The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975 Page: 1 of 8
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Bogata, Red River County, Texas, Thursday, September 11, 1975
Sixty-Fifth Year
Number 33
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period, then a warrant will be
issued. Smith said.
Eddins did appear in Smith’s
court on Sunday, September 7,
in regard to another incident in
Bogata, in which Terry Shelton
of Hagansport was charged
with resisting arrest and
speeding and fined $58 Former
deputy sheriff Jon Latimer said
he was stopped at the in-
tersection of Highway 271 and
Mount Vernon Drive when a
vehicle backed across the high-
way from in front of the Bogata
Bank, headlight to headlight
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Bogata Troop 135 of Cub
Scouts will hold a new member
rally Tuesday night, September
16, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the
Community Center grounds. In
case of inclimate weather,
Trade Day
The first anniversary of the
Bogata Trade Day will be this
Saturday, September 13 at the
Tip Top Drive In in Bogata. The
first Trade Day was held a year
ago on the second Saturday in
September, 1974.
Trading this Saturday is
expected to be especially
heavy, with lots of summer
clothing that has been out-
grown on sale, as well as many
items for use in the winter
months
The Bogata Trade Day is held
the second Saturday of each
month in Bogata, and many
bargains can be found in the
downtown stores as well as on
the Trade Day grounds
with Eddins car, and stopped
near Nina’s Beauty Shop on
Mount Vernon Drive. Latimer
said he heard two shots, and
looked in his rear view mirror
and saw Eddins standing
beside his car, and heard two or
three more shots. Shelton
turned his car around and
drove out Highway 37 two miles
before stopping again. Other
occupants in the car with
Shelton were three nephews,
aged 16, 10, and 9. Eddins
reported over his police radio,
See SHOTGUN Page 3
Red River
Bond Sales
At 65% For 1975
July sales of Series E and H
United States Savings Bonds in
Red River county were
reported today by County Bond
Chairman Ben E. Black. Sales
for the seven-month period
totaled $97,476 for 65 percent of
the 1975 sales goal of $150,000.
Texas sales during the month
amounted to $20,018,842, while
sales for the first seven months
at 1975 totaled $140,979,556 with
60 percent of the yearly sales
goal of $234.3 million.
Cub Scout Rally Planned
activities will be held in the
Community Center itself. The
purpose of this rally will be to
kick off the new scouting year,
to enlist new cubs and solicit
new assistant Den Mothers
All cubs presently enrolled
and all bovs who are between
eight and ten years old who are
interested in joining cub scouts
are urged to attend
A weiner roast will be held,
games will be played and a
brief introduction to cub
scouting will be made
Troop 135 plans to use two
dens this year with each den
having several assistant Den
Mothers. The Den Mothers are
Mrs Claire Jesse and Mrs
Sandra Adams
If your son is interested in
becoming a cub scout and you
are willing to give about one
hour per month, then please
make it a special point to at-
tend. There is absolutely no
charge or obligation according
to James Wood, cubmaster.
Appreciation
Fellowship
Scheduled
Rev. and Mrs Dickie Golden
and family will be honored
Sunday night, September 14
with an appreciation fellowship
in the Fellowship Hall of the
First Baptist Church at 8:00
pm A table will be set up with
a box to receive notes of ap-
preciation or whatever a
person wishes to place in it.
Rev Golden has resigned and
accepted the pastorate of the
First Baptist Church in Como.
Everyone is invited to come
and refreshments of punch,
coffee and cookies will be
served
Two blasts from what Lamar
County officers presumed to be
a sawed off shotgun were fired
at the northbound car of Bogata
News publisher Bob Wright at
approximately 10:30 p.m.
Saturday night in Red River
County between Bogata and
Deport on Highway 271.
The Lamar County officers
picked what they said was
number eight bird shot from
the left side and windshield of
the 1972 Toyota station wagon
after Wright stopped in Deport,
shaken, but not injured. Wright
returned the fire, attempting to
shoot into the windshield of the
dark car that was traveling
without lights, in the same
direction as the Wright vehicle.
Wright was broadcasting on
his citizens band radio to his
wife, who was traveling ap-
proximately three quarters of a
mile ahead of him. and said
that a car was coming up
behind him hard and fast
without any lights. As they
topped a hill between Rugby
and Deport. Mrs Wright saw
the shape of the car coming
over the hill behind her
husband’s vehicle. The dark
car moved into the left hand
lane and fired one blast at
Wright’s car, and Wright fell
over in the seat Wright saw the
flash of the second blast while
still down, then raised and
rolled his window down to
return the fire
The Wrights were in contact
by radio with Deport City
Marshall Rud Nohios w»»n was
north of
271, and met the
Wrights before they reached
the I^mar County line Wright
told Nobles not to pursue as his
assailants had shotguns
l^amar County officers and
officers with the Texas High
way Patrol investigated the
incident in Deport Saturday
night und reporieti tin. siiuuuilg
to the police dispatcher in
Clarksville, however, in-
vestigation of the shooting had
not been initiated by Red River
Sheriff M E McGuire or any of
his deputies by Tuesday at 5:00
p.m.
“The shooting was obviously
just an attempt to scare me. not
to kill me." Wright said,
“because the shot was so light
it hardly even dented the car.”
The shooting incident, and
assault complaint against Tom
Eddins, now a Red River
County Deputy, and the arson
of Wright’s recreation business
in Bogata are under in-
vestigation by state and federal
officers
SENIOR OFFICERS —
Jerry Sulsar, bottom right,
was elected president of the
senior class at a meeting
Wednesday, September 3.
Gaylord McCluer was
elected reporter. Officers on
the back row are Teresa
Allums, treasurer; Valerie
Blackburn, secretary; and
Freda Cabell, vice president.
the left tackle for two.
A 26 yard kickoff return put
the Mustangs in good field
position on the Rivercrest 49
yard line, and 12 plays later the
Ponies went in for the score.
The try for extra points was
good, and the score at the end of
the first quarter was tied eight
to eight.
The Mustangs dominated the
second quarter and consumed
time on the clock by keeping
play on the ground. Only 28
plays were run in the second
quarter as compared to 34 in
the first quarter Late in the
quarter the Mustangs scored
around the left end, but were
thwarted in the try for points
after by a determined Rebel
line.
Trailing by six points going
into the second half, the Rebels
Randy Carroll stopped a
Mustang drive by recovering a
fumble on the Rivercrest 25
yard line The Rebel offense
Coaches Corner
By Bobby Dobbs
We were pleased with our
game against Hughes Springs.
We played near flawless ball.
Last year we lost a couple of
games because of our own
mistakes, so this year we have
concentrated on eliminating
errors such as funbles, blocking
below the waist on the kicking
game, holding and offside
penalties. It paid off Friday
night because we had one five
yard penalty. Hughes Springs
gave us a lot of breaks and we
felt we were lucky on some
things, but a lot of athletic
contests are won with luck, so
we will take any thing this year.
Larry Taylor called a good
game and our backs. Randy
Belcher, Milton Scales,
Sammie Ellis, and Gary Neill
ran very well. We were pleased
with the blocking of Bill
Montgomery, Keith Mankins,
Mike Medlin, Randy Carroll,
Terry Deaton, and Eugene
Norman, who plowed holes
through the much larger
Hughes Springs line The score
was 14-14.
It is very satisfying to a
coaching staff knowing you
don’t have as much size and
talent as we have had in the
past, but that each and every
young man on this years team
is giving every ounce of energy
he can to make this year a
success
Free Lunch Policy Announced
The Talco - Bogata School
has announced a free and
reduced price lunch policy for
school children unable to pay
the full price.
Families falling within a
certain income scale or those
suffering from unusual cir-
cumstances or hardships are
urged to apply for free or
reduced price lunches for their
children They may do so by
filling in the application forms
sent home recently in a letter to
parents. Additional copies are
available at the principal’s
office in each school. Ap-
plications may be submitted
any time during the school
year. The form itself is simple
to complete and requests in-
TOUCHDOWN — Kenny
Stanley becomes airborne to
catch a pass in the end zone
from Rebel quarterback
larry Taylor. The touch-
down tied the score at 14-14.
but the Rebel attempt at
conversion was un-
successful. (Staff Photo)
Flowers Of Texas
Is Garden Club
Program
The Bogata Garden Club
began their new year with a
meeting at the Garden Center
for a program on Flowers of
Texas Mrs. Harold Geese and
Mrs. Tom Watkins each gave
an interesting part on the
program including Fables of
Different Flowers. Mrs Ennis
Stogner arranged the exhibit
using flowers from her own
garden.
President Mrs Joe Choate
presided over the business
meeting. Mrs. O. E. Barnard
led the collect The resignations
of Mrs. J. L. Meador and Mrs.
Lynn Morriss were accepted
with regrets
Mrs. John Lee and Mrs. W. S.
Cody served refreshments to
the 13 members present and
two visitors, Miss Jodie
Craddock and Mrs. W. C.
Barnard, who accepted
membership in the club at the
close of the meeting.
The Rivercrest Rebels
demonstrated desire and
willingness to win in a cliff-
hanging football game Friday
night, September 5 against the
Hughes Springs Mustangs that
ended in a 14-14 tie.
The surprising Rebels were
outweighed in the line, but
battled until the final whistle
blew Both teams had op-
portunities to win the game in
the final three plays, but only
swapped pass interceptions It
was not the sort of bailgame at
which the stadium is almost
empty during the last two
minutes of play.
The Rebels totally dominated
the first half, taking the ball on
the kickoff on their own 24 yard
line and driving all the way to
the 20 yard line, when quar-
terback Larry Taylor scam-
pered around the right end for a
touchdown.
The extra point credit goes to
Mi (ton Scales, who went over
People Die, But You
Can't Kill A Newspaper
AN EDITORIAL
By Robert W. Wright
Councilman Tommy Corbel! objected strongly in the
Bogata City Council meeting Tuesday night to an
editorial opinion expressed by the Bogata News that the
council was endorsing a deputy without sufficient
knowledge of his background, and continued to explain
that he had, in fact, done a great deal of research
personally into the matter. For this Corbell is to be
commended, and it is the policy of this newspaper to
accept and print letters to the editor without alteration, as
long as the letters are not libelous. Though we disagree
strongly to the council’s decision to supplement the salary
of this man because Eddins has demonstrated that he
cannot control his emotions in a crisis, Corbell, Cawley
and Smith have every right to their opinion and to the
right to express that opinion. We offer the columns of this
newspaper for that purpose, not just to the members of
the council, but to anyone else who has the courage to
state an opinion and sign his name to it.
This newspaper has had a strong editorial policy since
the day we bought it, and to this point we have had one of
our businesses burned, have been assaulted, have been
followed and harrassed by deputy sheriff Tom Eddins.
Since our last publication we have been fired at with a
shotgun. We have received telephone threats, we have
lost advertisers and it is unsafe to remain as residents of
Red River County.
Now, to whom it may concern, since it is not safe,
obviously, for my wife and I to live in Red River County,
then we must seek sanctuary outside the county, but we
will continue to operate the Bogata News in exactly the
same manner in which we have in the past. We will live
outside the county and accomplish the same goals. Those
who object to our opinion, in other words, will either have
to change our minds with reasonable arguments and
documented facts, or buy these newspapers, which are
not for sale.
People die, but you can’t kill a newspaper. Elections
are won and lost, but the democratic system of
government in America lives. The people in Red River
County have the same civil rights as every other citizen
in this state and nation, and if those rights are violated by
a law officer, then that officer can be convicted by a
federal judge in a court outside Red River County.
When time permits, this newspaper will print an article
or series of articles on what a law office? can do when he
stops your car, what your rights are when you are
arrested, and how to file a case in federal court when your
constitutional rights are violated. With the power of
justice at our backs and with the protection of all our
citizens in our minds, we vow to follow this matter to the
finish. We only hope that the emergency rooms In the
area hospitata don’t fill up with accident victims between
now and then.
Shotgun Blasts Spray Publisher’s Car
Wright signed a complaint of
simple assault against Tom
Eddins before Bogata Justice
of the Peace Fate Smith on
August 31, following an incident
August 30 in Bogata in which
Wright was injured. Smith said
Monday morning that Eddins
had not appeared in answer to
the complaint. According to
Smith, Eddins has 10days from
the issuance of the complaint to
appear, and if he does not
appear in 10 days then a second
notice is sent. If he fails to
appear within another 10 day
Rebels Tie Cliff-Hanger
was unable to move the ball,
but Bill Montgomery's 34 yard
punt was fumbled and
recovered by the Rebels. The
fourth quarter the Rebels put it
back together and marched the
ball from their own 34 yard line
to the three yard line, when
qu -♦-•rhark Tr' lor dropped a
pass into the arms of Kenny
Stanley, who was all alone in
the end zone The attempt to
kick an extra point was bob-
bled. but the Rebels had tied
the game.
Rebel Sammy Ellis in-
tercepted a Hughes Spring pass
on the first play from scrim-
mage following the kickoff, but
Taylor's pass on the next play
was picked off by Hughes
Springs
The leading fround gainer for
the Rebels was Milton Scales,
who made 41 yards in 15
carries. Gary Neill carried five
times for 18 yards, and Randy
Belcher carried eight times for
15 yards Sammy Ellis gained
12 yards in seven carries and
Larry Taylor gained eight
yards in five carries
The Mustangs gained 218
yards on the ground as com-
pared to 95 for the Rebels, but
the Rebels were penalized only
10 yards as compared to 106
yards stepped off against the
Mustangs. Bill Montgomery
averaged 33 yards per kickoff
and 36 yards per punt.
The Rebels will play at
Cooper against the Bulldogs
this Friday at 8 00 p.m.
city will pay $240 each month to
supplement the deputy's
salary.
Councilmen Corbell and
Cawley stated that they did not
understand the industrial waste
resolution and action on that
matter was delayed until they
City Council To Pay Eddins
The Bogata City Council
voted by a three to one margin
to supplement the salary of
Tom Eddins, who was deputiz-
ed September 4, 1975 as a
county officer and assigned to
Bogata Councilman Galen
Legate, the dissenting voter,
asked the council to delay the
action until more information
could be gathered on the man's
background.
Councilman Tommy Corbell
said that he had visited
Woodland, where Eddins was
reared, talked with a number of
people at random, and that no
one in the area had any
information about the man that
was negative Corbell favored
the deputy on the basis of that
information
The council meeting was
attended by a large number of
ns who showed an interest
in the council's endorsement of
Eddins, with some expressing
appreciation for his actions
during his week of service in
Bogata and some showing
concern over incidents during
which Eddins either fired his
gun or brandished it at traffic
violators.
There were no committee
reports from George Smith,
chairman of the Council of
Government committee; Tom-
my Corbell. chairman of the
solid waste committee and
Ralph Cawley, chairman of the
ambulance committee Mayor
Clifford Barnard said he has
received a financial report
from the ambulance service
and that the fiscal condition of
the service is improving
Councilman George Smith
reported that an error in the
budget amounting to $1,200
would take care of all but $400
of the $1,600 needed to
supplement the salary of a
deputy sheriff for Bogata. The
formation needed to determine
economic need based on the
income and number of persons*
in the family and any unusual
circumstances or hardships
which affect the family’s
ability to pay for school lun-
ches The information provided
on the application will be
confidential and will be used
only for the purpose of deter-
mining eligibility.
Under the provisions of the
policy the principals will
review applications and
determine eligibility. If a
parent is dissatisfied with the
ruling of the local official he
may make a request either
orally or in writing for a
hearing to appeal the decision.
Talmadge Morgan, superin-
tendent, whose address is Box
125, Bogata, Texas has been
designated as the Hearing
Official. Hearing procedures
are outlined in the policy.
The policy also provides that
there will be no identification
of, or discrimination against,
any student unable to pay the
full cost of a lunch.
A complete copy of the policy
is on file in each school and in
the office of the superintendent,
where it may be reviewed by
any interested patron.
Family
Family Annual
Size Income
1 $0-3,230
2 0-4,240
3..< 0-5,250
4 04.260
5 0-7,190
6 06,110
7 08,960
8 09,790
9 010.560
10 0-11,310
11 012,060
11 0-13,810
Each additional family
member is $750
had time to study the matter
further.
Mayor Clifford Barnard said
that he has spoken to a
contractor, and thought that
the water line on Douglas
Street could be started within a
few weeks.
In dealing with other busi-
ness, the council delayed voting
on rate increases for Conti-
nental Telephone Company and
Lone Star Gas Company until a
special called meeting set for
Tuesday, September 23.
The council approved a
proposal presented by Linda
Stubblefield and Janet Hancock
with the Rivercrest FHA to
paint fire hydrants in down-
town Bogata to look like toy
soldiers, reflecting a patriotic
theme in connection with the
bi-centennial.
A problem with the city
sewer line along Alameda
Drive was discussed, and city
employees said that they had
temporarily reprired the line
and would make permanent
repairs as soon as possible
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Wright, Pat. The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975, newspaper, September 11, 1975; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1297217/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.