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$5,000 In Prizes Offered
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VOLUME 88—NO. 50
DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS, MAY 13. 1969
2 SECTIONS—14 PAGES
Sponsored by the Coleman
'Evening Lions Club, the Fish j
Rodeo will start Thursday, May
15, and will continue frfr two
months; with $5,000 in prizes be
ing offered. Official entry tic- j
kcts are now on sail'
Tagged fish have been releai
ed in. both Herds Creek l.aW'
and Lake Coleman The entry
blanks mav be secured at Ku
dolph's, Hob Turner’s Store,
Westerner Restaurant, Mary's ;
Bait Shop or from members of
the Keening Lions Club
Complete instructions on the
fish rodeo will, be presented
when the entry blanks are secur-
ed Also, all of that information
will he carried in a newspaper f
ad Thursday,
In addition to the fish rodeo,
there will be a' “big fish" con-
test, with cash prizes being of
fered in four divisions; yellow |
ratfish, channelCatfish, carp and i
black bass This contest will !
Cover fish caught anywhere in-j
the county, for $25 for first
prize and $10 for secoVtd prize j
in each division.
Everyone is requested to.
watcii the Thursday paper for ;
the complete details on the fish I
rodeo.
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±.......CEMETERY WORKING
* Alt persons interested, in keep-
ing the White Chapel Cemetery
dean are asked to meet there \
Saturday, Mav 17, with tools and
lunch for arr alhday work tiro j
ject.
In Justice Of Peace Precinct No. 1
Legal Sales Election
Is Set For June 7th
BIRD NEST IN STRANGE PLACE: Sew
oral days ago Mrs. ,P, W. < I link) Taylor
pulled in at Taylor. Motor Company fop
gas and tin attendant noticed’ a bird nest
With two eggs nestled against the gas- tank
■cap. In a.dav.or-so the. nes-1 had-My eggs.'
By that time the rfutyjors were much
aware of a mother Wren flying in and out
from utitier'THe~'carT"When .NT: c Taylor-
returned from Brownw ■ .’ad last Friday she
noticed that the Wren was quite disturbed
and a check in the back of the car found
six small birds in the nest. They too had
been "to Brown wood. At' this point Mrs.
Taylor decided not to disturb the little
bird family again so-the ear remains there
in the garage and the mother Wren stays
quite busy feeding her young. The Tavlors
are still, wondering how come.....the .Wreri
picked that [dace for the nest
An elertion on the question of
! legal sales of all alcoholic bev
j erages in Justice pf the Peace
Precinct No. 1 has been set for
Saturday June 7, 1969, and ab-
sentee balloting will open May
19th. Tlic boundaries of the jus
tier precinct are the same as
j County Commissioner Precinct
No 1
The County Commissioners
| Court was presented with the
i petition Monday, along with cer-
tificate by County Clerk Lee
Craig that the petition bad been
checked and met ait legal re
quireriicnts The Court examined
the. (Met it ion and clerks certifi-
cation arid then ordered the
elect ion
’ There will be two voting box
os I N at the Courthouse and
1A at Burkett
There were -285 "good" signa
lures on the petition with 216
required, the 216 being 25 per
cent of the number of votes east*
for governor in the last, general
election when Presidential elec-
tors were elected.
1968.
.29,622 of the 1,172.992 Texans
who got a soyial security check
for Dee 1.968 wye between 18-
21 years of age, ■ ,j
Coleman Senior
Gets Scholarship
Richard Throgmorton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. (his Throgmorton,
has received a letter from the
Men’s Faculty Club in San Mary
cos that he has been awarded
a year's '-'.scholarship to South-'!
west Texas State College there
Richard is a Coleman High
School senior and plans to en
ter college this fall
Final Reports For County Are -Made
Going To 2,586 Residents
t V ' ;
Social Security Benefits In
County Are $184,000 Monthly
Cancer Crusade Tops Goal
Coleman County Cancer (Tu
sade Unit's 1969 Crusade went
“over the top with a final fig '
Ul’e of $39.12 62 icpnrlrd I)y
Tyrrell Craves, and Kmzv
Brown, eo-ehmrnien. This is 10,5
pefejFrit’. of the* goal of $3700 set
at the beginning of th.c < rusade.
according to figures •released by
Weldon Davis, treasurer and
memorial chairman of the Unit
At the annual meeting of the
t. nil held Monday Iii Farm
Bureau Courtesy Center Arnold
Allvoin. president, expressed
tin- appreciation. of the board
and the unit, to Mr Brown and
Mr."(.leaves for a job well done
The two chairmen then express
ed their thanks to the many
people who assisted with .the
fund drive this year They
Many Others Needed And Requested
Museum Pieces
Being Received
Many museum pieces have
been made available for (lie
Coleman County Museum, to
open June 1 in the Camp Colo
rado Replica building jn the
City Park, and i( is hoped that
many more wilt-be made avail-
able, is the „ word todav fi;fmi
Ben Cox, Executive Director for
the project
Cox explains that the items
can either be loaned or contri-
buted to the museum, and that
detailed records will be kept to
properly identify such pieces.
Persons haying items for the
museum are" invited to leave
them at the Chamber of Com-
merer ilfrieeor with Mr Cox
A tap. anyone .having questions
about the museum are invited
to contact Mr. Cox.
A large amount of the mu-
seum items come from the mu
scum that Ben Cox has had in
his office in the Courthouse, for
the past "several vears In addj
tio» lo that, the following pieces
have been made available at this
time
The.old grav horse, in the Tex
Robin place for several years
and in the Nanee and Batten sad
die shops in earlier years, was
acquired some time back by the
Coleman County Historical Sur-
vey Committee from Mr Robin,
and will t>e one of the featured
displays The fabricated horse
was brought to Coleman in 1879
by Mr Ratten
Other Items include Cjoid Ford-
son tractor, Louis Pittard: wood
cook stove Mrs Roxv Russell;
ireless cooker, old umbrella,
ilri chair and mounted rattle-
snake. Mr and Mrs Ed LeMty;
old rivet hammer and oil field
drill and bits, Jack Dunean: old
pictures,1* Hat R Warren, old
pictures. Mrs, William Brown;
coffee grinder, Clovis Tyson, old
studio camera used in the old
Modre Studio, from the Moore
family: World War I helmet. C
1, Funderberg. old radio, l-*on
ard E Jameson; old mimeo
graph. Mr* H F Carrot*. old
newspaper. Mrs Glenn B»*rry,
two revolver*. Gary Oaah, rifle
shotgun, Jack Bostick, old book
| from Coleman Air Field, Jerry
i Goad; 1916 license plate,' Mar
Wilson, old barbed wire and
1 staple, Dr. K i. Knox: pionqcr
| roll book from ,1929 fair John
Elkins; old plow point. Fd. Lo
' May; Model T jackal O'. James,
.old shoe last, Jack Bostick, but-
ton holer used for jiigh top
shoes. Alex Mayers; leather ri
voting tool, Jack Bostick.
The Santa Fe Railway-Com
puny contributed a number of
• it( ms including a coal oil wii k
, burner iim J to melt sealing wax,
old train order stylus, Wells
Fargo record book used at Tus
cola in 1913, toggle bar, old blue
print, hitch, seals and ticket
later
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pointed out the Impossibility-of
thanking individually the more
than 200 block workers who
helped with House to House
drives In Coleman and Santa
Anna but they want these
people to. know that their ef
forts ace’ greatly appreciated.
They'also express their apprec-
iation to other volunteers and
rural and city chairmen for
j their fine* contribution of time
I aijd money, and offer, special
praise to the rural people of
the county for their high per
capita giving
The Thai linen list the follow-
ing as,, a final tabulation of
workers and gifts; Coleman
• Business, fiiynn . Mitchell,
i $426.50, Coleman Advance Gifts,
F W (Dink) Taylor,’$*87.50.
I Coleman School Faculty, Roark
I Barnes, Gilder Adams, Mrs. Ku
I gepe Brooks, $131,00: Coleman j
! Sc hool Students, Billy Bartley, j
j $80,88; Colentaii House ioHouse. j
Terrell Graves. James Tisdale. ;
Maynard Gaines, Nicky Hold
rack, Edwin Hipsher, $835.14;
Skiila Anna. Ktnzy, Brown,
$540.26, Miizelle School stu
dents, Charles Yarbrough, $13,24; ,
Rural (22 reports). $128070 j
; Memorials, -Weldon Davis.
$106.90
Rural reports include Novice j
arid Goldsboro, "Mrs Ralph At- j
j len, $116 25. Talpa, Mrs David j
Klasson and - Home Demonstra-
f tion' Club,, $98 96; PlainviewL
| Mrs. Dale Smith, $15.00; Lea j
j day, ’ Mrs Lonnie Stephenson, ;
$42.00; Echo. Mr and Mrs. A
K, Dodson, $4100: Fisk, Mrs j
] Dewey Wilson, $78no Glen ,
Cove, Mrs Jerry Todd and Mrs.
L jJubert Hate, $33-26,.. Voss^Mra..;
J H litis. $34 (Hi,. Shields, Mrs. ;
(ileu Scarborough, $6050; Rock |
wood. Mrs R. J. Deal, $74.50; |
Buffalo, Mrs S D. Wilson and
i Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, $5000. j
Silver Valley, Mrs c A Bill
ings and the IfD; Club, $28 83:;
Indian Creek, Mrs Floyd Janie •
son and Mrs V D, Van Dalsem, i
Museum Fund
Goes Over Top
Gifts to th- museipi fund
have exceeded the goal by $1 00.
according to a report this morn-
ing from Bill Sneed, chairman
of fhe finance committee Gifts
and pledges now total $5,00t 00
Additional gifts that come in
will lie used’ for museum mi
"7™“ A*" 2ft?Cervenko To Head
drive over the lop are listed
below
Anonymous ‘ S' 1300
In memory of my mother,
Mrs. Hulda Culpepper,
by Mrs France* Townsend. ,
long Beach. Calif ' .5 00
Total to date $5,901 00
.A record of $!84,doo in
| monthly social security benefits
was being paid to. 2,586 resi
i dents, of Coleman County at’
i the end of ])ec 1968, according
'to It It.. i’u ley Jr. District
;• Manage!* ini'- fioeial Security.
This compares lo $178,000 to
2,543 persons for Feb 1968; tht'
month the 15 raise in tin
1967. Amendments became ef
feelive
By the end of May 1969. soe
]’ial security will be paying
monthly benefits lo more than
125 million—people 1 out of
every 8 Americans. Although
‘ retired’ workers comprise the
’largest group of beneficiaries,
almost one fourth of all people
receiving benefits are under 60
Yet a lot of the public con-
tinues to think of social see
urily as a program for old
people# added Tuley
In Coleman County, 329 poo
! pie under 60 arc receiving
benefits. That figure breaks
down into 156’ under 18. 33
; 18 21, and 140 22 59 It may be
surprising to some that of hen
eficiaries in the over 60 bracket
$56 50, Valera. H H Martin and
Oscar Mltc(U'.ii, $78 50; Amici’
son. Mrs Leonard Flippin,
$43.00; Trickham, Mrs Oscar
Boenieke $42 50 Lcedy, Mrs.
Dick Baugh $40 50. Goriiribusk,
Mrs. Lee Williams and ill)
Club, $102 00, Burkett, Mrs
Jack DeBusk and Mrs Roger
Watson, $175 15; White Chapel,
Mrs John Walthall $14 00; j
Mayo. C F Langford $38.00; i
Liberty. ' Mrs Maudie Fields,
‘$14 25
In other business transacted.
Monday evening the Cancer
Unit voted to authorize Mi All
: c urn to name a nominating coins
m it ice to present lo the group
at the next meeting a list of
; officers and board members to
serve during fiscal 1969 70
there are 1.260 women and
997’ men in this county.
Many students would haw
been unSble to cbntinue tln-ir
educations were i! not for the
1965..Amendments l<* -the Social
Security Act which extended
survivors and dependent- insur
(Continued on Page I-A)
Charles Mann To
Receive Degree
.Charles Mann, son of Dr and
Mrs M I) Mann, will receive
his Bachelor of Business Admin-
istration degree from the Uni-
versity of Texas at May 31 Com
mencement Mr is majoring in
Personnel Management
Mrs, Mann is tile former June
Jackson, daughter of Mi ami
Mrs ’ Jesse Jackson,.
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CHARLES MANN
LETA POLLOCK
...Valedictorian
SAHS Lists Honor
Students; Slates
Closing Programs
Santa Anna High -School Sen
lor class has named., Miss lad a
Pollock, daughter of Mr and Mrs
M R Pollock a- valedictorian:
Miss Donna Strickland, daughter
of Mr ami Mrs Donald Strick-
land, as salulatorian; and Jackie
Miller, grandson of Mr and Mrs,
Joe Beal, as liigli point boy
Included in the honors list for
the class are the top ten stu-
dents, academically, ’These in
elude the three named and Judy
Mclhtire. Cleta Pollock Frankie,
Bray, Janice Langford, Emily
Bekl, Eddie Voss, and Mike
Cupp*
SAHS Baccalaureate services
arc set for Sunday, Mav 18, and
Commencement exercises for
Tuesday, Mav 20. al 8 00 p m in
the high school auditorium,
BIG PERCENTAGE
246 of every 1OO0 Texans past
age 65 got an old age’ assistance
check for December 1968
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Fry Sand Test In
Santa Anna Field
Roy L Ramtwi and Harold
Denton of Bangs slaked No 2
K S Kills seven, mites south of
Santa Anna in the regular field
Having a proposed depth ol
1500 feet with rotary to lest
the Fry Sand, n spots 4268 feet
from the north- and 5520 feet
from the wist lines of Plea
-ant Young Survey 494
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DONNA STRICKLAND
. .. Salutatorian
JACKIE MILLER «
.,. High-point boy
Scholarship Goes
To Pant Wood
Pam Wood, graduating senior
Coleman High ■ School, has
received a letter informing her
nl a si liolarxhip. for next year
to Southwest Texas state-Col-
li g< where she will’ enroll III
the fall as a freshman She is
the daughter, of Mr and Mrs.
Herb Wood.
trie award is being made by
the San MareO* Rotary Club.
VISITS PARENTS HERE
Robert E Steven* of Tarleton
State College, Stephenvilje. visit-
ed his pArents Mr and Mrs
Ciifioii! K. Stevens, over Hu:
weekend
Will Attend University In Europe
Lorry Barclay Gets Rotary
Foundation Scholarship
JOE CERVENKA
,..n«w Exchange prtxy
Timne writhing
contribute
THE OLD GRAY HORSE
headed for mu*eum
may mad or hand gift* to mem- j
her* of the finance , committee,
including Sneed. Earl* Smith
and Mark Bompann.
Exchange Club
New officer* for fhe Cgtemtin
Exchange Club have beerf sel'-ct
ed and Jor Cervenka wpl serve
a* president , for tfif coming
year, succeeding’ Clifford Moore
Other new officer* include
Don Eieeman, vice premdenl
Wayne McClure, *n rotary treas
urer Lvn Worthy was elected a
member of the board, of direc
tor*,
A Colne an youth .has been
named to receive the Rotan
Foundation Cndergraduate srho
lac ship for Rotary Dixtriet 579
and will aiiend a university in
Europe during the 1970 71 school
year He is lairrv Barclay |9
son of Mr and Mrs Tommy Kel
ley
Rotary District 579 covers a
wide area of north central Texas
and includ ”* E’lirt Worth and
Wichita Fails Barclay, nomina
td by the Coleman Rotary Club,
will receive the one scholarship
alloted to the district He com
pried against a large number of
nominees was one of six sefni
finaiist*. survived th? cut to
thro and during interviews the
i past weekend was selected for
the honor •,
IxVal club president Bob
Pearson explains thai the seho
•iarship is valued at about $5,000
I covering travel, school expenses
' and living allowance
The selection for the scholar
ship* is made a year in advance
I to provide adequate time for
apecial training and study by the
student
Purpose of the Rotary Foun-
fiatmn Scholarship ; In.- help
promote letter world friendship
and umlerxianding White hi Eu-
rope Barclay will travel soriie
and will speak before many
croup' and orgaruz.gtions. tell
mg them about Urn coSntrv Up
in his return tj He tuned
St ales N(, witr Apeak to • iuh-
LARRY BARCLAY
riml or ganizalmnv "telling .litem
nbout lh” country be visited
Funrls for such siholarshlps
come from the Rotary Founda-
tion, to W'hleh member* ot the
Coleman Rotary Club have per-
sonally contributed
j ft is understood that yoitng
Barclay is the first in ibis im-
mediate area to be awarded a
Rotary Foundation scholarship,
and tikelv one of the very few
ever selected from a town the
size of Coleman.
Barclay ts now attending We;!
Texa* State University at Can
yon He graduated from Cole-
man High School last yeat,
where he was 9th in hi* class.
He ha* been an honor roll *tu
dent at Wed Texas State, with
a 2 6 grade point average out
of a possible SO. At Coleman
High School h< served a- pre-.t
deni of the National Honor Soi
iety, was» named to Who'* Who
In Modern lumguagi Depart
ment and won honor* In Spanish
and World HUtory, baaed on
grRde*.
At college he 1* majoring in
language and plans to be a
teacher.
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