The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1976 Page: 3 of 18
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Coleman, Texas, April 27, 1976
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Page 3
Farm Electric Wiring And
Safety Course Here
WO Miss Teenage America, Debbie (Patlon) Kingsriler. along
with her husband Doug, a Minnesota Viking, will be keynote speak-
ers at the Future Homemakers of America state meeting in Fort
Sfc\orlh, April 29-30. As'representatives of the Fellowship of Christian
^phletes, the Kingsritcrs will address more than 6,000 FHAers at
the annual event.
with officers from most all
departments over Texas, how-
ever, we lived in Coleman.
October, 1969, I resigned from
the Texas Sheep and Goat
Raisers' Association. October
19,1969,1 was Commissioned as
Chief Deputy Sheriff of Cole-
man County. We moved into
the County Jail and remained
there until December, 1975. I
resigned as Deputy Sheriff
December 1, 1975 to become a
candidate for the Office of’
Sheriff, and we. now reside at
Route 1, Coleman.
Since I started in Law
Enforcement when I was 23
years of age, I do consider Law
Enforcement my profession and
most of all T consider the
Sheriff's Office of Coleman
County a very, very important
office, Your Sheriff has many
duties, and they should all be
important to him. Many times
the protection of life and
property depends on the
decision of an Officer. At this
time, when the crime rate is
higher than any time in our
history, it is important to have
experienced, qualified and de
pendable law enforcement. 1
feel that all law enforcement
departments, regardless of
personal feelings, should work
together for the betterment of
all concerned.
• I have made no promises to
anyone, and I will not. I do feel
that the laws were made for all,
and I hope, after you check my
record, that you will find 1 have
been fair to all races. (I do not
intend to change).
If you will place yopr trust
and confidence in me May 1st,
with your vote and your
continued help, I assure you 1
will execute the duties of your
Sheriff s Office with the respect
it deserves and enforce the law
to the best of my ability with
fairness to all.
I have attempted to see
each of you, however, 1 know
- that 1 have missed some. I
would like for you to accept this
as a personal plea for your vote
and support.
Many Thanks,
H. F. Fenton
Pol. Adv. Paid by H. F. Fenton,
• Rte. 1, Coleman
Marriages that are going
through a "second chance"
period find communication be-
tween spouses their most
difficult-and most rewarding-
situation, Dorthy Taylor, fam
ily life education specialist with
the Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, The Texas A&M
University System, says.
H.F. FENTON
H. F. Fenton
Has Statement
For Voters
H. F. Fenton, candidate for
Sheriff of Coleman County, has
authorized this newspaper to
publish his statement to the
voters, as follows:
•»***
FRIENDS OF
COLEMAN COUNTY
I am a Candidate for the
Office of Sheriff of Coleman
County. I am 53 years of age
and was born and raised in
Coleman County. I am married
and we have one son, Shawn, of
the home. He is 12 years old
and attends Junior High in
Coleman, where he is a sixth
grader. We have two daugh
ters, Ginger, who is married
and lives in Maryland, and
Judy, age 17 years, who
remains hospitalized in Abilene
after an accident two years and
three months ago.
After being released from
the service in August, 1945, 1
started out in law work in
Pampa, Texas with the Police
Department. I spent seven
months there and in 1946 I
returned to Coleman to enter
the race for Sheriff. I was
successful and took office
January 1947.1 spent fourteen
years as your Sheriff of
Coleman County. In 1960 I was
defeated and January 1961 I
was appointed Field Represen-
tative for the Texas Sheep &
Goat Raisers' Association. I
held a Special Texas Ranger
Commission and my duties
were investigation of thefts "of
sheep and goats, wool and
mohair, public relations
and membership. 1 made many
good friends over Texas that I
treasure very much. I worked
A farm electric wiring and
safety short course for adult
farmers will be held May 3rd
through 6th under the sponsor
ship of the Coleman High
School Vocational Agriculture
Department, according to C. E.
Casselberry, Superintendent,
and Bill Hightower and Tommy
M. Connelly, teachers of Voca-
tional Agriculture.
Cleve Walkup, Farm Electri-
fication Specialist with the
Vocational Agriculture Division
of the Texas Education Agency
and the Department of Agricul-
tural Engineering at Texas
A&M University, will do the
instructing in the course. He is
headquartered at Texas A&M
University.
Mr. Walkup holds a B.S.
degree in Industrial Education
and a M.Ed. degree in
Agricultural Education.
The short course at Coleman
is scheduled to begin May 3rd
at 7:30 p.m. in the Vocational
Agriculture Building. Other
meetings in the series of four
will be held May 4, 5, and 6.
During the dates the short
course is -in progress, Mr.
Walkup will be available to
assist farmers with individual
problems and to provide on-the
farm instruction, according to
Hightower.
Farmers interested in at-
tending the short course should
write or call the superintendent
of schools, Mr. Casselberry, or
either teacher of vocational
agriculture. An entry fee of $8
will be charged. Farm Electric
Wiring Short Course certifi-
cates are to be presented to,
each farmer who attends all the
training sessions.
Mr. Walkup states that the
short course can be adjusted to
wishes and interests of the
farmers enrolled, but that he
expects to cover such subjects
as how to ground electrical
equipment for safety, double
insulated tools, ground-fault
interrupter protective devices,
fuses, and circuit breakers,
switches, wire sizes and voltage
drop, splices and connections on
both copper and aluminum
wire, and how to calculate the
cost of operating electrical
equipment. Demonstrations
will be given and class enrollees
Burkett Golfers
Take Honors
Three Burkett couples took
top honors at the Scotch
Foursome Handicap String
Tourney held at Coleman
Country Club Sunday, April 25,
according to manager Jarvis
George.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron McAn-
nally won first place with a 72;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed ^McAnnally
took second place honors with a
73; and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
DeBusk got third place with a
77. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Shepherd, tied for third, losing
in a play-off.
Nineteen teams entered the
event and enjoyed a supper of
barbecued chicken and sausage
with all the trimmings, after-
ward.
CLEVEWALKUP
will have the opportunity to
perform the skills demonstrat-
ed.
Short courses in Farm
Electric Wiring, as well as in
other areas, are’now available
to farmers throughout'the state
under the new cooperative
program between the Texas
Education Agency and Texas
A&M University.
This cooperative program is
designed to make the services
of specialists available to
conduct short courses under
the supervision of public
schools. Such a program will
enable teachers of vocational
agriculture to provide improv-
ed educational services to farm
people.
Specialists are now available
in fields of beef cattle, farm
electric wiring, farm electric
motors, farm arc welding,
swine productions tractor main-
tenance, oxy acetylene welding
and pasture. .
Re-Elect
Howard
Stephenson
Your County
Commissioner
Of Precinct 3
■9
Your vote and support will be appreciated. If re-elected for a third term I will
do everything I can to make a good commissioner, in the Courthouse and on the
road. I have eighteen years experience with Coleman County Pet. 3.
Howard Stephenson
Pol. Adv. paid by Howard Stephenson, Leaday, Texas
If you have a dishwasher,
you can save some energy
use; don t dry The drying
cycle in most automatic
dishwashers uses more e-
lectricity than actual wash-
ing and rinsing You can
save energy by disconnect-
ing the drying cycle Built-
in heat inside the dishwash-
er will dry the dishes. You
can also open the dishwash-
er after the wash cycle and
let the dishes air dry
Farm-facts
A Weekly Report Of Agri-Business News
Compiled I 'roin Sources Of The
TF.XAS 1)1 PAR I MI N I Ol AGRICULTURE
John C. White, Commissioner
Some Ups and Downs. . . Super Bargain . . . Citrus
Season Ending.
Texas cotton acreage will show an upturn this year for
the first time since 1972; sorghum ac,res "this year will be
down 1,000,000 from last year.
These are among highlights of the 1976 planting season
for the state as reported in the April 1 planting intentions
report from the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service.
Cotton acres will be up 7 per cent at an estimated
acreage of 4,650,000. This compares with 4,350,000 acres
planted last year.
Sorghum acres will be down 12 per cent to total
7,000,000; last year a total of 8,000,000 aerds were planted
to sorahum.
Corn production in the state is expected to be up 13 .
per cent from a year ago. Soybean acres will be down 11
per cent. ........
Rice seedings are estimated at 515,000 acres, down 6
per cent from a year ago. Peanut planting intentions are"
expected to be only 1 per cent more than last year.
Acres seeded to.wheat are down 3 per cent from a year
ago; oat acres are down 7 per cent, and flax acres are
unchanged.
Acres harvested for hay this year are expected to be up
4 per cent from a year ago.
Nationwide, corn plantings are expected to be up 6 per
cent from a year ago; sorghum acres are expected to be
' down 2 per cent; food grain acreage (wheat, rice and rye) is
expected to increase 3 per cent; cotton acreage is expected
to total 11,300,000 acres; this is up 16 per cent from a year
ago but 18 per cent under 1974.
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BEEF CONTINUES, to be a super bargain at your
supermarket or anywhere else you buy it. Beef is plentiful
right now, but a look at the cattle on feed report indicates
that supplies will become tighter this summer.
The Texas cattle on feed report as of April 1 shows a
49 per cent increase from a year ago, but it is 7 per cent
below the number on feed a month ago.
This same trend shows up in the 7 state feedimg report.
Cattle on teed as of April 1 are up 34 per cent from a year
ago, but are 7,per cent less than a month ago.
WHILE THE SEASON is just beginning for most crops
in the state, the citrus crop is ending its season in the Lower
Rio-Grande Valley.
Based on April 1 prospects, the 1975-76 Texas citrus
crop is .forecast at 17,100,000 boxes. This is 44 per cent
above the 11,800,000 boxes last year.
Grapefruit production is expected to total 11,000,000
boxes. This is 30 per cent above last year. ,
Valencia oranges are forecast at 2,300,000 boxes, up
41J per cent from a year ago.
Citrus tree condition in the Valley is described as good
to excellent.
Barbara
Freeman
Candidate
• For
County
■u *
Treasurer
Reminds all voters to exercise your right
by costing your ballot for the candidate of
your choice in the May 1 Primary.
******
I will appreciate your vote and support for
Barbara Freeman, the condidote qualified
tfirough experience.
Thank yqu, '
BARBARA FREEMAN
• Pol Adv. pd. by Barbara
Freeman, Coleman, Texas •
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LEROY BELL
Area Life
Underwriters
Meeting Set
A committee of area Life
Underwriters, headed by Mel-
vin Harbin CLU, of Brown-
wood, Texas has announced a
meeting in Brownwood on May
6 of all life and health insurance
agents in the area encompassed
by Coleman, Brady, Goldth-
waite, Comanche, De Leon and
Dublin. Featured speaker at
the luncheon meeting will be
Leroy,, Bell CLU, current
President of the Texas Associa-
tion of Life Underwriters.
Leroy is an agent for American
General Insurance Company in
Abilene and is a qualifying
member of the prestigious
Million Dollar Round Table.
The meeting will be at 12:00
noon at Sid Richardson Gold
Room. All area Underwriters
are invited and urged to attend.
FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY
FOR FORAGES
Two requirements are neces-
sary for forage fertilization to
be profitable: each nutrient in
the fertilizer must increase
production more than the
nutrient's cost, and the increas-
ed- yield must be efficiently
converted to a marketable
product. Efficient use of plant
r=/Ho-=.|l :
nutrients means using soil tests
and other information • to
identify the need for the
nutrient before it is applied. It
also means harvesting forages
for maximum quality and
applying nutrients at a rate
below that needed for maxi-
mum yield, says a soil chemist
for the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service.
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1976, newspaper, April 27, 1976; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733263/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.