Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1982 Page: 1 of 13
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Archer County News
Farming, Ranching, Dairying, Oil, and Industry
Archer City, Texas 70-351
ISSUE 13
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1982
14 PAGES
1 Section
Voters Go To
The Polls Saturday Bingo
Three Archer City Wins
Archer County voters will
have the opportunity Satur-
day to make some changes
in local government and
school systems, when more
than 40 candidates will be
studied before choosing new
school board memebers and
city officals.
The News has given every
candidate an opportunity to
appear in print so that the
voters be given an inkling of
the candidate's positions.
At Archer City, five men
are vying for the two places
open on the city council.
These include incumbent,
Kenneth Culwell and David
Wright, Ward Campbell,
George Gaulden and A.C.
Wallace.
■*"' Two school board mem-
bers will be chosen from
eight candidates: Gary
Beesinger, Mike Fox, Ken-
neth Teichman, Paul Snod-
grass, Debbie Crutcher,
Judy McLemore, Gary Led-
yard and Barry Morrison.
At Holliday two council-
men and a mayor will be
e ted. May, antes Cook
has no announced opposi-
tion. Mike A. Parker is
seeking the place two post
now occupied by Fred
Dautne, Jr., a candidate and
Leo A. Chappell is opposing
incumbent Leon Addison.
In Holliday School, four
new mernbers will be
elected. Candidates are
incumbents W.T. Mankins,
Larry Finnell and Gene
Harmon, also Carl Nichols,
Bob Martin, Clay Lindley,
Melvin Bills and Dr. Larry
Lilley.
In Megargel, three candi-
dates are seeking the two
positions, they are Harvey
McQueen, Barbara McEwen
and Charles Kulhanek. The
Megargel City Council will
elect two councilmen and a
mayor. Incumbent Mayor
Charlie Kulhanek has no
opponent and Roddy Mclver
and Raymond Tedrow are
seeking the two council
posts open.
Windthorst School Board
incumbents James Zotz and
Albert Ostermann are the
only candidates for those
two places.
Windthorst Mayor Henry
Ostermann is not seeking
re-election, so Charles J.
Atchlev i« sookinn 'Hat nost.
On'>
Meurer is up tor the two
places open on the council.
In Scotland, three council
posts are open. The
candidates are Joe Stallcup,
Lonnie Rayburn, Jim Hoff-
man and Dan Schenk.
In Lakeside City, Mayor
Jon Rivkin did not seek
re-election. Two council
seats are open. Joe White
and Jerry Cox are seeking
the mayor’s post and Gary
Ross, Beverly Haas and
Sammy Lawson are candi-
dates for the two places.
Voting booths in the
county are: Archer City
City Hall, and1
library. In Holliday, four
polling places are open,
Holliday School for the city
officals and Holliday resi-
dents of the school district,
also Dundee Methodist
Church, Bowman Com-
munity Building and
Lakeside City Municipal
Building.
Lakeside City voters will
also cast city ballots at the
municipal building.
In Scotland, the KC Hall
will have voting booths for
the Archer City School and
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Windthorst voters will go
to the school library to vote
for both elections and
Megargel voters will go to
City Hall for both the school
election and for the city.
Elections
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Schools Announce
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Archer County students
will be taking that last break
from their studies this
coming week, before enter-
ing the hectic last two
months of school.
Archer City schools will be
dismissed Friday and return
to classes on April 12.
Holliday students, who
earlier had a sprint? break,
will be dismissed April 8 and
resume classes on April 13.
Megargel. which also had an
earlier break, will follow the
same schedule.
Windthorst schools will
hold classes Monday then be
dismissed until the following
Monday, April 12.
announced by Contest Direc-
tor Judd Gray. The final
results show an astounding
number of points accumu-
lated by one student, Sherry
Cox of Archer City High
School.
' The 65 points piled up by
In addition to candidates Miss Cox helped Archer City
for city councils and school emerge winner in the district
boards, three of the towns in team contest with a total of
Archer County will have 252 points. Nocona came in
bingo on the ballot. second with 87, Holliday 77.
Archer City, Windthorst, Petrolia 60 and Windthorst
and Lakeside City will 40. Others were Millsap,
decide on the bingo issue. Boyd and Chico.
Lakeside City will also vote Sherry Cox, a senior at
on cable television. Archer City High School, is
The State Comptroller’s the daughter of Mrs. Zana
office has announced that Elliott and Chester Cox of
voters in 64 counties, 57 Archer City,
cities, and 35 justice Archer City won first,
precincts will decide the second and alternate places
bingo issue. The office in debate. Brad Dickey,
issued a warning that in Tony Leamon, Debbie Dev-
cases where there has been row and Jerry Gray repre-
an election and an operator seated Archer City in the
is running a game without a two top places. Robert
license, it is illegal. In areas Rasmusson and Steve Snider
there has not been an represented Holliday in the
election, bingo is illegal third places and Sherry Cox
also- and Roger Beal of Archer
Under the Texas Bingo fci|y were the alternate
Enabling Act, local voters jesjm.
must petition for an election Other events and winners
and vote on legalizing bingo were: Informative Speaking-
for qualified charitable Lori Rogers and Stacia
organizations bfefore it can Brown, of Nocona, the two
be played legally. , |»p winners: Jammie Owen
g„v„™»n, bod, of
Archer City, second, third
and alternate.
Prose Interpretation-
Sherry Hoff. Archer City,
first; Denise Rogers. Holli-
day, second; Lisa Smith,
Windthorst. third and Ro-
civil penalty. Further, the
law also provides criminal
penalities for unauthorized
games under the Texas
Penal Code.
*n ..., Cox, Archer City High School Senior, earned a
record breaking 65 points In the DMrict 13 AA UIL Literary
Events held last week at Midwestern State University and
Region IX Education Center. Sherry’s points helped nako h
possible for Archer City to eaerge winner h the eight school
Gulley, Holliday, second; 1
Carol Beaman, Windthorst,
cond; Angela Mayo, thtro
and Karen Aulds, Archer
City, alternate.
Headline Writing- Jeff
Brooks. Chico, first; Kim
Kester, Archer City, second;
Kristi Wolf, Windthorst.
third and Erick Neal,
Holliday, alternate.
bert Shawver, Holliday,
alternate.
Poetry Interpretation- Al-
xkn a*TKrt's<ftn> noy®.
alternate.
News Writing- Becky
Sternadel. Petrolia, first,
Jho Lea Starnes, second,
Sherry Cox, third and Karen
Aulds, alternate, all of
Archer City.
Feature Writing- Angela
Mayo. Petrolia. first; Lori
Lpplications-
Sherry Cox, #rcher City,
first; Laney Oliver, Archer
City, second; Leslie Man-
kins, Holliday, third and
Roger Beal, Archer City,
alternate.
Number Sense- Laney
Oliver, Archer City, first;
Scott King, Nocona, second;
Zane Meekins, Nocona,
third and Donna Scheffe,
Windthorst, alternate.
Ready Writing- Robert
Rasmuseen. Holliday, first;
Kim McDonald, Petrolia,
second; Jammie Owen,
Archer City, third and Lisa
Smith, Windthorst, alter-
nate.
Science- Sherry Cox,
Archer City, first; Murry
Hammond, Boyd, second;
Dawn Blank, Boyd, third
and Kenneth Cates, Petro-
lia, alternate.
Shorthand- Mary Oster-
mann, Windthorst, first;
Gary Uribe, Millsap, second;
Sherry Cox, Archer City,
third and Susan Stewart,
Boyd, alternate.
Spelling- Jerry Gray,
Archer City, first; Donna
Belknap, Petrolia, second;
Susan Shea, Petrolia, third
and Kay Flatt, Holliday,
alternate.
Typing- Tammy Dering-
ton, Millsap, first, Karen
The one act play was won
by Archer City for the
presentation of The Marvel-
ous Playbill, directed by Pan
Giddings. Nocona was
second best for The
Patchwork Quilt, directed by
Debbie Staley.
Rattler Relays Begin Friday
tSancer Crusade Underway
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With a goal of $4200, the
Archer County Cancer Unit's
annual Crusade has begun.
Crusade chairman Gary
Beesinger has named volu-
nteer leaders in the nine
areas in the county, with
four,’section chairmen in
Archer City, for the
residential drive.
Archer City businesses
will be contacted by special
volunteers who are Peggy
Sullivan, Donia Kirkland,
Ruth Moore and Inez Bratt.
Beesinger also heads that
committee.
Section workers for Archer
City are: Gayle Peden,
southwest; Betty Pierce,
Southeast; Karen Fox,
northeast, and Patsy Barton-
northwest.
Volunteers who will head
the Crusade in their home
communities are: Mrs.
Frank McAnally, Megargel;
Mrs. Leonard Schenk, Scot-
land, Jerome Ostermann,
Windthorst; Judy Dill, Lake-
side City; Mary Lou Moser
and Mrs. Walter Palmer,
Lake Kickapoo and Black-
flat; Mrs. Jim Wortham,
Mankins and Mrs. Cecil
HOImes, Dundee.
The Crusade in the
Holliday area will be headed
by Mrs. Jim Blair as
captain, and will be
conducted in the form of a
Singspiration to be held in
the school auditorium.
The Special gifts commit-
tee is headed by Jimmy P.
Horany and Mrs. H.P.
McDonnell.
The Archer City dnve is
aet for Tuesday, between the
hours of five and eight.
Workers will meet at the
Lions Club building for
reports.
The Archer County Rattler
Relays will be run this
weekend at Wildcat Stadium
in Archer City. The Relays
are the cooperative efforts of
the athletic departments ot
Archer City and Windthorst
schools.
The girls and boys junior
high division will be run
Friday. April 2. beginning
with the field events at 2:30
p.m. Preliminaries in the
running events begin at 3
p.m. with the finals
scheduled to start at 6:30
Jury Deadlocks
In Oil Field Case
The trial of J W. Boren of
Iowa Park, who was indicted
for oil thefts in October,
1981, ended in a mistrial two
days after it began on
Tuesday of last week.
The trail was in 97th
District Court with Judge
Frank Douthitt presiding, in
the Archer City courtroom.
Defense attorney Cletus
Schenk faced District Attor-
ney Jack McGaughey
was assisted by special
prosecutor Michael Payne.
Payne was employed by the
North Texas Oil and Gas
Association.
Jury selection was on
Tues. morning and witnes-
ses began testifying by
noon. Among the chief
witnesses for the prosecu-
tion was David Styles who
testified he bought ‘‘bot-
toms" of oil tanks from
Boren for more than $200
and less than $10,000. The
oil came from tanks on the
Hammond Properties in
Archer County, including
the Ferguson D lease.
The case went to the jury
at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday
but six hours later, Judge
Frank Douthitt pronounced
it "hopelessly deadlocked"
/hen 10 members favored
acquittal and two voted for
conviction.
No trial date has been set
for the new trial, but District
Attorney McGaughey said
there would definitely be
another trial.
p.m. Teams competing will
include Megargel, Holliday,
Olney, Henrietta, Throck-
morton, Midway, Seymour.
Windthorst and Archer City.
The high school division
begins Saturday morning at
8:30. Twelve girls teams
and thineen boys teams will
be competing. Schools
entering both girls and boys
include Holliday, Megargel.
Newcastle, Throckmorton,
Bryson, Goree, Paducah,
Midway, Nocona. Wind-
thorst and Archer City. The
Notre Dame girls and the
Chico and Boyd boys will
also be competing.
running
at 2:30
Finals in the
events will begin
p.m. Paducah is expected to
make a strong showing in
both the boys and girls
divisions. Boyd, Nocona,
and Holliday should be
strong in the boys division.
Midway, Nocona, Goree and
Throckmorton and Wind-
thorst should field strong
teams in the girls division.
This year marks the first
time that the girls division
will be included in the
Relays. Dean Kirkpatrick of
Archer City is the meet
Director.
ON TARGET
Holliday To Host
Girls District Meet
track, tennis g«df,
there the ever popular Jnst-ptoi
£tdkilg, studying, lest-taking, end test grading t>
Mrs. D.E.
Service Chairman far the ACS.
District 13AA Girls UIL
Track and Field Meet will be
held in Holliday’s Eagle
Field on Tuesday, April 6.
Athletic Director Don Lucy is
director of the meet.
Preliminary running eve-
nts will begin at 10 a.m. and
Field Events will begin at 11
a^n. Finals in the running
events will begin at 2 p.m.
The events will be
divided into Seventh Grade,
Eight Grade and Varsity.
The eight schools of Dist.
13 AA, Archer City. Boyd.
Holliday. Petrolia. Nocona,
Millsap. Windthorst, and
Chico will all be represented
ai the event.
at this exciting tlm
matter what the final
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Lobpries, F. Mike & Lobpries, Fran. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1982, newspaper, April 1, 1982; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713687/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.