The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1953 Page: 1 of 10
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The Nocona News
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The only newspaper interested first in the welfare of Nocona and vicinity.
VOLUME FORTY-S^i
NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, MAY 8, 1953
SINGLE COPY 10c
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
CITY SEEKS TAX EQUALIZATION
Nocona, Prairie Valley Graduates Lists Announed Far Under
past
time ago the seniors were
to
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of
first
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day. After
aU,
was ruling
su-
be-
Map Tentative
Plans To Mark
in the dis-
was only recently
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Shriners Asked
To Meeting Tonight
tonight, (Friday) at 8:00
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efflca).
local church’s call
preached two ser-
and Home
Reba Bur-
have
May,
John
the necessity
revenue and
.20
7.18
7.45
at the Nocona Boot
offices, the association
Vaughan, Hinds Clark
Neeld as parade mar-
the
favor
Total for week
Previous total
Total for year
Shriners of Nocona and vi-
this week were asked by
of ac-
desir-
taxing
be
of
the
will
for
any
be on
There
Jack Mercer, big wheel of
the well servicing installation
which bears his name will
probably shoot us, or sumpin’
for telling this, but, selfish
as it may be on our part, it’s
just too good to keep any
longer.
Ajitfiort time ago Nocona
high school seniors took over
a subscription drive for the
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held in the high school auditorium
at 8 p. m.
Class members are: Freda Hen-
derson, Betty Lou Pope, Carol
Tucker, Neldara Rose, Louise Tip-
ton, Louise Tettleton, Bonnie Wil-
liams, Barbara Puckett, Sarah Par-
tridge.
Don Meekins, Max Ray Evans,
Kenneth Grant, Donald Ray Wall,
and Roger Bonds.
Re-
high
the
Final plans were made at a
meeting Monday for the sixth
annual Dairy day to be held at
Pelham park in Bowie, next Tues-
day, May 12
Officials believe that the show
this year will come up to expecta-
tions as the largest and best show
ever held Last year’s show featur-
ed 91 head of fine dairy cattle
to make it the largest dairy day
in this part of the state.
The show is sponsored each
year by the Bowie Chamber of
Commerce and the 4-H and FFA
clubs of Montague county. There
is to be $350 in prize money, plus
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Ferndale
Representa-
to complete her
work.
the kindergarten
on a voluntary
Prairie Valley school will grad-
uate 14 of whom nine are girls
and five are boys.
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday night, May 24, with
Rev. Edward L. Murray, pastor of
the Church of the Brethren, as
the speaker.
Both the baccalaureate and the
commencement programs will he
Walker; Kathleen Embry, Bobby’s
little sister, who is Allene Price;
Bill Clayton, Elaine’s fiance, play-
ed by John Goble; Anne Rowell,
Elaine’s cousin, who is Lou Ann
Elkins; Hubbard, Ralph Lindsey;
Ollie Hubbard, Agatha Blackman;
Mrs. Lilia Donohue, Patricia Cook.
Mrs. Alva Copeland will direct
the play, assisted by Mrs. Grace
Janeway. Music between acts is
to be arranged by Lynn Pixley
and Robert Parr.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
H» who thinks for himself,
and rarely Imitates, is •
free man.
DUT3.
Allen Byrom, Glen Chambers,-
John Clayton Goble, Wayne Han-
kins, J G. Haralson, Buddy Charl-
es Lee, Ralph H. Lindsey, Robert
Farr, Lynn Pixley, Dewayne Swear-
ingin, Delbert Tucker, Lawson
Wallace, Dicky Walker, Bobby
Wooten, Ralph Yeakley Jr., Don-
nie Orrell, Jimmie Newland.
to promote the local show,
quest was made for the
school band to accompany
delegation, but the school board
decided last Tuesday night that
inasmuch as the dates were near
the close of school the students
should remain at home.
Several Chisholm Trail support-
ers will go to Denton Memorial
day to take part in the grand en-
try of Denton’s rodeo. They will
wear their new Chisholm Trail
shirts and carry their new flags.
Only other matter of business de-
cided Monday night was the ad-
mission prices to be charged at
the all-girl rodeo. Reserved seats
will be $1.80; general admission,
$1.20; and tickets for children 5
to 12, sixty cents.
characters include: Dr.
Fersig, played by Bobby
All
cinity
Bob Collins to report at the Ma-
sonic hall Friday night (tonight)
at 7:30 to discuss an important
issue dealing with the coming cere-
monial at Wichita Falls. Collins
said he would like to meet with
all Shriners, regardless of their
temple affiliation.
“The Skeleton Walks,” a three-
act mystery comedy, will be pre-
sented by the senior class of No-
cona High in the high school audi
torium
o’clock.
The
Harold
Wooten; Elaine Blair who is Jane
Salmon; Mrs. Madge Embry, E-
laine’s mother played by Valentine
Waters; Bobby Embry, a fourteen
year old boy, portrayed by Dicky
EDITOR’S NOTE: — This being
National Home Demonstration
week, a quick glance at the of-
ficial staffs of Montague county’s
eleven clubs is herewith presented
along with a brief resume of how
the clubs function.
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All of Montague county’s eleven
Home Demonstration clubs this
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Thirty seven families were en-
tered in Bonita’s improvement
program during the last year, in-
volved, too, were 15,029 acres and
25,120 rods of fences which were
repaired during the year
32 Families Own Lend
Thirty two of the families own
their own land ani members of
19 families do other work besides
farming. Twenty four families re-
modeled or otherwise repaired
their homes during the year, of
which nine added bathrooms.
Places visited by the district
investigating committee and the
purpose of the visits were:
Roy Pollock home, home im-
provements and contour work;
Doyle Ice, vetch and land clear-
ing; Paul Thompson’s, land clear-
ing and drainage; W. D. Admire's,
home improvements; R. D. Tomp-
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1953 GRID CAPTAINS—Don
Hankins, top. Jack Gist, center,
and Mike Newby, below, will
serve the 1953 Nocona high
school grid team as tri-captains.
They were elected last week
when spring training was
gun.
the speaker will be
minister of the Church of
club
various
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Houses
Residences,
I «re more in
the survey has shown. However,
many residences are valued a lit-
tle higher cn the school roll than
they are on the city's.
The school board took the mat-
ter under consideration and prom-
ised the city an answer at the
next board meeting. Board mem-
bers indicated a willingness to
cooperate with the city.
It was explained bv -ity offi-
cials that the city cannot float
additional water revenue bonds
it a *;me when it is already taking
around $40 000 a year out of the
water fund for general operating
expenses. It was further explain’d
that the $40,000 is being taken
out for the general fund at a
time when it is needed most in
the water fund.
mon, Beverly Brown, Cathryn
Buck, June Carpenter, Patricia
Ruth Cook, Latrelle Cooper, Lou
Ann Elkins, Dotsy Fletcher, Cleo
Martin Goff, Nannetta Lambert,
Allene Price, Joan Rucktashel,
Jane Salmon, Janelie Shackelford,
Jo Storey, Valentine Waters, Bette
Anne Wise, Ann Witt, Barbara
Wynne, Dura Young.
BOYS:
Rejoicing ran high in Bonita
today following formal notifica-
tion that of all the communities
in 20 counties in this part of Tex-
as, Bonita had won first place in
this year’s rural progress contest.
Announcement that Bonita had
been judged the number one win-
ner was made Wednesday by the
district committee through County
Agent Wylie Roberts
Demonstration Agent
right.
Having placed first
trict, Bonita is now in the running
for top place in the state contest.
Immediately upon learning the
news, arrangements were made
for a meeting Thursday night
(last night) to determine what
more must be accomplished be-
fore the state judges arrive for
their inspection next Tuesday.
Noeoita
Rain Record
Beginning next Sundav First
Baptist church will be served by
a resident pastor.
Employment bv the church
board of Rev. George Parks of
Albuquerque. New Mexico, was
announced this week. Rev. Parks
accepted the
after he had
mons here.
Rev. Parks
released by the army which he
served several years as a chaplain.
He is also a past pastor of the Los
Alamos, New Mexico, Baptist
church.
The new pastor is 35 years old.
He is replacing Rev. Gaston Green,
who resigned several months ago
to accept a charge at Santa Fe,
N. M.
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merchandise prizes. Other con-
tributors are the Carnation Milk
company of Wichita Falls, Bowie
First National Bank,
Creamery and State
five Tony Fenoglio.
All animals are to
grounds by 8:30 a.m.
be a morning Junior show
4-H and FFA members of
county. Team judging and individ-
ual contests will also be held dur-
ing the morning. The adult or
open show will be judged in the
afternoon.
Probable cost to parents,
explained, would be from $5 to
$7 tuition fee.
Lindsey told the .board that sta-
tistics show that children who
have had kindergarten experience
“definitely make better students
when they move into the firs*
grade. Kindergarten is not class
work; it is a preparatory course
to first grade work.”
If established, the kindergarten
would get underway next Septem-
ber. The incoming superintendent
j advised the board that if it in-
i tends to establish a kindergarten
? decision should be r..ade shortly
| because kindergarten teachers
! difficult to find.
Nocola is to be treated to an-
other rodeo parade June 5, open-
ing day of the all-girl two-day
rodeo, it was decided last Monday
night at the Rodeo association’s
monthly meeting.
The parade will move down
Clay street at 3 o’clock, four
hours before the opening of the
first performance of the rodeo
in which no men will have a part
in the arena.
Meeting
company’s
chose Lee
and Chris
shals
The association also voted to
send a delegation to neighboring
towns two weeks before the rodeo
Series Of Dances
Planned By Legion
A series of dances to be held
each Saturday night beginning
this week was announced this
week by the American Legion at
its meeting Monday night at Vet-
erans hall.
The dances, which are public,
will begin at 8 o’clock and con-
tinue until 12.
Music for this week’s dance will
be provided by “J” Sidekicka of
Wichita Falls, heard each Satur-
day from 12:30 to 1 pm. over
radio station KTRN.
Feasibility of establishing a
kindergarten as a part of the
Nocona school system at a tuition
fee commensurate with enroll-
ment was given considerable dis-
cussion at the May meeting of the
school board Tuesday night, but
no action was taken Several other
school matters were also discuss-
ed with decisions being held over
to another meeting.
One resignation, that of Home
Ec Teacher Norma Shackelford,
was accepted with regrets. Miss
Shackelford is leaving the local
school, she said,
master’s degree
If established,
would be open
basis to all children between five
and six years old between Septem-
ber 1 and September 1, or the
year before their sixth birthday
entitles them to enter the
grade.
Following the discussion,
board was unanimously in
of the additional class as was in-
coming Supt. Charles A. Lindsey.
Lindsey told the board that the
only cost involved would be for
the employment of a teacher and
a probable penned in play area
away from older children.
Complete Plans For Dairy Show
To Be Held At Bowie Next Tuesday
Parade June 5 To Mark Opening
Of All-Girl Rodeo In Nocona
Seniors' Play, "Skeleton Walks,"
To Be Presented At School Tonight..
Other Business
The board voted to retain
Farmers and Merchants National
hank as the board’s depository foi
I rhe next year.
I Other matters discuss’d but held
aver for fur'her discussion and
! action included the number of
i high school students found down-
town during school hours; vacci-
nation of pre school children; com-
plete separation of the high school
and North Ward school, and a
summer recreational program spon
sored by the school.
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r ob
lance
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Prairie Valley Commencement
May 25 For 14; Speaker Chosen
Harry Rice, registrar of Texas Wesleyan at Fort Worth and
state deputy superintendent of this district, will be the commence-
ment speaker at Prairie Valley Tuesday night. May 26.
HDC Clubs Observe "Their Week;
Operating System Is Reviewed
Minutes before 4:30, jlsie,
Edith and Ineta hid Gnn’s
hat and then —
T^ey took all of the pairs
in the office and arjiged
them between the door tough
which Glenn had to nter
the office and the one tfough
which he had to leave.rhey
practically barricaded thpoor
guy.
Promptly at one-twelh of
a second after 4:30 out drted
Glenn only to face a bittry
of chairs. Did that stoph.ni
from getting to the ball fel?
Not • Glenn. He darted arond
those chairs like a jackraiiit
chasing a field mouse andout
the front door he went. His
total delay may have beenone
one hundredth of a seond,
no more
While Elsie, Edith and beta
remained behind chuckling
over their joke, Glenn and
Daisy were well near their
son’s game.
The hat’ Glenn picked it
up the next
it’s summer.
Feasibility Of Kindergarten
Here Studied By School Board
w
Baptists
Employ New
Preacher
.J'
ISLA JO MARTIN
(County President)
week arc offering some kind
special program or otherwise ob-
serving National Home Demon-
stration week, which opened last
Sunday and runs through Satur-
day.
Last Sunday the memberships of
some of the clubs attended church
services in, a body Other clubs
sent flowers and other gifts to
shutins and still others intensi-
ied their usual community endeav-
ors. •
Each of the clubs is represented
al all county council meetings,
wlich are held at the courthouse
at Montague the third Friday of
each month. Each club sends its
president and one council dele-
Solemmry
preme In the city council
chamber during the last moat-
ing when councilman were
taking the proper action of
ruling off of a public street
• privately operated business.
Nearby sat Lawson Wallace,
John • Goble, Ralph Yeakley,
Jack Gist, Lynn Pixley, Glen
Chambers, Delbert Tucker,
Donnie Orrell and Dickey Wal-
ker, all student counterparts
of the real city administra-
tion. Ono of their colleagues,
Tommy Uselton, was unable
to attend.
Suddenly, the boys tumbled
to the fact that the "Sno-
cone" stand at Clay and Elm
was the subject of discussion.
They began looking and
smiling at each other. Finally
one was overheard to whisper:
"Maybe they'll have a sale
and we can get sno-cones
cheap."
Boys will be boys.
NHS To Graduate 38 May 29;
Students To Present Program
A class of 38 wjll be graduated by Nocona high school Friday
night, May 29, it was announced this week by school officials, who
also announced the senior list.
Girls outnumber boys in this year’s class, the first to be gradu-
ated from the new high school building There will be 21 girls and
17 boys.
Departing from custom, there
will be no commencement speaker.
Instead, the students themselves
will present their own program,
details of which are to be an-
nounced.
Baccalaureate services
been set for Sunday night,
24 and
McCoy,
Christ
Some
given an opportunity to select
their own speaker, but they chose
after considerable discussion
put on their own program
Following is the class:
GIRLS:
Patti Addington, Agatha Black-
gate to the meeting, where
representatives receive
tips which are taken back to their
respective clubs.
Reoorts of county activities and
of other clubs are also available
for transmission to their own
clubs.
Chairman of the Montague
Coiinty Home Demonstration coun-
cil is Miss Isla Jo Martin from
Spencer Home club near Saint Jo.
Other council officers are vice
chairman, Mrs. Homer Ward,
Bowie; secretary, Mrs. Wilson Lan-
ier, Forestburg; treasurer, Mrs.
Sam Crownover Nocona; parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. Fred Wall. Mon-
tague; reporter, Mrs. W. L. Eu-
bank, Bowie; song leader, Mrs.
Herman Bigbie, Spanish Fort.
The county chairman of Home
Demonstra’ion Women’s associa-
tion is Mrs. W. H. Jackson, Noco-
na. She represents Montague
county at district and state meet-
ings of the association.
The eleven active home demon-
stration clubs are led by a group
of capable and hard working offi-
rers. Mrs. Bruce Porter, presi-
dent of Bonita club recently re-
marked that “cooperation from
members during the past year has
been of the best.”
Bonita
Bonita has been meeting regular-
ly and carrying on a year round
club program for thirty years.
Other Bonita club officers are
Mrs. Joe Marshall, Bonita, vice
president; Mrs. C. E. Ayres, Saint
Jo, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs.
Paul Thompson, Saint Jo, council
delegate.
Chapel Mound
Chapel Mound’s officers are Mrs.
John Duggan, Nocona, president;
Mrs. L. R. Sawyer, Nocona, vice
president; Mrs. Roy Jones, Nocona,
secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Earl
Moody, Nocona, council delegate.
Forestburg
Forestburg club’s president is
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Poppy Day Here
Initial plans were made this
week for the American Legion
auxiliary’s traditional sale of pop-
pies to raise funds for disabled
veterans still in government hos
pitals.
Because Memorial day this year
falls on a Saturday, it is possible
that the sale will be held on that
day instead of the Saturday before
Memorial day.
Under the terms of a chamber
of commerce decision a year ago,
however, it will be business ay
usual in Nocona on May 30, Me-
morial day. Banks, the postoffice
and a couple of businesses will
closed, however, in observance
the holiday.
Bonita Wins Firs! Place In
Rural Progress In 20 Connlies
Thirtv spv<»n
Round
About
Nocoa
If there were to be in-
test for the best hurdl^or
men past — well, lethy
35 — it’s a certainty rfie
could defeat Glenn Pribof
Montague
Next to life itself, th is
nothing Glenn ehjoys ire
than to watch his son »ld
play baseball. On days ten
Ronald plays at Becksld
Glenn carefully places ijiat
at a vantage point par
his desk — he’s payrollief
at Nocona Leathergood-
and the very second th! he
. clock reaches 4:30 Glenmbs
the hat and darts throufhe
- office like arrows us to
dart from the bows o|ar-
l pathing Indians.
The office girls, Elsifor-
gan, Edith Morris and^eta
White, have been adiing
Glenn’s loyalty to Rdd’s
athletic career — incidelly
they’ve also been kiing
clear of Glenn’s pathw on
game days — but yefiey
saw in Glenn’s enthusiq an
opportunity to have attle
fun. [ ,
The other day there is a
big game, a crucial ga, a
game Elsie, Edith andneta
knew Glenn wouldn’t m for
the proverbial million Jars.
Before leaving home [enn
had told Daisy to be se to
have the car in front i the
office before 4:30. “An! he
asserted with emphasis, lave
it headed west towarl the
f»
School Setup
Faced with
quiring more
ous of getting the city's
valuations more in line with 'hose
of the school district, city council
Tuesday night, through its taxa-
tion committee, called upon the
school board in an effort to de-
tertnine some way of getting the
two lists nearer in line.
During the discussion the sug-
gestion was made that the city
and school taxing offices might
be consolidated. It was also sug-
gested that the city be permitted
to use the school board’s totals as
a means of bringing the city’s to-
tals in line and thus enable the
city to collect more revenue.
A study of some of the valua-
tions upon which the school dis-
trict assesses its tax showed tre-
mendous differences from the val-
uations on the same properties on
the city’s rolls.
Cite Inequabilities
It was found that one property
is being taxed by the school dis-
trict upon a valuation of $189,900
and that the city is carrying the
valuation at only $21,000 In an-
other case the school total is $89,-
000 and the city’s valuation total
is $25,500. In another instance the
school district is collecting upon
J a valuation of $8,700 and the city (
is collecting upon the same prop-
erty on only a $3,200 valuation.
In still another case the school
i valuation is $9,200 and the city’s
' $4,500.
i City officials poin’ed out that
a survey of the overall valuation
picture has shown that the city
is basing its taxes upon a total
valuation of approximately one
j half of that upon which the school
I district bases its figures.
ore In Line
on the other hand,
line on bo*h rolls.
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