The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1970 Page: 3 of 8
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Democrai-Voice, Coleman, Texas, Sept. 8, 1970 Page 3-A
But What A Bite!
Brown Recluse
Is Shy Spicier
ENLARGED VIEW
Methodist Circle
Has Family Night
Supper Thursday
; for a Rake and Rummage Sale
on Sept. 16 and a study confer-
ence on "Americas”, “Spreading
the Word," and "Psalms,” with
| outstanding visiting leaders.
This will be held at the church
September 10.
Guests present were Mr. and
Members of Nannie Beaumont Mrs. Charles Kilborn and Mr.
Circle of First United Methodist and Mrs. Grady Morton. Others
Church held their last family
night supper of the summer last
Thursday evening in the church
fellowship hall. To open the
program “The Old Rugged
Cross" and “Take Time to Be
Holy" were sung by a quartet
were Rev. and Mrs. Guy Perdue,
Messrs, and Mines. Garland Ab-
bey, Raymond McKlrath, E. R.
Griffis, Edgar Shelton, Gerald
Swann, John Dix; Mines. C. H.
Jeanes, M. ■ L, Marrs, * C. A.
Crump, Walter Fry, D. S. Lev-
COfflpOSNT'df ' ChaiTes KnMrii, j erett, Bessie Bohannon; and
Grady Morton, John Dix and ! Miss Sammy Stewardson.
Mrs. Raymond McKlrath. They j ----------—:-—;—-
were accompanied by Mrs W.
A King at the piano.
Rev. Guy Perdue offered the
invocation before the meal Mrs.
D. S. CeveretV Mrs. Bessie- Bo
Hannon, Mrs. Fred Goss, and
Miss Sammy Stewardson served
as hostesses.
After the supper a business
session was conducted by Mrs.
McKlrath. chairman-of the Cir-
Voss HD Club Has
Regular Meeting
Editor’s Note: due to the high
interest, plus the danger invol-
ved, the Coleman newspapers
are presenting herewith addi-
tional information, with draw-
ings, about the Brown Recluse
spider, much of it taken from a
recent issue of the Abilene Re-
porter News. Two Brown Re-
cluse spiders have been found
recently in this area.
Whereas most people should
have little difficulty recogniz-
ing the hlack widow, which is
common in this area, the bash-
ful brown recluse is colored like
several tfWier brown spiders with
at least one exception. At a ills
tance of three to four feet a
.person can see the fiddle or
violin shaped marking on its
back.
• Some of the scientific data
about the recluse is interesting
and frightening.
According to one source, the
female and male are both poi-
sonous — unlike the black widw,
of which only the female can
inflict a venomous bite.
Paul N. Morgan, a research
microbiologist at Little Rock.
(Arkansas) Veterans Administra-
tion hospital, has said, “This
spider constitutes a hazard to
the health of man, perhaps
greater than that of the .black
widow."
It fears humans, hiding in the
darkest, .quietest place around
the house — such as corners of
closets and folds of seldom used
clothing.
The recluse is very adaptable,
having been found in at least
sixteen states, including Texas,
Oklahoma and Colorado in the
west; Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
to- the north; and all the way.
across the middle and deep
south to the eastern seaboard
It van remain active in tempera-
tures as low as 40 degrees and
as high as 110 degrees, accord-
ing to one article, on the re-
cluse.
Worst of all —" its bite. The
has said the onset of pain may
be delayed from two to eight
hours. ,
American Medical Association feeds.”
“Then may come discoloration,
blistering and hemorrhage, of-
ten followed by ulceration.,
(and maybe) a rash, fever, nau-
sea, and severe abdominal
cramps lasting ..for hours," says,
the AM A.
Another ugly thought: “The
skin at the affected area will
eventually die,,'rot and slough
away, says the AMA, “leaving a
depression thut looks like a bul-
let wound. Several months may
elapse before firm sear forms"
°ne comforting thought frum
authorities is that the brown re-
cluse will not bite you “unless
its mouth accidentally becomes
pressed against your skin. Most
bites occur when the victim puts
on infested clothing or rolls
over onto the spider in bed.
“Therefore," they say, “do not
swat a spider that is on your
skin or clothing. Brush it off
gently or — if you have nerves
of steel — let it walk, away,
which is what d wants to do.”
Ur. Morgan has advised that
tile recluse, like all spiders is
not a true insect, so the popu-
lar pesticides, such as DDT, are
not effective against it.
He has said that "extermina-
tors have had the best results
with a combination of lindane
and ehlurdane — the former to
kill the recluses and the latter,
in part, to kill off insects in the
area ----upon which tile spider
Members of Voss Home Der
monstration Club held a regular
session in Voss Community Cen-
ter at 2:00 p.m Thursday with
Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. Pate as hos-
cle A report given by the j tesses. Mrs. Bessie Parker,
committee to revise Circle rules I County HD Agent, presented the
was read and adopted unani : program, “Twenty Ways Not to
mousiy. Then plans were made I Be Gypped,” Mrs. Pitts presided
-—,................, -----------------— -1 for the business session.
Refreshments of cookies and
punch were served to Mines
Pitts, Pate, Turner, Cozart; Miss
(Stella Mae Loyd, and guests,
Mrs Parker and Miss Carolyn
Huffman.
Rebekah Class Meets
In Church Cottage
Thursday Afternoon
Rebekah Class of First Baptist
Church met Thursday afternoon
in Moss Martin Cottage Mrs. M.
W Morris gave the devotional
talk, using as a subject “Now”
reading a poem and the
119th Psalm, and closing her re-
marks with a prayer.
Mrs. Edwin Pittard presided
over the business session, during
which new yearbooks were dis-
tributed. All officers and com-
mittee chairmen made reports,
Mrs. Y. B. Johnson presented
the program and led the clos-
ing prayer.
Present were Mmes. Guy Cul-
lins, Gfadv Wester, Lprena An-
derson, Kay Glasson, Marian
Lusk, J. W.r Lambert, Winnie
Breeding, Dec Williams, Pittard,
Johnson, a visitor, Mrs. Morris,
and the new teacher, Mrs Nita
Lee Wilder.
VISIT IN WIMBERLY
Visiting with Mrs. Madeline
Pitts in Wimberley the past
weekend were, Mrs. J. N. Thom-
pson and Mrs. Doug Shepherd
and children of Coleman. Oth-
ers there were Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Pitts and children of
Huntsville, Mr. and Mrs. John
Pitts and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Carroll and children,
all of Freeport, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Jones and children of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Trammell and children of Irv-
ing, Mr and Mrs. Vance Oney
and children of Monahans, Imo-
gene Lichnouski of San An-
gelo. Sara Nell Carroll of El
Paso, and a number of visitors
from Freeport.
Personals
Mr and Mrs. James Neal
Williams and children of Meg-
argel, Mr, ..and Mrs. Donald
Williams and girls of Katy, and
Mr. and Mrs. James Dieterich
and children of Canyon visited
over the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Byerly vis-
ited Monday in Hawley with her
sister, Mrs. Lois Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Byerly
spent the weekend in Whitney
with their son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. George Byerly and'
Chet Allan. Also visiting there
were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Byerly
and children of Waco and Miss
Glynda Byerly of San Antonio.
TUESDAY
Wesleyan Service Guild will
meet at 7:30 p.m, in the fellow-
ship hall at First United Metho-
dist Church.
Craddock Circle of First
Christian Church will have a
Mexican supper at the home of
Mrs. Bill Stephenson at 7:30
p.m.
Coleman Community Theater
will meet in Coleman Bank
Community Room at 8:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Simon Horpe will have
the 9:30 a.m. meeting of Evan
Holmes Circle of First Baptist
Church in her home.
pal Church will meet in the
parish house at 9:30 a m.
McClellan Group of First
Christian Church will meet with
Mrs, Lang Martin Jr. in her
home at 3:00 p.m.
Greaves Group of First
Christian Church will meet with
Mrs. H. D. Wehrley at 3:00 p.m.
THURSDAY
, Take It Easy Club will meet
at 5:00 p.m. in the Recreation
Room of Coleman Housing Au-
thority's high rise apartment
house.
GUESTS IN HICKMAN AND
EDMUNDSON HOMES
Weekend visitors in the S. C.
Edmundson and the Charles
Hickman homes were Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Cypert of San Angelo,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Prater and
Reaves of Temple, Dr. and Mrs.
C.. R. Pickle of Garland, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Pickle and Mat-
thew of Plainview, Mr. and Mrs
Don Pickle of Arlington. The
Praters also visited with Mr.
and Mrs Harold Prater.
Mr. and Mrs. J L. Gandy
had as weekend guests Mr. and
Mrs Jimmy Smith and family
of Forney.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fenton,
Leesha and Angela of Odessa
spent Thursday night with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Fenton. They were enroute to
a Fly-in at Georgetown.
Mrs. Doug Shepherd and
children, Kathy and Doug, will
return from Martindale where
they have been visiting with
her mother, Mrs. Madeline
Pitts, and other relatives.
Mr and Mrs. Richard Lee of
Dallas and Bubble Lee of Hous-
ton left Monday after a 'visit
here and at Lake Brownwood
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bitsy Huling and
daughters, Leslie and Lisa, and
Jimmy Shatto of San Angelo
visited here Monday in the Roy
Autry Jr. home enroute to the
Junior Rodeo in Santa Anna.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Villegas
of Lubbock visited here over
Labor Day weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. R.
Dela Rosa, and other relatives.
NEED MUCH MORE RANGE
WEED AND BRUSH CONTROL
Some 82 percent of Texas
rangelands are infested with one
or more species of woody plants.
They have reduced forage pro-
duction by one-half to two-thirds
of potential and caused the ef-
ficiency of livestock production
to decline, says G. O. Hoffman,
Mrs. Annie Bowen had as
weekend guests Mrs. Maybell
Shelton of Winters, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Richardson and
children of San Angelo, and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Neff of
Clyde.
, Visitors with Mrs. Effie De-
Armon during the weekend
were Mr. ami Mrs. Oscar De-
Armon and Tommy of Houstdn,
Mr. and Mrs. *Bud Coursey and
Douglas of Corsicana, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilburn Woodard of Cole-
man, Sam Robertson of Waco,
and Pete Duncan of Abilene.
1410 Veterans
In This County
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thomas,
Jerry, Gary and Mike of Cole-
man, Mr. and Mrs. Norls Sneed
and children of Fort Stockton
spent the weekend in Fort Davis
State Park.
!
Extension range brush and weed
Women of St. Mark’s Episco, . 3|peci8ll»f. He notes that
control measures are being car-
ried out on some 1.2 million
acres annually, about 10 percent
of the acreage that should be
under control each year. a
PREJUDICED
A man has to have strong
will power to question the sin-
cerity of his own imagination.
MIRACLE
Foresight’s the ability to fig-
ure out what we should have
done tomorrow yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shep
herd returned last week from
a trip to Cloudcroft, N. M.,
where they met Mr. and Mrs
Preston Cochran of Lubbock.
J. E. McDaniel of Alamosa,
Colorado, visited here the past
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lambert
spent Sunday in Denton Valley
visiting with their son and his
family, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Lambert and children.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Morgan
of Santa Anna Route were Sun-
day luncheon guests and after
noon visitors in the Alvin
Walker home.
There arc 1.41Q veterans in
Coleman County and 1,354,000
in Texas, according to Veterans
Administration figures released
today based on America’s 27.3
million former servicemen as of
the-beginning-of 1970.
According to the latest avail
able figures, of the 181,000 vete-
rans who have served during
the Vietnam era, 210 were from
Coleman County.
World War II veterans make
up the largest group of vete-
rans with 730 from Coleman
County, and 738,000 from the
state as a whole.
The number of Texans serv-
ing in the Korean Conflict was
290,000, and 160 came from Cole-
man County.
Some 180 from this county
saw military service only be-
tween the Korean Conflict and
the Vietnam Era, and 154,000
from the entire state.
Of 73,000 World War I veter-
ans in Texas, 170 are from Cole-
man County.
An estimated 176 of America's
5,000 Spanish-Amerkan War vet-
erans live in Texas,
Veterans with questions on
benefits are urged to contact
their nearest VA office. Those
who! served since Feb. 1, 1955,
may be eligible for G,I. Bill
training. Those who served
since June 27, 1950, may be ell
gible for home loans.
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1970, newspaper, September 8, 1970; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth751887/m1/3/?q=%22joe+dan+lemay%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.