The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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Th«* Archer County News Thursday. Feb. 27, 1964
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The Archer County News
Rack When .
Megargel Farmer
Has 91st Birthday
House Numbers Oil Bowling News
Jim Hoffmans and Ray Linde
Sole . it (itv Hull
Published every Thursday at Archer City, Archer County, Texas
Joe K. Stults, Editor and Pubfisher
Taken from the back files of The News
Second class postage paid at Archer City. Texas.
Subscription rates: $2.50 in county and adjoining counties and
$5.00 elsewhere.
Feb. 29, 1940
A. H (Dutch) Gosler is a can-
didate again for sheriff. He was
in that office from 1935 through
1938
Feb. 25, 1937
John Hooper, who has been
attending school at Hardin-Sim-
mons, is home due to illness.
Any erroneous reflection on the character, reputation oi
standing of any person, firm or corporation which may appear
in The News will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of
the publisher.
Mr and Mrs. W. S. Ikard were
host and hostess to a dance cele-
brating their IVjth wedding an-
niversary with approximately 100
couples attending.
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Important Jobs Due
J. S. (Sell) )Melugin this week
announced his candidacy for
county judge.
Matt J. Walker. 89. last sur-
viving Confederate veteran of
Stonewall Jackson Camp died
Feb. 17 and was buried in Okla-
homa.
Funeral services for Pete
Baumardt were held at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Scotland. He has
been a resident of that communi-
ty since 1906.
Citizens of Archer City will elect a mayor and two council-
men in the city election slated for April 7. Voters in the school
district will also name two members to the board of education
April 4.
The vote you cast for these officials will be. in most cases,
the most important thing you do for your community this
year These jobs are of the highest importance. The school
system and the city are two of the largest businesses in the
community, therefore, the men you put in charge should be
men capable of running a large business concern.
The management of the city and of our schools determines
what kind of community Archer City will be in the years
ahead
Elect men to these offices that have vision; men that have
principle: men with vigor; men that are progressive and want
the best for our schools and city.
Let's put the best we have in these important places of re-
sibility!
Announcement was made at a
tea Saturday of the engagement
and approaching marriage of
Miss Freddie Mae McDaniel and
Vernon Gorman, at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McDaniel.
The stork this week delivered
three boys to the local hospital.
Floyd Wayne was born Saturday.
Feb 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Dugan; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Davis
are the parents of a son, Don
Hampton, born Tuesday, Feb. 23;
and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Martini
of Windthorst announce the ar-
rival of their son, Elvis, Wednes-
day, Feb. 24.
Joseph Cernosek, retired farm
, er of the Megargel area, celebra
I ted his 91st birthday recently
with eight of his ten children
being present.
Cernosek was a native of
Czechoslovakia and was brought
to America and to Texas with
1 his family when seven or eight
years old. He has been a resident
of the Megargel area since 1911.
He is a member of the Catholic
Church at Megargel.
Children present for the birth-
day celebration were Mrs. Albert
Havran and Mrs. R. A. Shelley
of Olney; Mrs. Richard Sumbera
and Mrs. Jerry Miller of Megar-
gel; Mrs. A J. H. Simek of Lub-
bock; Mrs. Agnes Kovar of Mer-
cedes; John Cernosek of Wichita
Falls; Joe Cernosek of Graham;
Stanley Cernosek of San Antonio
and Otmer Cernosek of Memphis.
Tenn.
House numbers are still on ^ Tuesday league at Wind
hfl: a r'd„»«->*.
mans with 11 points hold the
lead by one point over Ernie
Hoffs and Ed Veitenheimers in
214 raising his previous high
Miss Beth Conner is named
Queen of Archer City as the
campaign fund for streetrnarkers
closed Monday night. The cam-
paign netted $600 in w’hieh the
Delphian Club feels will be ade-
quate for the project.
Announcement was made this 1
Two of Cernosek s sisters. Mrs.
Mary Pastusek. 93. and Mrs. Bet-
ty Pastusek. 89. both of Wichita
Falls, attended the celebration.
Oldest of the Cernosek brothers
and sisters is John Cernosek of
Animonsville, soon to celebrate
his 97th birthday.
ber for your house. ™ph.an 2O0 for ,he lea E)mer
Club members cont.nue to urge Schroe(jers an(J Geo Vej{ ^
you to get your number and get ^ ^ ^ ^
up their last game with Don Smiths
The Club has mailed their an(j j0hn Schroeders who have
Commuity Improvement Contest 3J
report .and if the judges rate Pressure is mounting in the
the Archer City project worthy Thursday league which is in its
of an award, judges will be sent final stages. Henry Scheffees and
from General Federation to in- gill Bercnds lead with 27 points
spect the work done in Archer after picking up one this week
City. Leonard and Lee Schenks held
The De'ohian Club in regular their own with 25. A. R. Linde-
session Tuesday, Feb. 18. voted mans and Louis Schroeders have
to turn the remaining numbers 25 after taking three Oliver
purchased by the club over to the Koetters and Geo. Hoffs gained
City, with the proceeds derived the maximum of four and now
from their sale to be applied on have 19. With three contests re-
the purchasing of the additional maining and a possible 12 points
155 street markers needed to to win all eyes will be on every
designate each street corner in ball rolled,
town.
The house numbering job is
not complete until each resident
and business has a number dis-
played in a prominent place and
every street is marked.
; week of the marriage Feb. 14 of j T Mr and Mrs Frank Hoffman.
Miss Ruthie Dell Lowack of this Jr', the parents of a baby
city and Mac Wheeler of New- *‘rl: The Hoffmans >" Scot-
castle. i land
Mrs. Pankhurst
Hosts Study Club
DON’T DRIVE to Wichita Falls!
Now you can get typewriter rib
bons here in Archer City it the
Archer County News. tfp
FEDERAL LAND BANK
LOAN — for purchasing of
land, cattle, refinancing or im-
provements. Federal Land
Bank Association of Wichita
Falls. 223 Radio Building.
Feb. 23, 1939
Miss Doris Prideaux, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Prideaux
of this city, will be among a
group of Stephens College stu-,
dents received by Mrs. Franklin
D Roosevelt at the White House
March 3.
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TO-WAN-KA CAMP FIRE
Fred L. McDaniel is in the
hospital suffering from pneumo-
nia. The To-Wan-Ka Camp Fire
- Girls met Tuesday, Feb. 18. Bar
An 8-lb son was born Monday bara W'ylie, president, called the
at the Archer hospital to Mr. meeting to order. Debra Thomas,
and Mrs. G. B Beard of Loving, secretary', read the minutes of
---—— the last meeting. The treasurer,
Belinda Hudson, read the treas-
urers report. The president call-
ed for new and old business.
We worked on paper mache
mountains. We voted on making
a display of fires for the Dad
and Daughter Banquet. We had
refreshments.
Connie Wright, reporter
“The Road Ahead for Women
1 in Public Life," was the subject
| of a panel discussion at a meet-
ing of the Dundee Study Club
last Wednesday. Mrs. H. S. Pank-
hurst was hostess at her home in
i Holliday. Guests speakers for
the panel were Mmes. G W. Holt
Jr., Michael Daves and Miss Sue
Roberts, all of Holliday.
Election of officers was the
principal item of busines for the
day. Upon the recommendation
of the nominating committee,
the club elected the following
for the 1964-65 club year. Mrs.
Jack Robertson, president; Mrs.
Roy Lakey, vice-president; Mrs
Floyd Spencer, secretary; Mrs.
H .S. Pankhurst, treasurer; and
Mrs. C. H. Williams, federation
conselor. Guests present in ad-
dition to the panel members
were Mmes. B. W. Finnell Sr..
G. V. Welch. Charles Roberts,
Leslie B. Finnell and Miss Wren
Marshall.
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1964, newspaper, February 27, 1964; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714270/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.