Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1985 Page: 1 of 10
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Archer County News
ISSUE 12
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1985
ONE SECTION
TEN PAGES
Windthorst And Archer City Top UIL Literary Meet
WINDTHOMST WINNERS: Eleven
students will represent Windthorst at
the Regional UIL meet in Abilene
April 12 and 13. Pictured [1-r] are
Jason Berend and Ray Steinberger
[front] and ' Melissa Ostermann,
Roxanne Schrelber, Debbie Smith,
and Julie Vieth. Qualifiers not
pictured include Dorothy Schoreder,
Shelly Ostermann, Vivian Sargent,
Sue Ann Berend, and Tammy
Prescher.
News Briefs
Council Meeting Rescheduled
The regular meeting of the City pm in the City Hall. The meeting was
Council of Archer City has been orginally set for Thursday, April 4.
rescheduled for Tuesday, April 9 at 7
Commodity Distribution Set
The next distribution of federal food Building 8am - 5 pm. the distribution
commodities under the Emergency
Food Assistance program will be
Tuesday, April 2, 1985 in the Archer
City Lion’s Club building 1-4 pm.
Distribution for Holliday area
residents will be Wednesday, April 3,
1985 in the Ezzell Metal Products
is handled entirely with the assistance
of volunteers giving their time to the
effort. The Archer City Ministerial
Alliance and more than a dozen
volunteers handle the AC distribution
and Mrs. Jo Ezzell coordinates the
Holliday distribution.
Community Worship Planned
will be Pam Rogers from First Step,
Inc. of Wichita Falls telling of the work
done by this organization providing a
“safe house’’ for victims of abuse or
Palm Sunday evening is the time for
the annual pre-Easter Community
Worship Service sponsored by the
Archer City Ministerial Alliance. This
gear’s service will take place
sginning 7:00 pm, Sunday, Marche
31 at First Christian Church. Dr. Bill
Potts of First Baptist will deliver the
sermon. An additional special guest
rape. The evening offering will be
dedicated to the work of First Step.
Rev. Mary Martin is pastor of the host
church, and other ministers in the city
will also participate in the service. The
whole community is invited to attend.
Mayfest To Select Little Miss
A Little Miss Mayfest Pagent will be
a part of the Archer Chamber of
Commerce Mayfest activities May 3rd
and 4th. Girls aged 3-11 years, who
live in Archer County, are eligible to
enter.
There will be three age groups, 3-5,
6-8 and 9-11 years, with a first place
and three runners up in each division.
Contestants are asked to model a short
party dress and participate in a brief
interview. Judging will be on
appearance, poise, and personality.
Entry fee is $10.00. Make checks
payable to Archer Chamber of
Commerce. Return entry form and fee
to Archer Flower shop, P.O. Box 1143,
Archer City, Tx. 76351. Entries MUST
be received by April 25, 1985.
If you have any questions contact
Lucille Halsey, 574-4913, Marie Steck,
574-2118, or Mary Sternadel,
574-4068.
Windthorst and Archer City high
school students dominated the District
12-A UIL Literary meet held in
Wichita Falls last Friday and
Saturday. The Trojans recorded 195
points and 11 students qualified for
regional in 12 events. Archer City
accumulated 160 points and 15
students qualified for regional in 9
events. Journalism proved to be the
spring board for Windthorst as the
Trojans amassed 85 of the possible 120
points in the four writing events.
The top three finishers in each event
won points and qualified for regional
on April 12 and 13 at McMurray
College in Abilene. Fourth place
finishers serve as alternates to the
regional cmopetition. Student quali-
fiers by event include: Prose- Melissa
Ostermann, Windthorst 1st, Dee Ann
Blackburn, Archer City 2nd, and
Tooter Rowlett, Megargel 3rd. Poetry-
Vivian Sargent and Julie Vieth,
Windthorst 1st and 3rd; Science-
Robert Starnes, Archer City, 1st,
Mark Hilbers, Archer City and Ray
Steinberger, Windthorst tied for 2nd;
Informative Sneaking- Angela Roberts
Archer City, 2nd, Shelly Ostermann,
Windthorst 4th; Persuasive Speaking-
Kristan Phillips, Archer City, 1st;
Calculator Applications- Ray Stein-
berger, Tammy Presclr’er, Sue Ann
Berend, Windthorst, 1st, 2nd, and
3rd, and Gerald Jentsch, Archer City
4th; Spelling- Dorothy Schroeder,
Windthorst, 1st; Typewriting- Trisha
Vanbebber and Melanie Graham,
Archer City 1st and 4th, Roxanne
Schreiber, Windthorst, 3rd; Number
Sense- Gerald Jentsch and Eric
Powell, Archer City, 1st and 3rd,
Jason Berend, Windthorst, 2nd;
Headline Writing- Melissa Ostermann
and Debbie Smith, Windthorst, 1st,
and 2nd, Janet Lobpries, Archer City,
4th; Feature Writing- Janet Lobpries,
Archer City 1st, Vivian Sargent and
Debbie Smith, Windthorst, 2nd and
3rd; Editorial Writings Shelly
Ostermann and Melissa Ostermann,
1st and 2nd; Ready Wrtiing- Sue Ann
Berend, Windthorst, 2nd; Debate-
Kirk Crutcher and Bobby Mydlowski,
Archer City, 1st, Welf Jentsch and
Steve Keiser, Archer City 3rd; Lincoln
Douglas Debate- Kenneth Schreiber,
Shawn Walters and Mike Petit, Archer
1st, 2nd and 3rd. Newswriting-
Melissa Ostermann and Shelly
Ostermann, Windthorst, 1st and 3rd,
Monica Leamon, Archer City, 4th.
Totals for the remaining schools in
District 12-A include: Perrin, 55;
Peaster, 35; Graford and Poolville, 15
each; Megargel and Bryson, 5 each.
County Cancer Crusade To Begin This Week
The American Cancer Crusade of the
Archer unit heard Dr. Ed Thornton of
Holliday speak on the need for early
detection of the disease, as he noted
that the incidence of cancer was on the
increase, although the number of lung
cancer patients are less due to the
decrease in numbers of cigarette
smokers.
Dr. Thornton said we can influence
our enviroment by not smoking and by
encouraging others to do likewise. He
emphasized proper nutrition and
annual physical checkups for those
over 50 years of age.
Education chairman Kathryn Carnes
presented a booklet, Nutrition,
Common Sense and Cancer, which
gave seven points for fighting cancer.
They are: 1. avoid obesity, 2. cut down
on total fat intake, 3. eat more high
fiber foods, 4. include foods rich in
vitamin A and C. 5. eat the cruciferous
vegetables, 6. eat moderately of salt
cured and smoked foods, 7. kep
alcohol consumption moderate, if you
do drink.
Mrs. Carnes also exhibited an array
of sickroom supplies and information
that is available to cancer patients at
no cost.
Crusade Chairman Doris Owens
welcomed the 17 community volunte-
ers and assigned workers for the
several areas for the Crusade which
begins this week, with a goal of
$6,500.
A covered dish dinner followed the
meeting which was held in
the Community Room of First State
Bank.
County volunteers present for the
meeting included: MMes. Elmer
Taylor, Barbara Harrelson, Edna
Hudson, Pauline Patrick, Dollie
Gaulden, Kathryn Carnes, and
Thelma Bradley, all of Archer City;
Mrs.Loyd Schreiber of Windthorst and
Scotland; Mrs. Lesa Rodgers and Judy
Dill of Lakeside City; Jo Bynum of
Bowman; Mr. and Mrs. Cutr (Mary
Kay) Dolberry of Holliday and Ruby
Robertson of Mankins.
Archer’s New Doctor Enjoying America
Doctor Lazar Javonovic came, to
America two years ago so that he
might practice medicine more freely.
The native Yugoslavian has been
living and working in Canada since
1948, but the increasing restraints of
socialized medicine prompted him to
move south-and South he came.
The 73 year old family practitioner
enjoys excellent health. He has been
practicing in Seymour since July of
1983 and is now seeing patients at the
Archer County Hospital Clinic
beginning at 9 a.m. Monday through
Friday.
During WWII Dr. Javonovic served in
the Medical Corps of the Polish forces
as part of the 8th British Army. He
had earned a degree in Agriculture
prior to the war and he completed his
ledical studies at the Medical School
bf Rome in 1947 and served a short
time on the Medical Faculty of the
University of Rome.
In 1948, Dr. Javonovic emigrated to
Canada and worked in agriculture for
four months before beginning a
practice in family medicine and
emergency health care. In 1976, he
passed the exams and became a
certified family practitioner.
Dr. Javonovic’s wife currently resides
in Windsor. Ontario Canada where
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Dr. Lazar Javonovic and his
receptionist Mary Glenn are now
two of his sons are enrolled in the
University of Windsor. She will be
coming to Texas sometime in April.
Two more sons reside in Canada and a
daughter is a nurse in a Detroit
hospital.
Dr. Javonovic is being assisted at the
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receiving patients at the Archer
County Hospital Clinic in Archer City.
Archer County Hospital Clinic by
Mary Glenn. The telephone numbers
are 574-2196 and 574-2219. His
practice includes family medicine,
obstetrics, pediatrics, and minor
surgery.
AC QUALIFIERS. These students will
represent Archer City at the regional
UIL meet in April. Front row [1-r]: Dee
Ann Blackburn, Janet Lobpries,
Melanie Graham, and Kristan
Phillips. Standing: Kirk Crutcher,
Eric Powell, Trisha Vanbebber, Steve
Keiser, Angela Roberts, Gerald
Jentsch, Mike Petit and Bobby
Mydlowski. Qualifiers and alternates
not pictured include Mark Hilbers,
Robert Starnes, Monica Leamon, Welf
Jentsch, Kenneth Schreiber, and
Shawn Walters.
AC Issues Teachers Contracts
A very lenghty meeting of the Archer
City Independant School District
Board of Trustees produced the
issuance of contracts to teachers for
the 1985-86 school year. After a one
and one half hour executive session to
review teacher evaluations, the Board
voted to offer contracts to 37 teachers
currently on the payroll.
All teachers currently under
contract to the Archer City ISD were
offered new contracts for the 1985-86
school year with an across the board
decrease in above state base salary of
$200. Teachers have 30 days to accept
or reject the contract offers.
The Board unanimously approved
deletion of the 7th grade from the
varsity band for the 1985-86 school
year. The 84-85 Wildcat band, with
the seventh grade, had 81 members.
The projected membership for
1985-86, with 26 seventh graders,
would be 97. The membership
expected from grades 8 through 12 for
85-86 is 71. Board members noted that
quality of performance by bands is not
necessarily dictated by larger
numbers, especially during the
concert season.
The Board also tabled the decision on
financing a trip to the State Marching
contest if the band should qualify this
year. Cost of the trip to the school last
year was over $4,000.
The school calendar for 1985-86 was
adopted by the board as presented by
Superintendent Don Shearmire. Class-
es for students will begin Sept. 3 and
end May 29. Teacher in-service will
begin Aug. 26, and the final work days
will be May 30 and June 2. Scheduled
holidays include: Thanksgiving, Nov.
28 & 29; Christmas, Dec. 23-Jan. 1;
Spring break, March 3-7; and Easter,
March 28-31. Bad weather days are
March 31 and May 30 . Any day
missed before March 31 will be made
up on that day. A second day missed
would be made up May 30. In the
event no days are missed, March 31
will be a holiday and May 30 will be a
teacher work day.
Regarding end of the year activities,
the Board approved the selection of
Graham Purcell by the Senior class as
this year’s speaker at commencement
exercises. Members also voted 4-1-1
to keep the Jr.-Sr. prom in Archer
City. The junior class had requested
permission to present the event at a
hotel in Wichita Falls. Bill Linscott
voted no, and Barry Morrison
abstained.
Superintendent Shearmire presented
information on student body grades
for the first semester. Of 146 high
school students, 23% failed one or
more subjects with English leading
courses failed. The percentage for
grades 6-8 (131 students) was 25%
with math and science causing the
most failures. In grades 1-5 (223
students) the percentage dropped to
8% with failures fairly evenly
distributed among all courses.
Failures for the fourth six weeks
included 24 high school students,
seven of which were involved with
extra curricular activities. Sixteen
students in grades 7 and 8 were
reported as failing one or more
subjects with 7 of those students
involved in extra-curricular activities.
The tutorials program for students
having difficulty with classroom work
has had the best success in grades 1-3
and 9-12.
The number of special education
students in Archer City schools is
increasing. Of the $93,790 expended
on special Education, State and
Federal funds cover $84,949 leaving
$7,965 in local funds.
The Board also reviewed financial
information as presented by Shear-
mire as of March 21, 1985. He noted
that tax collections were lagging
behind prior years in that 87% had
been collected to date. That
percentage is usually 93-95% by this
time of year.
Other board action included approval
of the Textbook committee report and
voting for two members to the Region
IX Board of Directors.
The next meeting of the Board of
Trustees will be April 8 to canvass the
election returns.
Boulter Sets
Archer City
Farm Meeting
AMARILLO-Congressman Beau Bo-
outer (R-13) today announced that he
will hold an open forum farm town
meeting in Archer City on Saturday,
March 30 at 2:00 pm.
The farm situation is hot”, Boulter
said, “and everyone in Washington is
talking about it. Legislation of all
types is being considered, and I need
to hear from the farmers of the 13th so
that I can represent their concerns in
the House of Representatives.”
Boulter, the only freshman Republi-
can to be seated on the House Budget
Committe, and a member of the House
Republican Leadership’s Agriculture
Task Force, said he has had several
opportunties to question Administra-
tion officials, at Budget committee
hearings, about the state of
agriculture. “Dave Stockman told me
we had to move toward an open
market. John Block” Boulter
continued, “told me that there needed
to be a lot of changes. Well I want to
know what the people of Archer
County think of those ideas, and what
those changes should be.”
The President recently vetoed a farm
credit bill. Boulter, who voted against
the bill, explained that “as a
co-sponsor of earlier legislation that
was pratical and would have helped
the farmers that need help, I had to
vote against the later bill. We need,
“Boulter continued, “responsible
legislation that will begin solving
some of the long term problems of
farming, avoiding both a ‘bailout’ or a
‘wipeout’ of our farmers.”
The meeting will be held at the First
State Bank Building, 200 Main in the
Community Room. It is open to the
public, and Boulter has encouraged
“anyone who has anything to say
about farming, or an other issue, to
come out and take part at the
meeting.”
Young Homemakers
Celebrating Texas Week
The Windthorst chapter of the Young
Homemakers of Texas will be
celebrating state YHT week with a
number of activities. The week began
last Sunday with the presentation of
boutenairs to Mayor Henry Oster-
mann, Fr. Bart Landwermayer, and
Supt. Howard Neeb, and a red and
white corsage was presented to Mrs.
Jackie Herman, YHT advisor. A fresh
floral arrangement of red and white
carnations was placed in St. Mary’s
Catholic Church as a tribute to all
homemakers.
On Monday, Debbie Schroeder,
Windthorst YHT president, and Jackie
Herman, advisor, along with Holliday
YHT president Noma Campbell and
advisor Robin Calhoun met with Judge
Bill Holder to proclaim the week of
March 24-31 as Young Homemakers of
Texas week in Archer County.
Tuesday evening found the Young
Homemakers challenging the FHA to
volleyball games in the local gym.
Litter barrels were painted and placed
in strategic locations around Wind-
thorst on Wednesday. This was done
as an effort to keep the community a
neater, cleaner place to live.
Members of the chapter will be
venturing to Perrin on Thursday
(tonight) for a Mexican dinner hosted
by the Perrin YHT.
Friday will find members working in
the City Park fixing swings, painting
the playground equipment, and
adding sand to the much used sand
box. During the course of the
afternoon, the drawing for the $100.00
Shopping Spree will be held. The
proceeds from the raffle will be used
to buy a slide for the park.
The Windthorst YHT is a very active
group and new members are always
welcome.
The Holliday YHT is sponsoring a St.
Judes Bike-A-«Thon March 30 at 9:00
a.m. Start and finish will be at the
Faith Tabernacle Church on N. Bois D
’arc. Prizes will be awarded for the
most money collected. First place
prize .is a 5-inch B/W Portable
television donated by Wal-Mart Iowa
Park. Second Place is a Reystone Disc
Camera. Third Place is a solar
powered desk top mini calculator.
Money collected will be sent to St.
Jude Childrens’ Research Hospital in
Memphis, Tenn. For sponsor forms or
more information, call Noma
Campbell at 586-1571 or Yvonne
Sternadel at 586-1420.
The route should take approximately
l‘/a to 2 hours.
YOUNG HOMEAKERS OF TEXAS
WEEK. Archer County YHT
members look on as County Judge Bill
Holder proclaims March 24-31 as
Young Homemaker Week in Archer
County. Present for the signing were
Robin Calhoun, Holliday FHA
Advisor Moma Campbell, Holliday
YHT President; Debbie Schroeder,
Windthorst YHT President; and
Jackie Herman, Windthorst FHA
Advisor.
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