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♦ VOLUME 48
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTV, TEXAS (76932), OCTOBER II, 1973
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NUMBERS
S^T ATE CAPITAL
Hitjhhqhi'S
‘"'Sideliqhts
Cy ISill iBoytin
TIXAS MISS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN, --The third largest
state oil and gas lease sale in
Texas liistory brought more
than -521 4 million to the state
permanent school fund and
boosted its total above $1 bil-
lion.
I .and Commissioner Bob
Armstrong said the sale further
may be the "most significant"
ever conducted by the state,
since it marks beginning of a
new concept in management
of mineral resources.
Of 1.3 million acres in 1, 712
tracts of state land offered for
sale from border to border,
more than 392,886 acres were
leased at an average price of
$54.65 an acre for oil and
gas purposes.
For the first time, leases
contain a new "in-kind" pro-
vision which allows die state
to accept its one-sixth royalty
(where there is production) in
oil or gas for resale, as well
as in cash.
Armstrong said new pollution
control regulations are written
of Examiners in the Basic
Sciences;
Donald F. Dean of Madison-
ville to the Trinity River Auth-
ority board of directors; Don
Doyle of Austin and Sheriff
Robert R. Gladney of Freeport
to the Commission on l.aw
Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education; FhillipA. Lord
of Pasadena to the State Board
of numbing Examiners; Els-
worth Drummer of San Antonio
and Judge Raul Gonzales of
Sinton to the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Commission; and
Gordon Sauer of Itedericksburg
and Mrs. Cary Isenberg of Dal-
las to die llect Admiral Ches-
ter W. Nimitz Memorial Naval
Museum Commission.
SCHOOL TAXES UP—Accord-
ing to a Texas State Teachers
Association survey, 44 percent
of local school district officials
responding to a survey said
local scliool tax increases were
necessary this year to balance
budgets.
Seventy-five percent, said
TSTA, responded that they
into the leases to protect the
environment while drilling con- wui have to raise local taxes
tinues. Additional regulations in ^74.75 u, keep pro>,ramJ
were imposed to protect the
Padre Island National Seashore.
Gulf tracts attracted more
than $16 million of the bonus
payments, bay tracts $4.5
million and upland leases the
balance.
The School Land Board leas-
ed 1, 440 acres in the Gulf off
the mouth of the Sabine River,
in spite of a state of Louisana
protest that die area may be
within its boundaries. Tracts
off Matagorda Island were also
leases oyer protest of the Air
Force which has a bombing
range in tliat region. Bid on
one of six Gulf tracts which
at present levels. Twenty-nine
percent said programs had to
be curtailed tliis year.
AG OPINIONS— Signboards
planted on private land slsould
be treated for condemnation
purposes as though they were
owned and erected by the
landowner regardless of pri-
vate agreements on leases,
Atty. Gen. Jolm Hill held.
In other opinions. Hill con-
cluded;
Portions of the new Cam-
paign Reporting and Disclosure
Act of 1973 setting up state
and county election commis-
sions are unconstitutional, but
the federal government protest- validity of odier portions is
ed for inclusion in the sale
was held in abeyance. The
U.S. says it may own the
tracts due to shoreline erosion.
CONCON PUBLIC INFO
COMMITTEE MEETS—An all
out effort to get the news and
information about the 1974
Texas Constitutional Conven-
tion is being planned by a leg-
islative committee headed
by Rep. Tim Von Dohlen,
Goliad.
Rep. Dohlen met with leg-
islators and newsmen last week
to discuss a public information
office for the ConCon where
all news media can get com-
plete information about the
convention.
The office will be set up in
the capitol building as close
to the convention liall as pos-
sible, Von Dohlen said, and
asked reporters tiow they want-
ed the information bureau set
up for maximum efficiency
for all media.
APPOINTMENTS—Don R.
Workman of Lubbock was nam-
ed by Gov. Dolph Briscoe as
chairman of Texas Youth
Council after resignation of
Robert W. Kneebone in a maj-
or TYC sliakeup.
not affected. Balance of the
act will be enforced, Secre-
tary of State Mark Whitt, Jr.
said.
New law bringing most
Texas coastal waters under the
uniform wildlife regulatory
acat docs not supercede penal
provisions governing seining.
It does not cause the Parks and
Wildlife Department to lose
regulatory authority over slirimp
in Cameron, Brazoria, Jack-
son, Willacy, Jefferson or
Orange counties.
’Gillespie County retains
title to its county roads dedi-
cated more titan a century ago,
except where they liavc been
fenced by landowners contin-
uously for 20 years and arc not
reasonably necessary to reach
adjoining land.
’The county judge of Hill
County may not also serve as
veterans county service officer.
“A court reporter’s salary
should be paid by counties of
a district on a scale fixed by
the district judge.
•Texas Amusement Machine
Commission jurisdiction over
coin machines on federal lias-
es depends on terms of cession
agreements and appropriate
•>«'« Briscoe appoint- « £“,»* »».<«*
ments included Cue Boykin of
Midland as Industrial Accident
Board chairman; John L. Blair
of Kountzc (reappointed) to
the Texas Air Control Board;
Dr. Xico P. Garcia of Corpus
Christi, Henry A. Guerra, Jr.
of San Antonio and Margal M.
Vicars of Brownsville to the
Good Neighbor Commission;
not ceded to the U. S. and
acquired with non-appropriated
funds, commission jurisdiction
will be complete.
*A tape of testimony of Dal-
las vending machine magnate
R. B. Williams before a 1969
House committee can be re-
leased under die open meetings
law,
J. C. (Zeke) Zhranek of Lib- law- However, Hill retained
Otho Plummer of Beau- *°nie of ti,c committee files
erty
mone and Bryan D. Beck, Jr.
of Beaumont to the Lamar
University board of regents; T
T. L. Roach of Amarillo, C.
Wallace Harrell of Gonzales
and Irby B. Catruth of Austin
to die West Texas State Uni-
submitted to him for furdicr
study as to whedier diey may
be confidential.
•An act of die 1973 Legis-
lature creating mass transit
suthorities with power to levy
motor vehicle emission taxes
versify board; Carter MeGregor, ^constitutional
t *
Jr. of Wichita Falls to the
Midwestern University board;
Dr. Sidney W. Edwards of
Kyle and Dr. Eb C. Girvin of
Georgetown to die State Board
The open records bill does
not permit public disclosure
of bird) and deadi records
filed widi county clerks, and
(Continued on page 6)
Scenes From 1973 Homecoming Parade
Owls Edge Alpine
In Homecoming Tilt
In die most exciting
football game of die season
thus far, the Reagan County
Owls of Big Lake edged die
Alpine Bucks, 14-13, here
last Friday night in die (Vis'
annual Homecoming tilt.
The game could have been
a preview of possible bi-
district action as both are
favored to win dieir respec-
tive district.
Although an extra point
was die difference in die
score, die Owls held a big-
ger advantage throughout
die game dun die final
score implied. Three Owl
fumble losses in die first
half probably held die score
down.
The (VI defense-led by
Marvin Baker, Steve Bird,
Lendell Lax ton, Kye Emert,
David Tarvin, Dan Schnee-
man and Mike Jones con-
tained die Bucks except for
one 78 yard break by Chunie
Enciso, an 85-yard kickoff
return by Orlando Leyva, and
two pass completions.
The i Vis drove 80 yards
in 13 plays for die opening
touchdown, led by fullback
Johnny Hickman's runs. The
TD was a perfect pass from
QB Ken Stout to right end
Lendell Lax ton for 19 yards.
Kevin Webb's placekick was
good widi 2:37 left on die
clock in die first quarter.
The following kickoff
spelled disaster as Leyva
took the kickoff on his 5,
found a hole and raced 35
yards before he was pulled
down from behind by John
Smitii. Runs by Billy Chandler
moved the ball to me uwis
1 yard line, and Alpine OB
Kelly (riialum pitched out
to Euciso who raced to die
right corner for die TD.
Chandler's kick made it 7-
7 widi 26 seconds left in the
quarter.
The Owls started a drive
on dieir own 39 following
die kickoff and drove to die
Bucks’ 26, only to lose die
ball on a fumble.
The Owls defense forced
Alpine to punt four plays
later and die Owls started
again from dieir own 25.
Steve Bird broke for 61 yards
before being dragged down
on die Alpine 14 yard line.
Stout ran two plays, losing
3 yards on an attempted pass,
and another bobble cost minus
yardage to the 26. On fourdi
down, Stout found Monte
Barnes in die right corner and
Barnes came down widi a
26 yard catch for die TD.
Webb's placekick made it
14-7 widi 6:19 left in die
half.
The second half opened
with an exchange of punts
before Alpine took to die
air for its only real drive of
die game. Starting at die
Bucks' 26, Goaham passed
to Steve Clegg for 25 yards,
tiien ran for 9 more. He again
hit Clegg widi a 22 yarder to
die Owls 13. Enciso ran for
9 more, die Joe Valero scored
from die 9 around left end to
make it 14-13, The snap for
the Intended placekick try
rolled along die ground and
David Tarvin dropped Chand-
ler as he tried to pick up die
ball and run it over. The
clock sliowed 6.51 left in
die third quarter.
The Owls took die kick-
off at dieir own 34 and drove
to die Alpine 23 but a holding
penalty cost 15 yards. As die
fourdi quarter got underway
die Alpine defense took over
on downs at dieir own 27.
Alpine drove to near mid-
field and was forced to punt
to the Owl 17. The Owls had
to punt four plays later from
die 25 and Bird boomed a
73 yard punt which was kil-
led on die Alpine two by
Carl Settle.
The Bucks had to punt from
dieir four and die ball went
out of bounds on die 43. How-
ever, die Owls couldn't move
and Bird punted over die goal
from die 36. Alpine drew a
10-yard holding penalty back
to die 10, Goaham drove for
five. Enciso busted into die
Owls Open District Play
In Stanton Friday Night
Homecoming Queen
Miss Peggy Lynch, 17-
ycar-old daughter of Mr.
and Mr*. Leon Lynch, was
named Reagan County High
School Homecoming Queen
last iriday night in pre-game
ceremonies before die Big
Lake-Alpine football contest.
Miss Lynch, a senior, is
shown above, escorted by
Johnny Hickman. She was
selected by a vote of die
RCH5 student body,
i Rioto by Mrs, BoDcan Kruse'
Seal Coat Scheduled
On Part Of
RM Road 33
A protect in Reagan (xiutity
is included in a :40.7 million
program to uu reuse safety and
improve sections of non-inter-
state iiighways in 1 exas.
District Engineer J. A. Snell
of San Angelo said work to be
performed under die annual
program includes such dungs
as widening of pavements and
structures, rccoiiditioiung, re-
surfacing, providing additional
surfacing, sodding and improve-
ment of shoulders and other
miscellaneous work.
Statewide, die 1974 State
Highway Safety and Betterment
and Farm to Market Road Im-
provement Program includes
work on 5,095.2 miles of US-
and State-numbered Iiighways
and Farm to Market Roads.
The program includes 310 in-
dividual projects in 209 coun-
ties of die State.
Fifty-seven percent of die
work statewide will lie on US-
and State-numbered Iiighways
and 41 percent on Farm to
Market Roads with two percent
reserved for later assignment.
The project in Reagan Coun-
ty is described as follows:
R. M. Road 33. from U.S.
Highway 67 to R. M. Road
1300 --Seal Coat.
The latest word received
from Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Case is from Mrs. Monroe
( ray who said diat die couple
were in Roosevelt, Utah where
Case is working as a welder.
He reported diat diey would
probably move dieir mobile
home to diat location between
diis fall and the first of die
new year
clear and raced 78 yards to
die Owls’ seven. He was
hauled down by Stout.
Big Lake's defense rose to
die challenge, to stop Valero
twice as lie drove id die Owls'
two. Chandler lost 6 on an
attempted run to the left
side. The fourdi down field
goal try from die Owls’ 14
was wide to die right to end
die tiireat. The Owls took
over on die 20 and ran the
clock out widi less dian two
minutes to play.
Statistics
Big Lake Alpine
15
First Downs
7
170
Yards Rushing
177
150
Yards Passing
47
18
Passes Att.
5
11
Passes Comp.
2
0
Passes Int. By
0
3
Fumb. Lost
1
3-48
hints, Avg. '
6-32
5-35
Pen., Yds.
5-40
Commissioners' Court
Has Meeting Monday
The Commissioners Court
of Reagan County met in
regular session Monday Bus-
iness included die following
items:
Proposed Uses lor Commun-
ity Center -- A group of
interested citizens appeared
before die Court widi a re-
quest diat die large room of
die proposed community
building lie used for youdi
activities, allowing die youth
to place dieir equipment in
die room and use it on a
regular basis, widi die under-
standing diat if die room was
needed for any large group
aedvity tliat diey would re-
move dieir equipment. After
discussion die Court agreed to
take die proposal under ad-
visement.
Budget and Tax Rate -- The
tax rate of $1.10 was offic-
ially set, broken down as
follows General Fund (in-
cluding Park and Hospital
Maintenance) .78, Road and
Bridge Special .30. Jury Fund
.02; total $1.10. Hie follow-
ing discounts were allowed
on taxes --if paid in Oct.
3%, November 2%, and
December lfj.
Mondily Rc,,orts of County
officials were received. Bills
and Accounts were allowed.
The Court decided to leave
Voting lYecincts as is for die
Special Constitutional Amend-
ment Election.
Billy (arr, land Agent for
University Lands, requested
die Court to decide how much
land is to be included in die
Airport Lease and to execute
die new lease, as die present
lease has expired
G&G Insurance Agency was
low Bidder on an insurance
policy for die Hospital buil-
ding , to be insured for
$260, 000.
Bids well lie advertised for
die purchase of a new car
for die Sheriff's Dept
The Board of Equalization
was adjourned following ap-
proval of die tax lists for
1973. The summary shows
Total Rendered Property
$22,235,055, Unrcndcrcd
Property $4.053,750; for a
Grand Total of $26,338,805.
-U-
1973 Junior Varsity
Schedule
Oct. U, Ozona, Here
Oct. 18, McCamey .There
Oct. 25 Sonora, There
Nov. 2 McCamey, Here
Games start at 6:00 p.m.
Order you Rubber Stampa
at The Bit Lake Wildcat.
Reagan County Owls travel
to Stanton Friday night to
open District 7AA play against
the Stanton Buffaloes Game
time is 7:30 p m Owl* fan*
should note die new starting
time as previous games have
been starting at 8:00 p.m.
Stanton hat a 4-1 season
record, losing last week to
Morton 13-6 The Buffaloes
opened with a 26-6 win over
Tahoka, followed by a 19-12
victory over O'Donnell. The
third week diey defeated Wink
27-0 and tiien bested Rankin
14-8.
offensively, die Buffaloes
start Bill Howard. 165 lb.
junior, at quarterback; Mark
Eiland, 200 lb.. 6'5“ senior,
at halfback; Mitchell Irvin,
ICO lb. junion, at tailback;
and Elvin Brown, 170 lb.
sophomore, at fullback. The
offensive line starters include
David Standcfcr, tight end,
150 lb. senior, Joe Lewis
Hernandez, split end. 155 lb.
junior; Roger gutierrez, tackle
200 lb. senior; H.K. Schuelke,
tackle, 200 lb junior; Ronnie
Dickerson, guard, 185 lb
junior; Bruce Stanley, guard,
165 lb. junior; Dennis Ircton,
center, 150 lb. junior. On
defense. Steve Cook. 200 lb.
senior, plays left tackle while
Gutienez is right tackle.
Dickerson and Irvin are the
linebackers.
The i Vis have a 5-0 season
record and came out of die
Alpine contest in fairly good
physical sliapc Season scores
show wins over Fabens 38-0,
Ballinger 34-6, Sonora 25-6,
Iraan 41-13, and Alpine 14-
13.
Coach Wilburn George will
be starting die same lineup
as he has the past several
games.
Offense -- Monte Bernes,
LEj Joe Reynolds, LT; Kye
Emert, LG; Mike Kiser. C.
Mike Jones. RG; Marvin Baker,
RT; l endell Lax ton, RE; Ken
Stout, QB; Johnny Hickman,
IB; Steve Bird, RH; John Smitii
LH.
Defense — Lexton, LE; Rey-
nolds. LT; Emert, MGj Jones.
RT; Schncemann or Tarvin, RE;
Bird and Baker, linebackers.
Hickman, rover; Carl Settle,
LH: Barnes RH; John Smitii,
safety.
Old Granddad Golf
Tourney Oct. 22
The annual Old Granddad
Golf Tournament has been
set for Sunday, Oct. 21 at
die Big Lake golf course,
Ike Chaffin, sponson, re-
ported diis week. Tee-off
time will be 1:30 p.m.
The Old Granddad tourney
is open to any grandfatiier .
Play will be for 18 holes on
a handicap hasis.
Chaffin said diat he already
had the first place trophy
on hand. He has been spon-
soring diis annual event
over 10 years in cooperation
widi die National Distilling
Co,, distributors of Old
Granddad.
A small entry fee Is
charged for this event. AH
granddads arc urged to en-
ter and enjoy playing in
this handicap event. Any-
one can win.
PTA Sets Meeting
Today At 2:45 P.M.
Big L*ke Grade PTA will
hold its meeting today at
2:45 p.m. Members are
asked to take note of die
new meeting time because
of school dismissing earlier
dun last year.
ftank Sand el. Chamber
of Commerce president, will
be the guest speaker in the
(•rade School auditorium.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, Mrs. J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1973, newspaper, October 11, 1973; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth660429/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.