Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1987 Page: 2 of 20
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PAGE TWO-THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS-THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1987
Jerry Robert Miller
Funeral mass for Jerry Robert Miller,
92, was held Monday in St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Megargel. Church
pastor, Rev. Harry Fisher, officiated
and burial was in the Megargel
Cemetery under the direction of Lunn
Funeral Home.
Mr. Miller died Saturday at his home
in Megargel. Rosary services were held
Sunday in Lunn Funeral Home.
Mr. Miller was born April 3, 1895 in
Burleson County, the son of Anton and
Cellestina Kubelk Miller. He and Lillie
Cernosek were married Sept. 21, 1921
in Megargel. He was a verteran of
World War I and was a retired farmer
and oil field worker, and lived in
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In her book, Pat Nixon; The Untold
Story, Julie Eisenhower shows the
depth of understanding between a
mother and daughter, and gives us an
inside look at many world shaking
events.
The background of Pat Nixon
introduces the book and the reader is
carried to a better look at The 1952
Campaign Speech by husband Richard
Nixon; the 1958 mobbing and stoning of
the vice-president’s limousine in
Venzeulela and the 1960 unsuccessful
Presidential bid.
And then there was the Watergate
incident, which Pat considered as being
poorly managed.
This is the story of an extroaordinary
family. The reader is given an insider’s
view of what it is like to grow up in
politics. Julie tells how it feels to be a
newly wed surrounded by Secret
Service and how the members of this
courageous family supported one
another during times of unbearable
stress.
The result is an informed history of
events that have shaped our country’s
history centered around a portrait of a
woman who was an indominatable
fighter for the things she believed in.
The book is a tribute to Pat Nixon who
lived this life and to Julie Nixon
Eisenhower who was able to write it.
The Untold Story of Pat Nixon is
available at your local library.
150 Kids Seek 1000 Eggs
The Easter Egg hunt sponsored by
Midnight Cruisers of Holliday drew
about 150 youngsters Saturday
afternoon in Holliday.
Gift coupons from Dairy Queen and
Tanners Kuntry Store were among the
prize eggs hunted by the children, who
came from Iowa Park, Archer City and
Wichita Falls as well as Holliday. Over
1000 eggs were hidden.
Sharon Davis, dressed as the Easter
Bunny and David Kucinski as Donald
Duck entertained the hunters.
The 40 member motorcycle club
sponsored the hunt as a measure of
goodwill to the community. Club
officers were David Kucinski, presi-
dent; Jay Hicks, vice-president; Wayne
Harrelson, treasurer; Dee Kucinski,
secretary and Mike Wells, road captain.
Plastic Wrapped Cages Make June
Tomatoes a Reality on the Texas Plains
By Roland E. Roberts
Extension Vegetable Specialist
Tomato growers and gardeners who
want to protect their early tomatoes
from cold, wind and viruses must build
cages and wrap them with plastic now
to be ready for planting time shortly
after the average date of last spring
frost. Spring winds, cold nights and the
Curly Top Virus and Spotted Wilt Virus
diseases are major threats to tom§|pes
on the Texas Plains. Every year many
thousands of home gardeners and
commercial growers allow their tomato
plants to suffer wind and cold stress.
What is worse, many must stand by and
watch helplessly as their precious
tomato plants sicken and die from these
lethal diseases. In 1986, Spotted Wilt
Virus reached epidemic proportions in
south central Texas where it destroyed
entire fields of tomatoes.
Curly Top Virus is transmitted from
diseased weeds and sugar beets to
healthy tomato plants by the beet
leafhopper. Spotted Wilt is transmitted
from diseased plants to tomato plants
by thrips insect. These insects inject the
virus into tomato plants as they
puncture the leaves to suck out plant
juices.
The relatively mild winter weather has
allowed many thrips to survive. Spotted
Wilt Virus could be more severe than in
previous years. Curly Top Virus will
usually infect thirty to fifty percent of
uncaged plants, sometimes even more.
Fortunately there is an answer to this
dilemma provided by a unit known as
the plastic wrapped cage. The plastic
wrapped cage improves the environ-
ment around the young tomato plant. It
keeps the air calmer all the time and
warmer at night, increases the relative
humidity around the blossoms making
it easier for them to set fruit, sets up a
barrier so that the insects can not find
the plants. Plastic wrapped caged
tomato plants generally do not have nay
insects on them while the plastic is in
place.
You can build your own cage from
concrete reinforcing wire. The best size
for the tomato varieties Spring Giant,
Big Set, Jackpot and Celebrity is a cage
that is eighteen inches in diameter and
five feet high, ou can also buy these
cages ready made at some nurseries
and farm stores.
The cage can be wrapped with four to
six mil clear polyethlene film and
secured by amking several folds and
securing this seam with a stapler. It is
much easier to make the cage and wrap
the plastic around it when two people
work together.
Clear plastic sleeve material that can
easily be slid down over an
eighteen-inch diameter cage is
available in 100 foot rolls from Bowers
Plastics Distributors, 1110-1114 North
Avenue U in Lubbock 79415, telephone
806-763-5925 and in cage size lengths at
Farmers Depot at University Avenue
and FM 1294.
Complete details on tomato caging are
available at your County Extension
Agents office.
Cycling Calls For Precautions
Country Club To Give
Golf Lessons
Megargel most of his life. ♦
He was a member of the Knights of
Columbus Lodge, #2784 in Megargel
and the American Legion Post 198 of
Archer City.
Survivors include his wife, Lillie of
Megargel; three sons, Jerry Frank
Miller, Megargel; Henry Miller, Dallas;
and Richard Miller, Ennis; three
daughters, Agnes Gentry and Rosie
Kulhanek, both of Megargel and Helen
Shaffer, Wichita Falls; three brothers,
Frank Miller, Abbott; Joe Miller,
Millsap and John Miller of Austin; 25
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren.
Whether you drive an old clunker with
coaster brakes or an ultra-light, high
performance bicycle, safety should be
your top priority. A well-maintained
bike is the first step in safe cycling,
cautions Texas Safety Association.
In conjunction with National Bicycle
Safety Week, April 19-25, TSA offers
the following maintenance advice:
-Be sure tires are properly inflated; the
correct pressure should be embossed on
the tire’s sidewall. Caution: over-infla-
tion can make the tire explode and
cause serious injury.
-Make certain tires do not rub against
the bike frame and that tire rims do not
rub against brake pads.
.Replace missing, bent, or broken
spokes.
-Check to see that brakes are working
properly. Tighten loose brake cables,
and replace them if they are frayed or
rusty.
-If yours is a multi-speed bike, check to
see that the gearshift levers shift
smoothly--any problems should be
serviced by an authorized dealer.
-If buying anew bike this spring, be
sure it “fits”. When seated, you should
be able to place on foot flat on the
ground without leaning.
Additional safety tips to remember
include wearing bright-colored clothing
during the day and light-colored
clothing at night. Add a headlight and
taillight at night to improve your bike’s
visibility to motor vehicle drivers.
Wear a helmet every time you get on a
bicycle and make sure child passengers
do, too. About 75 percent of all
bicycle-related fatalities are caused by
head injuries. Each year, about 1,000
people are killed in bicycle accidents
nationally.
Remember maintenance and safety
precautions and avoid becomingone of
those statistics.
The Archer City Country Club will
begin golf less, Tuesday, June 9.
Ladies and men’s lessons will be held
at 7:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. and children’s
lessons will be at 10:00 a.m.
Cost of the one hour group lesson is
eight($8.00) per person. For reserva-
tions or more information call 574-4322
between 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Janay Morrison will be the instructor.
Lodge Joins
Highway Clean-Up Forces
Archer Masonic Lodge #708 has joined
the “Adopt a Highway” plan as part of
the Texas Highways “Keep Texas
Clean” Campaign. The local organiza-
tion will work a 2 mile stretch south
from the city limits on Highway #79.
They have set Saturday, April 25 as a
work day in observance of ‘ ‘Great Texas
Trash Off” and encourage all members
to be present.
WANTED
Bird Lease for next season Contact: W. Moses
214/692-1333 or 5750 Pineland Dr. #103,
Dallas, Texas 75231
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Archer City School Menu
April 27-May 1
Monday
Breakfast-Cereal, toast, juice, milk
Lunch-Hamburgers, lettuce, pickles,
french fries, cake, milk
Tuesday
Breakfast-Oatmeal, toast, juice, milk
Lunch-Taco Salad, pinto beans, fruit,
milk, bread
Wednesday
Brea*. ^st-Peanut butter cups, toast,
juice, milk
Lunch-Chicken Fried Steak, gravy mashed
potatoes, green beans, cake, milk, bread
Thursday
Breakfast-Rice Toast, juice, milk
Lunch- Hot Dogs, Chili, cheese, pork n
benas, fruit, milk
Friday
Breakfast-Donuts, juice, milk
Lunch-B-B-Q Turkey, whipped potatoes
English peas, jello, milk, bread
Windthorst School Menu
April 27-May 1
Monday
Breakfast-Cheese toast, juice and milk
Lunch- Cheeseburgers, lettuce, onion,
tomatoes, chocolate pudding, milk
Tuesday
Breakfast-sweet rolls, applesauce, milk
Lunch-ham steak, rice, gravy, buttered
peas, pineapple tidbits, butter, milk
Wednesday
Breakfast- cereal, juice and milk
Lunch-Beef tacos with cheese shredded
lettuce, pinto beans, cinnamon rolls, milk
Thursday
Breakfast-biscuits, jelly, butter,
scrambled eggs, juice, milk
Lunch-City quail, new potatoes, spinach,
spice cake, butter, milk '
Friday
Breakfast-Pancakes, butter, juice milk
Lunch-Fish, tartar sauce, catsup,
coleslaw, spaghetti and cheese sauce, hush
puppies, apple cobbler ahd milk
Holliday School Menu
April 27-May 1
Monday
Breakfast-Biscuits, gravy, applesauce,
sausage and milk
Lunch-Hot Dogs, French Fries, Chili,
Cheese, salad, milk, cookies, rice krispies
Tuesday
Breakfast-Cereal, milk, juice
Lunch-Nachos,or Ham Sandwich, baked
potatoes, ranch styles beans, cobbler, milk
Wednesday
Breakfast-Donuts, milk, fruit
Lunch-Lasagna, crackers, pinto beans,
com, garden salad, milk, cinnamon rolls
Thursday
Breakfast-Waffles, syrup, milk, orange
juice
Lunch-Hamburgers, lettuce, tomatoes,
onions, mustard, mayonaise, jello and milk
Friday
Megargel School Menu
April 27-May 1
Monday
Breakfast-Cereal, fruit, milk, juice
Lunch-Enchiladas, red beans, com, chips
and hot sauce com tortillas, milk, cherry
dessert
Tuesday
Breakfast-Cinnamon Toast, fruit, milk,
juice
Lunch-Hamburgers, lettuce, tomato,
onions, pickles, french fries, buns, milk,
jello
Wednesday
Breakfast-Pancakes, syrup, milk, juice
Lunch-Steak Fingers gravey whipped
potatoes, green beans hot rolls, milk,
applesauce
Thursday
Breakfast-Cereal, fruit, milk, juice
Lunch-Chalupas, tater tots, salad, flour
tortillas, milk peaches
Friday
Breakfast- toast, jelly, fruit, milk, juice
Lunch-Grilled Cheese sandwiches, pork &
Beans, fresh Vegetables sticks, bread, milk
honey bars
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 23-29
Thursday, April 23
6 p.m. Archer Unit ACS, FSB Community Room
7 p.m. Holliday Lions Club
8-4 Veterans Adm. Archer Service Center
Friday, April 24
11 a.m. Western band, Archer Service Center
Saturday, April 25
Texas Wildflower Day
10-5 Archer Museum Opne
Sunday, April 26
2 p.m. Chaparral Riding Club
2-5, Archer Museum Open
Monday,April 27
9-12 Hearing Clinic Service Center
10a.m. Commissioners Court
7p.m. Megargel 4-H Club
7:30 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 100 Meeting UMC
8 p.m. Windthorst Fourth Degree KCs
9 p.m. AA and Alanon, Service Center
Tuesday, April 28
7-12 Blood pressure clinic, Service Center
6:30 p.m. AARP Salad Supper, Service Center
7p.m. Alateens Faith Memorial Baptist Church
7:30 Bowman VFD
Wednesday, April 29
9-12 Food Stamp Representatives Service Center
2 p.m. Craft Session, Service Center
8 p.m. Kettler Council 1824, Windthoarst
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