Hillard, Brian McPherson, David
Fall, David Cheves, David Go-
forth, Gary Beesinger and George
Huffman.
BLACK INDIANS
Coaching the Black Indians is
Steven Fall. The team color is
black and the boys are Bill Crow,
Joe Harney, Kieth Bryant, Bobby
Peters, Jackie Whitsitt and Jim
Lewis.
LIONS
The color orange has been
chosen by the Lions and Don Pet-
ty will coach the team. The boys
playing are Steve Bell, Ronny
Williams, Tony Williams, Phil-
lip Harrelson, Jerry Stults, Roy
Hillard and Derrel Willett.
GOLDEN BEARS
Playing for the Golden Bears
will be Casey Rodgers, Charles
Luig, Clayton Duncan, Wayne
Chambers, Greg Osborne, Kenny
Triplett, Clifford Frodyma and
Charles Gaines. The team’s color
is gold and Burney Fuller is
coach.
MAROON RAMS
The Maroon Rams, coached by
Danny Brewer, will wear the
maroon color. Their team con-
sists of Lonnie Maag, Ronnie
Beesinger, Jim Black, Mark
Groves, Johnny Hudson, Jasper
Hulse and Jody Cunningham.
Girls Basketball Teams
TIGERS
Lugenia Adkins will coach the
(Continued on back page)
i. D. Brown
Dies Monday
J. D. (John Delmar) Brown,
61, of 609 St. Patrick Ave., died
in the Archer County Hospital,
Monday, March 22, at 4:45 pm-
following an illness of three
months.
Brown, who had lived in Arch-
er for 12 years, was an employee
of Ward Crude Oil Co. of Wich
ita Falls at the time he became
ill. He had been in their employ
for 13 J years.
Browr jvas born in Oklahoma
Territory Oct. 20, 1903. He was
married to the former Gracie
Torpley in Eakley, Okla., March
16, 1929 and came to Texas the
same year.
He was engaged in farming
and raising cattle at Joy in Clay
County prior to moving to Arch-
er City in 1953.
Survivors include the wife of
the home- one son, Ray Brown
of 207 S. Mulberry; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Bobby Haigood (Betty)
of Wichita Falls, and Mrs. Bar-
ney Clark (Juanita) of Houston;
six sisters, Mmes. Lilia Hamsber-
ger of Wichita Falls, NelUe Mc-
Gage and Zona Bennett both of
Houston, Gertrude Thompson of
Hot Springs, Ark., Effie Castoe
of Ada, Okla., and Geneva Leard
of Cisco; one brother, Cecil
Brown of Houston; and ten
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed from Faith Memorial Baptist
Church, Wednesday, March 24,
at 2 P-m. with Rev. Tiff Coving-
ton of Wichita Falls, assisted by
Rev. Lewis Hill, pastor, officia-
ting.
Burial was in the Archer City
Cemetery under the direction of
Aulds-Littlepage Funeral home.
Pallbearers were H. K. Petty,
J. W. Sturgeon. Raymond Cox,
Bennie King, Charlie King, and
Eugene Crutcher.
Public Libary Is
Topic For Civic
Improvement Meet
Hap Burkett, chairman of the
Civic Improvement Committee,
has called a general meeting for
the committee and citizens that
are interested in establishing a
public library for Archer City.
The meeting is scheduled for
next Tuesday, 7:30 pm, at the
Chamber of Commerce office.
Burkett said that a study has
been made on the project and
requirements that are necessary
to meet state standards to re-
ceive state assistance will be dis-
cussed. The possibility of con-
structing a library building will
also be a topic for discussion.
March 29 through April 10
have been designated CLEAN-UP
WEEKS by mayor L. D. Bailey,
and Kenneth Miers has been
r.amcd general chairman of the
city-wide campaign.
In the mayor’s proclamation,
setting the specified days aside,
he called upon all people of the
community, with the cooperation
of all groups, to participate in
the clean-up campaign.
The mayor said, “Whereas the
lives and property of our people
are endangered by fire and ac-
cidents caused by littered and
cluttered conditions in homes,
places of public assembly, busi-
ness, alleys and streets . . .
pointing out that each resident
of the town has a responsibility
to keep his property clean and
free of debris.
The American Insurance As-
sociation has issued a few tips
on how to do your part during
the Spring Clean-Up Week.
It says to start the Clean-Up
job in your home, disposing of
accumulated magazines, news-
papers, combustible no longer
needed, being sure to dispose of
old empty paint cans, worn paint
brushes and such things.
A Clean-Up job in the home,
of course, included the yard.
Leaves and dry grass should be
raked up and disposed of. If there
is such debris on your lot that
needs burning, or perhaps a va-
cant lot that should be burned
off, the Archer City Volunteer
Fire Department will come, at
your call, provided you have con-
tacted jack Harney, fire marshal
previously to make an appoint-
ment, to stand by while the
burning is safely done.
The city will also furnish a
truck and driver with which to
haul large items, tree limbs,
dead shrubs, and various items
too large to haul in the regular
trash trucks, during this special
Clean-Up campaign.
Spring Clean-Up work on va-
cant lots can provide additional
play space for children, so if
you have a vacant lot, get a
group of the men on the block
together and clear the lot of
fallen branches, weeds, rubbish
and other debris.
Not only will the vacant lot
be more attractive, but children
playing on the lot will be safer
than in the street where cars are
continually passing by.
Merchants around the square
are urged to join in the Clean-Up
drive. This calls for concerted
effort on the part of everyone in
the community to make our town
spic and span. This is the time to
clear out waste materials and re-
fuse which may have accumulated
during the winter months.
When replenishing stocks of
merchandise or goods empty car-
tons and packing material should
be disposed of as soon as goods
are unpacked.
School principals were remind-
ed by the American Insurance As-
sociation that Spring Clean-Up
time should be observed by
schools as well as by private
householders.
The Association suggested that
school principals should send a
memorandum to ail teachers ask-
ing them to go over papers in
their offices and throw out those
no longer needed.
Churches, too, should take time
out during the Spring Clean-Up
Weeks to check their premises for
fire hazards and accumulations
of unsightly debris. During the
winter months, when church
social activities are at their
height, there is a tendency to
let maintenance slide.
Archer City has been divided
into four sections, according to
Miers, to facilitate the Clean-Up
program. Work will be concen-
trated in the northeast section of
town, March 29-31, with city de-
partments and equipment avail-
able for citizens needing them.
(Continued on back page)
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the general health and welfare of our citi-
zens depend upon wholesome surroundings arising from
good clean living conditions and
WHEREAS, the lives and property of our people are
endangered by fire and accidents caused by littered and
cluttered conditions in homes, places of public assembly,
businesses, alleys and streets and
WHEREAS, a clean and beautiful community is a proud
and prosperous one and
WHEREAS, unity of effort is required for future de-
velopment of our community
THEREFORE, I, L D. Bailey, Mayor of the City of
Archer City, do hereby, designate March 29 through April
10 inclusive as CLEAN-UP WEEKS and most respectfully
call upon all departments of this city, its commercial or-
ganizations, civic clubs, schools, churcher, women’s clubs,
boys’ and girls’ clubs and all other associations and our
people in general to take an active part in this constructive
program of community improvement to insure its success
This, the 22nd day of March, 1965.
Mayor L. D. Bailey, City of Archer City, Texas.
Lions Club Joins Clean-Up Brive
By Remodeling Meeting Hall
The Archer City Lions Club
got a big jump on the city-wide
clean-up campaign Tuesday when
the board of directors voted to
completely remodel the build-
ing.
A new office space will be
partitioned off near the entrance
of the building and used by the
Archer City Chamber of Com-
merce. Board of directors of the
Chamber agreed to move from
their present location and pay
rent to the Lions Club which will
be used for the remodeling pro-
gram.
Included in the remodeling
plans will be a new face-lifting
on the outside of the building
with aluminum glass doors replac-
ing the wooden doors. The large
window will be removed and the
space filled with rock veener. In-
side the building the ceiling will
be lowered with acoustical tile,
all birch or mahogany paneling
around the walls, new florescent
light fixtures and a rest room
added. The hardwood floor will
Jimmy Nowell
Buried Monday
Jimmy Paul Nowell, 27, died
in a Fort Worth hospital, Satur-
day, March 20 at 3 p.m., follow-
ing an illness of several months
duration due to lukemia.
Nowell, who was born August
29, 1937, in Muenster, came to
Archer City in 1952 with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Now-
ell now of Nocona. He was grad-
uated from the local high school
and was a member of the local
First Baptist Church.
He was married to the former
Janice Smith, who is also an
Archer City High School gradu-
ate.
Nowell and his family had
made their home in Fort Worth,
Abilene, and Springtown, since
leaving Archer City. He was em-
ployed by General Dynamics Cor-
portion of Fort Worth, at the
time he became ill.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed from the Springtown Bapdst
Church, where he was a mem-
ber, Monday, March 22, at 2
p.m., with the pastor officiating.
Burial was in the Springtown
Cemetery under the direction
of White’s Funeral Home.
Su-vivors include the wife,
Janice, of the home, one daugh-
ter, Jamie, 9; one son, Curtis,
6; hit parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Nowell of Nocona; and one
brother. Joe. also of Nocona.
be refinished and extras added
to the kitchen.
Lion Club President Roy Alsup
appointed James Adams, high
school principal, to oversee the
project.
Members of the Lions Club and
Chamber of Commerce were en-
thusiastic about the project as
the building will be a nicer meet-
ing place for all non-profit or-
ganizations in Archer City.
Alsup said the project has been
set up to go along with the city-
wide clean-up campaign and that
work on the project would begin
immediately. Completion of the
project is set for May 1.
Chamber Adds
New Members
Fifteen new members have
been added to the membership
of the Archer City Chamber of
Commerce, according to a report
by Bud Bledsoe, chairman of the
membership drive.
Individuals and businesses add-
ed to the roll include C- S Ash-
ton, Archer Discount Lumber
Co., Mrs. Lola Beaty, Beall’s Dept
Store, Rev. Joe J. Cunningham.
Joe Fields, Bobby Gray, Murphy
Bros. Chevrolet Co., Nelson's
Texaco, Oilfield Service & Equip-
ment Co., Virgil Patton, Royal
Theatre, Wildcatter Drive-In, Mrs.
Betty Sue Thurlkill, and John
Woods.
SP 4 LESTER MACK HOW-
ELL is •" Korea far a yaar
of torvico rn me army
low inq a recent month's fur-
lough spent in Archer City
with his wife, the former
Linda Owen, two, children,
Gary Jaa and Loafer Mach,
and Ms parents* Mr. and Mrs.
Che*tar Hawaii, MS H. Cad-
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1965, newspaper, March 25, 1965; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713378/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.