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Connor Horton 2-1-69
Box 726
Rulo, Toxas 79547
The Rule Review And
The Rochester Reporter
'STRIVING TO SERVE ITS READERS WITHOUT PREJUDICE"
Volume 47
Rochester, Haskell County, Texas 79544, Thursday, April 3, 1969
10c Per Copy
Number 52
Rochester City Election Sat., ^ wS'Kn! "J1 Liter5, T» Be
Thurs., April 10, At Weinert
April 5, Write In Vote Legal
Rochester’s City Election
will be held Saturday, April 5,
for the election of a Mayor and
one Councilman. Since there is
only one candidate running for
one of the places as council-
man, the City Council will have
to appoint another man to fill
the vacancy created by Alton
Byrd as he resigned to run
for Mayor and Keele Acree is
the only other Councilman run-
ning.
If you make your wishes
known by a write-in vote, this
could have an effect on the ap-
pointment of the City Council.
A write-in vote is acceptable
in a city or general election.
The only time a write-in vote
is not good is during a pri-
mary election. At the present
there is a bill before Congress
to pass a law that a write-in
would be unlawful. But this
bill has not become law as of
now. If you want any change in
our city government, vote and
use the write-in privilege.
There is no reason for these
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LSD Meet
Has Large
Turn Out
THERE GOES MARY JANE!!!
Yes, Mary Jane we feel that
you are not quite the culpert
you used to be, because ap-
proximately 150 people attend-
J 'hfc Di ug and*Narcotics Pro-
gram March 25, 1969 at the
High School Auditorium in Has-
kell.
The program was sponsored
by the Home Demonstration
Council Triple “E” commit-
tee. Mrs. Floyd Rogers, Chair-
man of the Triple “E” com-
mittee, introduced Mr. Jim
Smith, representative of the
Texas Department of Public
Safety, who brought a film en-
titled ‘‘In Sight or Insanity”.
The film presented factual in-
formation concerning the ef-
fects of LSD on the human body
and mind.
Myron Baird introduced the
Guest Speaker, Mrs. Jackie Ja-
kulewicz. A question and an-
swer period followed the guest
speakers presentation.
Appearing on the Question
Panel were: Mrs. Vernay
Teague, Young Homemaker
Representative, Mrs. Don Whit-
ley, Waldrip HD Club mem-
ber, Mr. Gary Grums, Sager-
ton, and Judge B. O. Roberson.
Answering the questions that
were received from the
audience were: Dr. Frank Ca-
denhead, Haskell, Mrs. Harold
Woods, Rule, Mr. Elbert John-
son, Haskell, Mrs. Jackie Jaku-
lewicz and Mr. Jim Smith.
Girl Scouts
Give Report
By MELISSA ROBERSON
ROCHESTER — On March 28,
the Girl Scout Troop 416, went
to Camp Boothe Oaks for the
Girl Scout Camp, south of
Sweetwater, for the weekend.
The trip was won by the Scouts
through their cookie sale. The
percentage of sales was high in
the area. Also attending were
troops from Roscoe, Coahoma,
and Robert Lee.
The Girl Scouts left Roches-
ter dlbout 4 p.m. Sack lunches
were enjoyed later in the din-
ing hall at camp. A sing-song
was held after the meal. Satur-
day morning, the local troop
searched the trees for their
“jungle breakfast”.
Each troop competed in a
scavenger hunt. After the hunt,
lunch was prepared over a
campfire.
Saturday afternoon, a hike to
Lake Trammell in search of
rocks and other “treasures”
provided good exercise at least.
Another campfire meal Sat-
urday night. The cold front made
the tents a little cold for out-
See GIRL SCOUTS, Page 2
jobs not having been filled. When
it comes down to doing for the
town we should work so that
it may continue to prosper.
This is a job which anyone who
lives in town should feel ob-
ligated to do as a part of his
civic work. Your vote will count
so don’t forget to vote, just
because the ones who are run-
ning have no opponent. They still
need to know you are behind
them and are supporting them.
Your duty and privilege is
to vote.
ROCHESTER — The Roches-
ter Senior High, Junior and
Grade school District 16-B
track meet which was schedul-
ed for last Saturday was post-
poned due to the inclement
weather which prevailed Satur-
day morning. The meet was held
Tuesday and Wednesday after-
noons and a complete run-down
will be given next week.
Schools will turn out Thurs-
day afternoon at 2:00 p.m. and
will resume on Tuesday at the
regular 8:30 a.m. time.
Area Fans To Be Able To See
Dallas Cowboys In KC April 14
week by Coach Charles Hibbitts.
The all-star team from the
Wichita Falls-Abilene area will
be matched with the famous
Cowboys. Coach Hibbitts re-
ported that the Cowboys have
twelve players but usually bring
eight. Appearing at Knox City
will be Bob Lilly, Cornell
Green, Jerry Rhome, Pete Gent,
Chuck Howley, George Andria,
Jethro Pugh and others who
will be announced later.
The Knox City Athletic De-
partment is sponsoring the
game and all tickets will be
$2.00 each.
Advanced tickets for the con-
test may be purchased at Jones
Drug, Hoge Pharmacy, or the
City Cafe.
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Ex-Resident
Dies In Calif.
RULE - Funeral services
for Mrs. Florence Cook, a
former Rule resident, was held
in the Mark B. Shaw Mortuary
in San Bernardino, California
M|n;h 9, 1969.
itokhad made hqr home j
with her daughter, Loudell Kel-
ley of San Bernardino, Califor-
niaV, A sister, Mrs. S. H. New
lives in Austin, Texas.
The Dallas Cowboys Basket-
ball team will be playing in the
Knox City High School gymnas-
ium on Monday night, April 14
at 7:30 o’clock, according to an
announcement made early this
Strickland
Completes
Basic Training
ROCHESTER - Pvt. James
W. Strickland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Iva Strickland of Roches-
ter and son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Ross of Sagerton
has completed basic training at
Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
He has been assigned to Fort
Ord, California for further
training.
His wife Yvonne, has joined
his in California.
James is also the grandson of.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Turner Sr.
of Rochester.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cline and
family of White Oak and Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Hoog of New
Mexico visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs,. Lewis
The Clines took their son, Stev-
ie home after his two weeks’
visit here with his grandpar-
ents.
LEFEVRE CO-CAPTAIN OF McM Track Team — Larry
LeFevre, ex-Rule track star, has been selected as a co-
caiptain of this year’s McMurry College track team. LeFe-
vre, McMurry’s top quarter-miler, is a sophomore, who
runs legs on the sprint amd mile relays. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert LeFevre of Sagerton.
Rule Jr. High Track Team
Results Af PC Meet Given
John Ballard To Do
Practice Teaching
ROCHESTER — John Ballar<
a 1965 graduate of Rochestc
High School, who is now a ser
ior at Tarleton State Colleg^,
will be doing practice teaching
in Vocational agriculture under
Mr. Royce Priddy at Throck-
morton High School. He will be
at Throckmorton from March
24, to May 16.
John is majoring in Agricul-
tural Education at Tarleton
State College and will graduate
in May. John was on the Honor
Roll and the Distinguished Stu-
dent List at Tarleton last se-
mester. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Ballard of
Rochester.
*****
Gail and Jeff McWhorter of
Greenville are spending this
week with Mr. and Mrs. Tony
McWhorter and David.
*****
Cary Headstream of Cisco
Junior College spent the week-
end with his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Aubrey Headstream and
Darra.
RULE — Eight Junior High
Track Teams participating in
the Paint Creek Track Meet
last Wednesday were from Rule,
Leuders-A voca, Rochester,
Haskell, Goree, Weinert, Ben-
jamin and Paint Creek.
Results of the Rule Junior
High Team in the three di-
visions are listed as follows:
Eightth Grade: Tony Thomas,
1st - 50 yd. dash, 2nd - 100
yd. dash, 2nd - broad jump;
Hal Hunt, 1st - pullups; Jesse
Macias, 1st - broad jump, 2nd
- 100 yd. low hurdles, 4th and
5th - pullups; Don Hisey, 1st -
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Feb. Sales
Total $7,099
During the month of Febru-
ary the sale of United States
Savings Bonds and Freedom
Shares totaled $7,099, accord-
ing to Mr. R. W. Herren,
Chairman of the Haskell Coun-
ty Savings Bonds Committee.
The January-February sales
totaled $41,879 and this is 19
percent of the 1969 goal of
$220,000.
Sales in Texas during Feb-
ruary totaled $14,369,901.
Year-to-date sales totaled
$33,071,780 which is an in-
crease of 3.9 percent over
sales during 1968.
Nation-wide, total February
sales of E and H Bonds and
Freedom Shares were $442
million, slightly above Febru-
ary 1968 sales. The first two
month's sales totaled $866 mil-
lion, 6.0 percent below a year
earlier.
60 yd. high hurdles; Andrew
Bagley, 3rd - 440 yd. dash.
440 relay, 2nd -(TonyThom-
as, Don Hisey, Jesse Macias,
Hal Hunt); 880 relay, 3rd -
(Hal Hunt, Don Hisey, Ray
Jones, Andrew Bagley); Lynn
Dale Dudensing, 4th - discus.
Seventh Grade: Rob Kittley,
3rd - 100 yd. dash; Larry Bar-
bee, 3rd - broad jump, 2nd -
high jump, 2nd - 100 yd. low
hurdles; David Kupatt, 4th -
100 yd. low hurdles; Tommy
Louis, 3rd - discus; 440 relay,
4th - (Larry Barbee, Rob Kit-
tley, Mike Lisle, David Kupatt).
Sixth Grade: Mario Nava-
rette, 4th - high jump; Abel
Gonzales, 2nd - 440 yd. dash;
Steve Anders, 3rd - high jump;
Jack Wilson, 4th - shot, 3rd -
discus; Jeff Denson, 2nd-broad
jump, 3rd - 50 yd. dash, 3rd -
100 yd. dash; 440 relay, 1st -
(Mario Navarette, Paul Lott,
Mark Thomas, Jeff Denson);
880 relay, 3rd - (Mario Nava-
rette, Steve Anders, Abel Gon-
zales, and Paul Lott).
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Mary Lue Alvis of Texas Uni-
versity was home this week to
spend the Easter holidays with
her parents, Mr. andMrs.Tru-
ett Alvis and Bill.
TfC $ $ $ $
HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Otie Hickson of Long
Beach, California is here for a
few weeks to visit her family,
Mrs. Eunice Strickland, Mrs.
Cecil Whitt, and Arlis Mann.
They all had dinner Sunday with
Mrs. Strickland and others vis-
iting were T. C. Sandlin ofGir-
ard and Mrs. Lillie McKay and
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Johnson of
Stamford.
Free Course On Emergency
Care Scheduled In Wichita Falls
A practical course on emer-
gency care and transportation
of the sick and injured is
scheduled April 16, 17, and 18
at the Holiday Inn East in Wich-
ita Falls. The course is free.
Diplomas will be issued to
those completing the course.
Trauma patients today occupy
more hospital beds than cancer
or heart patients combined.
Like the weather, everyone who
drives a car or reads the head-
lines knows of the more than
50,000 highway casualties each
year; yet, unlike the weather,
something can be done about
it!
Dr. James B. Mason, As-
sistant Director of the Ameri-
can College ofSurgeons, states:
Twenty-five percent of those
permenently disabled in traf-
fic accidents would not be crip-
pled with proper care and trans-
portation after the accident.
Whether an injured or grave-
ly ill patient will survive and
whether he will lead a useful
and happy life may depend on
the way the first persons treat
him after the onset of the emer-
gency. One false move at the
scene of the accident may mean
death or a life time of misery.
The person rendering aid,
whether he is a passerby, po-
liceman, fireman, ambulance
attendant, or wrecker operator
has grave responsibilities to the
injusred person. This course is
designed to teach people what
to do within the first 10 min-
utes - the most critical period
after an accident and the time
in which most people die.
This course will enable
emergency personnel to make a
quick, sound survey of the sit-
uation, to determine medical
priority and to perform the
necessary life-saving steps.
This course is given by the
Texas State Department of
Health, Division of Disaster
Health and Medical Services,
Ambulance Training Program,
and the Wichita County Medical
Society.
ROCHESTER — The Univer-
sity Interscholastic League,
Region 1, District 8—B Literary
events will be held at Weinert,
Thursday, April 10.
Rochester’s entries from
grade school are: Declamation -
junior boy, Stanley Newton, al-
ternate, Stanley Chambers; jun-
ior girl, Patti Acree, alternate,
Melissa Roberson; Sub-Juniors
Declamation - girls, Karman
Robinson, alternate Jamie
Beauchamp; Sub-Junior - boys,
Jim Ballard, alternate, Kelly
Robinson.
Story Telling - Michael
Casey, alternate, BrendaStege-
moeller.
Picture Memory - Jim Bal-
lard, Kelly Robinson, Betty
Newsom, Eddie Bland, Johnny
Rule Boys Win
2nd At District
Tennis Meet
RULE — Old Glory took the
lead in the District Tennis Meet
at O’Brien Monday, March 31
in competition with teams from
Rule, Rochester and the host,
O’Brien.
Richard Cornelius and Joe
Minefee of Rule placed sec-
ond in the boys senior division
in a double match and Valerie
Lee of Rule placed first in
singles in the girls junior di-
vision.
Trustee Elsctior*
Slated Saturday
ROCHESTER — The Roches-
ter Trustee Election will be
held Saturday, April 5, in the
City Hall, according to Phil
Simmons, superintendent of
Rochester Public Schools.
Two Trustees will be elect-
ed. Those on the ballot who are
running for reelection are Jim
Beauchamp and Herman Wil-
liams.
Vote and let these men know
you are behind them all the way.
They work hard to serve your
school and they need your sup-
port.
The polls will open at 8 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m.
Holdover trustees are Spur-
geon Neely, Grady Newsom, Al-
bert English, John Ben Glover,
and Dan Wadzeck.
Methodist To
Have Worship
Hour Thurs.
RULE — The Maundy Thurs-
day Celebration of the Lord’s
Last Supper will be held dur-
ing a worship hour at the Meth-
odist Church in Rule at 7 p.m.
Thursday.
Rev. Marvin Fisher will bring
the devotional and meditation.
Lopez, and alternate, Reva
Hamblin.
Fifth and Sixth Grade Spell-
ing - Melissa Roberson, Pam
Adkins, Larry Short, and alter-
nate, Dickie Greenwood.
Seventh and Eighth Grade
Spelling - Lisa Grinstead, Shar-
on Foster, Helen Aguiliar, and
alternate, Jan Glover.
Seventh and Eighth Grade
Ready Writing - Sharon Fos-
ter, Debbie Beauchamp and al-
ternate, Karen Sharp.
Seventh and Eighth Grade
Number Sense - Debbie Beau-
champ, Tommie English with
alternates, Stanley Newton and
Carlos Carmack.
Ninth Grade Delamation -
girls, Nancy English - boys,
Ricky Davidson.
HIGH SCHOOL ENTRIES
Debate - Nancy Rose and
Martha Nell Chambers.
Informative Speaking - boy,
Bob Hudspeth - girl, Ann Hicks.
Persuasive Speaking - boy,
Bill Alvis - girl, Sherry Tib-
bets.
Poetry Interpretation - boy,
Edwin Roberson - girl, Rita
Holmes, alternate Janay Tib-
bets.
Prose Reading - boy, Larry
Wadzeck - girl, Darra Head-
stream.
Ready Writing - Carolyn
Greenwood, Edwin Roberson,
alternate, Darra Headstream.
Spelling and Plain Writing -
Bertha Barrios, Bud Hicks, al-
ternate, Edwin Roberson.
Typewriting Team - Darra
Headstream and Kay Newsom
with alternate, Mike Adkins.
Number Sense - Barbara
Muhle, Bill Alvis, Tony Holl-
ingsworth, alternate Mack Mar-
tin.
TTDWELl£ Dr. George "TerestTkovieh, Don Clark,
and Robert Reed evaluating overwintering cabbage trials
on the James Smith farm near Munday.
Overwintering Cabbage,
Onions Possible In Area
Robert Reed, Dr. George
Teresckovich, horticultur-
ist from Texas Tech School of
Agricultural Sciences and Don-
ald Clark, Ferry Morse Seed
Company representative, at-
tended the annual Munday
Chamber of Commerce andAg-
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HAS 80TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Austin
of Abilene and Mrs. Lucy Bus-
by of Houston were here to
visit their mother, Mrs. C. Y.
Morris, Saturday, March 22and
to help celebrate her 80th birth-
day. A granddaughter, Mrs. Sam
Gaskell and daughters of Abi-
lene were also present. Coffee
and cake were served to friends
and relatives who dropped by
to see her. Out-of-town guests
came from Munday and Temple.
She received several nice gifts.
Mrs. Orman Yarbrough and
children are spending the Eas-
ter holidays in Dallas with their
husband and father, Orman Yar-
brough.
Everyone is invited. A special
invitation is extended to the
members of the First United
Methodist Churches in Rule and
Sagerton.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tibbets
of Leesville, Louisiana spent
the past 10 days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lesley
Tibbets and family and other
relatives and friends.
Local Girls Win Dist. Volleyball; To
Play For Bi-District Tuesday, April 8
ROCHESTER — The Roches-
ter Volleyball girls walked off
with the District 26-B Volley-
ball first place trophy Thurs-
day night at Rochester when
they defeated Goree in the fi-
nephew killed in
VIETNAM
Mr. and Mrs. William Green-
wood and family were in Plano
and Garland over the weekend
to be with her brother, Rev.
and Mrs. Joe Houston whose
son, Joe Steven Houston had
recently been killed in Vietnam.
His body is due to arrive home
in a few days. Funeral services
will be held, probably, over the
weekend.
nals, the best two games out of
three.
Goree won second place and
Paint Creek won consolation.
The tournament -was held at
Rochester and the first round
of games were played Tuesday
night with some second round.
Some second rounds were play-
ed Thursday night along with the
finals in the tourney Thursday.
Goree won over 0‘Brien in the
second round in the tournament,
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Coleman Wright was
hospitalized Monday morning at
Knox County Hospital. She was
very ill. She expects to be there
for several days.
and Old Glory and Paint Creek
played for consolation with
Paint Creek coming out on top.
Rochester will now advance
to Bi-District April 8, at Stam-
ford where they will play
Noodle-Horn at 7:30 p.m.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. James Moore
and family talked with their son
and brother, Pat Moore and
family in Germany on his birth-
day last week. They placed the
call at 8:40 p.m. on Sunday and
at the same time it was 3:40
a.m. there. Pat has been sta-
tioned in Germany for almost
two years and it will be some
time yet before he and his fam-
ily will get to return to the
states.
riculture banquet last Thurs-
day night.
While in the Munday area the
research plots were observed
and evaluated with the assis-
tance of Joe Tidwell, Vegetable
Specialist.
Overwintering studies with
direct seeded cabbage and on-
ion trials indicate that an early
overwintered crop is possible
in this area with properly
selected varietities.
Ferry Morse Seed Company,
Inc. has been helpful in area
research by donating seed for
field trials.
Seaman Lusk
Serving On
USS Wiltsie
(GO589) USS WILTSIE at sea
— Seaman Ronnie L. Lusk, USN,
husband of Mrs. Nelda A. Lusk
of O’Brien, Tex., particpated
in Operation Bell Jangle while
serving aboard the destroyer
USS Wiltsie.
The third major Naval exer-
cise off the coast of California
this year, Bell Jangle is a First
Fleet operation designed to em-
phasize the tactics needed in
both Southeast Asian operations
and Western Pacific deploy-
ments.
Highlights of the eight-day
exercise which ended March 20
included an amphibious landing
at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and
flight operations from the air-
craft carrier USS Oriskany.
Carrier aircraft conducted air-
to-air missile exercises using
drone planes and flew bomb
strike missions in both the
Chocolate Mountains and
Twenty-Nine Palms bombing
ranges at Camp Pendleton.
Shore bombardment from
Navy cruisers and destroyers
marked the surface warfare
phase of Bell Jangle.
Other facets of the operation
included exercises in anti-sub-
marine warfare, aerial recon-
naissance, and communica-
tions.
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