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Stephenville’i Friendly Greeter'
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LIBRARY
SECOND P^ACE — Stephenville FFA Chapter poultry judging
team won second place In the Area IV contest held recently at
Tarleton State. Members of the team are (I to r) Doyle Warren.
Gary Blossingame, Eddie Purvis, Rex Stephens and Ralph Moser,
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TownTop Picks
By BUD BIGGS
life congratulate the winners
of the recent city council election.
The new administration will have
its first meeting as a new coun-
cil Tuesday night under the lead-
ership of Mayor Jack Arthur.
The new administration fares
many problem* in the weeks
and months ahead and perhaps
Tuesday night will shed some
light on the pinna of the new
group.
Arthur who has been in the
city since 1960 is no newcomer
to city government having serv-
ed term as mayor of Crusbyton
on the South Plains. He is also
no stranger to the problems fac-
ing the city and we predict a
successful administration for the
new mayor. He has a capable
group of councilmen to work with
and together we feel that the city
will continue to move forward.
A tour Friday with a group of
other newsmen from Northwest
Texas at the historic city of
Jaeksboro was very enjoyable.
The town which is in the heart
of the Northwest Texas oil and
rattle country really rolled out
the rod carpet for its visitors.
The progressive city has s
new high school buildiag and
plana to expand its city county
hospital. And it baa one of the
Mggeet tourist attractions in
the state in the old army instal-
ls ties Kart Richardson.
Fort Richardson, daring the
days after the Civil War, was
one of Urn largest in the nation
with parts of two regiments sta-
tioned there to protect the settl-
ers from the Indians. Five of the
original buildings pie still stand-
ing and have been restored over
a period of years. The old hos-
pital building houses one of the
finest museums in Texas which
is, the result of active historical
. society.
One of the houses on the old
reservation has been designated
by the National Parks Service as
the most authentic structure of
its kind in America.
Jaeksboro, in the poet Civil
War period, was the home port
of some of the West’s most
famous military men, plus the
most famous gunslingers, gam-
blers and outlaws. Among the
men who made visits to the
famous fort were General Mar-
kensie. Doc Holliday, General
Pyil Sheridan, and General
William T. (War Is Hell) Sher-
man. It is also where three In-
dian Chiefs were tried by a
white man's coart. The prose-
cutor for the slate was Lana-
ham who was later governor
of Texas.
The big event of the year is
the annual Frontier Fair which is
held on the last weekend in May
and brings thousands of visitors
from throughout the state and
nation.
We don’t kno wthe mem ber-
th ip of the chamber of Commerce
of Jaeksboro but all we met were
boosters of the town in a warm
and friendly manner.
Mrs. Lawrence Smith Makes Meeting People Her Business
By J. LOUIS EVANS
Cttjr gaiter
Mrs. Lawrence Smith, 301
Morgan Mill Highway, meets
more newcomers to Stephenville
than any other person in the
city — meeting new citizens is
her business.
Starting as City Reception-
ist, a private enterprise, in Jan-
uary 1952 Mrs. Smith has wel-
comed hundreds of -new arrivals
to Stephenville.
The idea for a City Recep-
tionist grew out of her associa-
tion with Mrs, Ellis Lock in
Brown wood during WW II. Mrs.
Lock ran the same type organi-
zation in Brown wood and assis-
ted Mrs. Smith in setting up a
business locally.
Mrs. Smith represents four-
teen business firms on her calls
to new residents the Hat of
clients includes only one busi-
ness of each particular type.
Her clients provide introductory
discount certificates, gifts, show
passes, and free merchandise to
be given to persons moving to
Stephenville. She also provides
a city map for the convenience
of the people she visits.
Mrs. Smith averages from TO
to 15 calls each month, visiting
people who are . coming to Ste-
phenville for the first time.
Even though her title is City
Receptionist, she does not con-
fine her calls to the city pro-
per. On many occasions, she has
visited newcomers in th > rural
areas who r.rj in the Stephen-
ville trade territory.
Mrs. Smith compiles her list
of newcomers from information
obtained at Texas Power A
Light Company. She makes a
special effort to call on the new
arrivals within a week after
they move to Stephenville. In
some instances, she has welcom-
ed Stephenville’* new citizens
while the moving van waa being
unloaded.
Mrs. Smith is enthusiastic
about her work, and says she en-
joys it very much. “In 12 years
I have had only one person tell
me that she didn’t have time to
talk to me,” Mrs. Smith said.
“Practically everyone I talk
with comments on the friendly
attitude of the people in Ste-
phenville. One couple told me
they were passing through Ste-
phenville, while on their way to
Kerrville to look for a place to
retire, and spent the night in a
local ntotsl. They were so im-
pressed with the friendly at-
mosphere of the city that they
decided to purchase a place here
and retire hi Stephenville.”
Mrs. Smith also pointed out
that too many people here a
misconception about the persons
who come to the city to retire.
"When we speak of retiring,
some people invariably think
of elderly persons with a small
retirement income or Social
Security payments — this isn’t
the case in many instances.
Quite a large number of the
people who are retiring in Ste-
phenville are from the oil in-
dustry or the armed forces.
Most of them are comparative-
ly young and many are taking
an active part in the religious,
civic, and social activities of the
city.”
One list of persons that Mrs.
Smith haul prepared for her
clients showed twelve newcom-
ers from points throughout Tex-
as plua families from Kansas,
New Mexieo, Wisconsin, and
Montana. Practically all of the
firms she represents have been
with her since she started as
City Receptionist.
In addition to introducing the
newcomers to the businesses
she represents, the City recep-
tionist also provides them with
information pertaining to other
phases of the city and schools.
Her new acquaintances frequen-
tly call her for advice on every-
thing from a baby doctor to ma-
trimony. One widower she call-
ed on suggested that Mrs. Smith
might assist him in finding a
female companion. “This was •
little out of my line,” Mrs.
Smith stated, “and I never was
able to fill his request.”
“I look forward to ths visits
with new arrivals,” Mrs. Smith
said, “and I meet the nicest-v
people in the world."
MRS. LAWRENCE SMITH
< . . City Receptionist
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VOL. 95. NO. 16
Caterpillars
Working On
Erath Trees
wMESB*
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Top Rodeo Honors
Won By Lewallens
The tent caterpillar is now work-
ing on shade tiers over the coun-
ty, and Erath has u good supply.
They are small at the present time,
but are eating on the small buds t
of trees, and wall move down the
tree and eat leaves as they come
out.
The body is covered with long
fine hairs which give the larva a
fuzzy appearance. It may he up
to lit inches long when mature.
They leave a trail of silk wherever
they go, and in a few days irregu-
Inr webs can be seen in the tree.
After they eat all the leaves off a
tree they will eat grass, vegetab-
les or anything else they can find
in the way of plants.
They can be controlled quite
easily when small if the correct
Insecticide la used and complete
coverage of the tree is secured.
Insecticides are: DDT, Toxaphene,
Sevin, Methoxyohlor, Malathion
and Chlordane.
Caution: All insecticides are
poisons ami should he handled with
care. Avoid contamination of food,
water animal or pet feeds and
utensils. Take special precautions
to avoid contamination of fish
ponds with drift or runoff. Allow
treated areas to thoroughly dry
before allowing children or pets
to play in the r.rea.
■MPIRI ESTABLISHED 1870—TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED
STEPHENVILLE. ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. 7fl
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FRIDAY, APRIL -16, 1965
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J. B. HOSIER
State Bank
Promotes
JHttosier
Gary Evatt Is
Representatives from five cities die and Johnnie Riddle ((J ran- Hnfifll’f’fl At F aba/
topped championships in the an-j bury) (2) Cindra Lewallen and 1
Tula Lewallen (3) Nika McNeil J
and Ronnie Hampton; RELAY
nual Trailblazcrs Rodeo held at
the arcana on tho lower Granbury
road Fiiday and Saturday nights. RACE (1) Cindra Lewallen, No-
The Ranger Riding Club won
first place honors in the Saturday
parade, with ' the Bosque County
411 Riding Group placing second.
Cindra and Nolan Lewallen
walked awqy with the high point
girl and high point boy titles, ami
Tula^ Lewallen was named sweet-
heart oftho Trail blazon.
Winners of bach event, with
points based on two nighta of
competition, are shown and are
from Stephenville unless other-
wise indicated. GIRLS BULL
RIDING (1) Cheryle Watts (2)
lan Lewallen, Tula Lewallen (2)
Karen White, Bruce Munden, and
Day Banquet
Gary Evatt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Evatt of Stephenville, was
honored April 1, at the Law Day
Mclomie Muier (Meridian) (3) | Banquet in the Maximillian Room
Lands Wise; PEE WEE BULLS
(1) Johnnie Riddle (Granbury);
SENIOR RIBBON ROPING (1)
Jimmy Armstrong (Meridian),
(2) Randy Lee (Meridian) (3)
Dusty Miller (Do Leon); JUNIOR
RIBBON ROPING (1) Mike Pack,
(2) Alex Fambro, (3) Jimmy La-
vender (Meridian); GOAT SACK-
ING (1) Wanda Keeney and Cin- erson.
dra Lewallen (2) Nitn. Stephens
and Sherry Whitacre; POLK
BENDING (1) Jo Nell Cook (2)
Nolan Lewallen (3) Nika McNeil;
WAGON RACE (1) Lonnie Rid-
Johnny McKnight, Randy Golight-
ly, and Alex Fambro; TIE DOWN
ROPING (1) Dusty Miller (De
Leon), (2) Mule llarrat, (3)
James Penis ten (Granbury).
BKESKAWAT roWng (1)
Johnnie Riddle (Granbury) (2)
Nolan Lewallen (3) Larry Harris;
BARREL RACE (11 A under)
(1) Christine Montgomery (2)
Lurry Harris (3) Lana Wise;
BARREL RACE (12 to 18) (1)
Wanda Keeney (2) Jo Nell Cool;
(3) De De Everett; RESCUE
RACE (1) Jim Beyer and Charles
Armstrong (2) Bob Viertel and
Randy Lee (Meridian) (3) Alex
‘Fambro and Ronnie Wooley;
SENIOR BULL RIDING (1)
of the Driskell Hotel “in Austin.
Evatt and three other students
were chosen out of 600 freshmen
students in the University of Tex-
as Law School, to receive tile Car-
rington Johnson, and Stephens
.♦.ward of #100, for their scholas-
tic achievement, in the Law School.
J. H. Hosier was elected cash-
ier of the Stephenville State Bank
at the regular monthly meeting of
the bank’s Board of Directors
Monday night.
Doshier was elevated to the
position of cashier to fill the vac-
ancy created in February when
Charles Riggins was named vice
president and loan officer for the
bank.
The newly-elected cashier join-
ed the Stephenville State Bank ir
1956 as a bookkeeper. He was ap-
pointed assistant cashier in 1959.
Doshier is a native of Bell
Countyand moved to Bosque
County in 1948 to enter the ranch-
ing business. He came to Steph-
enville in 1956. He has served as
a deacon of the Graham Street
Church of Christ for the past 3
years. He is currently a director
of the Rotary Club and is treasur-
er and director of the United
Fund.
He and his wife. Opal, have
Degree Program In
General Agriculture
Approved for TSC
I
five children Wanda Gaines, Betty
Brien, and Jimmy, Connee, and
Gary Doshier.
Erath County won 11 first
places in the senior division to
Lon! j dominate the annual Distinct
A good crowd attended both
sessions of the rodeo, with the
Bosque County 411 group present-
ing a special mounted drill for
the Saturday night audience.
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4 Graham Men Burned
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North of Stephenville
Pour Graham men were severely burned Tuenday morning aa gas
erupted and ignited from their exploratory well some 25 miles
north of Stephenville.
Lather Brashes™, who received burns on his arms snd neck,
said he was standing on the rig floor when he noticed mud
backing up through the well casing. The other three men were on
the ground around the platform when the gas was apparently Ignit-
ed by a nearby motor. The gas waa billowing out from under the
platform and the men on the ground were burned much worse than
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Other men Injured were £. Z. Adams, D. A. Stone and L. C. John-
son. All of the men were burned severely on the back m4 face, with
Johnson apparently receiving the worst barns.
The Wes-Mor Drilling Co. crew was working on 4he Turner Low#
farm between Bap Oak and Gordon. J. T. McClure who lived near
the well brought the men to the Stephenville Hospital. The accident
occurred about 11 ut. ' S
nie Kiddle (Granbury) (2) James j vni *-H elimination contest Sat-
Kellcy (Clifton) (3) Darrell Rob-, urday at Tarleton State College.
Erath County teams won in
poultry marketing demonstration,
electric team demonstration, poul-
try and dairy demonstration,
range and pasture grass identifi-
cation, dairy cattle judging, beef
cattle business, farm and ranch
management, and vegetable pro-
duction and marketing.
Joy Watson and I-arry Gibson
of Erath County won the public
speaking contest.
* More than 600 contestants
from 20 Central Texas counties
participated in 33 contests. First
and second place senior division
winners are eligible to compete in
the state 4-H roundup May 1 at
College Station.
Senior contest results include:
• Dairy Cattle Judging — I.
Erath County (Stanley Cozart,
Wayne Carr, Lewis Crouch, Don-
nie Laughlin). 2. Comanche Coun-
ty. Cobart, high individual.
nent
am
Erath 4-Hers Win 11
Firsts in Competition
County (Jimmy Moon and Gary
Lightfoot).
Poultry Judging — 1. Milam
County (Larry Jungmann, Mich-
ale Schoppe, Joe Brady, Arthur
Jistel). 2. Erath County. Jistel,
high individual
Cooperative Demonstration —
1. Comanche County (Walter Mc-
Cullough and Buddy Lane). 2.
Bosque County. [
Entomology — 1. Limestone
County Croft). 2. Bell County. L.
Brown, high individual.
Community Improvement — 1.
Lampasas County (Anita KloSe
and Karen Liley).--—
Farm and Ranch (Individual)
— 1. Leslie Mezger, Lam passes
County. 2. Shirley Hall, Erath
County.
Field Crops — 1. Williamson
County (Charley Schroeder and
Logan Brinkmeycr). 2. Bell Coun-
ty.
Range and Pasture Grass Ident-
ification — 1. Erath County (Ger-
ald Cook, Richard Harbin, Dick
Turney). 2. Comanche' County.
Cook, high individual.
Beef Cattle Business — 1. Erath
County (DWfglir PRUftah and Vic-
tor Aulmer).
Dairy Demonstration — 1.
A degree plan in general ag-
riculture at Tarleton State waa
approved Monday by the Texas
Commission on Higher Educa-
tion in Austin.
The agricultural education de-
gree plan Was deferred by the
commission; “for further stigty ”
according to TSC President E. J.
Howell.
Both degree plans were sub-
mitted to the commission in the
summer of 1964.
President Howell and Joe flf,
Autry, professor and head of
the college’s department of ag-
riculture, appeared before the
commission when its decision
was reached.
The third year of general ag-
riculture will be offered to those
seeking the degree in the fall
semester 1965 and the fourth
year in 1966 .Tarleton is expect-
ed to graduate its first stu-
dents having the bachelor of sci-
ence degree with a major in gen-
eral agriculture in May 1967.
Submitted in 1964
Tarleton’s newly approved ag-
ricultural degree plan was sub-
mitted in April 1964 to the Tex-
as A&M University Board of
Director* who "strongly approv-
ed” the plan, as well as the ag-
ricultural education 4-year pro-
gram, according to Autry.
The AAM Board or Directors*
recommendation was then sub-
mitted to the commission.
Including Tarleton. 11 state-
supported colleges and universi-
ties in Texas offer the bachelor
Second Ag
Proposal
Deferred
— 1 if— - - . -
degree In agriculture, Autry
said. Of that number, at least
four colleges have graduate de-
gree plans in agriculture.
Superior Facilities
Tarleton is well-equipped for
the degree program, Autry said.
The College Farm consists of
about 700 acres.
The college has the use of
the 1,200-acre Hunewell Ranch
for grating and ranching.
The over-all agriculture work-
ing grounds and facilities at Tar-
leton “are far superior” to those
at other Texas colleges “with
the exception of Texas AAM
and Texas Tech,” Autry stated.
Agricultural Education
“Tarleton has been identified
with agriculture” since its in-
ception Jn 1899. “Tarleton,”
Autry continued,' "has always
been known, rather generally,
aa an ag school.”
The commission’s action on
the general agriculture degree
plan was the Final step in set-
ting up the program at Tarle-
ton. However, the agricultural
education degree plan, when and
if approved by the commissiQa,
will not follow the same pro-
cedure/
If approved by the commis-
sion in forthcoming ninths, the
agricultural educating bachelor
degree plan Will then be sub-
mitted for approval to the Voca-
tional Education Department of
the Texas Education Agency and
then the U. 8. Office of Educa-
tion in Washington, D. C.
"Partly,” Autry aaid, "this is
because federal funds are in-
volved." The federal government
will have to approve the Smith-
Hughes Act for Tarleton before
the agricultural education will
be offered at Tarleton even if
the commission does approve it
in the future.
Degree Plans
Not including agriculture,
Tarleton has 13 degree plans.
They are English, Spanish,
French, government, economics,
history, mathematics, chemistry,
physics, biology, elementary edu-
cation, general business and sec-
retarial science.
In 1959, the Texas Legislature
elevated Tarleton. then a junior
college, to senior college status.
Tarleton started Its bachelor
degree program* with 12 pro-
grams leading to an undergrad-
uate degree. I,ast year, 1964. the
elementary education major waa
(Continued on Page Six)
Farm and Ranch Managenn
- 1. Erath County (Bill Park
and Margaret Crimmtns). 2. Bos-
que County.
Vegetable Production and Mark-1 Erath Grissom). Burne County.
eting — 1. Erath County (Rita j
Templeton and Joe David SCeph-, County
en). 2. McLennan County.
I Poultry Demonstration —
Livestock Judging — 1. Brown
(James Davis, Stephen
Storm, Mike Whitely, Darrell
(Continued from Page Six)
STRAW HAT DAY — Mayor
Jack Arthur proclaims Friday
and Saturday “Official Straw
Hat Days” In Stephenville. The
practice of replacing the winter
felt with a summer straw has
been customary locally for over
a decade, with 8tephenville mer-
chants participating in special
straw hat displays and sales to
launch the warm-weather head
wear.
Lubbock Man Freed
PITTSBURGH UB — Jan Ron-
ald Guy, 26, of Lubbock, Tex., wee
free on $36,000 bond today pend-
ing hie trial for murder of a U.
S. Steel Corp. executive.
Mrs. J. C Clark
Huckabay Writer
. Mrs. 3. C. Cark will be the new
correspondent in the Huckabay
community according to an an-
nouncement by Empire Tribune
publisher Bud Higgs.
Mrs. Clark will start her column
-bout the Huckabay area next
week. She has requested all per-
sons, clubs, schools and churches
who have news or announcements
to contact her at home W05-2383.
Mrs. Clark attended Huckabay
High School and Tarleton State
College. She and her husband and
ive sons live in the Hinnibal
Community.
Joseph L. Clark
Receives Honor
Joseph L. Clark of Huntsville
was one of three men honored re-
cently with the highest award of
the Sons of the Republic of Tex-
as.
Clark, a retired professor of
history at Sam Houston State and
and Clark Chandler and Mrs. Carl
Colwick. He is the son of Ran-
dolph, one of tit* founders of TCU
and a former pastor ot the First
Christian Church. H$ is the broth-
Wn Mrs. K. T. Chander and Mrs.
Ned Hasaler,
Committees
I
Undergo
Remodeling
City Council, in a called meet-
ing Tuesday night, reorganized
committees heard a report from
the zoning board, elected a mayor
pro tern and decided to appoint
tliroe local men to make up the
equalisation board.
Also, the new council and may-
or Jack Arthur reappointed the
present zoning board consisting
of Col J. D. McCullough, E. A.
Blanchard, Claude W. Bryant,
Cecil Smithey and Dean Cox.
Arthur suggested a change in
the organization of standing com'
mitteee as the first order
business. Air ports and
were combined into one committee
with the other committees —
streets, water, parks and ceme-
teries and law and order remain-
ing the same.
Arthur suggested that a new
ird in
made
J. J. CANNON
. . . «Hft Award
JZK I
Suggestion
Award to
J. J. Cannon
J. J. Cannon, plant operator, X-
Ray Plant, E A P department,
Stephenville, has been awarded
$280.00 for his suggestion per.
taining to improved cooling of the
feed stream with resultant in-
creased plant efficiency.
Presentation of the award
behalf of the Company was
by R. R. Morgan, X-Ray Plant
superintendent, at a dinner meet,
ing conducted at the Tarleton
Steak House Monday evening.
Cannons award, which it one
of several that be and other X-
Ray Plant employees have receiv-
ed in the past, was granted under
tlie Phillipe Petroleum Company’s
Employee Suggestion Plan pro-
gram.
Cannon, his wife Mildred,
daughter Linda, and son Wayne
reside at their ranch home north
of Stephenville.
JLhie to inclement flight weather.
Ervin F. tit? s go w, supeTimtent of
gasoline operations. Exploration
and Production Department, Okla-
homa City, was unable to attend
the function as planned. X-Ray
Plant employees attending were:
Roy Futch, plant operator, Mor-
gan Mill, Earl Collins, plant ope-
rator, Stephenville, and Ralph Hy-
mer, plant repairman, Glen Roea
road. Norman Hubbard, Plant, -
Operator, was on plant duty and
unable to attend.
Also attending were Wylie
Wyatt and Arlie Cook, both re-
tirees of Phillips Petroleum Com.
pany and now residing in Steph-
enville.
Service Observing
Good Friday Set
committee tagged public works ano.
The Stephenville Ministerial Al-
liance will sponsor a Community
Govd Friday Service a> the Chap-
el of the First Baptist Church Frk
day from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m.
Rev. Tony Campbell, pastor ef
the Oak Dale Methodist Church,
will speak on the topic “The Daily
Cross” and Rev. . Leslie ‘ Green,
of j pastor of the First Christian
sewer | Church will conduct the service.
The Stephenville Music Club
Ensemble will present the anthem
“Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord" with Mrs. Don
Davis directing and Mrs. L. B.
Howard accompanying at the pb
be made up of the chairmen of
port, and parks and cemetery
committee. The council approved
of the new organisation.
The following committee as-
signments were made: Roy Swain,
public worfcs; streets, 1 Hubert
(Continued on Pag* Seven)
Rev. Green, said, .“This Good
the Easter Sunrise Service which
will not be held this year. We have
decided to hold this service dur-
ing the lunch hour on Good Fri-
day to see if it Is more
lor the people
The public
the Good Friday Service
1 nour on uoou r ri-
lt Is more convenient
0 Of Stephenville.
is invited to attend
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