The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1969 Page: 1 of 10
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reason bo much trash is
is that it has become chc
and there couldn’t have boon i
first norther and continued until
last Our territory extended tar ■
along the Concho River, with a ei
•very lour miles, four men to a cai
It was our business to hold the e*
along that stream ns they drifted ft
th- noph country. Some came tnas
upper reaches of the Bresoa and a I
from as (ar away as Red liver. Tl
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Just
Around Town
By Mrs. Klien Perry
Last week we received a not?
from Mrs. Lee Edson who lived
in Ballinger until a few months
ago . . . she is now in Brooke-
smith, “Texas. She says she is
paralyzed in one arm and one
side and is not able to do any-
thing ... she’s alone there and
is lonesome for her friends back
in Ballinger ... she asked for
your prayers and would like to
hear from her friends here. Het-
address is Mrs. Lee Edson, Box
12, Brookesmith, Texas 76827.
This little ditty appeared in
Sunday’s Dallas News — It wras
written by Sam Blair —
Now the University of Okla-
homa president has been told by
the Afro-American Student Un-
ion that he’d better get busy
meeting their demands. Among
them were (Il a black head
coach for a major sport, and (2)
a schedule of competition with
black schools in all major sports.
While telling the president
how to advance their idea of in-
tegration on these points’ the
black students were just as in-
tent on demanding segregation
on others, such as a dormitory
strictly for blacks and staffed
by blacks. They also demanded
approval of the school constitu-
tion for a separate constitution
for black students.
Fortunately, the OU presi-
dent politely told them to cooi
it. “We will discuss matters of
substance,” said Dr. J, Herbert
Hollomon, “not demands.”
Even more encouraging was
the reaction of some other
groups on the OU campus. They
decided to poke some fun at the
whole affair by listing then-
own “demands” in the student
newspaper. The handicapped,
the Jews and the language ma-
jors all contributed. That’s good,
for some of this nonsense has
been treated much too seriously.
If there are legitimate prob-
lems and grievances, it’s a mat-
ter worth sincere consideration.
But too many of these “de
mand” programs have been
something else. It’s just a case
of some people trying to see
how far they can push. It’s a.
shame that some of those being
pushed only encourage them to
shove harder.
Therefore, the “demands”
which other groups presented at -
OU made refreshing reading.
The handicapped students,
threatening “a roll-in,” said
they must have:
— A handicapped vice presi-
dent of handicapped student af-
fairs.
A wheel chair-bound track
:oach.
— A student body by 1973
which is over 50 per cent handi-
capped.
Oscher Bachrach, speaking
for Jewish students, made these
demands:
— An Israeli army general in
charge of Jewish student af-
fairs.
— Special enrollment fees.
("We should get wholesale
rates.”)
— The right to charge usuri-
ous interest rates on loans to
non-Jewish students.
— A kosher kitchen.
Bachrach noted, "We Jewish
students reserve the right to
help ourselves to whatever we
consider belongs to us.”
Equally demanding were the
lanquage majors, who must
have:
— Native Mongolian counse-
lors;
— French maids for each
floor of the dormitories.
— Full lOyear scholarships
for the slow- language majors.
This resulted in some good
laughs, and here’s hoping there
are more if this stuff continues.
In fact, we may just demand it.
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Changes due in garbage disposal... this
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Tickets for the affair are $3 each.
by
at the
in Bal
Wsds-
Lynn,
the
the
Chamber
Tuesday,
to direc
Dean Smith, chairman; Doug
worth. Ross Black Jr., Harry
Most guidelines indicate that you need
one acre of land minimum for each
10,006 people for one year in order to
dispose of the accumulation of garbage.
The regulations say that after Jan-
uary 3, 1968, it is illegal for cities with
more than 5,000 population to burn their
trash. But the cities were given 18
months — until July 1st this year — to
comply with the ruling.
Ticket sales for the annual
of Commerce banquet began
after tickets had been issued
tors of the organization.
Ballinger's trash dump is much like
that of other cities in Texas. It’s a place
where people — and garbage disposal
employees — pile up the trash, garbage
and refuse and burn it.
Isbell said a bulldczcr would be re-
quired, as well as additional manpower
in order to utilize land fill type garbage
disposal.
Absentee voting may be done
office of the City Administrator
linger City Hall.
pur-
con-
Ricnard Perry, ~C. ~A? BIMMt, 'Dick
Richey and E J. Grindstaff.
that covert
areas and
When regulations from the Texas Air
Pollution Control Board go into effect
on July 1 this year, Ballinger will be
complying, City Administrator Theo Is-
bell said this week.
Absentee voting in the City election
scheduled for April 1 began Wednesday.
Three candidates are asking election
to the three places on the council that
are up for grabs this year.
Most of the cost will go toward
chase of necessary equipment to
vert to land fill disposal. That means
that trenches wiH be dug, the trash and
garbage dumped in that, and then dirt
covered over it.
Odell Howard has filed for Mayor;
candidates for councilmen are
Holbrook and Claude Mansell.
E. E King, chairman; J. B. Dank-
worth, Hugo Vogelsang, Charles Clifton,
Conda Richards, Bobby Bryan,
Foy and R E. Ruble.
The banquet, scheduled Friday, April
18, will feature Reed Sass, vice presi-
dent of Fort Worth National Bank
speal er.
Teams include:
Clyde Gabbert, chairman. H. H Ham-
ner, Joe Hambright, A. E. Cox. A. H.
Dallinger, Roy Shipman, and Malcolm
Morgan.
If you haven’t noticed it lately, some
afternoon late when the wind gets
around to the south, drive out Highway
67 for a mile or two,
come back into town.
Absentee voting now
underway for city
officials election
That smokey haze
low lying residential
downtown business area is one of
types of air pollution that the TAPB
is trying to eliminate Bulk of this cornea
from burning of trash at the eity dump
grounds.
Garbage disposal, if you aren’t aware
of it, is no small item. People here, like
their counterparts the state over, throw
away nearly four and a half pounds of
trash every day — per person!
But to convert from the present dis-
posal system of burning trash to one
that will be acceptable under TAPC
regulations will require the expenditure
of about $10 to $15 thousand in the
year.
Selling underway for annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet
Ticket sales are to be conducted
three teams, and coordinated through
the Chamber- office, Clifford Cook,
Chamber, manager said.
Strong point In changing any city
from present method of disposal to one
which will meet with the air pollution
, rt<tartr«jnents is the pentalty — $100
fine for each day of violation.
And going along with the conversion
to a land-fill system of garbage dis-
posal in most cities is a compulsory
garbage and trash pickup at every resi-
dent* where there is a water connec-
tion. Another -must” to accompany the
restrictions on city burning of trash' Is
enforcement of ordinances which pro-
hibit burning of any type trash within
the city limits.
Th* land HR system is one of several
alternative methods ot disposing of gar-
bage that win meet requirements M the
air pollution control board. And it's
probably the least costly.
Five make Dean's 3.0
honor roll at ASC
Five Ballinger students qualified for
the De ah’s J.O Honor Roll at Angelo
State Coltefe during the fall semester.
Dr. Hugh E. Meredith, ASC academic-
dean, has announced.
A semester grade average of ’’B’’ or
better was necessary for listing on the
honor roil. Dr. Meredith said.
The Ballinger students earning the
honor were:
Roy Baker, Rt. 2 He is majoring in
agriculture at Angelo State.
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Pamela Archer, daughter of Mr and
• MN. O. f„ Pgrisfr'Jr, Box Mt. She is
majoring in elementary education at
Angelo State.
Jacinta Busenlehner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jot Busenlehner, Rt. 1, Row-
ena. She is majoring in medical tech-
nology at Angelo State.
Keith (Gary) Flanagan, son at Mr
and Mrs. M. M Flanagan. Box 301. He
is majoring in journalism at Angelo
State.
Danny M. McQueen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H fl. McQueen, 1000 10th He is
majoring in general business at Angelo
State
Anng Paschal, daughter of Mrs Louise
Bales. Rt tJ, Winters. She Is majoring In
mathematics at Angelo State.
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Among other methods is construction
of a large inconerator with air control
devices, but these cost to the point
that only larger cities can financially
afford them.
Air and water pollution have become
bi<; issues in the past years. In cities
like london, New York and San Fran-
cisco, when smog caused by air pollu-
tion settle in for days, people die in
numbers equal to any epidemic. ,
Such extremes of air pollution seem
to have little to do with towns like Bal -
linger, when we are surrounded with
lots of open space, lots of open fields,
and clear skies.
But three factors on the Increase to-
day point to the conclusion of the Air
Pollution Control Board that something
must be done now if there is to be any
clean air left for future generations.
These factors are population Increase,
urbanization and affluence.
In a year-long study made by the
board, it showed that the average Texan
throws away 4.4 pounds of trash a day,
net including the wastes that are flush-
ed down the sewer system. This amounts
to 1.600 pounds a year for every person
in the state.
. The report projected that by IMt Tex-
as will have 16 million people, each gf
whom, will be throwing away 14 gnuoM
a day, or 2,000 pounds a year, .
I
So even in towns like Ballinger, when
this amount of trash is burned in an
open field, it put# _> Urge amount of
pollution-causing materials into the aig.
board has piled up, it’s unlikelytint
Wilbanks has filed for reelection to
John Earnshaw, cum
of th* board, ha* filed
pendent School District may cast
absentee ballots in the School Th
election beginning Monday, Hard
4 ¥ '*S’* - t
much of an air pollution problem
now, th* Air Pollution Control I
mean* to see thst It won't have m
the future.
And while Balllngefa problem .
too terribly serious today,, compU
now will help improv* the preqpak'.
place, and is opposed by Harvto'M
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Absentee voting wfll take place st 1
School Tax Office,located intite Grin
make something new than to roue* the
old Disposal packaging contributes a
large part of thia.
..
Th* *c*nomic leas from air paMgMan
is staggering. Experts estimate that m
in Texas alone it comes to KI i year
per person. This 1QM is maEOfrcd
crop damage, corrosion, cleantog Mite,
wasted hie) and accident* from radugad
visibility. •
The economic loss is not all. When aft
pollution become* severe, it triggers iflh
nesses which may produce premature
death. Air pollution baa boon found to
be a definite contributor to emphysema,
bronchitis, lung cancer, colds; pnetl*
monla, and bronchial asthma. '
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Sgt.-Sudds gets AF
awards in England
7,1
SHEFFORD. England- — U.S. Air
teoree Sorgeswt Witlard C. Sudds, son
of Mrs. Vernon M. Larson of Douglas,
Alaska, ha* received six awards of the
Thr sergeant, who is assigned at
Chicksands, now holds seven Air Medal*.
A graduate of Granite Falls fWsah.)
High School, he attended the University
of Washington. i
His wife. Judy, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs R. B McKnight of Ballinger,
Texas.
TTff sefgeannr Tlffier, Melford W.
Sudds, reside* on Rt. 1, Granite Falls.
Sergeant Sudds was decorated for his
meritorious achievement during aerial
flights a* a communications specialist at
Plciku Air Base. He wp* cited for hl*
outstanding airmanship and courage on
successful and Important missions under
hazardous conditions.
Cowpuncher's Life:
Just Grew Up With Cattl*
i was off with the first
Line* Up
in thoee day*, line riding began with
job at all time, beside the boas, Jim
Johnson, a* good a man a* Parramon.
Editor's Note: The following article
first appeared several year* ago in
the "Semi-Weekly Farm New*." Writ-
taken the wrong, if he had been a dif-
ferent sort of man.
listening as Wood i ecited hi* experi-
ence* and took occasion to say. "Many
is the calf I’ve flanked that Luce down
ed. He was far and away the best roper
on the 7-H 4 ranch and I know thev
could have not done without him at
branding time.
Texas was just 30 years old when
I. P (better known as Luce) Wood was
born ’neath the walls of the Alamo.
Small wonder that as a boy at play
amid those historic ruins, he daily made
the stand and fought to the death with
the shades of Travis, Crockett and
Bowie Perhaps it was these early en-
vironments. coupled with the blood ol
pioneer parents in his veins, that was
responsible for the overwhelming desire
for freedom of action Chafing at the
bit, eager to respond to the dominating
urge of being and doing and while it
could not be accomplished by fighting
the Mexicans, why not conquer their
horses’
Accerding to Wood, working with *
cow outfit is just doing a little bit of
everything that comes slong. Trailing,
herd gt azing, roping branding, b-onc
busting, rounding up and line riding
juat about tells it. But tragedy, comedy,
pathos, and adventure each play their
part and the life of a cowpuncher is
seldom mouotonus unless he will* it so.
They are always a happy go lucky, quick
with the gun. generous to a fault warm
hearted etess. ---------------------—
a rope twirler and I was given every
chance to improve Good ropers were
essential for swift work, and I sort of
’’•peciallted” in calf roping I like it,
too, and If rodeo* had been In the fash-
ion then. 1 guess you would have seen
me right fa the middle of the silk shirts,
trying for first prize in the calf-roping
conteM.”
L. P. Wood's experience* in line-rid-
ing on the Concho river during hi*
cowboy day*. The clipping was
brought to The Ledger by Pa* Wood.
“I did. it’s a fact.” said Wood. "I
grew up with ’em, and 1 sure would
have
bnwling and horn rattling. I just can’t
tell how old I wa* when I began making
a regular hand, but I was just about
twelve when 1 rode my first Mexican
bronc 1 took mightily to roping at the
first jump off the reel and kept trying
It until I was pretty accurate in throw-
ing thr loop It wa* in Gonzales County
that I began cowpunching and I stayed
there with different outfits, trying to
master the business from the ground
up, till 1 wa* 20 year* old It was then
I got a touch of the old longing for new
grazing and
norther.
been lonesome without their
With Parramere Outfit
found on this earth. Do you knot
can’t call to mibd the names of aa
those hoys now living who worked al
side of me. but Van B. Lewte,
Young, Dave and Charles Bradti
Bush Stell, Ame. Ed and Albert Fla
Dud Tom, Columbus Yaws' and'
Hanna. These were old trusties, a* 1
many others,
to the great
course, as I , ______
Jim Johnson, our boss. Ho is now H
ing in Winters, a few miles from Bl
linger in Runnels County. Dud lb
lives in Fort Worth, Dave Bradshaw
the town named for his family, and 1
brother, Charles, is at Sierra Blas
AM Flache at Brownfield, aad I da
know where the others are. It sura
would be fine to meet up with 'em i
one* more before we are turned is
,f!
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some of whom *
round up over
mentioned a *
RutWWfe County Unorganized
"There wasn't any Runnel* County,
no coutf. Bo town much, in fact no*
much at stothing until long year* after
I hit the Farrsmore outfit But the peo-
ple were ill the law they needed Cattle
rustlers knew If they were caught red-
handed wfift the good* a rope and the
nearest tree with a limb that would hold
'em and not let their feet touch the
ground WOMd be the decision of the
court, which always consisted of the
first bunch of real men that got to him
There was never any time lost in quail
.that jury for they was all
mm and true and cattle stealing
just meant hanging for the thief — that
was all. But a fellow had to show hi*
colors before any action was taken, the
whole neighborhood might feel sure, in
their minds, that a fellow was a thief,
but there wasn’t never no talking done
until he gave 'em a chance to prove it
and then he didn't need a lawer to plead
his case, for the jury had done set on
It. y •
"A fellow bed every chance he wonted
to be white through and through and
it wa* hi, own fault if he was yellow
instead, for everybody was on equality
and the boss of tile biggest outfits never
took on shy airs. They always rode and
ate and slept atetfgside of their cow-
puncher* and what was good enough
for one wa* likewise for the other.
Nothing was ever too good for a fallow
in the outfit and if one bad bad luck,
or needed anything from a dollar to
a couple bf month*’ wages in advance,
he always got R without grumbling.
Jim Parramore Yan from eight thousand
to ten thousand head of cattle and he
mode every one of his cowboys feel like
he alone was responsible for each sepa-
rate head I don’t know how he did it.
for there watn't any grouching nor rear-
ing up about anything; it juat sort of
seemed like a fellow couldn't help do-
ing hl* dead level best when it was ex-
prrted of him, and wf ail did it, that's
all
"I stopped my horse et e cow cemp
in what is now Runnels County, then
just West Texas. It was Jim Parra-
more's outfit and they were needing
puncher*, so I wa* put to work at once.
Ten year* I stayed with the bunch and
couldn't have found a better lot of boys,
nor a finer man to work for if I had
looked thr world over. I consider now
as I recall Parramore'* counsel and
advice to me, that it wa* a great honor
to have been in his employ for an even
score of years I wa* just a wild, rol-
lirky youngster when I went there and it
w.n influence thst guided me into the
Wt «6y T might *W have
Trailing, nerd grazing, roping, brandi
bronch busting, rounding up, line ri '
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