Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1980 Page: 1 of 18
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Volume 46, No. 19
Coleman, Texas, April 3,1980
Coleman t oniiQ Chronicle
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City, School Elections
Slated Here Saturday
HARRY HOLT
...speaker
Rotary Annual
Rural-Urban
Meet Monday
The Coleman Rotary Club
will host its annual Coleman
County Rural-Urban Night
Banquet Monday , April 7, when
members invite guests from
over the county..
The banquet will be held at
Conger’s Club Room at 7:00
p.m. Speaker will be Harry
Holt of Abilene, known as “Mr.
West Texas Agriculture". He
will be introduced by program
chairman Jim Gill.
Holt, farm editor of KRBC
and KRBC-TV, has a 45-year_
career in agricultural communi-
cations, including many years
with the Abilene Reporter-
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Lions Club
Mop & Broom
Sale April 9
Wednesday, April 9, is the
date of the 1980 Blind Shops
Caravan Sale sponsored locally
by the Coleman Lions Clubs.
* The sale will be in the usual
location on the west side of
Commercial Avenue and Col-
lege Ave. doing business from
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Charles Schuler of Coleman
Lions Club and Pat Henderson
of the Evening Lions are serv-
ing as co-chairmen of the fund
raising project.
Proceeds from the sale are
used for Lions Crippled Chil-
dren and Diabetic Camps.
Offered for sale will be top
quality brooms, mops, and
other household items to in-
clude ironing board covers and
pads, durable door mats, scrub
sponges, children's brooms, etc.
Blind workmen manufacture
all items in blind shops or
lighthouses operated on a non-
profit basis.
This year, Lions Club mem-
bers will be canvassing busi-
nesses and industries for ad-
vance orders so members urge
“get needed quality items and
help Lions club projects at the
3ame time.”
Newspaper to Post Results
Interest is running high in
the city and school elections
here Saturday, April 5, and
most political observers are
pointing to a big turnout of
voters.
The City voting box will be at
the Courthouse and the school
voting box will be. at Graves
gymnasium. Voting hours are
7:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. Persons who
registered with the County not
later than March 6 are eligible
to vote in this election.
Results of the voting will be
posted on the window at the
newspaper office as soon as
available. Election judges are
asked to call or bring the totals
to the newspaper office as early
as possible.
There are five races adding
to the interest, two for city
council positions and three for
school trustee positions.
For the City there are three
candidates for the North Ward
Council office, including incum-
bent Roy Gardner, Don Carnes
and Carol Davis. For the South
Ward Council place there are
two candidates, including in-
cumbent J. T. Laird and Charlie
Thompson. In the North Ward
race, in the event one of the
candidates does not receive a
majority of the votes, there will
be a runoff.
There are two candidates for
each of the three places up for
election for the school board,
with no incumbents included.
Candidates include the follow-
ing:
Place 1: Roger White and Pat
6 Candidates Sheep Dog
In Santa Anna Trials Saturday
School Election
Reggie Childress
1st Team All-State
On TABC Selections i
Six candidates will appear on
the April 5 Santa Anna School
Trustee ballot, with three
places to be filled.
Incumbents Eddie Wayne
Hartman, Glen Scarborough
The annual Texas Sheep Dog
Trials will be held at the
Mozelle' High School football
field Saturday, April 5. Activi-
ties will start at 10:00 a.m.
Three classes of sheep dogs will
be worked - the open, ranch and
open raneh class. Several ex-
hibitors from out of state will
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and Orabeth Mclver have filed be present and 25 to 30 entries
for re-election and others to are expected,
appear on the ballot will be Hamburgers, drinks and pies
Montie L. Guthrie III, Donald wjp be available for the noon
INCREDIBLE
If we could see ourselves as
others see us, we probably
wouldn't believe our eyes.
SAMMY TURNER
Mozelle High
Students To
Regional Meet
Five Mozelle High School
students will participate in the
Class B Regional Univer-
sity Interscholastic League
Meet in Abilene April 18 and
19 as a result of their winnings
in the District 19 meet in Talpa
Friday, March 28. Students to
go to Abilene are Jean Pate, 1st
place in Ready Writing; DeAnn
Wilson, 2nd in Number Sense;
Sammy Turner, 1st in Slide
Rule; Becky Rae, 2nd in Slide
Rule; and Steven Jewell, 3rd in
Slide Rule.
Other high school and junior
high students winning places in
the District Meet were Jean
Pate, 6th in Poetry Interpre-
tation; Luana McElrath, 6th in
Prose Reading; Dru Ann Jami-
son and Sammy Turner, tied for
4th place in Science; and Mark
Jamison, 5th in Oral Reading.
Other junior high school stu-
dents participating in the Talpa
meet were Rex Stephenson and
Cathy Caldwell. Other high
school students participating
were Melonie Lawrence, Traci
"’•ckett, Juanita Avalos, Emily
-^^\nney and Vicki Jewell.
the Elementary Contests
- ,ie McClure won a blue
ribbon in the third place Moz-
elle Memory Team. Also on the
team were Dwin Nanny, Me-
linda Johnson, and alternate,
Chris Hamilton. Also placing in
the contests were Willy Fen-
ton, 5th in Story Telling; Rod
ney Dicus, 6th in Oral Read-
ing; and. Karen Bryant, 3rd m
Spelling; Lester Matthews, 3rd
in Spelling; and Melissa Mc-
Clure, 7th in Spelling.
Other students participa-
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STEVEN JEWELL
DeANN WILSON
JEANPAJT
Howard and Nina Childress,
parents of Bluecat star basket-
ball player Reggie Childress,
should be considering building
an addition to their home these
days ... to "house” the many
awards that their 6'4" junior
son has received during the
past three years of varsity
competition.
His latest accomplishment
... .a first team selection on
the Texas Association of
Basketball Coaches’ Class AA
all-state squad. The all-state
teams were selected on the
basis of nominations made to
the association’s directors from
Bake Sale Set
Saturday
Coleman County Nutation
Program is having a bake sale
on Saturday, April 5, beginning
■ at 9 a.m. in front of Southern
Savings and Loan on the corner
of Commercial and College.
A variety of home baked
items will be offered for sale.
Ethanol Meet
Tonight And
Friday Night
The Coleman County Exten-
sion Service will host a meeting
on ethanol production from
crops and the use of the
“material. The meeting will be
held at the Breeder-Feeder
Building on the Rodeo Grounds,
April 3 (tonight), beginning at
7:30 p.m. For those that*are
interested there will be another
meeting April 4 at 9:00 a.m. in
the First Coleman National
Bank Hospitality Room.
Everyone is invited and en-
couraged to attend.
For more information contact
Willie Stumberg at the County
Agents’ office or call 625-4519.
Cancer Drive
Kick-Off Set
For April 10
The Coleman County Unit of
the American Cancer Society
the “kick-off' for the 1980
Crusade Thursday, April 10, in
the Coleman Bank Club at 7:30
p.m.
The residential and rural
drive is scheduled to begin on
April 15. Co-chairmen of the
Crusade. Terry Barnes and
Marcia Farris, urge all District
Chairmen and all who have
agreed to help with the resi-
dential and rural drives to be
present.
The business division drive is
underway at this time.
coaches around the state of
Texas.
Reggie has been recently
named to the District 9-AA
team having the distinction of
getting the most votes among
coaches of the district. In the
state tourney at Austin in early
March, he received post-
tournament honors by being
named to the first team, all-
tourney squad.
For the past two years,
Texas sportswriters have nam-
ed Childress to the second
team, all-state squads. Their
1979-80 selections should be
made soon.
Marty Akins, Ballinger’s big
center, was also named to the
TABC Class AA first team.
Oil News
Delray Oil Inc., San Antonio,
filed permit to drill No. 5 Bertie
E. Stone as a proposed 3,800
foot wildcat in Coleman County.
Location is four miles north-
east of Talpa on a 1,016 acre
lease.
It spots 673 feet from the
most southerly north line and
3^630 feet from the most west-
erly-west line of H. M. Chil-
dress Survey 73.
*****
Walter L. Farrington Jr.,
Tyler, filed permit to drill No. 4
Ben W. Yarbrough in the
regular field three miles north-
east of Whon.
Site was staked 2,450 feet
from the north and 1,650 feet
from the east lines of CEPI&M
Co. Survey 72, A-129.,
The planned 1,600 foot try is
located on a 563-acre lease.
Local Schools
Spring Break
Local students and teachers
have a vacation coming up next
week. Schools will turn out
Friday of this week for spring
break and return to classes
Monday, April-14'.
Strickland and Polly Warnock.
Skate-A-Thon
To Benefit
Cancer Fund
A Skate-A-Thon to benefit-
the Cancer Crusade is planned
Thursday, April 10, at, P.G.’s
Skate Center on East College
Ave.
Skate Center owners Pete
Knacke and Donnie Terry will
have the skating rink open for
12 hours, from 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. The event will be open to
skaters 10 years of age and
older who will get sponsors to
pledge a minimum of $2.00 per
hour. Sponsors may pledge
higher hourly amounts if they
wish.
lunch. There will be no admis-
sion charge and money made
from the concessions will go to
the Mozejle Booster Club.
There will be ten awards
presented to the winning dogs,
including the Johnny Bryson
Memorial Trophy, a roving
trophy which is presented each
year by the Texas Border Collie
Association. E I C *■!./
Everyone is cordially invited fc(|||Q jHIITlI $
to attend and see some of the
best sheep dogs in the state of
Texas at work,.
MIKE STITH
... partner in firm
Stith Buys
Interest In
Charge Filed
In Burning
Of Mail Box
Charge of Class A criminal
mischief has been filed against
a 17-year-old Coleman youth in
Registration for the particip- connection with the burning of
ants is at White Auto Store, ,c°n<*ntDs tbf bo*
and a number of skaters are behind the Post Office the past
already signed up. '
Coleman students will be out
week.
No charges have, been filed
for spring break and will be against two 16-year-old youths,
able to start skating early in as of presstime, according to
the day. For school districts not County Attorney Joe D.
out for spring break, skaters LeMay.
Earle Smith of Earle Smith's
Jewelry today announces the
sale of part interest in his store
to Mike Stith.
Stith is the husband of San-
dra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Earle Smith. The Stiths and
their 16 month old daughter,
Lauren, have recently moved to
Coleman from San Marcos.
Stith was in the air condi-
tioning business in San Marcos
before entering the partnership
with Smith. The Stiths have
purchased a home in Coleman
and are presently living at 1400
West Hill Lane.
An announcement advertise-
ment on the new partnership
appears elsewhere in this issue.
Novice School
may come alter school and Investigation in the ca* has
skate for the balance of the been^completed by Fire Mar [|ggfjQ|] Jg)
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night. Adult skaters are also s^al Raymond Carnes and City
welcome to take part.
Representatives of the Car-
eer Crusade will be present
Police Sgt. Bob Burleson. They
state that they have statement
from all three young men.
The fire was discovered early
durine the day at the Skate-A- the morning of Friday, March
21. All contents in the "local"
Thon.
There will be no charge to mail box were burned.
skaters, and-Knacke and Terry —*---:
will be donating the use of the It’s easier to tell the truth
rink. than explain the why of a lie.
For Saturday
With three candidates for
three places, the Novice school
election will be held Saturday,
April 5.
Candidates on the ballot in-
clude William Casey, Russell
Johnson, and Jerald Wilson.
Justice.
Place 6: James Tisdale and
Jimmy Norris.
Place 7: Ronnie R. Benjamin
and James Isenhower.
There will be a citywide
, voting in the two Council races.
Voters in all parts of the city
will vote in both races. There
will also be districtwide voting
in the school trustee races. All
district voters will vote in all
three races.
No Races In
Mozelle School
Election Sat.
The Mozelle School election
will be held Saturday, April 5,
with voting hours from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
There are two candidates for
the two places up for election,
including Bob Turner and
Dwight Nanny.
The voting box will be at the
school.
No Races In
Talpa School^
City Elections
There are no races in the
Talpa City election and Talpa-«
Centennial School election,
both to be held Saturday.
For the city election, candi-
dates include Raymond Rush
for mayor and W. N. Bains and
Paul Moore for councilmen.
For the school election, three
incumbents are seeking re
election unopposed. They are
Harold Bragg, Maurice Gassiot
and Hubert Hale.
In the school election then
will be two voting.boxes, at the
City Hall in Talpa and at thj
elementary school, north <j
Valera. $
*
5 Candidates;
In Santa Anne
City Election
There are five candidates for
three places in the Santa Anna
City election Saturday.
Patrick Hosch and Scott Pat-
terson were the last to file for a
place on the April 5 ballot.
Others on the ballot will be Lin
Wristen, John Pearce and Ed-
die Jones.
Patterson is the only incum
bent seeking re-election. Stan-
ley Hartman and Quinton Dan-
iel are not seeking re-election.
Even though they may not
have a leg to stand on, rumors
have a way of getting around.
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THE COLEMAN MUSEUM OPENS Saturday afternoon
for the Spring season. The Museum will be open
Saturday and Sunday afternoons during April and
May, and then will be open six afternoons per week
for the three month summer season. Hosts for the
museum again will be Mrs. J. D. Harris and son
Johnny. They state that the Museum is ready for
the 1980 season, with several new exhibits added.
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