The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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The Archer County News
51st Year
Short Crass Ranching Capital of The World
Archer City, Texas 76351
Single Copy 10c
Thursday, March 4, 1965
Number 9
According to a news release in
the Olney Enterprise the daily
service charges have increased at
the Olney Hospital.
The release states that the
daily service rate which is com-
monly called room rent ranges
from $23.00 for a private room in
the new addition to $15.00 for a
semi-private room in the old
hospital.
This is a bit high in comparison
to the rates at the county hospital
in Archer City. The county hos-
pital has two private rooms with
full baths that have a $18.00 per
day charge, six private rooms
with half baths that go at $15.00;
and six semi-private rooms with
half-baths at $12.00.
The Olney hospital has had two
rate increases on the daily ser-
vice charges since the local hos-
pital was opened three years ago.
There has been no increase at the
County hospital since the open-
ing.
—jot—
Ben Adams, owner of the
Royal Theatre, reports that he
has been disappointed lately in
the number of adults that are at-
tending the movie. We can re-
member back beiure the show
was reopened that many (includ-
ing ourselves) said we would
faithfully support the show,
should it open. A prosperous
movie in town is a big asset and
we urge you to support the local
movie by your attendance and
patronage.
It sure helps out on the baby-
sitting problem and Ben is tops
in this field. Mrs. Gene Bell can
attest to this as she called recent
ly letting us know how much she
appreciated the management of
the local show. She said that her
daughter, Kandace, has on num-
erous times lost her allowance
and Ben has always been able to
find it for her. She reports that
the manager has always been very
courteous and helpful to the
small-frys and reminds her of an
old “mother hen”.
Make plans to attend a show
this week—he’s got some good
ones booked.
—!•*—
ARCHER CITY - HOLLIDAY
TESCO Announces
Reduction In Rates
BLUE AND GOLD BANQUET—Three Archer
City Cub Scouts, (I. to r.), Jimmy Morrow,
Johnny Foster end Brian McPherson, assist the
Order of The Arrow Lodge Indian dancers in
one of their dance routines at the Blue and
Gold banquet that was held at the Legion Hall
Thursday night. The Lodge furnished the enter-
tainment for the annual banquet which con-
sisted of several colorful Indian dance rou-
tines. Sill Crow, Archer City Cub Master, was
master of ceremonies for the banquet.
(Archer County News Photo)
Cubs All Present at
Blue-Gold Banquet
Cub Scouts of Pack 100 held i history of the annual affair.
It’s not often we enter into
family secrets but we received a
letter this week from R. B. Fran-
cis who is the son-in-law of Mrs.
Z. T. Burkett and thought we
would pass along its contents.
Dear Sir:
Mrs. Z. T. Burkett was with us
on a two-weeks trip into Georgia
Alabama and other Southeastern
states. In recounting her trip to
her friends she might inadven-
tently leave out one item: There
were four in the party and we
played bridge 11 evenings, keep
ing a running score. The total
of the 11 evenings, scores placed
Mrs. Burkett second FROM THE
BOTTOM.
We just wanted her story to be
complete and were afraid she
might fail to mention this small
detail.
R. B. Francis.
their annual Blue and Gold Ban-
quet in the American Legion Hall,
Thursday, February 25, at 7 p m.,
with Bill Crow, Cub Master act-
ing as Master of Ceremonies.
Tables were decorated by each
Den for their members and par-
ents. Cubs had made place mats,
place cards, and centerpieces dur-
ing their regular meetings pre-
ceding the banquet.
Order of the Arrow Lodge 25
of Wichita Falls entertained Cubs
and their guests. Special guests
included Mel Smith from the
Wichita Falls Scout Office and
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Crenshaw
from Seymour.
All Cubs were present for the
banquet for the first time in the
Dee Canada Is
Buried Friday
Heart Fund Lags
In Contributions
The Arc^^ County Heart Fund
is lagging in donations as only
$43257 has been collected com-
pared to $1,126.07 last year, ac
cording to Mrs. Luke Kirkland,
county fund raising chairman.
Archer City has contributed
$32086 to date. In the door-to-
door canvass in Archer City the
southwest gave $119.60; north-
west, $25.28; northeast, $12.50;
southeast, $45 08; business sec
tion, $108.50; Amity Club $5.00;
and the Delphian Club, $5.00.
Windthorst has contributed
$82-34 and Scotland $29.47.
The report is not complete as
Mankins, Holliday, Megargel and
Dundee has yet to turn in their
reports.
Funeral services for Walter
Dee Canada of 421 E. Chestnut
were conducted from the First
Baptist Church, Friday, Feb. 26,
at 3 p.m. with Rev. James Mc-
Ginlay, former pastor, and Rev.
J. J. Cunningham, pastor, offici-
ating.
Canada, who died in an Olney
hospital, Thursday, Feb. 25, was
born in Archer City, April 12,
1916, and was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. McCager Canada.
He was a veteran of World War
H and a former city employee.
He was married to the former
Ruby Frances Goodwin, Sept. 19,
1953.
Survivors include the widow
of the home and three children
also of the home. The children
are Terry Dee, 10; Teena, 7;
and Teddy, 6. Three sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Wainscott of Olney,
Mrs. Ophelia Fields of Dell City,
and Mrs. Dora Howell of 205 N.
Cedar, also survive him.
Pallbearers were members of
the American Legion.
Intennent was in the Archer
City Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Aulds-Littlepage Funeral
Home.
George Huffman received the
Webelos badge.
Lion Badges were received by
David Fall, Brian McPherson,
Jerry Stults, Keith Bryant, Bill
Crow, Jimmy Lewis, Jasper Hulse,
Clifford Frodyma, Ronnie Bee-
singer, and Johnny Foster.
Wolf Badges were received by
Ward Campbell, Lee Cathey, Bill
Ed Crowley, Paul Wylie, Gene
Foster, Kim Wildey, Darrell Bee-
singer, Max Wood, Jimmy Mor-
row, Coby Osborne, Ronnie Wil-
lett, and Mike Mueller.
Den Chief Cords were received
by Bobby Foster and Allen Camp-
bell.
Boys receiving one gold arrow
were David Fall, Jerry Stults, Bill
Crow, Jimmy Lewis, Clifford
Frodyma, Ronnie Beesinger, John-
ny Foster, Ward Campbell, Lee
Cathey, Bill Ed Crowley, Paul
Wylie, Gene Foster, Kim Wildey,
Darrell Beesinger, Max Wood,
Jimmy Morrow, Coby Osborne,
Ronnie Willett, Greg Osborne, and
Mark Groves.
Silver arrows were received by
David Fall, Jerry Stults, Bill
Crow, Clifford Frodyma, Ronnie
Beesinger, Ward Campbell, Lee
Cathey, Bill Ed Crowley, Paul
Wylie, Gene Foster, Darrell Bee-
singer, Coby Osborne, Greg Os-
borne, Mark Groves, and Kim Wil-
dey received 2.
Six Candidates
Seek Election
At Windthorst
Six candidates have filed for
three places on the Windthorst
Independent School Board. These
are George Veitenheimer, A. L
Zotz, Joe Schreiber, Bill Schroe-
der, Jerry Schroeder and - Ed
Vietheimer.
George Vietheimer and A L.
Zotz are seeking re-election. Joe
Brenneis is the other board mem-
ber with expiring term. He has
not filed for re-election.
The election will be held in the
Windthorst school, April 3.
Filing Deadline
For City Council
Saturday, March 6
Virgil Patton, who was elected
last year to fill out the un-ex-
pired term of Johnny Linscott, is
seeking re-election to the City
Council. At press time Wednes-
day only two have filed for coun-
cilmen, the other being Gene
Crutcher, who filed last week.
There will be three vacancies
to fill. Those with expiring terms
are W. W. Dorris, Crutcher and
Patton.
Filing deadline for the city
post is Saturday, March 6. In-
terested candidates can file with
the City Secretary, Mrs. Martha
Ikard, at the city hall.
The city election will be in
the council room behind the city
hall, April 6.
Board Combines
School Elections
The Archer City Independent
School Board held their monthly
meeting Firday night with mostly
just routine business being trans-
acted.
The Board passed a resolution
combining the County school
board election and the Archer
City Board election. Voters will
mark only one ballot this year
as the county and Independent
school district candidates will be
printed on the same ballot. The
same voting procedure will be
carried out in Megargel, Wind-
thorst and Holliday, eliminating
the separate county election that
has been held in the past.
In other action the board ap-
proved the purchase of three new
electric sewing machines for the
home economics class. Supt. Tim
McPherson also reported to the
Board that Texas Electric Ser-
vice Co. had contributed, free of
charge, two new electric ranges
to be used in the home economics
department.
Supt. McPherson reported to
the Board on the necessity of in-
stalling showers in the high
school building so that students
taking P. E. in the old gym would
not have to go to the new gym
for showers. The Board did not
act on the problem but did agree
that it needed to be corrected in
the near future.
Roy Alsup, manager of Texas
Electric Service Company, appear-
ed before the City Council Thurs-
day night in a special called meet-
ing to propose a decrease in
electricity rates in Archer City
and an increase in the street and
alley rental payments. Charlie
Roberts, manager at Holliday,
made the same proposal to the
city leaders in their city on Feb.
23- Both councils approved the
proposal.
The principal changes in the
rates that were approved are a
reduction in the rate applicable
to residential customers, addition-
al promotional features to en-
courage increased residential use
in the winter months, and the
addition of a new rate for all-
electric homes. All residential
customers using more than 65
kilowatt-hours in a month will be
benefited. These changes will re-
sult in a reduction in excess of
5% in the annual revenues from
customers of the Company on
residential rates.
The rate adjustment made by
the company in 1963 was propor-
tionally larger for the below
average residential user. The
benefits under the new rates are
proportionately larger to the
above average use residential cus-
tomer, such as those with summer
air conditioning in their homes.
Other proposed changes in
rates will reduce the minimum
bills under the large general ser-
vice rate and bills for public
schools.
Alsup told the council that no
electric service bills will be in-
creased by the schedule of rates.
He also pointed out to the coun-
cil that the proposed rate reduc-
tion is a continuation of the long-
established policy of Texas Elec-
tric Service Company to volun-
tarily reduce electricity rates
from time to time as conditions
permit.
The street and alley rental pay-
ments to the cities of Archer City
and Holliday are based on two per
cent of the gross revenue re-
ceived from the sale of all elec-
tricity within the corporate limits
of the City.
The new revision adopted rails
for an increase from two percent
to three percent. This will result
in an additional one-third more
revenue to the city.
The new rates will go into ef-
fect March 25 at Holliday and
March 27 in Archer City.
County Spelling Bee Slated
Saturday At Court House
Spelling bee winners from four
schools in Archer County will
gather at the district court room
at the court house Saturday at
9 a.m. to determine the County
spelling bee champion. County
Judge Bill Holder is director for
the County spelling bee.
Eliminations have been held in
Archer City, Holliday, Megargel
and Windthorst and the winners
are:
Representing Archer in the bee
will be Theresa Matlock, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Matlock
BULLETIN
Adams, Frerich
Seek School
Board Election
The News was informed
at press time Wednesday that
Charlie Lee Martin had filed
for a place on the city coun-
cil.
Robert Adams, of Archer City
and S. A. Frerich of Scotland
have filed for election to the
Archer City Independent School
board to bring the total to three
that are seeking the three vacant
seats. The other candidate is
Buddy Schlabs of rural Archer Mother’s March,
City who filed earlier.
Board members with expiring
terms are Frerich, Lewis Veager
and Jeff Seay.
The election will be held April
3 and the filing deadline was
Wednesday, March 3 (yesterday).
However, The News was printed
early Wednesday and was unable
to list the candidates that would
be filing at the last minute.
March of Dimes
Total $977.
Citizens of Archer County have
contributed $977.18 to the March
of Dimes according to figures re-
leased this week by Jack Harney,
county fund raising chairman.
County Judge Bill Holder is coun-
ty chairman.
The total received is short of
the total that was contributed last
year but Megargel has failed to
return their report which should
push ,the total over last year’s
fund.
Archer City, with Mrs. Jack
Harney as chairman, contributed
$486.86. This includes the busi-
ness canvass, the house to house
money given
through the school, coin contain-
ers and memorial gifts.
Holliday, under the leadership
of Mrs. Roy McAllister, turned in
$284.69. Windthorst, with Mrs.
Andy Roewe as chairman, donat
ed $97.28. Mrs. Lucille Mosley
was chairman at Dundee where
they contributed $83.65.
Scotland, with Mrs. Robert
Krahl as chairman, contributed
$24 70
of rural Archer City. She is the
school champion and is in the
seventh grade. Co-champion is
Rhonda Hoggins, 10 • year - old
daughter of Sheriff and Mn.
Floyd Hoggins. Rhonda is in the
fifth grade.
Holliday’s champion is Bonnie
Spears and the co-champion is
Gary Gilmore. Representing Me-
gargel as the champion is Melin-
da Escue and the co-champion is
Alisa Bishop. Marian Munchrath
is the winner at Windthorst and
Betty Schroeder is the runner-up.
All eight of the representatives
will compete and the winner will
represent Archer County at the
regional contest to be held at
Midwestern University April 3,
The winner of the regional match
will get to go compete in the na-
tional bee in Washington, receive
a Zenith stereo phonograph «■<
a set of Encyclopedia Britanica.
Pronouncer for the County bee
will be Mrs. J. D. Mullis of Arch-
er City and the judges are: Mrs.
Carrie Stegall of Holliday; Mrs.
R. Q. Jones of Megargel; and Sis-
ter M. Domitius O’Coner of Wind-
thorst.
Weather
A**
Dan Stone Buys
Lumber Yard Here
Dan Stone of Holliday pnr-
chased Archer Independent Lum-
ber Company last week and as-
sumed ownership Monday, March
1. The new business will be
known as Archer Discount Lum-
ber Co.
Stone has managed the Stone
Bros. Lumber Yard in Holliday
for the past year and comes to
Archer City knowing the lumber
business. His plans include com-
plete re-stocking and he plans to
sell at competetive prices.
Stone is married and he and
his wife, Chris, are the parents
of two children. Kristy and Bobby
are twins, 22 months old. The
Stones are Baptists. They plan
to move to Archer City as soon
as possible.
Both, Mr. and Mrs. Stone, are
graduates of Holliday High School.
His mother is Mrs. Ola Mae
Stone and Mrs. Leslie B. Fin-
nell is Mrs. Stone’s mother. Both
mothers live in Holliday.
Date
High
Low
Feb. 24.........
- 37
14
Feb. 25_________
_ 81
28
Feb. 26____
____70
37
Feb. 27_____
_ 72
45
Feb. 28_____________
to
57
Mar. 1___
__48
35
Mar. 2___
—40
28
February rainfall
1.06
Trojfc.uettes Lose
Bi-District Game
j. v.
TROJANETTES DISTRICT CHAMPS—Tim
Windthorst Trojsnettss, coochod by George
Beaman, won the 34-B district championship
in basketball. The team lost their bi-district
match with Lockett Tuesday night, 374$. Mam
bora of the team that are pictured above are
The Windthorst Trojanettes,
leading for three quarters and
most of the fourth, dropped their
bi-district tilt with Lockett Tues-
day night, 37-33, at Iowa Park.
The Trojanettes, coached by
George Beaman, won the 34-B
District Championship and com-
pleted the season with a 20-7
record.
Mary Brenneis was the game’s
top scorer with 21 points follow-
ed by Bernadette Schreiber with
eight and Florence Zotz with
four. Kay Richie was high for
Lockett with 14 points.
Score By Quarters
. Windthorst 13 10 •
(Archer County News Photo) Lockett 11 11 $
Mary Brenneis, Bernadette Schreiber, Florence
Zotz, Carol Lindemen, Phyllis Pennertz, Gail
Veitenheimer, Sandra Wetf,
Garry Tekhman, Carmelite
Osterman, Dianne Zotz,
Donna Lindemen end Elaine
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1965, newspaper, March 4, 1965; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713914/m1/1/?q=%22Texas+Press+Association%22: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.