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The Rule Review And
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The Rochester Reporter
'STRIVING TO SERVE ITS READERS WITHOUT PREJUDICE"
Volume 47
Rochester, Haskell County, Texas 79544, Thursday, February 13, 1969
10c Per Copy
Number 45
PICTURED is Governor Preston Smith signing the proclaima-
tion as he proclaims the week of February 16-22, 1969, as
FFA Week in Texas. To the right of Governor Smith is Bill
Sarpalius of Boys Ranch, President of the Texas Association,
Future Farmers of America. G. G. Scroggins, Executive Sec-
retary of the Texas Association is pictured at the left.
Congratulations Members
During FFA Week
WHAT IS FFA
By LOWELL FREEMAN
ROCHESTER - National Fu-
ture Farmers of America Week
starts February 16 and con-
tinues through February 22.
At this time of the year FFA
boys around the country begin
thinking of their proud heri-
tage. The Future Farmers of
America evolved as an integral
part of the vocational education
program in the Public School
System in November of 1928.
FFA is designed for boys 14
through 21 years of age to pre-
pare the boys for a career in
agriculture. When we speak of
agriculture we do not refer en-
tirely to the phase of agricul-
ture which deals with produc-
, tion of animals and plants. FFA
helps train people for careers
in agriculture marketing, pro-
cessing, and management.
FFA is a non-profit, non-
political, non-sectarian rural
youth organization designed to
produce a better citizen and
American.
FFA consists of supervised
farming program which is plan-
ned for the student to gain know-
ledge and experience in financ-
ing, management, and market-
ing.
The projects of Vocational
Agriculture students are in-
tended to provide the student
with a worthwhile educational
experience; however, it is al-
ways nice to make a profit.
The Rochester FFA asks par-
ents and friends of our FFA
students to encourage the boys
in their project programs. The
City Council
Sets Election
RULE — A city election for
three council members has been
set for April 5. Deadline for the
names to appear on ballot is
March 4.
The election will be held with
E. O. Morgan as election judge.
Councilmen whose terms ex-
pire are L. R, Denton, Henry
Townsend and Herbert Rinn.
*****
Mrs. Murphy
Makes OES
Official Visit
RULE - Rule Chapter No. 989
Order of the Eastern Star met
at the Masonic Hall February 6
for the regular meeting and of-
ficial visit of the Deputy Grand
Matron, Mrs. Faye Murphy of
Abilene.
Preceding the business meet-
ing a salad supper was served.
Herbert Rinn, Worth Patron,
gave the invocation.
Other officers of Grand Chap-
ter present were Mrs. Della
Mae Moore, Grand Represen-
tative from Kansas to Texas,
Mrs. Geneva Worsham, mem-
ber Founders Day Comm, and
Mrs. Eula Parrock, member
Fraternal Visitation Comm.
Forty-one members and vis-
itors registered from Haskell
No. 892, Stimett No. 342, Queen
Esther No. 833, Abilene and An-
son No. 867.
chapter goal for 1969 project
year is 5 or more calves, 12
or more fat lambs, and 15 to
20 head of swine. Our pend-
ing goal for 1969 is a local
stock show which could be spon-
sored by the FFA and Roches-
ter merchants providing our
FFA and 4—H boys and girls a
chance to display their pro-
jects and hard work before our
local community.
The Rochester FFA would
like to thank the merchants of
Rochester for making the pro-
ject program a financial suc-
cess. We deeply appreciate the
extra money paid per pound by
Newton Implement Company,
Farmers Gin and Smith Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Barnett
Speaker For
FHA Meeting
ROCHESTER - Mrs. T. P.
Barnett of Haskell was guest
speaker at the regular FHA
meeting for February. She gave
an educational talk concerning
communism and it’s goals and
operations. Mrs. Barnett was
reared in Berlin and felt some
of the things she knew “first-
hand”, especially being a young
person during Hitler’s reign
could be of interest to us. She
feels if we were as dedicated to
the things that stand for
America as Russians are com-
munism, we would have no fear.
A child is reared by the state,
educated by the state and works
for the state when he finishes
his education, or works physi-
cally hard if they feel he is not
qualified for their need.
Mrs. Barnett states the home
is what makes the difference and
in America we can establish
homes where God is introduced
to our children and love and
discipline is given, making for
a strong America.
The Social Committee used
the Valentine theme. FHA pres-
ident, Carolyn Greenwood con-
ducted the business of the meet-
ing and 1st vice-president, Pat-
sy Ballard, introduced the
speaker. Other chapter mem-
bers attending were: Martha
Nell Chambers, Martha Ann
Hicks, Nancy Rose, Karen San-
derson, Jeanie Hayney, Kay Da-
vidson, Wanda Strickland, Era
Mae Session, Trudy Hearn,
Nancy English, Pam Speck,
Shirley Duncan. Lonnetta
Strickland, Janis Roberson, Kay
Newsom, Louetta Patterson and
Patricia Howard.
Girls Cinch Dist., All Wins-,
Boys Beat Weinert-Benjamin
ROCHESTER - The Roches-
ter High School Steers and
Steerettes traveled for four
games last week and brought
home all four victories. Tues-
day night the Steers bounced out
a 22-7 first quarter lead and
went on to win 78-57. Randy
Goode hit 29; Bill Alvis, 14;
Larry Wadzeck, 4: Robert
Slaughter, 17; Chris Fletcher,
3; Mack Martin, 3: Mike New-
berry, 2 and Larry Martin 6.
In the Rochester -Weinert
girls' game the Steerettes won
46-41. Sherry Tibbets hit 18 for
Rochester, Wanda Strickland,
13; Louise Byrd 6; Cinda Sher -
ley, 8 and Janay Tibbets, 1.
The first quarter of play end-
ed with al4-8 and halftime score
was 25-14. A 33-25 third quar-
ter kept the Steerettes rolling
in the game.
\ Friday night Rochester boys
aga™ took a victory over the
Benjamin team in a District
26\-B game to the tune of 56-20.
Rochester came out with all-0
first quarter and a 30-12 half-
time.
-v T^eR-teers were not to be held
as they fought for a 46-18 third
quarter for a 56-20 win.
Goode had 11; Alvis, 15;
Slaughter, 6: Fletcher, 6; Mack
Martin, 8; Larry Martin, 7 and
Mike Newberry 3.
The Rochester girls heaved
a big sigh of relief and at
least a few screams of joy as
they won handily over the Ben-
jamin girls 60-24. Louise Byrd
meshed the ball 19 points to
pace the winners to a cinch for
the District 26-B title. However
they still lack two games being
through with the district play,
RUfE — Mrs. Lucy Bell Bish-
op, 66, died at 6 a.m. Saturday
in Haskell Memorial Hospital
after suffering an apparent
heart attack.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Sunday in Calvary Baptist
Church here, with the Rev.
Danny Johnson, pastor, officiat-
ing, assisted by the Rev. Mike
Herrington. Burial was in the
Rule Cemetery under direction
of Pinkard Funeral Home.
She was born April 15, 1902,
at Oxford, Miss., and had been
Rule Bobcats Cop District
Mrs. Lucy Bishop Dies
Sat. In Haskell Hospital
RULE - The Rule Bobcats,
with victories over Goree and
Old Glory, chinched the 1969
District 26-B championship.
The victories were the 39th and
40th in a row in District com-
petition over the past three sea-
sons, and insured the Bobcats
of their third consecutive Dis-
trict championship.
The Bobcats took a big step
toward the championship Tues-
day night by beating Goree’s
Wildcats 63-53. The Cats took a
19-11 first quarter lead and
were never headed. In the
second quarter, Jimmy Lisle
pumped in three field goals to
lead Rule to a 16 point quarter
and a 35-23 halftime lead.
Rule's tough defense held
Garon Jetton, the districts lead-
ing scorer, to just three field
goals in the first two periods.
Both teams suffered from a
cold shooting hand in the third
quarter, and the two teams could
score only 25 points, 12 for
Rule and 13 for Goree.
The fourth quarter saw Goree
pick up another point on the
Cats 17-16, but the 12 point
first half lead was too much
for the Wildcats to overcome.
James Anderson led Rule scor-
ing with 18 points while Jim-
my Lisle and Donny Barbee
added 12 each.
The Bobcats were again plag-
ued with loose play loosing the
14 times on bad passes, 7 times
on walking, twice on fumbles,
and three times on three sec-
ond violations.
Playing before a packed house
at Old Glory, the Bobcats were
set to cinch the District cham-
pionship. The Pirates, with
their backs to the wall after
two District loses, had to de-
feat the Bobcats and hope for
Paint Creek or Weinert to turn
the same trick just to gain a tie
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Rites For Walter Hadley
Conducted At Munday
for the championship.
Throughout the first half, it
looked as if the Pirates would
do just that. Although getting
the good shots, the Cats could
not put the ball through the
hoop, either from the field,
(7-27), or from the foul line
(4-8), and trailed the Pirates
by 6, 24-18 at the half.
Old Glory could also manage
only seven field goals but can-
ned 10 out of 17 shots from the
free throw line.
Coming out in the third quar-
ter, it looked as if the Bob-
See BOBCATS, Page 2
Lions Discuss
Exchange
At Meeting
RULE — Funeral for the Rev.
Walter Hadley, 50, pastor of
First United Methodist
Churches in Munday and Goree,
was held at 3 p.m. Thursday in
First United Methodist Church
in Munday.
Rev. S. Duane Bruce, con-
ference program director from
Lubbock, officiated, assisted by
the Rev. Lee Crouch, pastor of
First United Methodist Church
in Crosbyton. Burial was in
Dreamland Cemetery in Can-
yon at 11 a.m. Friday under
direction of McCauley-Smith
Funeral Home of Munday.
The Rev. Hadley was found
dead about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in
his office at the church in Mun-
day. Munday Justice of the
Peace Billie Montgomery ruled
the death due to self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
Born Jan. 21, 1919 in Pon-
tiac, 111., he moved with his
family at the age of 11 to Tex-
aco, N. M. where he attended
schools, graduating in 1936.
He then entered Texas Tech
where he graduated in 1940 with
a degree in vocational agricul-
ture.
He married Elsie Gholson
August 3, 1941, in Haskell. They
moved to Knott, where he taught
for two years. They then moved
to Rule in 1942 where he taught
vocational agriculture until
1944. He then joined the U. S.
Navy. After World War II, he
returned to Rule to teach.
In 1951, he entered Perkins
School of Theology at Southern
Methodist University in Dal-
las. He graduated from there in
1954. While in SMU he pastor-
ed Methodist churches in Jose-
phine and Nazava for one year.
He and his family then moved
to Goree, where he was pastor
four years. After this, they
served churches in Happy and
Shallowater. The past four
years he had been pastor of the
church in Munday.
At the last annual conference,
the Methodist Church in Goree
was added to his charge.
He was 32nd degree Mason,
with his membership in Goree
Lodge No. 1029 and the Dallas
consistory. He was a member
of Munday Lions Club and past
See HADLEY, Page 2
RULE - At a regular meet-
ing of the Rule Lions Club Mon-
day night plans on the Youth
Exchange program were dis-
cussed for the coming year.
The e>q:hange program was
very successful the past year
and the Lions Club will again
sponsor a youth from this com-
munity on a six-week visit to
Japan this summer. In return
the club will be host for six
weeks to an exchange youth
from Scandinavia.
Children of the Lions Club
members will have first chance
for the trip to Japan. If it
should be impossible for any
of these to take part in the
program, others desiring to go
may contact Pete Kittley, chair-
man of the exchange student
program for this club.
To meet expenses a money
raising project is being of-
fered by the Lions Club for a
tree trimming service for the
public. Anyone desiring this
service may contact any Lion
Club member or call City Hall
for information.
A large number attended the
meeting.
**•*•*•*
Jimmie Alvis and Mrs. Ear-
lene Austin and. Todd of Den-
ton spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Alvis and other relatives.
a resident of Rule the past 49
years. She was a member of
Calvary Baptist Church.
She married E. G. Bishop
here Oct. 27, 1922. He died
in 1963.
Surviving are two sons, Enis
Dale of Stamford and W. G.
(Buddy) of Rule: five grand-
children: four sisters, Mrs.
Annie Edna Setzler of Norman-
gee, Texas, Mrs. J. F. Domi-
ney df Rule, Mrs. Lilly For-
sythelof Rule and Mrs. Mable
Lea Mullins of Santa Fe, N, M.;
two Brothers, John Gibson of
Ruj«jVi Norris Gibson of Das-
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State Bank/
Named Depository
ROCHESTER - The Regular
Session of Commissioners’
Court met on Monday, Feb-
ruary 10,1969. The motion was
made, seconded and passed to
accept the bid of Haskell Na-
tional Bank as Haskell County
depository for County funds and
the Home State Bank in Roches-
ter for depository of school
funds for the year 1969 and 1970.
*****
Coming Events
The annual John Deere Show
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb-
ruary 20 in the Rochester Pub-
lic School Cafeteria. Refresh-
ments will be served. All far-
mers and interested persons
are invited to attend.
* * * * *
The Weinert Matrons Club
will meet at the regular time
Thursday at 2 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. W. B. Guess for an
Americanism program. Speak-
ers will be Mrs. R. C. Liles
and Mrs. W. A. King who will
speak on “Our American Her-
itage”, and “United In Di-
versity”.
*****
Jr. High
Teams Win
ROCHESTER - The Roches-
ter Junior High teams, boys and
girls traveled to O’Brien, last
Thursday, Feb. 6 and brought
home two victories. The boys’
game was a real squeeker.
The final score was 49-49 and
they had to enter into a three
minute overtime. Rochester
was the one to score two points
which gave Rochester a 51-49
lead and win. Larry Davidson
hit for 22 points while Philip
Newton meshed 11; Johnny Mar-
tin. 5: Stanley Newton, 4: Tom-
my English 8 and BobLeFevre,
1.
The first quarter O’Brien was
out ahead 15-11 and Rochester
was still trailing at halftime
31-28. As the third quarter end-
ed the Rochester Yearlings
pulled out a 41-38 and from
there on in the game was tight
and close and the excitement of
the crowd was great.
The Rochester Junior High
girls got off to a slow start
with a first quarter score of 7-2
See JR. HIGH, Page 2
they now have the district title
cinched. Wanda Strickland hit
for 12 points; Sherry Tibbets,
10: Cinda Sherley, 9; Pam
Speck, 6; Carolyn Greenwood,
2 and Lonetta Strickland, 2.
Tuesday night the Steers and
Steerettes played host to
O’Brien here at 7 p.m. Friday
night they will be host to the
teams from Goree at 7 p.m.
This will end District play for
both teams. The girls will go on
to bi-district play later on and
the boys will begin track. Rule
won the boys’, 26-B District and
will be playing bi-district in the
near future.
*****
Two Injured
In Wreck
Here Tuesday
RULE — Henry Callahan, 65,
and Claude Foster, 72, of Jud
were taken to Haskell Memor-
ial Hospital after receiving in-
juries Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. in a
one-car accident about two
miles north of Rule on State
Highway 283.
The pickup, driven by Calla-
han, was traveling south when
it hit a concrete abutment. Fos-
ter remains in the hospital at
this time. Callahan was re-
leased after two days.
Sgt. Frank Jircik and patrol-
men Rodney Miller and James
A. Davis from the Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Has-
kell County Sheriff Garth Gar-
rett investigated the accident.
\
FLETCHER BALLARD and William Greenwood are all
smiles. Wonder if it was the food, or their pretty daugh-
ters which brought on the smiles? Patsy and Carolyn seem
to have a certain twinkle in their eyes which might be
something special for them as an appreciation gift for the
Daddy-Date dinner.
Daddy-Date
Night Very
Successful
ROCHESTER - Rochester
FHA Chapters first Daddy-Date
Night was a great success, if
the fathers enjoyed the dinner
and games as much as the girls.
A dinner prepared by the
girls especially to be appealing
in taste and amounts served to
the following: William Green-
wood and Carolyn, Fletcher
Ballard and Patsy, Darwin Da-
vidson and Kay, Albert English
and Nancy, Vernon Speck and
Pam, Herman Hearn and Trudy,
Vernon Sessions and Era Mae,
Ira Strickland and Lonnetta,
Junior Duncan andShirley, Les-
ley Tibbets and Sherry, Joe
Howard and Patricia, Gene Rose
and Nancy, Norris Anders and
See DATE NIGHT, Page 2
Longtime Resident Mrs.:
Brown Buried Here Frii
ROCHESTER - Funeral ser-
vices for Mrs. Nellie Brown,
longtime resident of Rochester,
were held at 2 p.m. Friday in
the Rochester Church of Christ.
Lucian Farrar, Minister and
John Barnhill, the Knox City
Church of Christ minister of-
ficiated.
Burial was in Rochester
Cemetery under the direction of
Smith Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brown, 87, died at 12:01
a.m. Thursday at her home one
mile north of Rochester. She had
been in failing health for three
weeks.
She was born July 18,1881, in
Jewitt and moved to Comanche
County, where she married
Doran Brown, on Oct. 11, 1900.
She and her late husband moved
to Rochester in 1910, where
they were charter members of
Bi-District
Warmup
Battles Slated
RULE - Rule, champion of
District 26-B, w*il advance to
the bi-district playoff round
against the 25-B champion,
either Hawley or Lueders-
Avoca. The date and site for
the battle has not yet been
set, but the game will probably
be played February 24th or 25th
at a neutral site.
“Since we will have a week
between the end of district and
the playoff date, we needed to
schedule a couple of games to
keep us sharp,” stated coach
Schatte.
On Tuesday, February 18,
Rule will play host to the Notre
Dame Knights a Catholic school
in Wichita Falls. The Knights
currently with a 25-5 win last
record.
“They would probably rank
as a small class AA or large
class A school”, noted coach
Schatte. “They play a tough
schedule which includes schools
from class B through 4-A. They
have a good balanced team with
two starters over' 6’ 4”. They
have speed and good outside
shooting. This is exactly the
type of team we need to play.
They will give us all the com-
petition we can handle.”
A “B” team game will pre-
See BI-DISTRICT, Page 2
the Rochester Church of Christ.
Survivors include one son,
Dawson Brown of 601 Amarillo
in Abilene; five daughters, Mrs.
J. C. Maupin of Abilene, Mrs.
I. F. Lea of Levelland, Mrs. H.
C. Corley of Knox City, Mrs.S.
W. Costley of Baytown and Mrs.
Raymond Anderson of Lamesa;
one brother, N. N. Underwood
of Gorman; one sister, Mrs.
Ernest Curb of Gorman; 12
grandchildren and 16 great
grandchildren.
Brother Of
Sagerlon
Man Dies
■SI*
CHERYL COUNTS
Cheryl Counts
Named To
Honor Roll
RULE — i Cheryl Counts has
'v.y.’ v- t to the Dean’s lAtrnor
Roll at Abiene Christian Col-
lege for thenall semester.
A second semester sopho-
more, Cheryl has a 3.60 grade
point average on a 4 point sys-
tem. Her major is elementary
education.
She is a 1967 graduate of
Rule High School and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Counts. She is enrolled at
ACC for the Spring semester.
*****
RULE - Carl Manske, 49,
died at 1:55 p.m. Saturday in
Anson General Hospital after an
illness of two months.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Monday in Kinney Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Jerry
Boles, pastor of Central Pres-
byterian Church, and the Rev.
Gerald Sharp, pastor ofSt. John
Methodist Church, both ofStam-
ford, officiating. Burial was in
the Highland Memorial Ceme-
tery.
He was born May 24,’ 1919,
at Crawford, came to Haskell
County in 1921 and married
Theda Olinger Oct. 12, 1940,
at Sagerton.
He moved to Stamford in 1950
from San Angelo. He was a
farmer and a naval veteran of
World War II.
Surviving are his wife; one
son, Lynn of Stamford; two
daughters, Carla Kay and Don-
na, both of Stamford; two broth-
ers, Louis of Avoca and Oscar
of Sagerton: four sisters, Mrs.
Edith Hickey, Mrs. Lorraine
Carlson, Mrs. Margaret Bur-
gess and Mrs. Marie Bloomer,
all of Dallas.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Calhoun
and children of Red River, N.
M. visited a day or two over
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Simmons.
They went on to Dallas to at-
tend funeral services for Ted’s
grandfather.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. William Hester
and family of Big Lake visited
over the weekend with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Bean.
: Sagerton To
Hold Musical
Saturday Nite
RULE - A country and west-
ern musical will be held at the
school aduitorium in Sagerton
at 7 p.m. Saturday night.
Everyone is invited and any-
one in the area with a musical
band has a speical invitation
to come and join in the fun.
Refreshments are available.
There will be no admission
charge. Come one, come all.
Wrile VIP's
Hon. Frank Calhoun
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Hon. Gus Mutscher
Speaker of the House
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Hon. David Ratliff
The State Senate
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Lt. Governor Ben Barnes
The State Senate
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Governor Preston Smith
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Hon. Renal Rosson
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Hon. Grant Jones
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin. Texas 78711
VVWN/WWWW^AA^
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Hudson of
Fort Worth visited Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Helton Sunday.
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