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VOLUME 48
BIQ LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS (76932), APRIL 1, 1971
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Ernie Lamar Joins Arts, Crafts Show District Track Meet
City Police Force Slated Tues., April 27 In McCamey Sat.
Reagan County High School's 1971 Volleyball Team
William Ernest (Ernie) Lamar
24, recently with the Hobbs,
New Mexico police force, his
hometown, assumed the duties
of a city patrolman today,
April 1.
Lamar is a graduate of Hobbs
High School and attended colie
ge for two years. He attended
a farrier's school of instruction
and since visiting here he has
been helping James Kessler and
Johnnie Weatherby in shoeing
horses.
He comes with 220 hours of
classroom study in police work
and will be a certified police-
man in a short while after more
study in complying with Texas
Law Enforcement requirement.
He and Mrs. Lamar have be-
en visiting Mrs. Lamar's parent
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Anderson.
The couple with their two and
a half year old daughter Tina
The annual Arts and Crafts
Show, sponsored by Twentieth
Century Club and Progressive
Study Club will be presented
Tuesday evening, April 27 in
the foyer of the high school
auditorium
Open Hours for tire public is
2 p m through 8pm.
There will be a special dis-
play of art, crafts from eleme-
ntary school children pre-jud-
ged in competition. The rules
for these entries are that the
work should be his or her orig-
inal. Each student is allowed
only one entry, and others are
marked "not for competition"
and students will compete with
room classmates only.
Any art, crafts or collect-
ion is welcomed that hasn't
been shown in previous years
Exhibitors are urged to bring
have rented Dennis Riley's home *** “'“bit to the high scho-
at 411 Utah and will be settled
shortly.
Gun Club Meets
Tonight At 7:30
ine Big Lake Gun Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
their regular monthly meeting
at the Gun Club House west of
town. The program will incl-
ude a film according to S. E-
Stewart, Jr., president.
Plans for club activities will
be discussed in the business
ol between 9-10 a.m. Tuesday
the day of the show so that sui-
table space may be arranged .
Due care will be taken of all
entries and owners should pick
them up between 8-9 p.m. on
the same evening.
The show is for the general
public, arranged as a exhibit-
Reagan County Owls track
teams travel to McCamey Sat-
urday for the annual District
5AA Track and Field Meet.
Coach Jack Kiser has announc-
ed Owl entries in the A team
and B team events as follows:
440 Relay-A team; Lonnie
earner, Arthur Puentez, Davie
Hickman, Mark Lewis; John
Smith alternate; B team: Jr
Castillo, Donald Wilson, Char-
les Bobb, Roger Neill; Jimmy
Love alternate
880 Yard Run - A team: Don
Poole, Keith Tarvin; B team:
Antonio Acosta, Steve Bird,
Mike Kiser
120 Yard High Hurdles - A
team: Mark Lewis, Rusty Oweis
B team: David Ward, Ricky
Winchester, Johnny Hickman .
100 Yard Dash - A team: Lon
nie Cartier, Arthur Puentez,
David Hickman; B team: Jr
Castillo, Donald Wilson, David
Tarvin.
440 Yard Dash - A team:
Merle Richardson, John Smith
B team: Jimmy Love, Steve
George, Eddie Collins
330 Yard Intermediate Hurdles.
A team: Mark Lewis, Rusty
Owens B team: David Ward,
District 5-AA Volleyball
Tourney Here Saturday
ion of home talent, an exchan- Rid<y Winchester, Johnny Hick-
ge of ideas and inspiration for man •
odiers. If more information 220 Yard Dash - A team; John
is needed please call any mem- Smith B team: Roger Neill,
ber of the federated clubs or
the chairman of each, Mrs
Frank Sandel, 20th Century,
884-2582 or Mrs. O. F.
session. All members are urged Campbell, Progressive Club
to attend.
884-2521
Lions Plan Special
Camp For Diabetics
The Texas Lions League,
which has operated a summer
( amp for handicapped children
at Kerrville for the past 18 ye-
ars, has added a new dimenion
of service this year with a spe-
cial diree-week camp for dia-
betic youngsters in cooperation
widi die diabetes associations
of Texas.
League president Everett J.
Grindstaff of Ballinger said die
pilot program would be known
as die Texas Lions Camp for
Diabetic Children.
The special summer jession--
Regional Fire Fighting
School Set April 20-21
Three members of die Big
Lake Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment have been named instruc-
tors in a Regional Fire Fighting
School to be held in San Angelo Marvin Baker, David Tarvin
Charles Bobb, David Tarvin .
Mile Run - A team: Lynn
Siegendialer B team: Ken
Stout, James Turner
Mile Relay - A Team: Carrier.
Hickman, Puentez and Smidi
B team; Ward, Wilson, Love
and Castillo
Pole Vault - A team: Siegen-
dialer. B team: Love and Tur-
ner
High Jump - A team: Hickman
and Owens. B team: Ward and
Neill
Broad Jump - A team: Puentez
and Garner B team: Castillo
April 20 and 21. Fire Chief
Billy J. Jolly, Charlie Dona-
ghey and Donald Young of die
local fire department will in-
struct in LPG control, along
widi Captain Charlie Scott of
Lubbock.
The school is under die spon-
sorship of die San Angelo Fire
Department, Texas A & M
University and Concho Valley
Council of Governments .
Shot Put - A team: Danny
Curtis, Jay Holt B team:Har-
ley Miller, Mark Kohutek, Ba-
ker
Discus - A team: Holt and
Curtis B team: Miller, Kohutek
and Baker
First and second place A team
winners qualify for die Regional
Meet in Lubbock April 23-24
Enjoying a successful season
in volleyball are-front row;
Waynette Jones, Becky Kohut-
Litterbug Contest
Fifth Grade Winners
The annual Litterbug Art
Contest sponsored by Reagan
Garden Club was won by Frank
Morin, 5th grade who received
a $4 00 cash award.
Only fifth graders are com-
peting and die winners posters
are now being exhibited in
die window of West Texas
Utilities Co
Frank Morin is a pupil of Mrs
Alla Pool Wesley Morgan won
a cash award of $3 00 and is
a pupil of Mrs George Alex-
ander; Bob Davis and Terry
Oglesby tied for diird and re-
ceived $1.00 each Bodi are
pupils of Mrs Pool.
Honorable Mention went to
Adrian Mendez and Ronnie
Ellis of Mrs Alexander's room .
ek, Debbie Kiser and Berdia
Hernandez Back row, Iris Child
Nita Ourrey, Patti Henderson,
Jeanine Neill and Missy Bird
School, City Elections
Scheduled Saturday
June 7 through June 25-- will
be held at die facilities if Camp Areas of instruction will incluJe
Manison near Friendswoou, be- Extinguishers, House Fires, Pit
tween Houston and Galveston, Fires, and LPG Control Ap-
where a diabetic camp has been ptoximately 12o firemen from
operated for die past 14 years. area are expected
The League is die non-profit tlie training sessions
charitable organization, which
represents all the Lions of Tex-
as, Grindstaff said
"The diabetic camp represe-
nts another important step for-
ward by die Lions of Texas in
serving children who require
special attention, " Grindstaff
said
At die home camp in Kerrvi-
lle, nearly 12, 500 blind, deaf,
mute and crippled children
have enjoyed two weeks of
summer fun. During the other
months of die year, the League
in cooperation with die State
Commission f<
The sessions will run from
7:30 p m until 11:30 p.m
widi registration beginning at
7:00 The instructors will
meet at 7:00 p.m. April 19
so they can become familiar
widi die projects prior to die
school .
Mr and Mrs Fred Butler and
daughter are spending this week-
end in Del Rio widi Mrs Butler's
mother, Mrs John Palmer . They
plan to help Mrs . Palmer paint
attend a[1(j on iier apartment.Qn
Monday they expect Butler's
mother, Mrs J.A.Butler here
for a visit.Mrs Butler,of Alta-
dena, Calif is now in Eldorado
with Mrs Claude Butler for a
part of her months visit in
Texas
Owls Score Light
In Angelo Relays
Reagan County Owls scored
9i points in Division III of the
San Angelo Relays last week
end against strong competition.
Danny Curtis took second in
the shot put event with 47 feet,
11 inches.
In die discus, Jay Holt plao
ed diird widi 137 feet, and
Curtis was fourth at 132 feet.
Rusty Owens was fifdi in die
high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches.
Richmond To Head Scout Drive
Little League Plans
School For Umpires
Kenneth Morgan, president
of Reagan County Little League,
has announced diat a school
r die Blind---op- will be |iel(j for Little League
erate a rehabilitation center
for adults at die camp and has
aided more dian 800 Texans
who have lost their sight.
The diabetic camp will have
110 youngsters, G through 16,
in die pilot program. Dr Lut-
her B. Travis, an associate pr-
ofessor in die department of pe-
diatrics of die Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston, will be
medical director. Tom Mani-
son will be camp director.
The goal of die new program
aside from having fun and dev-
eloping camp skills--is to help
diabetic children learn diey <
can lead happy, normal lives
by following good health prac-
tices and to give them self-
confidence when they leave
home
Chapters of die Soudi Texas
and Nordi Texas Diabetes Asso-
ciations, plus officers of distri-
ct and county medical societ-
ies have been requested to sub-
mit camper.applii ations.
The Lions of Texas, in order
to better determine die need
for future expansion, are mak-
ing a survey of diabetic child-
umpires on April 13 and April
L5 starting at 6 p.m. at die
Little League Field. The school
will continue die following
week from Monday dirough
Friday, April 19-23. Instructor
for the school will be Harold
Gardner, a veteran Little Lea-
gc' umpire as well as a former
pro Ixiseball umpire.
Little League try-outs are
scheduled for Thursday and Fri-
day, April 1G- L7, and Monday,
April 19, after which regular
Little League practice begins.
The Little League season opens
April 26, and a 15-game sche-
dule will be played.
Owls - Ozona Tied
In District Golf
Ozona Lions picked up seven
strokes on dieir home course
'last Friday to tie die Reagan
County Owls after four 18-
hole rounds in District 5AA
golf play Bodi teams have
posted totals of 1259 strokes
The Owls have had rounds of
302, 317, 326 and 314, while
die Lions posted rounds of 322,
300, 330 and 307
Mile Williams of Ozona widi
a total of 303 is leading die
district, followed by David
Williams of Ozona widi 305
Four Big Lake golfers are next
with Ken Stout die leading
Owl golfer at 311 Tommy
Clifton has a total of 314, anu
Barry Benton and Hub Wood
have 317 each
Odier scores for Owl golfers
arc Robert Gunnels 325, Steve
Bird 342, Bob Walker 346,
Carl Cook 372, Warren Wil-
burn38S, and Billy Whitley
391
David Williams of Ozona shot
a 7L for medalist honors last
week in Ozona Mike William
of Ozona had a 74 and Lessly
Russell of Ozona and Barry
Benton each had a 75
Following Ozona and Big
Lake No 1 teams in district
standings are < franc No 1
with 1319, Big Lake No 2
team 1329, McCamey No 1
team 1368, Ozona No 2 team
1401, Crane No. 2 team 149.%
and Coahoma No 1 team 1531
Stanton No 1 team lias a diree
round total of 1187, McCamey
No 2 team a two round total
of 845 and Stanton No 2
team 878
District play moved to Coa-
homa's home course in Big
Spring this week and the teams
were playing yesterday on the
Big Spring Municipal Course.
Next week on April 8, die
Owls play in die non-district
Iraan Invitational Then diey
wind up district play in Stan-
ton on April 14 The Regional
Tournament is in Lubbock
April 22-23
Addins .Machine & Type-
writer Ribbons. Larffc stock
at The Biff Lake Wildcat,
ren who would be interested in
die camping program
Names, ages and addresses
of potential campers should lie
sent to die camp secretary,
Mrs. Jo Ann Horne, P. O. Box
2577, Texas City, Texas, 77
77590
Jim Richmond has been named Packs, sponsored by Twentiedi
to head die local finance drive Century Club and Bediel Bapt-
ofT971 for die Concho Valley ist Church; two Sea Scout Ships
Council of Boy Scouts of Amer- sponsored by City of Big Lake
ica for a date to be set in Police Department and First
April. The drive is to be kicked Baptist Church.
off with a breakfast at Jesse's
Sirloin House.
Reagan County has two Boy
Scout Troops, Troop 158 spon-
sored by die Lions Club, Troop
155 sponsored by United Meth-
odist Churchmen; two Cub
Mr. Richmond is manager of
Oil well Supply, and he and
Mrs. Richmond live at 901
Georgia. Their children are a
boy, Don, a Junior in high sell'
ool and Vicki, a sevendi grad-
er
Mrs Frank Sandel left Sun-
day for a visit in East Texas
with her mother, Mrs Cora
Clyburn and other relatives
Mr and Mrs John Metcalf
are taking a two week vaca-
tion from Sun Oil Company
and are traveling to Lake Ta
hoe, (ia 1 iforma
Two elections are scheduled
for Saturday, a county-wide
election for diree school trus-
tees of Reagan County Indepen-
dent School District, and a city
election to name diree alder-
men for the Big Lake City
Council
There will be two voting
places in the county in the
school trustee election One
will be at die Big Lake Elem-
entary School Building in Big
Lake with J. L Worst, Jr ,
presiding judge, and Mrs J L
Werst, Jr , Mrs Fay Noble and
and Mrs Pauline Stout as clerks
The odier will be at the Recrea-
tion Building in El Paso Natural
Gas Camp in die nortiiwest cor-
ner of die county with Johnny
J. Walker as presiding judge,
Tom 11. Deck, Mrs Jean E-
Deck and Raymond D Messi-
mer, clerks
Names appearing on the
school trustee ballots will be
Dr Cleon S Nunnally form
die Big Lake district, Leon Cur-
tis from die Stiles district, and
G M Gaston from die Texon,
Best, Santa Rita district Those
candidates are voted upon coun-
ty-wide by all those voting no
matter which district they may
reside in. Ballots have to be
marked for dieir votes to count
for a candidate All of the
candidates are now serving on
die board of trustees.
The i ily Election will be
held in the City Hall with J. O.
Lusby as presiding judge, and
Mrs Bill Hudson as alternate
presiding judge Names appear-
ing on die ballot are J. M
(Jim) Tucker, L E (Boots)
Armstrong and Gaylon Solomon
Tucker and Armstrong are in-
cumbents and Solomon is run-
ning for the place held by
Troy White who did not seek
re-election The candidates
are running without opposition
and voters should vote for three
aldermen
Voting places open at 8:00
a m and close at 7:00 n m
in bodi the school trustee and
city sldermen elections.
In die (lity Electi
were seven absentee
and in the school tr
tiou there wore diree (
Absentee voting ended
day .
match the Owls found thems-
elves behind in two spots in
die game. Imperial had the
Owls 8-4, but eventually let
the Owls come from behind to
tie the score 8-8 Then once
more the Owls found themsel=
ves on the short end of the sco
re when die Longhorns pulled
out in front to a 13-8 lead.
However in the closing minut-
es of die game, the Owls were
able to come from behind and
win the game 15-13. Iris
Childs was high point for the
Owls widi 9 serves. Debbie
Kiser was outstanding on defe-
nse. In die B game, die Owls
came out on top 14-16, 15-6,
15-5. Leslie Schaible was
the leading scorer in this game
widi 10 serves.
Then on Friday night the
Owls traveled to Ballinger to
encounter a lot of angry Bear-
cats. The Ballinger Freshmen
won the first game by a score
of 15-6, 10-12, 15-8 Mary
Jean Childs and Rose Pinch-
back were die top scorers for
the Freshmen widi 8 serves
each The B team also had an
exciting match as they won their
first game 15-13, lost the seconc
game 14-12, and came on stro-
ng to cinch the match with a
powerful 15-3 third game win .
Leslie Schaible and Wilma Mot-
en were die leaders in this mat-
ch with 13 and 11 serves each .
Wilma Moten was outstanding
on offense widi many hits. She
was assisted by setter, Cheryl
McKinney However it was the
A team game that proved to be
die most exciting game of the
night . The Owls were able to
put the Ballinger Bearcats away
in two games, but diese two
games were hard fought and very
close in score . The Owls won
the first game 12-10 in overtime
action. The second game prov-
eling to Crane next Tuesday and ^ t0 be equally exciting as the
The Reagan County High
School Gym will be the site
for die District 5-AA Volley-
ball Tournament diis Saturday
Crane, Ozona, Coahoma, a
and Reagan County will be
competing for the District
Volleyball Title. Opening up
die tournament will be Crane
versus Ozona at 9:30 A.M.
The Reagan Owls will meet
Coahoma in die second came
of the morning at 11;00 A. M
The afternoon session will be-
gin widi die morning losers
meeting at 2:00 to determine
diird place. The Champion-
ship Game will be played at
3:30 Saturday afternoon. The
District Trophy will be presen
ted by Mrs. Mary Tatum,
District Volleyball Director,
immediately after die final
game. The winner here qua-
lifies to meet the winners of
our Bi-District. From there
die district winner could qua-
lify for the Regional Tourna-
ment in Lubbock on April 16th
and 17di.
The last two times on the
court for the Reagan Owls has
proven to be most exciting
games for all concerned .
Not only have diey been exci-
ting but also victorious for the
Big Owls. Last Tuesday night
the Owls fought off a hungry
team from Imperial to mark
up dieir 12th win of die
season. The Owls won the fir
st game 15-4, but were unable
to stop die Longhorns from tak-
ing the second game 15-10.
Then in die last game of die
Dist. Tennis Play In
Crane April 6 - 7
The Reagan County High Seh
ool Tennis Teams will be trav-
Wednesday to take part in the
District 5-AA Tennis Tournam-
ent. Play is scheduled to begin
at 8;30 Tuesday morning. The
Owls are coached by Terry Page
and Mary Tatum. Representing
the Senior Girls will be Sue
Dolan and Esdier Lara in die
Senior Girls Singles. Valerie
Molhusen will be die No. 1 alt-
ernate in diis division The
Senior Doubles will be Missy
Bird and Jeanine Neill as team
number 1, with Leslie Schaible
and Nita Currey as team num-
ber 2.
In die Junior Girls tennis will
be Cindy McMillan and Chris
Richardson in die singles divisi-
on. Lisa Ferguson will be die
alternate number 1 in this div-
ision. The girls doubles in diis
division will be represented by
Malinda George and Kim Page
as team No. 1. . The second
team will be Linda Gunnels and
Donna Lax ton. Marla Guess
is die alternate for die doubles
team
Representing die Ixiys senior
division will be Merle Richard -
Owls came out on top 13-11 in
a hard fought contest Nita Cur-
rey was high point for die Owls
widi 8 serves. Jeannine Neill
also added 5 points for the Owls.
This win over Ballinger gave the
Owls a 13-5 record for the sea-
son.
The Reagan County Volley-
bailers will next see action this
Coming Saturday morning When
diey take die court at 11;30 ag-
ainst Coahoma in die District
Meet. A win here would set
diem up against the Golden Cra-
nes in all probability. The
Owls have made a strong show-
ing in all dieir games this sea-
son and could be a strong cont-
ender for the District Champion-
ship. The Owls will be led by
four senior lettermen who will
be seeing action for the last time
in District 5-AA . Iris Childs,
Nita Currey, and Patti Hender-
son will be leading die Owls for
dieir fourth year in high school
volleyball. Becky Kohutek, out
standing senior, who has two
years experience, will also be
on hand to aid die Owls. Other
Craig Barnes, Tony
Mike Ratliff. Joe
i was injured in the
us matches, is still
e and is undecided
n tlier
\otes
free e
ist.
Tut
st,
OIC Meets Tonight
In Regular Meeting
The OIC Club will meet in
regular meeting tonight in the
Coffee Room of the Reagan
State Bank. All members are
reminded to attend.
son, Roger Neill, Lonnie earner, barters on die A team are Jeanin
Neill and Debbie Kiser. Giving
die Owls depdi on die bench
will be die following A team re-
sort es, Missy Bird, Waynette
Jones, Berdia Hernandez, Wil-
not he will be seeing ma Moten, Leslie Schaible and
Cheryl McKinney.
"If the girls will play volley-
ball as well as diey have played
diis season, diey should be able
to take die district crown. They
have made some outstanding
f Bodie Dykes- plays diis season and have the
1 idkiff is the ability to come from behind to
win. It's all a matter of ''play-
ball" and putting it all to-
gedier We hope that diis Sat-
urday will be diat day. They
have done a tremendous job this
season and have been a beauti-
ful team to work with. I am
very proud of diem. Certainly
hope diat the people in Big Lake
will take the time out Saturday
to come see this fine team. We
are very lucky to have this tour-
nament in Big Lake, and would
appreciate as many fans as poss-
ible, " Coach Mary Tatum
stated.
Bill I To lan,
(llemmcr,
Cortez, wl
iMona I on
recupcratii
whether or
any action. Flic Junior Boys
will be represented by James
Turner and Randy Jones in the
Singles Division. The Junior
Doubles will .be Phillip Sclinee-
man-David Kohutek as die num
ber 1 team The second team
will be made up i
1 ee Dane. I'im
num her L a I tenia te
The Rea can County ream will inl:
lie strong in die Senior Girls
Singles as Sue Dolan is die def-
ending champion in diis Divis-
ion. Sue and Ester Lara are
!>itli four year tennis lettermen
and neidier ha\e been defeat-
ed in competition diis season.
They both won dieir divisions
in die Iraan Tennis Tournament
Also they have both defeated
Ozona and Imperial twice in
dieir competitive matches. A
win at the District Meet would
qualify diem for die Regional
Meet in Lubbock.
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