Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1998 Page: 1 of 8
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Baze Bookbinding 9-24-99
514 W. 7th St.
Amarillo TX 79101
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No severe injuries reported
School bus
struck by
car as
children
disembark
County schools nominate
candidates for Homecoming
An Archer City ISD school bus was
rear-ended while stopping to discharge
passengers last week. Bus driver
Derinda Coleman had stopped just
north of FM 2224 on Texas 79 on
Tuesday, Sept. 15th, at about 3:30
p.m., when a car driven by Amanda
Carlile swerved to miss a van that was
stopped behind the bus, and struck the
rear of the bus . The bus was stopped at
the side of the road and the lights were
flashing at the time of the accident.
Carlile and passenger Lacey Lowry,
both students at Archer City High
School, were taken to the 8th Street
Campus of United Regional Health
Care System, treated for minor inju-
ries and released.
According to Superintendent Randel
Beaver, two children were in the stair-
well of the bus when it was struck.
Rachel Arbuckle reportedly suffered
a mild concussion but is back in
school. The other child complained
of back pain later in the day.
Mr. Beaver said, "Our employees
and students need to be very careful
on Hwy 79, not only for the sake of
our buses, but for all the traffic there."
Coleman was shaken but back on
the route the next day. She said sev-
eral of the parents of children on the
bus were waiting at the entrance to
Lakeside City, just down the road.
They came to the accident site to get
their children as soon as they heard
what had happened. It was her first
accident with her bus and she said, "I
don't ever want to be involved in
another one!"
Mail boxes to be
consolidated at
Archer City Post
Office
The local snorkel collection box
located at the Archer City Post Of-
fice, 103 N. Sycamore Street, will be
removed in the near future. There
will be only one collection box. It is
called mixed in postal jargon. This
simply refers to local and out-of-
town mail mixed in the same box.
There are several reasons for the
change. One of the main reasons is
that mail in local drop boxes often
contains mail for locations outside
the local delivery area. This delays
the dispatch of the mail to the pro-
cessing and distribution center that
ultimately, delays delivery.
This is a continuous effort to im-
prove service by insuring all mail is
picked up and dispatched on a daily
basis.
Of course, we will continue to have
the inside local mail drop in the lobby.
We encourage all Archer City mail
be placed in the lobby local drop. We
will continue to collect, cancel, and
box the local mail as before.
We appreciate the continued sup-
port and strive to improve your Postal
Service.
Melissa Collier
Officer in Charge
Archer City Post Office
No school in Archer
City next Monday
There will be no school for ACISD
students on Monday, September 28.
Middle School/High School teach-
ers will have a staff development
and the Elementary teachers will be
having parent conferences to go over
student report cards.
WINDTHORST NOMINEES_
Windthorst High School nominees for Homecoming queen are: back row, L to
R, Shelbie Schenk (Jr.), Kelcie Newton (So.), Casey Muerer (Fr.).; seated, L to R,
Jenny Hoff (Jr.), Lanell Schlumpf (Sr.) and Sabrina Moer (Sr.).
VETERANS HONOR COMRADES
Nearly 200 people attended the POW/MIA Candlelighting Ceremony at the Grotto of St.
Mary's Church in Windthorst last Sunday night. These veterans honored their comrades,
those who were imprisoned and those who did not return, photo courtesy J.P. Schreiber, Jr.
Speakers honor those not present
Crowd attends POW-MIA Candlelight
Ceremony
by Margie Berend
About 200 area residents attended
the impressive Candlelight Ceremony
and Program honoring all American
POW/MIA's which was held this past
Sunday evening at the Grotto of Saint
Mary's Catholic Church in Windthorst.
The event was hosted by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars (VFW) Scotland-
Windthorst Memorial Post #2676 and
its Ladies Auxiliary.
The welcome was extended by J.P.
Schreiber, Jr., Post Commander. The
American flag and the POW-MIA flag
were posted by members of the Wichita
Falls High School Junior Reserve Of-
ficers Training Corps (JROTC). The
recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
and the singing of the Star Spangled
Banner followed by those in atten-
dance.
Father Dennis Gang, T.O.R. of St.
Mary's Catholic Church offered the
Invocation. In a brief message to the
assembled crowd, he thanked the cou-
rageous men and women who have
served and are serving our county in
the Armed Forces. He asked that the
POW-MIA's and their families be re-
membered in prayer throughout the
year.
Guest speaker was Vickie Widner
Gannon, sister of Danny Widner, MIA.
Vickie said the last time she saw her
brother was when he said good-bye to
his father and mother 30 years ago.
She pleaded for support in finding
more information about the POW-
MIA's. Vickie was accompanied by
her mother, Cordia Widner. When
asked how she endures the wait of
news of her son, she said, "The Lord
helps me each day."
A Remembrance Table was set up in
the Grotto, and a Narrative was pre-
sented by Commander Schreiber and
his wife, Jaynie. The narrative called
for listeners to remember those not
with us.
Father Dennis then led those present
in the Lord's Prayer. He explained that
the Grotto was a very fitting place for
the Candlelight Ceremony. The Grotto
was built with money donated by the
sixty-four Windthorst men who fought
in World War II. All sixty-four men
returned from the war and were present
at the opening dedication in August of
1950.
Presenting the Military Flags were:
US Marines-Klint Ostermann
US Navy-Matthew Zotz
US Army-Josh Wolf
US Air Force-Jesse Wolf
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ARCHER CITY NOMINEES
Archer City High School nominees for Homecoming Queen this weekend are
(clockwise from top left): Brandi Ashton (Sr.), Blair Buerger (Jr.), Jodi Hayley
(Jr.) and Robin Huffman (Sr/).
Sunday Matinee moved to Oct. 4th
Tennessee Williams classic to open tonight
Archer County 4-H awards banquet
honored 4-H members
4-H AWARD WINNERS___
Karren Winter (L) and Kathryn Carnes (C) present the 1998 Archer County
Silver and Gold Star winners. Silver Star winners were Chance Schroeder of
Windthorst (front left) and Jessica Winter of Archer City (front center). Gold Star
recipient was Josh Winter of Archer City (right).
Archer County 4-H members, lead-
ers and family members celebrated
the 90th birthday of 4-H on Sunday
evening, September 20th. The high-
light of the banquet was awarding the
4-H Gold Star Award to Josh Winter
of Archer City 4-H. Josh's parents are
Karren Winter and David Winter of
Archer City. The Gold Star Award is
the highest award presented on the
county level. Two Silver Star Awards
were presented to Chance Schroeder,
son of Stacy and Bob Schroeder ot
Windthorst and Jessica Winter, daugh-
ter of David Winter and Karren Win-
ter of Archer City. Over 125 4-H
youth were honored with project cer-
tificates and officer pins. Former 4-H
members and leaders were informally
introduced, and Maxine Veitenheimer
compiled a collection of past 4-H pic-
ture memories. 1998 Banquet spon-
sors were JAC Electric Cooperative,
Norwest Bank, Archer City, and
Windthorst National Bank.
The Royal Theater Fund's produc-
tion of "The Glass Menagerie" by
Tennessee Williams, will begin a
three-week run Thursday night, Sep-
tember 24th. Co-directed by
Tommye Jane Wright and Abby
Abernathy, the play, which is one of
the most produced shows of dra-
matic theater is a tale of fragility and
fading Southern gentility.
In The Glass Menagerie", Amanda
Wingfield, Pepper Shoaff), a tragic
remnant of Southern gentility, lives
in a dingy apartment with her grown
up children, Tom (Abby Abernathy)
and Laura (Jennifer Pool). She has
extravagant plans for her children
and strives to give direction to their
lives. Instead, her nagging drives
Tom to alcohol and a dream world
created by movies, while Laura, who
is both emotionally and physically
crippled, lives in her own dream world
of glass trinkets.
One of Amanda's designs involves
her insistence that Tom invite "a
gentleman caller" (Jeff Thomason)
to their apartment to meet Laura. She
fears her daughter will become an
old maid, and she hopes the gentle-
man caller will remedy the situation.
The drama, to be presented for the
next three weekends from opening
night, Thursday, September 24th to
October 10th, is the big debut for
RTF's theatrical productions. In ad-
dition to this play, the other three
productions for the 98-99 season,
"Dial M for Murder," "Butterflies
are Free", and "The Star Spangled
Girl" will all be performed at Larry
McMurtry's Booked Up #4 at 103 E.
Main in Archer City.
The Sunday Matinee, originally
scheduled for this Sunday, Septem-
ber 27th has been rescheduled to Sun-
day, October 4th. In addition, there
will be no show on this Friday night,
September 25th due to Homecoming
activities. The dinner theater will be
held in conjunction with a gala
fundraiser, entertainment and recep-
tion on October 3rd. Tickets range
from $8 to $12, depending on the
night attended with the exception of
the October 3rd gala which is $50 for
the total evening and fundraising ef-
forts. Tickets and reservations can be
purchased and made at the Spur Ho-
tel during normal business hours or
by calling 940-574-2505. All shows
start at 8:00 p.m. with the exception
of the Sunday matinee which will
begin at 2:00 p.m.
In other related news to the
fundraising efforts of the Royal The-
ater committee, construction work
began last Saturday on phase one of
the rebuilding project and will con-
tinue on this coming Saturday the
25th which has been designated,
"Turn DirtDay" by the building com-
mittee. The group is seeking addi-
tional workers and if you would like
to have a hand in the construction
efforts, be at the Royal at 9:00 a.m.
this coming Saturday. "It's been a
long two years trying to raise money
for this project, that can have a tre-
mendous economic impact on Ar-
cher City once it's completed, and we
hope that this actual start on con-
struction will renew everyone's en-
thusiasm and determination," stated
Susan Thomason, board member.
Updates of the group's efforts will be
documented in future issues of the
News.
ACTRESSES PORTRA Y MOTHER AND DA UGHTER__
Pepper Shoaff (left) and Jennifer Pool (right) as Amanda
and Laura Wingfield, were photographed in rehearsals for the
Royal Theater Fund's production of The Glass Menagerie. The
play will be presented at Larry McMurtry's Booked Up #4 the
next three weekends.
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