Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1977 Page: 7 of 8
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FFA Chapter Officers Elected
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OtairaaaA. Cetai Ittary. Leetf-
entap Ckearwaa. Greg Her*
dm Eermnga and SevMga
Chwrman. Jee Henry. Cendnct
at Meeting* Chairman David
Carrell Sctadantag Chmr
tnar. Dale Pace Recreation
Chairman DendCatea Pubbc
Reiaoana Chairmaa Mrhniti
Jamea and Stale and Nabonal
.Affairs Chairmaa F redd?
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Greenhand
FFA Officers
The Mt Vernon Future
Farmer* at America Green
hand Chapter met Tuesday
eienung .August M U> etart
members to serve as officer*
for the 1977 7B school year and
letart a Greenhand Sweet
heart Six officers »ere named
a* a result of the voting
Officers elected to serve are
president. Vince Todd son of
O L Todd vice-president.
Scotty Rewmi son of Eugene
Benton secretarv Mart
Stretcher son of Mr and Mrs
Charles Stretcher, treasurer,
Matthew Balling son of Mr
and Mrs Otto Waliu* Jr
sentinel. Debbie Domca
daughter of Mr and Mr* Wes.
Dcenca and reporter Donna
Slaton, daughter of Mr and
Mr* Martin Ray Slaton
Tammy Barter a freshman
student of Mt Vernon High
School nas elected as Ml »Mh an aunt
Vernon Greenhand Sweetheart
Miss Barter is the daughter of
Mr and Mr* Jimmy Dar.
Barter
Refreshment* were served
following the busines* meeting
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Martin Cassity spnbe at the
meeting of the Ml Vamon
Rotary Club on Friday on
football, with moat of Ms
remarks mganhan the Texas
01' football rivalry Casnity
•as program chairman for the
day
Cassity revealed that the first
football game between colingr
team* was played in 1Mb with
Rutgers and Princeton meet
mg The football snasivi start*
earlier each year Caasity
pointed out and argued that if
the trend continue* the *ea*<vi
will be starting before *chooi i*
out in the spring
The tug game in lhi» are.
each year, he pointed out. i* the
TexasOC game Caaaity re
vested that he had been s
Texan for 70 years but previous
to that he had lived in
Oklahoma most of hi* life and
«a* still an OU fan and for that
rvawei some of hi* remark*
might tw prejudiced
At this time he complained of
teing too NX araf pulled off hi*
cost and tie and revealed he
»a* wearing a bright red Jersey
with the white numtier 17 on
(rant and back
Texas and OU. he revealed
have met every year since 1900
except for two. once in 191*
during WockTWar I and in the
1920* when OU left the
Southwest conference I >unng
that period, he revealed. Texaa
ha* won 42. Oklahoma X and
three have been tiea
The first (HI vicotry was in
1906 and the second was in I9M
he said The won kwt record
since World War II. from
1946 1976 is quite different, he
pointed out. with Oklahoma
winning 17. Texas 15 and <wie
uni tie
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vnoppir* area of the city from
one tavH under the hotel
The city tour included a visit
to the Notre Dame Cathedral
and to many places tn Greater
Montreal The wealthiest resi
dential area nasi named West
M/unt Square and in that area
one apartment rented for L3 400
per month Montreal is known
as a City «t Trees and there
are more than five thousand
small trees on the streets or
walks When these trees reach
a certain sue. they are moved
to another area or park
and other trees of uniform sue
replace them
The next important city on
the tour was Ottawa. < anada.
capital of all the provinces of
Canada and where .visit* were
made to the Parliament
Building and other places of
interest in that area An
overnight stay at North Hay.
< mtano on 1-akr Nipissing was
next then westward through
Sudbury Falls and the Soo
larks < onnrcting lake Super
tor pith St Mary * River and
lake Huron
The fifteenth night of the tour
• a* vpent at Escanaba.
Mm higan where tounsts were
honored with a steak dinner
given by the tour company
Weary tiui happy travelers
spent their last night out in
ctcHvntcmn.Minneapolis. Minne
M>ta The Pucketts joined their
family from Vinton. Iowa at
Ames. Iowa at noon on August
14
In 1946 OU began Icaiking for
a coach that could beat Texas
and they hired Tatum and then
Hud Wilkinson, who was able to
turn the won lost record
around
The M: .mat Chapter at
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evenw*. » far tta
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and la cswdnrt pressing
•xo^nesa of the chapser
The 'tataomg BMBtars were
etacted by aajonty rate to
serve dsrag the *77 Tg school
year as offxm tor the
chapter prewxSewt Jdta Seay
soe of Mr aac Mrs Doeaid
Seay first uce president
David CarreC see of Mr and
Mr* BcS Camfi second vice
pre»MXr-r Ckffard Scone voc
of Mr and Mrs C H Stone
*ecretary JdbneGe Gandy
daughter of Seaae and John
Gandy treasurer Terry Jag
im sar of Mr and Mr*
Kenneth Jaggers seatiaei
Hamid Scxt Jr. M at
Harold toasts. Sr and report
er Cate: Hesrv mk of Mr and
Mr* Aadkew Henry
The appowrrrea «f person*
to serve as c&ajrpersoes were
made as faUoas Program and
A ortChamrai Randy MiBer
Memherstap Ohaamaa Rofatae
Sxarhs. Supervised Farming
ifhairaiaa Terry Jaggers
' ooperaiMU Chwrmaa Harold
Repair Service
Capital of Nova Scotia which is
the most colorful city in the
Atlantic Provinces
Tounsts departed from Hah
fa* for Canbou Nova Scotia
where they boarded a ferry
steamer M V Pnnce Ed
ward" for a cruse across
Northumberland Strait to Port
WcmxI on Pnnce EZdward Island
There at Charlottetown P E I
the travelers were pnv itaged to
see a musical play legend of
the Dumbbells at the City
Music Hall A guided tour of the
island wbwe heritage is InUi
French Scottish and English
revealed a proud energetM
people with only two occupia
tions agriculture mostly p»
tatoe*. and fishing cod.
mackerel lobster and tuna
The tour guide stated that
Chartottetown was the "tuna
capital of the world and the
next mm! important claim «f
the island was the Ann at
Green Gable* Home." where
the author Ixidie Maude Mont
gornery lived and was made
famous by her biographical
book
From Pnnce Edward Island
the tour group took the MVS
Abeqweit. the worlds' most
modem and powerful ice
breaker ferry to Cape* Tormen
tine. New Brunswick Canada
and thence to Fredencton
capital of New Bruns* ick New
Brunswick a seaside province
of Canada, is bordered on the
State of Maine and the
Province of Nova Scotia and
Quebec Tourists had the
opportunity of visiting the
Legislative Assembly Cham
bees where 'he government of
the Province ts vested in a
Lieutenant Governor and a
legislative Assembly of fifty
eight member*
The bus tour continued north
ward into the Province of
Quebec. Canada to Riviere du
letup then westward down the
St Lawrence River to the
famed, quaint and intriguing
city of Quebec where French
has now been voted the official
education language The city of
Quebec ts one of the two citie*
in the Northern Hemisphere
that still maintain* its walls
The walls around Quebex were
rebuilt in the 1770* Even
though there was a fascinating
tour of Upper Towne and lx*wrr
Towne via but. most people
repeated tour* in surrey v or on
foot to the old market places
arid historic sight*
The next city. Montreal
which is an island thirty two
miles long and eleven miles
wide is actually tliirty cities
and there are twenty nine
municipalities with almost
three million inhabitant* and
date* back to 1642 The
Pucketts as well a* rAher* on
the tour were pleased to have
aciommodatxm* at iprantinsn
Queen Elizabeth the largest
hotel th Montreal with twelve
hundred rooms, twenty res
taurant* and underground
shopping areas The railroad
station was on the lowest level
under the hotel and one could
walk all over the downtown
TAMMV BARKER was
elected by the Grernhand
Chapter al FFA at Mt.
V erwMi High Ncbnnt a* their
Sweetheart far 1972-79. Mis*
Barter, a freshman student,
it the dangbter of Mr and
Mr* Jimmy Dan Barter
<Maff Photo by < Karie*
Mr etcher*
He (old of one game in which
the OU fans felt the official*
look the game away from OU
The referee for the game was
named Cttgo and it was tied at
7-7 a* time ran out on the
scoreboard clock but the
official allowed Texas to run
one more play on which they
scored and the half ended with
Texas leading 14 7 He told of
several other calls during tfw
game which OU fan* contested
At the end of the game OU fans
poured onto the field t>ut an
alert ambulance driver drove
onto the field and t’itgo got in
and was escorted from! he field
by officers
Blair Cherry was one of
Texas' fine coaches, he argued
and even though he lol only
one game to OU by one point be
resigned due to harassment
from fans
Texas hired Darrell Royal as
coach, who had lieen an
outstanding player at OU
Royal * lifetime coaching re
cord when he retired was IM
victories, flu losses and five ties,
he revealed Royal, hr pointed
out. IS rerrirm tiered as a
quartertiack but played both
way* for the three previous
year* and was a halftiack on
offense and defensive back
Royal was a good punter and
held for place kicks, and
intercepted many passes Roy
al had determination, wisdom
and wit. he argued
He also told of the time that
President Gerald Ford attend
rd the Texas <)L' game but was
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Bud Wilkinsrnt s record a* a
conch hr pointed out. was 149
wins 74 losses and four ties and
tus team non three national
chompMMMtaps He aloe conch
ed trams that won 47 straight
victorM* which is a record that
still stands Caaaity revealed
Barry Switzer the DU roach,
has never had a team that fast
to Texas hr pointed out
Texas will have a new roach
this year he pmntrd out Fred
Aker* Experts are down rating
Texas tins year h^putntrd out
but said he/feels they are
wrong
Secretary Jim long an
nounced too pen-ent attendance
for the previous week*
meeting after makeup cards
came in He said four member*
were absent Fnday Average
attendance for the four pre
sums meetings he said, has
been 96 5 percent
Shaan Boiui was student
guest and Kris Kdlebrrw was
guest pianist
Ptesidenc Charles Winfield
read a letter from the Ml
Pleasant Rotary Club inviting
local Rotarians to attend a
i eletealMWi hameing Neil Pick
lit a member of that chib, for
his Miyear perfect attendance
record
("bar les laiwry announced
that the Quarterhai k Club <it
Mt Vernon is hating an auction
at the new football field <m
Saturday. Sept io and told (hr
group they need items ikmated
far the auction Hr also urged
those who have not pnned the
Quarterback Chib to do so
Hermon Connelly will pre
wnt the program for the
meeting this week
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Mr and Mr* T C Puckett
have returned from a month *
vacation which included a
sixteen day tour from Lincoln
Nebraska to Canada and Nova
Scotia and a vi^it with their
daughter and family. Rev and
Mr* Fred Banda and Tamara
of Vinton. Iowa Enroute home
the Pucketts made a short visit
-.J. ... au.u. Miss l^nme
Black of Kansas City. Mis
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The tour originated in
Lincoln Nebraska and took a
scenic drive along Interstate flu
to Dearborn Michigan, where
a visit was made to the Henry
Ford Museum The travelers
went to Niagra Falls where
they saw the falls from the
Canada tide and the L'nited
States side The Pucketts took
the Horseshoe Falls Incline
Railway to the Maid of tin-
Mist ixxat which earned its
passengers below the fails
iJ » here tiie beauty and grandeur
of the spectacular wonder could
be deeply appreciated
From Niagra Falls the
journey continued through
upstate New York to Vermont
where they visited the Benning
ton Museum and the Grandma
Mose* Gallery which houses
more than eighty of her
paintings The tour continued
through Vermont. New Hamp
shire and to Portland. Maine
where they boarded the M S
Canbe an <v-ean cruising ship
between Portland. Maine and
Yarmouth. Nova Scotia, an
overnight cruise of <xm- hundred
and eighty miles The tour
traveled along the Bay of
Fund? via bus to Digby and
Grand Pre • Evangeline Coun
tryi and thence to Halifax.
CF Campaign
•To Begin Here
The 1977 Cystic Fibrous
Campaign chaired by Marilyn
Joyce ts to begin in Ml Vernon
on September 19 This cam
paign annually raises much
needed fund* to support
research, care and education
programs aimed at improving
the bves o( children with al)
lung damaging diseases Cy stic
fibrosis which ts inherited and
incurable is the most senou* of
all pulmonary diseases in
children
The annual Breath of Life
Campaign provides funds for
the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
to continue sponsoring re
search to find a better control
or cure for CF Contribution*
also help to support over 100
Cystic Fibrosis Center* in the
country which specialize in the
diagnosis and treatment of
children with cystic fibroais. as
well as those suffering with
diseases like severe asthma
chronic bronchitis, bronchi
ectasis and recurrent pneu
moma
Education on lung-damaging
diseases oriented both to the
public and medical profession
als also ranks high among the
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