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NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965
NUMBER FORTY-TWO
’.0 PAGES
The Nocona News
TODAY’S THOUGHT
As our income in-
creases our former ex-
travagances become
iccessities, and we dis-
cover new follies.
VOLUME FIFTY
bX Xey County 4 - H, F F A Project Show
Food Show
alurday
talkin' '
Draws 450 Entries At Saint Jo
Re-Soheduled
By Vernetta Powell
arc
Noco
Place
Regional Science Fail*
US.
Trophies Presented Saturday In
Urns Club Volleyball Tournament
from
competition.
ndu’.t
SCS Cyposei
'^Kffld Reduction
7 Ccuurress
Farms And Merchants National Bank
Strip
Weekend Track
Stil-
Carver
Linn.
fifth.
third
individual
revolving
and
Winners Named
PS. Get me out of here!
Grand
Montaruo
AS. J' 'IT
Dear Mon & Dad,
>n
TEMPERATURES
the
Dad - Daughter
games saw Terral
Banquet Slated
I left Marilyn at Earth.
PS.
Friday Night
Wednesday
RAINFALL
is
not
will
the
you back
the moon
4-H
4-H
Shop team
consolation
why
sup-
plac-
Leo-
Miss
prizes will bo
in the four
Girls en
urged to
are to be
honors
of 117
leader. Mrs.
present. She
The event is
by the local
Farmers
tional Ban
brating i
having I
March. 19
Mr. Met
sociates, <
when the
was only
Today, s
77 Moon Set
Box MS
Feb. 97. 1962
de-
tho
J. R.
made
Your loving son,
Mark
Your astronaught,
Pam
Na
cele-
Montague Students
Fa-
held
was
Mrs.
projects
Saturday
4-H and
the 1965
The
vorite Fo
in Monta
announcer
Reba Sta
The Cou
present e
show.
Mrs. Luther
B. G. Gibson,
Hanson, pre-
gifts to the
girls Dad-Daughter Ban-
originally scheduled for*
Saturday night, will be
Friday night in the .Taycee
dairy,
goat and
and a
a set of Menta and
thoughts came after
of the Bureau of the
S25
best
grade
more and George Geurin. Both
Allred was awarded a third
division ribbon.
men riding little bity
horses. I'm sort of
to go to that creepy
but I'm going to go
In the Junior High Division.
Sherry Spivy was given a cer-
tificate of merit of good work
from the Wichita Falls Dental
Society. Third Division ribbons
were presented to Jerry Paul
Smith. Mike and Mark Nichols.
I.ee Dean and Jane Thomason,
overall winner of the Nocona
Invitational Fair.
was held las’
Monday and
night when
Moon
2095
presented
the club.
Golf Tourney
To Be Held
Here .In May
Saint Jo
a light-
won the
as if they were on the*
to home.
and
46:
Milson. Montague
reported that Jimmy
Dear
We „_____
(Continued on page four)
111 Clavius Crater
Purback,
Feb. 999.
But did
think what
today think
had never given it much thougl
until the other day when ail pajr at Wicl
assignment in the fifth gradil
classroom here was brought til
my attention It seems that thij
students had been studying!
about the moon, so to make it
interesting, the teacher asked
the boys and girls to write a
letter,
moon,
Tuna
Peanut
Hayes,
vision were
bobber. Bu
called Clavius, it is
wide. Today we are
visit
range, called Apen-
400 miles long.
least, tomorrow,
to the brightest
the Aristarchus
Leibnitz Crator
Space h Moon
March 3, 1965
Earth Parents,
landed on the highest
the longest
Annual Blue Bird and Cnmp
Fire
quet,
last
held
Community Center at 7 p.m.
t;me
sion
'cam
Dick
and Gary May.
Iowa Park took top
Prairie V.illcy Girls’
held their annual
Sue
Mel-
De-
B'lttcr
Fruit
ring the show
e on time. Entrys
the gymnasium by
Grand Champion honor in the
steer show.
Angus bred
Acres Angus
ter. Reserve
to
Abbott on an
bred by Lone
Farms of Bowie,
month class the
first. Raymond
end bovs
the an-
erndes
held at
Friday
How are all of
home on earth. I hit
eight weeks ago. I know that
seems strange because I left
earth four days ago but. a day
up here is two weeks long.
Tomorrow I’m going to visit
the crater of Tycho where I
have believed to see little bity
green
purple
afraid
crater,
ahead.
Radiator for the
prize.
The tournament
week, beginning
ending Saturday
finals were placed.
in
A. McCall
several as
the bank
of Nocona
the placings
First. Birt
Raymond Ab-
4-H; third,
of;
practices on farms '
believes.
results, as you can ima-
were very entertaining.
Nth Anniversary This
•In 1935.
policy of
J County
Show will be
e Saturday, it
thia week by
eld, HDC Agent.
ty Farm Bureau
ht awards at
FFA: seventh. Billy
of Nocona 4-H; eighth.
Bros of Ringgold 4-H:
Jackie McGaughey of
4-H: and tenth. Sammy
Valley girls defeated O'Neal
consolation
were:
second, Buddy Pitman
JO FFA: third. W. R.
Prairie Valley 4-H; and
Randall Robertson of
4-H. In the 12 to 24
But television and newspap s
Ic ing all the news right ii >
our homes and what used >
seem the impossible and pi
posterous to us a few yei
ago, today is taken for grant
by most of
The steer was an
by the Colonial
Farms of Muens-
Champion honors
went to Freddie Williams of
the Forestburg 4-H Club on a
heavyweight Angus steer bred
by Loyd Wood of Boonesville.
In the light weight class of the
halter division
were as follows:
Simpson: second,
bott of Bowie
or Shop. The building in which the bonk is now lo-
cated was completely remodeled in 1959, featuring
the most modern facilities available.
he founder of the establish-
nent is serving as an officer
f the bank. He is Caddy Mc-
Call HI. Assistant Cashier.
The building which houses
he bank was completely re-
modeled in 1959. with the a'm
of providing the most modern
in present day banking facili-
ties.
Approximately 450
were exhibited last
by Montague County
FFA members during
4-H and FFA project show. Dr.
Buck Hughes headed a team of
five professors from East Texas
State Teachers College of Com-
merce to judge beef,
i oultry, swine, sheep,
farm shop projects.
Birt Simpson of the
4-H Club, exhibiting
weight halter steer.
Monfar’uc's girls
conned top honors in
nual fifth and sixtl
basketball tournament
the Montague pvm
afiernoon and night.
Competition was fierce in the
pee wee brackets with several
games winding up with baseball
like scores.
Montague's girls won an
opening round battle against
Forestburg 24-2 and then con-
quered Terral 32-6 in the
championship game. The Mon-
tague boys defeated Forestburg
23-12 in
trimmed
finals.
Other
fcating Prairie Valley 9-1 in
opening round, and Prairie
Valley defeating Forestburg 15-
10 for third place honors in the
girls division.
In the boys division other
games saw Terral defeating
Prairie Valley 22-5 in the ini-
tial game and Forestburg whip-
ping Prairie Valley 12-6 for
third place.
d Montague stu-
t home a number
including bonds,
and ribbons, last
n the Midwestern
Regional Science
ta Falls
and sixth grade
tha Jo Leonard
Fulmer each re-
roscope for
vision^ Miss
third 1 and
>urth.
received a
liond for the
in
pies and I'm
couldn't print all of them,
think you will enjoy the ima-
ginative and ingeneous thoughts
that went into these manu-
scripts.
dash—Roy Diehl.
i time of 51.1.
dash—Carver,
sixth. 24.2.
relay—Nocona.
Dear Mother.
You may be wondering
I haven't been home for
per the last two weeks. I
a stowaway on the Ranger 8
We hnd no trouble getting
here. There are some strange
plants I can eat and some wa-
ter here. We live in the Great-
est Valley, Alpine Gorge. 80
miles long. It is near the larg-
est "sea", the Mare Imbrium.
The day before yesterday we
went to the highest mountains,
which are the Leibnitz. We.
Ob' John came with me. Yes-
terday we went to the deenest
crater which is Newton and it
is 30.000 feet deep. The largest
crater is
1.50 miles
going to
mountain
nines. It
Last but
we are going
snot. It is
Crater. You have to wear sun-
glasses there. Boy have we
had a busy week. Guess what!
When the moon was first
formed it was only 20.000 miles
from the Earth. Now it is
239.000 miles. In the future it
will be 340.000 miles from the
Earth. Why don’t you come
visit us? But I must warn you
it is 215 degrees above 0 and
250 degrees below. That’s not
too hot or too cold now is it?
Well, I have to go.
F.
A
department ef-
Mrs. Clara
McCall. Mrs.
Joy
Present officers of the bank
re C. S. McCall, President: W.
F. Leonard, Vice-President; W
E. "Eill” Perryman. Cashier; C
S. McCall HL Assistant Cashier
Nocona Jaycees boxing tour-
nament, originally scheduled
for this Friday and Saturday
nights, has been postponed un-
til next weekend, it was an-
nounced today by Tournament
Chairman Mel Chapman.
The tourney, featuring
matches between boys from
kindergarten through the six h
grade will be held at the school
gymnasium with approximately
20 matches scheduled each ,
night.
Pictures will be taken by the i
Jaycees of each bout and will I
be available at ringside.
Each participant will receive
a certificate designating him as
having entered the Midget Lea-
gue Tovrney.
power nor docs
power". Skaggs
be next to im-
to raise such a
from
after
Bookkeeping
nloyes include
Breeze. Mrs. Gail
Ila Linn and Mrs.
4-H;
of
and
of
Bowie FFA; sixth. Steve Parr
of Bowie FFA.
Grand Champion honor in
the bull division went to Lonnie
McGaughy while Tommy Leek
of the Bowie FFA exhibited the
’eserve Champion. In the 6 to
12 month class placings were:
first. Tommy Leolj^ond second.
Kinnith Bell of Forewkjiirg FFA.
In the 12 to 24 class
'he placings were: first and
second. Lonnie McGaughy;
third. Jimmy Martin of Bowie
FFA: and fourth, Steve Parr.
Grand Champion and Re-
serve Champion honors in the
commercial steer show both
went to Jo VanVacter of the
Goldburg FFA Chapter. Plac-
ings in the commercial steer
division were as follows: fourth,
Steve Cross of Goldburg FFA;
sixth. Sam Thompson of Prairie
Valley
Henlev
The
gine.
1 want to give you a few sam-
sorry that we
I
The
Club
club food show at the school
<n Monday. Participants and
their placings are as follows:
Second place winners. Char-
lo't Harris on oatmeal cookies.
First place winners. I
Hanson, fried chicken;
Weaver. Chocolate Cake:
nnie Hayes. Tuna Salad;
borah Hayes. I
Cookies; Harriet
Turnovers.
the oncner and then
Terral 16-7 in
In the fifi
division, Mt
and Mary J
reived a mi
Ling in that s
Ina rd placed
.Fulmer was
I Beth Spiv
government I
geological ikhibit
ichool. I
First division ribbons were
■warded to Mi rtha Jo Leonard,
dlartha Jo Fulmer, Martha
’’hompson and Johnt.Ben Grigs-
by. Recipients of Mcond divi-
sion ribbons vere Cindy Skid-
Charles Boswell of Bowie 4-H-
fourth, Jack Simpson of Saint
Jo 4-H: fifth, Larry Fenoglio
of Ringgold 4-H: sixth, Jerry
Admire of Nocona FFA;
seventh, Robert McGaughey of
Nocona 4-H; and eighth. Steve
In
t h e
THEN AND NOW — The Farmers and Merchants
Nat.'onal Bank, top photo, as it appears today as
compared to the original home of the bank, lower
photo, which was vacated recently by Crain's Tail-
plans were being furthered
here this week for the first
annual Nocona Amateur Golf
Tournament, scheduled for May
20 through 23.
bring sponsored
golf association.
Over S2.000 in
awarded winners
day affair, with a free barbe-
cue slated for one of the nights
for participants.
Judges wore
Sewell and Mrs.
of Nocona. Sarah
sident.
judges
One
Hanson.
arrangements for the show. We
appreciate very much that Mr
O. C. Mann, Superintendent of
Prairie Valley School, took
pictures of our show for the
school annual.
Nocona trackstcrs tied with
'he Quanah Indians for second
’’lace in the Possum Kingdom
meet held last Saturday.
The relay team in the 449
red a first place with a
of ‘’19 for the only divi-
first for the locals. The
con is’s of Charles May,
Coleman. Gary
points.
Other events and places by
the Noconans are as follows:
One hundred yard dash—May.
third, 10.3.
witha 105.
440-yard
first with t
220-yard
24.2: May.
Mile
place with a time of 3:39.6.
Pole vault—Dick Coleman,
second. 11’6"; Dennis, third.
Useltcn of Nocona FFA.
the heavyweight class
placings were as follows: first
Freddie Williams; and second.
Loyd Admire of Nocona 4-H.
In the heifer division the
Grand Champion was exhibited
by Freddie Williams while the
Reserve Champion honor went
to Raymond
Angus heifer
Valley Angus
Tn the 6 to 12
placings
Abbott:
of Saint
Wall of
fourth.
Nocona
month class the placings were:
first. Freddie Williams: second.
Jim Campbel] of Bowie
third. Don McCandless
Forestburg FFA: fourth
fifth. Lonnie McGaughy
and Carver sixth
S. 1
teacher.
Walker won fifth place in th*
Junior High Division,
$25 bond.
Signet Key Science books as a
first division winner.
Other Montague winners were
Cathy Fenoglio, and Sharon
Milsen. third division ribbons.
Soil Conservation Serv-
ice budget for next year be
reduced by $29,000,009.00. This
cut bock would be absorbed by
soil and water conservation dis-
tricts or by individual land-
owners in paying for technical
services on their farms and
ranches.
The Upper Elm-Red SCD’s
share of this reduction would
be approximately $28,377.00 an-
nually. "The local district has
no tax levying
it want such
said. "It would
possible for us
targe amount
donations year
remarked.
Skaggs says
fund proposal would
eolicy of 30 years.
Congress began a
providing SCS technical assist-
ance without charge to the pri-
vate landowners willing to
adopt farm wide conservation
programs on their land." said
Geer Tank Truck Co. received
the first place trophy in the
men's division of the Nocona Li-
on’s Cub's annual volleyball
tournament held last week in
the High School gym.
O'Neal Radiator
was winner in the
division.
In the women's
Sands Restaurant team defeated
Sacred Heart of Muenster f< r
first place honors and Prairie
D. Major.
Tellers are Mrs. Jackie
well, Mrs. Retha McWhirter.
Mrs. Floyce Hill, and Mrs. Zola
Milner, note teller.
TIIVM STANDINGS
Iowa Park. 117: Nocona
Quanah. (tie>. 79: Haskell.
Seymour. 40 1-2: Holliday.
Hamlin. 23: Baird. 20: Albany,
16; Electra. 12: Olney. 12: Stam-
ford, 19: Paducah. 6; Jacksboro.
5; Childress, 3: Woodson. 2 1-3:
Ranger, 2 1-3; and Guthrie, 2.
could result in a 50 percent
crease in the application
conservation
and ranches, he
Skaggs urged all citizens
this soil conservation dist
interested in continuing an ac-
tive progressive program of
roil and water conservation to
write their Congressmen and
others in leadership roles con-
cerning this unmerited and un-
necessary proposal. "Let's stop
this thing before it ever starts
and work for more emphasis
on soil and water conservation",
he said.
tTccona Tie:
ninth.
Nocona
Mitchell of Prairie Valiev FFA.
In the dairy show Grand
Champion honor went to James
Vanbebber of the Bowie FFA
Chapter. In the female division
5 to 12 months the placings were
First. Buddy Pittman of Saint
Jo FFA: third James Vanbebber;
Placing in the female division
12 to 24 months: first, James
Vanbebber Females over 24
months and under 48 months
were placed: first. James Van-
bobber: and second. Gary Pick-
o't of Bowie FFA. Females over
48 months were placed: first and
■ econd. 1 onnie McGaughy. Both
Reserve Champion
the dairy bull di-
won by James Van-
lls 5 to 12 months
I: first. James Van-
bebber. and second, Kenneth
Studdard of Pleasant Ridge 4-H.
First place bull over 12 months
was exhibi'ed by James Van-
bebber Champion showman-
ship honors in the dairy show
went to James Vanbebber.
Champion honor in
irrow division of the
swine show went to Jim Gools-
by of Prairie Valley FFA whilli
reserve champion award went
to Joe VanVacter of Goldburg
FFA. Placings in the lightweight
class were as follows: first. Jim
Goolsby: second and fourth.
Steve Howard of Prairie Valley
FFA: third. Sammy Mitchell of
Prairie Valley FFA: fifth. Joe
VanVacter; sixth. Terry Mann
of Prairie Valley FFA; seventh.
Charles May of Nocona FFA:
eighth and ninth. Charles Hor-
ton of Nocona FFA; and tenth.
Sammy Mitchell. In the heavy-
weight class placings were: first,
(Continued on back page)
Al Montague
8:30 a.m. and judging will begin
at 9:00a.m. Registration will be
at 8:30.
Four seniors and four senior
alternates will be chosen by the
judges, to enter the district
show April 2.
Seniors are not required to
bring their record books to
the show but the books must
be turned in to Mrs. Stanfield
by March 29.
Directors are J. W. McCall.
Chairman of the Board; G.
Fooshee, Hinds Clark.
Leonard. C. S. McCall. Dr.
I Nocona t
' dents broug
you ever stop ti of awards
the youngsters <1 microscopes,
about all this. | veekend fr
University
,
"Unbelievable and unwar-
ranted" wore the words used
by Herold Skaggs. Chairman of
the Board of Supervisors of
'he Upper Elm-Red Soil Con-
servation District, in explain-
ing his reaction to the Proposed
cut in SCS funds for next year.
“Agencies doing so much good
for our country should be ex-
nanded rather than reduced",
he added.
These
hearing
Budget's
that the
We arc indeed living in the
"Space" age. With all ihe
scientific exploration being^mc
several hundred miles from Ike
one might think that weltc i
far removed from the effect If
these satalites, missiles and IV
present project — shootir.glip
the moon.
High
Low
Thursday
_ 54
43
Friday
57
41
Saturday
52
43
Sunday
70
39
Monday
._ 74
42
Tuesday
—
75
55
Total
for
week
.50
Previous
Total
3.70
Total
for
year .........................
4.20
Year
ago
4.55
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