The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1976 Page: 1 of 18
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18 Pages--3 Sections
(Including Adv. Supplement)
Volume 95, No. 49
Coleman, Tex., April 27, 1976
10c per copy,, plus lc sales tax
®he Coleman ®emocrat-#oice
Absentee Voting Closes This Afternoon
Election Week Here;
Voting Set Saturday
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XeAn GASSIOT
. . . valedictorian
Tal-Cen Honor Grads Named
MOZELLI GOLFERS WIN DISTRICT TITLE . . the
Mozelle Mustangs won the District 14-B golf title in
the tournament held at Coleman Country Club
Thursday. Team members are, from left, Lee Downey,
Groups Give
Endorsement .
To Joe Gibson
Texas Educators Political
Action Council (TEPAC) and
the Waco Educators Political
Action Committee (WEPAC)
have unanimously endorsed Joe
Gibson for election to the Texas
Senate from District 24.
Gibson, a Waco City Council-
man, is opposing incumbent
Senator Grant Jones of
Abilene.'
TEPAC, the political action
arm of the Texas State
Teachers Association, is com-
posed of representatives from
the 31 senatorial districts in the
WEPAC is the political
action arm of the Waco
Classroom Teachers Associa-
tion.
' WEPAC and interested edu-
cators from the 24th District
interviewed candidates in the
State Senate race on public
school issues.
The 24th Senatorial District
includes McLennan, Brown,
Coleman, Concho, Coryell,
Hamilton, Lampasas, McCul-
loch, Menard, Runnels, San
Saba and Taylor Counties.
The Political Action Commit-
tee of the Texas Association of,
Realtors endorsed the candi-
dacy of Joe Gibson.
The Endorsement came dur
ing a coffee for Gibson*at the
Waco Board of RealtorAoffice
on North Forty-Fourth Street.
Fran Conine, President of the
Waco Board of Realtors, pre
sented a check for an undisclos-
ed amount to Gibson.
Henry Robertson, a trustee
of the State Political Action
Committee and a director of the
State Board, said the Texas
Association of Realtors is
endorsing candidates through-
out the state.
Honor graduates for Talpa-
Centenniai High School have
been announced by Don R.
Davis, Principal.
LeAn Gassiot with an aver-
age of 95.293 is valedictorian.
County Oil News.
Charles M. Childers, of
Abilene will drill No. 1 E. E.
Clayton as a proposed 4,500-
foot wildcat six miles west of
Novice in Coleman County.
Drillsite is 1,960 feet from
the north and 3,096 feet from
the west lines of Section 13, SP
Survey, A-629.
The lease is composed of l 10
acres.
*****
John R. Thompson of Abilene
will re-enter and deepen to
2,650 feet an abandoned wildcat
three miles north of Gouldbusk.
It is No. 2 Gordon Monsey,
located on a 160 acre lease. Site
is 2,100 feet from the north and
660 feet from the east lines of C.
C. Bruff Survey 250.
Charles Yarbrough, Carl Gibson, Mark Thweatt, and
Matt Ewing. The team will compete ,in the regional
meet at Brownwood Country Club Thursday and Friday
of this week, (staff photo)
Mozelle Takes
District Golf
Championship
Senior Charles Yarbrough
led Mozelle to the championship
of the District 14-B golf
tournament here Thursday,
$ touring the Coleman Country
Club course in 79 strokes for
medalist honors.
Also qualifying for the
regional tournament next
Thursday and Friday at the
Brownwood Country Club were
the Talpa-Centennial team, and
Scott Bowger of Santa Anna,
who will compete for medalist
honors. He shot an 82 Thurs-
day, but his team missed,
regional by two strokes.
Mozelle turned in a 346, while
Talpa-Centennial finished with
390. Santa Anna barely missed
with a 391 and Novice shot 440.
Mozelle team members were
Yarbrough, Lee Downey 85
(third medalist), Matt Ewing
89, Carl Gibson 93 and Mark
Thweatt 95.
Talpa members were Phil
Davidson'91, Steve Hale 95,
Jerry Campbell 99, . Joey Witt
105 and Butch Moser 120.
RICKY DAWSON
. . . salutalorian
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Gassiot of Valera.
Ricky Dawson with an
average of 92.655 is salutator-
ian. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jackie Dawson of Valera.
The venture had been plug-
ged at 2,215 feet as Blackwell &
Lankford Drilling Co. No. 1
Monsey.
*****
Crown Operating Co. of
Dallas No. 1 Paddleford is a
planned 3,999-foot wildcat for
Coleman County.
Location is 3Vj miles south of
Goldsboro on a 45 acre lease.
It spots 1,705 feet from the
north and 2,157 feet from the
east lines of Hamilton Keagan
Survey 520. Site makes it a
west offset to a dry hole.
*****
Valera Oil Co. of Ballinger
will plug back to 3,330 feet at a
wildcat six miles north of Talpa.
It is No. 1 Elliott J. Kemp,
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Marked by the most political,
activity that this county has ,
seen in many years,- election
week has arrived, with voting
in the primary elections Satur-
day, May 1.
Indicative of the interest is
the report from County Clerk
Glenn Thomas that absentee
voting is highly active. Ballots
were late in arriving, 4ue to
printing complications, but at
mid-afternoon yesterday, a
total of % people had already
voted by personal appearance,
and other ballots were out in
the mail. Absentee voting will
end at 5 p.m. today. Had the
ballots not been late in arriving
it is believed that the absentee
vote would be considerably
higher.
County voting results will be
posted at the newspaper office
Saturday night, with results
later telephoned to the Texas
Election Bureau in Dallas and
the presidential preference
totals will also be called to
election headquarters in New
York City.
It is ex-pected that a large
number of people will be on
hand at the newspaper office to
watch the reports come in. The
newspaper will have an exper-
ienced crew on hand, to receive
the reports from election
judges, post all totals to tally
sheets and enter the figures on
a big board out front. As the
telephones will be busy, inter-
ested persons are asked to
come down and watch the total
go up rather than phone the.
newspaper for information.
Interest in local races is
heavy. There are four county-
wide races; including the
Sheriffs race with four candi-
dates, the Treasurer’s race
with four candidates and the
County Superintendent and
County Attorney races, bqth
with two candidates each.
Then there are the Precinct
One and Precinct Three County
Commissioner races, both with
four candidates each. In addi-
tion there is considerable
interest in the 24th District
Senate race with two candi-
dates.
Sample ballots will be
published in the Coleman
newspaper Thursday, along
with other general information
on voting boxes and election
officials. The ballots are size-
able this year and it will be
useful for voters to study the
samples in the newspaper.
Concerning local candidates,
readers are invited to turn to
page four of this newspaper as
they are listed in the Political
Column. Too, most candidates
have messages to the voters in
this edition.
GLEN WILSON WAS HONORED ot the
Coleman FFA barbecue Safurday night,
when he was elected /an honorary
member of the chapter and cited for his
support of the youth actmJies. Chapter
President Jim Hargett, right, is shown
making presentation to Wilson. See
another page for picture of award
winners, (staff photo)
ASCS, FmHA, SCS Included
Now, It's USDA Service Center
The USDA Service Center at
Coleman is now functional as a
result of a nationwide effort to
bring better service, to the
people of rural areas. The
Center is composed of all
agencies of the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and is
operated by a Center Adminis-
trative Committee. The agen
cies in the Coleman Center are
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS),
Farmers Horiie Administration
(FmHA) and Soil Conservation
Coleman Rodeo
Ass’n. To Ride
In Baird Parade
The Coleman Rodeo Associa-
tion will ride as a group in the
Baird Rodeo Parade at 5 p.m.
on Thursday, April 29.
Riders are to assemble at
4:30 p.m. across the highway
from the rodeo arena. After
ward the group will meet at the
usual location for a picnic lunch.
Each family is requested to
bring a salad and sweet or
vegetable and meat.
All riders are urged to
participate in this event.
Service (SCS).
Guidelines for the Center call
for an identifiable entrance to a
common referral point; provi-
sions for sharing equipment,
space and information;, cross
agency assistance during peak
workloads; and a telephone
system that allows for the
answering rf calls to any
agency.
The new telephone system
has been installed. The new
nuinber for all agencies is 915-
625-2108. When this number is
dialed, someone in the Center
will answer. The caller should
then ask for the agency or
person with whom he wishes to
speak.
ASCS, FmHA and SCS exist
for the sole purpose of helping
rural people through financial
Minor League
Practice Set
First practice session for
Minor League baseball players
is set for 5:15 p.m. today
(Tuesday) at the old South
Ward School campus. Eligible
for the program is any boy or
girl nine years of age before
August 1 and not now playing
Little League ball.
and technical assistance. The
aim of the Service Center is to
improve this assistance.
Voss Cemetery
Meet Saturday
The annual Voss Cemetery
meeting will be held Saturday,
May 1.
Everyone is invited to come,
bringing a basket lunch. Lunch
will be spread at the Commun-
ity Center.
Boys Tennis
Players To
Odessa Friday
Several Coleman High School
boys will go to Odessa Friday to
take part in the Regional
Interscholastic league Tennis
Meet. Coach Felix Lopez says
he thinks Coleman has a good
chance to place one or more
boys in the State Meet.
Accompanying Mr. Lopez
will be Victor Baker, Chuck
Kingsbery, singles players; and
Phillip Devanney, Monty Cole-
man, Tim Walker and Nicky
Christian, doubles players.
HEADING FOR ODESSA this Friday and
Saturday are these four members of the
Bluecat track team, after qualifying in the
District 8-AA meet in Brownwood last
Thursday. From left, they ore Ricky
French, in the high jump, Dan Hudson and
Bobby Dela Rosa, both in |he mile run, and
Vince Slayton, in the shot put.
TOMJ^ALKER
Tom Walker
Officer In
WTFD Group
Tom G. Walker, a partner in
J. E. Stevens Funeral Home,
was elected Secretary-
Treasurer of the five-county
West Texas Funeral Directors
Association at the semi-annual
meeting held in Odessa the past
Thursday. He is now serving
his second term gn the Board-of
jDirebtors of the Association,
Walker has 20 years service
in the funeral profession, as a
funeral director and embalmer,
16 of these years with the
Stevens firm. Four previous
years were with Rix Funeral
Home of Lubbock. His qualifi-
cations include pre-medical
training at Texas Tech Univer
sity and a degree in Mortuary
Science from the Institute of
Gupton Jones of Dallas.
Civic activities include presi-
dency of the Lions Club, Clerk
of the Session and Ruling Elder
in the Presbyterian Church,
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TREASURER OF THE COLEMAN LIONS CLUB, Tommy
Clark, right, is seen here handing checks to Sonny
Johnson (second from left), scoutmcster of the local
Boy Scout troop, and Pat Slate, community
chairwoman of the Girl Scouts. The donations were in
the amount of S300.00 to each organization. Ston
Brudney, president of the Lions Club, looks on at left,
(staff photo) ’ -
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