The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1975 Page: 1 of 4
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THE PALMER RUSTLER
PALMER, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, 75152
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1975
VOL 50—NO. 31
PALMER
NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Truman Brown.
Jeannie, Mark and Susan of
Houston and Mrs. McElroy
from Amarillo visited Mrs.
Grace Hopkins Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Robbie Satterwhite of
Garland spent Wednesday with
Mrs. I dell Turner and Homer
Satterwhite.
Mrs. Dora Mae Parker, Mrs.
Virginia White and Mrs. Grace
Hopkins visited Mr. S.B. Parker
in the Ennis hospital Monday.
* Mrs. Helen Hodder, Mark and
Wayne of Mesquite and Mrs.
Johnny Scott and Charlie of
Dallas visited Bob Blocker
Sunday.
*The Hutchins Family reunion
was held in Hearne this past
Sunday. Forty two members of
the family were present. Mrs.
Carolyn Blocker, Joe Blocker
and Jannie Blocker from
Palmer were there from
Palmer. Other present included
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Blocker
from Ennis, Mr. and Mrs. E.M.
Hutchins and two sons, Mrs.
Linda Wilson and 4 children,
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hutchins and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Otha Lee
Norris all of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. Otis B. Hutchins and 3 sons
from Baytown, Mr. and Mrs.
O.L. Norris, Thomas, Kay and
Chris from Bryan, Mr. and Mrs.
H.L. Bates Sr., Donnie Bates,
Lori and Donnie, Mrs. Tonda
Rushing and 3 girls, Melvin
Bates and friend David, Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Bates Jr. all of
Hearne, and Mr. and Mrs.
Javes V. Bates of Odessa.
r Mrs. Vicki Lewis, Lisa and
Kristi of Mesquite visited Mr.
and Mrs. W.U. Fletcher Mon-
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Caloway
sj^nt the weekend with their
daughter, Mrs. Willie Fae
Holliman in Dallas.
Mrs. Pearl Griffith of
Palmer, Mrs. Jerry Pence of
Dallas and Mrs. Johnny Louise
o^ Houston, went to Chatham
Virginia to visit with Mrs.
Griffith’s brother and his family
- Mr. and Mrs. Rawlin Harwell.
Mr. Harwell’s son and his
family from Charlottesville,
Virginia also visited the Har-
wells at that time. Mr. Harwell
has been very ill but has im-
proved to some extent. Clauda
spent the week with her sister
Mrs. Dorothy Robinson in
Dallas.
Mrs. Elmer Schwartz
sustained injuries when she fell
in her home Friday. She is in
the Waxahachie hospital.
Harold Markham and son
Neil went to Gladewater to visit
Thomas Gothard and family
and then to Longview to attend
a flea market.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Caloway
visited Mr. and Mrs. David
Chambers and family recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin of
Texas City visited Mrs. Blanche
Stone Thursday. They brought
* their daughter Donna Sue to
spent some time with Mrs.
Stone.
Rev. Danny Pope was the
gufcst speaker Sunday and
Sunday night at the Baptist
Chruch.
Primary Dept. First
Baptist Has Picnic
ilil
Members of the Primary
Dept, of the First Baptist
Church of Palmer enjoyed an
outing and picnic at the Get-
zendaner Park in Waxahachie
last Thursday.'' Members and
treachers attending were
Audrey and Jimmy Bishop,
Larry Wilson, Scott Oates,
Stacie Thompson, Tammy
Beasley, Kim Collins, Timmy
and Keith Phillips, Donna and
Joe David White, Mrs. Lonnie
Collins, Mrs. Chester Colston,
Mrs. Harold Taylor, and Mrs.
Roger Harper. Several visitors
enjoyed the outing and they
were as follows: Jeff and
Tammy Smith, Mrs. Billy Oates
and Timmy Dawn Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Baker,
Charlie and Steven Jr., of
Houston have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Baker during
Steven’s vacation. The Steven
Baker family visited Six Flags
and enjoyed the visit jrery
much.
Mr. and MrsTTHuck Wilson of
Palmer and Mr. and Mrs.
James Ellis Wilson and family
of Arlington, have just returned
from a trip to the Big Bend
country, where they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Heard and David of Seagoville,
at his place close to Terlinque.
Terlinque which was once a
mining town, is now a ghost
town. Mr. Heard’s place was 12
miles from the highway, across
the mountains and canyons.
They enjoyed riding and hiking
through the country, viewing
the beautiful mountains of
different formations, and also
walking along the dry creek
beds which sometimes were
deep canyons with high
overhanging cliffs. The creek
beds were covered with rocks
and sometimes huge boulders.
Spring water from the creek
bed was very refreshing on a
long, hot walk. They also visited
in Mexico. On the way back
home, they toured Big Bend
National Park.
N
Mrs. Alta Wadley spent one
day last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Clopton of Rockett. Mrs.
Gertie Graves of Renfro Nur-
sing Home and Mr. and Mrs.
L.M. Cave of Garrett were also
guests there.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Caldwell
talked to their aunt, Mrs. A.M.
(Alberta) Spiecker of Seattle,
Wash. Sunday. She is home and
doing fine after surgery. Mrs.
Louella Hancock is spending a
few weeks with her.
Mrs. Leon Adams who has
been in the Ennis Hospital two
weeks was transferred to the
Presbyterian hospital Monday.
Ron Caldwell has been in
Reserve Training for two
weeks. Mrs. Caldwell, Rodney
and Rhonda spent a few days
with him last week in Fort
Worth.
Bro. Danny Pope filled the
pulpit at First Baptist Church
Sunday. He will be the interim
pastor while they are seeking a
pastor. He is editor of The
Baptist Progress.
IS YOUR
AUTOGRAPH
IN GREAT
DEMAND?
The Place where
your autograph
means most is
on a check,
which it turns
into money!
^1
r
Yes, you can “make money” with your pen when
you have a checking account. No need to risk loss
or theft by carrying large sums of cash about.
Pay bills the ‘write’ way!
MEMBER F.D.I.C.
Palmer, Texas
Mrs. Danny Hogan, 'Cory and
Cody, Heather Taylor, Mrs.
Stanley Gerich and Joey, Mrs.
Tony Carvalho and Eva Marie,
Lisa Wilson and Mrs. Otis
Beasley.
MINI COLUMN
Recipes
Jello - Take the Jello Mix and
spread it all around. Put it in
the freezer for about one hour
and then take it out. Then have
a snack. Michael LePoint - 2nd
grade.
From the Kitchen of Damon
Abbott - Grade 6
Baked Beans
2 cans of Pork and Beans
1 small chdpped onion
xk tsp. prepared mustard
1 tbsp. oil
Two-thirds cup ketchup
¥2 cup water, if needed.
Place beans, ketchup,
mustard, molasses and water
in a casserole dish. Melt oil in a
small skillet and brown onion
lightly. Pour this in with the
other ingredients. Mix well and
bake in 350 degrees oven one
hour. Serves 6.
From the Ktchen of Gregg
Barnes - Grade 6
Vacation Bible School
For 1st Baptist Here
Palmer First Baptist Church
invites all the children from age
2 through sixth grade to attend
Vacation Bible School Aug. 4 - 8.
The school will be held from 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be
singing, Bible study, arts and
crafts, play time and refresh-
ments.
People in Every Co.
May Tell St. Gov t.
Social Service Wanted
This summer people in every
First you go through the
icebox and get your favorite
drink such as orange juice.
Then get an ice tray and fill it
full with the drink. Then get
some plastic wrap and put it
over the tray. Then stick tooth-
picks in the plastic and give it
two or three hours in the freezer
before you serve them.
Hints
Ride your bike all day to get
exercise - Neil Davis - 2nd
grade.
When you write, make sure
your pencil is sharp. John
Hancock - 2nd grade.
If you need to count to 10,
count by 5’s. - James Harris -
2nd grade.
FIND THE FLOWER
A A flower name is hidden in
the setnence below. Can you
find it?
WHAT’S THE LATEST
DOPE ON YOUR CASE?
(Peony)
Can you find the Bible name
hidden in each of these sen-
tences?
1. A mosquito has stung me.
2. Do not mar your desk with
the pencil point.
3. She bathed every af-
ternoon.
4. The new pilot will solo
Monday.
5. The eskimos escaped the
polar bear.
1. Amos; 2. Mary; 3. Sheba; 4.
Solomon; 5. Moses.
WATERLOO FESTIVAL
PICKS AMERICAN MUSIC
STANHOPE, N.J. (AP) -
Waterloo Village here, which
includes many buildings which
have been restored and fur-
nished in 18th and 19th century
styles, has been designated by
Gov. Brendan T. Byrne as a
major Bicentennial site.
Its seventh and largest Wa-
terloo Music Festival, which
runs from June 27 to Aug. 31,
honors American music. The
performances take place under
a large green and white tent,
where 3,000 can be seated. Two
thousand more can sit on the
lawns around the tent.
Artists booked this summer
are: Danny Davis and the
Nashville Brass, Pure Prairie
League, organist Virgil Fox,
pianist Van Cliburn, Waylon
Jennings, Sarah Johns, Ronnie
Milsap, a Bluegrass Festival
starring Lester Flatt and Mac
Wiseman, Gary Stewart, Dolly
Parton, Chet Atkins, Teresa
Brewer, the World’s Greatest
Jazz Band, Benny Goodman,
Charley Pride and the Ameri-
can Symphony Orchestra con-
ducted by Morton Gould.
BEADY-EYED BLOBS from Outer Space are just harmless droplets of magnified soda pop
sitting atop an upholstered chair treated with stain resistent fabric protector. The “eyes”
were created by the reflection of the photographer’s strobelights.
Snake Bite 1st Aid
Advice of Doctor
Is: Freeze Down
SAN ANTONIO — When a.
rattlesnake strikes, pack the
bite with ice.
Contradicting presently
recommended methods, this
snakebite first aid advice for
laymen comes from a San
Antonio physician and surgeon,
who has studied the causes and
effects of venomous viper bites
for the past 15 years.
Based on his own experiences
in treating more than 200 snake-
bite victims, Dr. Thomas G.
Glass, Jr., contends cold ice
packs and constriction bands
are far safer and more
practical first aid measures
than the more drastic “cut and
suck” method, which has been
muscle, and unnecessary when
the victim receives no venom at
all, which occurs in three cases
out of ten, according to his
studies.
Dr. Glass doubts cutting is
beneficial in any case, except
with professional guidance, and
argues that the laymen’s
chances of cutting a nerve,
artery or tendon are too risky to
be undertaken at all, and can
cause greater harm than the
snakebite itself.
Instead, he suggests that for
any venomous bite, whether
from a rattlesnake, cot-
■onmouth, copperhead or coral
snake, the layman should 1)
apply constriction bands lightly
widely used in Texas since early above and below the bite,
frontier times.
A clinical professor of
surgery at San Antonio’s
University * of Texas medical
School, Dr. Glass claims the
presently advocated one-
quarter inch long and one-
eighth inch deep cross cuts are
ineffective when the venom has
been deeply injected into the
LEVINE BECOMES MET
MUSIC DIRECTOR
NEW YORK (AP) — James
Levine will become music di-
rector of the Metropolitan Op-
era in the 1976-77 season. He
will continue in his present post
as principal conductor of the
Met through next season.
Levine will have primary re-
sponsibility for artistic matters
at the Met. In determining ar-
tistic policy, he will be working
jointly with John Dexter, direc-
tor of production.
His contract as music direc-
tor is for five years with option
for another five years and
gives the Met his exclusive
services for seven months of
where possible; 2) place
crush* d ice in plastic bags over
the bite are to cool the venom
and slow down its movement to
other parts of the body, and 3)
remove the victim to a medical
facility in a rapid and safe
manner.
San Antonio’s Emergency
Medical Services was among
first to adopt Dr. Glass’ first
aid techniques with EMS
technicians now carrying
constriction bands and
chemical ice packs in their
ambulances as standard
equipment.
Based on his recom-
mendations, San Antonio’s
Amerex Laboratories has
developed a first aid kit, ap-
propriately named, “Snake bite
Freeze”, which can be stored
and used where ice is not
always readily available.
The kit contains two plastic
bags of non-toxic, non-caustic
chemicals, that are activated
by squeezing an inner bag,
producing “instant” cold down
the year.
The only other person to have an estimated 18 degrees. The kit
held the job of music director comes with two constriction
was Czech conductor Rafael band and a neoprene insulated
Kubelik.
HE’S FOR ANIMAL&
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP)
— Sean Pascoe, who hails from
Bakersfield, Calif., Junior Col-
lege, is majoring in animal sci-
ence at Colorado State Univer-
sity. Pascoe, who weighs 215
pounds, is a calf roper and bull-
dogger in rodeo events.
Ferris Girl
Attends FB
Seminar
Ginny Hammack, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Hammack of
Ferris, representing Ellis
county, attended the Farm
Bureau Citizenship Seminar at
Baylor University, July 14-18.
Ginny, 17 and a Ferris
High School senior, was
selected as delegate in June on
her talk “The American
Heritage and Our Free En-
terprise System.”
The program was devoted t<f"
inflation, the economic
situation, the differences be-
tween the Communist and
Socialistic countries and the
awareness of the Communist
Party. The seminar featured a
former Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation agent, a professor of
exonomics at Texas A&M
University and the president of
Mary Hardin College.
The seminar attracted 415,
Miss Hammack stated. The
Ferris girl stated she knows
more about other countries and
became aware of the problems
in the U.S. if the American
Communist Party becomes too,
strong.
ITTY BITTY CITY
NEW YORK (AP) - The ap-
parent winner in the tiny town
sweepstakes? Alvin, S.C. Ac-
cording to the 1975 Rand
McNally Road Atlas, Alvin has
a population of just 10. The
atlas does depict and list innu-
merable places, however, with
no population figures. Some of
these may have fewer people
than Alvin, or no population at
all.
county in the United States have
a chance, under a new law, to
tell their State governments
what social services they want
to see offered in their local
communities.
This unique federal law
requires each State to
advertise its proposed social
services program in newspapers
every year. The State must also
give the public an opportunity to
comment before the program is
put into effect. The idea is to
make these Federally sup-
ported, State-operated
programs more responsive to
local needs and accountable to
the local public instead of the
Federal Government.
Each State decides for itself
States may offer services free
to people receiving AFDC (Aid
to Families with Dependent
Children) or SSI (Supplemental
Security Income for the aged,
blur’ or disabled). States may
also offer services to people who
do not qualify for AFDC or SSI,
as long as their income does not
exceed 115 percent of the State’s
median income, adjusted for
family size. However, States
must impose reasonable fees
for services furnished to people
whose income exceeds 80
percent of the median income
level.
Under previous Federal
rules, States had to offer any
service on a State-wide basis.
Now states will have greater
freedom of choice as to what
which services to include. Day services will be offered and
care services, homemaker
services, services to protect
children and handicapped
adults from abuse, neglect, and
exploitation; transportation
services and counseling ser-
vices are examples of services
that states may decide to offer
in one or more geographic
areas. None of these services is
required by the Federal law.
This new law is Title XX of
the Social Security Act, signed
by the President on January 4,
1975. It calls for the States
rather than the Federal
Government to decide what
services to offer, who is eligible
for service, and how services
will be distributed in the State.
Every State is now receiving
comments on the social services
plan it proposes to put in effect
October 1. These plans were
announced in the State’s major
newspapers on or before July 2.
Individuals and organizations
have at least 45 days from the
State’s publication date to get
their comments to the State
agency.
In most States the public
review period will last until
about the middle of August.
Details about the plan are
available from the State or local
social services or welfare of-
fice. Some states also are
holding public hearings.
where offered. However,
Federal money available to
the State is not changed. Under
a continuing 1972 law, a national
annual ceiling of $2.5 billion in
Federal expenditures was
established for social services.
This $2.5 billion ceiling is
broken down into individual
State allotments (on the basis of
population) ; most States do not
use all their Federal allotment.
This Federal allotment may be
used to pay for 90 percent of a
State’s family planning services
costs and 75 percent of other
social services program costs.
The remaining share of social
services costs come from State
and local appropriations, and
from funds donated by in-
dividuals and orgnizations
concerned with social services.
Canada’s first trans-
continental train arrived in
Winnipeg in 1886.
Calendar
of Events
SCHOOL BOARD
CHURCH NOTES
wrapper for holding the ice
pack in place.
To clear up what he terms the
“public’s unwarranted and
needless fears and lack of un-
derstanding of snakebites”, Dr.
Glass has published a 26-page
booklet “First Aid for
Snakebite, ” in which he ex-
plains the first aid measures
laymen can safely undertake.
FUNDAMENTAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
Simmie G. Hancock
Pastor
Jimmy Harper, SS Supt. 1
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m. - Bible School.
10:50 a.m. - Morning Worshop
5:45 p.m.- Youth Training.
6:00 p.m. - Pre-Services.
6:30 p.m. - Evening Worship.
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 p.m. - Prayer Meeting.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ben Hearn
Minister
Floyd Clouse - SS Supt.
Edward Prude - Board
Chairman.
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship
No evening worship
Official board meeting every
1st Sunday. :
President - C.N. Stacks
Vice President- Bobby C
Hobbs.
Secretary- Joe E. Bonner.
Members: T.M. Harper, Bob
Stacks, Bobby L. Jones, H.J.
Robinson.
Board meetings: 7:30 p.m. on
the second Tuesday, each
calendar month.
PALMER PARENT FACULTY
CLUB.
Mrs. Eloise Harper-
President.
Meetings on third Thursday
afternoon, (Sept, through May)
at the school.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Mearl Moore
Pastor
Clarence O. Heard - SS Supt.
Raymond L. Caldwell - music
director
Sunday
9:45 - Sunday School
11:00 - Morning Worship
Evening Worship
(Nov. - Apr. 6 p.m.)
(May - Oct - 7 p.m.)
Wednesday
9:45 Women’s Missionary
Auxiliary
7:00 - Prayer and Bible Study.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Rev. Fred Ginn
Pastor
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m.- Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.-Morning Worship.
7:00 p.m.-Evening Worship.
6:00 p.m. - Christ’s Am-
bassadors.
WEDNESDAY:
7:30 p.m.-Prayer Meeting.
THURSDAY:
1:30 p.m.-Women’s
Missionary Council.
MOMENT’S PEACE from the siege of Phnom Penh is enjoyed
by President Lon Nol and his wife as they stroll through the
palace gardens. Shelling of the Cambodian capital by Khmer
Rouge forces decreased somewhat when government troops
forced them further from the shores of the Mekong river.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sam Norton, Minister
SUNDAY:
10:00 a.m.- Bible School
11:00a.m. - Morning Worship.
7:00 p.m.-Evening Worship,
ship.
Everyone is invited to attend
these services.
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 p.m. - Bible Study
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Eddie Allsup
Pastor
“A House of Worship for all of
God’s Children.”
SUNDAY:
10 :00 a.m.-Church School.
11:00 a.m.-Morning Worship.
6:00 p.m.-Youth Fellowship
(6th- 12th grades).
Lay Leader- Ted D. Smith f
Administrative Board Chm.
Hibbert Beck -
Administrative Board Chm.
BULLDOG BOOSTER CLUB
Harold Markham, President.
Billy Oates, Vice President.
Lucille Dixon, Secretary.
' Barbara Mathis, Treasurer
WOMAN’S STUDY CLUB
Mrs. A.E. Perry, president.'
Meetings first Friday afternoon
(Oct. through April).
PALMER MASONIC LODGE
Meetings fourth Tuesday
night at the Masonic Hall.
James W. Wallace, W.M. .
Doyle J. Anthony, Sec’y; Roy J.
Watson, Tiler.
PALMER VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Donald Land - Fire Chief
Meetings the first and third
Monday night of each month at
the fire hall.
CITY OFFICIALS—
Mayor-Jim Nell Allen.
Mayor Pro Tem-Nalan
Cottongame.
City Secretary-Wanda Stacks.
■ Counoilment S.D. Jones,
Elmer Washington Gerald
Blocker Charles Dixon Sr.
• Meeting on first Tuesday
night at City Hall - 7:30.
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