The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1970 Page: 1 of 16
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West’s 24th Annual Rodeo - Aug. 6,7, & 8
VOLUME 80, NUMBER 15
WEST, TEXAS
Baseball Season
Winds Up On
Saturday Night
The summer baseball and
softball season have just about
come to an end, or at least it
has unless more games can be
matched soon.
This week three games are
slated. On Thursday the Ross
Fence Busters came to town to
City Library
To Close; Please
Return Books
The West City Library will be
closed permanently as of Tues-
day, Aug. 3. Please return all
books that belong to the library
as they must be returned to the
County Library.
Mrs. Hollis McMahan, who has
play the local Little League All- j been West librarian since Sept.
Stars. Ross was winner in the j 2, 1958, will be on duty Friday
Hillsboro Tournament held the j afternoon, and next Tuesday
first week of July and the West I afternoon to accept all books.
LL All-Stars are 3-0 for
season, having toppled Hillsboro
1-0 and 3-2 and besting Whit-
ney 10-2 last week.
Friday (tonight) at 8 p.m. the
bigger baseball fellows will meet
in a West duel between the old-
timers and the now group. The
old timers are calling them-
selves the Goof-Offs and feature
such athletes as Joe Ed Maler,
John Maler, Jerry Maler, and
Beno Lichnovsky. They
tangle with Bill Cummings’
Bombers, featuring Charlies
Piscacek. Jimmy Wilcox, Jim
and Tim Jaska.
Saturday at 8 p.m. on the Tro-
jan diamond the West Gerik
Appliance LL team, a winner of
the Whitney tournament, will
host Standefer Chevrolet of
Hillsboro, the team that cap-
tured first place in the Whitney
tourney held a few days ago.
™ accept all
the Your cooperation will be appre-
ciated.
The West Library was opened
in 1926 or '27. City officials de-
cided to close the library as the
county bookmobile stops in West
every Monday afternoon, and
offers a wider choice of books
than were available in the West
Library. Officials felt the city
could save money and at the
same time avoid a duplication
of services.
Books that have been do-
nated to the West Library will
be given to the rest home or
hospital.
It is most important that you
return any books you have that
belong to the West Library, ei-
ther this Friday afternoon, or
no later than Tuesday after-
noon, Aug. 3.
GERIK APPLIANCE TEAM — The Gerik Appliance Little League
team won the consolation trophy at Whitney recently and Cappy
Payne (holding the trophy) made the all-tournament team.
Managers were Joe Edd Maler and Ernest Oden (not shown).
Freddie Gerik treated the team to a supper at the Chicken Shack
in Waco Monday.
West LL All-Stars
Defeat Hillsboro
In 3-Game Series
The powerful West Little
League All-Stars proved su-
perior to the Hillsboro All-Stars
lor the fourth straight year, or
since the series first began, back
in 1967.
On Thursday night West
went to Hillsboro and won a
thrilling 1-0 game as Freddy
Taylor fired a four-hit shutout
and fanned 12 batters while
| walking no one. West played
errorless ball and had the win-
* ning run to score in the third
inning as David Cernosek walk-
ed, stole second, reached third
on an error, and scored on a
ground ball by Peter Hardin.
Three of West’s four hits were
doubles. They came by Tom
Fleming, Cappy Payne, Tommy
Piscacek, while Ernest Uchnov-
sky singled.
Bill Walker was the losing
pitcher and allowed West only
four hits while fanning four
batters. Hillsboro made two er-
rors. Both teams had a double
play. Walker had two singles to
pace the Hillsboroans.
Lichnovsky Ends Scries
On Friday night the second
game in the best-of-three se-
ries shifted back to West, and
was just as thrilling as the 1-0
win for the locals on Thursday.
With the score tied at 2-2 go
ing into the bottom of the sixth
and final frame, VFW second
baseman Ernest Lichnovsky
connected to deep left field on
a pitch by Hillsboros Ken Ev
ans. Lichnovsky came around
the bases and the series was ov-
er, with West the winner, 3-2.
Lichnovsky also had a pair of
singles in the Friday game and
on Thursday was l-for-3, giving
him 4-for-6 in the two games,
to lead all hitters.
Peter Hardin of VFW was the
winning pitcher as he allowed
only two hits, coming in the
second inning when the two
Hillbsoro runs were scored. Ev-
ans and Donnie Lucky had
singles and both scored. Cappy
Payne and Tommy Piscacek
each had a single to go along
with the hot-hitting of Lich-
novsky. Hardin struck out 11
batters in getting the win. He
and first baseman Piscacek al-
so got credit for a double play.
Frank Nemec of Kiwanis and
Johnny Slay of VFW coached
these 12 fine West Little League
athletes.
Hot Days And
Cool Nights!
The temperature reached 99
degrees Wednesday while the
minimum was 76. It has been
a rather unusual summer, Tex-
ans will admit. Not as hot as
last year, but hot and dry
enough to suit most. West has
recorded only .63 of an inch in
July.
After that record-breaking
80-degree high on July 21, the
coolest of any previous July 21,
Westltes have experienced warm
temperature, in the mid 90s,
and relatively nice nights in
the middle 70s.
There was a 20 per cent
chance of rain early in the
week, but West did not receive
any. Winds were out of the
south at 10 to 15 miles per hour.
The grain harvest is prog-
ressing nicely, with no interrup-
tions by showers. Pastures are
very dry and could use a lot of
rain. Reports on the cotton crop
vary from excellent to poor,
depending on the location and
type of soil. About the only
thing that rain would help now
appears to be pastures and
lawns — certainly not rodeos.
Bob Gidney To
Show Antique
Cars Aug. 7
A 1949 Chrysler is considered
an antique by its young owner,
Bob Gidney, of West.
It is a town and country con-
vertible coupe which was consi-
dered classy by those of you
who will admit remembering it.
A 1929 De Soto Roadster is al-
so a prized possession of Mr.
Gidney.
These will be among the fifty
entries from the Waco Heart O'-
Texas Horseless Carriage Club ball club would be special guests
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1970
Rev. Johnson
Presents Program
To Kiwanis Club
Father Oliver Johnson, a
member of the West Kiwanis
Club, brought the program Wed-
nesday. He told of his recent
trip to his homeland of Ireland.
Father Johnson said that one
of the biggest thrills he had was
flying in the jumbo jet which is
capable of carrying 460 passen-
gers. These jets are 231 feet
long, and are more comfortable
than other planes; but also
more expensive.
He also gave the history of
the discriminations of the var-
ious groups of church people in
northern Ireland.
Tom Sandifer had his son,
Jim Bob, as a guest. The door
prize was donated by Adolph
Muska and was won by Jake
Tucker.
President Milton Morgan re-
ported on the family picnic held
last Friday at the KC grounds.
A total of 104 Kiwanians and j
their families attended, mak-
ing it the biggest ever held. Ev-
eryone enjoyed good barbecue
With all the trimmings, follow-
ed by fellowship with one an-
other.
Those helping with the meal
were Tom Sandifer, Milton
Morgan, Billy Sparks, Carroll
Sparks and the co-chairmen of
the annual event this year, El-
mer purifoy and Etl Sykira.
On Aug. 3 a board of direc-
tors meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Tom San-
difer while a bloodmobile visit
will be conducted in West on
Sept. 17. Bill Cummings will
be the chairman of this Ki-
wanis-sponeored project.
Milton Morgan recognized the
Kiwanis Cats Little League
team as being the champion of
the league again this year, and
noted that the managers and
$4.00 Per Year — 10c Per Cipy
in the antique car parade to be
held 5:30 p. m. Friday, August
7 as a part of the Gatesville
Centennial. Other local and cut
of town owners of antique autos
are invited to join the parade.
COLT AND PONY ALL-STARS — The West League was fortu-
nate in having several fine Pony and Colt League All-Stars this
summer. Representing the Friendship Cafe Pony League team,
were, front row, L to R: Stanley Nemec, Gary Grones, Larry
Sparks, Wayne Sullivan and from the West Flour Mill Colt team,
back ow, L to R: Melvin Coleman. Ricky Jaska, Doug Heitmiller,
and Richard Cernosek. These eight beys and their parents were
recognized last Friday night on the Trojan diamond and the
boys were given special certificates for their accomplishments.
The Colt League boys went to Lufkin and the Pony League boys
to Waco for the playoffs.
IITTLK LEAGUE ALL-STARS — For the fourth straight year the
West Little League All-Stars have beaten the Hillsboro teams in
the best-of-threc series. Shown here are some of the heroes of
this year's series. L to R: pitcher Peter Hardin, sluggger Ernest
Lichnovsky of the VFW team, and hurler Freddy Taylor of Ki-
wanis. Hardin and Taylor were winning pitchers in 3-2 and 1-0
victories, while Ernest homered to win the 3-2 game.
Waco Colts
Topple LaVega
At Lufkin
A. C. Webster rapped a grand
slam home run in a 9-run sev-
enth inning in Lufkin last
Thurssday night to lead the Wa-
co Colt All-Stars to a 10-2 win
over the LaVega Stars. Waco
jumped ahead 1-0 in the fourth
frame but La Vega bounced
back with a run in the fifth and
another in the sixth.
The loss was the second for
the La Vega squad and elimi-
nated them from the tourna-
ment, having also lost to Gar-
land, 8-0 last Wednesday. On
Tuesday night, La Vega upended
host Lufkin. 4-1.
Representing the La Vega All-
Stars were four West Friend-
ship Cafe athletes. They were
Richard Cernosek, Doug Heit-
miller, Melvin Coleman and al-
ternate, Ricky Jaska. It was an
honor lor the locals to be chosen
for this trip to Lufkin despite
not taking the tournament.
Trammells Return
From Japan
M-Sgt. and Mrs. Horace E.
Trammell and family who have
been in Japan for the past three
years arc now at the home of
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Trammell. They arrived in the
states on July 18. After another
week's visit he will be station-
ed lor a year in Cleveland, Ohm.
Kimbro Services
Held In Bryan
Funeral services for Mr. R. H.
Kimbro of Bryan were held at
2 p. m. Monday in Bryan. Mr.
Kimbro passed away at 11 a. m.
Saturday in a Bryan hospital.
Among local survivors are two
nieces, Mrs. J. T. Luco of Leroy
and Mrs. Toby Pullin of West.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Luco, Susan
and Jerry of Leroy, Mrs. Carl
Mitchell of Dallas, and Mrs.
Charlie Lott were among those
attending the services.
Revival Services
Begin Mon. In
Abbott Church
The Abbott Baptist Church
will have a Revival beginning
Monday. August 3, and continu-
ing through Sunday, August 9.
The Evangelist will be Rev. Da-
vid Bush, pastor, First Baptist
Church of West. The music will
be lead by Rev. Dean Turk, pas-
tor, Central Baptist Church of
Malone. The services will begin
at 7:30 p. m.
Rev. Bob Carroll, pastor cor-
dially invites everyone to at-
tend.
on Aug. 12.
Tokio Church
To Have VBS
The Tokio Baptist Church will
have Vacation Bible School
Monday, August 3 through Fri-
day. August 7. Classes for Be-
ginners through Juniors will be
held daily from 8:30 a. m. to
11:30 a. m. The Intermediate's
Class will meet at night. Rev. E.
J. Culp, pastor, will be Principal
for the Vacation Bible School.
Everyone is cordially Invited
to attend and participate.
S, W. Christian
Dies; Rites
Held Monday
Steve W. Christian, 59, of
Brownsville, brother of two West
men, was dead on arrival Fri-
day afternoon at an El Paso
hospital.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Monday at White Rock
Cemetery near Ross. Rev. F. La-
mar McGown officiated. Ader-
hold Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Christian w'as born in
West and was employed by the
American District Telegraph
Co., Inc. (ADT) from 1929 to
1967, when he retired. He had
served as district service mana-
ger of the Detroit, Mich., district
and had previously served as
district manager at Houston.
Survivors include two broth-
ers, Shirley Christian and Rob-
ert Christian, both of West; and
several nieces and nephews.
Coaches To Attend
Clinic In Houston
The West coaching staff will
leave Sunday for a coaches
football clinic in Houston. Aug.
2-7. Those from the local school
include Derrell Carlile, Wayne
Lucky, Billy Sparks. Johnny
Riggins, Bill Cummings, Wayne
Money and Milton Morgan.
QUINN TRUSTEES
STUDY FUTURE
The Chancellor of Paul Quinn
College will recommend to the
trustees that the summer grad-
uating class be given diplomas
and dismissed from the campus
today. Tliis came as the result
of a fire which destroyed the
cafeteria and dorm, early Wed.
C'. W. Cernosek has been
spending this week in Bryan at-
tending firemen's school for in-
dustrymen. This is the second
time for him to attend this
school in iiit past lew years.
Former Westite
Grows New Sort
Of Vegetables
Tom Cau field in his Sunday
Beans and Blackache column in
the Waco News-Tribune wrote
about Mrs, Della Mathustik of
Golinda. She is the former Miss
Della Mae Koemel, sister of Mrs.
Anna Holloman, of West.
Every time Mrs. Della Mathu-
stik of Golinda hears about a
new sort of vegetables she gets
a yen to try it, and does so. As
a result she is able to display
such items as pepper tomatoes,
which look like red bell peppers
but taste like tomatoes; peach
tomatoes, which look like me-
dium sized yellow peaches and
have fuzz on them, but also
taste like tomatoes; and banana
cantaloupes, which look like
elongated yellow watermelons
but taste like cantaloupes.
She also grows what she calls
a vine cherry, or husked toma-
to, a marble-sized yellow fruit
with a sort of onion-skin husk
which doesn't taste like a to-
mato at all, but is variously de-
scribed as tasting like pears, ap-
ples, or figs. She makes pies out
of them.
She also grows a vegetable
spaghetti, which looks like a
winter squash. She cooks it, cuts
it open, removes the seeds, and
eats the innards, which look like
Beans and Backache colum in
taste like squash.
Mrs. Mathustik does her own j
gardening, with tractor and hoe, [
and irrigates from a well and
pump. She has, among other
crops five rows of asparagus,
and she grows what she calls
elephant garlic, which has huge
I pods.
SPJST Picnic
Held Sunday
At Cottonwood
The 73rd annual SPJST Lodge
No. 6, Cottonwood, picnic was
held last Sunday with an auc-
tion, games sponsored by the
youth clubs, supper, and a dance
with music furnished by the
Kaluza Band of West. A real
nice crowd attended the affair.
A drawing was held for sev-
eral nice gifts and the winners
were:
GE console color television— j
George Shillings of Elm Mott;
Huge Street Parade Thursday
Kicks Off West’s 1970 Rodeo
Rodeo activities got under-
way in a real big way last Sat-
urday night as another over-
flow crowd went to Geneva Hall
for the western dance sponsor-
ed by the West Longhorn Club.
Music was furnished by John
Griffin and the Heart of Texas
Playboys. The western dance is
always a good way to get the
spirit for the Old Time West in
West. This year the 24th Annual
Rodeo is slated for Aug. 6, 7, and
8.Downtown West had banners
strung up early Tuesday, not
only above the streets, but in
front of several businesses.
On Thursday of this week a
large caravan left West for the
annual booster trip. Rodeo fans
and West merchants took part
in the trip in order to advertise
the rodeo this year, as well as,
for the merchants to decorate
their vehicles and advertise
their merchandise. The West
Longhorn Club served lunch
and soft drinks at the Clifton
City Park Thursday.
Since the dance and booster
trip proved very successful, it
should prove a very fine year
Fall Registration
At Hill Jr. College
Hill Junior College Registrar,
Louis N. Allen, has released the
schedule for registration and for
classes for the 1970 Fall Semes-
ter.
Registration will be according
to the high school attended and
by towns and communities.
Registration for West stu-
dents will be Aug. 18, from 8:30
to 11:30 a.m. at the Administra-
tion Building. Classes will start
Aug. 31, 1970.
Night classes will begin
Sept. 7, 1970, and registration
for the night program will be
at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 31, 1970, at
the Administration Building.
Mr. Allen states that anyone
interested in attending Hill Jun-
ior College, or interested in
more information, should con-
tact the Office of the Registrar.
Mr. Allen also stated that
Hill Junior College is fully ac-
credited, and offers a full aca-
demic program as well as a
first class technical-vocational
school. A student finds many
areas of interest and help,
such as scholarships, part-time
pus clubs and organizations,
and various financial aids.
Buses will run to the various
areas as warranted by students
interested.
reclining chair — Cyril Svrcek Iiobs- alhlelics' girls’ drill team,
of Cottonwood; 74-pc. stainless I confederate rifle team, chorus,
steel tableware — Walter Kocian ! band' drama productions, cam-
of Waco; U.S. savings bond
Mrs. C. W. Cernosek of West, and
broiler oven — Joe Owen of
Waco.
Louis J. Winkler
84, Dies; Rites Set
Louis J. Winkler, 84, of Tours
died Wednesday afternoon in a
Kerrville hospital.
Rosary was recited at 8 p. m.
Thursday at Koteh Funeral
Home Chapel in West.
Requiem mass will be celebra-
ted at 9:30 a. m. Friday at St.
Martin's Catholic Church in
Tours with Rev B. J. Zientek
as celebrant. Burial will be in
St. Martin's Cemetery.
Mr. Winkler was born in Ger-
many and lived most of his life
in Tours. He was a retired far-
mer and a member of St. Mar-
tin's Catholic Church.
Survivors include several nie-
ces and nephews in Waco and
Norman. Okla.
M-Sgt. Ken Popp
Marine Graduate
Camp Pendleton. Calif. — Ma-
rine Master Sergeant Kenneth
J. Popp, husband of the former
Miss Lily J. Mynarcik, of Route
1. West, was graduated from
Tracked Vehicle Maintenance
Management School, Marine
Corps Base. Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
for the rodeo as well, since
much work has been put into
making it the bast ever.
The producer for the 24th
annual rodeo will be Lloyd
Woodley of Lampasas, who has
furnished some of the finest
stock for the West rodeo for
many years. The three per-
formances will begin each night
at 8 o’clock with a huge and
colorful grand entry with riding
clubs and contestants coming
from all parts of the country.
There will be bareback bronc
riding, calf roping, bulldogging,
Brahman bull riding barrel
racing and other events each
evening.
There will be two big street
parades, Thursday and Satur-
day, Aug. 6 and 8, at 5:30 p.m.
The West High School Band will
be featured tn the parades. Rid-
ers in the Thursday parade will
be served a free meal at the
VFW Club, co-sponsored by the
West Chamber of Commerce and
the West Longhorn Club.
Special attractions nightly
will include Bo Bland, the rodeo
clown, who will keep everyone
laughing at his original bucking
Model T Ford act, sharp shoot-
ing act, comedy disappearing
act, Texas firecracker act, and
other funny stunts, that must
be part of every Texas rodeo.
Also Clint Harlow and his
famous dog and monkey act
will be presented each night of
the rodeo. He has been here be-
fore, and is a big favorite at
West.
Friday night the Tarrant Co-
unty Sheriff’s Posse will once
more make an appearance, and
on Saturday night, the con-
cluding night of the rodeo, the
Junior Mounted Sheriff’s Pos-
se from Houston will come to
thrill the fans with some daring
exhibitions on their mounts.
Some lucky person will win a
nice Polled Hereford heifer calf
weighing over 600 lbs at the
Saturday night rodeo.
Rodeo contestants should
contact the West rodeo secre-
tary at the City Hall, phone 446-
5351. Books open at noon, Aug.
5, and close at noon, Thursday,
Aug. 6.
Several improvements have
been made at the arena includ-
ing a $2,500 fence, paint-up
jobs, a sanded arena for con-
testants, live added acres of
parking area to go along with
the other acres of parking
space that will be handled by
special officers each evening.
West Longhorn Club members
will man the concession stands
and provisions have been or-
dered for plenty of hot dogs,
soft drinks, pop corn, cotton
candy, and other refreshments.
All is in readiness for a first
class rodeo. West is known for
putting on great rodeos, and
this year’s should be the best
yet! You will have to come to
see the rodeo for yourselves,
don’t take somebody rises’ word
for it. Admission to the rodeo
is only $1.50 for adults, and 75c
for children, and with all the
entertainment to be provided,
it will be worth every cent of
the admission.
Kenneth Maler is rodeo
chairman again this year.
School Hoard
Meeting Aug. I
The West School Board will
hold their monthly meeting on
Tuesday. August 4 in the office
of Mr. B. F. Sulak. The principal
item on the agenda will be a
hearing on the 1970-1971 school
budget.
Bids will also be opened re-
supplies for the school cafete-
ria for the coating school year.
RODEO PRIZE — This fat heifer calf, weighing over 600 lbs, will
be given away Saturday, Aug. 8. at the final performance of the
West rodeo Kenneth Maler is the rodeo chairman. Hr and young
Carla Keieheit are shown at the West Longhorn Cluo arena with
the diurnal.
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