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White Deer News
Volume 15, Number 4
White Deer News, White Deer, Carson County, Texas 79097
Thursday, March 21, 1974
Lions White Cane
Project Nets $172.
Boss Lion Virgil James would
like to thank all the people of
White Teer who made the Lions'
drive for money and eye donors
a real success.
There were 237 white canes
\ handed out with $172. 68 being
turned in.
Mr. James states that the most
important part of the drive was
the 34 donor cards signed and
turned in.
The Lions Club has donor cards
*. for anyone who would like to be
a part of such a good cause.
There are donor cards in the
First Bank & Trust. Also there
will be a box set up for you to
put all your old eye glasses in.
They will be sent to a foreign
countiy where they can be used.
Any kind or type may be turned
in.
Mr. James further states, "If
you think the High Plains Eye
Bank is a good thing, just think
what it means to a person who
was blind and now can see be-
cause someone like you cared. "
Wafer Safety Instructor
Course To Be Held In Pampa
Mrs. Margaret Simmons re-
ceived a letter from the Gray
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, Pampa, Texas,
which states that there will be
"r a Part I of the Water Safety In-
structor Course taught in Pampa
by Ruth Carter, WSI, and Jean
Jones, WSI, beginning Tuesday
night, March 26th, at 7:00 p. m.
and Part II taught by Mr. Jack
Chisum, new Instructor Trainer.
Part II will be taught every Tues-
day night in April beginning
*- April 1st at the Pampa Youth
Center Pool from 7:00 p. m. to
10:00 p. m.
Anyone 17 years old or older
who is interested in taking this
course and has had senior lifesav-
ing, is urged to let the office
in Pampa know by calling 669-
7121.
There will be a $4. 00 pool
fee.
(Patrol Investigates Eleven
Rural County Accidents
The 'lixas Highway Patrol in-
vestigated 11 accidents on rural
highways in Carson County dur-
ing the month of February, 1974,
according to Sergeant C. W.
Henderson, Flighway Patrol sup-
ervisor of this area.
These crashes resulted in no
persons killed and two persons
^ injured.
The rural traffic accident
summary for this county during
the first two months of 1974
shows a total of 29 accidents
resulting in no persons killed
and four persons injured.
The rural traffic accident sum-
mary for the 60 counties of the
Lubbock Department of Public
Safety Region for February, 1974.
shows a total of 322 accidents
resulting in 10 persons killed
and 208 persons injured as com-
pared to February, 1973, with
380 accidents resulting in 10
persons killed and 173 persons
injured. This, was 58 less acci-
dents, and 35 more injured in
1974 at the same period of time.
The ten traffic deaths for the
month of February. 1974, occur-
red in the following counties':
S, three in Young; two in Wichita;
A one each in Castro, Moore,
Randall, -Crosby, and Montague
counties.
County Spelling Champion And Runner-up
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The Carson County Spelling contest was held in White Deer at the
White Deer Elementary School. The county championship was won
in the first round by Kent Gill of Panhandle Junior High School.
Kent is the seventh grade son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gill of Pan-
handle. Kent will now proceed to the regional contest in Amarillo.
The contest is sponsored by the Amarillo Globe News. The runner-
up in the spell-down was Joanna Warminski. Miss Warminski is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warminski of White Deer. Joanna
is an eighth grader at White Deer Junior High.
USDA Seeks ICC Aid
In Getting Fertilizer
Secretary of Agriculture Earl
L. Butz requested March 12 the
Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion (ICC) to direct railroads to
make available, on a preferred
basis, additional rail cars to as-
sure the essential and timely de-
livery of fertilizer to the nation's
farmers.
Secretary Butz requested, in a
letter to ICC Chairman George
M. Stafford, that the ICC use
its emergency authority to direct
railroads to make 3, 000 more
covered hopper cars and 1,000
more boxcars available from now
until May 1 for the transportation
of fertilizer and fertilizer com-
ponents from manufacturers to
dealers in time to meet current
planting needs. Need for the pri-
ority on additional.rail transpor-
tation, Secretary Butz, pointed
out, is temporary and should have
minimum impact upon other
shippers.
"Much of our effort to increase
the supply of grains for both do-
mestic and foreign consumption,
the Secretary stated, "will be
futile if farmers are unable to
receive the quantity of fertilizer
needed during the planting seas-
on. "
Secretary Butz cited supply re-
ports from farmers and dealers
lor the week ending March 8 in-
dicating: Nitrogen is short of ex-
panded demand in 41 states, tight
in 5; mixed fertilizer is short in
26 states, tight in 17; phosphate
is short in 30 states, tight in 13;
and potash is short in 2 7 states
and tight in 11.
Inventories of fertilizers in
in marketing channels are below
normal, although production of
these fertilizers'is greater than
that of a year ago—nitrogen by
8 percent, phosphates by about
the same amount, and potash by
22 percent. Demand is greater
Services Held For
Sister Of Mrs. Rhoads
Mrs. Oma James, sister of
Mrs. A. E. Rhoads of White
Deer, passed away March 14 in .
Wolfforth, Texas,
Mrs. James is survived by her
husband, Joe, four daughters,
two sisters, Mrs. Oly Hitt of
Wolfforth and Mrs. A. E. Rhoads
of White Deer; one brother, Bill
Pierce of Wolfforth.
Funeral services were held in
the First Baptist Church in
Wolfforth on Saturday, March
16.
School And City Absentee
Election Ballots Available
Absentee balloting is being
conducted at City Hall and at
the School Tax Office in con-
nection with the city officers
election and the school trustees
election on April 6. Absentee
balloting began on March 18 and
will continue through April 2.
You will need your voter regis-
tration card . . . Office hours
at both places are from 8:00 a. m.
to 5 p. m. weekdays, and 8:00
to 12:00 at the School Tax Office
on Saturday.
Area Resident Dies
Mrs. J. C. Freeman and Mrs.
H. W. Buchannan called at the
De Lea Vicar's home Sunday -
Mr. and Mrs. Vicars were long-
time residents of the Panhandle
area. Mrs. Vicars, 81 years old,
died last Sunday.
with more acreage in production,
but indications are that enough
fertilizer is available to meet
much of the increased demand.
The major problem, currently,
is that of getting the fertilizer
to farmers.
April 30 Deadline Fojr Over
65 Homestead Exemptions
The White Deer Independent
School District is now accepting
applications for Homestead ex-
emption for those persons who
were 65 or over on the 1st day
of January, 1974.
If you are eligible for this
exemption and wish to take ad-
vantage of it, you will need to
come to the School Tax Office
and make application.
Mr. Markham Waddill, Tax
Assessor-Collector for the White
Deer Independent School District,
states. " Be sure to bring your
Birth Certificate so we may make
a copy of it, and vve will need
to see your Social Security Card.
This will need to be taken care
of before April 30 this year. "
Rash Of Thefts In
White Deer, Groom
Frank Whitehead, Deputy Sher-
iff of Carson County, reports a
rash of thefts from pickups park-
ed in front of houses and on
streets in White Deer and Groom
last weekend.
Tires, battery cables, tools,
jacks, clothes, and coats have
been reported stolen locally.
Several tires were recovered
from under a bridge on Tuesday
morning northeast of Groom.
Mr. Whitehead urges citizens
to be sure to report anything
stolen. Precautions should be
taken if you have tires or any-
thing of value in your car or
pickup.
Vehicle Registration
Deadline Draws Near
AUSTIN -- Monday, April
1st, is the last day for register-
ing Texas motor vehicles, ac-
cording to R. W. Townsley,
Director of the Motor Vehicle
Division of the Texas Highway
Department.
Townsley noted that owners of
motor vehicles must display
1974 license plates by 12:01 a. m.
Tuesday, April 2, to avoid pen-
alty.
"Unfortunately, many owners
choose to wait until the last
minute when the lines are long-
er, " said Townsley. "When, in
fact, county tax offices and sub-
stations have been open for reg-
istration since February 1. "
Townsley encouraged vehicle
owners already possessing new
plates to put them on. "It's the
best advertising we can get in
reminding owners that the reg-
istration deadline is fast approac-
hing. "
For those not yet registered,
nothing is changed in the regis-
tration procedure from last year.-
The renewal form and payment
are all the vehicle owner must
present at the time of registra-
tion.
If the registration form has
been misplaced, Lhe owner will
be required to bring his certifi-
cate of title and last year's li-
cense receipt.
Former Resident Dies
Mr. Jim Potter, 87 years old,
died in Albuquerque, N. M. ,
last week. He and his wife own-
ed a greenhouse there the past
fi fteen years. They were White
Deer residents at one time.
Survivors include his wife, a
sister at Wichita Falls and seve-
ral nieces and nephews.
Girlstown Donation
Of Beef Appreciated
Citizens of White Deer receiv-
ed a special thanks this week
from Robert E. Wilson, Super-
intendent of the Borger Girls-
town for the beef and fryers sent
again this year to the girls at
the Borger home.
Mr. Wilson stated, "Please
allow us to use this means of
expressing our most sincere
"thanks" for the beef donated
to our home. This is such a use-
ful and needed contribution.
We are very fortunate to have
friends such as you to support
us.
We consider each of you as
"special friends" and invite you
to stop and visit us whenever
possible. Each of you are respon-
sible for our continued success,"
Wilson continued.
This year's drive for funds was
headed by Bob Martin and Bax-
ter Haley. A total of $559. 50
•was collected from area people.
The calf cost $525. 00 and the
remaining $34. 50 was used to
purchase fryers, according to
Mr. Martin,
Vernon Thurman, with the
help of Jerry Punches, donated
the processing of the beef.
The list of donors of this wor-
thy annual White Deer project-
included: F. J. Boughan, Grady
Milton, Ike Richardson, Will
Urbanczyk, Linda Gamer, H.
C. McConnell, L. C. O'Neal,
Rex McKay, Jr. , Joe Wheeley,
Dean Wyatt, R. W. Standefer,
Jr. , C. D. Freeman, Clifton
Williams, R. T. Laurie, O. C.
Hendricks, Williams Bros. , Buck
Lavake, Virgil James, Jerry O'
Neal, Henry Urbanczyk, Jimmy
Walker, C. J. Punches, R. M.
Hubbard, Jerry Laughlin, Dare
Locke, R. J. Sailor, Raymond
Blodgett, K. Ray Armstrong,
Arnold Urbanczyk, Morlan Shu-
man, H. P. Barnard, Jim Weese,
Rod Immel, Bill Stubblefield,
Gary Kotara, M. A. Ray, Tom
Powers, C. L. Nicholson, Bill
Frost, Frank Hussey, Orville
Craig, Jr. , Grange Bros. , John
Cooper, Roy B. Hodges, M. D.
Waddill, F. H. Slagle, Baxter
Haley, Bud Sandlin, Owen Laf-
ferty, A. E. Rhaods, R. E. Mar-
tin, and John Kotara, Jr.
Girl Scouts To Conduct Drive
Of Businesses For Red Cross
Mrs. Margaret Simmons,' who
heads the local chapter of the
Red Cross, attended a meeting
March 18, at which time it was
decided to have a drive in White
Deer to raise funds, in order
that the work of the Red Cross
may be carried out.
Mrs. Simmons pointed out that
it has been two years since a
drive was conducted, and that
funds are low due to the tornado
disaster last year.
On Tuesday, March 29, mem-
bers of the Junior Girl Scout
Troop 29 will be canvassing the
local businesses on this behalf.
Promoted In Marines
BEAUFORT, S. C. — Marine
Cpl. Melvin W. Beighly, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin G. Beighle
of 908 Lindberg St. , Skellytown,
Tex. . was promoted to his pre-
sent rank while serving with
Headquarters and Headquarters
Squadron at the Marine Corps
Air Station here.
He joined the Marine Corps in
September, 1972.
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White Deer News (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1974, newspaper, March 21, 1974; White Deer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170369/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.